MOORPARK

Moorpark College job fair to be for public, students

Moorpark College will host a job and career fair next week in the campus quad area. The fair will run from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday. About 40 employers and organizations will be at the event, which is open to students and the public.

Employers will be hiring for part- and full-time jobs, as well as internships. Organizations scheduled to attend include the Conejo Valley YMCA, city of Simi Valley, Kaiser Permanente, Six Flags Magic Mountain and the Ventura County Credit Union. In addition, the Career Transfer Center will have people available to review and print resumes.

For more information, call 378-1536.

VENTURA

City wants flags for celebrations

The city of Ventura is accepting donated American flags to be displayed along mid to downtown Main Street between Memorial Day and Independence Day.

Forty 4-foot-by-6-foot, $25 cotton flags are needed.

To donate, contact Gary Parker, American Flags & Cutlery, at GPARKER265@wavecable.com or 641-1941.

For information, contact Saul Aguilar at 654-7740 or saguilar@cityofventura.net.

Library friends planused book sale

The San Buenaventura Friends of the Library will hold a Mother's Saturday used book sale May 12 in Ventura.

The sale will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Wright Library parking lot, 57 Day Road, off Telegraph Road, near Ventura College.

Used books in all categories will be available.

All proceeds go to help pay for new books, CDs, DVDs, books on tape and reading programs at Ventura's three public libraries.

To donate books for future sales, deliver them to any of the three San Buenaventura libraries.

For more information contact, Will Thompson at 642-4358 or wily1@earthlink.net.

NEWBURY PARK

Miller Family YMCA seeking staff members

A new YMCA is scheduled to open in mid-May in Newbury Park.

The YMCA, at 320 Via Las Brisas in the Dos Vientos portion of Newbury Park, is looking for staff in such areas as lifeguards, fitness instructors and aquatics coordinators.

For more information, contact Gaida at 480-0309 or ngaida@millerymca.org.

CAMARILLO

Jazz festival seeks sponsors for event

Organizers of the second Camarillo Art & Jazz Festival are accepting sponsor applications for the August event.

Last year, the three-day event attracted more than 20,000 people. A variety of sponsorship levels and opportunities are available.

Sponsors receive exposure, including areas such as print, Web and broadcast.

They will also receive special accommodations at all festival events.

The event will include a jazz concert and an art gallery.

For more information, call Maggie Kildee at 482-8257 or visit http://www.camarilloartandjazz.com.

SANTA BARBARA

Chaplain held by Army to speak at UCSB

Former U.S. Army Chaplain James J. Yee, author of "For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism under Fire," will speak Monday at UC Santa Barbara.

Yee's book is the story of his experience at Guantanamo Bay and his struggle for justice.

Yee, a graduate of West Point, served as the Muslim chaplain for the U.S. prison camp in Cuba, which became controversial for its treatment of detainees. While ministering to prisoners there, Yee advised the camp's commanders on detainee religious practices and objected to the abuse of prisoners.

After being officially recognized twice for outstanding performance, Yee was arrested and imprisoned in a Naval brig for 76 days in September 2003, falsely accused of spying, espionage, and aiding the prisoners. He was held in solitary confinement and subjected to sensory-deprivation techniques.

After months of government investigation, all criminal charges were dropped. With his record wiped clean, Yee was reinstated to full duty at Fort Lewis, Wash. He resigned from the Army and received an honorable discharge in January 2005.

He was awarded a second Army Commendation medal for "exceptionally meritorious service." He now lectures about his ordeal, Guantanamo, Islam, Asian-American and religious diversity issues, and the challenges of protecting both national security and civil liberties.

The lecture is being presented as part of the "Torture and the Future — Perspectives from the Humanities" event series, and was made possible by a grant from the "Critical Issues in America" series, awarded annually by the College Council of Deans.

The event begins at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall and is free.