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Holiday Celebration

Tis the Season for friends, family and celebration!!
Join us at the Padre Hotel on WEDNESDAY NIGHT at the Padre Hotel starting at 5:30p. If you’re not a member, or your place of employment isn’t a member now is the time to join!

Candidate Training Academy

This Candidate Training Academy is an opportunity for REALTORS®, as well as REALTOR®-friendly and business – friendly candidates, to gain insight on how to run for political office. It is intended to give candidates a valuable head start in their political journey, as well as information on how to run a successful campaign.

UPON COMPLETION OF THE ACADEMY, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Assess whether they possess the basic traits necessary to run for office.
• Outline (in 30 seconds) why they are running for office.
• Describe the elements necessary for developing a campaign plan and begin the planning process.
• Discuss their research needs based on their target audience and their budget estimates.
• Based on their individual campaign’s strengths, plan for the fundraising methods that can prove most effective and lucrative.
• Determine the best methods for contacting their constituents, based on voter demographics and budget.
• Analyze the electronic campaign options available and determine which, if any, will prove most effective for their outreach.
• Assess the multiple avenues to approach a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) plan and determine the most useful elements for their campaign planning.

CANDIDATE TRAINING ACADEMY INFORMATION:
When: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Time: 8am to 2:30pm
Where: BAKERSFIELD ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® 2300 Bahamas Drive | Bakersfield, CA 93309
Contact: Kim Schaefer at 661.635.2306 or kim@bakersfieldrealtor.org

Applications are due by Friday November 13, 2015
Send completed applications to Kim Schaefer at kim@bakersfieldrealtor.org
Registration fee of $25 (non-refundable) due prior to attending Academy n Meals and hard copies of Candidate Training Academy information will be provided.
Applicants must reside or work in Kern County (for at least one year) and be a minimum of 18 years of age.
Finalists will be selected based on application materials submitted and notified via e-mail prior to the Academy.
Class size will be limited to 25.

Board Member Spotlight: Les Clark

Les Clark served as Vice President of Independent Oil Producers’ Agency from 1980 to 1999 at which time he assumed the position of Executive V.P. IOPA is a membership organization comprised of independent oil companies operating mainly in the San Joaquin Valley. Les is responsible for reviewing and analyzing regulatory issues and advising his members of such. He is the principal contact with all Federal, State, and San Joaquin Valley officials and staffs.

Les has been a resident of Taft most of his life, attending schools there until completing his education at Fresno State University where he received a B.A. in Education. He later worked for Atlantic Richfield and Petrotherm and Belridge Oil Company and Shell Oil Company prior to assuming IOPA’ s San Joaquin Valley operations. He has been and is currently involved in many local, county, state and federal organizations. Among those are Governor Schwarzenegger’s California Partnership for

San Joaquin Valley; Governor Gray Davis’ Central Valley Economic Task Force; American Petroleum Institute; Cal State Bakersfield Foundation; San Joaquin Valley Vision Task Force; Water Association of Kern County; Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Kern County Employers Training Resource Workforce Investment; and Taft City School Board. He has received many special awards, including the Hall of Fame – Taft Union High School – 2015; California Independent Petroleum Association – ‘Lee McFarland Award”; Independent Oil Producers’ Agency “Jim Gilstrap Award”; API – Oil Baron 2004; Kern County Fire Fighters – Businessman of the Year – 1996; and the Desk & Derrick “1994 Oil Man of the Year; and the Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Businessman of the Year – 2014.” Les has been married to wife June for 49 years. They have two daughters, Tessa and Kerrie; one son, Les III; and 10 grandchildren, Tanisha, Ayana, Darius, Arizona, Keelan, Sierra, Logun, Willow, Cash, and Easton and a great granddaughter, Zaria.

Thank You for Attending

After a very successful Altares de Familia, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of our gracious sponsors. Without their support, our event wouldn’t be as successful as it has been!

Presenting Sponsors:
Brighthouse Networks
Jarritos
Kern Federal Credit Union
California Resource Corporation

Event Sponsors:
City of Bakersfield Recreation & Parks
Dignity Health
Montejo
Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mortuary
Gotta Go Bail Bonds
Historic Union Cemetery

Media Sponsors:
99.9 La Caliente
KGET Channel 17
Telemundo
105.3 La Preciosa
Estrella TV
El Popular
96.5 Concierto
102.9 Radio Lobo

 

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Board of Directors Spotlight

Olivia Garcia is editor of Bakersfield Life magazine and the Kern Business Journal and oversees the Niche Products Division of TBC Media, which also owns The Bakersfield Californian. She also writes a monthly column for The Californian.  Olivia has been with The Bakersfield Californian for 17 years.

Aside from her journalistic career, Olivia is an adjunct instructor at Bakersfield College and an adjunct lecturer at California State University, Bakersfield. Olivia teaches journalism classes at BC. At CSUB, Olivia is teaching communications and history classes this fall.

Olivia is a Bakersfield native. She earned her master’s degree in history with an emphasis in U.S. History and California-West this Spring 2015 at CSUB. Olivia earned a dual bachelor’s degree at Fresno State in 1995. She received a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication and Journalism, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Chicano Studies. Prior to Fresno State, Olivia earned an associate’s degree in Journalism and in Spanish at Bakersfield College in 1993. She was the first in her family to graduate from college.

During her free time, Olivia loves to run having completed a couple of half marathons and marathons and one 50k ultramarathon. But her favorite running moments are those regular day or weekend runs with her husband, Julio, at her side or hiking with their four children, Diego, Mateo, Joaquin and Cruz.

Olivia is also involved in a number of community organizations that include the CSUB Arts and Humanities Executive Advisory Council; the Bakersfield College Foundation; the Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; the Kern County Law Enforcement Foundation; and the Mendiburu Magic Foundation.

Alteras de Familia

On Sunday, Nov. 1, thousands will gather at Central Park at Mill Creek and the Bakersfield Museum of Art for the seventh annual Altares de Familia and Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Celebration – an event that brings families, friends and the community together to pray for and remember loved ones who have died and help support their spiritual journey.

Dia de los Muertos, is a Hispanic tradition that dates back to Aztec times where the festivities were dedicated to the goddess known as La Calavera Catrina, or Dapper Skeleton. 

The tradition has been kept alive in Bakersfield thanks to local organizations like the Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Bakersfield Museum of Art, this years organizers.

Most of the museums garden will be adorned with family altars, each paying tribute to their loved ones in their own way. Not one altar is the same. Some have photos, food, and traditional vibrant art and even music playing in the background, while others have large photo collages and decorative tables.

Besides the altars, at Central Park at Mill Creek the festivities begin. Attendees can enjoy traditional Mexican food, cultural craft vendors, exhibitors booths, live entertainment, a children’s crafts area and traditional face painting booths.
Admission is $3 per person, children 6 and under are free. The event is from 4 to 8 p.m. at Central Park at Mill Creek and 1930 R St.

Temblor Event

Bakersfield’s new Temblor Brewing Company, Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce invite community to celebrate the release of new Mexican-style lager, ‘El Cerrito’ 

Temblor Brewing Company and the Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce are inviting the community to celebrate the opening of Bakersfield’s newest brewery, and the release of the new El Cerrito Mexican-style lager with a ribbon cutting and beer tapping ceremony from 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Temblor Brewing Company, 3200 Buck Owens Blvd.

The celebration will feature a mariachi, taco dinner and plenty of beer offerings for attendees, including El Cerrito. The new beer, which is Spanish for small hill, is a tribute to the large Hispanic population in Kern County. The beer name is also a play on words on the Temblor mountain range, Spanish for earthquake, in western Kern County.

“Join us to celebrate this thriving new business near downtown Bakersfield offering some of the finest beverages in Kern County,” said Jay Tamsi, president and CEO of the Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

El Cerrito is a Mexican-style light lager with an ABV of 4.75 percent, and served in a “strange” glass. This style of beer originated in Europe and made its way to Mexico in the 1800s, where it became the beer style of choice in the country. Temblor’s style uses German malts and yeast, three German hops (Northern Brewer, Czech Saaz and Tettnang), and is clean, crisp and aged to perfection (over six weeks).

“We’re confident all Kern County residents, including those used to drinking Mexican style lagers, will love this new beer at Temblor,” said Don Bynum, Temblor CEO and president.

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