CLARIFICATION HEARING ON CEMETERY:
Regarding the Santa Paula Times article published July 9, “
Monastery applies for cemetery on outskirts of Santa Paula Hearing July 15 on controversial ‘after the fact’ permit” related to a Ventura County Planning Commission Public Hearing, the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room is closed to the public on July 15. The closure is in accordance with Ventura County Board of Supervisors Resolution No. 20-20 “Stay Well at Home” declaring a Local Emergency regarding the COVID-19 virus. The public hearing for July 15 will be conducted online. To join the hearing online, follow the weblink at: https://vcrma.org/planning-commission
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Bill Nash, a former Star columnist, ad man, volunteer firefighter and Ventura County s first public information officer, died on May 15 after a brief battle with liver disease.
The affable 65-year old formally William Henry Nash was a prolific writer, skilled photographer and devoted family man whose good humor and gentlemanly demeanor forged respect and affection among those he worked with. When I heard the news.it just floored me, County Executive Officer Mike Powers said during Tuesday s Board of Supervisors meeting.
Powers described hiring Nash as the county s public information officer or PIO, for short a job he held from October 2014 until his retirement in November 2019. It had been a big deal to get the position approved by the board, Powers said, and the first person to fill the role would set the standard.