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BY JASMIN SHENOUDACommunity contributor

aint DemianaCoptic OrthodoxChurch invitesyou to its second

annual festival, Saturdayand Sunday, Oct. 10 and11 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.at the church, 9200 WhiteLane, on the corner of

Park View Drive insouthwest Bakersfield.

The festival will offeractivities for children,authentic Middle Easternfood, informationalmovie, gift shop, book-store, photo opportunityand a church tour.

Admission is free.For more information,

call 664-7320.

St. Demiana Coptic Church’ssecond annual festival

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BY LAURIE HALLCommunity contributor

on’t miss Calvary BibleChurch’s Eighth annualCreative Blessings CraftFaire on Saturday, Oct. 10from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Our craft faire, sponsored bythe music department, featureshomemade goodies such as candy,cookies, breads, jams, jellies,sauces, salsa and seasonings.You’ll also find hand-crafted giftsfor everyone from A to Z, includingclothing, jewelry, furniture, plants,garden decor, Christmas decor,

flags, candles, soap, bath essentialsand much, much more. Lunch willbe available for purchase at Cal-vary Cafe from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

If you’re a crafter who is inter-ested in renting a space at ourCraft Faire, you can download aninformation sheet and registrationform by visiting our Web site at:www.gocbc.org and clicking on the“Craft Faire” link.

Calvary Bible Church is locatedat 48 Manor St., just below thePanorama Bluffs. For more infor-mation, call 327-5921.

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Dancingwithdaddy!BY KAREN BLOOMCommunity contributor

olumbia ElementarySchool, 703 Mondavi Way,will hold a 1950’sDaddy/Daughter Dance,from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on

Friday, Oct. 9. The cost is $15 fordad and one daughter or $20 fordad and more than one daughter.Dessert and a photo keepsake isincluded in the price.

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Meet the cast of the Heywood family, just one of the groups of scary folks you’llencounter at Talladega Frights, which started Oct. 2 and will run throughout themonth. This is the second year for the locally produced haunt. The cover photowas taken by Jordan Farmer, a high school student and a returning TalladegaFrights cast member. For more information, see page 6.

Your photo could be on our next cover! Photos and stories for the Oct. 18 issuemust be posted by Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 5 p.m.

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7 Educator in extra innings Sports Shorts column devoted

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Takin’ it to the streets!BY ALLISON DUNCANCommunity contributor

njoy beautiful chalk drawings in this lovely street festival, Via Arte ItalianStreet Painting Festival, Oct. 10 & 11 at The Marketplace. Hundreds ofartists participate in this enjoyable event that is a treat for all families andis free to all. Entertainment, food, music and more. Admission is free.E

akersfield fansof New York’sMetropolitanOpera will be

looking forward to theopening of its fourthLive in HD seasonwith Puccini’s“Tosca” at theEdwards Cinema inthe Marketplace, 9000Ming Ave. The show-ing will be at 10 a.m.,Oct. 10. Finnish sopra-no Karita Mattila starsas a passionate operasinger in love with apainter.

Verdi’s “Aida,” set inancient Egypt, at 10a.m., Oct. 24 is the sec-ond opera of the Live in HD season.Violeta Urmana takes the title role ofthe enslaved Ethiopian princess withDolora Zajick as her rival. Among the

score’s highlights isthe celebrated “Tri-umphal March.”

Other upcoming per-formances includePuccini’s “Turandot”(directed by FrancoZeffirelli) Nov. 7;Offenbach’s “Les Con-tes d’Hoffmann” (withAnna Netrebko) Dec.19; and Strauss’ “DerRosenkavalier” (withRenee Fleming) Jan.9.

The popular Live inHD series will beplayed at more than600 theaters aroundthe world.

Ticket prices for theoperas will be $20 for seniors and $22for the general public.

Details, 663-3030.

BOpera event at Edwards Theater opens with Puccini’s ‘Tosca!’

BY MARJORIE BELLCommunity contributor

aine folk singer David Mal-lett is returning to Bakers-field Oct. 11 to appear inconcert 7 p.m. at the Spot-

light Theatre, 1622 19th St.

For more than four decades, Malletthas entertained audiences with hisacoustic guitar and mostly originalmusic. He is featured on more than 14albums and has penned material foran eclectic list of artists nationally.

Tickets are available at WorldRecords, 831-3100.

Spotlight on national folk singer Oct. 11

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Artists including Stockdale High students Kenneth Williams and Kirsti Bartlett, right,draw an angel during the annual Via Arte display at The Marketplace.

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BY KATHLEEN KRESSCommunity contributor

he Bakersfield Association forRetarded Citizens (BARC) isan adult model site for Mobili-ty Opportunities Via Experi-ence (MOVE). MOVE helps

adults with disabilities acquireincreased independence in sitting,standing and walking. The public is invited to learn more

about MOVE, and to celebrate its oneyear anniversary on Friday, Oct. 23 at10 a.m., 2240 South Union Ave.

This event is part of the “Meet YourSpecial Neighbors” project in October.The mission statement for this projectis to “understand, include, accept andvalue the contributions of our specialneighbors with disabilities.”

For more information about thisproject, call 852-3333 or go to:www.meetyourspecialneighbor.org.

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BY KATHLEEN KRESSCommunity contributor

here will be an open house atChateau d’ Bakersfield, begin-ning at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday,Oct. 6.

Chateau d’ Bakersfield is an adultday health care facility (18-and-over),located at 824 18th St. It providesorganized day programs of independ-ent living skills training, mental well-ness groups, medical monitoring,physical therapy maintenance, occu-pational therapy maintenance, psy-chological assessments and more.

This event is part of the “Meet Your

Special Neighbors” project in October2009. The mission statement for thisproject is to “understand, include,accept and value the contributions ofour special neighbors with disabili-ties.”

Focusing on persons in our commu-nity with a disability, either physicalor developmental (or both), this proj-ect includes many events that areshown on our Web site: meetyourspe-cialneighbor.org.

For more info, call 852-3333. Or e-mail: [email protected].

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BY KATHLEEN KRESSCommunity contributor

his Bakersfield Buddy Walkpromotes acceptance andinclusion of people with Downsyndrome. Activities include a

one-mile walk, food, carnival-stylegames, and a raffle. The event willstart at noon. It is four times aroundthe track at Golden Valley HighSchool, 801 Hosking Ave. You can restwhenever you like.

Individual/team registration is $15per person (pre-registration $10).Family registration (up to two adults

and three children) is $50 (pre-regis-tration $40).

For family registration, one T-shirtper walker, maximum five. ContactAna Gomez at 328-9055, ext. 257, or e-mail: [email protected].

This event is part of the “Meet YourSpecial Neighbors” project in October2009. The mission statement for thisproject is to “understand, include,accept and value the contributions ofour special neighbors with disabili-ties.”Details, call 852-3333 or www.meety-

ourspecialneighbor.org.

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BY AARON MARKOVITSCommunity contributor

he staff at Kern Assistive Tech-nology Center, 3101 N. SillectAve., Ste. 115, invites you totheir facility, Wednesday, Oct.

21 from noon to 4 p.m. to see, learnabout and use the technology, softwareand information available that assists

persons with disabilities to communi-cate, access the computer and enjoy aviable life in our community.

This event is part of the “Meet YourSpecial Neighbors” project in October2009. The mission statement for thisproject is to “understand, include,accept and value the contributions ofour special neighbors with disabilities.”

Come visit the Kern Assistive Technology Center

BY AARON MARKOVITSCommunity contributor

he HIRE Luncheon will takeplace at 11:30 a.m., Oct. 7 at theHourglass Restaurant, 1120Calloway Drive.

Employers and business own-ers are invited to attend this luncheon

to learn about the benefits of hiring per-sons with disabilities.

This event is part of the “Meet YourSpecial Neighbors” project in October2009. The mission statement for thisproject is to “understand, include,accept and value the contributions ofour special neighbors with disabilities.”

Luncheon to focus on hiring disabled

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BY KATHLEEN KRESSCommunity contributor

hili’s Restaurant of Bakersfield,8950 Rosedale Hwy., willdonate 10 percent of sales dur-ing the time frame from 4 to 11p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 20, to the

Kern Autism Network.All proceeds will be used to increase

awareness of autism in Kern County.This event is part of the “Meet Your

Special Neighbors” project in October2009. The mission statement for thisproject is to “understand, include,accept and value the contributions ofour special neighbors with disabilities.”

For more information about otherevents, go to: www.meetyourspecial-neighbor.org or call 852-3333.

Chili’s Restaurant to give back to Kern Autism Network

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Nominated by Cambria ClevelandI would like to nominate Carlee

Acevedo as “Educator of the Month.”Ms. Carlee teaches a 3-year-old class atthe Richardson Center. We havelearned so many things this year, likerecognizing letters and numbers, thedays of the week, and the months of theyear. My favorite is music time!

I love Ms. Carlee and I will miss herwhen I go to the Pre-K class. She is mysunshine!

Carlee Acevedo

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BY JORDAN FARMERCommunity contributor

akersfield, the cast and crew of Tal-ladega Frights has been workingbehind the scenes as a whole to puttogether a haunted attraction that is not

only intended to terrify people but also toembed the experience into their memories fora lifetime. The cast of Talladega Frights has

been collaborating to guarantee that everyguest that enters the haunt will be in for a trulychilling experience. The cast has been gettingtogether at various hours of the day to get intocostume and get used to their own areas of thehaunt. We even had some of our own castmembers act like guests so we could scarethem.

Talladega Frights will be open every Thurs-day, Friday, and Saturday of October and itwill be open the whole week of October 26.

Talladega Frights welcomes you to be ourvictims this year if you dare ...

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The Talladega Frights experience!PHOTO BY JORDAN FARMER

Pictured here are some of the 70 members of the 2009 Talladega Frights cast, all ready to put the fright in your night — if you dare!

This haunting experience takes place in 23,000 square feet of

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Star athlete of the month This week’s Star Athlete: Mark Agbalog

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Nominated by Han’sTaekwondo Academy

Mark Agbalog is a 13-year-old black belt at Han’s TaeKwon Do Academy in Bakers-field. He is an eighth-graderwho earns straight A’s and hasacquired an impressive com-petition history. He enjoys thetraining and comradarie of hisfellow teammates. You canfind him at the academyalmost every day of the weekperforming at his best. Cur-rently, Mark is training tocompete in the USA-Taekwon-do Youth Olympic Team Tri-als in November. Han’s Taek-wondo Academy and his verysupportive family of team-mates wish him good luck inhis endeavor.

The Bakersfield Voice’s Star Athlete of the Month for September is T.J.Moffit. T.J., 15, is not only a Star on the baseball field, but he’s an outstand-ing player in the classroom. T.J. also volunteers his time as a referee. T.J.’sname was picked from among the other Star Athlete nominations for Sep-tember. The Athlete of the Month receives a $50 gift card for sporting equip-ment, compliments of Sports Authority and TBV.

ould you mind if I tooksome time to elaborateon a gentleman wholeft a profound markon his profession?Hey, don't worry now

... he’s still living!He is a friend of mine. A friend to

many. And I’d also like to intertwine

memories of this person withmemories of a sport started longago here in Bakersfield.

It made for quite a reflectivemoment when I recently read thatJaime Henderson was retiringfrom his position as superintend-ent of the Rosedale Union SchoolDistrict.

You see, Jaime and I used to playball together. Slow-pitch softball.The game where 7-8 mph gourdsare pitched to the batter. The gamewhich could very well be the No. 1recreational sport throughoutAmerica.

The beer league. The leaguewhere you say goodbye to your sig-nificant other at 6 p.m. on game

night andreturn backhome between11 and mid-night ... afterplaying ball forsome one hourand fifteen min-utes!

Jaime wasnot your typical“softball guy.”You alwaysknew he had aplan for thefuture. I metJaime in 1977

as we played for Combs Brothers.Jaime was a mountain of a man at6 foot 5-inches, 200-plus.

I played first base. Jaimeplayed right field. I could alwaysfeel his presence looming behindme. Jaime was a prodigious homerun hitter.

Most of our league games wereheld at the two sumps just south ofWest High. The fences were only250 feet from home plate but the

advanced technology for bats hadnot arrived on the scene back then,so homers were not as abundant asone would guess.

It was a small league withteams like the Mad Jacks,Schwebel Petroleum and Robby’sNursery.

Combs Brothers morphed intothe Bakersfield Merchants and webegan to play tournaments aroundthe state.

Our tournament games againstthe Tulare County Merchants werelegendary.

Jaime went on to become acommunity leader in education. Istopped by Jaime’s office a fewyears ago to say hi and he escortedme to a bookshelf, where there sata framed picture of the Merchants!

We gabbed for a while and then Ibid Jaime farewell.

Jaime’s nine innings are now inthe books, as far as his professiongoes.

All the best to you Jaime, andyour lovely wife, Kathy as you nowplay into extra innings ...

Former teammate roundsthe bases to retirement

MICHAELELLIOTTSports columnist

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Jaime Henderson, superintendent of the Rosedale UnionSchool District, is also a former softball player.

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