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It's hard to believe it's been a year since we lost our beloved Buck. A jukebox could never take his place, but Bucks songs and our memories of Buck are all we have left, so before the day I intend to find a place where I can drop a few quarters in a jukebox and listen to the music of Buck...
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Those who are fans of his old stuff remember Okie from Muskogee and The Fightin' Side of Me. There was no ambiguity about him. He was the voice of the right-winger. A few years back, he began to show another side. He began to join the chorus of critics against the...
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I woke up at six this morning, an unusual occurrence, as I usually am awake by 4:30 or so. The Road Show Beemer was totally encrusted with bugs from driving across the farmland yesterday evening. It took quite a while to get her even halfway presentable. There is something about...
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It's hard for me to remember dates, days and months now, and it's a real pain trying to look them up, so I've abandoned dates on my diary, at least until my meds kick in. I'm really afraid of how these meds are going to make me feel, but I keep that to myself.
Today my wife, Cecelia,...
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Q: I noticed that Elm Street is blocked off at 24th Street. Is this temporary or permanent? How can you have a street blocked off when we all pay taxes for street maintenance?
--Pat Mahan
A: It is a permanent entrance closure, said Raul Rojas, the city’s public works...
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Q: When is the Akers railroad crossing at Pacheco going to be completed? It appears to be about 99 percent finished, but nothing seems to be happening there any more. Traffic cones indicate that it is not yet completed.
— Mark Gardner
A: The crossing should be finished by the end of...
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Q. Who is responsible for the landscaping on the west side of South Mt. Vernon Avenue between Gateway Avenue and East Belle Terrace? It is planted, watered but not maintained.
— Peggy Schrader, Bakersfield
A. Thanks for the question, Peggy.
The unruly plantings near your office are...
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It seems like every time I attend a read-through, I get nostalgic for previous casts and directors and remember the other times I was at that particular theater or with these particular people.
I was walking down the stairs next to Jacob and I said to him, “Hey, the last...
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It appears the inmates at some of our many fine correctional institutions here in California are not altogether happy with their current working
conditions.
Turns out the pay really stinks.
The wages are nothing short of scandalous, according to J. Tony Serra, a Bay Area attorney and former...
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Edited because I don't want any more drama. If you want to read the nasty e-mails that people are referring to below, you can visit my other blog.
But...a note to the theists who think it's really fun to e-mail-bomb the atheist : you're not going to change my mind by threatening me...
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For the record, Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County says it was giving the 'food' and other items to a pig farmer in the area that was evicted in January..but the Food bank states they didn't know that the pig farmer was evicted. I would like to know:
Since when do pigs eat toothpaste...
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Two friends in England I have known for years who lived through the Blitz have expressed their concern to me that this recent kidnapping of British sailors and marines by the Iranians not inflame passions. As they shared with me, you must have lived those years of WWII with the bombs dropping on...
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Mitchell Bolt is known throughout Kern County as The Turtle Guy. He has spoken to well over six thousand students about what they can do to be more environmentally friendly, help save endangered sea turtles, and ocean conservation.
Now he has been invited to speak in Los Angeles at the world's...
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For a few days now, I have had Tommy on my mind.
I "met" him at a MAWP (Ministerial Alliance of Women Preachers) conference a couple of years ago, through testimony his mother shared. (No, I'm not a preacher. I attended the conference with a dear friend, and helped out with the music...
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Today People I want to Smile, so . . .
I would like to know what has made you laugh or has put a smile on your face.
Because of all the negativity that has been going around and all the sadness too, I would love to hear some good news for a change. Wouldn't you?
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This could apply to anyone that has to take an oath. Its an imposing thing to do, and you can get in a lot of trouble if you screw up your testimony. So, to put everyone at ease that has to take an oath in front of people that can make your life a living hell later if you utter a half-truth or...
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Well, Cameron is up in the Sacramento area doing a little more riding and photography for the ride we took last week (see Cameron Weckerley's blog). Turns out our editor didn't totally care for the route we took so he's riding out the modifications. These few times I've stayed behind...
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PUBLISHED 3-25-2007
There’s plenty of blame to go around. For decades Bakersfield City and Kern County officials approved one housing tract after another, claiming the roads would follow to carry the expected traffic.
They pointed to pretty colored lines on fancy looking maps. Yep,...
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PUBLISHED 3-25-2007
Ken Weir says he hopes naming his accountancy firm’s most lucrative clients will end the conflict of interest controversy that has dogged him since he took his Ward 3 seat on the Bakersfield City Council last fall.
As all politicians must do when they take...
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Well, it happened. The Texans have waived David Carr after five pretty lackluster years.
Carr seems to be the scapegoat for this team and his days had to be numbered after the team passed up Vince Young. Nevermind the kid was sacked like crazy.
Here's hoping he lands somewhere that he can...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green calls Rebecca Stokes.
She is employed as a crime lab technician for the Bakersfield Police Department. She processes fingerprints and does comparisons.
She worked the Harper crime scene and went to Brothers’ apartment on Real Road.
She seized...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green calls Michelle Frost.
She is the co-owner of One-Stop auto care. There are three locations including one on 34th Street called One-Stop Smog Inc. She has an invoice for a Smog Check. Vincent Brothers brought in a vehicle to be smogged in June 2003. He...
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The Countdown is On
I was downtown this afternoon and figured I might as well go to Spotlight Theater and pick up my script for “Streetcar Named Desire” since read through is tomorrow at noon. It isn’t as if it hasn’t been on my mind – I bought a paperback...
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It was made clear to me that demonizing Jesus is permissible here as “free speech,” but unlike the “Japs” and “Krauts” of WWII no demonizing of Muslims is permissible. I do wonder what name is acceptable for those Muslims using children for human bombs to those...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green calls to the witness stand Jeff Orton.
He is employed by the county as the geographic information systems coordinators. He is in charge of digital map data.
He determined how many miles separate Bakersfield and Columbus, Ohio. He was not told which route....
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Dane Boedigheimer has been asking people what they like and dislike about Bakersfield for weeks now. He's cut the best together for a video.
But we want to know what your favorite and least favorite things about Bakersfield are. Post them here.
Or if you've got a longer story to tell, head...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green calls to the witness stand Sheila Harding. She is a deputy city treasurer for the city of Lynwood. She flew to Columbus Ohio in 2003 for her son’s graduation. She went to Dollar Rental Car. She rented Brothers’ Dodge Neon.
She rented it when it...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green calls to the witness stand Rachel Murillo.
She is an employee of Kern Schools Federal Credit Union.
Green says Gardina’s comments are outrageous that the papers are not accurate.
Brothers wrote Joanie Harper checks for $450. Dates included...
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The excuse is they didn't get the right visas. I think they never meant to come and after the 15 British service personnel were captured by Iran..it rings true even more so.
The UN is debating more sanctions against Iran. That was the purpose of the visit..to add their pov to the issue. The...
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Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things....
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In
Introduction: I speak from the maleness in my perspective, as I feel that I do not fall under the stereotypes which I, a white male, have been subjected to. It is from this corner of life that has caused me to become somewhat bothered by the lack of sympathy for my kind. The...
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Will it ever end? They just keep coming out of the woodwork..Abramoff must still be singing like a canary eh?
WASHINGTON - Former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles pleaded guilty Friday to obstruction of justice in a Senate committee’s investigation, becoming the highest-ranking...
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CROSS EXAMINATION
When Brothers showed her the annullment papers he was living at the apartment. She knew he married Joanie Harper in 2000. He had denied he was married, but she heard he was married.
He told her he was going to visit his family in 2003.
The relationship ended in Aug....
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A story by T.J. Banes of the Indianapolis Star was about men who were content to move to another city because their wives got a new job.
The story said this was a growing phenomenon in today's society, even to the point of men becoming house husbands so the wife can pursue her career.
In...
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Sometimes I don't fulfill my "trained observer" role very well.
At the morning news meeting, our Eye Street folks reported we would have a story in Saturday's paper on the trend for straight hair on women.
Not noticing that all five women in the room had straight hair, I...
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From the folks over at Bring it On! a lovely video to start off the weekend. This is regarding Rove and Harriet Miers testifying before Congress. Tony Snow actually tries to make the case that this is a very good offer to Congress and for Rove and Miers to testify, it would ruin the right...
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Birthday card with Tafoya’s signature on it to Brothers. When is his birthday? In May. Did you give Brothers the birthday card? Yes.
Did you give it in 2003? No. In 2002? It would have been 2002 or 2001.
She signed the card, I love you. And that’s how she felt about him at the...
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When they were together their relationship was sexual. Did he tell you he had a son named Marques? No, he denied it, but at some point he did have a son.
She asked him more than one time and she does not remember if he denied it more than one time.
She doesn’t remember when he told...
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Deputy District Attorney calls Carla Tafoya to the witness stand.
She is 39 years old. She had never been married. She is a principal for BCSD at Franklin Elementary. She has been employed with the district for 16 years.
She has been Principal for three years. She began there in 04. Before...
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PUBLISHED 3-26-2007
It is clear from the latest county sting operation that many convenience and liquor stores haven’t got the message — or don’t care — that it is illegal to sell tobacco to minors.
In the most recent sting operation, the county Health Department and...
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PUBLISHED 3-26-2007
Oversight of student loan practices is needed in the California State University system so students won’t fall victims to fraud from loan lenders and colleges.
Such fraud is suspected of happening in New York state colleges and 100 other colleges across the nation....
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PUBLISHED 3-26-2007
Take them away and crush ‘em. That’s what Kern County should do to cars used in illegal street racing.
It will be sure to get a clear, sharp message across.
A San Bernardino County judge ordered the demolition of two Honda Civics involved in an illegal...
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Seeing this story in Californian brings me many questions. Some, I see have been updated. Like, where's the boy Travis? Well thank you for answering that one. But it doesn't give me comfort that he's in foster care. This story is really, all about him. He is...
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http://www.capitol.state.tx...
Texas Sen. Dan Patrick (R) is proposing a bill which would give $500 to any woman who carries a child to term. Ahhhh...but, you knew there'd be a catch. The catch is that you only get the $500 if you state that you...
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I have sent out an e-mail to those who expressed interest in meeting. :)
If you wanted to be included, but... for whatever reason, did NOT get the e-mail, then please contact me here or at bedellcl@yahoo.com
Looks like it's going to be fun!!
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My childhood friend, Julie, and I usually manage to average seeing one another about every seven years. On our most recent visit a few weeks ago, we decided that neither of us is getting any younger, and the years in between cannot be so many from this point forward. May we stay true to that...
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Have you ever been out and about and notice these families with the little babies that . . . .
Either are under dressed or not dressed at all? It drives me nuts ! ! !
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Unions and county clash over contracts...
http://www.bakersfield.com/...
Any comments on this article?
......"Three county unions picketed on Truxtun Avenue Tuesday morning before two of them headed inside the Kern County Administrative Center to...
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Episcopal bishops meeting in Texas, saying the church embraces "all of God's children" including gays, refused to meet Anglican demands to change that position by a Sept. 30 deadline.
This is the latest in a feud that pits minority conservative dioceses, such as the San Joaquin...
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