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this_ad += "Armed with a generous grant from the Arts Council of Kern, local teachers are volunteering their time to bring art lessons to approximately 50 wards who are committed by the courts to rehabilitation programs at Juvenile Hall. ";
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this_ad += "      <P>The month of May is Foster Care month. If you ask people what Foster Care is, you get a variety of answers depending on people&rsquo;s life experience. A policeman may say it is a place where kids go when we arrest their parents and they have no where else to go. A teacher may say it is where some children in my class have been placed when their parents were not able to take care of them. If you ask a child in Foster Care, they may say it is where they put me when they took me away from my mom a...</P>";
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this_ad += "Rudy Hernandez, a Bakersfield resident, testicular cancer survivor and advocate will join the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) to unite people affected by cancer and raise awareness about cancer issues at the inaugural LIVESTRONG Day event slated for Tuesday, May 13, at California State University, Bakersfield&rsquo;s Student Union patio from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ";
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