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Happy Birthday greetingsto Ashley & Justin! Pg. 2An ode to a poet Pg. 3Fabulous Fantasy Footballfollies, dude! Pg. 7

Wolf Pack love!

Columnist keeps eye on Ridgeview favorites, pg. 5

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We want to wish our little Princess Ashley, a

Happy 11th Birthday.

We love you so much. You are such a good girl

and we are very proud of you.

Love Dad, Mom, Anthony, Andy, and Amy.

Justin,

We hope you have a wonderful Birthday — hope

all your wishes come true.

We Love You, from Family Reyes!

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Calendar of Events

Happy 11th Birthday,Ashley Reyes!

Happy 10th B-day,Justin Zepeda!

Sunday, Jan. 17Disney Live! Rockin' Road Show,1:30 p.m., The theater at RabobankConvention Center, 1001 TruxtunAve. $18-45. ticketmaster.com or800-745-3000.

Fair Trade Store, with jewelry, bas-kets, gift items from Third Worldcountries; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sun-days; and 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays,First Congregational Church, 5Real Road. 327-1609.

Teen Challenge Choir, 6 p.m.,Southgate Redemption Center,1017 Southgate Dr. 837-2574.

Monday, Jan. 18CSUB Men’s Basketball vs. Mon-tana State, 7 p.m., Rabobank Arena,1001 Truxtun Ave. $5-25. gorun-ners.com or 654-BLUE.

CSUB Women’s Basketball vs. UCDavis, 1 p.m., CSUB, Icardo Center,9001 Stockdale Hwy. $4-25. gorun-ners.com or 654-BLUE.

Master’s Swim Team, year roundprogram, learn to develop swim-ming skills, strokes, techniques,improve physical fitness, 5:30 to 7p.m. Monday through Thursday,McMurtrey Aquatic Center, 1325 QSt. $60 per month. www.bakers-fieldswim.us or 852-7430.

Recreational Swim Team, yearround swim team, learn to develop

swimming skills, strokes, tech-

niques, abilities, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Mon-day through Thursday, McMurtrey

More on page 8.

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Ridgeview HighSchool’s Lady WolfPack basketball teamis Peggy Duane-Pope’s, Voice educa-tion columnist,favorite high schoolteam to follow — alongwith other local sportsteams comprised ofmany of her formerstudents.

On page 5, you can read more of what Peggy has to sayabout the Wolf Pack and other former students she keepstabs on in the news.

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4 Go green!Learn natural methods to use in your home and

garden in honor of “Go Green Month” at free workshop.

6 Rising starErin Hudson, a branch manager for KSFCU, has

earned the “Tomorrow’s Star Award.”

7 And he SCORES!Sports columnist gives you the play-by-play of

his first Fantasy Football experience as he maneuversdown the field to make the winning point!

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BY MAUREEN SUTTONCommunity contributor

The Bakersfield Art Associationwill host the BAA Mardi Gras Galaat 7 p.m. at the Bell Tower Club,1200 Truxtun, Friday, Feb. 19.

Cajun style buffet, wine, New

Orleans style entertainment,Mardi Gras parade, the music ofSouth Side Chicago Seven, danc-ing, artwork, and a silent auctionwill be included.

Attire is dressy/cocktail or cos-tume (there will be a prize for bestcostume).

Cost is $75 per person.Tickets are available at the BAA

Gallery (East Hills Mall),Schilling Art Studio, BAA mem-bers, or online at: www.mardi-grasgala.com. Contactwww.mardigrasgala.com;www.bakersfieldartassociation.com; 664-9504 or 328- 9237 for moreinformation.

Kern County Scottish Society to honor life of Robert BurnsBY HOLLY DAVISSONCommunity contributor

he Kern County ScottishSociety invites the public toa most distinctive celebra-tion of the life of Robert

Burns, Scotland’s most famousBard (Poet) on Saturday, Jan. 23,marking his 251st birthday.

For more than 200 years, Scottishpeople all over the world havepaused to remember the poems andsongs of their national hero whoimmortalized Scottish culture andthe common man.

The KCSS Burns dinner, follow-ing a traditional format, will be heldat Hodel’s Restaurant in the LibertyRoom , 5917 Knudson Dr., and willfeature not only the supper, butincludes entertainment provided bythe traditional Celtic music of Ban-shee in the Kitchen.

Banshee in the Kitchen has not

only developeda local follow-ing, but anational one aswell. They havereleased fiveCDs that can bepurchased atany local musicstore or on theirWeb site:www.ban-

sheeinthekitchen.com.As part of the dinner, Burn’s

poem “An Address to the Haggis,”is given in honor of the Scottishnational dish. A special presenta-tion (Toast) is expressed at the hag-gis, a dish of very humble origins.

The Burns dinner is the most for-mal Scottish event of the year forthe KCSS. Many local Scots will bedonning the kilts and family tartan.

Burns was born in 1759 to farmingparents — but Burns learned the skill

of writing and began to write poemsand odes, many of which were put tomusic. He was recognized for hisability to capture everyday life expe-riences in a poetic prose.

Among his enduring works are:“Auld Lang Syne,” ” My Love is Likea Red, Red, Rose” and “My Heart’sin the Highlands.” Burns died at 37from heart disease, but he is stillremembered for his heartfelt poems.

The Robert Burns Dinner is opento the public but reservations arerequired. Cost of the dinner is $40per person. Doors open at 6 p.m. forcocktails; dinner served at 7 p.m.Those interested in attending maycall 393-6765; Gary Lockhart at836-0971; or visit our Clubhouse at1985 Airport Dr.

For more information, visit ourWeb site: www.kernscot.com.

The Kern County Scottish Soci-ety, Inc. is a 501©3 non-profit edu-cation organization.

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Children from the audience will play‘geese’ in the opera ‘The Goose Girl!’COURTESY OF CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD

alifornia State University, Bak-ersfield’s Opera Theatre willpresent An Evening of Operaand Musical Theatre Scenes,Friday, Jan. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in

the Doré Theatre.The performance will include

Pasatieri’s children’s opera “The GooseGirl.” Five children from the audiencewill be selected to participate as geese inone scene of the light-hearted opera.

Additionally, the evening will includescenes from Nicolai’s “Merry Wives ofWindsor,” Rossini’s “The Barber ofSeville,” Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” and ColePorter’s “Anything Goes.”

Numerous CSUB students will takepart in the performance including: Ali-cia Bean, Kevin Calvin, AlmalindaDuran, Elizabeth Gergian, RobertHamilton, Katherine Kiouses, AdriannaMedel, Dan Musquez, Elizabeth Proven-cio, Marco Rodriguez, Sara Thomas,Jessica Trevino and Brent West.

Peggy Sears will direct the produc-tion. Piano accompaniment will be pro-vided by Soo-Yoen Chang. Set designand lighting will be created by RayFinnell, and costumes will be designedby Roger Upton.

Tickets are $10; $6 for students andseniors, and will be available at the boxoffice one hour prior to show time.

For more details, please call 654-2168.

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Learn how to go ‘green’ inyour lawn and garden! BY MARIA RUTLEDGECommunity contributor

he Southwest Branch Library, inobservance of “Living GreenMonth” and in partnership withthe University of California Coop-

erative Extension Kern County Farm and

Home Advisors, will be hosting a one-hour workshop titled “Green Methods forHome Lawns and Garden” at 5 p.m. onWednesday, Jan. 27.

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HVolunteers sought for Kern County Science Bowl COURTESY OF CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD

alifornia State University, Bak-ersfield is seeking volunteers forthe 18th annual Kern CountyRegional Science Bowl. The

competition is scheduled for Saturday,Feb. 13, at CSUB from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.This year marks the 14th year the ScienceBowl has been hosted by CSUB.

The event features 32 five-memberteams from 15 Kern County high schoolscompeting in a question-answer quiz for-mat that covers physics, math, computerscience and astronomy.

Matches consist of two, eight-minutehalves. Each match will have four offi-cials in the room: a moderator, who willread the questions, rules judge, timekeep-er and scorekeeper.

The top two teams advance to the finalsand compete in a double-eliminationround, with the winner advancing to theNational Science Bowl in Washington,D.C., April 29 — May 3.

Thomas Meyer, professor of

physics/computer science and coordina-tor of the event, is looking for volunteersto help run the event and local businessesthat are interested in donating prizes forthe students. All officials must attend atraining session before the competitionwhere they will be trained for the variouspositions and given the competition rules.

Volunteers will receive a t-shirt, morn-ing snack and lunch, courtesy of eventsponsors.

“The previous events were a great suc-cess because we had incredible supportfrom campus and community volun-teers,” Meyer said. “In return for theirefforts, volunteers will get to watch KernCounty’s top science students compete.”

Meyer added that all volunteers arewelcome, regardless of educational back-ground. For more information, or tobecome a volunteer, contact Penny Lamp-kins, 654-3082 or [email protected] may also log on to:http://www.cs.csubak.edu/Science-Bowl/Volunteer.html, to volunteer direct-ly.

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CSUB to host electronic waste recycling event COURTESY OF CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD

ondering what to do withthat old computer monitor?Have a printer that will nolonger print? Tossing your

outdated stereo equipment? Take advan-tage of California State University, Bak-ersfield’s electronic waste recyclingevent to properly dispose of items thatmay be hazardous to the environment.

CSUB’s Fifth annual electronic waste,or e-waste, recycling event will be heldTuesday, Jan. 26 through Saturday, Jan.30, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents, busi-nesses, city and county agencies maybring e-waste items to the drop-off loca-tion near the community recycling binsin parking lot I, just south of the IcardoCenter on Roadrunner Drive.

There is no limit and there is nocharge.

“E-waste is a popular term for elec-tronic products at the end of their ‘usefullife,’ such as computers, televisions,VCRs, stereos, copiers and faxmachines,” said David Beadle, CSUB’sdirector of safety and risk management.“Electronic items often contain lead,cadmium, barium and mercury whichcan be very hazardous. Proper recyclingof these items keeps us all safer.”

All electrical items will be accepted,including answering machines, cam-corders, compact disk players, copiers,DVD players, electric typewriters, elec-tronic games, fax machines, laptops,mainframe computers, cell phones,modems, pagers, PDAs, personal com-puters (CPU, monitors keyboards, mice,and peripherals), printers, radios,remote controls, scanners, stereos, tapeplayers, telephones and telephone equip-ment, televisions, testing equipment,two-way radios, uninterruptible power

supplies (UPS), VCRs and word proces-sors.

“If you can plug it into a wall socket orput batteries in it, we can generallyaccept it for recycling,” Beadle said.“Residents simply need to bring theitems and provide their name andaddress for recording requirements. Wewill take care of the disposal.”

Large bulky items, such as waterheaters, dishwashers or air conditioningunits, cannot be accepted. The City ofBakersfield offers a bulky item collec-tion program. Residents may call 326-3114 for more information about thisservice.

“By adding e-waste to our recyclingprogram we’re able to provide a placewhere our community can bring obsoleteelectronic devices, and at the same timegenerate much needed income for cam-pus environmental sustainability proj-ects,” Beadle said.

CSUB receives a fee for recycled elec-tronic waste that contains a monitor orscreen. This income offsets the cost ofrecycling all the other e-waste, and anyremaining money is used to purchasevarious items for use on campus. Forexample, the “plastic lumber” handrailson campus outdoor stairways, which aremade from recycled plastic milk andwater jugs, were purchased with fundsgenerated by the campus recycling pro-gram.

At last year’s event, a total of 128,161pounds —10 truckloads — of e-waste wasrecycled.

For more information about the e-waste recycling event, please call CSUBSafety and Risk Management at 654-2580.

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Employee-related litigation is themost prevalent type of litigation faced bysmall business owners. Even when abusiness has only a few employees, it iscritical that business owners and entre-preneurs understand employee rights inorder to avoid lawsuits. These work-shops give owners the information need-ed to not only protect the business butalso to provide a positive working envi-ronment. The HR topics are the follow-ing important sessions:

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from Rosedale North Elementary School

for educator of the month. She is my

third-grade teacher and she’s wonderful.

She makes class a lot of fun. Sometimes

she acts silly while teaching us some-

thing new. She brought hot cocoa for us

one day because we were reading a

story about it. Mrs. Kuest also lets us

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spent New Year’s Eve with severalself-proclaimed, local, newsjunkies. We all agreed that thestate of print news in America ispretty grim. We concluded that the

aspect of our local newspaper that wevalue so much islocal sports.

Every day Iscan the sportssection to seewhat local kidsare doing. Dur-ing cross coun-try, I check myfavorite teams’top performers,especially Jakeat Highland,and I justwouldn’t wantto go withoutweekly footballpredictions. An article on my favoritetennis player, Elizabeth, graces myrefrigerator. Coworkers, Kim andLacey, used to play volleyball, and com-petition locally is so much fun. A for-mer student, Karly, was a standout thisyear in golf.

I’m delighted with basketball tourna-ments because I get to see scores fromschools former students attend(Ridgeview, Golden Valley, Indepen-dence, and Stockdale), or where cur-

rent and former classmates and friendsof my children attend (Liberty, Fron-tier, Bakersfield and Garces). Havingserved on the AYSO Region 73 boardfor a half-dozen years, I love followingthe high school soccer scores and hav-ing my friend, Paul, coach wrestling atBakersfield Christian, I like to see howthey’re doing.

In spring, track is my favorite. I spenta half-dozen years at Liberty timingtheir track meets and became familiarwith kids from all the schools — so it’samazing to pick up the sports section.Chris from Foothill was amazing! Luca,my foreign exchange student, will swimthis year so I’m sure to keep up on that.Travis has been coaching baseball afterstunning seasons at Stockdale, Bakers-field College, and Oral Roberts. Lacey’sdad coaches at Centennial, and former-ly at North. More golf and tennis in thespring with Brian raising a racquet forRidgeview this year. And frankly,there’s nothing more fun than seeingthe threesome of Nisa, Jessica, and Vic-toria in print for softball.

This is a huge, small town. We allknow so many people. I’m so glad thelocal sports section does such a greatjob keeping us posted on what’s up withour children.

Peggy Dewane-Pope is a teacher withthe Panama-Buena Vista Union SchoolDistrict.

Educator gets kick out of following newsof former students’ athletic journeys

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Ridgeview Varsity Basketball Coach, Mike Martin with the Wolf Pack.

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Erin Hudson is a rising ‘star’ in local bankingBY MELISSA LINTAGCommunity contributor

he California Credit Union League presented “Tomorrow’s Star Award” toErin Hodson, branch manager for the Regional Occupation Center StudentBranch of Kern Schools Federal Credit Union.

The League’s “Tomorrow’s Star Award” is presented to young credit unionleaders, under the age of 35, for achievements that have resulted in added value to thecredit union movement.

“Erin has demonstrated expertise and dedication to serving as a strong advocate forcredit unions, and her service to the credit union community and volunteer participa-tion in Kern County is outstanding,” stated Steve Renock, president/CEO of KernSchools Federal Credit Union.

The California Credit Union League Convention was held on Nov. 18 in Las Vegas,Nevada.

Erin Hodson serves as a board member for the Regional Occupation Center Bank-ing and Finance Program, Greenfield Union School District’s “Foundation for Suc-cess” Executive Board, Career Technical Education Advisory Board and is an Adviso-ry member for the Bakersfield Adult School.

In addition, Erin and the Youth Marketing Team at KSFCU teach the youth of KernCounty financial literacy. The team performed 354 presentations for the 2008-2009school years that reached 31,261 students. Erin was instrumental in organizing andpresenting many of these presentations.

The California Credit Union League also recognized KSFCU with first place in thenation for the most students reached through the financial literacy classes.

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Bill Cheney, President, Nevada Credit Union League, Erin Hodson, Kern Schools Federal Credit Union Branch Manager, and Brett Martinez, outgoing Califor-nia Credit Union League Chairman and Redwood Credit Union CEO. Erin Hodson was awarded the “Tomorrow’s Star Award” for her work at KSFCU.

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ude, I was taken by surprise.Actually, quite taken aback.Unwittingly placed out of myrealm. Displaced for sure.Like, totally dude. Of what do I

speak you ask? Fantasy Football, dude!Whoa, caught me looking. Never hadany idea what to expect when a buddyof mine asked if I would like to jointheir 10-team fantasy league ‘causethey were shy one entry. Figured I hadnothing to lose except my entry fee.Might be fun. Catch up with some whoare friends and make a few new friendsat the same time. Cool! Let’s go for it,dude.

So draft night rolls around and wemeet at my buddy’s house. I’m totallyclueless as to the formalities involvedin the draft. While trying to ascertainthe vibe, I find out there really are noformalities to speak of! You know. Aguy’s thing, dude. We draw for draftorder and begin the 15-round processof selecting NFL football players forour individual teams. You want quar-terbacks who’ll pass for lots of yards &touchdowns (Drew Brees). You wantsplit-ends who will go for big yardageand also score td’s (Andre Johnson).You want fleet running backs who canscore from anywhere on the field (Adri-an Peterson). You want a place kickerwhose team bogs down in the red zone(Rob Bironas). And you want a stoutdefense which forces turnovers andloves to sack opposing qb’s (BaltimoreRavens).

I felt I had a pretty good draft forbeing a novice and eagerly waited forthe first weekend of games to arrive.Dude (and believe me when I say I’mnot wearing that word out!), I did notknow what hit me as it all began to dis-combobulate from the start. Throw outrooting for your favorite team! Ain’thappenin’ in this league. There’s noallegiance. None. Nil. I used to be a bigRams fan when they were in Los Ange-les. When Georgia Frontiere movedthem to St. Louis I dropped them faster

than Sarah Palin dropped the Alaskangovernorship! When you’ve signed upfor Fantasy Football dude (OK, ordudette), you are solely rooting for yourindividual fantasy team players ANDrooting against your opponent’s fantasyplayers. You could be rooting for onesplit-end on the Eagles and be rootingagainst the other Eagles’ split-end ATTHE SAME TIME! Crazy, dude! Putsyou into a state of schizophrenia. I ain'’t

lyin'’dude. Neverbeen involved inanything like it.Completely changedthe way I viewedprofessional footballthis year.

So, we were set upinto two divisionsand battled through12 regular seasongames. Six teamsadvanced and play-offs were held withthe top two playingin the fantasy SuperBowl during the fif-teenth professional

regular season game. The fantasySuper Bowl was held during that weekso that, perchance, none of the proteams would yet be resting or sittingany of their regular starters as the NFLplayoffs approached.

It must have been beginner’s luck,but I ended up being the #1 seed in mydivision, had a bye and played in onesemi-final game to try to advance to theSuper Bowl. I ended up losing thatsemi-final game by four points — or soI thought, dude! Mid-week after thatgame, I get a call saying that a touch-down was taken away from Kurt Warn-er’s stats the previous Sunday. Myopponent had Warner, and dude, I wasawarded six points, thereby winning bytwo points and advancing to the fantasySuper Bowl. Now I’m completelystoked! I’ve been given a reprieve aswell as a gift (oh yeah, did I mention it

WAS Christmastime?) and this rookie isgoing bowling — Super Bowling!

By this time, I’m completely and offi-cially out of my gourd regarding thisFantasy Football folly I’ve gotteninvolved with. Four weeks in I sworeI’d never do THAT again. Now I’mmaking all of the waiver moves I can inorder to upgrade my team and bringhome the whole enchilada, sauce andall. My counterpart in the title gamehas Peyton Manning and two of theColts’ best receivers on his team. I’mtoast, dude. But lo and behold, Indydecides that the perfect season is notworth going for and rests Manning andthe others midway through the thirdquarter. I have been given yet anothergift, and I somehow pull off the unex-pected and win the doggone thing.

Okay, I’m happy. I think! Haven’t hadtime to settle down yet. I’m still frayed.Terrible strain — that Fantasy Foot-ball. More stressful than a locomotivebearing down on you. Able to make youleap tall buildings if you get thoroughlyenergized.

Was it worth all of the fuss? Yeah,dude! And if that word is worn out, it’sbecause I am too.

D

SportsShorts: Columnist takes the wholeFantasy Football ‘enchilada’ — dude!

MICHAELELLIOTTSports columnist

Athlete of the monthDustin Fisher

Dustin Fisher played for

the Olive Drive

Trailblazers. His third-

grade NOR flag football

team went undefeated this

season.

Dusty loves football and

was excited when he

scored points for the team.

His family is very proud of

him!

This photo was taken byhis Uncle Wes of him scor-ing a touchdown!

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Senior Discovery Days, eachMonday, seniors 60 and olderreceive 50 percent discount offadmission,10 percent discount inthe gift store, CALM, 10500Alfred Harrell Highway. 872-2256.

Tai Chi Classes, two sessions:9:30 to 10:30 a.m. or 5:45 to 6:45p.m. every Monday and Wednes-day, Golden State Mall, upstairsin the ballroom, 3201 F St. $45 foreight sessions. 665-8033 or 204-0949.

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Tai Chi, 48 forms of Tai ChiQuan, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., ArthritisAssociation Adaptive AquaticsCenter, 1800 Westwind Dr., Ste.500. $40. 477-8605.

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Friday, Jan. 22Condors vs. Victoria SalmonKings, 7 p.m. Friday and Satur-day, Rabobank Arena, 1001Truxtun Ave. $7 to $25. bakers-fieldcondors.com or 324-7825.

FLICS International CinemaSociety, presents “My Father, MyLord,” 7:30 p.m., Bakersfield FoxTheater, 2001 H St. $5. flics.orgor call 428-0354.

“The Sound of Music,” doorsopen at 6:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m.Friday and Saturday; doors openat 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Stars Din-ner Theatre, 1931 Chester Ave.$50-$54; show only tickets $25.325-6100.

Saturday, Jan. 23Bike Ride, for ladies, all levels,go at your own pace, 8 a.m., Fin-ish Line Bicycles, 8850 Stockdale

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Book signing, with author EricM. Leschinsky of “Starving theFlesh,” 1 to 3 p.m., B MooreChristian Books & Music, 526Olive St. 324-2897.

Certified Farmers Market, 8 a.m.to noon Saturdays, next to GoldenState Mall, 3201 F St.

Health & Wellness Series, pre-vention and wellness programfocusing on a sensible eatingplan, exercise, stress manage-

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Kern River Valley Hiking Club,El Paso Mountain-Last ChanceCanyon Loop Hike, meet at Star-bucks Coffee located at the inter-section of Hwy. 58 and Weed-patch, leave at 7 a.m. Bring lunchand 2 quarts of water. Dressappropriately. For directions,visit lakeisabella.net/hiking or747-5065 or 778-3453.

Kids Free Day, last Saturday ofevery month, CALM, 10500

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Street Teams, opportunity toreach the hurting and needyparts of our community withfood, love and prayer, 10:30 a.m.,Jesus Shack, 1326 30th St.jesusshack.com or call 324-0638.

Voices of Latin Rock, with Malo,Jorge Santana, Karl Perazzo,Lydia Pense, Lenny Williams andLester Chambers, doors open at 7p.m., show at 8 p.m., BakersfieldFox Theater, 2001 H St. $20-$35plus fee. vallitix.com or 322-5200.


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