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April 5 - 11, 2013 TAFT INDEPENDENT

April 5 - 11, 2013 • Volume 7 Issue 38www.Taftindependent.com“Serving the West Kern County Communities of Taft, South Taft, Ford City, Maricopa, Fellows, McKittrick, Derby Acres, Dustin Acres, and the Cuyama Valley”

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Community Events.........3

News Briefs......................3

Westside News.................5

Westside News.................6

Westside News.................7

Liberty Under Fire.........8

Miller Time.......................8

Classified Ads.................10

Opinion and Feature....11

Shop Taft........................12

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The Taft Independent

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Moron Golf Tournament August 10th The Taft Union High School support golf tournament, The Moron Invita-tional, has been scheduled for August 10, 2013. We’ve had a great 10 year run with $25,000.00 in direct donation to their golf program. Thanks go out to all our supporters and participants that have made this a fun day in the sun and you can count on plenty of sun! Thank you for your continued support of our very successful raffle and try to set something aside, it is always greatly appreciated. I nvitations will be sent at a later date. Go Wildcats!

Baldock Golf Tourney set for April 19 The Taft College Foundation’s annual Al Baldock Memorial Athletic Golf Classic has been scheduled for April 19 at the Mifflin-Buena Vista Golf Course.Tourney chairman Brock McMurray said the event, held in memory of the leg-endary Cougar football coach, raises money for the college’s athletic program.It is sponsored by AP Architects. Cash prizes based on net score will be awarded to the top four teams -- $1,200 for first, $800 for second, $600 for third and $400 for fourth.Other prizes include $10,000 cash for a hole-in-one on No. 2 and No. 13 spon-sored by Roger Miller Insurance Agency, $5,000 for hole-in-one on No. 6 and No. 17 sponsored by Dr. Loretta Garcia Lipscomb, $100 for closest to the hole on each par-3 sponsored by Dr. Charles Walker, and $100 longest drive (men and women) on the seventh hole. Registration for the four-person scramble tournament begins at 11 a.m. with the shotgun start scheduled for 12:30 p.m. The fee is $100 per player ($400 per team) and includes green fees, cart, on-course beverages, dinner and tee prizes. The Taft College Alumni Association is sponsoring a dinner following the tournament. Cooper’s True Value Home and Garden Center is sponsoring the drawings for prizes. Sponsorship opportunities at various levels ranging from $100 to $5,000 are available, McMurray said. For more information call Sheri Black at 763-7746.

Chamber Sit and Sip Hosted by Taft College Taft College will be hosting the Taft Chamber Sit n Sip meeting on April 10th at 9 a.m. in the Cougar Room. The college will share information about programs that will be of interest to the Chamber and business community in West Kern as well as hear some information about the CSUB Small Business Development Center. Additionally, Taft College will be partnering with the CSUB Small Business Development Center to host two business webinars on April 17th (Cougar Room) and May 1st (Science 11 Room). Both webinars are free and open to the public and will be from 12:05 – 1 PM. All are welcome to participate.

Taft Soroptimists Annual Garden Tour April 13th The Taft Soroptimist Club is holding its annual Garden Tour on Saturday April 13. Three beautiful local gardens are on the tour. A luncheon at the His-toric Fort is part of the day’s activities. Garden Tour tickets are $25 and includes the salad luncheon following the garden tours. In addition, a “Wheelbarrow Full of Gardening Surprises” will be raffled off during the luncheon. The winner need not be present to win. The wheelbarrow is filled with wonderful things for your garden – perfect for spring! The $5.00 ticket for the raffle is a donation to the Soroptimist Club for its Critical Care Transportation program and other community projects. You may purchase tickets for either the Garden Tour, or the Raffle, or both – by contacting Patti Bench, Becky Roth, or me. Tickets are also available at Hint of Class, Jack’s Flowers and Old’s Cool retailers, or any member of the Soropti-mist Club.

Taft College to Host Small Business “Webinar” Series Hosted by the CSUB Small Business Development Center, in conjunction with the U.S. Small Business Administration, Taft College will host two educa-tion seminars for small business owners and potential small business owners. The first seminar, to be held on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, will meet in the Taft College Cougar Room, from 12:05 to 1:00 p.m. The topic will be Manag-ing Risks in Small Business, and will help you identify potential hazards in your business, solutions for such potential hazards, and help you reduce potential legal problems. The second seminar will be held on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, and will meet in Science Room 11, from 12:05 to 1:00 p.m. The topic will be The Business Plan, and will discuss the various types of business plans, from simple to detailed, and demonstrate how such a plan can guide your business to success. Both seminars are free to the public. Come join us and learn how you can become a small business entrepreneur or enhance and further develop your cur-rent small business. For further information, contact Sam Aunai at 661-763-7814

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Team All-Stars 3rd Annual Bunco Relay for Life FundraiserSaturday April 27th 5:00Taft Veterans Hall 218 Taylor St. $20.00 includes dinner, beverages, snacks, raffle ticket (additional raffle tickets available). Coed, Bring your family and friendsContact Chrissy Rodart 577-6833 to purchase a ticket.

Libraray Friends to Host Dr. Seuss Program On Thursday, April 11th, performer Duffy Hudson will be at Taft College with a new show! Come see his interpretation of Dr. Seuss, including Horton Hears a Who, The Sneeches, The Zax and others. Bring your kids for a fun 45-minute live perfor-mance! The show will begin at 6 p.m. in the Cougar Room. Admission is free. Suitable for all ages. Sponsored by Friends of Taft College Library and Kern County Library.

Taft\Westside Cleanup Day April 27th On Saturday, April 27, Wood Street, from Highway 33 to Tenth Street will be slated for a Community Cleanup. The effort is co-sponsored by the City and the County, with a contribution by Westside Waste Management, who will be providing four large dumpsters along Wood Street for people to use, free of charge. All are invited to volunteer to help with cleanup, beginning 7:30 a.m., and ending at 3 p.m. Lunch will be provided to all volunteer workers. Wood Street was selected because it is an entrance to the city. If there are sufficient numbers of volunteers, we also will tackle the Harrison Street entrance to Taft.

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Westside Watcher

Your Guide To The Best Restaurants and Entertainment on the Westside

The Taft

Restaurant and Entertainment Guide

Independent

Asian ExperienceAsian Food and Pizza

Lunch and DinnerTuesday - Friday

11 am - 2 pm 4 pm - 9 pmSaturday 4 pm - 9 pm

215 Center Street, Taft763- 1815

Black Gold Cafe & DeliPastas - Sandwiches

Espresso - Beer - WineCraft Beers

Open Monday to Friday6:30am to 8pm

Saturday7:30am to 8pm

Sunday10am to 2pm

508 Center Street765-6556

Tumbleweed Café and Steakhouse

Steak, Seafood, Wild Game, Full Bar

Monday – Friday 6 am to 2 pmSaturday – Sunday 7 am – 2 pm

Dinner Hours Friday and Saturday 6 pm to 9 pm24870 Highway 33, Derby Acres

768-4655

Paik’s Ranch HouseWhere Everybody Meets

Breakfast, Lunch and DinnerOpen 7 Days

Mon. Tues. Wed., Thur. 6 am-8:30 pm

Sun. Fri. & Sat. 6 am - 9 pm765-6915 200 Kern St. Taft

Sagebrush Annie’sRestaurant and Wine Tasting

Wine Tasting and Lunch Sat. & Sun. 11:30-5 pm

4211 Highway 33, Ventucopa(661) 766-2319

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Evil Dead (R) No Passes AllowedFri: 6:00, 8:00

Sat: (4:00), 6:00, 8:00Sun: (1:00), (3:00), (5:00)

Mon - Thu: 7:00 PM

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (PG-13) No Passes AllowedFri & Sat: (5:30), 7:45

Sun: (1:15), (3:30), (5:45)Mon - Thu: 7:00 PM

The Croods (PG) No Passes AllowedFri & Sat: (5:00), 7:00

Sun: (1:30), (3:30), (5:30)Mon - Thu: 6:45 PM

Letters to the Editor

Paik’sRanch House Restaurant

“Where Everybody Meets”

Breakfast, Lunch & DinnerOpen 7 Days

Mon, Tues, Wed., Thurs - 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Fri. Sat. and Sun. 6 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

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One of the newest classes that are being offered at the Westside Recreation a

Taft Calendar of EventsApril 7th. Taft Seventh-Day Adventist Church/Chili Cook-Off and Auction $5.00 for Food and Fun.@ Recreation Center Audi-torium Sunday April 7, 2013 @3pm

Fort & TAPT Wine Tasting Thursday, April 18. 5pm

Taft Chamber Cinco De Mayo Celebration May 5th.

Fort Spaghetti Dinner & Auction. Thursday, May 9th 5pm

Chamber Rails to Trails Car Show is June 8th.

The Taft Fireworks Show on the Rails to Trails July 3rd.

Family Day July 4th.

Fort Bubba’s Okie Dinner. Thursday, Septem-ber 26. 5pm

Fort Pumpkin Patch. Tuesday-Friday. Oct.22-25.

Boy Scouts, Harold Pease and Christians

A month ago, there was an article titled “ Boy scouts must stand firm for their values “ by Lance Clevinger. The first issue with this article is that it should have never been published. It was very inappropriate and not a professionally written article. Religious views not only have no right to interfere with laws, it also has no right to interfere with equality and human rights. This article disgusted me. Much like the article done by Harold Pease back in December, stating that christ needs to stay in christmas. Obviously Harold doesn’t know that christmas is a Pagan holiday and he doesn’t know about separation of church and state. Religious viewpoints seems to be a trend with this paper. Keep religion out of these issues. The boy scout issue is about discriminat-ing a specific group. Is that what you believe Christian love is? I feel it is, considering that the issue of homosexuals in the boy scouts is only being debated by Christians. It’s 2013, time to update your policies.

Brian Mc Ilroy

Editor Responds.

Brian:

“On my honor, I will do my best To do my duty to God and my Country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.” The Boy Scout Oath

You obviously have us confused with some liberal newspaper staffed by individuals like yourself who view fundamental American tradi-tions of faith and morality as undemocratic and a threat to human rights. We are still an open, democratic society where all opinions and beliefs are allowed. In your dismal world, the articles you refer to would have been censored and the publication of this response to your letter would be a violation of a law crafted by despots to silence opin-ions that differ from your. By the way, Christ is capitalized.

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California’s dilemma: Remain a ‘basket-case’ state economy or become more like North Dakota? California was tied in February with Mississippi and Nevada for the highest state jobless rate in the country at 9.3%. At only 3.3%, North Dakota once again led the nation with the lowest state unemployment rate. Employment in California remains almost 4% below the pre-recession 2007 level, while the Great Recession barely even affected North Dakota’s employment, which is now 22% above the slight dip in 2009. North Dakota’s budget reserves are expected to top $2 billion this year, while California is faced with $34 billion in outstanding debts. Thanks to the fortunes of geology, California is now in a position to become a lot more like North Dakota economically. Shale oil deposits in California’s Monterey region are estimated to be 15 billion barrels, which is four times the amount of oil in North Dakota’s Bakken Shale, the shale play that has been largely responsible for the state’s economic success, budget surplus and America’s lowest jobless rate. According to a recent study by the University of Southern California, California could create 500,000 new shovel-ready jobs and generate $4.5 billion in oil-related tax revenue if it opens up the hydrocarbon-rich Monterey shale to oil drilling. So here’s the dillema the Golden State faces: Does the state want to tap its bonanza of energy resources in the Monterey shale area (which are owned by California citizens), and in the process create hundreds of thousands of new shovel-ready jobs, generate billions of dollars of much-needed state tax revenues, and bring the state’s jobless rate down from the highest in the country? In other words, does the state want to continue to be one of the economic basket-cases of the country with the highest jobless rate in America, or does it want to become more like North Dakota, America’s ”miracle state.”


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WEST SIDE ROP CAREERS IN EDUCTION STUDENT PROJECTS AND THE MEDAL OF HONOR AT THE WEST KERN OIL MUSEUM On January 10, 2013 the events that took place on the Taft Union High School campus forever changed the daily routines of students and teachers. That is why Mrs. Deborah Cloud assigned a very special project for her Careers in Education classes; Exploring the Medal of Honor.

Students would put together a project board or a Power Point on a Medal of Honor recipient. The Medal of Honor Mrs. Cloud explained is the highest recognition that can be bestowed to an individual during an act of combat. She also wanted students to study and understand the importance of courage, sacrifice, patriotism, citizenship, commitment, integrity, and to encourage these things to be a part of who they are as individuals, in their families and community.

With the horrific event that took place on our campus and on other campuses as well, we wanted to introduce to the students something that would bring encouragement; helping them to see outside their own world and to be able to see a bigger picture of what being of service and involved with others in the community could mean to them.

We do have heroes today and there is good in people and our students are good and special people too.

The student projects will be on display at the West Kern Oil Museum 1168 Wood Street, April 4, 2013 through April 21, 2013. Thursday-Friday 10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday-Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.


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Pictured are: Kathy Tonkin, Rachel Schultz, Eric Brenoel, Bobby Fore, Tom Haymes, Lisa Lahargoue, and Sharon Wright.

ARC clients were able to compete in the Division 7 Regional Bowling Tournament, held in Fresno, thanks to a generous dona-tion from the Taft Moose Lodge 1431. Presenting the check is Governor of Moose Lodge 1431, Bobby Fore.

Taft Chamber Radio WQLV on The Air The Taft Chamber of Commerce will begin broadcasting its on-air programs on the 1610 AM dial soon according to Chamber staff. “We are excited to introduce the re-launch of the radio station WQLV 1610,” wrote Shannon Jones from the Chamber. “We at the Chamber are working on radio spots and concepts for letting people know what is going on in the Taft area.” If you would like, you can put together a 30 second or more sound bite, that puts Taft in a positive light, and we will do our best broadcast it. “Thank you to Ray Hatch for keeping a positive driving force behind getting it together., Joes wrote. “We have a few great spots now and are looking for more.” For more information, contact the Chamber at 765-2165.

A GARDEN AFFAIRPresented by Soroptimists of Taft

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Visit the beautiful and unique gardens

of Taftthen enjoy

a salad luncheon at the Historic Fort.

9:00 A.M. Start at Old’s Cool4515 Center Street, to pick up maps to

the gardens.

RAFFLES FOR A FUN FILLED WHEELBARROW

AND ALL TABLE CENTERPIECES

Tickets are $25.00 and may be purchased at:

A Hint of Class - Jacks FlowersOld’s Cool

or from any Soroptimists member.

The Soroptimist fundraiser is for our Critiocal Care Transportation

and other projects.

9:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.Garden Tours

12:00 NoonSalad Luncheon

at the Fort

TUHS Performs Evening of Jazz The Taft Union High School jazz band will perform “An Evening of Jazz” from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at the Taft Masonic Lodge, 520 North St. Doors open at 5:30. The high school band will be serving dinner. Tickets cost $25 and may be purchased from any band student. Tickets are also available from: Jane White, 623-1299; band direc-tor Amanda Posey, 763-2351; or, Shelly Gable, 293-0074. Tables of six or eight may also be reserved. Songs to be performed include: “Sing, Sing, Sing,” “What a Wonderful World,” “Blue Moon,” “Sway,” “Groove is in the Heart,” “Brick House,” and “Go Daddy Oh.” The band features: Isaiah Sharp, Diana Cruz and Nichole Gable on alto sax; Rikki Lankford and Ben Pitts on tenor sax; Bobbi Preskitt on baritone sax; Ashley Ramos, Keyonna Gray, James Pierce and Adam Mounce on trumpet; Brad Odom, Terry Brown and David Norton on trombone; Jordan Romero and Macy Bratcher on bass guitar; Ben Pitts on guitar, Abbie LeClair, Jacob Day and David Norton on drums; and, Zack Fearon on keyboards.

April Child Abuse Awareness Month The Kern County Department of Human Services (DHS) will join the Child Welfare League of America and Social Service Agencies across our Nation in calling for the immediate cessa-tion of violence against children in America. On Friday, April 5th, a memorial flag will be raised in Kern County to remember the thousands of children lost nationwide, and in the last year, to violence. The flag will be raised at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, April 5, 2013 in front of the Human Services Building at 100 East California Avenue. The community is invited to join us in this Memorial Ceremony. The flag will be flown throughout the entire month of April. The symbol of this observance will be the presentation and display of the Children’s Memorial Flag. The flag is a simple mov-ing image of a red field depicting blue paper-doll-like figures of children holding hands. In the center, the white chalk outline of a missing child symbolizes the children lost to violence. We use this ceremony to specifically honor those children lost in our commu-nity due to abuse or neglect. Last year in Kern County, 9 children lost their lives due to abuse or neglect. A second flag ceremony is also being planned for Friday, April 26th in Ridgecrest to close the month-long activities planned to raise awareness about Child Abuse prevention.


Taft’s newest restau-rant, Fiorina’s located at 101 B Street has quickly become the Westside’s favorite Italian restau-rant. Owner’s Karri and Richard Christensen and their staff have been working hard to bring the Westside a new and surprisingly good culinary choice in dining so badly needed in Taft. And judging by the crowds at lunch and dinner time, Fiorina’s has indeed become a very popular place to eat and enjoy company while dining on such great Italian favorites like Fettuccine Alfredo, Spaghetti

Bolognese, Chicken Parmesan or Pollo Alla Griglia Flatbread accompa-nied by a fabulous Mediterranean or Caesar salad, and if you love fish dishes, Clams and Mussels or Shrimp Scampi. Either way, the food is good and the service excellent and the setting comfort-able enough for the whole family. Fiorina’s Italian – pronounced (Fee-or-ee-na’s) is named

after Karri’s grandmother who came to America with her parents and twin sister at the age of four. Their family migrated from Locarno to find work and a better way of life. Fiorina Freddi met her husband Fiore Tiboni (originally from Brescia) while living in Califor-nia. They were married and had four children. The family focused on farming and cattle as a source of income. Because of Richard’s passion for cooking, it has always been a dream of his to own a restaurant. Richard has always worked with food in one way or another for the majority of his work life. As a young man he worked in national chain restau-rants and Mom and Pop Italian restaurants. At 21 Richard served in the US Coast Guard as a Food Service Specialist where he attended Culi-nary Arts school while stationed in the Bay Area. After the military Richard accepted a position as the Sous Chef at the Santa Maria Airport Hilton, later receiving a promotion to Executive Chef. Richard then found his way to Taft as a Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management Instructor at the Taft Federal Correctional Institution before purchasing Rite Away Carpet Cleaning in order to gain business ownership experience enabling him to open his first restaurant – Fiorina’s Italian. The food at Fiorina’s Italian consists of tradi-

The Fiorina Crew: David Christensen, Garret Walgren, Zeus Haggar, Layne Haven, and owners Karri and Richard

Fiorina Freddi, the inspiration for Fiorina’s

tional Northern Italian foods. The sauces are made in time honored fashion fresh daily. The items Richard does not prepare himself and which are ordered in, i.e. sausages and ravioli, are hand-made by small Italian families who keep tradi-tional Italian food at the heart of their businesses. The freshness of the menu is evident by the fact that there is no microwave in the restau-rant as well as only one fried item on the menu – calamari which is cleaned, trimmed, and prepared onsite. Fiorina’s carries both California wines and wines grown and produced at small Northern Italian wineries. Also featured are the Italian dessert wines Prosecco and a Sicilian Blood Orange Mimosa as well as Italian and Ameri-can beers designed to complement the hearty food.

Fiorina’s Italian services include take out, catering, private parties, call a head orders, and table side service. Weekend reservations are encouraged; walk-ins are welcome. Fiorina’s Italian Restaurant is open for lunch Monday thru Friday 11am- 3pm, Friday and Saturday for dinner from 4-10pm, and Sunday for dinner 4- 9pm.

Chef Richard Christensen (top) prepares fresh Italian dishes with the assistance of Zeus Haggar. Layne Haven (above left) serves a lunch time customer, while Karri Christensen (above left) serves a table full of hungry oil workers.

Taft’s New Fiorina’s Italian Restaurant Popular Place to Eat


Liberty Under Fire ObituaryDoes the UN influence your lo-cal government? It does if it sup-ports Agenda 21! By Dr. Harold Pease Are your city or county government leaders ICLEI members, or is your city an ICLEI city? If so, you, or they, may not fully realize that the United Nations has a big influence over your local government decisions. You need to void this influence as quickly as possible. I too was slow to see the influence of the United Nations on city, county, or state governments but the documentation supporting that influence is now overwhelming. I was conversant with their use of environmental prongs to standardize regulations and govern allocations of resources on the nations of the earth through the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and through their United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), but we were okay because we had not signed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol Treaty. There were so many other fronts in trying to preserve our Constitution and Republic this seemed unimport-ant.

While I battled the loss of freedom elsewhere, the United Nations formed in 1990 the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, or ICLEI, to ideologically infiltrate local governments into “winning enactment of global-warming legislation at the state and local levels.” A tentacle of a giant UN octopus has reached into our local governments. Now becoming recognized for what it is, it appears almost everywhere. It claims over 1200 local government members in 70 different countries. Of that number 130 are members of our county and city govern-ments in California alone. California’s ICLEI cities include Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Sacramento, which sheds light on how California could be so easily enticed into AB 32, formally known as the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. This legislation, sometimes referred to as “cap and trade,” is driving businesses from the state and flooding those who stay with regula-tory nightmares. ICLEI’s purpose, according to their web page, is to “Connect cities and local governments to the United Nations and other international bodies… Mobilize local governments to help their countries implement multilateral environmental agreements such as the Rio conventions…. Forge multi-stakeholder partnerships such as Resilient Cities, a global framework on urban resilience and climate adaptation where local governments, international agencies, development banks, ministries, institutes and others, col-laborate.” The master plan is Chapter 28 of Agenda 21. Agenda 21 “proposes a global regime that will monitor, oversee, and strictly regulate our planet’s oceans, lakes, streams, rivers, aquifers, sea beds, coastlands, wetlands, forests, jungles, grasslands, farmland, deserts, tundra, and mountains. It even has a whole sec-tion on regulating and ‘protecting’ the atmosphere.” But Agenda 21 is far more than just extreme environmental

regulation—that is just the beginning. The New American magazine gave the best descrip-tion of what it includes. “It proposes plans for cities, towns, suburbs, villages, and rural areas. It envisions a global scheme for healthcare, educa-tion, nutrition,agriculture, labor, production, and consump-tion—in short, everything; there is nothing on, in, over, or under the Earth that doesn’t fall within the purview of some part of Agenda 21” (“Your Hometown and the United Nations,” February 21, 2011, p. 14). In short, it will affect every person on earth and that affect is not likely to be positive for individuals or their local governments. Like a vacuum cleaner it siphons power from local and state jurisdiction to the United Nations. The list of environmental groups, foundations, and gov-ernment agencies supporting Agenda 21 is mind-boggling. Local opposition is underfund-ed and overwhelmed. “Sustainable development” (not defined) is the wording used to describe their end result. This is the most ap-pealing part of Agenda 21 for visionaries of a perfectly, totally managed, world governing environment. Unfortunately, it is way too open-ended allowing the ruling class (the planners, of course) to modify the rules as necessary. Gone would be the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, but Utopians do not think that far in advance. Fortunately, locally elected leaders generally do, but they need to rid themselves of this UN influence, like a cancer, to remain locally controlled and free. Once again, are your city or county leaders ICLEI mem-bers? Why not ask them?

MELINDA GAIL SWOPE1971 – 2013

A funeral service will be held in Westside Believers Fel-lowship on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. for Taft resident, Melinda Gail Swope, 41. Pastor Ron Griffith will officiate and burial will follow in the West Side District Cemetery. Mrs. Swope was born in Hol-lywood, California on August 18, 1971 and passed away at her home in Taft on April 3, 2013. She was a mem-ber of the 1989 graduating class of Taft Union High School and was also a graduate of Taft College. She was a faithful member of Westside Believers Fellowship. She enjoyed cooking and cherished her children and the time she spent with them. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Willaine Jones and her grandmother, Nina Meeker. Mrs. Swope is survived by her husband, Ken Swope of Taft; her children, Nikki Luna, Katie Swope, Kris Swope, Kira Swope and Kody Swope all of Taft; her sister, Michelle Dunham of Maricopa; sisters-in-law, Diane Swope and Christie Vanover both of Taft; her mother-in-law and father-in-law, Mary and Larry Swope of Maricopa; her nephews and nieces, Aaron, Kaylee, Chase, Jocee, Taylor, Michael, Rodney, Parker and Hailey. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, from 3:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Erickson & Brown Funeral Home. To express online condolences please visit www.EricksonAndBrown.com.

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Taft College Entrance Signage Completed

The new Taft College entrance sign on Emmons Park

Drive in the traffic circle was complete this week creating

a formal entrance to the local community college. In the

background you can see the new large Taft College let-

tering that was recently placed above the entrance to the

new Transition to Independent Living program building

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