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BY USERNAME: SONFLOWERANDGRACE

s I stand with hose in hand and allowmy mind to drift, my soul to search, Iam taken back almost every time Iwater our lawn to my Pop’s words ofwisdom.

“Karen, you must saturate the grass.” “That tree is thirsty, so give it a good drink.”“Karen, the sidewalk doesn’t grow.” These words of wisdom may have pertained

to the watering job at hand. However, I can alsosee now how those same words apply to life andmy personal relationship with God and others.

In addition to that fact is that I, like my Pop,prefer to hand water our lawn for the sheerpleasure and opportunity it affords me to listenand think.

One need not think very hard to see where mypriorities lay at the time just by merely hearinghis statements. When I was eager to sprinkle thelawn and get about my own business — orwhen I gave the same mindless attention to thetree — or was perhaps daydreaming and water-ing needlessly in areas which would never ben-efit.

Immaturity has grown into wisdom as I nowponder and appreciate what my Pop had to say.

My mother has recently moved in with us and

also enjoys watering and tending the garden.She prefers sprinklers to soaking, but does so

with great attention and consistency.Consequently, our yard is blooming lush and

green. Similarly, so is her relationship with ourSavior. She practices the necessary watering ofher spirit when she not only prays throughouther day but takes time to read God’s Word.

For when we pray, we are doing all the talking.However, when we read God’s Word and sit qui-etly pondering Him, we are then listening.

No relationship does well for one party to doall the talking — and no listening!

God’s word is alive and it nourishes our soulas well as our body.

God’s word is true and can be relied upon inany situation.

God’s word is faithful and will never fail us.God’s word and God’s love are our essence —

and as the little wooden sign which hangs in mygarden says: “All things grow with love.”

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BY FRANCIS ESPOSOCommunity contributor

t the 2010 Central California Taekwon-do Open, Han’sTaekwondo Academydominated their divisions to win 12gold medals, seven silver, and onebronze.

Two athletes, Joe Stieger and Kitisha Phounsa-vath, were awarded the Most Outstanding Com-petitors by the tournament’s organizingcommittee.

Thank you to all our parents who cheered forour team until the very end! Awesome team sol-idarity.

Also special thanks to media staff and coaches(Master Francis Esposo, Master MatthewEstioko, Master Tony Phounsavath, AlexandriaCarino, and Peter O’Rear).

Our results are as follows: Taylor Russell wontwo golds in both forms and sparring. Joe

Stieger, Selene Torres, Kristian Phounsavath,Kitisha Phounsavath, Malik Newell, AlexandriaCarino, Jonathan Gallegos, Ethan Gallegos,Haileigh Russell, and Albert Urias won gold intheir sparring divisions.

Amaya Johnson won silver in forms and goldin sparring. Julian Esposo won bronze in formsand silver in sparring. Nick Sauro, MatthewEstioko, Mitchell Wadley, Peter O’Rear won sil-ver in their Sparring divisions.

More details of the event can be found at:www.HansTaekwondo.com.

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‘All things grow with love’

Han’s Taekwondodominates CentralCalifornia tournament

his column loves to spin the posi-tive vibes, but this initial para-graph warrants the mentioning ofIndependence High School foot-ball player, Tyler Schilhabel.

As you probably know, 16-year-oldTyler was paralyzed from the chest downin an ATV accident at the Oceano Dunesnear Pismo Beach recently. As of thiswriting, no updated news of Tyler’s con-dition had come forth.

It is a very sad situation, which haspermeated the consciousness of ourentire community.

An event like this begs the question: Isthe thrill of riding an all-terrain vehicleworth the risk of life or major injury?

Please keep Tyler and his family inyour prayers.

Okay. Let’s brighten this thing up. Howincredibly cool was it that CentennialHigh grad Brent Morel got the call upfrom Triple-A Charlotte, N.C. to the par-ent Chicago White Sox baseball club andhis first-ever Major League hit was ahome run to center field?

The Sox are smack-dab in the thick of a

pennant race and at-bats by playerscalled up are hard to come by. Here’shoping Brent makes the post season ros-ter if Chicago advances into the playoffs.

There are some really nice baseballdivision battles raging. None hotter than

the Padres andGiants.

San Diego lost 10 ina row at one point,San Francisco tookthree of four from thePadres recently andat press time, bothteams were in a deadheat for the WesternDivision title in theNational League.

By the way, the reg-ular season concludesfor both teams with athree-game set in‘Frisco.

Could be very inter-esting.

I’m venturing out on a rather sturdylimb and saying that Joe Torre will not

be back with the Dodgers next season.The tumult going on with the VERY pub-lic divorce proceedings involving ownersJamie and Frank McCourt, combinedwith the rather poor showing of the base-ball team, will probably sway Torre intoretirement.

The whole situation is rather embar-rassing for such a proud organization.

Looking for a new type of workout? Trythis one. Go to the Kern County Fair onSeptember 28, catch the free musicalperformance by Collective Soul and rockout like nobody’s watchin’ you! Youwon’t regret the experience.

College football has arrived! TheAlabama Crimson Tide are rolling rightalong on the heels of their national cham-pionship last year as they have dartedout of the starting blocks with two victo-ries, both minus reigning Heisman Tro-phy winner Mark Ingram who is out witha knee injury.

The most intriguing team in the land,however, is Boise State. The third-ranked Broncos traveled across thecountry and beat a solid, tenth-ranked

Virginia Tech squad in a hostile environ-ment in Baltimore to begin their season.

Their schedule is questionably weakbut if the Broncs buck-up and run thetable to end up with an unblemishedrecord they will definitely be a viablecandidate for the BCS Championshipgame played in Glendale, Az.

Last time Boise was at that particularvenue they engaged with and nipped theOklahoma Sooners a few years back inwhat was perhaps the most thrilling col-lege bowl game ever. And I mean EV-ER!

Hey all. Are you having a hard timegetting up in the morning to go to work?Feeling blase? Same old job for so manyyears? You’re perhaps bored or disillu-sioned and see no chance for advance-ment in job status, and the perks that goalong with it? Well, if you fall into therealm of this category and are feelingsorry for yourself, just listen to ‘ol MaxSt. Pierre’s story and maybe you’ll findhope.

You see, Max toiled in the DetroitTiger’s minor league baseball system for

14 years hoping — and believing — thatone day he’d make it to the “The Show.”

All Max was looking for was a “cup ofcoffee” in the Major Leagues. He’d takenall the long bus rides, ate all the fast food,bunked with all those teammates, etc.You know, all the prerequisite thingsthat average minor leaguers have to gothrough.

Well, at age 32, Max’s perseverancepaid off as he was recently called up tothe Tigers and finally made it to the bigs!

Max never threw in the towel. Maxnever let go of the dream. His hard workand persistence paid off. And even if henever gets another shot with the Tigersafter this season, at least he will be ableto say that he reached the top of themountain.

So, if you find yourself awash in feel-ings of mediocrity, and you don’t believethat job advancement is in your future,just think of ‘ol Max and his determina-tion. And keep in mind that patience isindeed a virtue.

Ravens over the Packers 24-21 for thisyear’s NFL title.

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MICHAELELLIOTTSports columnist

Thoughts, prayers for injured Independence quarterbackand ‘way to go!’ for Centennial’s Brent Morel

BY JORDAN FARMERCommunity contributor

ello, Bakersfield! In recentmonths, I have learned thatthe exterior beauty of Bakers-field can be quite diminishingfor an outsider but once onetakes a look at the interior,

they may find that Bakersfield in itselfis a beautiful place to live.

I have found that living in Bakers-

field can be described in a number ofdifferent ways, such as hot, boring, hor-rible air, disgusting — and a number ofmore negative ways — but when youdig a little deeper, you find that Bakers-field is really a nice place to live andoffers a great way to explore with artand photography.

I find photography to be a great hob-by and encourage everyone to try it out.

Even living in Bakersfield can be a

great place to start out taking pictures. Have you discovered a “hidden gem”

that you’ve caught on film? If so, TheBakersfield Voice would love to share itwith our readers on this page. If you’dlike to share a photo — and the storybehind the photo (where and why youtook the photo, etc.) — go to www.bak-ersfieldvoice.com, create a free profile,and start sharing your photographytoday!

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oin the Bakersfield CommunityConcert Association for a familyevening with the Lowe Family onSept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at theRabobank Theater, 2001 TruxtunAve.

Delight in lush six-part harmoniessung by the incredibly talented LoweFamily that performs two power-packed hours of high-energy enter-tainment!

This show is not to be missed!The Lowe Family showcases a broad

spectrum of talent, including a stirringpatriotic tribute you’ll never forget!

From bluegrass to Bach and Broad-way hits to ballroom dance — the LoweFamily is “a miraculous combination ofevery kind of musical, theatrical and

dance talent you can dare to imagine,and then some.”

This show will really keep your heartbeating, hands clapping and toes tap-ping. Enjoy a sensational blend ofshow-stopping classical, Irish step-dancing, Jazz Swing, clog, tap, old-timemelodies and gospel.

Enjoy eight concerts for $60. For more information, email: com-

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