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EJune 7-13, 2009
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Motorcycle ride benefitfor ‘Baby Angel’ Pg. 5Kids Bible schools Pg. 6Paw Print City: Uselesspet holidays! Pg. 7
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StaffBY EDDY ALDRIDGECommunity contributor
earn about an Animal Services program thatWORKS. Calgary Canada has an Animal Ser-vices department that has been rightly called“the envy of the continent.” Learn how com-munities can eliminate pet euthanasia forpopulation control, provide outstanding ani-
mal services to their constituents, and do so at NOCOST to their taxpayers.
Bill Bruce is the inspiring director of Calgary’s Ani-
mal Services department who led his community tothis success. Bill is an outstanding speaker, and iscoming to California for a seminar tour. He will leaveall who attend with ideas they can take back to theircommunities. Don’t miss this opportunity.
The Kern County seminar will be Wednesday, June10, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Kern County Supervisor’sChamber, 1115 Truxtun Ave. To read more about theseminar please go to their Web site: www.SaveOur-Dogs.net.
To learn more about No Kill Shelters, please bethere June 10.
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How to eliminate pet euthanasia
Congratulations Audrey on your graduation from FrontierHigh and good luck in college!
We’re so proud of you!Love, Mom, Dad & Emily
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Congrats grad!
Breann Freeland,Audrey McLean andKatie Hannah gettingready to be the firstgraduating class at Fron-tier High School!
Go Lady Titans & Con-grats!
Lady Titansgraduate!
Have an amazing 15th birth-day and good luck next yearas a sophomore!
Love, Mom, Jamie, Mikey,Jake, Megan and of course,Spike!
Happy Birthday, John!
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TBV contributor Mary Davis won tickets toSesame Street Live by posting this cutephoto of her grandson, Isiah, dressed asElmo. Your child could be featured next.Just go to www.bakersfield.com, create afree profile and begin posting your stories,photos & blogs today!
Your photo could be on our next cover! Photos and stories for the June 28 issue mustbe posted by Wednesday, June 17 at 5 p.m.
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Contents
5 ‘Baby Angel’ fundraiserLocal motorcyclists rev up
for fundraising ride for injured boy.
6 Vacation Bible Schools Local churches offer youth
‘the message’ with innovative methods.
7 Ridiculous Pet Holidays Pet columnist thinks useless
pet holidays are for the birds!
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info call 661-868-7144 or visit our website at www.co.kern.ca.us/acd.
Hi! My name is Serenity and I am one to two year old, spayed female, gray/white Domestic Long Hair mix. I came to the shelter after my owner was no longer able to care for me. I would make a great pet for just about any family as I enjoy being with people, playing, eating treats and having fun. Don’t forget to mention my ID number - 762017!
Hi! My name is Jenna and I am a one and half year old female, white and brown, Pit Bull mix. I will be spayed before I can be adopted. I enjoy being with people, playing with toys and eating treats! I am a sweet girl, with a great personality and I would do well in a home with older children. Don’t forget to mention my ID number - 760323!
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oin us for book discussion dis-coveries! Celebrate Adult Sum-mer Reading with us as weexplore the works of four excit-ing California mystery authors.
The book discussions will be on the fol-lowing dates:
June 9 — “Art of Detection” by Lau-rie King (Tejon Room). Featuringhomicide detective Kate Martinelli ofSan Francisco.
June 23 — “Sharpshooter” by NadiaGordon (Tejon Room). A SunnyMcCoskey Napa Valley Mystery.
July 7 — “Southland” by Nina Revoyr(Tejon Room). Japanese-Americansand the Watts Riots of 1965.
July 21 — “Shell Games” by KirkRussell (Tejon Room). Shellfish andmurder along the Northern California
coast.Copies of these books will be avail-
able for check out from the first-floorInformation desk. It’s all happening atthe Beale Memorial Library, 701 Trux-tun Ave. See you there!
JCelebrate Adult summer Reading at theBeale Memorial Library
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Ride for Baby AngelCOMMUNITY CONTRIBUTOR
n April 28, Angelo Men-doza, Jr., 4, was blindedby his father in a tragicevent. In an effort to helppay for the boy’s injuries
and future medical expenses theBakersfield community is comingtogether on Sunday June 14 at 10a.m. for a motorcycle ride andfundraiser.
The ride will start at BakersfieldHarley-Davidson, 35089 MerleHaggard Dr., and end at BeachPark with food, live music and araffle.
Donations collected at the eventand online at the Web site:imforeverchanged.com, will be putinto a trust fund to benefit BabyAngel.
For more information, please call578-0836 or go to: imforever-changed.com.
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Angelo Mendoza Jr.
Educator of the month
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Nominated by Erin & Max RicheyMrs. Christine Whitaker was our son, Max’s,
first-grade teacher at Bimat Elementary. Tosay that she is his teacher is truly an under-statement; she is also his friend and a mentor.She is an inspiration not only to him, but also tome as a parent. Mrs. Whitaker cares not onlyabout her students’ academic progress, but alsoabout their character development, citizenship,and overall well-being in and out of the class-room. Mrs. Whitaker is an extraordinary per-son!
Christine Whitaker
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Nominated by Guadalupe Hernández
Educator of the Month
I’d like to nominate my twin daughters’ kindergarten teacher Mr. Rhodes who teaches at Discovery Elementary School. At the beginning of the year, I was so skeptical after having learned that they were going to have a male teacher for kindergarten. He has superseded all of my expectations as to what a great kindergarten teacher should be. My girls love Mr. Rhodes. He teaches them lots of cute and silly songs. He builds up their self-esteem. He is just so marvelous with my girls!
To submit your nominee for Educator of the Month, go to: www.northwest voice.com then click on “Post Something!” and contribute a
paragraph about why you appreciate and would like to recognize your nominee. Be sure to include the educator’s name, school, department and picture. The contest is open to
educators in the Southwest area. Entries can also be e-mailed to: [email protected]. Each month the winning entry $50 gift certificate,
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ighthouse Kids” is thetheme for Vacation BibleSchool at First Congrega-tional Church, 5 Real Rd.,from June 15-19 from 6 to
8:15 p.m. Activities will include games,crafts, songs, Bible stories and snacks.The cost is $10 per child ($20 per fami-ly). For information or registration,call 327-1609.
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race Baptist Church will haveit’s vacation Bible school fromJune 7 through June 12 from6 to 8:30 p.m. Children ingrades kindergarten throughjunior high will head to the
outback to learn that “it all comes backto Jesus.”
Children will enjoy music, crafts, dra-mas, and more each evening! Fridaynight will include a free carnival withfood, a bounce house, and water slide!
Activities throughout the week arefree! Register online atwww.gbcbak.org or call the churchoffice at 589-0424. Grace BaptistChurch is located at 2550 Jewetta Ave.
See you there mate!
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BY DONNA ALSOPCommunity contributor
summer adventure awaitsyour family as we take a jour-ney back in time to First Cen-tury Rome! On Monday, June15-18, Olive Knolls Church
will host this Holy Land adventure inwhich your family will explore the Rome
marketplace, visit Paul and the under-ground church, play apprenticeshipgames, participate in family time andwitness amazing drama — excitementand adventure you won’t want to miss.
The event will be from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m.on the church campus, at 6201 FruitvaleAve. The cost is $20 per family.
To download a registration form,please visit http://www.mymaking-waves.com. Or call the church office at399-3303.
ASon World Adventure Vacation Bible SchoolBY STACEY PERSONSCommunity contributor
ooking for some free childentertainment this summer?Westminster PresbyterianChurch presents — Son WorldAdventure Vacation Bible
School, July 20 to 24 from 9 a.m. to noon.Children, ages four to 12 years, will
participate in fun-filled activities. Theywill discover important choices every-one must make: Choose to believe thatJesus is God’s promised Savior, chooseto act and care for others, choose forgive-ness from Jesus, choose to obey Jesus
even when it’s hard and choose Jesus asour guide and source of wisdom!
We will have a great time with livelysongs, hilarious skits, creative crafts,exciting games, Bible stories and tastysnacks — all of the things that makeVacation Bible School so much fun forchildren. On top of that, we will be help-ing children learn about life-changingchoices!
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Attendees battle it out with big glovesduring the 2007 vacation Bible school atOlive Knolls Church.
This week’s Star Athlete: Kirstyn Aldridge
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Nominated by Kendra Aldridge Kirstyn is an amazing child. She is 9 years old
and a fourth-grader at Endeavour Elementary.She has been an excellent swimmer, softballplayer, gymnast and cheerleader for severalyears. She has been playing soccer for five yearsand is playing with the Bakersfield Gunners withseveral goals. Kirstyn is also a track star. Sherecently won Area, County and went to Fresno tocompete in Valley where she brought home aGold Medal in her 1600 meter relay and a SilverMedal in long jump. On June 1, Kirstyn startedtraining for the Junior Olympics in Track andField that will be in July. Academically, Kirstynhas made her Accelerated Reading goal all fourquarters in school and maintains a 3.92 GPA.
When in Rome ...
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Paw Print City: Pet holiday overload
Sport fun for you andyour ‘furry’ friend!
his weekend, I finally got underway a project I’ve been think-ing about for quite some time.I’m putting together what Ihope to someday be a compre-
hensive calendar of all things pet-relat-ed in the Kern County area.
The calendar will eventually includeinformation on meetings for all thecommittees and groups in the area,
adoption datesand places, ani-m a l - c a u s ef u n d r a i s e r s ,classes for funthings to do withyour pets,s p a y / n e u t e revents, etc.
The idea is thatany pet loverwho wants toadopt/donate/getinvolved can getall necessaryinformation at
one place.The tough part about starting a proj-
ect like this is actually starting it. In mypursuit of having something on the cal-endar before reaching out to the com-munity groups I am aware of, I did alittle digging on the Internet to finddates for pet-related observances.
You know the items I’m talking about.Spay Day USA (Feb. 20) is an annualrecognized date, bringing awareness tothe importance of spaying and neuter-ing. Take Your Dog to Work Day (June26) is another observance createdspecifically for the dog loving commu-nity.
But Love Your Pet Day? Someonecame up with the idea that we needed aspecial day, in this case Feb. 20, to com-memorate loving our pets?
How about International Dog BiscuitAppreciation Day, recognized on Feb.23? I at least understand the logic ofsome crafty dog food manufacturerdeciding they needed their own day torecognize the virtues of dog food andthe army of treats that came behind its
invention, even if I never intend to plana potluck around it.
My personal favorite, in terms ofutterly useless critter-related dates, isWhat if Dogs and Cats Had OpposableThumbs Day, celebrated on March 3.After a bit of investigation, it appearsthis holiday was created for no otherpurpose than to sell electronic greetingcards. Well Cat, the “creators” of thisday, have even copyrighted it, so nomaking your big WIDACHOT Daycommemorative T-Shirts without talk-ing to them first.
The next time your sweetie tries toget out of celebrating a day you findspecial by using the “it’s just a holidaycreated by the greeting card and floristindustries to get me to spend money”excuse, just show them a few of thesedates and ask them what they plan toget you for International Dog BiscuitAppreciation Day.
Have a pet-related question or com-ment? E-mail Vicky at: [email protected] or visit:www.pawprintcitytimes.com.
TBY SHARON STUBBSCommunity contributor
his class is to help you train your dogfor an exciting dog sport that anyonecan learn. If your dog knows the basiccommands, sit, stay, down, heel, etc.,then the two of you are ready to learn
Rally. A course of turns, commands, and othermaneuvers is set up and you and your dogswalk it together. Great bonding with your fur-ry friend and a lot of fun. This is a beginningclass, so everyone starts at the base level.
To sign up, go to www.meetup.com/KCA-Dog-Activities.com and click on Calendar.The start date is Friday, June 12 at 6:30 p.m.
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PLEASERS
$ 19 99 $ 11 99
VEGGIE OR SUPREME UP TO 5 TOPPINGS
1 LARGE PIZZA 2 LARGE PIZZAS
ORIGINAL ROUND CARRY OUT - PLUS TAX
Limited time offer.
GOT THE MUNCHIES?
$ 2 99 8 PIECES
CRAZY BREAD & CRAZY SAUCE
ITALIAN CHEESE BREAD
CARRY OUT PLUS TAX
$ 3 99 10 PIECES
CARRY OUT PLUS TAX
$ 4 99 8 PIECES
CARRY OUT PLUS TAX
CAESAR WINGS
QUAL ITY ! QUAL ITY !QUAL ITY ! QUAL ITY !
DID DIDYOU YOU
KNOW KNOW THAT? THAT?
We Use 100% Real California Cheese & Our World Famous Pizza Sauce is Made Fresh
Each Day
We Slice And Dice Our Veggies Daily.
TOPPING CHOICES Pepperoni, Mushrooms, Onion, Green Peppers, Ham, Ground Beef, Italian Sausage, Bacon, Anchovies, Hot Pepper Rings,
Black Olives, Jalapenos, Pineapple, Tomatoes, Extra
Cheese
pizza!pizza!
MEAL DEAL SPECIAL ONE or TWO LARGE PIZZAS WITH 1 TOPPING •
ONE 2 liter SOFT DRINK • ONE 8 piece order of CRAZY BREAD • CRAZY SAUCE
FEED THE CROWD SPECIAL
8 LARGE WITH ANY
ONE TOPPING ONLY
$ 49 99 CARRY OUT
$ 6 99 HOT-N-READY LARGE PIZZA
CARRY OUT PLUS TAX