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Got some new pictures of Ruger, the "Ultimate Black Diamond"
Sit, stay--
Best Buds
On his "Throne"
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Every year, you're expected to make a resolution. A change for the better. Using my own experience, it's easier said then done. I've never kept a resolution but I'm going to go down the path again this year, and try NOT to veer off the edge.
I've actually decided on two resolutions. A...
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Saturday's Californian ran a piece on the accomplishments of Kern County athletes in 2007. Among them were Kevin Harvick(who now lives in North Carolina)and Casey Mears winning cup races, the feats of some of the local prep football teams, The Condors making it to the second round of the...
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If you aren't into sports, stop here. Go find another post with the political mumbo jumbo you so love to get wound up about. This is about a different kind of fantasy world, but just as full of Armchair Quarterbacks!
I really wasn't into football at all. I didn't even know who was who...
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Got my present early. The pictures are of what I recieved.
May I take this time to wish all of you a very
Merry Christmas
and the happest of
New Years
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Hello all:
Haven't been around in awhile, getting all the year end business and Christmas shopping done.
Got a new addition to the family, an 8 week old black Lab named "RUGER". His full AKC name is "Ruger's Ultimate Black Diamond". Took him to the Vet today for his...
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KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit organization that envisions a great place to play within walking distance of every child in North America. KaBOOM! brings together parents, community leaders and corporate partners to facilitate the group planning and design of new community playspaces. Our goal is...
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Have posted an article about Andy. Will re-post it later here if needed. Andy won the Worlds Junior Division Championship by over 2 feet! He had a jump of 18' 9" in the finals to win going away. He also set a new Cynosports Junior World Record with a jump of 19' 3" in the...
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Hello all, last couple weeks have been hard to get on here. Seems when you get "UP" in age you start visiting the ER more often. This past week I found out what it is like to give birth (I'm a male)! Ladies I now understand, really I do, I spent a couple days at Mercy...
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Well for those of you who haven't seen my profile before reading this post, you now know that I am a HUGE Centennial High School sports fan. After all its my alma mater, even though I never played sports. And I'm happy to say that with the (football) win over Stockdale 19-6 last...
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Did anyone attend the Bark in the Park in Lancaster this past weekend? Andy did a Little of everything. Dock Diving, Agility and lots of other fun things. Reports are that he hit the 18"-19" mark (Purina's measurement would have been 23"-24", not bad for 9 months...
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If you haven't had a chance to read about "Operation Raw Deal" I encourage you to do so. It seems that two Bakersfield men were among 124 busted by the DEA in the largest steroid investigation in U.S. history.
I've attached a link to the story:...
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Splash Dogs
Fun Jump
Watch happy dogs jumping off a dock into a pool of water. They LOVE it! And you will, too.
Your dog may try out and practice all day for $10 (refunded if your dog says, "NO WAY!"). There will be 2 entrance/exit ramps this year so...
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I see that Purina is putting another of it's Dog Challenge on NSPN today. I am curious to see how 8 month old Andy stacks up against those dog's. Remember that Purina measures from end of dock to dogs nose, not the base of his tail. In Andy's case that would be an...
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If you haven't heard already, the Blitz arenafootball2 team is likely going to fold. Unfortunately, we all knew this was going to happen about 3 years ago. That's too bad. I enjoyed going to their games and am going to miss seeing arena football here, even though...
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Who's your favorite football team(s)? Mine are:
1. CENTENNIAL GOLDEN HAWKS (HIGH SCHOOL)
2. BC Renegades (junior college)
3. Notre Dame (college)
4. USC/Southern California (college)
5. OAKLAND RAIDERS (NFL)
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Seven month old Prince Andy traveled to Diamond Lake, OR. this past weekend. He took part in the "Northwest Challenge" and came away with a 2nd place in his junior division before moving up to try on the senior division. In the senior division Andy finished 8th over all. He is being...
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Do you think cheerleading is a sport? I believe it is, even though I never did it myself. Here is my argument as to why. First, it is athletic and competitive. Second, cheerleaders perform many stunts and do lots of gymnastics and dancing. Third, there's a risk of...
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Thanks for your comments. Got word last night that Andy had one jump of 17'2" a new PR. Wow, what will next year bring? will write more when they return with details.
I think God gave us dogs so when the weight of the worls was upon him, man could have a friend when...
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Hope you enjoy. They show a complete jump. Andy is now in Oregon showing off.
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The Auburn event on Sept 15 & 16 has been canceled. So, looks like Andy will go up to Squaw Valley, Ca. to jump in the Art Barkfest Fun Jump event. All proceeds go to the local ASPCA in Squaw Valley. Don't think I'll go this time, awful long drive for this old man ;) ...
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Haven't been on here for a while. Spent last few days in Memorial Hospital. Had a little plumbing done. Went in for a Angio-plaste, Doc had to do an "Intervention" and inserted a "Stint" while in there, all is OK now. At home taking things easy for a few days. Gotta get...
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As some of you may know already, The Californian recently made some changes to the newspaper. They removed the TV section, changed the weather section twice (the second one was actually a good one), and have once again failed to preview other high school sports except...
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Looking for a place to train Andy. Ot could be a swimming pool. It needs a ledge for him to see as he jumps, not a sloping bank. If you know of a place please let me know about it. Need a place to get him ready for the upcoming World Championships in AZ.
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The Super Retriever Series, Splash Dogs Super Fly, competition took place at the Sports Warehouse in Reno, NV. this past weekend. There were two divisions of competition, the Amateur division for dogs jumping 18 feet and under and the Professional division for dogs...
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Granddaughter and her hubby took Andy to San Diego this weekend to teach him how to surf. Yep, thats right, ride the board, hang ten, all of it. They said he did good, even caught a couple waves by himself. Got a video of him surfing, what can't my "Grandson" do? Guess next they will...
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Sports fans we need your help.
The sports department is putting together a "Kern County's All-Time Most Wanted Team," for its upcoming high school football preview. We're looking for Kern County players that went on to have outstanding/ prolific college careers. Carr at Fresno State,...
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Did you read today's Bakersfield Californian (7-28-07) ? They ran my story of Prince Andy the Flying Puppy along with pictures, slid show and video. Very nice job too.
Not much to write about today, going to try to give my older lab a hair cut today, that should be fun?
The USA...
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The softball teams haven't let me know how they are soing, so nothing softball today.
I guess now that I have found a new sport I should change the photo on my profile? Problem is I can't find something that will cover both dog jumping and softball. Had a relaxing weekend, didn't...
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Watching the Purina incredible dog challenge on ESPN today and was wondering how they were saying those dogs were jumping so far? I did some checking and found out that Purina measures where the front paws hit the water while the Splash Dogs and Dock Dogs groups measures...
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Vallejo--The Sonoma County Fair Splash Dog Challenge was a success for local flying puppy "Prince Andy". On Friday Andy qualified for the "Open" Division by finishing 2nd in the Junior class with a jump of 14' 7". On Saturday, 6 month...
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Andy the Flying Puppy
By Joe Cox 565-1808
I have found a new sport to enjoy. It is called Dock Jumping and features ordinary dogs doing spectacular jumps into water. Thousands of dogs across the country participate in big-air dock jumping. The concept of dock jumping is...
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ONLY THE BEST QUALIFY
The ASA youth program, also known as the Junior Olympic program, annually registers over 83,000 youth girls' fast pitch softball teams comprising over 1.3 million girls and 300,000 coaches who try to qualify for ASA Nationals each year in 2...
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List of Kern County Teams that have qualified for ASA post season play:
"A" division:
Bakersfield Babes 14u
Bakersfield Havoc 14u
Bakersfield Babes 16u
Bakersfield Mustanges ...
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Bakersfields ASA "A" Division Teams qualify for post season play.
The Bakersfield Babes 14u's of Coach Tim Ford qualifyied for the PCR 14 Regionals in Tulare along with the Western Nationals in Phoenix, Az. The Bakersfield Havoc of Coach Jess Morua also qualified for the...
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Bakersfield teams qualifying for ASA Nationals:
BASA Blast 10u, Coach Linda Lamb 3rd Place
BASA Blast 12u, Coach Bill Senecal 1st Place
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Worked the CCASA "B" Metro Championships this past weekend in Santa Maria and the teams from Bakersfield did very well, thank you. The 12u BASA Blast of Bill Senecal won the tournament, beating teams from all over central california and qualifying for the ASA Western...
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You need a yahoo ID of course, since it's on yahoo. Its gratis(free). Of course we could make it political if people were interested :P Say the conservatives vs the liberals? Or it can just be a nice friendly local league..you folks decide.
Why not have some fun together instead of grousing at...
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I just talked to Ryan's Mom. Here is the skinny. As of yet, he has not qualified to PLAY in the 07-08 season at FSU. He is waiting for the results of ACT testing to see if he will qualify. If he doesn't he will gray shirt this year and work on the academics the scholarship is actually paying for....
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The all-star game came off even better than I hopped for. The players all got lot's of playing time and seemed to enjoy the experence. The east team won both gamesby scores of 2-0 in first game and 13-5 in second game. We had at least 6 college coaches in atttendance and I saw them talking...
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The Bakersfield Rollergirls went to Fresno Saturday night to take on the Smog City Roller Grrls... and we brought the W back to Bako!
The first period ended with Bako up just two points at 39-37, second period was another close one- Bako up 77-72, and the final score was still close from...
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The East team will practice tonight (12th) at 6:00pm @ Liberty HS
The West team will practice tomorrow (13th) at 6:30pm @ Centennial HS
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OK (Drum roll please........)
Here are the final rosters for The 2007 Kern County Senior All-Star Game on June 15th at Dave Fry Field @ 6:00pm!
Congratulations to all these outstanding young ladies and the coaches.
Dave fry field is located by the Sam Lynn Complex on...
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Have called all the players, Waiting for 6 to get back to me this weekend. Those I don't hear from will be dropped and the alternates will be contacted. The game is only 2 weeks away. Look for listing on Monday.
Spent the last couple days watching the College World...
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Advocacy journalism
Subtle or obvious editorializing in reports, are part of the journalism. But insulting people who disagree with the journalist simply because they disagree is not playing fair, I hold this opinion because those being insulted lack the same means to counter the...
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This weekend I will be posting the names of all the players and coaches here. Check them out,,,
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I am a subscriber to The Bakersfield Californian, and I would like to say a little something about the newspaper. They're biased. And I have three reasons why: high school sports coverage, election coverage, and letters to the editor.
First, The Californian's coverage of high...
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The coaches have spoken, the player names are in, the deadline has passed! Now it is time to set the teams. Looks like we will have the full 36 players, 18 per team. This is the max we can have so the players will get in the games! Still looking for sponsors! Talked to two league winning...
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Investigator Mitchell set to interview active players.
Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell said he expects interviews with active players to begin promptly as part of his investigation into steroids in baseball.
Mitchell sent a letter to the players' association in late March...
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From Sportsline:
Mayweather won one of boxing's richest fights ever Saturday night by using his superb defensive skills and superior speed to take a 12-round split decision and win the WBC 154-pound title in his first fight at that weight.
The fight was billed as one that would save...
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