ummer is right around the corner! Eventhough the weather has been crazy, my brainhas convinced my tongue it’s time for sum-mer food.

I LOVE ceviche, which is a lovely, freshMexican dish consisting of chopped tomato, onion,jalapeno, cilantro and marinated fish or shrimp;served cold and eaten with tortilla chips or on atostada.

I also love mango salsa. Something about the tartand mildly sweet mango co-mingling with tomato,cucumber, onion, and jalapeno just brings a smile tomy face. So I figured, why not combine my two lovesto form this amazing conglomeration of flavors!

And yes, it is wonderful, and healthy too! I don’tknow about you, but all the dark beer and creamy,fattening dishes I’ve been savoring all winter long arestarting to make my pants fit a little tighter.I keepblaming the dryer for shrinking them, but my denialphase has reached it’s end; time to start eating better!

Tips before you get started:*Make sure you buy a mango that isn’t over-ripe.

Mangoes should be slightly soft, but not mushy. Firmmangoes are easy to cut and shouldn’t become com-pletely obliterated when you work with them. Ifyou’ve never cut a mango before, the seed is a long,flat, surf-board shaped thing in the middle that runsthe entire length of the fruit. You will have to cut

around that seed to get the flesh. Easiest thing to dois peel it first, then holding it long-ways, cut down-ward starting a few centimeters from the middle.

*If you have never madeceviche before, the idea of mari-nating your fish in lemon juiceover night, then eating the nextday without it touching heat mayseem a little ... unsafe. However,the acidity completely “cooks”your fish for you and the aciditybreaks down the fishes’ rubberytexture so it’s a lot more smoothto your tongue. Just make sureyou marinate your fish in nothingbut lemon or lime juice! Don’tadd any water, spices, or salt, oth-erwise your acidity will be alteredand your fish will not “cook”properly. Make sure you sub-

merse your chopped fish with juice. You can use anywhite fish you like, or shrimp. I prefer both Tilapiaand shrimp. Here is the recipe:

Killer Mango Ceviche1 Mango, chopped1/2 cup chopped onion1 Roma tomato, chopped1 Cucumber, chopped

1 cup of chopped, lemon/lime marinated whitefish/shrimp (see note below)

1-2 Jalapenos finely chopped1 Tbsp Fresh Cilantro, choppedLemon/Lime juice to cover fish (see below)Cut up our fish or shrimp into 1/4 inch pieces,

place in a Tupperware container. Add lemon or limejuice and cover. I use lemon, but my mom uses lime,both are great! Make sure you add enough juice to

completely cover fish or shrimp. Remember, don’tadd any salt, water, or spices of you will alter aciditylevels! Put lid on, refrigerate for 24 hours. Drain com-pletely in a colander and lightly salt.

Cut up all the other ingredients and add with fish toa large bowl. Combine and enjoy on top of tostadas,eat with chips, or just enjoy on its own.

Provecho! (Means “Enjoy” in Spanish.)If you like what you see follow me on my blog at:

www.theoldladyatheart.blogspot.com. And remem-ber, this blog is intended for the 21 and older crowd!

Candice Rogers aka “The Old Lady At Heart” worksin the agriculture industry as an Entomology ResearchCoordinator and in her off hours she devotes time topreserving the past and adding her own personal flareto traditional arts once attributed to a more simplegeneration. She enjoys blogging and showing othershow fun these traditional arts can be. Her goal is toencourage others to slow down and get back to thebasics — while learning from her own mistakes andlaughing with her along the way.

Do YOU have a special recipe you enjoy makingwith friends and family? We’d love to try your recipes— and see photos of you and your favorite cooks stir-ring, chopping, dicing and baking. Share yourfavorite recipes at www.bakersfieldvoice.com todayAND see your favorite recipe — and messy kitchen —featured in the next Bakersfield Voice!

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BY CORINNE RUIZCommunity contributor

pril 22, 2011 marked the sevenyear anniversary date of mydaughter Olivia’s sudden death.Olivia was the perfect picture ofhealth — so I thought. My

daughter was a very active, outgoingyoung girl. Little did I know that insideher was lurking a deadly gene. It’s aheart rhythm abnormality that, if leftuntreated or not treated properly, cancause seizures and sudden cardiacdeath.

Olivia was only 14 years old.Not a day goes by that I don’t ask

myself: If only I had known that Oliviahad Long QT Syndrome, if only I hadbeen told that there are screening testssuch as an EKG, a simple, painless testthat records the heart’s electrical activi-ty, and if only I had known all of this,maybe Olivia would be alive today.

Routine school physicals include yourchild’s weight, blood pressure, choles-terol, vision, hearing, scoliosis, diabetesand anemia. What about your child’sheart? The human heart is a the mostvital organ in the human body; yet a sim-ple EKG is not considered routine inyour child’s physical.

• Eight out of 1,000 births each yearwill have a heart defect.

• Long QT syndrome is more com-mon than Childhood Leukemia.

• Heart screenings are POWER-FUL preventive medicine!

Most parents perceive their child asperfectly healthy. However, mostinstances of sudden cardiac death inyoung individuals occur without warn-ing and without previously known symp-toms.

The purpose of the heart screening isto detect potentially deadly conditionsthat in most cases a normal physicalexam would not detect.

It is estimated that 5,000 to 7,000 ofour youth in the United States will diefrom Sudden Cardiac Arrest each year.

When a victim experiences suddencardiac arrest, every minute counts; forevery minute that a victim goes withoutdefibrillation, his/her chance for sur-vival decreases by 7-10 percent. HavingAutomated External Defibrillators(AEDs) deployed at easily accessiblelocations can allow on-site trained indi-viduals to deliver potentially life-saving

defibrillation therapy quickly and effec-tively.

On average, it takes EMS teams in theU.S. 6 to 12 minutes to arrive on thescene; 90-95 percent of all SCA victimsdie.

Most deaths from SCA can be prevent-ed with rapid response and treatment.By placing AEDs on school grounds, notonly are students safer, but so are teach-ers, staff, administrators, parents, andvisitors.

Equally important, an entire genera-tion of students and their parents arebeing educated about sudden cardiacarrest and the need for all of us to beprepared to respond to an event throughCPR and the use of an AED.

The public benefits of such an effortare enormous and as a result, lives willbe saved.

If you would like to learn more aboutSudden Cardiac Arrest in our youth,Long QT Syndrome and Heart Screen-ings, please visit my website at:suddencardiacarrestbakersfield.org.

When Olivia died, so much was takenaway from me. As her mom, I will con-tinue advocating for Awareness andChange in the fight against sudden car-diac arrest.

Corinne Ruiz is the president of theSudden Cardiac Arrest Association,Bakersfield and Central California StateCoordinator, Parent Heart Watch. Formore information go to: www.parent-heartwatch.org.

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BY CRAIG MONTGOMERYCommunity contributor

elocity Soccer Club willsoon be having open try-outs for their U17 BoysTeam for the 2011-2012season.

If interested please visit ourWeb site at: bakersfieldveloci-ty@yahoo.com.

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Five Bakersfield seniors selected as Edison Scholars

New administrator for Optimal Hospice CareY O U R V O I C E

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BY LOIS PITTER BRUCECommunity contributor

emonstrating its commitment toeducational excellence, EdisonInternational has pledged $1.25million to fund scholarships for125 high school seniors selected

as Edison Scholars, the company's annualscholarship program. The 125 scholarshipsreflect the company's landmark 125thanniversary this year.

“These students are among the best andbrightest students in the country, and weare proud to support them as they embarkon their future,” said Theodore F. Craver Jr.,chairman and CEO, Edison International.

Five high school seniors from Bakersfieldhave been selected as Edison Scholars.Each student can receive up to $10,000 inscholarships, beginning with a $2,500 col-lege scholarship that is renewable for anadditional three years.

The 125 seniors selected were amongmore than 900 public and private highschool seniors, in 14 states, who applied forthe scholarships. Edison International hasawarded more than $3.2 million in scholar-ships to 464 Edison Scholars since 1993.

The five students from Bakersfield are: Katrina Balderas

Katrina Balderas, an 18-year-old gradu-ate of Stockdale High School, will be major-ing in chemistry and pursue a career inmedicine. She will be attending CaliforniaState University, San Marcos. Katrina was amember of the National Honor Society, Cal-ifornia Scholarship Federation and was onthe school’s honor roll. She played varsitysoftball for four years and plans to play soft-ball in college. She volunteers at her churchand local school and hospital. She enjoyscamping with her family.

Elizabeth Benitez

Elizabeth Benitez is an 18-year-old grad-uated from South High School. She willattend UC Merced and major in appliedmathematical science. She hopes tobecome a math teacher. Elizabeth graduat-ed in the top four percent of her class andwas on the honor roll. She was in theschool’s advanced band, was in soccer andcross country and volunteered at a churchand family resource center. She enjoys play-ing the flute, running, reading and helpingothers.

Brandon Bonilla

Brandon Bonilla is a 17-year-old graduateof Highland High School. He will be attend-ing UC San Diego, majoring in chemicalengineering. Brandon was the regionalOptimist Club scholarship award winner,member of National High School honorsociety, and won the Kern County Fairgrand champion award. He’s a member ofthe Kern County honor orchestra andenjoys playing guitar, piano, baseball andcamping.

Joanna Navarro

Joanna Navarro graduated fromRidgeview High school and will major inengineering at UCLA.

Adegoke Oba

Adegoke Oba, an 18 -year-old graduate ofStockdale High School, will major in chemi-cal engineering at Cal State University, Bak-ersfield. In high school, he won thePresident’s award for educational excel-lence, and got an AP scholar award. He wasa member of the school’s chess club, enjoysstudying gemstones, playing basketball andreading. This summer he will be working asan intern for an oil company in Bakersfield.

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BY LAURIE REESECommunity contributor

hen Kathy Parker first heard ofa job opportunity as Adminis-trator with Optimal HospiceCare in Bakersfield, the firstthing that popped into her

mind was Buck Owens. After all, when shewas growing up, her parents watched “HeeHaw” from their home in Indiana every Sat-urday night. But even Buck Owens can’tchange the fact that Bakersfield is about asfar away from her most recent home in VeroBeach, Florida as you can get — and still bein the United States.

A move like that takes some gumption —and Parker has plenty of that.

Parker, a fit woman in her 50s, well-dressed with sassy brown hair andsparkling eyes, didn’t let geography stand inthe way.

“I had done some research on the inter-net and investigated Bakersfield and KernCounty before I came,” she said. “I didn’tfind anything that was a barrier, nothing

was a misfit forme.”

As she got toknow the Opti-mal Hospiceemployees, sheknew in her gutthat taking thejob was the rightthing to do.

“The leader-ship of this com-pany is very, verycaring,” she said.I have neverworked for acompany like this

in my entire career.”And that’s saying something. When Park-

er first arrived in Bakersfield and found her-self suffering with a serious headache, shewas impressed by the response she receivedfrom her new supervisor at Optimal Hos-pice, Barbara Beaty. “Instead of, ‘So, you’renot going to work today?’ I got, ‘Do you

need anything? Do you need some medi-cine? Would you like someone to comeover?’” You see, Parker was now part of theOptimal family.

“That speaks for itself,” she says. “Youknow if you see that on the inside, it has tobe a wonderful thing on the outside.”

As a matter of fact, she believes in Opti-mal so much that she turned down severalother offers in order to come here. “I believestrongly that this company really has some-thing to give,” she says.

To read more about Parker and her role asadministrator at Optimal Hospice Care —or to read more about the role OptimalHospice plays in your community go to:http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/con-tent/indiana-native-kathy-parker-rn-bsn-named-new-administrator-optimal-hospice-care.

For more information about hospice careor volunteering at Optimal, please call 716-4000.

Laurie Reese is a volunteer writer withOptimal Hospice.

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