Kiwanis meeting speakers highlight hospital growth and new members
Jon Van Boening, president and CEO of Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, spoke at Kiwanis noting the 428 bed facility with 114 new beds and 48 ICU beds plus a six unit Hyperbaric facility. Susan Aiken, visiting from Canada, praised Shafter residents George and Sandy Larson and two new members Julie Barnett and Doug Thompson. The event celebrated outreach to promote wellness and teased a forthcoming Ronald McDonald House and Miracle on 34th Street as openings near.
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Kiwanis
Jon van Boening
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Memorial
Kern County
Miracle On 34Th Street
Ronald McDonald House
Susan Aiken
Canada
Larson
George
Sandy
Shafter
Julie Barnett
State Farm Insurance
Doug Thompson
Shafter High School
La Mesa partnership advances student wellness plan
La Mesa city county and YMCA collaborate with La Mesa Spring Valley School District to craft a community wellness plan. Technical assistance from National League of Cities and American Association of School Administrators supports training, safer routes, and shared-use facilities. Grants total 1.4 million dollars for sidewalks and related projects.
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la Mesa
Calif
YMCA
la Mesa Spring Valley
National League of Cities
American Association of School Administrators
Week in Riverside and Ontario Notes by Barbara Prickett Craig
Barbara Prickett Craig recounts a busy week traveling between Riverside Ontario and Encinitas for family visits Grandparents Day at Kenny s school time with grandsons and a dinner with Hannah and Doug Also mentions planning and Bible classes plus a misdirected highway detour and a quiet weekend recovery period with worship and rest.
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Mary Nixon
Riverside
Mary
Ontario
Encinitas
Kenny
Doug
Hannah
Indian Palace
Brenda
Burt
Mattie
Tehon
Golden Living Rest Home
Pastors Corner on Adversity and Faith Tested
A devotional reflection frames trials as gifts guiding growth in faith. It cites James 1 2 4 on perseverance and maturity, noting that unanswered pleas can yield deeper spiritual riches through weakness, poverty, and life’s tests, urged by a teachable spirit.
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Union
Pupusas Taught At School Readiness Class
On February 5, 2009 Ana Mendoza led a Salvadorean Pupusas cooking class for School Readiness parents. She demonstrated masa dough, bean and cheese fillings, and pickled cabbage topping, guiding participants to shape baskets without tearing or spilling filling.
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Ana Mendoza
Mendoza
el Salvador
Pupusa Making Refined By Family Traditions
Alma Ortega notes pupusas differ from tortillas as masa is wetter. Blanca Ceballos adds that the method yields a unique result. The instructions describe filling, shaping, and frying pupusas on a hot skillet to achieve a crisp exterior.
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Alma Ortega
Blanca Ceballos
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Paul Carlson
Carlson
Que Pasa
By Deanna Rodriguez Root
Barbara Prickett Craig
Via
Mike Polley
Valley Bible
By Hilda Osorio
SLA Et A. TB
PRES
Reed Print Inc
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Shafter Press
East Lerdo Highway
California
Reed Print, Inc
Aldrin Ct
Bakersfield
P.O. Box
Frank W. Reed
Donald L. Reed
Alexis Stokes
Diane Givens
East
Lerdo Highway
Shafterpress
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