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Fri Dec 4, 2009
Team Hope Bake Sale
 Bake Sale   Team Hope is having a Bake Sale Dec 4th from 1130am-130pm in the Mercy Hospital Cafeteria (2215 Truxtun Ave) to raise money for 2010 Relay for Life. Come and support Team Hope and buy a goody. If you would like...
Posted by RebeccaLewis010 - Tue Nov 17, 2009 15:20:40 PST
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Wed Jan 6, 2010
Free classes for cancer patients and caregivers offered by the American Cancer Society
  Learn to cope with cancer-related issues from the comfort of your own home or office. The American Cancer Society offers monthly telephone classes the first Wednesday of each month. These classes give callers the opportunity to...
Posted by AmericanCancerSociety - Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:06:21 PST
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Alva's Fitness "Boot Camp"
CALL NOW!!! ALVA'S FITNESS (661)346-2781 8 WEEK WEIGHT LOSS & FITNESS BOOT CAMP $200 PER PERSON 3 DAYS A WEEK NEXT START DATE  NOV 16 2009 BOOT CAMPS START EVERY FOUR WEEKS!!!  
Posted by apolloalva - Sat Nov 7, 2009 03:42:31 PST
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Tidings of Comfort and Joy - Facing the holidays after bereavement
  Tidings of Comfort and Joy? Facing the holidays after bereavement   When you’re grieving the death of a family member or friend, you may dread the holiday season. Thoughts of social gatherings, family traditions and...
Anonymous user - Tue Nov 3, 2009 17:45:42 PST
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Mon Nov 30, 2009
Tai Chi at Pacific Health
Tai Chi at Pacific Health Every Monday and/or Wednesday 10:45 a.m. 45-Minute class $5 Drop-in fee (Pay as you go; no need to make a long-term commitment!)   Pacific Health Education Center 5300 California Ave.  #200...
Anonymous user - Sat Oct 31, 2009 14:26:53 PDT
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Mon Nov 23, 2009
Tai Chi at Pacific Health
Tai Chi at Pacific Health Every Monday and/or Wednesday 10:45 a.m. 45-Minute class $5 Drop-in fee (Pay as you go; no need to make a long-term commitment!)   Pacific Health Education Center 5300 California Ave.  #200...
Anonymous user - Sat Oct 31, 2009 14:23:34 PDT
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News Story for World Diabetes Day - Nov 14th
Dear Editor, With the upcoming month of November being Diabetes Awareness month and World Diabetes Day falling on November 14th, the following story may be of interest to your newspaper. There are several doctors in California that...
Posted by snguyenc2c - Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:53:26 PDT
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Pumping Iron
Attached is a "Word Doc" containing several pages. Thanks!
Posted by heyitsdennis - Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:05:36 PDT
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Rett Syndrome Awareness
October is National Rett Syndrome Awareness Month: There are several families living in Bakersfield that have a child with Retts. Most people have never heard of Rett Syndrome although there are close to half a million girls and women...
Posted by brittleo - Thu Oct 1, 2009 16:47:02 PDT
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Family Photoshoots - 1/2 the money raised will go to the 2010 Relay for Life
I am an amateur photographer and I am hosting a fundraiser for the 2010 Relay for Life. I am doing family photos for $50 a session and 1/2 the money raised will go to the 2010 Relay for Life. Are you a cancer survivor, or a...
Posted by BeckyBug - Tue Sep 29, 2009 22:44:30 PDT
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American Association of Retired Persons - 2nd Annual Senior Awareness Day
  AARP's 2nd Annual "Senior Awareness Day" on Wednesday, September 30 at the Bakersfield Museum of Art is an event directed at seniors with informative workshops led by professionals. The purpose is to educate...
Posted by clr2 - Sat Aug 29, 2009 13:01:53 PDT
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Are Your Kids Ready For Kindergarten?
For some parents, this summer marks the last season before school starts. Kaiser Permanente’s pediatric physician, Fernando Fan has some advice for parents sending their little one to Kindergarten this year – make sure to get...
Posted by Jason1983 - Mon Jul 13, 2009 09:46:45 PDT
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Amazing Chloe
  My Goddaughter is someone to be cherished. She is 10 years old and her name is Chloe. Even though she may be young in years, she is wise in soul. I am touched to be able to watch the life of this special little...
Posted by HotRodRed220 - Tue Jul 7, 2009 12:28:33 PDT
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Five Cyclists Accomplish Grand Tour Double Century
    On June 27, the LA Wheelmen sponsored their 51st Annual Grand Tour cycling event. This event is popular among the cycling community offering double, triple, and quad routes, which is organized with check points that...
Anonymous user - Fri Jul 3, 2009 22:10:12 PDT
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What 4th of July Means to Me
We all know what 4th of July represents.....Our independence from Britain in 1776 and when our Democracy was born.  On this day, Americans and everyone living in this great nation celebrate our independence with barbecues,...
Posted by JMSerano - Thu Jul 2, 2009 00:01:11 PDT
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When Science Meets the Spirit: A Scientific and Spiritual Approach to Life
In our modern world, technology is overwhelming. From the alarm sound that wakes you up in the morning to the conditioned environment that puts you to bed, everything runs on modern technology. But it is so overwhelming that we...
Posted by surendra_d - Sun May 3, 2009 14:49:16 PDT
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Iris is an approximately 1 to 2 year old, white, spayed female, Pit Bull mix.
Iris is an  approximately 1 to 2 year old, white, spayed female, Pit Bull mix.   She is one cute, happy, energetic young lady.  Iris is super friendly, adores people, and loves to play ball.  She would probably...
Posted by alphacanine - Wed Apr 22, 2009 21:17:25 PDT
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Bakersfield College Health Fair to Feature Screenings, Health Care Organizations
Students and community members alike will be able to partake in free health screenings, blood pressure checks and information on topics such as diabetes and health careers during Bakersfield College’s 10th Annual Health and...
Posted by amberc - Thu Apr 16, 2009 08:49:15 PDT
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Child Abuse Prevention Month
  CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION We All Have a Role in Strengthening Families   Bakersfield, CA – (April 2, 2009) April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness about child abuse and neglect and...
Posted by HRECARTER - Thu Apr 2, 2009 13:58:16 PDT
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Tue Nov 24, 2009
Amputee Support Group
Free support group for amputees and friends and family.
Posted by HealthSouth - Thu Apr 2, 2009 13:42:40 PDT
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In-Shape Announces Fourth Bakersfield Location
In-Shape Health Clubs has acquired Total Fitness at 3201 Mall View Road on Bakersfield’s east side and will start immediate construction on a new fitness facility in a nearby development. The new facility – the...
Posted by michelle10161 - Mon Mar 23, 2009 14:24:39 PDT
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Warmer weather brings water safety alert
Bakersfield – The “Water Safety Coalition” announced an early start to making sure adults are vigilant in keeping children water safe. Representatives from Kern County Departments of Fire, Public Health,...
Posted by PublicHealth - Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:41:10 PDT
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SHALL WE DANCE? A PRESCRIPTION TO LIVE BY
At 94-years-old, Eleanor Freeland wants to grow up to be an old woman. While most of us would like to be flexible, flexibility is not what pushed Eleanor to Kaiser Permanente’s chair exercise class. It was being able to control her...
Posted by Jason1983 - Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:09:11 PDT
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Wellpoint (Anthem) Blue Cross and Wellcare Medicare Advantage Programs
  WELLPOINT (Anthem) AND WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAMS…. CRISIS NOT AVERTED!   By Robert W. Reed   When did it all begin, this change from civility to indifference; the change from respect of...
Posted by darsvoice - Fri Mar 6, 2009 15:02:20 PST
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An ode to the Kern River Bike Path
It was our daily outing. After Derek's second breakfast, around 10 a.m., I'd buckle him into the car seat and gather my things: Water bottle, iPod, stop watch, keys, and ID. We'd drive to Beach Park, load up the stroller, then hit the...
Posted by jbaldwin - Mon Mar 2, 2009 14:28:08 PST
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What kind of house are you building?
Most people, especially kids, don’t think too hard about what they eat. They pick something up, put it in their mouth and chew. They don’t realize that what they just ate will be a part of their body...
Posted by PairMarotta - Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:56:32 PST
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Surviving the holidays when you live with chronic pain
For most people the holidays are busy and can be overwhelming at times. But for someone dealing with a chronic pain condition, like Fibromyalgia, the holidays can be truly daunting.  During the time the...
Anonymous user - Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:44:12 PST
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Against Medical Advice
The dog lay prone in the road directly in front of my house. She was very still, although a gentle breeze ruffled her fur and mimicked movement. In the light of the nearly full moon, I easily recognized the unfortunate dog as Tasha, the...
Posted by ghostriter - Mon Oct 20, 2008 15:35:19 PDT
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You Can’t Go Home Again?
Is that statement true? You know the one I mean-- the Thomas Wolfe title of his most successful novel....is it really true? For many years now I have been absent from Shafter and Bakersfield, absent from the lands, roads and people who...
Posted by Contributor - Wed Oct 8, 2008 15:11:20 PDT
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CSUB joins national children's health study
At a national news conference this morning, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development announced that California State University, Bakersfield has been selected to partner with University of California, Berkeley,...
Posted by CSUB1 - Mon Oct 6, 2008 16:31:32 PDT
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Radiology Technology Program gets positive review at Bakersfield College
The Bakersfield College Radiologic Technology program has announced a completely compliant Accreditation review by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) following a two-day visit by a two-member...
Posted by amberc - Mon Oct 6, 2008 12:35:45 PDT
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March of Dimes — Bakersfield Signature Chefs Auction
The San Joaquin Community Hospital presents the March of Dimes Bakersfield Signature Chefs Auction at Holiday Inn Select/Marriott Hotels & Resorts in Bakersfield on Wednesday, October 29, 2008. March of Dimes —...
Posted by vwagner - Mon Oct 6, 2008 12:14:06 PDT
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Help Give An angel A Breath
 Cassie Ann Stockton is a 15-year-old who  was diagnosed at the age of 5 with a chronic lung disease, COPD, which was caused by the influenza A virus. Her future was left unknown. Cassie has struggled for many years to stay...
Posted by cassie15 - Fri Sep 12, 2008 14:08:57 PDT
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My Hero - Battling "Lupus" for 27 Years
As you may have already seen in past newspapers and articles, my brave and miracle walking husband, James W. Nutt,  has been battling Lupus for 27 years now, and has been such an inspiration to all of us. At the age of 20 years...
Posted by cnutt47 - Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:38:55 PDT
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Family in need of support
08/18/2008 my brother, Michael Boyer, had been taken to the hospital for what we had thought was a spider bite or staph infection that was getting out of control, which caused his face to swell to where his eyes were swollen...
Posted by samantha0918 - Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:05:31 PDT
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Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation grants nursing scholarships
Sixteen local college nursing students were presented scholarships by the Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation.  Jackie Hay, scholarship committee chair and BMH Foundation board trustee made the...
Posted by CarylEdward - Thu Aug 7, 2008 14:10:05 PDT
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Fitness is Persistence
Research confirms the conventional wisdom that successful people work hard, and rebound from setbacks.  In short, they persist.  People who successfully maintain their New Year's resolutions for two years report an...
Posted by PeteStrongin - Thu Aug 7, 2008 11:48:27 PDT
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Frye Motorsports — racing for a cause
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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"RECOVERY AND EMPOWERMENT-Living Schizophrenia to Become a Professional Peer
I will be featured on a nationally syndicated radio show, the Popp Off show in Sacramento at 11:30 A.M. on Monday July 14th, 2008 on station www.kahi.com to discuss my autobiography "RECOVERY AND EMPOWERMENT-Living...
Posted by mom123 - Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:54:53 PDT
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The Corset Diet
Yet another new diet to add to the overcrowding diet isle, but wait… this one might actually work.  A client of mine recently sent me an email asking me to custom make a corset for her. She wanted a heavy duty,...
Posted by snaresofvenus - Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:37:28 PDT
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Fires Put Pregnant Women, Infants at Risk
Fires Put Pregnant Women, Infants at Risk March of Dimes provides tips to protect those most vulnerable during disaster   (Bakersfield, CA , July 8, 2008)  March of Dimes urges pregnant women and families with young infants...
Posted by vwagner - Tue Jul 8, 2008 16:10:25 PDT
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Bakersfield is a Solar Gold Mine For Home Owners
This time of year in Bakersfield, it’s easy to have a chip on your shoulder while trying to avoid the blazing sun day after day, month after month.   Not me, every day the sun shines, I’m actually being paid by our...
Posted by LovinBakersfield - Tue Jun 24, 2008 14:37:39 PDT
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Prenatal Massage Benefits Two
                 There is no other time in a woman's life which massage can have such important an application than during pregnancy.  When we begin to...
Posted by vlightworker - Mon Jun 23, 2008 15:17:50 PDT
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The Depths of a Walking Skeleton
My name is Jolie Brouttier and for the past two years I have been struggling with Anorexia. I used to be a chubby girl and muscular female, who played softball for thirteen years (from TBall to Varsity fast pitch). That's the old me,...
Posted by bakobornnraised - Mon Jun 2, 2008 13:09:03 PDT
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IN-SHAPE HEALTH CLUBS Hosts Bakersfield Parties This Saturday!
In-Shape Health Clubs welcomes all Bakersfield residents to a Summer Kick-off Party this Saturday, May 31!  All Three Bakersfield In-Shape locations will be hosting events to help members and non-members relax and enjoy the...
Posted by michelle10161 - Wed May 28, 2008 10:33:37 PDT
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Posters for health
This spring, as One Book One Bakersfield One Kern read "Fast Food Nation," local high school students participated in a poster contest to show their health consciousness. The topics to choose from were either "National...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Tue May 27, 2008 17:27:38 PDT
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IN-SHAPE HEALTH CLUBS Grows in Bakersfield, Announces New Director of Tennis
BAKERSFIELD – In-Shape Health Clubs has announced the addition of Catalin Chira as Director of Tennis/Head Tennis Pro for their Laurel Glen facility.  Chira will play a critical role in developing Laurel Glen’s tennis...
Posted by michelle10161 - Tue May 13, 2008 10:03:04 PDT
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Counseling Services Available
The University Counselor Training Clinic at Cal State University Bakersfield offers individual, couple, family, and group counseling services to members of the Bakersfield community. The clinic is open Monday through Thursday, afternoons...
Anonymous user - Mon Apr 21, 2008 09:21:44 PDT
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Bereavement Without End-A Plea From Alienated Parents Everywhere
The death of a child is indisputably one of the most incredibly horrible tragedies one can imagine. Whether by sudden accidental circumstance, or by a more lengthy cause as in illness, the loss of a child is undeniably painful to...
Posted by splitntwo - Thu Apr 17, 2008 15:35:31 PDT
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Real ‘Gidget’ to discuss healthy aging for CSUB social work program training
California State University, Bakersfield will host Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, the woman who inspired the movies and television series “Gidget,” in a talk titled “Models of Healthy Aging.” Zuckerman will be speaking...
Posted by CSUB1 - Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:17:33 PDT
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