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BY ANA LOPEZCommunity contributor
oming off the success oftheir Haiti bake sale, theBakersfield PlaydatePals is holding a bakesale that will benefit
Relay For Life.The bake sale will take place
on April 24 at 9 a.m. at Caffeine
Supreme, which is located at2000 F St.
Along with selling bakedgoods, the group is also sellingbeautiful purple Hershey kissesflowers — and they might evenhave some cool raffles.
Caffeine Supreme will alsohave a market and vendors atthe event.
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BY CATHERINE OGASCommunity contributor
irst rule of pillow fight —don’t talk about pillow fight.So goes the first Fight Clubinspired rule of Internation-al Pillow Fight Day.
April 3 was International PillowFight Day where massive pillowfights were hosted in major citiesaround the world!
One of the many pillow fightswas held at Pershing Squarepromptly at 3 p.m., in the heart ofdowntown Los Angeles, where myfamily and I attended.
Hundreds upon hundreds ofpeople showed up dressed in manydifferent costumes with their pil-lows, to participate in a fun-filledday of fun — or should I say — thequickest and most tiring, exciting,adrenaline pumped, 20 minutes ofmy life!
When all was said and done,there were feathers everywhere —if there weren’t feathers on yourclothes and hair — you didn’t have
a good enough time!There were so many feathers that
one couldn’t help but lie down andcreate “feather” angels and throwthem at unsuspecting pedestrians.
One thing is to be sure, next year,April 3 will be another trip to Los
Angeles — this time with many ofmy other AP student friends readyto take out high school frustrationin one of the best ways I know —pillow fight!
How about it Bakersfield, “GOTPILLOWS?”
COURTESY OF KERN CHARTER SERVICE, INC.
ern Charter Service, Inc. ishosting an exciting day ofaviation activities! Pilots,get ready to eat and com-pete!
Kern Charter Service, Inc’s annu-al tri-tip barbeque, open house,flour drop, and spot landing com-petition will be Saturday, April 24from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bakers-field Municipal Airport, 410 E.Planz Road.
“My kids really enjoyed watching
the flour drop competition lastyear,” says Shane Ellis.
The flour drop competition andspot landing competition willbegin at 9 a.m.
The cost of lunch is $10 and willbe served from 11 a.m. until thefood runs out!
Kern Charter Service, Inc. willhave their rental fleet on display aswell as a Cessna 182T.
Their hanger doors will be opento the public and knowledgeableflight staff will be on hand toanswer any questions.
Kern Charter Flight Training hasbeen in business for 20 years andhas successfully trained hundredsof pilots.
Kern Charter Service is Bakers-field’s oldest and largest CessnaPilot Training Center and offers thelatest and most sophisticatedtraining courses available.
For more information, contactTracy Davis at 834-6870, or [email protected], or go to:www.kerncharter.com
How about it Bakersfield, ‘Got PILLOWS?’
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atherine Ogas has lived inBakersfield her entire life— all 17 years of them! Herpassion is painting, historyAND she loves to write.
In fact, you may recognize hername from her numerous contri-butions to The Bakersfield Voice —whether it’s a poem, a photo or tolet her neighbors know about whatis happening in the local arts com-munity.
“I teach young students how todraw and paint,” said Catherine,who teaches art at a local art studioafter school. “I love my job morethan anything.
“Working with kids is so refresh-ing — they don't have any worries!I leave work at the end of the daywith a positive outlook on life everyday because of those kids, and I amso lucky to have a job in this econo-my!”
You may have seen one ofCatherine’s paintings at the KernCounty Fair — she tries to enter apiece every year and has won threebest in show awards.
Like many busy teens today,Catherine, who is an AP and hon-ors student at South High School,juggles her studies, work and anumber of extracurricular activi-ties. With all that is on her plate,she still has time to read.
“My schedule, at best, is hecticand chaotic but somehow I am
able to squeeze in a novel, or too,and a few hours on the weekendsfor painting,” she said.
WE hope she continues to carveout enough time from her packedschedule to continue to contributeto The Bakersfield Voice!
Be sure to check out Catherine’smost recent contribution in thisissue and find out how she recent-ly blew off a little steam — pillowfighting?!
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Catherine Ogas
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Catherine Ogas participated in International Pillow Fight Day in L.A.
Meet Catherine Ogas!
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Pilots, get ready to eat and compete!
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Bakersfield Playdate Pals bakesale to benefit Relay for Life
asterful — Did you catch“The Masters” golf tourna-ment? While the ending wasnot as riveting as all hadhoped, the tourney was still
very compelling as Phil Mickelsondonned the green jacket in The ButlerCabin as all was said and done.
Wait a minute! All might have beendone, but all had certainly not been said.Mickelson was supposed to be “TheMan” for the first part of the season as acertain someone chose to go under-ground for five months.
“Lefty” did not live up to those lofty,initial expectations. His game had a hugequestion mark attached to it as heentered “The Masters.” But he crafted aspectacular final-round 67 to win bythree stokes over England’s Lee West-wood, who succumbed to Sunday jittersby posting a 71 on the final day.
If you witnessed Phil’s hug of wife Amyat the conclusion I’m sure you saw thetear drop from his left eye as theyembraced. Emotions ran high as Amyhas been dealing with breast cancer fornigh on a year.
It was a very touching moment insports.
Flyin’ High — Our hometown Condorsprevailed in a dramatic game five vs.
Victoria as Dan Kissel scored the win-ning goal with 48.5 seconds left to sendthe Bako boys on into the second roundof the ECHL playoffs against Stockton.This next round shifts to a seven game
series with Bakers-field again holding theprecious home-iceadvantage.
Interestingly, five ofthe seven ECHL first-round playoff serieswent to the fifth andfinal game. As is thesheet of ice they toilon, cool!
College Hoops —Due to this columnrunning but once amonth, it’s tough tostay current. Butpraise is warrantedfor a couple of colle-
giate classics.First, the NCAA men’s basketball
championship game between Duke andButler was ... a classic!
Sinister Duke broke the nation’s heartby squeezing out the 61-59 victory overthe Butler darlings.
Admit it! If you were not a rabid“Dukie” then you were pulling for the
underdog Bulldogs. Tell you what. IfButler’s Gordon Hayward leans intoDuke’s center Brian Zoubek with 3.6 sec-onds remaining and Butler trailing byone and draws the foul instead of puttingup the off-balance fadeaway shot, we’relikely celebrating Cinderella’s corona-tion. Okay!
The second classic belongs to the Con-necticut women’s NCAA basketballchamps who have run the table in con-secutive years. What a feat — 78 straightvictories and counting.
Their 53-47 win over Stanford wasn’tdominant by any means. Stanford hadthemselves to blame as they held aneight point lead mid-way through thefirst half as UConn went ice-cold. But theCardinal couldn’t capitalize and up theirlead as they hibernated as well.
Big props to coach Geno Auriemmaand his staff at Connecticut for theirrecent hardcourt prowess. Tennessee’slegendary Pat Summitt is now inAuriemma’s rearview mirror. Who’dhave thunk it?
Bold Predictions — National HockeyLeague playoffs are beginning. Washing-ton’s Capitols look to be the class of theleague. Defending Stanley Cup winnerPittsburgh could challenge them in theEastern Conference.
Out west, the San Jose Sharks edgedout Chicago for the number one seed. I’llgo out on thin ice and predict that theBlackhawks skate away with the 2010cup.
The Lakers will not win the NBA cham-pionship! They may not even make it tothe finals as Dallas, Denver and Phoenixwill be formidable tests. The feeling hereis that either Orlando or Cleveland fromthe Eastern Conference will be crownedchampion.
Give the edge to LeBron and Shack as
Cleveland has the bigger chip on itsshoulder.
Who’s playing possum better at thestart of the baseball season: The lacklus-ter Dodgers or the jettisoned Giants?Eight times out of ten Los Angeles willfinish ahead of San Francisco in the finalstandings.
Is it an anomaly that “El Lay” is cellar-dwelling at press time and that the boysof summer from “The City” areensconced in first place in the NationalLeague West? I think not, as the Giants’pitching shall trump anything theDodgers present, and San Franciscoshall prevail ahead of Los Angeles atyear’s end.
Ladies and gentlemen, predictions areas fickle as the weather. You may predictto others and put yourself on the line, butone never really knows. I may certainlyend up with egg on my face regardingthese predictions. And that’s cool. Butone thing on my side is time, meaningthat by the time the endless hockey andbasketball playoffs come to a close (for-ever and a day!) nobody will evenremember my predictions! Then I’m offthe hook.
Hang around to see.
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MICHAELELLIOTTSports columnist
e would like torecognize ourson, AdamAlvarez, who is 4,soon-to-be, 5
years old. Adam is enrolled atHan’s Taekwondo Academywhere he has competed in tour-nament and won silver andbronze.
He is currently playing base-ball at Greenfield BaseballAssociation. He is playing in thepitcher position.
Adam is the youngest on histeam, but that doesn’t stop himfrom keeping up with his team-mates who are all around 7years old. Adam has been play-ing and practicing baseballsince he was about 2 years old.
Adam also is learning jujitsu
and wrestling.When Adam grows up, he
wants to play for the Los Ange-les Dodgers. He is very motivat-ed and determined to learnanything that he can.
We can’t express how muchwe love, encourage, and sup-port him in all he does — andwill do in the future.
Do you have a son, daughter,grandkid or buddy who is your pickfor MVP? Nominate them for TheBakersfield Voice’s Star Athlete bygoing to: www.bakersfieldvoice.comand posting your nomination andphoto. Nominations should tell us in50 words or less what makes thisyouth a star athlete — and remember,your nomination MUST include aphoto in jpeg format.
Winners will be featured in a futureedition of The Bakersfield Voice!
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The Bakersfield Voice’s Star Athlete:Adam AlvarezNominated by Lori Alvarez
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The Condors get the game winner on thisfrenetic charge of the net.
Predictions are as fickle as the weather
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