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Free transportation for Westside members of the Bakersfield Community Concert series for 2013-2014. Best bargain in entertainment, with eight concerts over eight months, for only $80! Transportation provided by the Rotary Club of Taft and Taft Union High School District. Sunday afternoon concerts, the bus leaves from the high school parking lot on Tenth Street at 1:30 PM, and evening concerts, the bus leaves at 5:30 PM. Contact Diane Ackley at 589-2478 for membership information. Mary Lyles is a Westside volunteer at 768-4648 and can also help. October 6th, 2013 at 3:00 PM is the first concert.

West Side Recreation Vendor and Craft Show November 15 and 16, Vendors Sought Westside Recreation District will be hosting a VENDOR & CRAFT SHOW on Friday, November 15 (5:00-8:30 p.m.) and Saturday, November 16 (8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.). Vendors and crafters of all types are welcome to participate. Fee is $40 per space (table/chairs included) and all items must fit within an 8’x10’ space. Registration will begin on Tuesday, August 13 at 8:30 a.m. in the District Office. To have more information emailed to you, please leave your email address in the comments below, send us a direct message, or email steph@wsrpd.com.

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By John Swearengin Taft High Homecoming Week is September 23-27th. Tough Guy Volleyball, Powderpuff, and several other Events are planned throughout the week. The Homecoming Football Game is Friday the 27th vs. Arvin. Several Reunions are planned some come out and cheer for your CATS! The Taft Fox Theatre and Westside Bowling Lanes are both open 7 days a week.

Friday Night the CATS Football teams play at home! Bobcats at 5:00 and the Wildcats at 7:30.

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Save the Date for these Future EventsSeptember 21st : Lincoln Logger car wash at the rec until noon.

October 2nd: Taft Industry Night at the Taft Petroleum Club.

Doors open at 4:30, Dinner at 7:30.

October 4th: 1st Friday of the Month Cruise Night. Cruise, Shop, Eat, Meet Friends, and have fun!

October 11th: The ARC is having a BBQ at 204 Van Buren St. from 10:30-1:30. Lunch is Tri Tip, Salad, Rice, Beans, Roll, Dessert for only $10.00. Dine in or carry out. 50/50 raffle.

October 12th: Oasis is having Deep Pit, potato’s, chilli, salad, and a roll for only $10.00 for Taft’s 4H Club from 11-3pm. There will be a Petting Zoo and games.

80’s Party at the Rec. Music, full bar, bowling, dancing for only $10.00. From 8- Midnight! 21 and over.

October 17th: Taft College Ribeye Dinner October 18th: West Kern Petroleum Summit 7:45-4:00 at Taft College. Tickets only $60.00.

The Taft Longhorns are having a Halloween Night Golf Tournament at BV Golf Course. Contact Les Clark.

October 19th: The Midway Sunset Lions Club is having a Casino Night to raise money for Christmas for Seniors, Taft Honor Flight, and the Taft Longhorns at the Taft Veterans Hall. Dinner at 5pm.

Paws in the Park at Veterans Park (Police Park).

Taft Community Garden Day. October 22nd - 25th-:The Fort Pumpkin Patch October 26th: Taft Chamber Golf Tournament Boomtown Days at the West Kern Oil Museum October 31st: Fort Safe Halloween December 2nd: Taft Christmas Parade December 7th: Kern Trail Riders Horseshoe Tournament at the Taft Petroleum Club.

It is not too early for your Club, School, Church, etc to starting planning for the 2013 Taft Christmas Parade. Get your Car, Truck, Trailer, Rhino, Horse, Motorcycle, Bike, or whatever you got ready.

The Parade will be Monday December 2nd on Center Street. For more info contact the Taft Chamber.

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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 Role Models their impact on both local and regional economic development. In addition, the workforce needs of the petroleum Last Saturday both showings of 25 Hill at the Fox sold industry will be discussed, as oil industry leaders share their out. 25 Hill was such a great family movie. It is great to be view on the future of their businesses regarding technology, able to watch a family movie that is not a cartoon. It was partnerships and expansion. cool seeing all the places they filmed around Taft. Corbin In discussing workforce needs for the petroleum industry, Bernsen was such a nice guy. He discussed how hard it is to make a movie with values these days because it does not sell Taft College’s efforts in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as focal points of its educational offerings, demin Hollywood. He even talked about today’s family values onstrates how the College has worked to meet those needs, and how hard things can even be when talking to his own especially at the technical levels. Within the last three years, boys. There were several kids at the show and it was great Taft College has developed an Energy Technology Program for them to see a big movie star that is still a good normal that includes both a two-year degree program as well as five guy. Hearing Corbin Bernsen really got me thinking about how things have changed in this world. The TV Shows that certificate programs designed to provide skills to assume technical related duties both in the business office and out in had some kind of meaning like Full House, Cosby Show, the field. Hands on training, secured through internships, and several others seem long gone.

Now that I have a child I know how important good role allows these students to practice the very skills they have been models are. I was lucky because my parents and grandpartaught. ents were great role models. Not every kid has great role Currently, Congressman Kevin McCarthy has agreed models at home and that is where others step in whether to speak on Energy Policy, as has John Hofmeister, former they realize it or not.

Chief Executive officer of Shell Oil, Founder of Citizens for Growing up I always wanted to be a Cop. It was great Affordable Energy in Washington, D.C., and author of Why seeing great Cops like Don Arnold. He is not only a great We Hate the Oil Companies: Straight Talk from an Energy Cop but a good person. As a young kid I went to a few Insider. The Summit will also include local and regional Churches. It was always nice seeing Pastor Tom LeClair energy industry panel discussions, a presentation from the coaching a Football Game and then seeing him preaching USC Monterey Shale Development Study and an update on a Sermon on Sunday morning. The kids at the Methodist regulation and legislation.

Preschool love their teacher Miss. Cindy, and they have to “Considering the vital impact of the petroleum and natural be impressed when they see her as Pastor Cindy on Sundays. gas sector in the California economy, this conference will I loved Youth Group at the First Baptist Church. It was provide important information to those who have an interest so cool to hear Pastor Scott preach a Sermon and then play in the economic vitality of Kern County”, states Dr. Dena basketball in the gym with all of us. Several different people Maloney, Superintendent-President of Taft College. “The helped out through my years there. I can still remember community colleges are critical to producing an educated some of the things Mike McCormick, David and Emily workforce for this important industry. This conference will Bosworth, Tricia Wise, and several others told us. Back in highlight how we are responding to the needs of our industry those days Taft College Football was like the NFL in Taft. I partners for a trained workforce to sustain economic growth can remember Loren Kolb who had a National Championin California.” ship ring with the Cougars and was also a Correctional OfRegistration will begin at 7:45 a.m., with a continental ficer going to the Church. He was a Man of God, was a TC breakfast reception. The formal program will begin at 8:30 Cougar, Correctional Officer, and strong as an Ox, so all us a.m. and will conclude at 3:30 p.m. Luncheon will be served kids thought he was the man! mid-day. The cost for VIP Sponsorship is $2500 per table These days I’m glad to see Pastor Rodney, Billy and and includes seating for 8, logo recognition on all printed Krista Long, and several others are playing these roles with and digital materials, state and media locations and event the West Hills Youth. On Sundays the Taft High Students program. Individual tickets can be purchased for $60 each, have to be impressed when their Teacher Kelly Morris sings with open seating. a solo.

A Chevron Economic Development Initiative Grant has During my years playing JFL Football I learned so much provided major support for this project. Currently, other from Coaches like Big Les Clark, Bob Scovel, and Rob sponsors include Occidental of Elk Hills, Aera Energy LLC, Carlton. Those Coaches along with several others were such Holmes Western, Berry Petroleum, Electrical Systems & good guys that cared so much for all the kids. I love bumpInstrumentation (ESI), Western States Petroleum Association ing into these three guys today because they are still terrific (WSPA) and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). men. I’m glad Rob Carlton is still coaching to this day For information, contact Sheri Horn-Bunk, Executive along with guys like Neil White and Jeff Ginn. The JFL has Director, Taft College Foundation at 661.763.7936 or shornseveral skilled coaches to lead our young athletes these days. bunk@taftcollege.edu.

At the Little League and Rec over the years it is wonderful seeing coaches like Bob Tarpley, Josh Bryant, Les Clark III, Tommy White Jr., and several others step up and lead these great kids.

There is no longer D.A.R.E. in our schools due to State Budgets. When I was in school we made fun of D.A.R.E. but as I got older I realized how right Officer Benskin and Officer Kizzar were about everything they said. You also got to know and like these Officers. I’m glad the Schools have Officers around not only protect them but for the kids to get to know them. I see how much the kids like Officer Martinez at the schools.

Saturday was the annual JFL Biscuits and Gravy Breakfast. The Cheerleaders worked very hard keeping everything clean. The Rotary Club worked so hard preparing and serving the food. All these Rotary members were great examples to these kids. They took time out of their busy lives to help our JFL. As always it was a very good Breakfast.

Maybe we all could change for the better if we watched more shows like 25 Hill. I thank everyone that gives their time for our kids and makes Taft a better place. Stay positive Taft.

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State Superintendent Tom Torlakson poses with Taft High Oil-Technology Coordinator Ted Pendergrass Friday morning during a tour of the facility.

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Taft High senior Alan Reynoso talks about the Oil-Technology Academy to State Superintendent Tom Torlakson Friday morning during a tour of the facility. In the background is student Etay De Camp.

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Seniors Staying Active At The West Side Recreation and Park District

September 20 - 26, 2013

by Stephanie House The West Side Recreation & Park District always seems to have something going on! Youth sports, adult sports, bowling at West Side Lanes, weight room at the Recreation Center, playgrounds at three parks, Skate Park, bingo, birthday party packages, youth activities, special events, Preschool, Community Theatre, contract classes and more… seems like there is something for everyone.

Pat Peach, Jennie and Charlie Pezer, Margaret Morris, Patricia Welborn, Juanita Boner, Annalee Ferguson, Roy Edmaiston, Orbin Yates, Jack Turner, Jim Stigall, Barbara Morse, Samatha and Ken Bishop, and Larry Stieber participate in the Kern County sponsored Senior Nutrition Program.

The only thing that had really been missing was programming for Senior Citizens. The County provides the Nutrition Program using District facilities every Monday through Friday, and while that serves as a great need in our community and provides a time of fellowship for a lot of seniors, it really isn’t enough. There should be more offerings available to this demographic.

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Speaking of “this demographic”, who exactly is considered to be a Senior Citizen, anyway? The age range differs, but I know that I wouldn’t consider a lot of people I know in this age range to be “Seniors.” Age is really just a number, right? Some people embrace the day when they are chronologically mature enough to take advantage of senior discounts and services. Others? Not so much.

They don’t want to be considered a Senior, because they think that makes them old. It’s an interesting concept and hard to get a grasp on. I think this is part of the reason it’s been a challenge offering programs for mature adults.

But, back to the main topic at hand…

Once the Recreation Center opened in September 2011, the District’s Preschool program was moved from the Community Center to the new facility. That opened up some space at the Community Center that could be utilized for more programming and the natural fit seemed to be the creation of a senior center of sorts. So this is how the Senior Rec Room was born!

The Senior Rec Room is located in the Activity Building at the Community Center, 500 Cascade Place in Taft. The main room has tables, chairs, a couch, TV, cable programming, games, rubber stamping supplies, books and magazines. We also offer complimentary coffee and bottled water. A computer room is also onsite and offers three desktop computers with internet access. The building is set-up with wireless internet access, as well, so users are welcome to bring along their own laptop or tablet.

Our current programs include Senior Rec Room open hours, Movie Wednesdays, Bunco, Staying Fit After 50 exercise class, Bus Trips to Eagle Mountain Casino, Walking for Seniors, Senior Workout program, Scrapbooking Workshops, Cheap & Easy Bingo, Card Making Workshops and monthly special events.

What gives you access to the Senior Rec Room and programs? Remember a few paragraphs back when we

talked about age being just a number? We’re not trying to age you any sooner than you’d like, but the District considers you a Senior and eligible for participation in our offerings at the age of 55. If you’re a 55+ resident of our community, we’d love to see more of you. Come on down and meet new people and get involved!

A few fun things are coming up next week. Cheap & Easy Bingo will be held on Monday, September 23 at 12:30 p.m. in the Community Center Auditorium. We play 10 games of straight bingos and the cost is only $3 per person. The more people who play, the bigger the pots! Then on Thursday, September 26 we will be having a Baked Potato & Nacho Bar Dinner in the Community Center Assembly Room. We will have baked potatoes and nachos with a variety of toppings. If you feel like sticking around after dinner, we will even play some Quarter Bingo. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m. with dinner served at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $3 per person (payable that night). Please be sure to RSVP for dinner no later than Wednesday, September 25 by giving us a call at 763-4246.

You can keep up with what’s happening by picking up a copy of our Senior Activities brochure in the District Office and Senior Rec Room. There is also a full program listing on our website (www.wsrpd.com). For Facebook users, we have a page called “WSRPD Senior Rec Room & Activities.” Be sure to go and “like” us! Our biggest obstacle has been getting the word out, so if you know someone who might like to get involved, please share with them.

As always, we’d love to hear from you – if you have any ideas for activities, programs and classes, please let us know. We will be hosting a Brainstorm Bonanza meeting on Thursday, October 3 at 8:30 a.m. in the Senior Rec Room. Join us for donuts, coffee, juice and the chance to chat about new activity and program ideas. You can also reach us at 763-4246 or steph@wsrpd.com.

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VIP Reception Slated for West Kern Petroleum Summit

On Friday, October 18, 2013, the Taft College Foundation will host an inaugural event, the West Kern Petroleum Summit.

Bringing together leaders in the petroleum industry, this event will address many current regulation and legislation issues, including a documentary on the misconceptions of Hydraulic fracturing entitled “FrackNation.”

As a prelude to this event, the Taft College Foundation will host a VIP Reception for a industry, academic and several summit speakers to meet the Director and Producer of FrackNation Ann McElhinney. This event is by invitation only, for VIP sponsors of the summit. It will be held at Seven Oaks Country Club, 2000 Grand Lakes Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93311, from 4:30 – 7:00 p.m.

It is hoped that, in a more intimate setting, the attendees will be able to ask and/or provide questions for our speaker that can be utilized at the actual summit following her formal presentation.

Sheri Horn-Bunk, Taft College Foundation, and Robin Fleming, from Chevron are co-chairs for the event. Many weeks of intense planning and preparation have been expended in coordinating the elements that will make this summit a truly memorable experience.

The event is sold out and there are no spaces available.

However, for your convenience, the conference will be streaming live on Bakersfield.com.

For further information and opportunity to interview Ann McElhinney, please call Sheri Horn-Bunk, Executive Director, at 661.763.7936 or by email at shorn-bunk@ taftcollege.edu.

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Photo by Jim Carnal Carolina Celiz, second from left, receives her new Kindle Fire from PSO board member Kim Martin, Superintendent Blanca Cavazos and PSO board member Cari Fivecoat.

Tuesday, September 17th was Carolina Celiz’s lucky day. The Taft Union High School sophomore was the winner of a Kindle Fire tablet valued at $200 and donated by an anonymous donor.

The middle-aged male donor spent $200 at the Taft High Parent Support Association fireworks booth in July.

That purchase netted him four raffle tickets which he donated to the school with the proviso that if the tickets were winners, to give the proceeds to a deserving student.

He asked to remain anonymous. One of the tickets won the Kindle. With 975 students at the school, Superintendent Blanca Cavazos put 975 numbers in a random online number-picking system and the result was number 150. In alphabetical order, the 150th student was Celiz.

Celiz, who “reads a lot,” especially Percy Jackson books, was “really surprised” and found it “really nice” that someone would donate such a nice gift anonymously.

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Join us: Thursday September 26, 2013 from 5:00 pm-9:00pm Taft’s Fire & Ice competition cheerleading squad has a few cheerleaders wanting to work and cheer for your tips.

Your support in helping them raise money will allow them to continue on the team. They’ll cheer, they’ll sing, & maybe even do a lil dance for your tips.

Have a fun night out, and help some of Taft’s youth be able to keep doing what they love.

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Happy Constitution Day and Week

By Dr. Harold Pease This week commemorates Constitution day and week and as such it is well to remind our governments and elected officials, all of who have sworn under oath to abide by it, to reread and follow it. It is also well for our citizenry to do the same so that we can identify those who would take away our liberty and without regard to political party remove these dangerous people from their places of power.

Look around!! Our president spies on us through the NSA in complete disregard of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution and uses the IRS to intimidate and harass his political opposition, most notably conservative, religious and Tea Party groups. Moreover, he upends existing law as in 2012 when by executive order he refused to continue enforcing the deportation of a class of illegal emigrants. Or, in healthcare, some get a year to implement while others do not and Congress gets exempted. Today he no longer attempts to justify his numerous executive orders to any constitutional base and taken together his branch, including his over thirty unconstitutionally appointed czars, make far more rules on us than does our elected Congress. But he does want to take this nation into a totally unconstitutional war with Syria.

Look around!! Congress seems inept at best, unable or unwilling to investigate and bring to justice those in the government who deliberately allowed some 2,000 guns to go to the Mexican drug cartels who used these in some of the murders of over 70,000 Mexicans including our own border patrol Agent Brian Terry. They have shown themselves to be unwilling or unable to thoroughly investigate the four deaths of Americans in Benghazi, a scandal now a year old. Unwilling or unable to investigate, stop, and punish IRS agents using their positions to silence political opposition. Unwilling or unable to investigate, stop and punish NSA spying and storing indefinitely all electronic information on all Americans. Why? Because most who sit in Congress are party lap dogs justifying or condemning whatever on party lines instead of the Constitution.

As the President absorbs more and more of Congress’ law making powers, making Congress more irrelevant each day, they pretend all is well. While not guarding their own powers from an encroaching executive branch, they trample the rights of the states where all power not listed in the Constitution belongs.

They have mocked the 10th Amendment and have been co placent in the demise of the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth and ninth amendments as well. Indeed our liberties would have been better protected by the Boy Scouts of America who, in fact, may understand freedom better than they. There are a few members of Congress who do put the Constitution in front of party and career such as Rand Paul, Mike Lee and Ted Cruz but they are far too few.

Look around!!!! The Supreme Court no longer uses the Constitution, as understood by the Founding Fathers when written, as important. Past practice has replaced original intent and natural law as first consideration. Even international law has come to have more value then original intent in their rendered decisions. Even Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, advised Egypt to not modal their new constitution after ours because ours was too dated. The Court makes new law, a constitutional function of Congress alone, by ruling on an issue in such a way as to give it new meaning, thus new law. It is called judicial legislation. The laws of the land have been changed by dozens of such rulings the last fifty years.

Healthcare comes to mind. Congress never passed it as a tax and the political party passing it, and their President, Barack Obama, emphatically resisted any description of it as such. Nevertheless Justice John Roberts ruled it to be a tax, then argued that Congress can tax therefore it was constitutional. The Court omitted the fact that the word health (or anything remotely similar) is nowhere in the Constitution and is therefore entirely a state issue, as per Amendment 10, until an Amendment to the Constitution ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures moved health to the limited list in the Constitution. Healthcare by any previous combination of justices would have been 100 percent unconstitutional with or without the tax issue.

Virginia Beach-Helen (Slentz) Virginia Beach-Helen (Slentz) Richard, 86, passed away on August 20, 2013 at her residence in Virginia Beach, VA. Helen was originally from Taft, CA where she was born and raised. It was there where she met her husband of 59 years James Everard Richard, Sr. who preceded her in death in 2005. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> A loving wife and mother, Helen created many memories with her family she leaves behind that they will cherish forever. She will be deeply missed by all of her family and friends.

She is survived by her five children, Yvette Dyson and her husband David, Bernadette Magne and her husband Tom, James E. Richard, Jr. and his wife Judy, Tim Richard and his wife Susan and Suzette Caddell and her husband Brian; ten grandchildren, Rebecca Dyson, Jeffrey Dyson and his fiancée Tamara Urick, Jason Dyson, Bridgette Magne, Michael Magne and his wife Shannon, David Hogue, Darley Richard, Krystle Caddell, OS3 Brian “Scoty” Caddell, & Barry Caddell; eight great-grandchildren, Caitlyn & Gabriella Allen, Hunter, Corbin & Gavin Dyson, Ellie, Audrey, & Emery Magne; two brothers, Boyd Slentz and Jack Slentz and his wife Betty; a sister, Patsy Hill and her husband Virgil and several nieces and nephews as well as her faithful dog Daryn who was by her side until the end.

In accordance to her wishes there will be no memorial service held. Helen will be reunited with her husband at a graveside service to be conducted at Arlington National Cemetery, date to be determined. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital located at www.stjude.org. Online condolences can be made at www.smithandwilliamskempsville.com When the Supreme Court no longer protects the Constitution it falls upon the states to do so defending the 10th Amendment and using the Doctrine of Nullification (understood and endorsed by the Founders) and previously used in 1798, 1832, and 1852. But it is so poorly understood today that few can defend it, nevertheless it was and is the final check on an over reaching federal government.

When reading the Constitution this happy Constitution Day or Week, 226 years since its origin, please pay special attention to the list provided to each of these branches of the federal government. The concept of a list is so vital to our interpretation of the Constitution. If they were to do as they pleased no list would be needed.

Dr. Harold Pease is an expert on the United States Constitution. He has dedicated his career to studying the writings of the Founding Fathers and applying that knowledge to current events. He has taught history and political science from this perspective for over 25 years at Taft College. To read more of his weekly articles, please visit www.LibertyUnderFire.org.

John Raymond Tufft John Raymond Tufft passed from this life on Saturday, August 31st at home with his two daughters and their two devoted dogs by his side. He was the loving husband of Ruth Francis (Baer) Tufft who, after 62 years of life together, preceded him in death in 2007.

John, 93 years old, was born in Vallejo, California, on July 11, 1920. John was the third of five sons born to Arthur and Elizabeth Tufft of San Francisco. After completing his undergraduate education with a degree in history from U.C., Berkeley, John attended Princeton Seminary where he would sometimes sit on a bench to visit with Albert Einstein. After graduation he was commissioned as a Naval officer and chaplain. He earned a Th.M. at the Biblical Seminary in New York. He married Ruth Francis Baer in 1945 before receiving his overseas orders, and served in the Philippines during World War II. After the war, John and Ruth lived in several places, including Edinburgh, Scotland, where he received his Ph.D., and his daughter, Beth, was born. Anne was born 2 years later in Southern California.

When John was called up to serve in Korea, he was assigned to the U.S.S. Hope, a naval hospital ship. John founded several Presbyterian churches in Southern California. He taught at Santa Ana City College part-time before making teaching his full-time vocation, turning to his favorite subject, history, at Taft College, where he finished his career as a college administrator. Upon retirement, he was bestowed the honorary title ‘Professor Emeritus.’

John was a man of many interests and talents. He was an avid reader of non-fiction. He liked to fish and enjoyed wood working. He grew and hybridized prize-winning orchids. In his retirement, he became a nationally-recognized bird carver. He is remembered for his humor and kindness.

He and Ruth enjoyed traveling with friends and playing golf. They built a cabin at Pine Mountain Club, where they moved after retirement while they traveled in their trailer.

They moved to Hemet in 1988 where they were active with golf and other activities, finally settling at Emerald Court Senior Living Community in Anaheim in 2002.

John will be greatly missed by his two daughters, Beth Huning of Woodacre, Anne Tufft-Miller and her husband Jerry Miller of Long Beach, and by his remaining brother, Ernest Tufft, of Vacaville and is lovingly remembered by his 2 remaining sister-in-laws, 8 nieces and 2 nephews, as well as Ruth’s family members.

A memorial tribute will be held on September 22nd at 1:30 pm at Emerald Court in Anaheim where he lived. A private memorial and internment will be at the National Cemetery in Riverside on October 25th.

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By Mimi Collins, Taft Camera Club Taft Camera Club members are busy preparing for our 80th anniversary celebration! We’ve started an exhibit at West Kern Oil Museum (WKOM) of print photographs representing some of our very earliest to our most recent members. On Saturday, November 16, we’ll have a reception at the Museum from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. In addition to the prints, we’ll also be showing an exhibit of digital photographs. Please save the date and join us for light refreshments and some wonderful photography!

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