KERN AUTISM NETWORK AT THE BAKERSFIELD CHRISTMAS PARADE

The Autism Society Chapter-Kern Autism Network invites all families with individuals affected by autism to join us on Thursday, December 1, at the Bakersfield Christmas parade.

The Kern Autism Network will have reserved seating in Areas 1 and 2 on the north and south side of 21^st Street, west of Eye Street, along the parade route. Bring chairs and blankets. Dress in colorful Christmas colors as the viewing area is next to the media cameras and we will be on camera live!

Park in designated areas. Spectators should be seated in viewing areas by 5 pm. The parade starts at 5:45 p.m. Christmas Parade Vendors will be selling hot chocolate along the route.

Let’s fill the seating areas and show our spirit for the season.

The Kern Autism Network provides support, awareness, information and education to families, professionals and the public throughout Kern County. We are a chapter of the Autism Society of America. For more information, visit our website at www.kernautism.org.

Autism Society Chapter-Kern Autism Network
www.kernautism.org
kernautism@gmail.com
FACEBOOK link-Kern Autism Network
661-588-4235

KERN AUTISM NETWORK HOLIDAY DINNERS DONATION

The Autism Society Chapter-Kern Autism Network (KAN) is pleased to announce that in collaboration with Albertson's and Kern Regional Center we are once again distributing holiday meals to families affected by autism spectrum disorders in our community this year.

KAN purchased 33 ham and turkey dinners from the Panama Albertson’s Store with funds received through Memorial Donations. Joseph Biever, General Store Manager, worked with KAN in order to allow recipients to pick up a complete meal, heated the day they needed it, directly from their store.

Kern Regional Center provided a list of deserving families in our community to receive vouchers to insure they enjoyed a holiday meal for Thanksgiving.

Autism is characterized by impaired social interaction, problems with verbal and nonverbal communication, and unusual, repetitive, or severely limited activities and interests (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in 150 children is affected by autism.

Autism Society Chapter-Kern Autism Network
www.kernautism.org
kernautism@gmail.com
FACEBOOK link-Kern Autism Network
661-588-4235

Aera Energy employees support local communities with food drives

Aera Energy LLC and its employees in Kern County and Ventura are reaching out to support local families in need. Multiple Aera food drives will provide nearly 250 families with meals in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.

On Monday Aera culminated its 14^th annual Thanksgiving food drive when the Golden Empire Gleaners picked up nearly 200 brightly decorated boxes brimming with fixings for Thanksgiving meals for local families. The boxes were festively decorated by students at South High School and stuffed with enough stuffing, pie fixings and turkeys or hams to feed a family of six. Nonperishable items were donated by headquarters and Belridge field employees; a company donation topped off each box with a ham or turkey and fresh vegetables.

Meanwhile at Aera’s Midway Sunset location in Taft assembled another batch of holiday meal boxes for local families through their Adopt-a-Family program. Employees stuffed boxes with Thanksgiving feast fixings for 12 families and personally delivered them last week to Taft area families.

“For Aera and its employees this annual food drive has become an important holiday tradition,” explains Rochelle Howard, engineering technical associate with Aera. “All these boxes provide evidence to those capable of giving, that individually and collectively we can make a huge difference. These boxes alone will feed almost 200 families. It is our way of sharing the true meaning of Thanksgiving with those who are less fortunate and provide our neighbors in need the most basic necessity – food.”

“The Gleaners are so fortunate to have business partners like Aera Energy LLC who have a big heart for the hungry in our community,” says Pam Fiorini, executive director of the Golden Empire Gleaners. “For 14 years their employees have ensured an abundant Thanksgiving holiday for our families in crisis. Last year they helped nearly 700 people through this event alone. Their generosity puts our motto, ‘It Starts With Food’ into action.”

In Ventura, Aera employees donated nearly $1,000 to supply 25 families with complete Thanksgiving meals. Holiday meal certificates will be distributed to families at the Boys and Girls Club of Ventura through local non-profit Project Understanding.

Aera Energy LLC is one of California’s largest oil and gas producers. Company headquarters are in Bakersfield and most of its production is centered in the San Joaquin Valley. Aera also has oilfield operations in Ventura and Monterey counties.

Adult, Child CPR/AED, Infant CPR and Standard First Aid

The American Red Cross Adult, Child CPR/AED, Infant CPR and Standard First Aid helps participants recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing and first aid emergencies. The courses in the program teach skills that participants need to know to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. Students who successfully complete this course will receive certificates for Standard First Aid with CPR/AED for Adult, Infant and Child; which are valid for two years. The classes are held at the Kern Chapter of the American Red Cross. For more information and to register please call 661-324-6427 or visit www.kernredcross.org

American Red Cross - Kern Chapter

5035 Gilmore Ave.

Bakersfield, CA 93308

661-324-6427

CPR/AED Adult, Child and Infant CPR

The American Red Cross CPR/AED Adult, Child and Infant CPR course teaches participants how to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in infants, children and adults. The course teaches the skills that participants need to know to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. The classes are held at the Kern Chapter of the American Red Cross. For more information and to register please call 661-324-6427 or visit www.kernredcross.org

American Red Cross - Kern Chapter

5035 Gilmore Ave.

Bakersfield, CA 93308

661-324-6427

First Aid

The American Red Cross First Aid Class gives individuals in the workplace the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide basic first aid care for injuries and sudden illnesses until advanced medical personnel arrrive and take over. The classes are held at the Kern Chapter of the American Red Cross. For more information and to register please call 661-324-6427 or visit www.kernredcross.org

American Red Cross - Kern Chapter

5035 Gilmore Ave.

Bakersfield, CA 93308

661-324-6427

Help spread holiday cheer to people living with MS

Bakersfield – Are you looking for a rewarding way to give back to the community this holiday season? The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Southern California & Nevada Chapter is looking for volunteers and/or donations to make gift baskets for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) involved in the Caring Connection program.

Every week, through the Caring Connection program, volunteers visit people with MS who are living in a licensed care facility, or are homebound and unable to go out into the community. This friendly visitor program helps provide a connection to the outside world, emotional support, companionship and social interaction.

During the holiday season, the National MS Society tries to do even more, by delivering gift baskets to this group. One 30-year-old living in a skilled nursing facility is asking for gifts or trinkets she can give to her two young daughters. Another man has asked for a radio. Other items on wish lists: DVDs, books, holiday decorations and personal hygiene products. “I think the baskets are very important because so many people living with MS are isolated. Many do not have any Christmas at all,” explains Board of Trustee Lisa Karpe. “No gift is too small.”

If you or someone you know would like to sponsor a person with MS by creating or assembling a gift basket, or if you would like to donate any products, please contact the Kern County office of the National MS Society at 661.321.9512, or email christine.grontkowski@nmss.org.

About Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body and it stops people from moving. Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as many women as men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S., and 2.1 million worldwide.

About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

MS stops people from moving. The National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. We help each person address the challenges of living with MS. In 2010 alone, through our national office and 50-state network of chapters, we devoted $159 million to programs and services that improved the lives of more than one million people. To move us closer to a world free of MS, the Society also invested $37 million to support 325 new and ongoing research projects around the world. We are people who want to do something about MS NOW. Join the movement at nationalMSsociety.org.

New program in Bakersfield aims to keep people with MS "free from falls"

Bakersfield – Walking, balance and coordination problems are among the common symptoms in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Those limitations in mobility can lead to injuries and can have a negative impact on quality of life. To help out, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Southern California & Nevada Chapter designed “Free from Falls: A Comprehensive Fall Prevention Program for People with MS” which will be launched in Bakersfield for the first time ever at HealthSouth Bakersfield Rehabilitation Hospital Thursday, January 19, 2012.

Free from Falls, which will be held Thursdays through March 8, is designed to help improve confidence, safety and mobility and reduce the risk of falls by providing a supportive group atmosphere and expert instruction. Dawn Thompson, physical therapist at HealthSouth, will lead each week’s two hour program. Each session will have two parts: a discussion component focused on awareness of issues related to falls and an exercise component directed to improving postural alignment, balance, endurance and mobility.

People in Bakersfield will be among the first to complete Free from Falls; the program will be offered nationwide later in the fall of 2012. The curriculum is designed for people living with MS who are able to walk (alone or with one cane, walking stick or crutch), but who may be at risk for falling. For more information or to receive an application, please call the Kern County office of the National MS Society at 661.321.9512 or email kim.kotrla@nmss.org.

About Multiple Sclerosis

About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Brooklyn needs a family

Hi, my name is Brooklyn. I am a female Border Collie/Pit cross about 4 months old. I am super friendly with dogs and people. I love to play and have lots of energy.I would really like to find a family to love me and play with me and make me a part of their home...A shelter is no place for a pup (or any animal) to be. Please come visit me and my friends in the shelter. We are well worth the short drive.

Wasco Animal Shelter, 5409 7th St., 758-7240 . Open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday

PETSMART ADOPTIONS EVERY SATURDAY 11 A.M. TO 3:30 P.M. at 4100 MING AVE. Bakersfield Ca

Cats and Kittens available in the PetSmart cattery daily.

Join us on Facebook: Wasco Animal Shelter

CSUB Chemistry Department receives grant for youth education

Young people of Kern County, get ready for Chemical Circus, a traveling interactive program brought to you by the Chemistry Department at California State University, Bakersfield. In its first year of existence, and already a hit at the Boys & Girls Club and with local school science clubs, the program will now reach out to more youth thanks to a $10,000 grant announced Wednesday.

CSUB’s program is one of nine winners nationwide receiving funding from “Partnering for Excellence: Innovations in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education,” a national competition hosted by Ashoka Changemakers, Carnegie Corporation of New York and The Opportunity Equation. For the U.S. to remain competitive in STEM fields, youth must be attracted early and retained until they complete college. The grant winners have come up with creative ways to bring STEM professionals into K-12 schools to use their talent, knowledge and real-world skills to engage students, particularly in high-need communities.

CSUB’s Chemistry Department received the Innovations in Life Sciences Prize, sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The prize will allow the department to purchase materials, develop demonstrations, and pay senior undergraduate students to train and work as program leaders.

The Chemical Circus is a series of engaging, entertaining, and educational chemistry activities developed by the CSUB Chemistry Department to promote interest in chemistry among local youth. A Chemical Circus session consists of demonstrations performed by trained faculty and students, followed by a safe, hands-on activity. So far, demonstrations have been held at the Boys and Girls Club and at some science club meetings at local schools. With the grant, the program will expand into high school classrooms and elsewhere in the community.

Not only does the program inspire participating youth, but the experience also offers an opportunity for service learning for CSUB students which, in turn, increases retention and learning within the chemistry major.

“Students get the chance to teach and mentor K-12 youth about chemistry, reinforcing concepts they have learned in class and strengthening leadership skills and the importance of community-based work,” said Dr. Danielle Solano, assistant professor of chemistry at CSUB.

For more information about Chemical Circus, contact Dr. Danielle Solano at 661-654-2785 or dsolano@csub.edu. For more information about the Partnering for Excellence grant, visit www.changemakers.com/stemeducation.

Ancient Swords and a Copper Race Horse

This Thursday’s “LETHAL MIXER” is the closing event to celebrate the remarkable “LETHAL BEAUTY” exhibit at the Bakersfield Museum of Art. “Lethal Beauty” features ancient Samurai swords, ceramic and metal armor and paintings from a historic battle.

This is also your last opportunity to view the exquisite copper horse sculpture called “Holding Her Ground,” before it joins a private collection. “Holding Her Ground” is a 9 foot long by 5.5 foot high Mixed Media, Copper over Steel sculpture created this summer by Kernville artist, David Laughing Horse Robinson.

Mr. Robinson is one of the participating artists in the concurrent exhibit at the Bakersfield Museum of Art called: “CONVERGENCE.” "Convergence" juxtaposes work from twenty Art Faculty at California State University, Bakersfield and Bakersfield College and is presented by Occidental of Elk Hills, Inc.

Make it your destination to enjoy this wonderful art, Martial Arts demonstrations, Japanese beer, sake and a live DJ, all for just $5 at the door. This promises to be a fun event, 5:30 - 7 p.m, November 17, 2011 at 1930 R St., Bakersfield.

Both exhibits end Sunday, November 20.

Bryan Nuebert Comes to Glennville

Bryan was raised on his family's ranch near Salinas, California. In his teen years he became friends with neighbor Bill Dorrance. He spent all the time he could with Bill, working with horses and braiding rawhide.

After college he worked with Bill steadily, starting and riding colts on Bill's ranch. During this time Bryan met Bill's friend Ray Hunt and Bill's brother Tom Dorrance. He had many opportunities since those years to work for and with these gifted men. They have greatly influenced and helped him learn what he is able to accomplish with a horse and ultimately with parts of his life.

Bryan has spent 20 years cowboying and riding colts on some of the biggest ranches in Nevada and California. Thirteen of those years were spent as cowboss in charge of cattle, horses and the cowboy crew. He has had valuable experience working with wild horses in Nevada, as well as conducting demonstrations on wild horse handling across the country. He has a video titled Wild Horse Handling and was featured in Western Horseman. See the February '96 issue, "Taking the Wild out of Mustangs" by Jim Overstreet.

To register for this incredible event, please contact Missy Bernhard at 331-8326 or email through the Glennville Rodeo website at www.glennvillerodeo.org

Libby was Rescued

Hi, my name is Libby.. I am a female puppy about 3 months old. I am not expect to get too awfully big. I am super lovable and friendly. It was hard to get a picture me because I kept running up and licking the camera and giving kisses to the camera person. I even gave my ACO a couple of kisses. . I love to make people happy. Oh and rub my belly it is so great.Please come visit my friends and me at the Wasco Shelter. We are well worth the short drive..

Wasco Animal Shelter, 5409 7th St., 758-7240 . Open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday

PETSMART ADOPTIONS EVERY SATURDAY 11 A.M. TO 3:30 P.M. at 4100 MING AVE. Bakersfield Ca

Cats and Kittens available in the PetSmart cattery daily.

Join us on Facebook: Wasco Animal Shelter

This little flame point kitty is ready for some loving arms!

Tink is a 10 month old flame point kitten. This poor little girl was pulled out of a tree after crying for help. She was so grateful for being saved she immediately began to purr in the arms of her rescuers. Her left eye is a little smaller than her right and possibly had an injury but she sees out of it just fine. She is the most affectionate and loving little kitty you will meet. Tink loves to smooze and purr all day long, and she will take the attention from anyone she can get to. She likes to play, after she is done relaxing of course, and doesn’t mind other cats. Tink is looking for an accepting home with a family who doesn’t mind her unique appearance. Please come and visit her and check out her video.

http://youtu.be/rQkeyQcddQI

Shafter Animal Control

661-746-2140

www.shaftercritters.petfinder.com

Hours:

Wednesday from 1 p.m. – 7p.m.,

Monday,Tuesday,Thursday,

Friday, Saturday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Closed Sundays and holidays.

Come visit Shafter shelter animals at

Petsmart on Ming Ave. on Saturdays from 11 a.m. -4 p.m.

GRUPO DE APOYO EN ESPAÑOL PARA FAMILIAS DE NIÑOS Y ADOLESCENTES CON AUTISMO

Este Grupo Es Para:

Padres que desean un grupo de apoyo en español para obtener información para mejorar el cuidado de su niño con autismo. Además, abra compañerismo y varios temas importantes que serán presentados en cada reunión mensual.

Donde y Cuando:

1300 17th Street - Kern County Superintendent of Schools

Building Room 1B

Noviembre 15, 2011 de 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Para mas información sobre este grupo, llame a:

Miguel o Laura Magaña al (661) 369 0083

Ramona Puget al (661) 588-4235

Email: dynamici.nterventions.inc@gmail.com o kernautism@gmail.com

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Ancient Swords and a Copper Race Horse

This Thursday’s “LETHAL MIXER” is the closing event to celebrate the remarkable “LETHAL BEAUTY” exhibit at the Bakersfield Museum of Art. “Lethal Beauty” features ancient Samurai swords, ceramic and metal armor and paintings from a historic battle.

Make it your destination to enjoy this wonderful art, Martial Arts demonstrations, Japanese beer, sake and a live DJ, all for just $5 at the door. This promises to be a fun event, 5:30 - 7 p.m, November 17, 2011 at 1930 R St., Bakersfield.

Both exhibits end Sunday, November 20.

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This little flame point kitty is ready for some loving arms!

GRUPO DE APOYO EN ESPAÑOL PARA FAMILIAS DE NIÑOS Y ADOLESCENTES CON AUTISMO