By Ashleigh Van O' Linda

A current Simi Valley teacher is searching for a document written over 35 years ago by a former Simi Valley teacher.
In 1972, a science teacher, who taught at Sequoia Middle School now called Santa Susana High School, categorized and published the native plants of Simi Valley. The 10-page pamphlet also included an endangered plant, a cactus, located in the Santa Susana Knolls.
Mr. Baxter, a journalism teacher at Valley View Middle School, would like to find the document about the native plants, and then republish it with the help of his journalism class. He last saw the pamphlet at the Simi Valley Library in 1980. It was then located in a file cabinet with other short-run pamphlets. The document is now missing from the library. It was created by using an old Dittomaster machine.
Mr. Baxter has asked the historians at the Simi Valley Historical Society, teachers who worked at Sequoia Middle School during that time period, and officials with the City of Simi Valley. No one has a copy. He also talked with Mrs. Galang, who was the librarian at Sequoia at the time. She knew exactly where it was in the files at the school, but with the changeover to Santa Susana High School, the extra copies as well as the actual ditto were lost.
"Everyone remembers it," said Mr. Baxter, "but no one has a copy of it."
Although there is no trace or sign of the missing native plants documents in Simi Valley, Mr. Baxter doesn't plan to give up his search for it.
If anyone has information or a copy of the pamphlet, please contact Mr. Baxter at Valley View Middle School at 805-520-6820.