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The Chatsworth Neighborhood Council will hold its elections from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at the Chatsworth Train Depot, 10038 Old Depot Plaza Road.

No advance registration is required.

Who can vote? If you have live, work, own property, board a horse in Chatsworth and you are at least 18 years old, you can vote in this local election.

There are 10 seats open on the council's board of directors. The candidates are Kamesh Aysola, Judith Daniels, Vernalie Deirmenjian, Diana Dixon-Davis, Janice Eddy-Languen, Mary Kaufman, Hember Maldonado, Joseph A. Martin, Richard Nadel, Art Schlefstein, Robert Searcy, Andre van der Valk, Linda van der Valk and Lucie Volotsky.

To learn more about the candidates, visit www.chatsworthcouncil.org. Under "CNC Board Elections 2008," click on "Candidates and Statements."

First responders to the wildfire that threatened Porter Ranch, Chatsworth and Granada Hills will talk about emergency response during a town hall meeting about the Sesnon Wildfire from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesday at Shepherd of the Hills Church, 19700 Rinaldi St., Porter Ranch, according to the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council's latest newsletter.

Personnel from LAPD, LAFD, Crisis Response Team, California Emergency Mobile Patrol, American Red Cross, Department of Transportation, Office of Public Safety, L.A. Unified School Police and the California Highway Patrol are expected to attend and speak.

For more information, call the Devonshire Police Station at 818-832-0692.

The Chatsworth Neighborhood Council will hold a candidates' forum so local stakeholders can meet the people running to fill 10 seats on the council.

The forum will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Lawrence Middle School, 10100 Variel Ave. It will follow the council's regular meeting at 7 p.m.

Candidates will speak at the beginning of the forum, followed by a question-and-answer session.

The election will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Chatsworth Train Depot, 10038 Old Depot Plaza Road.

The council will accept write-in candidate applications until Oct. 25.

For more information, visit info@chatsworthcouncil.org or call 818-464-3511.

Two Chatsworth teens are organizing a candlight vigil to honor the victims, survivors and heroes of the Metrolink and Union Pacific train crash last Friday, according to the latest newsletter from the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council.

The vigil will be held at 6:45 p.m. Friday at the Chatsworth train station, 10046 Old Depot Plaza Road.

Haley Giz and Kristen Kiertzner met at Pepper Tree Ranch in Chatsworth as horseback-riding partners when they were in the fourth and sixth grades. Haley, now 15, is a sophomore at Chaminade College Preparatory and Kristen, 17, is a senior at Opportunities for Learning Independent Study.

After the Metrolink tragedy, Haley and Kristen were so devastated by the incident that they called each other and collaborated on organizing a candlelight vigil. They handmade more than 200 tea-light candles, but realized there was more they wanted to do.

They decided to get the community involved. Soon, friends and neighbors began donating their time and talents to make the vigil happen and local businesses were quick to support the teens by posting their fliers to inform the community of the event.

Elections for the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Chatsworth Train Depot, 10040 Old Depot Plaza Road.

Stakeholders in the community may run for open spots on the council. A candidate filing form must be completed and received by the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council's election committee by 5 p.m. Sept. 26.

To obtain a candidate filing form, visit www.chatsworthcouncil.org and click on candidate filing form.

After five years in operation, the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council is updating its board rules and by-laws, according to the council's Web site.

The review and comment period is open until Sept. 1.

On Sept. 3, the CHC board will discuss and vote on the updates.

To read the proposed by-law and board rule changes, visit www.chatsworthcouncil.org and click on the links.

You can send your comments to info@chatsworthcouncil.org or attend the Sept. 3 meeting at 7 p.m. at Lawrence Middle School, 10100 Variel Ave., Chatsworth.

There will be 10 seats open on the 21-seat Chatsworth Neighborhood Council during its Nov. 1 election.

To make sure there are enough candidates to cover all those open seats, the council will hold a meeting where stakeholders can learn about how to become a candidate at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday (Aug. 6) at Lawrence Middle School, 10100 Variel Ave.

The candidate meeting will be held before the regular neighborhood council meeting.

For more information about the meeting, call 818-464-3511. To learn more about the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council, visit www.chatsworthcouncil.org.

Work on the traffic signals at the 118 Freeway and Topanga Canyon Boulevard is complete, according to an item in the latest newsletter from the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council.

Millie Jones, senior deputy to L.A. County Supervisor Michael Antonovich, said two more directional signs have yet to be installed, but that work will be done at night.

The engineer expects the work to be completed by the end of this month.

For more information about the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council, visit www.chatsworthcouncil.org.

Are you an organization in Chatworth that has a wish list?

Why not share it with the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council>

There's a link on the council's Web site, www.chatsworthcouncil.org, where organizations can identify things they need.

Two organizations that have posted information are the Friends of the Chatsworth Library and the Chatsworth Equine Cultural Heritage Organization.

The Friends' group is seeking volunteers to help at its used bookstore inside the Chatsworth Library, and the equine committee is seeking donations to support its efforts to educate the public about Chatsworth's equestrian lifestyle and support its protection.

The Chatsworth Neighborhood Council will sponsor an adult, child and infant CPR class from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at the Rockpointe Club House, 22300 Devonshire St., Chatsworth.

The class is free to anyone who lives, works, owns property or boards a horse in Chatsworth. All others will be charged a $25 fee.

Space is limited and available on a first-registered, first-served basis.

To register, call Clara Woll at 818-464-3511 and leave your name and either a phone number or an e-mail address.

According to election results, the members of the 2007-08 Chatsworth Neighborhood Council are:

Dan Huffman, Scott Munson, Jeff Hammond, Chuck Knolls, Allen Glazer, Varoujan Deirmenjian, Vicki Briskman, Dorothy Marie Allison, Steve Columbus, Jelena Csanyi and Linda Ross.

Help save some horses that will be slaughtered! There's a drastic reduction of horses being used to produce Premarin, which is made, in part, with pregnant mare urine (PMU). Many farms have not only PMU baby horses, but also PMU mares that will be sent to be slaughtered if they are not adopted. For more information, visit theanimalfarm.com , heavencanwait.us or unitedpegasus.com.