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Courtesy of Calvary Bible Church
alvary Bible Church will be holding its annual “Junk-A-Tique,” Bakersfield’s Biggest Yard Sale, on Friday, May 7from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, May 8 from 6 a.m.to noon.
Find incredible deals on furniture, clothes, books,toys, sporting goods, appliances, antiques, collectibles and more.
A pancake breakfast and food booth will be available. All pro-ceeds go to missions work locally and around the world.
Calvary Bible Church is located at 48 Manor St., just below thebluffs.
For more information, call 327-5921 or visit the Web site at:www.gocbc.org.
BY CATHERINE OGASCommunity contributor
he history of Los Angeles isriddled with historicplaces, some still there, andothers gone — lost in thesands of time. One of those
historic places is the Los AngelesIncline Railway. Better known as“Angels Flight,” this is the shortestrailway in the world.
After 27 long years of storage, thishistoric landmark has recently beenrebuilt and reopened to the delightof my family and I. Those of youwho have never heard of, or rodeon, Angles Flight — let me give yousome background information.
Angeles flight was built in 1901running northwest from the cornerof Third and Hill streets. AngelsFlight consisted of two carriagesnamed Olivet and Sinai. The car-roages were pulled up a steepincline, Bunker Hill, by metalcables powered by engines at thetop of the hill. As one car ascended,the other descended by gravity —with a wave and smile from thepassengers passing by.
This nostalgic railway gave mydad a thrill — he had not riddenAngles Flight in 45 years.
I was hypnotized by the clank,clank, clank of the rail cars, and Iwas somehow transported back toold Los Angels where Angels Flightwas a new attraction and thingswere much different.
I was pleasantly surprised to finda most beautiful garden at the topof Bunker Hill filled with lovelyflowers and fountains amongst
small shops and cafés. There’splenty of places to rest your LAweary feet amongst the beauty ofBunker Hill and Angles Flight.
Those interested in taking part ofone of the most interesting andnostalgic parts of Los Angeles’ his-
tory can visit Angels Flight locatedat 351 South Hill St. in the heart ofdowntown Los Angeles.
It’s only 25 cents to ride thisattraction — quite the excuse for aweekend vacation to see this his-toric landmark!
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BY CLAUDIA J. NORMANCommunity contributor
he Bakersfield Blue Chips took first place inthe 2010 NJB National All Star Tournamentthe weekend of April 9-11 in Irvine, Calif.
The team was lead to victory by Coach JoshThompson and Assistant Coach Bruce Laver-
ty.After winning the California Central Sectionals by an
average of 33 points per game in March, the BlueChips went undefeated in the Adidas National Tour-nament with the following schedule: Villa Park (W64-55), Fairfield (W62-61), Foothill (W59-48), CastroValley (W65-58), and then Fairfield again (W65-62) forthe championship.
TCongratulations Blue Chips!
BY LIS SIERRACommunity contributor
talian Heritage Dante Associ-ation will hold an Italian Pic-nic on May 16 from noon to 6p.m.
The picnic will include a deep-pit style barbecued dinner ($12adult, $5 children), and a pastaplate for $6. Italian finger foods,beverages, homemade Italiandesserts will also be served.
Children’s games, a bocce tourna-
ment, Italian music, exhibits, a raf-fle, and more, will round out the day.
Free admission and parking.The picnic will be held at 4415
Wilson Rd. Contact Julia, the officemanager, at 831-0867; or, presi-dent, Katie Ryan, at 834-0641.
Picnic with the Italian Heritage Dante Assn.
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Nostalgia aboundson heavenly flight!
ay is a busy month for pet events inBakersfield!
First, Self Serve Pet Spa is hosting apet nutrition workshop in Bakersfieldon May 16. The featured speaker is
Sabine Contreras, a self-described Canine Care &Nutrition Consultant and host of The Dog Food Pro-ject.
The workshop will featuretopics including learning toread pet food labels, supple-mentation, feeding for specialneeds pets and a questionand answer session.
I’m fascinated to see howthis workshop works out. Inthe time I’ve been in KernCounty. there have been fewseminars offered specificallyfor pet owners. We’ve had afew folks come through likeBill Bruce, who spoke to theAnimal Control Commissionregarding the success of Cal-gary’s pet overpopulationissues, but for the most part, there aren’t manyopen-to-the-public speaking engagements wherepet owners can get information that’s relevant totheir daily lives.
Should this prove to be a success, it could markthe beginning of a whole host of educational topicsthat can be brought to the pet-owning residents ofKern County.
I’d love to see seminars on everything from petacupuncture to disaster preparedness to rethinkingvaccination schedules — and everything inbetween. This city should be more than largeenough to host events of interest to pet owners. PetNutrition is a great place to start.
Space is limited at the Pet Nutrition workshop, soif you’re interested you need to sign up soon. Headover to Self Serve Pet Spa’s Web site or to their shop,located at 2816 Calloway Dr. for details.
Let’s get this event sold out soon!Next up, for all you cat people, the first ever sym-
posium regarding feral cats in Kern County has beenset. On May 22, cat-friendly groups from around thegreater Bakersfield area will gather at the Kern Agri-cultural Pavilion to discuss ways to deal with feralcats in our area.
Maybe you’re someone who puts out a little foodfor the neighborhood strays. Perhaps you’ve noticedthat neighbors moved some time ago, but their catsare still wandering around the neighborhood. Oryou’ve got a few feline friends hanging around yourworkplace. The symposium is the perfect place tolearn about Trap-Neuter-Release and how it canhelp keep two cats from becoming twenty.
The keynote speaker at the event will be ShellyKotter, coordinator of the Focus on Felines programat nationally-known Best Friends Animals Society.
Registration for the event is taking place now, so ifyou care about the homeless cats of Kern County,make plans to attend this first-ever event.
Call the Bakersfield SPCA at 323-8353, ext. 14 toreserve your seat.
Whether you’re a cat person or a dog-person,there’s an event for you in May.
See you there!Have a pet-related question or comment? E-mail
Vicky at: [email protected] or visit:www.pawprintcitytimes.com.
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A ‘tail’ of two pet events!
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Bakersfield’s BIGGEST yard sale May 7 & 8
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Courtesy of Bakersfield High School Music Department
he Bakersfield High School Music Departmentwould like to invite you to its First Wind EnsembleInvitational Concert on May 14 at 7 p.m. in theHarvey Auditorium, featuring Frontier HighSchool, John W. North High School from River-
side, Calif., and Bakersfield High School.Guest Conductor will be Sal Lozano. Mr. Lozano is cur-
rently a member of the “Dancing with the Stars” band andGordon Goodwin’s Big Phat band. Mr. Lozano’s resumeincludes performing with Frank Sinatra, Chicago, NatalieCole, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Lopez and many others. Hehas played in Disney movies such as “Beauty and theBeast,” “Happy Feet,” “National Treasures” and again,many others.
Mr. Lozano is currently a professor of saxophone at Cali-fornia State University, Long Beach, and conducts clinicsand master classes across the country.
Additional performance by Kelulu at 6:30 p.m.A spaghetti dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. Admission
for the concert will be $3 and $5 for the dinner.If you have any questions, contact Randy Bennett at
Randy_Bennett @kernhigh.org or call 324-9841, ext. bandroom.
Sure hope to see you and your students at this wonderfulevent.
‘Dancing with the Stars’band member to conductBHS wind concert
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Stray cat being fed.
The Blue Chips consist of the following local eight-grade boys (as pictured left to right): Calvin Laverty, Jag-meet Sandhu, Chase Allmon, Caleb Thompson, Calvin Winkler, Samuel Berkshire, Justin Gapper, Alexander Nor-man, Ryan Roodzant, and Owen Schoneveld (not pictured).
IF YOU GO
The Los Angeles Incline Railway — better known as “Angels Flight”
351 S. Hill St., Los Angeles, 90013
Major Cross Streets: Hill St. and 3rd St.
Email: [email protected]
Official Web site: angelsflight.com
Hours of Operation: 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily
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PHOTO COURTESY OF CATHERINE OGASPHOTO COURTESY OF CATHERINE OGAS
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