The smell of beer and food and the sound of music filled the air at the 17th annual Festival of Beers at Stramler Park on April 25. All the money raised went back into the community for children's charities. The Active 20/30 Club International started back in 1922, according to their Web site.
"Stay in shape, eat right and live well," is a motto that everyone should take to heart every day of their lives. The Kern County Public Health held its first annual Obesity Summit at the Bakersfield Marriot on April 30. "The idea of this summit is a call to action and to build a foundation for a healthy Kern County," said Diane Lungross, a speaker at the expo.
"Life is too serious to be taken seriously," was the recurring theme of keynote speaker Vicki Lawrence's speech at the 20th annual Woman's Business Conference on April 23, at the Rabobank Convention Center. The multi-talented actress and singer, best known for her roles on "The Carol Burnett Show" and "Mama's Family," spoke on a variety of subjects as she told the over 1,400 conference attendees about the ups and downs of her more than 40 years in show business.
This year's Health and Wellness fair is the tenth annual and is being put on by Debra Strong, resgistered nurse at the Bakersfield College Student Health Center, and partners including Mercy and Memorial hospitals. On May 6, at 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., booths are going to be set up from different health and medical organizations such as California Family Health Council, HealthSouth, Medical Board of California and National Alliance on Mental Illness.
The 2009 Health Fair, held in the parking lot on April 25 at Sagebrush Medical Center, was put on by Kern Medical Center and Sagebrush and was free to the public. There were over 35 different companies at the event to inform people of the many different resources out there for them.
Bakersfield College's M.E.Ch.A. (Movimiento estudiantil de chicanos/chicanas de Aztlan) dedicated a plaque for Cesar E. Chavez on March 31. In 2005, two trees were planted between the business and humanities buildings dedicated to Dolores Huerta and Chavez.
CSUB will be kicking off their 23rd annual Jazz Festival in the CSUB Amphitheater on the Golden West Casino Stage, Friday, May 8th. Darren Gholston, Kyle Eastwood (Clint Eastwood's son), and the Bob Mintzer Big Band are scheduled to start the big event at 7 p.
The Bakersfield College Intercultural Club has placed box drop boxes at various locations around campus as part of the Book Drives for Better Lives program. The locations are in the library, bookstore, counseling office, cafeteria and the science and engineering building.