Small Business of the Year, 2011 FREE Vol. Vol. 3, 7, No. No. 11 14 Published Every Other Published Wednesday Every Other www.venturabreeze.com Wednesday April 16 – April March 29, 201410 - 23, 2010 Christopher Prewitt held several positions with the Ventura Unified School District. Joey Thompson needs more time to accomplish City stunned by all of what he wants to do. The Seaside Nationals are coming to Ventura. educator’s death Boys and Girls According to the California Highway Ventura BMX Patrol, on Sunday morning, April 6, Ventura BMX Raceway has been the forefront in BMX Racetracks: they Christopher Prewitt, 38, was killed when Club honors awarded a 3-year contract for a USABMX hold the position of #2 in the state of hit by a car driven by Oxnard resident national event: 2014-2016. Out of the California and #6 nationally. Shante Chapell, 23. local student over 300+ tracks around the country, Ventura BMX Raceway is located Chapell was driving on Victoria, The Ventura Boys and Girls Club 26 are awarded national events, and at The Ventura Community Park and near Olivas Park Drive, when she made has selected Joey Thompson, 17 as only a select few are seaside locations. Aquatic Center. The USA BMX “Seaside a dangerous turn and hit Prewitt while their Youth of the Year. He is a senior at Opening their track a little over a year Nationals” are coming to Ventura, May he was jogging. Chapell has been Ventura High School. ago, Ventura BMX Raceway quickly took 2-4. charged with vehicular manslaughter Joey was struggling with his young and driving while under the influence life, until at age 6, his single mother of unspecified drugs. took him to the Boys and Girls Club Mayor our community to be heard and points The extremely popular Prewitt, on Johnson Dr., where he blossomed to the following efforts: who was deaf, has held several into the wonderful young man who has A citizen Blue Ribbon Committee positions with the Ventura Unified received this honor. Heitmann stays has been meeting since November 2013 School District and at the time of his In fact, he and mom are so involved for the purpose of creating a broad death was the Assistant Principal at in the Club that mom, Christine busy serving community dialogue regarding the De Anza Academy of Technology and Martinez is now working at the Johnson City’s Inclusionary Housing Program Arts school located on Ventura Avenue. location supervising kids. community Ventura Water held a town hall in- He had been in the position for about Overcoming a slight limp (and Ventura Mayor Cheryl Heitmann is formational meeting about the proposed three years and prior to that he taught encouraged on by his mentors at the reaching out and listening to residents water and wastewater rates on April 17, at Foothill Technology High School. Club) left over from a very young in Ventura. During her first 90 days to answer customer questions about the He had also coached the girl’s water scooter accident he now participates on as Mayor she has followed through proposed rates that will be on the City polo team at Buena High School. his high school baseball, football and on her pledges to be accessible, and to Council agenda May 5 Students, educators, and his many wrestling teams. hear from residents who have ideas on The City Council is slated to discuss friends were shocked upon learning of Continuing with his amazing City issues. a Charter change for even-year elections. the death of this young, well-respected life he records rap songs and still “The passion in our community is This item will likely go before Ventura and loved educator. Many of whom had somehow finds time to be a disc jockey strong as ever and I am proud that we voters in November and is expected to gathered at De Anza to share their tears at Skating Plus. are working together and have accom- increase voter turnout, and save money and to remember him. Upon graduation he plans to attend plished so much with limited resources,” Mayor Heitmann is also advocat- Beth Harris, the Magnet School Continued on page 4 she said. ing for residents to have easy access to Assistant Program Director stated, “He Working closely with the community municipal government in locations close made our days better every day, he made continues to be a top priority, and the to where they live. Two new programs do this place better every day. The dream While taking a break City Council has been collaborating with just that: was huge, and it was positive, and he from the Easter egg key partners and stakeholders to focus The new “Coffee with the Mayor” knew we could achieve it, and you felt on their key priorities: Creating and event meets at locations throughout the when you were around him that you hunt (April 20) you Maintaining Economic Development city on a monthly basis to hear residents’ could do anything, because you knew he and Vitality, Providing Core Services, a ideas on City issues. The next meeting is believed. The energy and rightness and can always catch up Safe and Clean Ventura, and Enhancing on the Westside at Django’s Coffee House goodness that he brought to our day was with the Breeze at Public Trust. on Saturday, April 19 from 10-11am just incredible. 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