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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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The 16th Annual Bakersfield Festival of Beers
Presented by the Bakersfield Active 20 30 club
April 26th 2008 1 to 5pm
1Bakersfield.com & Good Time Entertainment will be giveing away
2 pair of General Admission Tickets and 1...
Posted by djkylebrown
- Wed Apr 9, 2008 10:45:43 PDT
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The 37th Annual Bakersfield Junior Miss Scholarship Program will be held Friday, April 18th, 2008. Junior Miss Beach Party Fun will be held at Standard School Auditorium located at 1200 N. Chester Ave in Bakersfield.
Seventeen local...
Posted by sojola
- Tue Apr 8, 2008 14:44:00 PDT
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My daughter Yarazeth is one of the youngest nominated to attend the Jr. Congressional Youth Council in Washingtion, D.C. this summer.
This opportunity is a once in a lifetime experience for her. She will be able to network with other...
Posted by Fundraiser4Yaya
- Thu Apr 3, 2008 08:50:49 PDT
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These days Scouting is about a whole lot more than just tying knots. The Southern Sierra Council, Boy Scouts of America invites families to Sport Chalet at 5200 Stockdale Highway in Bakersfield on Saturday, April 12, 2008 anytime from 10...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Wed Apr 2, 2008 14:46:20 PDT
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My family and I saw something strange in the sky Friday night, March 7th, 2008. It was about 9pm and we were returning from dinner. After heading West on Stockdale Hwy, we turned right onto Renfro Road heading home. We immediately...
Posted by RogerTTaayylloorr
- Wed Apr 2, 2008 13:54:23 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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Recently, I had a city crew replacing a sidewalk on the west and south sides of my home. I have always heard the negative remarks about city workers and was prepared for a long, drawn out mess. I was so pleasantly surprised...
Posted by Boober50
- Wed Mar 26, 2008 09:02:40 PDT
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I enjoy all the bells and whistles of the Fourth of July. And, as I proudly watched my husband put up 6-inch plastic flags along the border of our front lawn, I noticed a neighbor driving by, slowly, and chuckling to himself while...
Posted by HeatherIjames
- Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:34:15 PDT
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Nearly a week ago my daughter's father slipped away into the sea hoping to rescue his boat which had become un-moored with a big storm which came out of the North east.
In a state of seaspair and sleeplessness not to mention complete...
Posted by Sooz58
- Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:56:04 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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March 15, 2008
About a month ago, I read with interest the article about Rusty Shoop and his recovery from a brain aneurysm. Then a couple of weeks later, I read with interest the article about Kern Medical Center,...
Posted by shminner
- Mon Mar 17, 2008 13:09:17 PDT
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First, let me start by saying, “Bad luck doesn’t follow me, it rides on my back daily."
This is the truth. However, even with all my faults and problems along with the daily dose of bad luck, my mom...
Posted by dks123
- Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:56:01 PDT
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‘A workman was busy at his job, suspended outside a hotel window
high upon the 11th floor. Of course, he was properly secured with a
safety belt.
He called to a friend inside the hotel to come into the room where
...
Posted by BostonGal
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:21:25 PDT
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I am insulted by the fact the DMV has chosen not to renew my Drivers License by mail. What are they thinking? Am I too old, or has someone tipped them off concerning a few of my bad habits? I...
Posted by heyitsdennis
- Wed Mar 5, 2008 16:26:50 PST
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Have Some Fun – Learn A Little Italian!
By Lis Sierra
Ciao a tutti! (Hello, Everyone!) Perhaps you have two hours during your week to set aside for a little mental fun/exercise. Are you recently retired?...
Posted by icugini2
- Mon Mar 3, 2008 14:20:15 PST
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Last Wednesday evening the City Council unanimously approved (sans Councilman Couch) the Section Ten development. According to the Bakersfield Californian, Councilman Hanson "issued a ringing endorsement of the project." Hanson...
Posted by willwinn
- Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:23:48 PST
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I’ve only been in one war: The Battle of the Bulge.
You know how the enemy works.
He creeps into your body, by way of your mouth,
then slowly inflates you.
I have used every known weapon on him.
The Water...
Posted by BostonGal
- Wed Feb 27, 2008 08:35:18 PST
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It has indeed been many moons since I first saw the crossing guard guide children across Roberts Lane into Beardsley School. I drive by him each morning on my way...
Posted by HeatherIjames
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 15:03:52 PST
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In my immediate case, the smaller phones get the worse. For, if we were still in the early nineties with our bulky cordless phones, I would not be holding my small phone’s circuit board in the palm of my hand. I had...
Posted by HeatherIjames
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 14:50:49 PST
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This is a well known saying in the “Harley” world, or for that matter the
“motorcycle” world in general. It is a polite way of saying “I don’t have time to talk to you”
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Posted by heyitsdennis
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:03:07 PST
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Rusty Shoop has been missed by a lot of people this last year. When he and I talked at the Writers of Kern Meeting I asked him if I could interview him and get the word out about his recovery from a brain aneurysm last...
Posted by clr2
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 08:59:22 PST
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BABY FEST 2008
THERE IS STILL TIME TO RESERVE YOUR BOOTH FOR BABY FEST 2008. IT WILL BE THE LARGEST EVENT OF IT'S KIND IN KERN COUNTY TO EDUCATE PARENTS ON BUSINESSES AND SERVICES IN OUR AREA.
WE WILL BE HAVING AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING...
Posted by RedMouse
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:01:50 PST
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In order for this story to make sense, I must go back 35 years or so. Do not be impatient, I will be brief.
I am 19 years old and in the United States Navy, on board the USS Dixie AD 14. We have set sail...
Posted by heyitsdennis
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:28:06 PST
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In order to write this story it must start with a confession. I have stolen property from the United States Navy, OK, petty theft 35 years ago, but a crime never the less. I am not afraid to tell you this for several...
Posted by heyitsdennis
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 13:31:54 PST
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Oh Valentine, my Valentine!
Be my sweetie Valentine!
Always a day of romance and promise, sincere or otherwise, but never more so than in the fourth grade at Horace Mann in Bakersfield. The day when you would know if she really...
Posted by pbowhay
- Thu Feb 7, 2008 17:27:17 PST
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Ahh, February, 'the month of love'. On February 14th, Little
children, in schools around the earth, will be expressing
their love with hand-made Valentine's Day cards. Grown-ups
will be doing the same with more extravagance. It...
Posted by BostonGal
- Wed Feb 6, 2008 09:23:50 PST
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In the Beatles song All You Need Is Love, Paul McCartney and John Lennon sing, “love is all you need.” This classic song implies that love is the most important thing in the world and that really, it’s the only...
Posted by cgonzales2984
- Tue Feb 5, 2008 17:03:30 PST
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Our mom always amazed us with her ongoing energies. She brought her children up during the so-called "puritanical era" with a high moral ethic. As a result, all her children made her proud.
She performed as a singer and dancer...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Mon Feb 4, 2008 16:30:32 PST
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For most of us, the first thing we think about after we get married is having children, for others it is the farthest thing on the mind. For those of us who think about having children after marriage, we also need to think of...
Posted by girljoy
- Fri Feb 1, 2008 17:41:43 PST
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On February 29, 2008, the Kern Autism Network will hold its Twelfth Annual Autism Awareness Conference at the Holiday Inn Select in Bakersfield. Featured speakers are Dr. Robert Koegel and Dr. Lynn Kern Koegel of the Koegel Autism...
Anonymous user
- Fri Feb 1, 2008 10:39:56 PST
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I was reading a story the other day where a man was suing his ex wife for child support and claimed that he was only making $2,500 per month when in fact he made more. In the year 2000, this man made over $50,000 and then in the...
Posted by girljoy
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 09:32:18 PST
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The article by Lois Henry in Sunday's paper 01/27/08 regarding Kern River was excellent. Without intelligent and informed reporting like this the residents of Bakersfield would not have known about this. applause!!!!
Please...
Posted by gerry13
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 17:10:48 PST
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All this fuss about grocery bags. They can't be plastic. They can't be paper. They want us to buy cloth bags and reuse them. I don't know about you, but I would need to buy at least ten bags. At a...
Posted by sitterpatsy
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 17:05:07 PST
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With the holidays behind us, I was quite happy to put away the Christmas tree and snowmen and get back to our “normal” day-to-day schedule. However, I sure will miss my daily jaunt to the mailbox to find greeting cards with...
Posted by CALOLLAR
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:03:59 PST
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In 1818, "Silent Night" was not written by Franz Gruber, but the words were in fact written by Father Joseph Mohr. However ,in the parrish of St. Nicholas in Oberndorf, Austria the organ was not working, so Father Joseph asked...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 13:23:11 PST
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The summers at Arvin are forever unbearably hot. In the 1950’s the lawns at the DiGiorgio County Park were watered via flood irrigation and the kids would always watch the maintenance crew as they prepared each section of...
Posted by Sloigo
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:59:51 PST
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On Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, the Kern Autism Network (KAN) will present a Behavior Intervention Workshop led by LaQuita Spivey. The workshop will be held at Hilton Garden Inn Bakersfield, 3625 Marriott Drive, Bakersfield, from 9...
Anonymous user
- Thu Jan 3, 2008 11:49:25 PST
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The Orphan Trains began about 10 years before the Civil War and
lasted for about 75 years. In that time about 150,000 children from
3 to 13 years of age were placed in rural homes.*
In the mid-1800s there were about 10,000...
Posted by BostonGal
- Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:16:07 PST
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Excitement stirs as the old year gets ready to turn her crown
over to a new and hopeful year.
Unfortunately, this time of year is overshadowed by the many who do not respect their own lives, other innocent lives nor God, the Giver...
Posted by BostonGal
- Tue Dec 18, 2007 15:04:08 PST
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Thanksgiving morning I turned on the oven so it would be ready for our 18 pound turkey. After about 10 minutes, I noticed something didn't seem quite right. I opened the oven door and discovered the heating element had burned...
Posted by lawinfo
- Wed Nov 28, 2007 09:29:44 PST
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This November, the Kern Autism Network (KAN) collaborated with Kern Regional Center to distribute turkeys to families affected by autism spectrum disorders to insure they enjoyed a holiday dinner for Thanksgiving.
KAN purchased...
Anonymous user
- Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:40:35 PST
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My ex-husband was the first to admit that he could be rather mean-spirited; in truth, he often boasted of the fact, as if his ability to snap someone’s head off with a cruel retort were a virtue to be proud of. It was a...
Posted by ghostriter
- Mon Nov 26, 2007 09:23:40 PST
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As Mrs. Bakersfield I have chosen a community platform to represent during my year as a title holder. I believe that every child deserves a good loving home that’s why I have dedicated myself to Foster Child Awarness. I am...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:23:45 PST
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On October 12th I was with friends in Ludhiana, India when a story in the Ludhiana Tribune caught my eye. Doris Lessing an 87 year old British writer returned from shopping to be told that she had...
Posted by CraigDGarrett
- Fri Nov 16, 2007 09:05:46 PST
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I was stopped a few months ago in town for supposedly running a red light. The citation was issued during a "sting operation" on 23rd in which the officer who gave me the citation did not actually SEE me run the light but...
Posted by RickWorth
- Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:39:44 PST
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HI I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO SOMEONES ATTENTION ABOUT THE HORN BLOWING TRAINS THAT PASS THOUGH CENTRAL BAKERSFIELD I JUST WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY AWARENESS, AS IF I HAD A CHOICE.
IT IS APPARENT THAT THE SANTA FE RAIL ROAD CO....
Posted by pmunoz37
- Fri Nov 9, 2007 13:45:59 PST
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Well Mom and Dad it seems like just yesterday i was sitting there with you guys talking about how i couldn't wait to get out of your house because of your stupid rules but i have come to realize that all those rules you gave me were to...
Posted by Marines88
- Wed Nov 7, 2007 11:06:22 PST
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As children in the 1950s, we never understood the true meaning of the term “Trick-or-Treat”. There was no vandalism, very little mischief and even fewer bullies. No one had store-bought costumes and most...
Posted by Sloigo
- Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:11:24 PDT
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I was watching the video of that ladies collection of elvis I to have a collection almost as big as her I have my back window on my car that says on the last day god created elvis if you are not a fan you will not understand also I have...
Posted by jenn18
- Fri Oct 26, 2007 08:39:21 PDT
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