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FREE March 8-14, 2009 Nominate your beastas “the best” Pg. 2Kindness continuesfor woman Pg. 4Bakersfield Linksraises funds Pg. 5AVID spurs successfor students Pg. 7

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n March 14 and15, even the theater is child’splay at California State University, Bakersfieldwhen the theater department presents “GoldFever” at the Doré Arena Theatre, 9001 Stock-dale Hwy. The play, written by Rita Grauerand John Urquhart, will be directed by Kamala

Kruszka.Designed for young audiences, the performance

humorously blends Old West history and legend to makea powerful statement about the conflict between person-al greed and compassion for others. Set during the his-

toric California gold rush, “Gold Fever” brings togetherBen Holladay, best known as the stagecoach king, andthe notorious highwayman Black Bart. After failing tostrike it rich, Bart turns to robbing Holladay’s stage-coaches. The ensuing misadventures reveal to both char-acters that gold fever can make a man mad!

Performances are noon, 2 and 4 p.m. on Saturday,March 14, and noon and 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 15.Tickets are $5 and children 12 and under are free. Seat-ing is limited. Call 654-6070 for reservations and infor-mation.

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‘Gold Fever’ hits Cal State Bakersfield’s Doré Theatre

rt is in the eye ofthe beholder ...

And when the“canvas” is awine bottle, thatart becomes just

as varied as the beholdersadmiring it.

“Winescapes 2009: Ataste of the BakersfieldMuseum of Art” 6 p.m.,Thursday, March 12 willbe a fabulous night ofwine tasting and an auc-tion of artistically trans-formed wine bottles.

Thirty local artists wereeach given a wine bottleon which to create what-ever inspired them.

The mediums includepaintings, ceramics,mosaics and photographicart — all using the winebottle as the artistic sur-face.

There will also be winetasting, gourmet food andboth silent and live auc-tions.

This is the second yearfor the event — last year’swas highly successful.

Proceeds benefit themuseum’s art education

programs. Cost is $40

per person;$75 per cou-ple; $500 pre-mium tablefor eight. Atthe door, $50per person.Details, 323-7219. Or,visit: www.bmoa.org.

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Bottle up thisart show!

BY GENE GARAYGORDOBILTBV Managing Editor

reetings, every-one. I wanted topersonally writeabout our latestcontest, involv-ing you and your

pet. Tell us in 200 words orless, why your pet is the“Best Beast in Bakers-field!”

It could be the way he orshe cutely chews on yourslippers or wakes you earlyin the morning my lickingyour face.

You tell us!And the grand prize is a

$25 gift card at Petco, soyou can show your appreci-ation to your pet!

Deadline is Monday,

March 16, so enter today!The winner and runners-up will be featured in afuture printed edition ofThe Bakersfield Voice.

Set up a FREE profile,then post an article &attach a photo of your petto it at: www.bakersfield-voice.com.

Then, once you've postedyour pet's nomination forour "Bless the Beasts" con-test, send an e-mail withyour contact info to:[email protected] or [email protected].

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2 The “Best Beast in town”Think your pet is the best in

Bakersfield? Post your story and photosand win a $25 Petco gift card.

4 Kindness continues A Bakersfield woman tells of

another kindness bestowed up her. Tellus about your “kindness” moments, too.

5 Bakersfield Links fundraiser “Harlem Nights” theme helps

Bakersfield Links raise money for youthand the fight against diabetes.

6 Top Athlete Mom and Dad tell us why

their daughter, Victoria Ybarra is thisweek’s top athlete. Enter next!

6 Gurlroxy photos rule! Community contributor Alex

Torres, a.k.a. “gurlroxy,” posted herbest shots and shows this “gurl” rules!

7 AVID a hit with studentsA Warren Junior High School

teacher tells how AVID helped trans-form students and the campus.

Alex Torres, a.k.a. “gurlroxy” has our covershot this week. This soccer and softball play-ing Ridgeview High student loves taking pic-tures and says, her mom is her hero becausethey bake cookies and dance in the car togeth-er. More of gurlroxy’s photos are featured inthis week’s “Spotlight On” section on page 6.

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“To give without anyreward, or any notice, has aspecial quality of its own.”

— Anne Morrow Lind-bergh

BY MARINA R. HERNANDEZCommunity contributor

or all of you won-derful people whoare following,“You’ve Made MyDay” it has hap-pened again!

I know many of you willrelate to Day Maker 3,because you have eitherbeen the giver of the gooddeed or the receiver. I amalmost positive that every-one who has ever shoppedbefore has been in this situ-ation at one time in theirlife. In the past, it was I whowas the giver of the gooddeed in this situation. How-ever, on this special day, itwas I who was the receiver,and again my faith in the“goodness of people” (espe-cially my fellow Bakers-field residents) has beenproven!

Day Maker 3I feel a little guilty about

accepting this good deed!You see, I am a recoveringprocrastinator, and

because of my relapse onthis day, I found myselfrunning late to work with-out the goodies I wasassigned to bring for ourstaff meeting. (I knewweeks ahead of time aboutbringing the goodies).

I decided to stop at aFoodMaxx on my way towork to purchase the good-ies. Who would be groceryshopping at 8:30 a.m. any-way, right? I had a gameplan, I would run in and runout. No problem. Right ... !Wrong, I was sprintingthrough the store like amad woman! I knew what Iwanted, and retrieved mygoodies in record time.

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The clock’s hand wasticking away ... tick, tick,tick! The gentleman madeeye contact with me a cou-ple of times, but lookedaway. I expected nothing,he had already did his gooddeed for the day.

Tick, tick, tick!Then he turned around

and said the words I longedto hear, “Go ahead Miss,you only have a few items.”I must have done five cart-wheels (in my head, ofcourse) as I smiled andresponded, “Thank you somuch, you’ve made myday!”

I hurried to the car, vow-ing to make more of aneffort to not procrastinate,and thinking how wonder-ful that couple was.Although, on this day, Icould have avoided my situ-ation, there was still some-one who “made my day!”

With that, my missionand my journey continues.

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Tickets sold for $45 and proceedsfor the Jan. 24 event benefited JDRF,The Link’s Foundation Building Fundand the Bakersfield Chapter of theLinks, Inc. youth programmingefforts.

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Attendees were invited to theexhibit, Harlem Renaissance: Legacyand Beyond, showcasing African-American art of the 1920s and

1930s.The fabulous evening was anexperience — themed attire, livemusic, dancing, food, and poetry andperiod vignettes.

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This week’s Star Athlete: Victoria Ybarra

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Nominated by Serafin and Rosalinda Ybarra

We are nominating our daugh-ter, Victoria Ybarra, for Star Ath-lete because she does her best inall the sports she tries. Victoriahas been in softball, volleyball,track, swimming and has a yellowbelt in karate. Her favorite sportis softball. Victoria is currentlyan all-star pitcher. She is alwayssmiling and is determined to bethe best in all the sports she tries.

Victoria, we love you and arevery proud of you!

SPOTLIGHT ON: gurlroxyContributing photographer Alex Torres, a.k.a. “gurlroxy,” generously shared her photos with The BakersfieldVoice via our Photo Gallery option on our Web site: www.bakersfieldvoice.com. You can see her photos andother contributors’ work by clicking “Photos,” then “See User Galleries.” Feel free to share your photos, too.You could have the “Spotlight On” you in a future issue. Create a free TBV profile today!


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Paving the way for a college-bound futureBY AMY LUTHERCommunity Contributor

orking from thebeginning with theidea of what if,Thompson JuniorHigh School Princi-pal Jon Dean along

with his staff introducedAdvancement Via IndividualDetermination or AVID to theirstudents.

Thompson has recently earnedthe high honor of demonstrationschool for the college promotionprogram.

Entering the campus atThompson Junior High, you willsee seventh- and eighth-graderswalking around, kids on the bas-ketball courts and teachers onduty, a typical school.

Look a little further and youcannot help but notice, thatunlike many junior highs, thereis something special about this

school. In every classroom andoffice on campus, you will see asign or a poster promoting col-lege.

Since adopting the AVID pro-gram, Thompson has grown fromhaving one class of AVID stu-dents to four classes to accom-modate their students.

These students have beenexposed to college campuses andmuseums, and a rigid curricu-lum, learning how to study, stayorganized and focus on theimportance of writing across thecurriculum.

As a result of hard work onbehalf of the Thompson staff,students and administration,this school recently received thedesignation of AVID demonstra-tion school, meaning it is every-thing an AVID school is meant tobe!

From evidence of outstandingstudent achievement to strong

leadership, and using AVID as away to improve school wide, it isvery evident that this honor iswell deserved!

To show the magnitude of thishonor, in the 2007-08 school,

there were 3,500 AVID schoolsthroughout the United States,and of those schools, only 114had met the requirements to bean demonstration school.

These schools are held to very

high standards, which requireteachers, who are a part of theprogram, to give freely of theirtime for the betterment of theprogram and their students.

It is easy to see why the pro-gram is so important. Studentswho are a part of AVID feel theygain courage and leadershipskills, which will stay with themnot only in college, but through-out life.

AVID opens doors for studentsnot only in the AVID classroom,but for students all over campus.

With four of the five juniorhigh schools in the Panama-Buena Vista Union School Dis-trict on board with AVID, and thefifth one joining next year, every-one at Thompson have helpedpave the way and set the stan-dards for excellence in educa-tion.

— Amy Luther is a teacher atWarren Junior High.

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Nominated by Gina RasmussenMy daughter, Jenna, is in Mrs. May’s third-grade

class at San Lauren Elementary. She begged me to visither classroom. I went and I just want to say that mydaughter has been blessed with an amazing teacher.Every moment is a teachable moment. She does notwaste any time, her students respect her. She is firm,but fair. During her recess break, I told Mrs. May what Ithought of the morning and she humbly told me thatGod has gifted her with a job she loves doing and hasbeen doing for 20 years. She gave all the glory to God.

Debbie May

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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!

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