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The Bakersfield Voice Sunday, November 27, 2011
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Young volunteers reach out to local Tule Elk
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here’s a little known gem of a state park just west of Bakersfield called the Tule Elk State Natural Reserve. This local reserve houses indigenous elk — valley dwellers that arrived long before the masses of people did. The large moose-like animals roam a relatively small bit of land just off Stockdale Highway west of Interstate 5. Years ago when my son, who was in sixth grade, was looking for a community service project he got the opportunity of a lifetime. After putting in many hours on weekends doing brush clean-up and the like, Tommy and his friend Maggie got to volunteer when helicopters came in to trap and transfer some of the elk. Both kids loved the hands-on experience. Recently, in desperate need to fulfill some community service hours, a high school senior sent me a text asking for
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advice on where she could work. Since I was in the area, I stopped by and met with Bill Moffat, the supervising state park ranger at the Tule Elk Reserve. I told Bill of the child’s challenge and he showed me piles of brush and debris that he needed moved into the elk grounds and then offered to have the student help him with a tour. Education columnist I’m reminded of my college experience at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where we really did live the
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motto: “Learn by doing.” At the Tule Elk Reserve, it’s the same way. Ranger Moffat will let students with parental approval see and learn — but also actively help with tasks at the state park. Unfortunately, one clear sign of the times is that the park is open Friday through Sunday — and due to budget reductions, both the Tule Elk State Natural Reserve and Fort Tejon State Historic Park are listed to close permanently on July 1, 2012.Visitors and student volunteers should get out there as soon as possible! Not only will they have a fabulous opportunity volunteering, they'll get a glimpse of the creatures that roamed our valley so long ago at the lovely park whose “doors” just may be shut permanently in less than a year. Peggy Dewane-Pope is a teacher with the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District.
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Tule Elk State Reserve display on site at reserve in southwest Kern County. PHOTO PROVIDED
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The University of California, Irvine Men in Blaque musical group. PHOTO PROVIDED
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Taylor Prather, a 12-year-old Bakersfield girl with MS, recently filmed some scenes that will be featured on television in the spring to help promote MS awareness.
Start your Christmas celebration with music by the Men in Blaque BY PHILLIP SCOTT Community contributor
Bakersfield girl to be featured in MS marketing campaign BY CHRISTINE GRONTKOWSKI Community contributor
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aylor Prather, a 12-yearold Bakersfield girl with a passion for dancing, won’t be seen on stage any time soon due to symptoms caused by multiple sclerosis (MS). But next year, people across the country will be seeing her on television. Recently, the seventhgrader traveled to The Marilyn Hilton MS Achievement Center at UCLA to film spots that will start showing nationwide next spring. Prather filmed a doctor/patient scene with MS specialty neurologist Dr. Barbara Giesser, a few dance sequences, and was interviewed about how the disease has altered her life at home and at school. She said multiple sclerosis has created several challenges, but she always remembers advice she received when she was first diagnosed: “It’s going to be hard. It’s going to be really hard to try to stay positive. But you always have to stay positive because if you don’t, then you’re just going to get worse.” Prather was diagnosed over a year ago. She first showed signs of MS while she was part of a competition dance squad at Bakersfield’s American Kids Sports Center. After many tests, doctors’ visits, and even a false cancer diagnosis, she was told she had MS. Prather had to quit dance
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r. Joseph Huszti returns to Bakersfield from University of California, Irvine (UCI) with a Christmas season concert by the Men in Blaque at Rabobank Theater, 1001 Truxtun Ave., 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 4. The concert is part of the Bakersfield Community Concert Association season. In 1965, Dr. Huszti lead the Bakersfield College choir on a European concert tour. The choir won first prize in the International Musical Eisteddfod at Llangollen, Wales. This winning award was the first by an American choir in the Adult Mixed Choir Division (Ordo I) and brought the coveted International Trophy to the United States. President Lyndon B. Johnson held a special White House press conference upon the choirs’ return to the US. Pope Paul VI presented Huszti the Ecumenical Medal, both the choir and he were afforded a private audience by His Eminence. Pre-concert music will be performed by singers from Bakersfield College under the direction of Dr. Ronald Kean.
Y O U R Taylor Prather (in middle) at a recent charity event with her Walk MS team — or better known as “Team TatorBug.” classes and competitions, but still practices at home. She also dedicates many hours raising awareness and raising funds for research and programs for people with MS through her Walk MS team, “Team TatorBug,” — and now through the Society’s new marketing campaign.
Besides being featured on a public service announcement, video of Prather will also be used on a social media resource the National MS Society plans to launch late in 2012. “I’m really, really excited,” Taylor said. “I’m really thankful, but I’m a little nervous, too.”
Men in Blaque was organized in 1997 by Dr. Huszti, Professor of Music at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). The members come from many professions and backgrounds including computer experts, dancers, business owners, clergy, schoolteachers and undergraduate musicians. Dressed primarily in black, but often incorporating energetic dances or ingenious props, the group engages audiences with performances that encompass a wide spectrum of quality sacred and secular music. The Men in Blaque is an eclectic vocal ensemble performing literature from many eras and in different musical styles. They accepted an unprecedented invitation (festival rules preclude an ensemble from participating more than one time) by the Alava Festival to perform in Spain and presented a memorable concert on September 11, 2001. The Men in Blaque were one of seven international choral ensembles invited to Puebla, Mexico in 2003 to present concerts at the Festival Coro Mundo. The inaugural Daegu International Choral Festival (Korea) invited the Men in Blaque to represent the United States in
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2004 along with six international chamber choirs. They participated in the 2006 World Choral Games in Xiamen, China and won two silver medals and a gold diploma for winning their division. Three CD recordings,” I Wonder As I Wander,” “Live in Spain” and “Many Moods” have been produced. The Men in Blaque were awarded three gold medals and a championship trophy July 18, 2010 at the 6th World Choir games in Shaoxing, China. The men's singing ensemble, based at UC Irvine, traveled to China to compete in the world’s largest choir competition. There were over 25,000 singers participating. Conducted by Joseph Huszti, the Men in Blaque won gold medals in Men's Chamber Ensemble, Folk Song, and Musica Contemporary. As one of the championship choirs, they were invited to sing at the final concert before an audience of over 8,000. BCCA Adult season memberships are $60 ( six concerts). Call 589-2478 for information or go to www.bakersfieldcca.org.
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Be creative when planting holiday pots
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hen planting pots for the holidays consider plants like cyclamen, sasanqua camellias, maiden hair ferns, boxwood & holly. These will take the weather and last much better than Poinsettias. Use lights, bows and Christmas balls to brighten them up even more. Don't forget to water when the soil feels dry
and fertilize once a month. This week’s gardening tip is from Kathy Robinson of Robby’s Nursery. Do YOU have a gardening tip you’d like to share with our readers? Post your gardening tips and photos of your garden on The Bakersfield Voice’s website at: www. bakersfieldvoice.com.
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