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Senior Pastor Jonathan Mullings and the congregation at Truth Tabernacle conducted a ceremonial ground breaking for their new educational wing on June 24, 2007. The new building will be a 28,000 square foot, two-story...
Anonymous user
- Tue Jun 26, 2007 14:47:19 PDT
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Joey Cook has been named Kern County's Most Talented Kid. He entered the Kidsfest 2007 contest just hoping to be one of the top twenty kids, so that he could perform on the stage at Yokuts Park. He was then notified that the...
Posted by pugmama777
- Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:13:12 PDT
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On Saturday, June 23, Congressman Kevin McCarthy and Assemblymember Jean Fuller visited Taft for McCarthy's "Salute to Taft" fundraiser event. The $50 per plate dinner was held at the Taft Petroleum Club and attracted a crowd...
Posted by TaftIndependent
- Mon Jun 25, 2007 15:29:38 PDT
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On Tuesday, June 19 the Taft City Council voiced its non-support of the State Senate and Assembly Budget Subcommittees on Transportation regarding the allocation of funding from proposition 1B.
Prop 1B, passed by the voters...
Posted by TaftIndependent
- Fri Jun 22, 2007 15:37:55 PDT
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Cuyama Valley residents and people traveling from Kern County to the coast cities will see major improvements on highway 166 starting late summer or early fall, according to a Cal-Trans spokesperson. The construction will take place...
Posted by TaftIndependent
- Wed Jun 20, 2007 17:03:28 PDT
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A Bakersfield group of twenty-one people, led by Mayor Harvey Hall, recently made a visit to Bakersfield’s sister city of Bucheon, Korea. Mayor Hall was responding to an invitation from Bucheon’s mayor Gun Pyo Hong.
Members...
Posted by TomLewis
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 17:41:07 PDT
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The winner of GET’s second annual web site contest was Anthony Coy from Frontier High School. Coy won an Honorable Mention in 2006 and came back this year with an exciting design that took first place.
Second place was awarded...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Mon Jun 18, 2007 18:17:18 PDT
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A rootin tootin time was had by 180 attendees of the Kern County Probation Department this year
Volunteers are vital to the department. They work in such areas as Juvenile Hall, the courts, Victim Witness, Take away Tattoo Clinic,...
Anonymous user
- Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:31:50 PDT
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Building Bridges of Kindness
An invitation to visit Germany and Ramstein Air Force Base doesn’t come every day. So, on my birthday the 22nd day of May, I flew to Ramstein...
Posted by TeresaLeach
- Mon Jun 11, 2007 15:00:31 PDT
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Centennial High School Team Wins Award
Los Angeles, California, May 23, 2007 – The Chartered Financial Analysts Society of Los Angeles (CFALA) announces the winner of the 2007 Capital Markets Contest. The team from Loyola High...
Posted by cynharrington
- Fri Jun 1, 2007 20:35:21 PDT
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TEHACHAPI, Calif. – It’s not exactly camping out under the stars. It’s more like camping out with the stars.
The historic old Noah Beery Jr. ranch in Hart Flat is opening its rustic gates to the inaugural Adventure...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Fri May 25, 2007 18:06:50 PDT
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Way back in 1947, I was 8 years old and going to Jefferson School in east Bakersfield. My teacher brought to class a picture of a ship. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. It was a 15th century ship that went from South...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Fri May 25, 2007 09:27:26 PDT
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The Woman’s Club of Bakersfield celebrated its 111th birthday with a luncheon on March 26, 2007. This year’s theme, “United in Friendship with Flowers,” was chosen by President Barbara Miner to honor all of the...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Fri May 11, 2007 09:56:53 PDT
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On May 5, 2007, the City of Arvin hosted the First Annual Arvin Community Graffiti Clean-Up Day. Arvin Police Department Officer Maggie Smith and Joe Hernandez coordinated the event. More than 130 community volunteers turned out to...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Fri May 11, 2007 09:56:45 PDT
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"Desperate Housewives" and rerun-bored husbands, escape from the tedium. Join the gang at the Bridge Club. They hobble, use walkers, or even come in wheelchairs. But one way or another, they escape the tedium of reruns and make...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Thu May 10, 2007 12:19:15 PDT
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Summit Bible College is offering our community the opportunity to participate in the Counseling Ethics Symposium this Saturday.
A host of reknown educators, psychologists, and counselors are presenting: Russ Sempell, M.F.T. (President...
Posted by victor_joyce
- Wed May 9, 2007 16:04:01 PDT
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Bakersfield, Nevada: Overnight the 2nd largest city in Nevada. Has a nice ring to it!
While this is still in the early stages I would ask all Kern County residents to ask what has the state of California done for Kern County besides...
Posted by frustrated
- Tue May 8, 2007 14:45:30 PDT
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Getting your passwords or information stolen can be a frustrating experience for any user of technology. But you ask the question to yourself "How? When? Why?" There are many ways this can happen, and many places that this can...
Posted by MSgherzi
- Tue May 8, 2007 11:23:19 PDT
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Are you in search of a romantic and elegant dining experience for yourself and that someone special — in an elegant setting, under the stars? The Italian Heritage Dante Association is planning a delightful Italian evening for your...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Fri May 4, 2007 10:43:34 PDT
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The 11th Annual Moose Anderson Days cleanup was held on Saturday, April 28, 2007 at Jawbone Station, about 20 miles north of Mojave on Highway 14. The event is sponsored by the Friends of Jawbone, a non-profit group dedicated to...
Posted by Dixie
- Wed May 2, 2007 14:57:41 PDT
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You may have noticed the flashy classic cars gathered for the Western Street Rod Nationals or the costumed Civil War re-enactors mentioned in Ryan Schuster's "All-day fun pass" article in Saturday's paper. But did you...
Anonymous user
- Wed May 2, 2007 10:41:11 PDT
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A group of more than 20 adults and children from Bakersfield traveled last Saturday to Kidspace Children’s Museum in Pasadena to celebrate Earth Day with the museum’s 11th annual Grand Release Butterfly Release Ceremony. The...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Thu Apr 26, 2007 15:00:19 PDT
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April 23, 2007, Bakersfield, CA – Bebe Burke and the Directors of the Jim Burke Education Foundation announced at their 11th Annual Awards Night the recipients of their “Teacher of the Year” Award: Susan Reep, a...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Wed Apr 25, 2007 17:11:34 PDT
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Warren Coats, 65, is a banker from Bakersfield who is a consultant for the Afghanistan Central Bank. This is a letter he e-mailed to his family.
Dear family,
April has been a very busy travel month. I presented a paper on...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Mon Apr 23, 2007 14:19:34 PDT
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FADING OUT SILENCE (Your Local Tehachapi Rock Band) NEEDS YOUR HELP TO WIN...!
VOTE FOR US...PLEASE???
Go to: idolunderground.com and click "sign up" in the right hand corner.
A page will come up where you are...
Anonymous user
- Thu Apr 19, 2007 17:49:14 PDT
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THREE LOCAL CHILD ACTORS
HONORED AT THE
2007
C.A.R.E. AWARDS
Sunday March 25, 2007
Three local child actors received an award for their accomplishments on March 25, 2007. The red...
Posted by sherriehill
- Thu Apr 12, 2007 17:42:31 PDT
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Prior to the extensive media attention to the remarks made by Don Imus, the Rutgers women had not been his fans, and a large percentage of these young women, (if not 100%) had not even heard of Don Imus. With that in mind, the...
Posted by qvjayne
- Thu Apr 12, 2007 17:32:47 PDT
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This is to inform all of Bakersfield of a very special person. His name was Brandon A. Parr. He was killed March 3 while serving in Baghdad, Iraq.
He was not remembered as a hero here in Kern County. He was buried in Utah because that...
Posted by kalichik24
- Wed Apr 11, 2007 13:56:49 PDT
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The intersection at Ming and Ash has a long, deep crevice just wide enough for a tire to fit down in.
Today, a relative was on his way to Memorial Hospital to be with his granddad before surgery. Instead, the two right tires of...
Posted by courious
- Tue Apr 10, 2007 16:26:36 PDT
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Disabled Army veteran, Elizabeth Bart, suffered hearing loss to her left ear as a result of the constant firing noise and training of her M-16 rifle at the Army rifle range at Fort Irwin in Barstow, Calif.
Subsequently, she was able...
Posted by DrMichaelNazario
- Mon Apr 9, 2007 13:00:14 PDT
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The 10 lowest gas prices in Bakersfield are located here Everyday
Posted by DoctorMason
- Mon Apr 9, 2007 12:19:27 PDT
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Green Gardens Apartments is located at the corner of South Union Avenue and White Lane. It's owned by Golden Empire Affordable Housing Inc. Back in the 60s and 70s it was a Holiday Inn. There was a motel, a restaurant and a night club....
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Mon Apr 9, 2007 10:39:10 PDT
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Bipolar disorder is the chameleon of psychiatric disorders, in layman's terms the beast of all beasts. I was diagnosed with bipolar in 1990 in the Oklahoma State Psychiatric Hospital in Norman, Oklahoma. I didn't wake up one morning with...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Mon Apr 9, 2007 10:21:48 PDT
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I feel compelled to share my family's story with the community. My family has been tremendously affected by the tainted pet food epidemic.
Two of our dogs, which were otherwise very healthy, were hospitalized due to kidney...
Posted by myrnarojas
- Thu Apr 5, 2007 13:46:05 PDT
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The California Off Road Vehicle Association (CORVA) held its Family Fun Day and Convention in California City in eastern Kern County during the weekend of March 30th through April 1st.
The event was attended by an...
Posted by Dixie
- Thu Apr 5, 2007 13:40:36 PDT
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On June 9th, thousands of voices from across the country will be lifted up on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Why? Because it’s the Girl Scouts’ 95th Anniversary celebration, “Still Singing...
Posted by ebakeman
- Mon Apr 2, 2007 12:45:59 PDT
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Kern River Valley Art Association announces
2007 Open Studio & Gallery Tour
For a second year, the Kern River Valley Art Association is pleased to present this self-guided tour to 30 valley artists’ studios and...
Posted by krvartPUB
- Mon Mar 26, 2007 15:56:40 PDT
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By Michael A. Nazario, Ph.D
This article was presented as a project for the Bakersfield College Journalism department on February 7, 2007.
Richard A. Rodriguez, 18, is a native Bakersfield Centennial High School graduate...
Posted by DrMichaelNazario
- Fri Mar 23, 2007 17:26:27 PDT
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There I was - Monday evening at about 8:00 pm - minding my own business, not bothering anybody...in short, I was saying my goodbyes to a couple of clients, whose home happens to be located past the end of North Chester Avenue on South...
Posted by pwonderly
- Fri Mar 23, 2007 15:03:46 PDT
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I Thought I was too old to learn how to use a PC or master the Internet but I never lost my desire to know what makes things tick. Some years ago, I had the opportunity to go through the Senior Employment Training ...
Posted by BostonGal
- Wed Mar 21, 2007 15:52:42 PDT
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There seems to be a subtle and steady naval military mission currently going on, driven by one motivated U.S. Navy recruiter, Petty Officer 2nd Class, Dave Lidgett.
On any given day, one can see PO 2nd Class Dave Lidgett, in his sharp...
Posted by DrMichaelNazario
- Wed Mar 21, 2007 15:45:19 PDT
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You may have noticed we’ve got a new look on the Your Words page.
Actually it’s more than a new look.
There’s a whole new way for our readers to submit their own stories – one that we hope will be much...
Posted by dmchenry
- Thu Mar 15, 2007 14:13:20 PDT
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It's the age old debate, closed ports verses stealthed ports.
First, what is a port? A port is the door to your computer, there's different ports for different things.
The three-way handshake takes place, and the information is...
Posted by MSgherzi
- Thu Mar 1, 2007 13:18:07 PST
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We all use computers for many activities.
Some use it for entertainment purposes or keeping in touch with friends or family, while others may use it as their primary business tool to store their critical information.
Whatever the...
Posted by MSgherzi
- Thu Mar 1, 2007 13:14:41 PST
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Newsflash from the world of sports
It was revealed today that Team BCSD, better known as the bellicose five, has a new rookie player, Don Vereen. He was moved up from the minor league (past president of the Westchester Kiwanis) by...
Posted by OjoReal
- Thu Mar 1, 2007 13:11:03 PST
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The Bakersfield City School District Trustees gave an outstanding performance tonight worthy of an academy award.
An air of anxious anticipation hung in the air of the boardroom as each trustee acted as if they were...
Posted by OjoReal
- Thu Mar 1, 2007 13:00:49 PST
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At this time in your life, you are probably focusing on your career and looking forward to retirement. But, certain challenges may be looming that could hinder you from achieving your goals. Sometime between the ages of 40 and 60, you...
Posted by gotnews
- Thu Mar 1, 2007 12:44:17 PST
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We use computers for our personal needs, sometimes for entertainment and others may use it for business reasons. But there comes a point and time where you will have to have security and privacy. If you are connected to the internet, and...
Posted by MSgherzi
- Thu Mar 1, 2007 12:38:07 PST
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