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June 14 - 20, 2013 • Volume 7 Issue 48

“Serving the West Kern County Communities of Taft, South Taft, Ford City, Maricopa, Fellows, McKittrick, Derby Acres, Dustin Acres, and the Cuyama Valley”

Big Brother is Listening Deep in the Utah desert, the National Security Agency is building the country’s biggest spy center. It’s the final piece of a secret surveillance network that will intercept and store your phone calls, emails, and Google searches… (Watch what you say).

By Dr. Harold Pease Taft Hot Car Show Winners Reap Rewards, recognition

Bernardo Valenzuela New Taft Union High School Principal

Senator Fuller: Sneddon Family Ranch Small Business of the Year.

Dr. Pease at the secretive National Security Agency Spy Center in Bluffdale, Utah

Taft College to host West Kern Petroleum Summit October 18th

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Moron Golf Tournament August 10th

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The Taft Union High School support golf tournament, The Moron Invitational, has been scheduled for August 10, 2013.

We’ve had a great 10 year run with $25,000.00 in direct donation to their golf program. Thanks go out to all our supporters and participants that have made this a fun day in the sun and you can count on plenty of sun!

Thank you for your continued support of our very successful raffle and try to set something aside, it is always greatly appreciated. Invitations will be sent at a later date. Go Wildcats!

Westside News.................7 Liberty Under Fire.........8 Classified Ads.................10 Opinion and Feature....11 Shop Taft........................12

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By John Swearengin The West Side Little League is partnering with the Taft Fox Theatre to show The Classic Movie “Sand Lot,” at the Taft Fox Theatre on Saturday June 22nd at 7pm. Tickets are on sale now for only $5.00. The Little League is run by great volunteers. They are at the end of another successful season. Running everyday operations at the Little League can be costly, plus this year they had restroom and scoreboard problems. They did a terrific job and the Little League has never looked or ran better. Please support the Little League by watching The Sand Lot in the amazing Taft Fox Theatre!

Coming soon- The Taft Chamber will have a Radio Station on WQLV am 1610.

Thursday Night- Every Thursday from 4-7pm is Farmers Market at the Taft Chamber.

“Last Chance Showing” at the Taft Fox Theatre.

Friday June 14th:Last night of Vacation Bible School at the West Hills Church of the Nazarene at 300 Lassen Street. 6-8:30 pm. Pre K- 5th Grade. Bring your swim suit and towel.

Saturday June 15th: Summer Storytime for Families @ 10:30am at the Library Taft Longhorn Baseball 10 and under Baseball Team is having try outs at 11am at the West Side Little League Field # 2. Contact Les Clark 3rd for more info.

Taft ArenaCross at Franklin Field, racing starts at 6pm. Admission is only $5.00.

Monday June 17th: West Side Little League Closing Ceremonies on field # 1, @ 6:30pm. All Stars will be announced.

Thursday June 20th:Cooking Demo and Taste Test; Food, Family, and Fun @ 4 at the Cougar Room Saturday June 22nd:Summer Storytime for Families @ 10:30 am at the Library Future Events: June 22nd : The Sand Lot is playing at the Taft Fox Theatre at 7pm. Tickets only $5.00.

July 3rd : Firework Show and Concert with Truxtun Mile and Cadillac Angels July 4th : Family Fun Day at Rails to Trails.

July 5th :First Friday of the Month Cruise Night.

This Saturday the 11th Annual Franklin Field Arenacross Summer Series continues. Saturday is the 3rd of 6 races. Races are every other Saturday 6/15, 6/29, 7/13, 7/27/13 with practice on Thursday afternoon prior to the race. Races start at 6pm. Admission for spectators is only $5.00. For more info go to Taftracing. com. Stay Positive Taft!

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June 14 - 20, 2013

Taft Chamber Report

By Dr. Kathy Orrin

June has come quickly to the Chamber! We have anticipated our Farmers Market, Cruise Night Concert, and Car, Truck, and Top 10 Reasons For Taft Residents To Motorcycle Show for so long . . . and THEY’RE HERE!!! Soon Support Locally Owned Businesses the Fireworks Show and the Fourth of July Family Picnic also will be here—thanks to overwhelmingly generous support from Most of us agree that Taft is a safe and great place to live, the community. but complain about the lack of shopping opportunities, the For now, however, I want to make you aware of another side cost of doing business and the critical shortage of housing, It takes private investors (not government) to bring more shop- of your Chamber, the side that is constantly looking out for the best opportunities to grow and maintain business and commerce ping, more housing and more retail businesses to Taft, but for our Greater Taft area. You may have heard of the TAX ON residents have to do their part and commit to shopping here OIL, the Severance Tax, or any other name chosen to cripple the - despite the sometime higher prices and lack of choices - in industry that is so much a part of us. You also have doubtless order for investors to see the value of investing in Taft knowing that locals will support their businesses. heard of the controversy over “fracking”, or hydraulic fracturing-Just as important, if locals want to see more government a safe, proven technology to develop supplies of oil and natural services - like repaved alleys and streets and increased code gas so necessary for California’s economy. enforcement - we should shop locally because our sales tax Last week your Chamber Board joined our City Council dollars would stay in Taft where they will be used to provide by voting to go on record in opposition to AB 1301 and AB these badly needed public services. The city currently receives 1323, two Assembly bills which would limit or stop fracking by roughly $1.5 million every year in sales tax dollars. We could California oil producers. The Board also opposed SB 241, the easily increase that amount to $3million per year if we just did more purchasing here. That extra money could be used by the bill which would impose a 9.9% tax on oil production. Letters city council to address some of our infrastructure needs, which of opposition were sent to our State Assembly Member Shannon would make Taft and even better place to live. Here are just 10 Grove, State Senator Jean Fuller, and US Congressman Kevin McCarthy, in addition to other legislators from the San Joaquin reasons why we think you ought to shop in Taft: Valley.

The Chamber Board also decided to formalize their support 1. Local Character and Prosperity. In an increasingly hoof the proposed hydrogen electric project known as the HECA mogenized world, communities that preserve their one-of--a Project, situated close to Buttonwillow and Elk Hills. This projkind businesses and distinctive character have an economic advantage. ect, which will be presented to the California Energy Commission (CEC) for approval has the potential to provide in excess 2. Community Well-Being. Locally owned businesses build of 2,000 construction jobs over the next three years. It will strong communities by sustaining vibrant town centers, linkgenerate 300 megawatts of low-carbon electricity and enough ing neighbors in a web of economic and social relationships, power to support 160,000 homes, and it will recapture at least and contributing to local causes.

90 percent of its carbon emissions.

The Board of the Greater Taft Economic Development 3. Local Decision-Making. Local ownership ensures that Authority (GTEDA), a joint powers agreement with the City important decisions are made locally by people who live in the of Taft and the County of Kern, met last month to swear in two community and who will feel the impacts of those decisions. new board members and to discuss their mission to advance the economic outlook for the Greater Taft community. Board 4. Keeping Dollars in the Local Economy. Compared to members include Ken Anderson and Orchel Krier (appointed chain stores, locally owned businesses recycle a much larger by the Mayor of Taft), Bob Leikam and Ron Orrin (appointed share of their revenue back into the local economy, enriching by the Supervisor Couch of the County of Kern), and Michael the whole community.

Long, Chair of the Board and elected by the members of the 5. Job and Wages. Locally owned businesses create more jobs GTEDA Board. This newly-activated body has far-reaching locally and, in some sectors, provide better wages and benefits powers in its ability to acquire and manage real estate in order to than chains do. attract and maintain business and commerce to our community.

Your Taft Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau was the 6. Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship fuels America’s ecodriving force in re-establishing the GTEDA and continues to nomic innovation and prosperity, and serves as a key means monitor the progress of the initial emphasis of the GTEDA, that for families to move out of low-wage jobs and into the middle of cleaning up our community. class.

7. Public Benefits and Costs. Local stores in town centers require comparatively little infrastructure and make more efficient use of public services relative to big box stores and strip shopping malls.

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8. Environmental Sustainability. Local stores help to sustain vibrant, compact, walkable town centers-which in turn are essential to reducing sprawl, automobile use, habitat loss, and air and water pollution.

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9. Competition. A marketplace of small businesses is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices over the long-term.

10. Product Diversity. A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based, not on a national sales plan, but on their own interests and the needs of their local customers, guarantees a much broader range of product choices.

The next time you drive to Bakersfield, check out the beautifully tree lined avenues, the new parks and nicely landscaped roadways, the freshly repaved roads and the thriving businesses that make it an attractive place to shop - all financed by locally generated sale tax dollars, yours included - think about how this might be possible in Taft - if we all would just decide to shop locally and spend our money where it really matters.

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Miller Time

Hi Everyone, Sorry, but I don’t have anything to report that would top the corker from my last column of that person who tried to take pause of themselves right out in the open with traffic going by. We do have our share of characters around town, some good and some, well, not so good. Any town has them but please we don’t want to attract anyone from Arizona if that is what they want to send us.

I want to give a shout out to all of our local veterans around the Westside. Did you know that there is an American Legion post right here in Taft ?? Oddly, it is the Fellows Post that came to find a home in Taft and is located right next to the Pizza Factory. American Legion is unlike the Veterans of Foreign Wars, or the Vietnam Veterans of American, or the Purple Heart Association, or the Disabled American Veterans; it is not specific like all these other veteran organizations. This Post welcomes all veterans no matter when and how they served. The membership is getting a little thin and they would like you to drop by on Friday nights from 6-8 pm or on Sundays from 4-7 pm. These are the informal nights together for good cheer and time to talk and ask questions. They do have formal monthly meetings and there are some basic rules to follow, but they don’t ask for a lot of your time, just a little.

They have this meeting hall and bar to maintain, and they provide gun salutes at funerals, help with the Memorial Day services at the Cemetery, and provide members at Legion functions and attendance at functions when requested by the public. Dues are minimal. Veterans talking with and to other veterans. All veterans understand no matter what their job function was in the service, you cannot find those experiences anywhere in the non-military world. I drove a sixteen foot outboard boat with six Seal Team members up tiny waterways in the dead of night with people on the shorelines wanting to shoot at us. That is just my particular experience, but try finding civilians that can relate to that. So it is with all veterans who have their own stories to tell; well, now you can find the compatriots that maybe you have been looking for. It is about veterans being with veterans. Give it a try, it don’t cost you nutin’ but time. Look for Gary Summers or Steve Burnham when you go, they are the officials in charge.

Tell’em Randy sent you. You’ll be glad you did, and they will welcome you with open arms. Welcome home my brothers and sisters, welcome home.

Have you been hearing and seeing what our state legislators are up to especially in regards to gun legislation. Now with another nut case going on a rampage down in Santa Monica, and on another campus, their hearts are all in a twitter trying to push through legislation that will outlaw the guns you legally purchased, restrict your access to ammunition, and force everyone to have background checks to show if you have been arrested before. But it will not show the slow, brewing, mindless, violence these depraved individuals are contemplating over a number of years. Nor will it show how bad their relationship is with their parents; this guy killed his father and brother before killing others; and what really is to keep these people from getting to guns. We have, what, a hundred million guns in the USA, are they really thinking that guns will disappear in California because we passed legislation saying this is so. What we are not addressing is how are we going to identify these nut cases before they rein terror down on innocent victims. It seems we don’t want to profile anyone because they have rights. What about the rights of their victims ?? Do we really have to wait until these crazies go out and hurt us so they can get their picture and name splashed around all this nations news outlets as their last hurrah ??

Right now, if you own a gun and have a hundred rounds of ammunition, our legislators are coming to get you. I’m not a hunter, but because of my military experience I do like to target practice as a sport. I am no expert by any means but I enjoy shooting targets and kicking up some dust. Am I going to turn into a nut case, I think not, but I do want be able to defend myself and my property from those who would want to violate my space and take my stuff or take my life to get my stuff. Writing to or sounding off to Senator Jean Fuller or Assemblywoman Shannon Grove won’t do any good, they get it, but they are in the minority. This is serious stuff coming down around your shoulders; if you own a gun, start making some noise. Councilman Dave Noerr is someone you can talk to, as he is right there on the issues. I have joined the NRA, as they are in the fore front of gun issues. They speak with a united voice of millions but they need the other millions to join them. The more people who speak out, the more legislators will listen, because they want to keep their cushy political jobs in Sacramento.

Believe me, there are ways we can do something to stop the crazy .001% and protect the innocent and honest law abiding 99.999%.

We have a motel coming to Taft. Escrow is closed and we are having a groundbreaking the first week in July or so. Stayed tuned for further details. Taft is “Energized for the Future”. Hope all is well your way; crazy weather we are having, sure glad we don’t have tornados. Hope you remember June 14th is Flag Day, show your pride as an American; fly a flag. Don’t take it down for awhile; Fourth of July is coming quickly. I’ll leave you with this little ditty: Do not regret to growing older, it is a privilege denied to many.

See you around Town, Randy Miller Proud to be from Taft

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TUHS Gets New Principal Bernardo (Bernie) Valenzuela, the new principal of Taft Union High School, is a 6-foot-4 bear of a man who earned a football scholarship to UC Berkeley and is now leaving an impressive mark in education.

He was hired Monday<June 3> to replace Marilyn Brown, who is retiring after 27 years at Taft High.

Valenzuela, who was an assistant principal at Indio High School in the Desert Sands Unified School District for the last ten years, has spoken at education conferences on the topics of cyber-bulling, drug awareness and gang prevention. In July, he will present a workshop to superintendents on strategies for closing the achievement gap.

He was selected from among 27 applicants after undergoing a rigorous selection process. “Once Bernie was selected as the finalist, a validation visit was made to Indio High School,” Blanca Cavazos, Taft High’s new superintendent, explained. “Two board members, an administrator and a classified person joined me on the visit. If we were impressed with Mr. Valenzuela after the selection process, we were even more impressed after talking to his principal, three teachers, a counselor and their school resource officer.”

Valenzuela has been an ELD teacher, a Social Studies teacher, a Spanish teacher and Public Service Academy coordinator. He has also coached football, wrestling, baseball and track. He has served on numerous WASC accreditation committees.

Valenzuela is married to an educator and they have two sons. His oldest son just completed his first year as a student at the University of Hawaii. His youngest will be a freshman in high school in the fall.

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A HOT Car Show Weekend

Saturday morning the Car Show kicked off on Rails to Trails.

There were several great cars, motorcycles, food, and vendors. My Tri tip Sandwiches from the Tumbleweed Café booth were excellent. After seeing all the kids with snow cones I had to get one and I’m glad I did.

My nephew had a Swim meet at Taft High. I went down there and could not believe how many people were there. I saw several ex-Taftians and several friends from Bakersfield. All of them commented about how great the Taft High Pool is and how much they like coming to Taft because all our facilities are so nice. A course everyone complained about the Taft heat but that was beyond our control. I had not been to Taft High in awhile so I walked around the areas that were not locked and I was impressed with how nice it is.

I went back to the Car Show and saw some friends from Shafter.

They said they were in Taft for baseball and commented on how nice the Taft High Baseball Fields are. The Car Show was like a huge Reunion, it was great to see so many people I have not seen in awhile. I was talking to friends during most of the awards but did see everyone’s favorite Pool Boy Dusty Wise get “Best Truck.” The Car Show ended at 3 and most people were gone home under the A/C by then.

The Taft Chamber worked very hard all weekend as always.

They did a great job in the Beer Garden and The Car Show was top notch. This weekend was a success even though the heat chased several people to the Coast. Please support the Taft Chamber, Taft Fox Theatre, Shops and Restaurants, The Oil Museum, The Fort, and all our other great Taft places, “Use it or lose it.” Thank you Taft Chamber and you Taftians for a great weekend. Stay Positive Taft!

Show Winners and Sponsors

Dusty Wise, First Place Winner in 48-73 Truck Category, and Jill Gibson, First Place Winner in the 58-73 Muscle Car Category show off their trophys at the Chamber Car, Truck and Motorycle Show last Saturday. Both also placed Best in Show in their category.

By John Swearengin The great Taft Car Show weekend started off Friday Night with Cruise Night. There were several nice cars and people filled the 4, 5, and 600 Blocks of Center Street. While the heat did keep several people at home those who came out had a great time. Truxton Mile and The Aviators sounded terrific in the 5th Street Plaza. I was lucky enough to cruise in my father in-laws 57 Chevy but with no A/C we did not do too many laps. The next Taft Cruise Night is July 5th so hopefully everyone will make it out.

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48-73 Stock 1st: Barry Holstone 2nd: Kevin Rawls 3rd: Tim Miller

Rat Rod 1st: Donnie Soles 2nd: Brett Bailey 3rd: John Anglin

48-73 Truck, SUV 1st: Dusty Wise 2nd: Dale Langlois 3rd: Steve Butler

Project/Under Construction 1st: Randy Griffith 2nd: Vic Etchegorry 3rd: Patrick Hoffmann

58-73 Muscle Car 1st: Jill Gibson 2nd: Kurtis Rawls 3rd: Bob Johnson

Motorcycles - Custom 1st: Caroline Thompson 2nd: Nick Barnett 3rd: Randy Thomas

Corvette 1st: Alan Ward 2nd: Lynn Hubbard 3rd: Allen Pierucci

Motorcycles - Stock/Touring 1st: Tyler Blaska 2nd: Lewis Martin 3rd: Randy Griffith

Custom 1st: Ray Corry 2nd: Ken Jackson 3rd: Winfield May

Motorcycles - Vintage/Old School 1st: Wade Owen 2nd: Cole Landreth 3rd: Wade Owen

HHR/PT Cruiser 1st: Jim Griepsma 2nd: Wyman Hunt 3rd: Sharon Hunt Pre 48 Antique 1st: Winfield Ma 2nd: Jack Loucks 3rd: Pre 48 Closed Car 1st: Dick & Linda Carr 2nd: Gary Post 3rd: Joe Dean Pre 48 Open Car 1st: Steve Lantz 2nd: Gerald Tashjian 3rd: Jerry Banks Pre 48 Truck, SUV 1st: Raymadene Holstone 2nd: Bill Heisey 3rd: Bernard Rice

BEST IN SHOW Car: Jill Gipson Truck: Dusty Wise Motorcycle: Caroline Thompson Event Sponsors: Quality Mud Service, New York Life - Gerald Davis Raffle Donors: State Farm Insurance, Domino’s Pizza, Taft College, Westside Furniture, Personal Style, Next Step Gym, Cooper’s True Value, Oildale Tire -n- Taft, Waldrop’s Auto Parts, Acme Jewelry, Taft Chevrolet Buick, Ben’s Books, Bakersfield Condors, Becky Long for Scentsy, Asian Experience, Black Gold, West Kern Oil Museum, Lee Patterson, Speedway Motors, Summit Racing, HB Enterprizes

June 14 - 20, 2013

Taft College To Host West Kern Petroleum Summit Oct. 18th

On Friday, October 18, 2013, the Taft College Foundation will host a one-day conference entitled “West Kern Petroleum Summit.”

Featuring energy experts, policy makers, academic and regional leaders, the Summit will discuss current and newly developed petroleum and natural gas technologies and their impact on both local and regional economic development. In addition, the workforce needs of the petroleum industry will be discussed, as oil industry leaders share their view on the future of their businesses regarding technology, partnerships and expansion.

In discussing workforce needs for the petroleum industry, Taft College’s efforts in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as focal points of its educational offerings, demonstrates how the College has worked to meet those needs, especially at the technical levels. Within the last three years, Taft College has developed an Energy Technology Program that includes both a two-year degree program as well as five certificate programs designed to provide skills to assume technical related duties both in the business office and out in the field. Hands on training, secured through internships, allows these students to practice the very skills they have been taught.

Currently, Congressman Kevin McCarthy has agreed to speak on Energy Policy, as has John Hofmeister, former Chief Executive officer of Shell Oil, Founder of Citizens for Affordable Energy in Washington, D.C., and author of Why We Hate the Oil Companies: Straight Talk from an Energy Insider. The Summit will also include local and regional energy industry panel discussions, a presentation from the USC Monterey Shale Development Study and an update on regulation and legislation.

“Considering the vital impact of the petroleum and natural gas sector in the California economy, this conference will provide important information to those who have an interest in the economic vitality of Kern County”, states Dr. Dena Maloney, SuperintendentPresident of Taft College. “The community colleges are critical to producing an educated workforce for this important industry. This conference will highlight how we are responding to the needs of our industry partners for a trained workforce to sustain economic growth in California.”

Registration will begin at 7:45 a.m., with a continental breakfast reception. The formal program will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will conclude at 3:30 p.m. Luncheon will be served mid-day. The cost for VIP Sponsorship is $2500 per table and includes seating for 8, logo recognition on all printed and digital materials, state and media locations and event program. Individual tickets can be purchased for $60 each, with open seating.

A Chevron Economic Development Initiative Grant has provided major support for this project. Currently, other sponsors include Occidental of Elk Hills, Aera Energy LLC, Holmes Western, Berry Petroleum, Electrical Systems & Instrumentation (ESI), Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E).

For information, contact Sheri Horn-Bunk, Executive Director, Taft College Foundation at 661.763.7936 or shorn-bunk@taftcollege.edu.

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Fuller Honors Sneddon Ranch Small Business of the Year Family Ranch Recognized at California Small Business Day

State Senator Jean Fuller, Richard and Susie Snedden at the annual California Small Business Day in Sacramento.

State Senator Jean Fuller (R-Bakersfield) honored the Snedden Ranch as the Small Business of the Year at the annual California Small Business Day. Richard and his wife, Susie, attended today’s ceremony at the Sacramento Convention Center. The California Small Business Association holds the annual event to recognize small businesses from legislative districts across the state.

“Agriculture is such an important part of the California economy and the cattle industry is a critical part of that. Richard, Susie and the rest of their family are part of a rich history of ranchers and small business operators that have called this state home for generations,” said Senator Fuller. “This family has proved that it can endure tough times and burdensome regulations, an accomplishment that deserves recognition.”

“We appreciate the fact that Senator Fuller and others take the time to recognize ranchers and small businesses – and the challenges we face in this economy,” said Richard Snedden.

“It is an honor to be recognized by Senator Fuller. This brings needed attention to the agricultural and cattle industries, showing others that what we do as a family-owned and operated ranch is a viable part of this state’s economy,” said Susie Snedden.

In 1867, Samuel and Anna Snedden started their venture in cattle ranching. In 1907, Samuel’s son Bertram and his family moved the cattle operation to rangeland south of Maricopa.

Today, Richard and Susie Snedden, along with their son Austin and wife Sarah, and their three eager ranch hands (Ryah, Rainey, and Sonora) continue to operate their working cattle ranch in the Santiago Creek country in southwestern Kern County.

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Grand Jury Ceremony June 19th The annual Grand Jury Transition Ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in Department One of the Kern County Superior Court Building, 1415 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield. A reception follows the ceremony, which is open to the public.

The Grand Jury objectively investigates all aspects of county government, special districts and cities to ensure that these bodies are being effectively governed and that public monies are being judiciously handled.

At the transition ceremony, the 2012-2013 Grand Jury concludes their service by presenting their final report to the Presiding Judge, whereupon they are recognized and dismissed. The Presiding Judge then randomly selects the 2013-2014 Grand Jury from a panel that has been nominated by judges. The nominees represent the various population centers of the county, and are independent of any political or special interest group. Nineteen members and several alternates will be selected and empanelled for service.

The 2012-2013 final report will be immediately available to the public and posted on the Grand Jury website: www.co.kern.ca.us/ grandjury.

Grove, Republicans Bring Resolution Criticizing IRS For Targeting Groups Assemblywoman Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) and fellow Assembly Republicans today introduced a resolution condemning the federal Internal Revenue Service’s alleged targeting of particular political groups. Assembly Joint Resolution 25 urges Congress and the President to conduct a comprehensive investigation into recent assertions that the IRS targeted non-profits and charities based on their perceived political persuasion.

“Politically motivated investigations perpetrated by the government are inexcusable,” said Grove. “This isn’t a left-versus right issue, but an infringement on the First Amendment. These bullying tactics were designed to chill Americans’ freedom of speech, plain and simple.”

The IRS purportedly engaged in targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election by singling out dozens of organizations for additional review because they included words such as “tea party” or “patriot” in their applications for federal tax exempt status.

“I want to put all public agencies on notice, at the local, state and federal levels, that the overreach of government bureaucrats and political appointees will not be tolerated,” said Grove. “I urge my colleagues in the California Legislature to adopt this resolution and continue to put public and media pressure on such a serious abuse of power.”

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By Marlene Mudge Photo by Esther Livingston The West Kern Oil Museum and The West Side Recreation and Park District hosted a “Yokuts Discovery Day” at the museum on Tuesday morning for students entering the 4th and 5th grades.

This was the first of a series of Discovery Days to be held at the museum on Wood Street in Taft.

The Yokut Discovery Day was attended by four boys, Spencer Fell, Camden Fowler, Riley Fowler, and Bronson Ortlieb. The boys first learned from Agnes Hardt about the Yokut way of life including the use of asphaltum (tar seeped from the ground), making of hunting and cooking tools, and the importance of the coyote and rattlesnake to the early people of the west Kern area. The boys also played a game that Yokut boys played in preparation for becoming hunters.

Next they made talking sticks which were used by the Yokuts with their music. After making the sticks the boys then listened to authentic Yokut music to which they danced and used their talking sticks.

Museum volunteers assisting with the day included Agnes Hardt, Sandra Murch, Dennis and Jan McCall, Esther Livingston, Olive Finney, and Marlene Mudge.

The next Discovery Day will be Tuesday, June 18, for students entering grades 6-8 from 9:00-12:00. It will be about “Living and Working in the Early Oil Fields”. The program is free. Registration for the Discovery Day can be made at the Rec office, 763-4246.

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Mammoth spy facility in Bluffdale, Utah to Store Your Emails and Phone Conversations Old News Dr. Harold Pease Why is the establishment press just now acknowledging the idea that our own government has been spying on us when credible witnesses and whistle-blowers have offered documentation on this for years? Everyone is now talking about the huge secret spy NSA facility in Bluffdale, Utah the size of five capital buildings scheduled for completion this September, as though this is something new. I had myself photographed in front of the site last September (see at LibertyUnderFire.org). The networks and Congress seemed shocked at the revelation but Congress had to authorize the $2 billion facility expenditure for Bluffdale and a similar amount for a sister NSA facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. All of this is simply old news.

What follows is what we knew more than a year ago. Wired magazine front-paged this story a year ago last April when it wrote: “Deep in the Utah desert, the National Security Agency is building the country’s biggest spy center. It’s the final piece of a secret surveillance network that will intercept and store your phone calls, emails, Google searches… (Watch what you say).”

Noted author James Banford, one of America’s leading authorities on the National Security Agency, then wrote, “ Under construction by contractors with top-secret clearances, the blandly named Utah Data Center is being built for the National Security Agency. A project of immense secrecy, it is the final piece in a complex puzzle assembled over the past decade. Its purpose: to intercept, decipher, analyze, and store vast swaths of the world’s communications as they zap down from satellites and zip through the underground and undersea cables of international, foreign, and domestic networks… Flowing through its servers and routers and stored in near-bottomless databases will be all forms of communication, including the complete contents of private emails, cell

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Dr. Pease at the secretive National Security Agency Spy Center in Bluffdale, Utah phone calls, and Google searches, as well as all sorts of personal data trails—parking receipts, travel itineraries, bookstore purchases, and other digital “pocket litter” (“The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center. Watch What You Say.”) The project is code named “Stellar Wind.”

In the scheme of things, launched in 2004 under the George W. Bush Administration, but vastly expanded under Barack Obama, the NSA Bluffdale facility will house all electronic information in the world. That is why it is being equipped to hold a Yottabyte of information. A Yottabyte is 1,000 Zettabytes (the number 1 followed by 24 zeros -- 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000). So Bluffdale is primarily a storage facility. The philosophy is that the “more data, the more telephone calls, the more email, the more encrypted data that you have—the more patterns that you’re likely to discover.”

The NSA Oak Ridge facility houses the super computer, installed in 2006, capable of finding patterns and printing them out in milliseconds in a process code named “brute force.” The “goal was to advance computer speed a thousand fold, creating a machine that could execute a quadrillion (1015) operations a second, known as a petaflop—the computer equivalent of breaking the land speed record.” With upgrades the computer, called “jaguar for its speed, it clocked in at 1.75 petaflops, officially becoming the world’s fastest computer in 2009,” is housed in Building 5300. There “318 scientists, computer engineers, and other staff work in secret on the cryptanalytic applications of high-speed computing and other classified projects” (Cryptome, March 16, 2012, “NSA Decryption Multipurpose Research Facility”).

NSA Whistleblower William Binney said, “Domestically, they’re pulling together all the data about virtually every U.S. citizen in the country and assembling that information, building communities that you have relationships with, and knowledge about you; what your activities are; what you’re doing.

So the government is accumulating that kind of information about every individual person and it’s a very dangerous process.” He estimated that one telecom alone

was sending the government an “average of 320 million logs every day since 2001.”

So, when the Los Angeles Times reported on June 6, 2013 that “Government is tracking all U.S. phone calls,” that “The National Security Agency has stored data on calls to and from nearly every American for 7 years in search of patterns suggesting terrorist activity,” and that officials still say that they are not eavesdropping, it is still a lie, a matter of public record, and thus old news. It is great to see the establishment press catch up. Now who authorized these millions of unconstitutional warrant-less wire tapes on you and your friends and who signed off on funding the billions of dollars for these facilities? Will the Congress catch-up too, investigating what should have been looked into years ago? Not unless you push them. Bluffdale facility last September 20,2012 if you are able.

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Parting Shots

By Mimi Collins Taft Camera Club What better way to kick off summer than with a trip to the coast?

The May meeting of Taft Camera Club was “Show and Tell” with members sharing our favorite shots of the coast. From Piedras Blancas to Morro Bay, the Central Coast provided plenty of good photo opportunities for our intrepid shooters.

“Show and Tell” meetings are open meetings. We may suggest a theme, such as “coastal,” but members bring any photos they want to share and discuss with one another.

It’s a good opportunity to learn new photography techniques and grow as photographers.

Please join us! Taft Camera Club is open to adults and students interested in the art and technique of photography. We meet monthly on second Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:45 in the evening, in the Chevron Valley Credit Union (CVCU) Community Room.

Photos: Moonstone Beach (Top Left), Mimi Collins, Morro Beach Pier, (Middle Left) Esther Livingston, Morro Beach (bottom left) Esther Livingston, Elephant Seals (Top center column) Mimi Collins, Thisle, (center middle) Tyrone Maddox, Cayucos Pier (middle column bottom), Sea Gull on Pier (top right column) Tyrone Maddox, Morro Rock (right column center) Esther Livingston, Kelp (right column bottom) Tyrone Maddox

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• 661-763-4445 • 500 S. 10th Street

408 Main Street • (661)765-4337

Randy’s Trucking Cart-Away Concrete Mix Trailer • Hydraulic Rotation and Tilt for Mixing and Dumping • Mixes Concrete While Traveling • • Large Internal Blades • • Rear Operator Control Panel •

western shop & PET Wash

Fathers Day June 16th Shaw’s has a great selection of gifts for his 20% Off! SPECIAL DAY 20% Off! Jeans

Men’s

Leather Wallets Men’s Western Shirts - Belts and Silver Buckles Free Gift Wrapping

(661) 763-4773 1050 Wood Street

Dog or Cat need grooming? Call Shaw’s for all your pet needs www.shawswesternshop.com

Monday-Friday 9-5:30, Saturday 9-3

419 Harrison St. Taft, CA 93268 (661) 765-2987

The Tumbleweed Bar and Restaurant

Located in the Heart of Oil Country On the Petroleum Highway We Cater Your Place or Ours Full Bar Available For Your Special Event

Come and Join Us at The Tumbleweed The Tumbleweed Cafe 24870 Highway 33 in Derby Acres • (661) 768-4655

Owner Orchel Krier Welcomes You and Your Family - Dinner Reservations

FULL BAR