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YOUR SPORTS
Sports shorts: Be proud of our Bako boys! y gosh! There's a whirlwind of activity swirling around in the sports world as of late. High schoolers are back, pro and college football is just taking off, the MLB playoff scenarios are just about decided, etc., etc. Let's just throw it all into our potpourri pool and take a swim. You know, cool down from the annual mid-90s temperatures we're experiencing as the latter part of September rolls around. Um,it must be Kern County Fair time! THE most exciting prep football player in town is Stockdale's D.J. Martin. The shifty, versatile Mustang is a man among boys. D-I recruiters are already salivating like Pavlov's dog. Floyd “Big Mouth” Mayweather Jr. needs to man-up and take on Manny Pacquiao after his demolition of Victor Ortiz in their recent welterSports columnist weight bout. “Pac-Man” has
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agreed to Mayweather's insistence that there be Olympic-type drug testing. Put your money where your mouth is Floyd. Novak Djokovic's U.S. Open semifinal comeback from two sets down, saving two match points along the way, against Roger Federer could very well conjure up a newly-coined moniker for the Swiss king: “Fed Ex.” BTW, Djokovic went on to man-handle Rafael Nadal in the final. Personally, I feel that track and field needs to revert back to giving sprinters one false start per race. Seeing world-record holder Usain Bolt disqualified from the 100 meters race at the World Championships in South Korea due to a false start was disheartening not only for the fans who had Martin paid to see track and field’s premier event but also for fans worldwide. The old rule used to allow for one false start per contestant. Be cool if they reinstituted it prior to next year’s Olympic Games in London. Can the Oakland “Faders” regroup after blowing an
18-point first-half lead at Buffalo in game two? Refreshing to see that perennial bottom-feeders Detroit and Buffalo are 2-0. But don't hold your breath! When’s the last time you saw an NFL rookie be the best player on one’s team two games into the season? Carolina’s Cam Newton needs a supporting cast. And fast. Until the 49ers secure a top-notch quarterback they will continue to languish in the bottom one-third of the league. Even coach Jim Harbaugh’s collegiate “rah-rah” style won't translate to victories without the needed signal caller. Ah! Like a fine wine, New England’s Tom Brady just keeps getting better with age. Back to the fuzzy ball — it was quite refreshing to see Australia’s Samantha Stosur take the women’s title at the U.S. Open as she role-reversed Serena Williams and was the intimidator in the straightsets victory. Serena had bulldogged her way into the final but met her match in the athletic, stoic Aussie. Serena’s mini-tirade and subsequent refusal to shake the chair umpire’s hand at the conclusion of the match shed more light on the – fact that she is a whiner when things do’'t go her way. While we’re here, has there ever been a more invisible women’s number one in the world of tennis than slamless Caroline Wozniaki from Denmark? Yikes!
The Major League Baseball regular season is coming down the home stretch. There’s been talk, however muted it may be, of shortening the season to 154 games vs. the 162 now played. Thumbs up! That would help to take out the seemingly prolonged playoff run and would ensure somewhat better weather for the World Series as it is now stretching into late October, early November. It would also keep players fresher by approximately two weeks and a more worthy champion may emerge. Dunno. With but two weeks left in the regular season as of press time it appears that none of our California teams are going to make the playoffs. The last vestige of hope lies with the Los Angeles Angels as they chase both the Texas Rangers for the division title and the Boston Red Sox for the Wild Card entry. San Diego never was in the hunt, San Francisco’s late rally will fall short and the Dodgers ... well, you know that story. But be proud of our Bako boys! Phil Dumatrait, Colby Lewis and Brent Morel have done us proud. Phil has hung tough as a long reliever for the Twins, Colby has been a stout starter for the division-leading Rangers and Brent has come on strong at third base for the White Sox as his power and confidence are now emerging. That’s all folks.
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Local youth overcomes lifethreatening brain hemorrhage BY CAITLIN OWYANG Community contributor
d like to share the inspirational story of Daniel Torres, a Bakersfield resident and patient in the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Rehabilitation Unit. While at school on Feb. 22, Daniel suffered from sudden brain hemorrhaging — either from an aneurism or stroke. After emergency brain surgery, doctors informed Daniel’s parents that he had less than an one percent chance of surviving. Shortly after his surgery, Daniel was transported to Children's Hospital Los Angeles’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit where he remained for a week. “I would watch him sleeping in the hospital,” said Odilia Torres, Daniel’s mother. “He would sit up and move his arms while he was asleep, but he couldn’t move at all when he was awake.” Then Daniel began rehabilitation therapies in the Children's Hospital Los Angeles’s Rehabilita-
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Daniel Torres returns home after suffering a brain hemorrhage. PROVIDED PHOTO
Team USA (blue) was coached by Bakersfield’s Master Francis Esposo of Han’s Taekwondo Academy at the Russia Taekwondo Open in Chelyabinsk. PROVIDED PHOTO
tion Unit. After more than 150 days in rehab, and after completing nearly 30 hours of physical, occupational and speech therapy per week, Daniel now walks, talks and laughs again. Daniel was discharged from
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles on August 12 to return to his home in Bakersfield where he will continue outpatient physical and occupational therapies. He comes back to the hospital once a week for speech therapy.
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USA excels at Russia Taekwondo competition COURTESY OF HAN’S TAEKWONDO ACADEMY
t the Russia Taekwondo Open in Chelyabinsk, the California Unified Taekwondo Association brought a select group of California fighters to compete in the Team Competition Event. The event followed the World Taekwondo Federation Tag Team Rules. The only fighters representing USA were California's Gabriel Martinez, Nathaniel Ahlstrom, Cory King,
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Jason Alvelais, and Chris Smith. The group was coached by Bakersfield's Master Francis Esposo of Han's Taekwondo Academy. In heated tag team melee, USA fighters won the tag team competition beating Russia's team 31-27. A great win by the underdogs in a country so strong in the sport of Taekwondo. For more information about the event go to: www.HansTaekwondo.com.
YOUR SCHOOLS
Bakersfield schools raise $30,000 BY CANDICE JACOBSON Community contributor
PHOTOS BY ANDREW PEAKE
More than 300 people braved a little early rain and some humidity to participate in the first-ever Walk to End Alzheimer’s at The Park at River Walk on Saturday, Sept. 10.
Alzheimer’s walk draws supporters BY BARBARA LANZ-MATEO Community contributor
ore than 300 people braved a little early rain and some humidity to participate in the first-ever Walk to End Alzheimer’s at The Park at River Walk on Saturday, Sept. 10. “We couldn’t have been more pleased with the turnout,” said Carol Hatton, the CEO and President of Continuum Senior Care in Bakersfield and the organizer of the Bakersfield Walk. “We raised $30,000, with donations still coming in. This will help the Alzheimer’s Association open a much-needed office here in Bakersfield. Currently, Kern County residents are driving to San Luis Obispo to take advantage of the free care and support services offered by the Association.” Today, approximately 10,000 Kern County residents — and their families — suffer with Alzheimer's. With-
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out a breakthrough in research, that number is expected to jump to almost 21,000 residents by 2030. Until a treatment or cure is found, the Alzheimer’s Association offers free support services to families, including care consultations, support groups and education for families and professionals. Not only will we be opening an office in Bakersfield with the money raised at the Walk, but the donations will also be used, in part, to fund desperately needed research in the field of Alzheimer’s. The disease is the only one in the top 10 causes of death without a way to prevent, cure or even slow its progress. That’s just unacceptable.” Alzheimer’s disease is a growing epidemic and is now the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death. As baby boomers age, the number of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease will rapidly escalate, increasing well beyond today’s estimated 5.4 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s.
resh & Easy Neighborhood Market recently kicked off registration for its 2011 Shop for Schools fundraising program. Now in its fourth year, Shop for Schools is an easy way for parents, educators and the neighborhood to raise much-needed money for local schools. For the first time, schools can register for the program online at www.freshandeasy.com/shopforschools. All schools with students in kindergarten through the eighth grade within a three-mile radius of a Fresh & Easy store are eligible to participate in Shop for Schools. Participating schools receive a $1 cash donation for every $20 receipt collected from any Fresh & Easy store from September 15 through December 31, 2011. The school that raises the most money in the state through receipt collection will also win a $5,000 bonus. In addition to collecting receipts, schools can have their own Shopping Night, a fundraising event where five percent of a local Fresh & Easy store’s total sales, on a designated evening, are donated to the school. Last year, schools raised more than $1.3 million through Shop for Schools and Shopping Nights, with participating schools in Bakersfield raising more than $30,000. Schools are able to use these funds for whatever they need most. Columbia Elementary in Bakersfield used the money they raised through Shop for Schools to pay for school supplies that parents and teachers would have had to otherwise purchase out of their own pockets. “With school budgets being so tight, fundraising programs such as Shop for Schools are very important to our school to pay for basic school supplies,”
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said Karen Bloom, Columbia Elementary’s Shop for Schools Coordinator. “Having the incredible support of our parents, teachers and local community through this program has allowed us the opportunity to give back.” Shop for Schools was created to help during a time when schools’ budgets continue to be cut. Fresh & Easy has donated over $2 million so far to its neighborhood schools. More information about Shop for Schools can be found at: www.freshandeasy.com/shopforschools. The local Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is hosting fundraising Shopping Nights to benefit local schools between now and the end of the year. Shopping Nights allow local schools to raise five percent of a local Fresh & Easy store’s total sales from 4 to 8 p.m. on the designated dates. The neighborhood is encouraged to support its local schools by shopping on these nights, while benefiting from fresh, wholesome food at affordable prices. Shopping Nights are part of Fresh & Easy’s Shop for Schools fundraising program which provides a $1 donation to participating schools for every $20 receipt collected September 15 – December 31.
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More information regarding Shop for Schools can be found at www.freshandeasy.com/shopforschools.
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