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Frontier JV volleyballcelebrates BIG win Pg. 2Battle of the Celts! Pg. 5Fall is a cool time towatch sports Pg. 7

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BY JULIE DODGECommunity Contributor

rontier Titans JV Volley-ball team took first place atThe Junior Varsity Volley-ball 2009 Power Classic

Tournament held at CentennialHigh School on Oct. 3.

Congratulations: Hailey Keeter#2, Brianna Serria #3, AmandaAlvarado #4,Torie Poulton #5,Mayci Banducci #6, CheyanneFord #7, Hannah Dodge #8,

Teighlor Baugher #9, NicciBloomer #10, Stephanie Lange#11, Taylor Holliday #12, DaryanHeathcott #14, Makenzie Brown#16; and coaches Christie Kesslerand Brandi Bazemore.

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Beardsley Community Foundation needs YOUR supportBY RICHARD STOTLERCommunity contributor

he Beardsley Foundationwill be holding its Fifthannual Growler Golf Tour-nament on Saturday, Oct.24, at the North Kern Golf

Course, 17412 Quality Road.Registration begins at 11 a.m.;

lunch is served at 11:30 a.m.; and,shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. Entryis $85 per golfer

The Beardsley Foundation isdedicated to raising funds to sup-port special student-related activ-

ities on all four campuses. Eachfall the foundation supports aGrowler Golf Tournament andthe fall carnival. The communitysupport from within and from out-side the Beardsley family isextensive. The foundation pro-vides support for the WorldFamous Beardsley MarchingBand, our athletic programs,Camp KEEP, and educationalendeavors. Students benefitgreatly from the hard work of thefoundation.

In a time of need, the communi-ty works hard to support the

needs of the Beardsley studentsas the district, teachers and thefamilies face difficult financialhardship. The Beardsley Founda-tion has dedicated itself to sup-porting the needs of theBeardsley students at all times.

If you are interested in support-ing the foundation financially, orare interested in participating inthe golf tournament, please feelfree to call Richard Belcher at392-9254 ext. 217 or KevinWilliams at 392-1417 ext. 212.

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Frontier Titans JV Volleyball team takes home first place trophy.

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North High Stars spotlight golf BY ADAM DAWSONCommunity contributor

orth High girls soccer,boys basketball, and girlsand boys track will hostits Second annual GolfTournament, Saturday,

Nov. 7. at North Kern Golf Course,17412 Quality Road. Registrationwill be at 9:30 a.m. and lunch tofollow a noon shotgun start. $80per person or $300 per team offour. Cost of tournament includes:• 18 holes of scramble golf;

• Range balls;• Longest drive and closest to the

hole;• Contest prizes;• Opportunity Drawing;• Contests throughout tourna-

ment.To register, call 428-1574. For

more information call, Aaron Dut-to at 706-1075, Alison Doorn at428-1574, or Adam Dawson at345-6768.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF BARBARA BUTLER

Barbara Butler shotour cover photo at therecent Via Arté ItalianStreet Festival 2009 atThe Marketplacewhere professioinalartists and art stu-dents transformedbare sidewalks intoworks of art usingchalk.

Proceeds from theVia Arté festival bene-fit the Bakersfield Mu-seum of Art.

Your photo couldbe on our next cover!

Photos and storiesfor the Nov. 1 issuemust be posted byWednesday, Oct. 21.at 5 p.m.

About the cover

Contents4 Communication is key

Parent-teacher relationship is secret to student’s success.

4 Book it!CSUB professor writes book to take the mystery out of economics.

5 Celt-turned-local shares story Battle of Celtic bands article & one man’s journey across the “pond.”

BY BARBARA BUTLERCommunity contributor

nce again, colorful chalkimages from the Via Arté Ital-ian Street Festival 2009 trans-formed The Marketplaceparking areas. I knew the

wonderful fall weather would offer visi-tors the opportunity to enjoy good food,live entertainment and amazing origi-nal art, so I grabbed my family and offwe went. When we arrived, theChesterfield King and the Sultans ofSwing were busy rocking the crowdwith their 40s swing music. All aroundthe fountain area couples were dancingto that driving beat. Even my toes weretapping, but with a torn meniscus Idecided to leave the dancing alone. Theparking area was a sea of color, so weheaded over to enjoy the art. The workis truly amazing, whether it is createdby professional or student.

If you have never been, be sure and

mark it on your calendar for next year.It really is a “MUST SEE.”

A big “THANK YOU” to all the artistsfor their hard work. I think this was thebest festival yet!

Proceeds from Via Arté benefit theBakersfield Museum of Art educationalprograms. The Bakersfield Museum ofArt, 1930 R St., offers free admissionevery third Friday. For more informa-tion regarding the Bakersfield Museumof Art, call 323-7219 or go to:www.bmoa.org.

Remember, no matter what yourphysical limitations, there is a style ofphotography for you.

Barbara Butler is the owner ofFireCreek Photography and a memberof Kern Photography Association. Formore information, please visit our Website at: www.kernphotographyassocia-tion.org.

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We nominate Mrs. Veronica Green foreducator of the month. She teaches sixthgrade at Downtown Elementary. Mrs. Greenalways encourages us to do our best.

This year, Mrs. Green told us that we have tobe more responsible students because we’regrowing up. But that helps us learn even moreand get ready for junior high and high school.

We will be going to Camp Keep this monthwith Mrs. Green — we know it will be fun!Thank you, Mrs. Green, for all you do!

Veronica Green

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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!

To submit your nominee for Educator of the Month, go to: www.northwest voice.com then click on “Post Something!” and contribute a

paragraph about why you appreciate and would like to recognize your nominee. Be sure to include the educator’s name, school, department and picture. The contest is open to

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compliments of GW School Supply and The Northwest Voice.

ometimes when my kids comehome with a story aboutschool I think, “I must bemissing something!” Chancesare, I am. Through the years, I

have found myself calling or emailingteachers to get the direct scoop.Recently, my youngest broke her legand missed lots of school and whileshe is in high school, I still keep intouch with her teachers. I certainlydon’t smother, but I do want to keepmy fingers on the pulse of what’sgoing on.

From a teacher’s perspective, Iwould much rather know if somethingis amiss at home. Whether they arehealth issues, emotional issues, or lifechanges, I find I’m a much more com-passionate teacher when I am awareof upheaval. We teachers can alsohelp prioritize work if absencesbecome a problem.

Raising children brings about chal-lenges and there may be times we justmight be able to help. We have stu-dent action teams that involve a groupof teachers, a counselor, administra-

tor, and even ahealth profession-al, if needed. Wealso have fabu-lous resourcesincluding parenttraining, books,and potentiallyreferrals toorganizations.

I’ve beenaccused of hover-ing — a collegeprofessor told methat when I wastouring a campuswith my 18-year-

old — but I’d rather hover than missan opportunity to help my childthrough a difficult time. If a parentneeds help with a child, school per-sonnel just might have a solution,know how to find one, or provide acompassionate ear or two!

Peggy Dewane-Pope is a teacherwith the Panama-Buena Vista UnionSchool District.

SGo ahead & hover!

PEGGYPOPEEducation columnist

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he state of the economyremains a red-hot topic. Agree-ing on reasons for the 2008 mar-ket collapse and effects of thesubsequent bailout will keep

economists and politicians busy foryears.

Mark A. Martinez, California StateUniversity, Bakersfield political sci-ence professor and radio talk showhost, tackles the topic in his new book“The Myth of the Free Market.”

“By looking at history, it is possible tosee that political processes and thestate are not only instrumental in mak-ing capitalist markets work, but thatthere would be no capitalist markets orwealth creation without state interven-tion,” Martinez said. “The book is agood introduction to comparative eco-nomic systems in a way that is veryaccessible to those who may be new tostudying economies.”

The book refutes standard mantras offree market economic theory by show-ing how capitalist economies developedand why the state matters in their func-tioning. The book, released in March byKumarian Press, has received highpraise and is consistently ranked in thetop 100 in three different sales cate-gories on Amazon.com.

Ha-Joon Chang from the Universityof Cambridge noted,“Mark Martinezforces us to re-examine the myth of the‘natural’ free market order. Using very

intelligently a wide range of fascinatinghistorical and contemporary examples,he takes us through many importanteconomic, political, and philosophicalreflections about the true nature of themarket system and its important butlimited role in the construction of a civ-ilized society.”

“The Myth of the Free Market” isavailable locally at Russo’s Books in theMarketplace, Borders, Barnes andNoble, and through Amazon.com.

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CSUB professor and radio talk show host,Mark A. Martinez, tackles recent econom-ic developments in his book “The Myth ofthe Free Market.”

Book by CSUB professor takes the mythout of changing economic climate


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crossed the Ocean for a heart ofgold! — as the song goes and, aswell as finding a heart of gold (wegot married) I found three greatBakersfield musicians.

I play bagpipes, Uilleann pipes, pen-ny whistles, and am steeped in theCeltic tradition of Irish and Scotsmusic. I served in the Scots Guards,performed at many venues around theworld, plus performed for the Queen ofEngland at Buckingham Palace duringstate and presidential visits. I also per-formed at many folk and traditional fes-tivals, Highland Scottish games andCeltic Festivals.

My late wife died of cancer about sixyears ago, and my sister lives in Bak-ersfield, so I decided to travel fromBritain to visit her, and met and fell inlove with my present wife, DiSheree. Istarted a traditional music session inMcMurphy’s Bar, then opened one inRiley’s Tavern downtown, and now it isbeing held in Dagney’s Cafe, downtownevery Wednesday evening.

But my heart was also in creating amore “rocky” Celtic sound. I met Wal-ter Baldwin, (drums) Dougie Kirk,(Bass) and Richard Cheney (Voice,

electric guitars) and to our amazement,a new kind of sound emerged. I call it“Celtic Evolution,” a blend of modernrock and traditional Celtic musicwhereby the bagpipes sometimes playthe “lead” in some of the original songsand tunes. We called the band, 1916,after the Dublin Uprising at the Gener-al Post Office against the British Army,in April 1916.

Bog Iron, (from Monterey) 1916, andWhiskey Galore will be performing atFishlips. Bog Iron are on tour and werevery pleased to put Bakersfield on theiragenda. This is the first time threeCeltic bands have played together atFishlips, (even in Bakersfield) so itshould be a fantastic night of varyingstyles of music and great craic! (fun).

It should be an interesting night forthe band and fans, too; some competi-tive spirit will be flowing that night, astoo will the other kind of spirit.

ICelts battle for gold!

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Robbie Byrne playing Uilleann (Irish) Pipes.

Battle of the Celts1916, Whiskey Galore, Bog Iron.

Friday, Oct. 23, 8 p.m.

Fishlips, 1517 18th St.

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his, That andthe Other ... Thisis perhaps thecoolest time of theyear for sports

fans of different ilk’s towhet their individualappetites as so much istranspiring on the sportingscene. Witness MajorLeague baseball playoffs,N A S C A R ’ s“Chase,” prepfootball, Bak-ersfield Collegefootball, NCAAfootball, theNFL starting toround intoshape, Condors’hockey justaround the cor-ner and Road-r u n n e rbasketball but aflip of a calen-dar page away.Fall never feltbetter! Thatbegs the question ...

“Where do we begin?”How about with the terrifi-cally compelling ALCSmatchup between theAngels and the Yankees!For those in the know itcouldn’t have been script-ed better. Media fodderwith an abundance of sto-rylines. L.A. vs. N.Y. TheAngels’ descriptively highbatting averages againstthe Bronx Bombers’ homerun power. Vlad Guerreroswinging from his heels.Andy Pettitte peering overhis mitt on the mound.Great theater! The otherLos Angeles team is in.The Dodgers opponent isnot set as of print time.The Matt Holliday “gift” ingame two sealed St. Louis’fate and will go down inhistory as an all-timegaffe. I don’t think it wasthe lights! I believe he gotcaught in no-man’s-land asthe sinking liner confusedhim. He should have bentdown a bit further andgloved it traditionallyinstead of basket-like.Does the “Freeway Series”beckon?

Ryan Mathews! Whatmore can you say about theFresno State running back,by way of West High, wholeads the nation in rushingwith 148.2 yards per game.Gettin’ quite a rush fromthat stat.

Jimmie Johnson flexedhis muscles in Fontana andis now setting everyone

straight as he goes for hisfourth straight “Chase”title. Johnson vaulted overthe ageless Mark Martinand now holds the pointslead. The real battle willbe for the title of brides-maid.

I Stand Accused ... andam guilty of mimicking theprototypical El La-a-a-a-a-

y sports fan! Trav-eled to SantaMaria on Saturdayfor the semi-high-l y - a n t i c i p a t e dpigskin meetingbetween rankedjunior collegeopponents Bakers-field College andAllan Hancock.Beautiful evening.Beautiful footballfield. Beautifulperformance bythe Renegades asthey led by 14points and were

driving in for seven moreearly in the fourth quarter.Well, time to hit the roadfor the drive home. Beatthe crowd. Listen to thefinal minutes of the gameon the radio. You know,L.A. style! As I reached thebottom of the stands andbegan the trek to my vehi-cle, B.C. threw an inter-ception deep in Hancockterritory. OK, that’s cool.Just as I get to my vehicle,I hear this tremendous R-O-A-R coming from thestadium. The Bulldogshave obviously scored onthe ‘Gades and now it isbut a seven-point lead.Calm down! I feverishlytry to find a radio stationbroadcasting the game inorder to pledge my alle-giance via the airwaves. Ifeel as if I have hexedCoach Chudy’s team andtheir grandiose efforts forthe night. It’s not on theradio! I had to park so faraway that if I go back I willsurely miss the ending!I’ve flummoxed myselfand now must wait untilSunday morning to findout the fate of our team, aswell as the fate of my per-ceived hex! Thank goshB.C. holds on to a dramat-ic, last second 31-24 victo-ry. The only saving graceabout my actions was thefact that unlike the L.A.fan, I WAS in my seat atthe start of the game! Oh,and sorry for the palpita-tions, Coach ...

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Fall sports neverfelt better!

MICHAELELLIOTTSports columnist

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BY PATTY MCDONALDCommunity contributor

he Bakersfield Dragons Bantam HockeyTeam donated 19 pairs of new shoes andmany new school supplies to the JamisonCenter on Oct. 6. The team raised money topurchase the shoes, and Coach Jamie

Cooke donated the school supplies.

Team members pictured from left to right: Con-nor Kingsbury, Nick McDonald, Eric McDonald,Hayden Bolls, Landon Stanton, Levi Bolls, AustinJackson & Jacob Graham.

Team members not pictured: Andrew Alforque,Trent Allison, Sammy Glaser, Shane Johnson, Bri-an Martinez, Mario Mascolo, Tyler Pizzaro, JoshRosenburg, Jared Sanders, Anthony Starbuck &Coach Jamie Cooke.

TBakersfield Dragons give back!

BY FRANCIS ESPOSOCommunity contributor

an’s Taekwondo Academy is proud toannounce the winners of the 2009 U.S.Junior Championship. The event was heldat California State University, Fullertonon Oct.10. Reportedly, there were over

1,400 competitors from all regions of California.Bakersfield’s Han’s Taekwondo ProgressionTeam won the third Largest Team Trophy andBest Performance Trophy. The team of 28 localJuniors (ages under 18) were skillfully coached byGrandmaster Han, Master Francis Esposo, Mas-ter Tony Phounsavath, Coach Max Mazo, andCoach David Holguin. Great Job, team!

The sparring results are as follows:

Isaiah Ahumada, Charles and Christine Bonoan,Taylor Russell, Kylie Garcia, Rashall Holguin,Patrick Matsuda, Ethan Gallegos, JustinRodriguez, Isaac Tieu, Jonathan Gallegos, Bryanand Bernard Guinto, Mark Agbalog, ChristopherCrisostomo, Julian Esposo, Makayla Mazo, Shastaand Tisha Phounsavath, Jillian Jo Medina, Crist-ian Morillo, John Estacio, and Garrett Pedersenall won GOLD medals in the sparring event.

Haileigh Russell, Jacob Schiller, and JoeStieger won Silver Medals in Sparring.

Sarah Tieu competed only in Forms in which shewon Gold.

Summary: 23 Sparring Gold Medals; 3 SilverMedals.

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HHan’s Taekwondo team wins gold, silver!

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BY USER NAME: SONFLOWERANDGRACE

ecently, while away onanniversary respite with myhusband, I pondered the manybees in the nearby orchardsand pollination. I was able to

capture a remarkable picture of beespollinating a rose. My mind wanderedto how we pollinate one another. Asbelievers, we feed on God’s Word andWonders …t hen share it in testimonyand deed. As the Holy Spirit worksamongst us, God is weaving us alltogether in an amazing dance of collectand reciprocating with one another …pollinating.

As we help one another and encour-age one another, we both pollinate andare pollinated. As we feast on His Wordand apply it to our lives, we are polli-

nated and pollinate. As we take everyopportunity given us to honor Him withour lives, we pollinate and are pollinat-ed. However, just as that bee which hasstung can never pollinate againbecause he will soon die … we do notreceive His salvation and goodness andkeep it to ourselves. Rather, we acceptit and pass it along in our joy and com-passion for one another. Of course, onecan accept salvation and be done withit. But who wants to be a dead bee whenwe can share in the pollination of abeautiful world?

“... because anyone who serves Christin this way is pleasing to God andapproved by men. Let us thereforemake every effort to do what leads topeace and mutual edification.” Romans14:18-19

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BY DONNA ALSOPCommunity contributor

live KnollsChurch ishosting itsfirst Nightof Worship

on Thursday, Oct. 22at 7 p.m. You won’twant to miss thisincredible night of powerful worship and music featuring the Olive KnollsChurch Gospel Choir; Marsha Skidmore, Soloist-Worship Leader with theTommy Coomes Worship Band and featured singer at Franklin Grahamevents around the world; and Pat Caploe, an amazing guitarist.

This is a free concert open to the entire community. Olive Knolls Church islocated at 6201 Fruitvale Ave. For more information call, 399-3303.

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BY KRISTINE PRINCECommunity contributor

race Baptist Church, 2550 JewettaAve., will host a free harvest festival,Sunday, Oct. 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. Car-nival games, bounce houses, musicand more. For information call, 589-

0424.

GJoin this fun,free harvestfestival

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Olive Knolls to host concert

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Athlete of the month: Sarah Baker

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Nominated by Sally Baker

I would like to nominate mydaughter, Sarah Baker, for theOctober athlete of the month.

Sarah is a junior at Bakers-field High School, where sheplays varsity soccer and runs forthe varsity track and cross-coun-try teams.

It’s cross-country season rightnow, and Sarah is already break-ing records for her 3-mile-runtimes!

She won the EB Invitationalmeet earlier this season with atime of 19:19. Then she clockedthe fastest time in Kern Countyso far this year at the Wood-bridge meet with 18:23!


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2009PHOTOS BY BARBARA BUTLER

The Bakersfield Voice 10/18/09

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