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Gallery: Volunteers give older home new life

Karen Turek and her husband, Mike, both of Oxnard, build a new fence at a home on Simon Way in the unincorporated El Rio community near Oxnard as part of a new repair program offered by Habitat for Humanity.
Karen Turek and her husband, Mike, both of Oxnard, build a new fence at a home on Simon Way in the unincorporated El Rio community near Oxnard as part of a new repair program offered by Habitat for Humanity.
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Andy Shoemaker, the site supervisor for Habitat for Humanity, paints an interior wall of a home on Simon Way in the unincorporated El Rio community near Oxnard.
Andy Shoemaker, the site supervisor for Habitat for Humanity, paints an interior wall of a home on Simon Way in the unincorporated El Rio community near Oxnard.
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John Valencia, who lives in a home being upgraded by Habitat for Humanity, tapes up a window as volunteers prepare to paint the home in the unincorporated community of El Rio.
John Valencia, who lives in a home being upgraded by Habitat for Humanity, tapes up a window as volunteers prepare to paint the home in the unincorporated community of El Rio.
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Kyeler Milligan, a Habitat volunteer from Newbury Park, assembles part of a new fence at a home on Simon Way in the unincorporated El Rio community near Oxnard.
Kyeler Milligan, a Habitat volunteer from Newbury Park, assembles part of a new fence at a home on Simon Way in the unincorporated El Rio community near Oxnard.
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Andy Shoemaker, a site supervisor for Habitat for Humanity, paints the living room of a home on Simon Way in the unincorporated El Rio community near Oxnard.
Andy Shoemaker, a site supervisor for Habitat for Humanity, paints the living room of a home on Simon Way in the unincorporated El Rio community near Oxnard.
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Plumbing is exposed in a bathroom of a home on Simon Way in the unincorporated El Rio community, where a team from Habitat for Humanity is doing upgrades.
Plumbing is exposed in a bathroom of a home on Simon Way in the unincorporated El Rio community, where a team from Habitat for Humanity is doing upgrades.
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