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Local Girl Scout receives prestigious ‘Gold Award’ BY MARILYN DEEN Community contributor
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girls through its Girl Scouts Connect Program. Girl Scouts aim to give every girl access to life-changing experiences that enable her to reach her full potential through programs that teach practical life skills and leadership. For more information on how to join, volunteer, reconnect or donate to Girl Scouts, call 800-490-8653, or visit girlscoutsccs.org.
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reach a bit further, and to believe in themselves. To nominate an influential and inspiring woman, community members should go to girlscoutsccs.org/women-inspiringgirls to fill out the nomination form. Since 2009, 12 women have been honored at the Women Inspiring Girls event in Bakersfield. These dynamic women included:
2009 Sue Benham – Chief Development Officer, Memorial Hospital, City Council Member, Ward 2 Barbara Grimm-Marshall – Co-owner, Grimmway Farms Dr. Sandra Serrano – Chancellor, Kern Community College District
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2010 RoseMary Wahl – Under-Sheriff, Kern County Sheriff’s Office Dr. Wendy Wayne – Former Executive Director, First Five Stella McMurtrey – Co-owner, Southern Auto Supply
2011 Irma Carson – Executive Director, Ebony Counseling Center Robin Mangarin Scott – Director of Strategic Marketing, Mercy and Memorial Hospitals Ginger Moorhouse – Publisher and Chairwoman of the board, The Bakersfield Californian
2012 Geri Spencer – Retired beautician, community leader and advocate for women’s health Judi McCarthy – Director of Kern Community Foundation, Founding Chair of the Women’s and Girl’s Fund Peggy Cole Darling – Philanthropist
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Local libraries offer DVD to help kids who stutter BY PATTY REED Community contributor
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arents eagerly anticipate the moment when their child first begins to talk. But for some parents, it is a time of anxiety because their child struggles to get words out. As many as 5 percent of preschool children nationwide have repetitions and prolongations of sounds severe enough to be of concern to their parents. The DVD “Stuttering and Your Child: Help for Parents,” helps parents detect stuttering and take action toward helping their child, and is available at most public libraries. Some libraries have an older video format. This DVD, in English and Spanish, has been offered to all the public libraries in the county. The following libraries in Kern County have received the free DVD and agreed to shelve them: • Beale Memorial Library in Bakersfield. • Kern River Valley Branch Library in Lake Isabella. • Ridgecrest Branch in Ridgecrest. Produced by the nonprofit Stuttering Foundation, the film describes what kinds of stuttering young children may exhibit, how parents can help at home, and the role of a speech pathologist in evaluating and treating children who stutter. “Stuttering typically begins between the ages of 2 and 5,” said Barry Guitar, professor and chairman of Communication Sciences at the University of Vermont in Burlington. “It may begin gradually or suddenly, and many of these children outgrow their disfluencies naturally. However, if a child continues to stutter for several months, or appears to be frustrated by it, parents should seek assistance.” Strategies parents can use to
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