Ventura Library Friends Plan Book Sale

* The Ventura Friends of the Library will sponsor a used-book sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Wright Library parking lot, 57 Day Road, Ventura. Proceeds will benefit the Ventura libraries. Information: 659-5103.

Salsa Music Festival at Lake Casitas

* The California Salsa Music Festival, sponsored by the Ventura-East Rotary Club, will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 28 at Lake Casitas, off Highway 150, outside Ojai. Along with music there will be salsa dance instruction, dance contests and food. Proceeds will go toward the Rotary Club’s scholarship fund. $12 advance, $15 at the door for adults; free for children 12 and younger. Tickets: (888) 491-7342.

Ojai Inn Presents Golf, Tennis Classic

* The Ojai Valley Inn & Spa will host the 10th annual Golf & Tennis Classic Aug. 30 at 905 Country Club Drive, Ojai. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit St. John’s Regional Medical Center and St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital. The entry fee for the golf tournament is $450, which includes breakfast, lunch, a cocktail reception and dinner; or $750, which also includes overnight accommodations and a spa treatment. The tennis tournament entry fee is $200 and $450 for the respective packages. Information: 988-2721 or 988-2724.

Organ Transplant Groups to Host Auction

* The Ventura chapter of Transplant Recipients International and the Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center will host the inaugural Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Luncheon and Auction from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Sherwood County Club, 320 Stafford Road, Thousand Oaks. Dr. Ronald Busuttil, president of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and Phoenix Suns basketball announcer Keith Erickson, a former Los Angeles Laker, will be guest speakers. $50. Information: 492-9810 or 884-1648.

Newbury Park Rotarians Plan Oktoberfest

* The Rotary Club of Newbury Park will host its 13th annual Oktoberfest from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 12 at Conejo Creek Park North, at Highway 23 and Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. There will be German music, dancing and food, as well as arts and crafts booths and children’s activities. Proceeds will benefit local charities. Free admission. Information: 373-1405.

Moorpark High School to Host 8K, 2K Runs

* The fourth annual Ventura County 8K Championship and 2K Family Run/Walk will be held Sept. 12 at Moorpark High School, 4500 Tierra Rejada Road. Registration will begin at 6:30 a.m. with the 8K starting at 8 a.m. and the 2K beginning at 9 a.m. Both courses will begin on a trail behind the high school and finish on the school track. Proceeds will benefit Moorpark High School students. Registration for the 8K run is $17 including a souvenir T-shirt, $10 without a T-shirt advance; $20 at the gate. Sign-ups for the 2K run/walk are $10 with a T-shirt, $5 without a T-shirt in advance; $12 and $7 at the gate. Information: (818) 678-8024.

Simi Rotary Club to Present Car Show

* The Simi Valley Rotary Club will host a benefit Simi Valley Days Car Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 12 at 4100 Los Angeles Ave. Proceeds will benefit charitable and nonprofit groups in Simi Valley. $20 per car to enter the show; admission is $5 adults, $1 children 12 and younger, or $10 per family. Information: 527-3300.

Links Benefit for Ventura Youth Club

* The 16th annual Golden Oaks Invitational Golf Tournament, a benefit for the Boys & Girls Club of Ventura, will be held Sept. 13 at the Saticoy Country Club, 4450 N. Clubhouse Drive. The tournament will include hole-in-one, longest drive, putting and closest-to-the-pin contests. $250 includes lunch and an awards banquet. Reservation deadline is Aug. 20. Call 641-5585.

Rotary Club to Help Sponsor Golf Tourney

* The Rotary Club of Simi Sunrise will be among the sponsors of the Fall Classic Golf Tournament to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Simi Valley, Sept. 15 at the Simi Hills Golf Course, 5031 Alamo St. The 10th annual benefit will include lunch, door prizes and dinner served at the Boys & Girls Club. $125. Information: 527-4437.

Gurney Tourney at Harbor Village

* Businesses, clubs and other organizations will compete in the Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Assn.’s annual Gurney Tourney, a benefit bed race, at 10 a.m. Sept. 18 in the Ventura Harbor Village parking lot, off Spinnaker Drive. A costume contest will precede the race at 9:15 a.m. Sponsorships are $500 and $300, with proceeds benefiting the association’s youth bereavement programs. Information: 642-0239, Ext. 766.

Santa Paula Youth Club Plans Dinner

* The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Paula will hold its annual dinner-auction at 6 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Santa Paula Community Center, 530 W. Main St. Items up for bid will include dinners, surfing lessons and Lake Tahoe condominium packages. $40. Tickets: 525-7910.

Dinner Dance to Help Fund Lecture Series

* The Conejo Valley Adult School’s parenting program advisory board will hold a benefit harvest moon dinner dance from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Sept. 24 at Tierra Rejada Family Farm, 3370 Moorpark Road, Moorpark. Entertainment will be provided by Teresa Russell & Cocobilli. Proceeds will support the adult school’s Parent Talk Lecture Series. $22.50. Tickets: 492-8837.

Family Services Event to Feature LPGA Pros

* Interface Children Family Services will hold its fifth annual LPGA Teaching Clinic, a golf clinic for women, on Sept. 27 at Las Posas Country Club, 955 Fairway Drive, Camarillo. LPGA teaching pros will offer clinics appropriate for beginning to experienced golfers. Breakfast, lunch, a cocktail reception and a silent auction will be included. Proceeds will support Interface’s domestic violence programs. $200. Information: 485-6114, Ext. 640.

Golfing Event, Auction to Benefit Charities

* The Rotary Club of Westlake Village Sunrise will hold its 13th annual benefit golf tournament, dinner and auction beginning at 9 a.m. Sept. 27 at the North Ranch Country Club, 4761 Valley Spring Drive, Westlake Village. There will be golfing skills contests, breakfast and lunch. Proceeds will benefit local charities. $225. Information: (818) 880-9203 or (818) 991-7294.

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Community Chest, a weekly listing of charitable fund-raising events, is compiled by Leo Smith. Please address items, with a publishable telephone number, to Community Chest, Los Angeles Times, 93 S. Chestnut St., Ventura 93001. Items can also be faxed to The Times at 653-7576 or 653-7548.