GRIM READER: Ventura County supervisors have agreed...

GRIM READER: Ventura County supervisors have agreed to continue looking at a proposal that would give control of most county libraries to the cities (B1). But there are some who doubt that move would solve the libraries’ problems. . . . One is Marvin Smith, who heads the stand-alone Thousand Oaks library system. Smith has said so often that what the county needs is more money, not reorganization, that “I’m starting to get a reputation as a curmudgeon.”

NO TEARS: There they go again. . . . A delegation of Ventura County political and business leaders treks to Washington this weekend to lure more work to the local Navy bases (B4). . . . Two Camarillo officials planned to go, too, as a self-appointed truth squad to raise concerns about jet noise if Point Mugu is used by commercial airlines. Alas, other commitments forced them to cancel. Said one Navy booster: “We didn’t shed any tears.”

TALL ORDER: Senior Steve Aylsworth had his work cut out for him Tuesday: Three days after his final football outing for Westlake High, he was taking the court for the basketball team’s debut in the Thousand Oaks High School Invitational (C6). . . . Aylsworth is one of five former gridders on the team, which means that most of the cagers had only one day to practice before facing top-rated Harvard-Westlake on the second day of the tournament. . . . The event runs through Friday.

PETAL PUSHERS: It’s been unofficial for years, but that could change tonight when the Port Hueneme City Council considers a request to make the pink hibiscus the city flower. Hueneme Beautiful, dedicated to improving the city’s appearance, also wants to make the sycamore the city’s official tree. . . . Laura Prueter, president of Hueneme Beautiful, said both hibiscus and sycamores have been around the area for ages: The first sycamores on Ventura Road were planted by a Bard family member back when the thoroughfare was 4th Street.