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The Tri County’s Only Multicultural Newspaper
The Tri County’s Only Multicultural Newspaper
TRI TRICOUNTY COUNTY
ENTRY ENTRY VOL. XXVIII NO. 2
JANUARY 10, 2020
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plan to curb teen vaping exempts some flavors n See page 10
CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
FRO M H OL LY WO O D M A R K S 1 0 YEAR S O F EX CITEMENT By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com Port Hueneme-- Professional wrestlers kicked off their 2020 season at the Oceanview Pavilion, Jan. 5, as Championship Wrestling from Hollywood opened its 10th season with a dynamite lineup that kept the crowd cheering.
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HE event featured man versus man, woman versus woman, tag team matches, and one three-way match that got the fans on their feet. The event also had an unscheduled rumble, as one tag team got into a big fight after losing, which meant a big battle in the ring that had to be broken up by referees and managers. Sharon Kloeris from the Pavilion said Championship Wrestling from Hollywood is a great way to start 2020. "We have lots of tapings, two times a month, and we are hoping the community will come
out and support this amazing wrestling show," she said. Championship Wrestling from Hollywood is taped for a television audience who can see the matches each weekend on KDOC TV and LA18 T.V. in English and Spanish. Fans enjoy the intimate setting at the Pavilion and engaged the wrestlers throughout the event, and the grapplers often answered right back and charged up the crowd. She "absolutely" plans on getting in the ring and testing out her wrestling skills. "I had my birthday yesterday, so I figure why not kick off 2020, get in that ring and see what happens," she said. "I can beat all these guys with no doubt. With all the background I have in fitness, I'd be throwing them all over this ring." After the matches, Irish Mikey O'Shea said he's been in the wrestling business for 10 years, but it has been two years since he wrestled in Port Hueneme. "This is my first time back in a while, so it felt good to get the reaction from the audience," he said. "Although I didn't win the match tonight, n Championship Wrestling, see page 6
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A member of the Wilson Senior Center Bowling Team lines up her shot. (Photo by Chris Frost)
Wii Bowling is competitive senior fun
By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com Oxnard-The holidays may be over, but the fun never stops at the Wilson Center and Jan. 6, meant lots of scrabble, a good hearty lunch, and Wii Bowling for the competitive crowd. The Wilson Senior Center Bowling Team took their fun seriously and was practicing hard. The group encourages each other, and they get into the spirit of the game when they don their bowling shirts and compete.
Activities Leader Martha Jimenez said the Wilson Senior Center has five Wii Bowling Team members, and they just competed in a tournament. "They compete with all the centers in the county, and they came in third place this year," she said. "I have never played Wii Bowling, but I have watched a lot." The Wison Senior Center was cleaning up all the holiday decorations, but Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and there are plenty of activities planned. "Usually, we have a luncheon or n Wii Bowling, see page 2
Oxnard terminates Oxnard Navigation Center deal By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com Oxnard— In his report to the Oxnard City Council, Jani. 7, City Manager Alex Nguyen announced that he terminated the agreement for the proposed Oxnard Navigation Center and will look for a different location. The center planned for 1258 Saviers Road in the Five Points area brought tremendous community concern as people lined up to express their dissatisfaction about the location. The majority of the people at the recent town hall meeting told
horror stories about the area, and placing the navigation center in the middle of that neighborhood will add to an already challenging problem with vagrancy and density. Nguyen told the council to pursue another location where the city can have a more comprehensive set of solutions. "The effort at Saviers was not a bad effort," he said. "It was rushed in a sense that it was a real estate rental situation on the table, so we did not entirely control the timeline." In the end, he said that location would have meant a replacement shelter, so there would not be a net
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City Manager Alex Nguyen explains his reasons for terminating the Oxnard Navigation Center deal on Saviers Road.
gain with the city's overall homeless policy. "Our goal is to actually solve homelessness," he said. "What I directed staff to do is to find a location we can not only have a shelter, but we can also have co-located with it, facilities for social work, health, and administrative offices. In addition to that, housing first units and permanent supportive housing units. In that end, that outcome would be a much better solution than what we were proposing at Saviers." He pointed out that the city needs a shelter, but it will also need housing first facilities across the city.
"A shelter alone does not solve homelessness," he said. "It is a crucial part of that process, but a shelter alone does not solve homelessness. Anywhere you site a shelter, as we have seen, and will continue to see, there will be neighborly opposition. In San Francisco, Nguyen said that the city needs a navigation center in every supervisors' district because the homeless problem is so significant. "San Francisco is a bastion of liberal progressivism," he said. "Every neighborhood is opposed to it there. The first navigation center they tried n Navigation Center, see page 2