BY RACHEL G. ORTIZCommunity contributor

entral California Blues SoccerClub is committed to thedevelopment and promotionof the game at all levels.Our staff includes coaches

from pro to college players, premierlevel, high school, “B” license andmany years of experience.

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This 4-week program is open to any-one 5-9 years old — boys and girls ofany ability level.

The camp starts Monday, May 17 andevery Monday thereafter until June 14.(The week of May 31 there will be noacademy in observance of MemorialDay).

Camp starts at 5:30 p.m.; each session

will run one hour. Camp will be at Lib-erty Park, 11225 Brimhall Road.

Cost is $35 (includes CCB T-shirt).We will be accepting walk-up regis-

tration, however, it will depend onspace and availability.

Come over have fun and be trainedby the most successful soccer club intown!

For more information email:minibluesacademy@hotmail.com.

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BY CATHERINE OGASCommunity contributor

ometimes stories are found inour own backyard — literally.The other day, while reading inmy backyard, I noticed somesmall birds playing and

squawking. They were carrying twigs tomy dad’s rose bush that looked quitebeautiful as the sun shone on it.

I remember as a young child pickingthese roses and decorating my roomwith them. My dad stated proudly a fewyears ago that his rose bush would be inthe Guinness book of records.

I didn’t think anything of it at thetime but now that I look at the rosebush, I wonder if it might be closing inon the world record.

There are millions of gardeners thatroam this globe. Most of these garden-ers are average gardeners who enjoyplanting gardenias. Then there are theextreme gardeners who plant a roseand cultivate it to grow into a 23-foot-6-inch climbing rose.

I recently discovered a story of a rose

bush that has entered the GuinnessWorld Record books. Naresh Mahajanof India’s Northern state of Jammu andKashmir is the proud owner of a 21-foothigh rose creeper grown at his home.

I was inspired to measure my ownbackyard rose bush. Close friends and

family members marvel at my dad’srose bush. It is not an ordinary rosebush, in fact, it is far from that — it ispractically a tree.

My father has always been an eccen-tric man. One of his many eccentrici-ties is that he prunes his MonsieurTillier Tea rose Bernaix 1891 rosebushto grow like that of a 11-foot-6-inch tallrose tree.

It towers over our backyard andhouses several birds’ nests.

On Bakersfield’s windiest days, ourrose bush sometimes falls over. Howev-er, we always re-support it when theselittle casualties happen. I thought backto when my father’s rose bush was 14-feet tall before one of Bakersfield’sfinest dust storms.

My father still prunes his rose bush.His dream is to be in the world recordbooks.

I think it is possible.But if our rose bush gets any taller, it

might be possible for me to visit thegiant from Jack and the Beanstock verysoon!

Well-tended rose bush reaches toward the record books!

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BY ARACELI SOLISCommunity contributor

n Thursday, April 22, 24 young ladiesattended the Bakersfield Women’sBusiness Conference (BWBC) thanksto a grant awarded to us by ParamountFarms. Two girls attended through

Bakersfield’s R.O.S.E. Mentor program.The ladies are part of the Future Women

Leaders of America (FWLA) at Wasco HighSchool, which is advised by math teacher, Mrs.Solis — with the help of Mrs. Woods, Mrs. Ruiz,and Mrs. Bell.

FWLA focuses on raising young girls’ selfesteem through workshops and activities pro-vided by the Dove Real Beauty campaign andthe Girl Scout/Dove Self Esteem Fund Uniquelyme program.

The main goal is to focus on raising self-confi-dence, self-love, and self-respect so that it willbe reflected in their academics and motivatestudents to pursue an education beyond highschool.

FWLA is a place were young ladies can feelsupported both academically and emotionally;while building leadership skills.

After attending last year’s conference, ourgoal was to triple our attendance this year. Wereached that goal again, thanks to ParamountFarms and our perseverance.

This year’s conference theme was: The Powerof You. It was truly a one of a kind experience forthese young ladies.

Upon our arrival we were greeted by ColleenBauer, committee member of the BWBC, andChannel 23 news. The girls really had a “red car-pet” treatment.

Yessica Baltazar was interviewed on her plansfor the future by a Channel 23 news reporter.They heard keynote speakers like Joan Lunden,Cindy Solomon, and DeLores Presley whosespeeches focused on helping women achieveprofessional goals and empowering themselves.

Joan Lunden, “Good Morning America” host,spoke of the 10 traits of highly successfulwomen. Cindy gave insights on creating the life

and career you want. DeLores empowered bysharing tips on leading a significant life.

The ladies also attended several differentworkshops covering topics on: health, beauty,family, finance, acing job interviews, publicspeaking, stress management, and the list goeson.

The overall theme of all speakers in eachworkshop was: “Everyone deserves success, fail-ure is not an option.” The motivational speakerstalked about empowering, loving, and accept-ing yourself for who you are.

The students heard stories of extraordinarywomen who overcame obstacles and barriers.

Upon leaving the conference, these youngladies felt motivated, inspired, and empoweredto achieve their goals and dreams.

I would personally like to thank ParamountFarms for awarding me and our club this grant.Without it, we would not have been able toreach our club goal. Through this award, ourstudents have learned that when you go foryour goals, you can achieve them.

This award means a lot to our club. Thankyou, Paramount Farms for helping us providemore female students with an exceptional oneof a kind educational experience.

We would also like to thank the ladies at theBakersfield Women’s Business Conference foraccommodating 28 WHS attendees and for alltheir efforts in organizing such a wonderfulevent.

We also had two FWLA students — AracelyArchuleta and Edith Becerra — attend throughthe Bakersfield R.O.S.E. Mentor program.

I would like to thank Mrs. Woods and Mrs.Bell for accompanying us and sharing this expe-rience.

Special thanks to Stephanie Wymer for driv-ing us out there and spending the day with us.

To my FWLA seniors — you will truly bemissed and hold a very special place in myheart. These ladies founded the club last yearand have worked very hard.

We wish you all the best in your future highereducation.

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Members of the Fu-ture Women Leadersof America, a club at

Wasco High Schoolwhich focuses onfostering self-es-

teem and academicmotivation, are em-

powered after at-tending the

Bakersfield Women’sConference in April.

The girls attendedthrough a grant pro-vided by Paramount

Farms and Bakers-field’s R.O.S.E Men-

tor program.

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Catherine Ogas’ father’s Monsieur Tilli-er Tea rosebush.

Future leaders from Wasco hearempowering message for women

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irls, Girls, Girls: MotleyCrue hit, 1987. Highschool softball pitchers,2010. The plethora offabulous female phe-

noms at the prep level here intown is astounding. In no particu-lar order we have: Ridgeview’sNisa Ontiveros, Golden Valley’sJulie Estep, Frontier’s ValerieGrijalva, Liberty’s Dani Hockettand Stockdale’s Justine Vela.

Rarely have we seen the depthand quality shown by this manygirl hurlers on the local scene.

Epic battles such as the recentOntiveros vs. Vela duel have beencommonplace. Each girl pitchedher heart out as Ridgeview pre-vailed 2-0 on Ontiveros’ twoRBI’s.

And days later, Grijalva beatsOntiveros in 12 innings as Fron-tier gutted out a 1-0 victory.

Not to be outdone, Golden Val-ley’s Estep tosses a “no-no” with11 strikeouts against Highland,and Liberty’s Hockett blanksBHS 6-0.

Oh, and Vela rebounded with 13K’s to snuff arch-rival Centennialone-zip.

Fab Five indeed. Girls rule.Vlad vs. God...zilla: Count me in

as one who bid Vladimir Guer-rero a fond adieu when he left theAngels. I loved Vladi. But, it

appeared thathe had per-haps run out ofgas and hisfree-swingingways werecatching up tohim.

When theHalos signedHideki Matsui( d u b b e d“Godzilla” inhis home coun-try of Japan)from theWorld Cham-pion Yankees,

I believed that it would end upbeing tit-for-tat, even money reMatsui replacing Guerrero.

Well, bless his heart, as theaging Vlad has stepped his gameup and is having an outstandingstart of the season for the TexasRangers.

Through 30-some games, Guer-

rero is ahead of Matsui in everymajor statistical category. It isimperative that a designated hit-ter produce or he is gone. Vladi’s

.339 batting average, .539 slug-ging percentage and 26 RBI’s areglaringly higher in all phases ver-sus the Angels’ newly acquired

DH. One And Done: It is quite titil-

lating to watch West High 100and 200 meter track star KoreyThieleke breeze down the track.Good to see Kevin Harvick hav-ing a good season. Lakers vs. Sunsfor the Western Conference titleis going to be a knock-down, drag-out affair. You either hate or lovesports talk host Jim Rome ... no inbetween!

Why do women softball playersnot wear ball caps? What anabsolutely impressive job coachBill Kernan has done buildingCSUB’s fledgling baseball pro-gram! Hubie Brown is by far thebest NBA basketball analyst onair.

Bakersfield’s Colby Lewis hasresurrected his Major LeagueBaseball career with the TexasRangers. Glad Marty Raymond isgoing to be back with the Con-dors. Frontier’s Matt Darr andStockdale’s Alex Collatz are flat-out dominating the boys and girlsdiscus and shot put events,respectively.

Saw JaMarcu$ Ru$$ell at In-And-Out Burger the other day.

John Calipari’s NBA, er, Univer-sity of Kentucky basketball teamwill have five new starters nextseason. The golf course at River-lakes is green, pristine and aheck-of-a bargain! Asterisksshould be placed beside anyMajor League Baseball record setor broken by anyone who usedperformance enhancing drugs; ornot be counted at all.

What in the world ever hap-pened to Maria Sharapova? Whatin the world ever happened toTiger ... oh, never mind. Anyonein the NBA have wider shouldersthan Orlando’s Dwight Howard?

After back-to-back playoffberths the NFL’s Arizona Cardi-nals will finish below .500 thiscoming season.

I’m a clone and I love Romey!The surprising Washington

Nationals are vying for the NLEast lead and overall #1 pickpitcher, Stephen Strasburg, shallbe arriving shortly from Triple-ASyracuse with a repertoire ofpitches that put Lady Gaga’s cos-tume changes to shame!

Peace and love. I’m out.

G

MICHAELELLIOTTSports columnist

Astounding plethora of fab female phenoms ... and more!

Mini-Blues Soccer Academy begins May 17 for 5-9 year olds

BY CAROL BAKER-WILLEYCommunity contributor

n Saturday, May 22, theAutism Society Chapter-KernAutism Network will present“Fathers and Autism: Copingand Support,” a workshop led

by Terry Willey, MFT. The workshop willbe held at the Kern County Superinten-dent of Schools office, 1300 17 St.,Room 1B, from 8:30 a.m. until noon.

With 27 years of experience as a Mar-riage Family Therapist, Terry Willeycurrently works for the Kern CountyMental Health Department where hesupervises the Children’s Wrap AroundTeam and Adolescent DialecticalBehavior Therapy (DBT) Team.

Mr. Willey graduated from Azusa

Pacific University’s M.A. Program inMarriage, Family and Child Counsel-ing. He has obtained Chemical Depen-dency Certification and HypnosisCertification.

He also completed Intensive DBTTraining.

Mr. Willey has been married for 30years and has an 8-year-old son diag-nosed with autism.

This presentation will address deal-ing with an autism diagnosis, relation-ship issues, job issues, and a father’srole.

Mr. Willey will lead a workshop panelof fathers. This workshop is for parents,teachers and those working with autis-tic individuals.

Join other parents and professionalsin a discussion about the challenges of

raising a child with autism. There willbe opportunities to discuss and shareaccounts about this topic in order toempower you with strategies and infor-mation.

Reservations are on a first come, firstserved basis.

This workshop is free. Seating is lim-ited to 70 and reservations arerequired.

To register to attend, call 588-4235 oremail: kernautism@gmail.com.

Autism Society Chapter-Kern AutismNetwork provides support, awareness,information and education to families,professionals and the public through-out Kern County. For more information,visit our Web site at:www.kernautism.org.

Workshop for fathers raising a child with autism

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Earlier this year, Ridgeview’s pitcher Nisa Ontiveros guards homeplatewhile North’s #25 Christin Kobos slides in.

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