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The Third Annual Bakersfield Community Christmas is coming and applications are being accepted. Apply Now For Baskets and Toys in December.
What you need to bring with you to apply:
Photo ID (Drivers License/ Out...
Posted by Contributor
- Wed Oct 8, 2008 17:29:36 PDT
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The Old Friends of Bakersfield Car Club hosted the Fabulous Fifties Car Show on Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Olive Knolls Church of the Nazarene. Fun things included a bounce house, goodie bags for the kids, and raffles for the adults. The...
Posted by Contributor
- Tue Oct 7, 2008 13:42:49 PDT
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Kern County Animal Control held the first of its monthly, volunteer-run, off-site adoptions on Saturday, Oct. 4, at the PETCO located at 8220 Rosedale Highway in Bakersfield.
Off-site adoptions involve taking adoptable animals...
Posted by Maggie_Kalar
- Mon Oct 6, 2008 12:56:15 PDT
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St. Vincent De Paul Center Calls
Out Amid Overdue Improvements
Note: A version of this story first appeared in the May issue of Bakersfield Life Magazine.
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Posted by lisaedmonston
- Sat Sep 27, 2008 17:50:59 PDT
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Officials from Habitat for Humanity-Golden Empire and Union Bank of California were on hand as the home built by the organizations at the Kern County Fair was opened to fair-goers for inspection on Saturday, Sept. 27.
The home was...
Posted by Contributor
- Sat Sep 27, 2008 17:47:11 PDT
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The public is welcome to participate in the sixth annual Bakersfield Buddy Walk to promote understanding and acceptance of people with Down syndrome. This year’s walk is scheduled for:
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Posted by KressK
- Thu Sep 25, 2008 16:52:45 PDT
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The Women's Club of Bakersfield presents the 28th annual Festival of the Trees on Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Rabobank Convention Center.
The gourmet luncheon will be catered by Hodel's. Fashion show moderators will again be KGET...
Posted by Contributor
- Fri Sep 19, 2008 15:08:17 PDT
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PROJECT D.E.F.T.
DON'T EVER FORGET THEM
Don't Ever Forget Them is what my heart tells me every day.
Project D.E.F.T. is something that was started two years ago. At that time, my daughter and I mailed approximately 200 Christmas...
Anonymous user
- Thu Sep 18, 2008 16:36:13 PDT
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Harleys, Hondas and Heroes. All were gathered Thursday evening for the Second Annual Support our Troops ride from Bikersfield Leather and Accessories at 2622 Fairhaven Road to Chuy's on Rosedale Highway. The...
Posted by meandpete
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 14:02:27 PDT
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The Kern County firefighters will be out in force with their fire trucks and hoses, Saturday, September 20th in the Target parking lot off of Rosedale Highway. No cause for alarm though, this event is a car wash to raise funds for the...
Posted by jendiddy85
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:33:32 PDT
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Garden Pathways, Inc. will honor five outstanding “Women with a Heart for Bakersfield” at the sixth annual High Tea on Wednesday, September 10 at 11:30 a.m. at Seven Oaks County Club. Honorees Connie Wattenbarger, Judi...
Posted by Contributor
- Fri Sep 5, 2008 14:50:04 PDT
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Lions Club International: Who we are and what we do
Lions Clubs International is the largest community service organization in...
Posted by LionJoe
- Tue Sep 2, 2008 16:56:41 PDT
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Kern County senior citizens are invited to attend California State University, Bakersfield's 60+ Club Possibilities Day on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in the Runner Café.
Possibilities Day is the 60+ Club's annual...
Posted by CSUB1
- Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:52:23 PDT
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Alex’s Lemonade Stand – Fighting Childhood Cancer One Cup at Time
Local Kern High Schools, lead by Hugh O’Brian Youth Leaders (HOBY) ambassadors, will be hosting Alex’s Lemonade Stands on Saturday, August 30,...
Posted by Mickey49
- Tue Aug 26, 2008 09:25:18 PDT
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How would you like to make an impact on the lives of second-grade students who are experiencing reading difficulties? You can by volunteering to tutor four students for one hour-a- week in the fall 2008 semester of the Community...
Posted by KCSOSCOMM
- Thu Aug 7, 2008 17:14:59 PDT
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The students from Linda Larma and Daughters Academe of Dance held its annual Summer Dance recital to benefit the Kern County Child Abuse Prevention Council on July 28-30 at the Gaslight Melodrama Theater and Music Hall. Everyone in...
Posted by academeofdance
- Tue Aug 5, 2008 13:53:49 PDT
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Frye Motorsports was originally set up to help bring awareness to brain tumor patients. A very good friend of mine was diagnosed with a brain tumor earlier this year. Thank goodness through God's good grace he spared him his life...
Posted by Espee1
- Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:35:08 PDT
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My granddaughter, Sierra Wesala (9 years old) is from Exeter Ca; she's here visiting the family. She got her first hair cut today (besides trimming her bangs). Her hair was over 3 ft long and she got 1 1/2 ft cut today and donated it to...
Posted by Contributor
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:42:37 PDT
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Lucas Pauliukonis, 9, is the new No. 1 popcorn seller in the nation for Boy Scouts of America after raising $39,501 in sales this past year.
The year before, he was No. 2 with $17,285 in sales. He vowed then to go for No. 1 and set his...
Posted by Contributor
- Tue Jul 22, 2008 16:47:04 PDT
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Through Covenant CARENET, Covenant Community Services provides goods and services to foster children returning home to their families. The mission of CARENET is providing services and resources to foster children returning to their...
Posted by adine6
- Tue Jul 22, 2008 16:46:35 PDT
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Alexa Sandoval, 6, completed 1st grade at Jefferson School with no tardies or absences. Alexa is very smart, responsible and dependent. She is very special for having a good heart in helping and caring for others. Alexa has donated 14...
Posted by Contributor
- Tue Jul 8, 2008 17:44:42 PDT
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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....
Posted by Sarahswebb
- Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:24:29 PDT
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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’s life experience. A policeman may say it is a place where kids go when we arrest their parents and they...
Posted by jbvz
- Tue May 27, 2008 13:52:45 PDT
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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...
Posted by CSUB1
- Tue May 13, 2008 09:58:51 PDT
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Dream Builders Team Aera Energy focuses on project “Coloring Our Community”
There are many ways to give back to the community and various groups who could use some help. This spring a Dream Builder team consisting of eight...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Mon May 12, 2008 17:03:47 PDT
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WEST ROTARY CONTRIBUTES $60,000
TO YOUTH PROGRAMS IN KERN COUNTY
By Barry Rosenfeld,
Contributing writer
Bakersfield West Rotary has established new funding standards because of the...
Posted by cbrcbr
- Fri May 9, 2008 15:47:05 PDT
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Morgan Mize and Baylie Duncan celebrated their entrance into the “teen years” with a huge party. They have been best friends since kindergarten and their birthdays are only a month apart, so a combination party...
Anonymous user
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 13:01:09 PDT
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The Woman’s Club of Bakersfield celebrated its 112th birthday with a luncheon on March 24, 2008. This year’s theme, “Festivals and Holidays Around the World,” was chosen to honor California Federation of...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 15:06:57 PDT
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Nine year old Roshini Ravi looks at the printout in her hand and repeats in her head what she sees.... c-a-c-o-g-r-a-p-h-y. It means bad handwriting or bad spelling and that is exactly what she is trying to avoid as she prepares...
Posted by surendra_d
- Fri Apr 18, 2008 09:08:38 PDT
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BY DAN GORMAN
Mission executive director
The Bakersfield Rescue Mission, which recently announced its first-ever limit on space for homeless males to 110 beds, wants to keep space open for an extra 40 men.
This means the Mission...
Posted by cgeorge
- Wed Apr 16, 2008 20:43:22 PDT
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Motorcycle Ride—Covenant Ride for Hope to Benefit Kern County’s Abused and Neglected Children
Covenant Community Services is holding a motorcycle ride to benefit programs that serve Kern County’s abused and...
Posted by adine6
- Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:24:55 PDT
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We have been Foster Parents with Kern Bridges Youth Homes since November 2004. Tisha’s parents have been foster parents for over 10 years and this inspired us to become foster parents, even though we had children of our own....
Anonymous user
- Thu Apr 10, 2008 14:56:58 PDT
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April 22, otherwise known as Earth Day, is right around the corner and what better way to celebrate than by participating in Kaiser Permanente’s E-Waste collection day, held in partnership with Goodwill Industries.
What is...
Posted by Jason1983
- Mon Apr 7, 2008 11:02:57 PDT
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Local Fundraiser Spearheaded by Kaiser Member
Paige Atkison Brightens Lives
On April 12, 10-year-old Paige Atkison wants to brighten the futures of children born with cleft...
Posted by Jason1983
- Mon Apr 7, 2008 10:25:05 PDT
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The Vietnam Airlift
The fall of Saigon, March 1975
By Janice Gleason
Contributing writer
When Saigon fell, the news programs showed the U.S. Embassy in Saigon under siege by the Vietnamese citizens trying to get into the embassy so...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Tue Apr 1, 2008 14:52:47 PDT
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Bakersfield West Rotary will be holding its 16th annual Cioppino Feed on April 5 at Garces High’s Leddy Hall at 6pm. The event has raised more than $300,000 for local youth charities since 1993.
The...
Posted by cbrcbr
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:35:37 PDT
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If you have a history in Girl Scouting as a former Girl Scout, volunteer or staff member, Girl Scouts-Joshua Tree Council would like to invite you to spend an afternoon “Walking Down Memory Lane."
This fun filled...
Posted by pahbph9
- Thu Mar 20, 2008 14:00:34 PDT
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For World Water Day, March 22, The United States Fund for The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has initiated the Tap Project, a campaign that asks patrons of participating restaurants to donate as little as $1 as payment for the...
Posted by nickdziegler
- Mon Mar 17, 2008 15:28:48 PDT
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THE SALVATION ARMY TO HOLD DONATION DRIVE
AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL
The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC) of Bakersfield will be hosting a Donation Drive with the community at Centennial High...
Posted by APT
- Mon Mar 17, 2008 15:18:47 PDT
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Not long ago the local McDonald’s owners asked me to inquire about building a Ronald McDonald family Room in Bakersfield. A facility such as this actually houses several families for short stays while their children are in...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Mon Mar 10, 2008 14:57:25 PDT
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The Southern Sierra Council, Boy Scouts of America has honored six local leaders with Scouting’s highest honor during the Council Annual Leadership Dinner held Friday, January 25, 2008 at the Bakersfield Museum of Art.
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Posted by CarolynZ
- Mon Mar 3, 2008 09:04:16 PST
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J.J. has faced challenges and hardship from the time he was three days old. He was born with cancer, given up for adoption and left to live in a hospital until his fourth birthday. With no prospective adopted parents, he was...
Posted by APT
- Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:00:18 PST
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You can buy Girl Scout Cookies to donate in this package going out in March to soldiers in Kuwait. A dear friend of mine's daughter, Candace, is there with the US Air Force. They are on duty out in the desert there. We love and respect...
Posted by tajwilly
- Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:55:07 PST
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Iraq — Why would four civilians spend $32,000 of their own money to leave the good old USA on Christmas Day to come to war?
“To grill steaks,” said Tom Anton, founder of Cooks from the Valley, a group of men from...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 15:19:11 PST
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Benjamin Carl Capps received his Eagle Scout Award at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor held on February 1st, 2008. Born in Bakersfield, California, Ben is the youngest son of Carl and Marlene Capps and Grandson of Lloyd and Ella Colvin. Ben...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 09:16:11 PST
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Who says chivalry is dead? The gentlemen of Kappa Sigma, a fraternity at California State University Bakersfield, are working to change the image of your typical college fraternity.
Given the circumstances and times...
Posted by KyleOConnor
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 16:58:37 PST
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Fifteen families are needed to host exchange students for a 3-week stay from July 31- Aug. 20. Many activities will be scheduled for the students.
We need good, wholesome families for boys and girls ages 13-18. The only cost to you is...
Posted by roxtar
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:31:24 PST
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AT&T Pioneers Donate $5,000 to Bakersfield Foster Care Center
Grant to Help Pay for School Needs, Education and Foster Parent Training
On Monday, February 4, AT&T’s volunteer organization, the AT&T Pioneers,...
Posted by JANLBANS
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 09:28:16 PST
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WalkAmerica, the March of Dimes largest fundraising event, which brought in $117 million nationwide last year, has been renamed March for Babies. The new name makes a clear connection to what the March of Dimes is all...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Wed Feb 6, 2008 16:57:35 PST
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Covenant Community Services has an immediate need for volunteers who are willing to mentor former foster youth ages 17-21. The youth are part of Covenant's transitional housing program for emancipated foster youth. Mentors...
Posted by adine6
- Tue Jan 15, 2008 17:12:43 PST
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