CATTLE CALL: Under orders from the state,...

CATTLE CALL: Under orders from the state, Channel Islands National Park is considering limits on cattle ranching on Santa Rosa Island (B1) . . . Protecting the island’s rare plants and streams is the park’s No. 1 priority, said Assistant Supt. Tim Setnicka. But it comes with a cost. “To date,” he says, “we have spent $100,000 between studying the rare species and trying to comply with a cleanup and abatement order.”

MINI-MARCH: There doesn’t appear to be a Ventura County contingent heading for Washington, D.C., for the Million Man March (A1), but at least one group plans a local effort. Members of the African-American Student Union at Oxnard College plan a march at 8 a.m. Monday, starting at the school and heading down Rose Avenue. . . . “We don’t know how it’s going to turn out, but we’re going to try something to give the brothers in Washington our support,” says student Amiri Shihib Johnson.

MR. SCIENCE: Teacher Dennis Lang admits that the county’s annual science fair is a lot of work. But Lang, who oversaw the 1994 version, has agreed to take it on again this year. . . . More than 900 students--about 10% of those eligible--took part in last year’s fair, and Lang hopes for even more this year. His next step: holding an orientation workshop to tell teachers what kinds of projects are appropriate. . . . When Lang isn’t organizing the fair, he’s teaching integrated science and oceanography to Oxnard High School students.

NO COMMENT: That’s the company line on whether Sherwood Country Club member O.J. Simpson will be allowed back. A club manager, who didn’t want to discuss the celebrated former defendant, would say how members are chosen. . . . After being recommended by a current member, candidates undergo a background check that involves talking to references--but not police. Then they’re voted on by the 14-member board of governors.