Sunday, September 22, 2002
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STAFF COLUMNIST
Philanthropist
galloping to
the rescue
very morning and again
every evening for the better part of 15 years, Steve
Haberfelde emerged from
his farmhouse west of Rosedale
and ran two or three miles, barechested, along the orchard-lined
country roads nearest his property.
Over time, he must’ve become
familiar with just about every farm,
horse and alfalfa patch within jogging range.
Among Haberfelde’s neighbors
was the MARE therapeutic riding
facility, right there off Nord Road,
just a few hundred yards from his
house.
“He used to come home and
comment about it,” said Haberfelde’s widow, Beverly. “He’d say,
‘What a nice setup.’ He always
admired what they were doing.”
With good reason. The organization provides its members —
adults and especially children with
cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis,
autism, brain injuries, developmental disabilities including Down syndrome and stroke effects — the
chance to work with and ride horses. In the process, MARE members
get some exercise, build confidence and fortify their sense of
self-worth.
Haberfelde, who bred and
raised horses until he got sick,
applauded the mission. And the
means.
A few months after he died from
cancer in July 1995, Beverly Haberfelde sold the house and moved
back into town. She kept much of
the Rosedale property, however,
including a 20-acre pecan orchard.
Six years later, she decided what
to do with it.
Saturday night, at a MARE fundraiser, she made it official: It’s
MARE’s.
When the riding program moves
a quarter-mile down Johnson
Road, into what was once Steve
Haberfelde’s pecan orchard, it will
have grown six-fold in terms of
usable acreage.
“It just seemed like it was a nice
way to honor him,” said Beverly of
her husband, to whom she was
married 43 years. “It felt right, and
the timing couldn’t have been better.”
The 12-year-old riding program,
known as Mastering Abilities Riding Equines in longhand form, has
been leasing 4.5 acres, near the
Haberfelde’s old place, from Ron
and Dorothy Evans for $1 a year.
Less than three acres are useable,
however.
The new property — a gift of 10
acres, along with the below-market
sale of another 10 — changes
everything. No more will MARE
members be frustrated by the
backlog of available times, or 100degree temperatures, or the midwinter chill.
“It’ll allow us to have a covered
arena, so we can have kids ride at
all times of the year,” said Michelle
Rasmussen, who’s been MARE’s
executive director for almost two
years. “Right now we’re limited by
sun, wind and fog. When this new
place gets going, we’ll have three
arenas, so we can also have simultaneous things going on. We can
ride or we can vault or we can take
out the buggy.”
That would undoubtedly have
pleased Haberfelde, who was
taken by MARE’s kids almost
much as he was its horses.
Professionally, he was a “car”
guy. His grandfather, George
Haberfelde, bought the local Ford
dealership from the Brundage family and turned it into Haberfelde
Ford (the predecessor of Jim
Burke Ford) around the time of
World War I. George Haberfelde
ran the business for decades, then
turned it over to his son Ed Haberfelde, who in turn put it in the
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INSIDE
Read more about the MARE
Diamonds to Denim benefit
and show. B9
Editorial: The Bakersfield City Council wisely
delayed a decision on the size
of a proposed aquatic center
so more public input can be
gained. B10
Visitors bureau eyes new home
City may give group
land in exchange for
loss of its building.
By JAMES BURGER
Californian staff writer
e-mail: [email protected]
Don Jaeger has high hopes that 515
Truxtun Ave. will become the permanent home of the Greater Bakersfield
Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The land sits in front of Bakersfield’s
new Amtrak Station a block and a half
east of the city’s Convention Center
and Centennial Garden arena.
It’s a prime location for the bureau
— an agency charged with bringing
tourists and conventions into Bakersfield.
“We want to be in a position where
we can serve the visitors in Bakersfield,” said Jaeger, president of the
bureau. “Downtown is critical. We
need to be near the Convention Center,
Centennial Garden and the downtown
hotels.”
“We want to be in a position
where we can serve the
visitors in Bakersfield.”
— Don Jaeger
President of the Bakersfield Convention
and Visitors Bureau
And, as a bonus, Bakersfield City
Council members are thinking about
paying the bureau $150,000 to take the
land off their hands.
The city owes the bureau something, by law, because it is planning to
kick Jaeger and his crew out of their
current home at 1325 P St.
That land, which the city owns and
rents to the bureau for $1 a year, is slated to become part of a new city ice rink
and aquatics complex.
The Truxtun address is currently
the home of the city’s Economic and
Community Development Department. But the city has signed a lease for
office space in a new building nearby.
Economic Development Director
Donna Kunz said the current plans are
to move her department into the new
building by Nov. 15.
The department’s former quarters at
515 Truxtun, a converted doctors’
office complex that has seen better
days, will be demolished.
When the bureau heard about the
city’s moving plans, it jumped at the
chance to secure the land for a new
office building of its own.
“We learned that the city wanted to
vacate the facility on Truxtun,” Jaeger
said. “This was just a golden opportunity.”
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Center
likely in
the clear
Battle over new southwest
hub no where near flap
over The Marketplace.
By PERCY EDNALINO
Californian staff writer
e-mail: [email protected]
CASEY CHRISTIE / THE CALIFORNIAN
A full moon rises in the east in the Lake Isabella area Saturday night around 8:15 p.m.
Last gasp of summer
Temperatures expected to hover around 100-degree mark throughout week
By JAMES BURGER
Californian staff writer
e-mail: [email protected]
f you spent any time outside in the sun Saturday, the sweat on your brow might have
surprised you.
It was hot Saturday.
Temperatures hit 99 degrees in Bakersfield
Saturday and didn’t cool down much as night
fell and a harvest moon rose over the city.
Bakersfield residents should get used to
sweating this week. Autumn, which begins
Monday, isn’t bringing cooler temperatures
with it.
The mercury should hover near 100 degrees
all week, said Cindy Bean, a meteorologist
with the National Weather Service in Hanford.
The culprit is a high-pressure system hovering over California like the lid on a pressure
cooker.
“There’s a nice, big ridge of high pressure
that is sitting over California. It’s a stable air
mass and it’s just sitting there atop us,” Bean
I
said.
The pressure holds the air in place and boils
it and everything out in it, Bean said. The
longer it lingers, the hotter it will get.
That’s bad news because the high-pressure
ridge doesn’t seem to be feeling mobile.
“It isn’t going anywhere fast,” Bean said.
AccuWeather expects the mercury to top
out at 103 degrees today. That is only 2 degrees
lower than Bakersfield’s historic high for the
date of 105 degrees, Bean said.
That was reached in 1928.
AccuWeather is calling for 103 degrees on
Monday and 101 degrees on Tuesday. Wednesday may cool off as a minor cool front blows
into Northern California, Bean said, but it
won’t be much help.
Temperatures should be around 98 degrees
on Wednesday and Thursday, according to
AccuWeather.
Bean said the weather isn’t unnaturally hot
for this time of year.
But it isn’t pleasant either.
COMING
IN LOCAL
Leaves from a tree in Riverside Park in Kernville
are silhouetted in the foreground as the full moon
rises in the east Saturday around 8:50 p.m.
Seeing red:
Donor gives
25 gallons
Today
By MICHELLE TERWILLEGER
Saddle-Up for St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, benefit horse
show, 8 a.m., Lindsey’s Arena,
4246 Heath Road. 589-4496 or
391-0112.
Californian staff writer
e-mail: [email protected]
Old habits die hard.
Sometimes that’s a good thing.
George Kimm went into Houchin
Blood Services for the first time in 1968
right before his daughter was born.
He was asked to give blood before
the birth as a precaution.
Then Kimm came back. Again and
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B1
Cheryl Scott doesn’t yet know what
to think about Bakersfield developer
Castle & Cooke’s plans to build The
Crossings at River Walk, a proposed
48-acre shopping center and park at
the corner of Stockdale Highway and
Calloway Road.
Scott said she remembers the battles that took place over development
of The Marketplace, Castle & Cooke’s
popular retail and entertainment complex on Ming Avenue, and is concerned
the same squabbles may occur in her
Windsor Park neighborhood — a
neighborhood located south of The
Crossings site.
“We all certainly love The Marketplace,” Scott said. “But honestly, I can’t
help but think that The Marketplace is
what it is today because of community
involvement.”
So far, it appears disputes over The
Crossings haven’t reached the heated
levels of those waged nearly seven
years ago between Castle & Cooke, the
city of Bakersfield and residents from
The Oaks and Haggin Oaks neighborhoods. Castle & Cooke spokeswoman
Darlene Mohlke said the developer has
taken the lessons it learned from The
Marketplace and applied those
insights to the way it is handling The
Crossings.
Castle & Cooke has sought input
from neighboring businesses and residents throughout the proposed center’s site review process, Mohlke said.
Officials at Mercy Southwest Hospital suggested the addition of a hotel
and the two restaurants on the center’s
east end, Mohlke said.
“We went from Mercy to Cal State
and said, ‘Mercy suggested this, what
do you think?’” Mohlke said. “Mercy
was instrumental in every step of the
way, both Mercy and Cal State.”
The restaurants are tentatively
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Upcoming
JOHN HARTE / THE CALIFORNIAN
George Kimm says there is great satisfaction in knowing that a sick or
injured person can benefit from his blood.
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Pre-K and Parent Workshop, open
to families in the Oildale community with children 0-5 to help pre-
Park battle resumes:
Just months after a compromise
over lights at Liberty Park in northwest Bakersfield, another battle is
brewing over noise.
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Thursday, 9 to 10 a.m. Monday,
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THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in Fresno has ordered the petitioners and their
representatives who filed an involuntary
bankruptcy suit against Golden Empire
Managed Care to pay a total of $338,441 in
attorney’s fees and other damages.
Three people from the Dominican
Republic filed the bankruptcy suit against
the Bakersfield-based managed care
group last year, claiming GEMCare owed
them $500,000 in cash and $94,000 in
equipment.
Robert Speer, an Anaheim attorney,
filed the suit on behalf of the petitioners
and James Allen served as the petitioners’
representative.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Whitney
Rimel quickly dismissed the case after no
one appeared in court for petitioners, and
GEMCare proved itself in healthy financial shape.
GEMCare lawyers were never able to
trace the three Dominican Republic plaintiffs, and said GEMCare has never done
business with anyone from that nation.
GEMCare was left with the option to
pursue damage claims stemming from the
bankruptcy petition.
Speer and Allen were ordered to pay
$200,000 in punitive damages while all five
involved were ordered to pay a sum of
$138,441.
Man wanted
for alleged
role in death
The Bakersfield Californian
Bakersfield police are seeking the public’s help in locating Bakersfield resident
Glen Maurice Johnson, 25, who is wanted
on suspicion of murder in connection
with the Friday morning shooting death of
Lamar Antawn Rufus, 23, and the wounding of another man.
The 2:15 a.m.
shooting happened
in the alley east of
the Fastrip store
located at the corner
of
South
Chester and Ming
avenues.
Officers discovered Rufus, stricken
Johnson
from a gunshot
wound to the head. Rufus was taken to Kern
Medical Center, where he later died, police
said. A second man, Deshonta Daniel
Grayson, 25, was driven to KMC by a friend,
police said. He was wounded in the shoulder and released after being treated.
Johnson is described as a being a black
male, 5 foot 11 inches, and weighing 190
pounds. Anyone with information on his
whereabouts can call Bakersfield police
at 327-7111.
BUREAU: Getting
more conventions
could fill hotel
rooms, city coffers
Continued from B1
To be fair to the private business community, Kunz said, the city made a request
for proposals — asking outside developers if they were interested in the land and
what they might do with the property.
“We got nada,” Kunz said.
So the best option, it seemed, would be
to give the land to the visitors bureau.
From the city’s point of view, having it
at 515 Truxtun will give the bureau a more
attractive home from which to wine-anddine convention planners, Kunz said.
Attracting more conventions, and the
hundreds of hotel visits they represent,
could pour major hotel taxes into city coffers.
And, because the bureau plans to build
on only the east side of the property, the
remaining open space would provide a
nice view from Truxtun to the new
Amtrak station.
“That’s a benefit to the city to have them
in a convenient location,” Kunz said. “It’s a
win-win-win-win situation. It’s win-win all
around.”
The deal isn’t yet sealed though.
It went before the City Council on
Wednesday and was referred back to the
Urban Development Committee — which
will discuss it Friday.
Once the deal is made, the bureau will
need to finance the construction of its new
offices.
“We’re targeting between $500,000 and
$600,000 to build the building,” Jaeger
said.
The city’s $150,000 in relocation money
will be used as a down payment and the
rest of the cost will be parceled out over
the next 12 to 15 years, he said.
Then the bureau will have to face a few
months of life from inside trailers as it
waits for the new building to be built.
But it will be worth it, Jaeger said.
Continued from B1
again and again.
“Oh boy, I got a gallon,” Kimm
remembers thinking after his first
eight donations. “You keep track of it
after awhile. ... Everybody starts
remembering. You start shooting for
the next one.”
This month, when Kimm went to
the downtown blood bank to give his
200th blood donation, there was a
cake waiting for him and a banner that
read: Congratulations, George Kimm,
25-gallon blood donor!
Kimm, 71, became the first person
to donate 25 gallons to Houchin since
the blood bank opened in 1951.
A retired farm manager for Farmer
John’s Eggs, Kimm doesn’t look for a
lot of recognition. He agreed to a
newspaper article if it wasn’t going to
be too big of a deal.
But he enjoys sporting his Houchin
watch and one of his many Houchin T-
shirts. Most of all, he likes to think he’s
made a difference.
“Someplace in there you’re helping
somebody,” Kimm said. “Some people
use six, seven, eight units. If you can
help somebody like that, it makes it
satisfying.”
He checks out the photographs of
children Houchin posts with the
amount of blood units each one used.
Getting his armed poked doesn’t
bother Kimm and usually a cup of
juice after the blood drain is all he
needs before getting on his way.
“You get to know the people.
They’re nice,” he said. “It’s like going
and visiting somebody in the family.
It’s real comfortable.”
Like other double-digit gallon
blood donors, Kimm waits no more
than the required eight weeks before
coming in to donate again. It’s faithful
donors like these that keep the
shelves stocked with blood, Houchin
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FUNERALS
To our readers
The Californian provides a free death listing
(no services, services pending or services scheduled) using information supplied by mortuaries.
The in-depth notices that follow are paid obituaries and remembrances, available to families and
the public; these listings must be purchased by 4
p.m. Monday through Friday, and faxed to 3957540 by 11 a.m. Saturday to be published in the
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bakersfield.com at 9 p.m. on the day before publication.
Services pending
Dorothy Newberry, 79, Bakersfield, Sept. 21
in Bakersfield. Bakersfield Family Funeral
Directors.
Martin L. Escalante, 84, McFarland, Sept. 21
in Delano. Delano Mortuary.
Louis Charles Kraft, 70, Bakersfield, Sept. 18
in Bakersfield. Bakersfield Family Funeral
Directors.
Dakota Wayne McKay, infant, Bakersfield,
Sept. 18 in Bakersfield. Mish Funeral Home
Oildale
Esther Grace Brown, 73, Bakersfield, Sept.
21 in Bakersfield. Hillcrest Memorial Park &
Mortuary.
Wayne E. Wilson, 62, Bakersfield, Sept. 20 in
Bakersfield. Bakersfield Family Funeral
Directors.
Luz Espinoza, 87, San Jose, Sept. 19 in
Turlock. Bakersfield Family Funeral Directors
Services scheduled
Billy Gene Wright, 55, McFarland, Sept. 18 in
Westminster, Ca. Viewing 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 24,
Funeral service 11 a.m. Sept. 23, Parkview
Mortuary Chapel, 315 So. Lexington, Delano.
Burial in North Kern Cemetery. Parkview
Mortuary.
Sebastian Joseph Streiff, 76, Wasco, Sept.
20 in Wasco. Visitation 3 to 8 p.m. Sept 22, 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Sept 23, Rosary 7 p.m. Sept. 23, Peters
Funeral Home chapel, Funeral Mass 10 a.m. Sept.
24, St. John’s church, burial at Wasco Memorial
Park. Peters Funeral Home — Wasco.
Paul William Marsh, 83, Shafter, Sept. 19 in
Shafter. Funeral service 10 a.m. Sept. 23, First
Southern Baptist Church of Shafter, 250 Kern St.
Autumn Oaks Funeral Home.
Toribio “Tobi” Ramirez, 82, Bakersfield,
Sept. 19 in Bakersfield. Visitation 3 to 9 p.m. Sept.
23, Rosary 7 p.m. Sept. 23, Hopson-Anspach
Family Mortuary. Funeral service 10:30 a.m. Sept.
24, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.
Hopson-Anspach Family Mortuary.
Steven Geertsen, 57, Bear Valley Springs,
Sept. 18 in Tehachapi. Funeral service 1 p.m.
Sept. 23, Bear Valley Springs Community Church.
(Corrects time from earlier notice) Wood Family
Funeral Service.
Violet B. Ross, 91, Bakersfield, Sept. 21 in
Bakersfield. Visitation 9 to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 24,
Hillcrest Cemetery, Funeral service 11 a.m. Sept.
24, Hillcrest Memorial Park. Hillcrest Mortuary
Allen Edwin Neufeld, 65, Bakersfield, Sept.
20 in Bakersfield. Memorial service 1 p.m. Sept.
28, Peters Chapel in Shafter. Peters Funeral
Home Shafter.
Thomas Ross Ingledew Sr.
May 22, 1922 – Sept. 8, 2002
Thomas Ingledew was called home by our
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Sunday morning,
September 8, 2002, while
living
in
Kern
City,
Bakersfield, California.
Thomas is survived by his
brother, George Ingledew;
son, Thomas Ross Ingledew,
Jr.; daughters, Diana Lynn
Powers and Heidi Ann Fisher;
10 grandchildren and 11
great-grandchildren.
Thomas was a member of
Westside Church of Christ and will be
remembered as a fun-loving and caring person by
his spiritual family and his many friends.
A memorial service will take place at
Westside Church of Christ, 7300 Stockdale
Highway, Bakersfield on Wednesday, September
25, 2002 at 11:00 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be sent
to Hoffmann Hospice, 6501 Schirra Court, Suite
#301, Bakersfield, CA 93313.
Violet McDowell Ross
Oct. 5, 1910 – Sept. 21, 2002
Services: Tues., Sept. 24, 11 a.m.
Violet Ross a resident of Bakersfield for 66
years will be lovingly remembered and missed by
her family and friends. She was preceded in death
by husbands A.W. McDowell and Jim Ross. She is
survived by daughter, Muriel Jacobsen, Arizona;
stepdaughter, Dorothy Brown, Washington;
grandchildren Paul Jacobsen, San Diego; Erik
Jacobsen, Missouri; Elise Jacobsen, San Diego;
and seven great-grandchildren. Stepson, John
Ross, Bakersfield; stepdaughter, Charlene Tiner,
Oklahoma; stepgranddaughters, Joanie Ross and
Dianna Farmer, Bakersfield; and two stepgreatgrandchildren.
A visitation will be held on Tuesday,
September 24, from 9-10:30 a.m., at Hillcrest.
Graveside services will be held at Hillcrest
Memorial Park, 11 a.m., on Tuesday, September
24, 2002. Dr. Gary Bashor, Chaplain at
Rosewood will officiate.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to
Rosewood Health Facility, 1401 New Stine Rd.,
Bakersfield, CA 93309, or Hoffmann Hospice,
6501 Schirra Ct., #301, Bakersfield, CA 93313.
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April 7, 1945 – Sept. 17, 2002
Services: Tues., Sept. 24, 10 a.m.
Services will be held at Greenlawn Southwest
Memorial Chapel, 2739
Panama
Ln.,
Tuesday,
September 24, at 10:00 a.m.,
for Linda Kay Lemley, 57,
who went to be with the Lord
on September 17, 2002 in
Bakersfield, California.
Linda was born in
Trenton, Missouri on April 7,
1945. Linda lived in Casper
Wyoming for almost 20 years where she married
John Pittser, our father, before residing in
Bakersfield, California for over 35 years.
Linda then married Herbert Allen Lemley in
1976. Linda and Herbert enjoyed life together
through their children, family and friends. Linda
was committed to her entire family and always
looked forward to any family function, especially
the holidays. Linda was a member of the Alpha
Zeta Beta Sorority for many years and loved all
her sorority sisters. Linda worked for the State of
California for over 19 years. Linda started with
the unemployment department and worked her
way up as a supervisor for the Disability
department.
Linda was preceded in death by her father,
Harvey Searcy; and her stepfather, Robert Martin.
She is survived by her 2 children, Mark Pittser
and Laura Clearwater; grandchildren, Zachary
and Kyle Pittser, Sara and Joshua Huff; mother,
Kathryn Martin of Casper, Wyoming; sisters,
Susan Wagner and Karen Williams of Casper,
Wyoming; brother, Bud Searcy of Fresno,
California; numerous nieces, nephews and
stepdaughters, Michelle Lemley and Stephanie
Hickle.
After Linda was diagnosed with Alzheimer,
her concerns were not for herself, but for her
family. Linda fought for 8 years with never
giving up while keeping her love for those around
her and all those who cared for her. Our mother
loved life, she always told us to live life to the
fullest and set goals and achieve them. She
inspired us all. We will miss her creative holiday
spirit.
Linda’s entire family wants to thank the
entire staff at Hearthstone and Hoffmann
Hospice for their dedication to keeping Linda
comfortable and loving her. In lieu of flowers,
please make donations to the Alzheimer Disease
Research Center of Central California, 3313 N.
Hilliard Ln., Fresno, CA 93726.
Visitation will be held on Monday, September
23, between 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary
Funeral Directors
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Timothy William Ryan
June 27, 1980 – Sept. 19, 2002
Services: Mon., Sept. 23, 10 a.m.
Funeral services will be held Monday,
September 23, at 10:00 a.m.,
at Valley Baptist Church,
4800 Fruitvale Ave. Pastor
Rick Paradis officiating with
interment to follow at
Greenlawn Memorial Park,
3700 River Blvd.
Timothy was born in San
Angelo, Texas on June 27,
1980. He resided in Big
Spring, Texas until 1983. Moved to Denver City,
Texas and completed his school years,
Kindergarten through Eleventh grade as a Denver
City Mustang. He was a trainer for the Mustangs
during his high school years. Relocated to
Bakersfield, California in 1997 and was home
schooled his senior year, graduating in 1998
through, A Beka Video Home School, Pensacola
Christian Academy.
Timothy was an avid baseball fan with the
Chicago Cubs being one of his favorite teams. He
also enjoyed bike riding and lifting weights.
Timothy was a member of Valley Baptist Church
where he enjoyed worshipping to our Father in
Heaven. He was an employee of Vons on Coffee
Rd. for the past 3 years and also a blood donor at
Houchin Community Blood Bank.
He is survived by his father, mother, and
sister, Katie. Also his gran, Martha G. Ryan,
Sherman, Texas; grandmother, Olga S. Chavez,
San Angelo, Texas; and many uncles, aunts,
cousins and friends.
Timothy was the best son and brother anyone
could wish for, a hard worker at everything he
did. He enjoyed being with people and was
always ready to lend a helping hand. He will be
truly missed by all.
Pallbearers will be Duane Chavez, Bruce
Chavez, Keith Bradford, Josh Delcid, Robert
Lopez and Mark Svenson.
In lieu of flowers for those of you who are
able to donate blood, do so at Houchin
Community Blood Bank and give the gift of life.
Greenlawn Mortuary Funeral Directors
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Nikki (Compton) Highfill
Wish to thank all of you for your moral
support. The flowers were beautiful, the many
cards, the dinners “so good”, the contributions to
the Highfill Trust Fund, and the reception at the
Olive Drive Church was very heart warming!
Please note Nikki’s uncle, Jim Compton,
aunts, Sandi Askew, and Kellie Shepherd, were
omitted from the funeral notice.
Thanks, also to the Bakersfield Fire
Department and Hall Ambulance Service for their
quick response on that fateful Monday morning.
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young donor watched as Kimm was
recognized for his accomplishment,
said Betty Lauffenburger, a staff nurse
and coordinator at Houchin.
“George took time to talk to him,”
Lauffenburger said. “They talk to the
younger donors and encourage them.
They take it upon themselves to help
us that way, to help the community
that way.”
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Hazel was preceded in
death by her parents, Bud and
Pearl Lawhorn, and sister,
Jewel Dean Work. She is
survived by her sisters, Gladys Taylor and Mosell
Lawhorn of Bakersfield; brothers, Alva Lawhorn
of Lamont and Emmitt Lawhorn of Checotah, OK;
and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Henry Work, Kelly Work,
Dennis Taylor, Don Lawhorn, Ricky Lawhorn and
Stephen Harris.
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Deputies, probation officers
crack down on parole violators
Kern County sheriff’s deputies and
Kern County Probation officers swept
the Lake Isabella and Kernville areas
looking for parole violators.
They arrested 16 people and
charged them with violation of probation and drug and weapon charges.
Arrested were:
• Curtis Engle, 41, of Wofford
Heights.
• James Sears, 52, of Lake
Isabella.
• Leroy Garcia, 36, of Bodfish.
• Fredrick Bengston, 44, Wofford
Heights.
• Harold Irvine, 52, of Weldon.
• Jean Stern, 46, of Wofford
Heights.
• Bobbie Kay Barker, 46, Kernville.
• Mary Lou Strauss, 42, of Lake
Isabella.
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scheduled for a December 2003 opening, but Mohlke said the identity of the
eateries’ owners has not been revealed
because leases have not yet been
signed.
Brenda Turner, a spokeswoman for
Mercy Hospital, said hospital officials
wrote to the city of Bakersfield in support of The Crossings. She also said the
addition of a hotel would be convenient for out-of-town visitors and
patients who need treatment at the
southwest facility.
“It’s nice for the families to be closer
to their loved ones,” she said. “And it
alleviates some driving back and forth
from Tehachapi and Taft and Lake
Isabella for some patients.”
Zoning for The Crossings was
approved in August 2001. The complex
has been billed as something better
than The Marketplace.
It lies alongside an under-construction city-owned recreation complex
featuring two man-made lakes, an
amphitheater, a 30-acre park on the
west end of the property and a 40-acre
park on the north side of the Kern river
The two park sites are already connected by a pedestrian bridge.
The project battled through tough
hearings before both the Bakersfield
Planning Commission and the Bakersfield City Council before winning
approval.
Critics complained that the retail
development was far different from
the office complex originally planned
for the location. As with The Marketplace, the most vocal opponents were
owners of newly built nearby homes
who said they felt betrayed by Castle &
Cooke and who worried about noise
and traffic.
But The Crossings didn’t face nearly
as much opposition as the Marketplace, largely because Castle & Cooke
made some major concessions to residents of the adjacent Windsor Park
neighborhood.
Scott said community forums were
held a year ago for Windsor Park residents.
Postcards also were mailed out to
area homeowners to encourage feed-
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back. She said residents haven’t really
talked about the project much.
“From the people I’ve talked to, at
this point they’re just anxious as to
what’s going in and who the final tenants are going to be,” she said.
Scott said one of the concerns residents had was with the hotel.
“We were concerned about the
amount of traffic that it would generate
and the hours of operation,” she said.
“There were some accommodations
made ... as far as the number of rooms
and the size of the meeting rooms, so
that it wouldn’t necessarily attract a
high school prom-sized activity.”
Mohlke said Castle & Cooke officials met with CSUB officials over
what was allowable on The Crossings’
site.
“They have covenants, conditions
and restrictions involved on the land,”
she said. “What you can and can’t build,
such as bars and pubs and things they
wanted to ensure was not going to be
at the center.”
Before The Marketplace was built,
area residents protested and filed a
lawsuit over the shopping center’s construction. The lawsuit’s settlement
resulted in changes in the way the city
of Bakersfield handles the site review
process for future commercial and
industrial projects. Now, any changes a
developer wishes to make to a project
must include as many details as possible about the adjustments. Public
input also was increased as a result of
the legal battles.
Michelle Tillery lives a few blocks
away from The Marketplace and said
she likes the idea of having another
shopping center nearby.
“Especially if you’re going to have a
bigger area and a 30-acre park,” she
said.
Tom Ford lives near the intersection
of Stockdale Highway and Buena Vista
Road. Ford moved from the Haggin
Oaks area nearly two years ago and
was one of the residents who protested
the construction of The Marketplace.
The Crossings will be near his
home, “but I’m far enough in to where I
wouldn’t get a lot of the noise and that
kind of stuff,” he said. “That’s a nice,
upscale project and I think Castle &
Cooke has learned from The Marketplace.”
Scott said she recently visited The
Marketplace with some co-workers,
one of whom wondered why the disputes took place over the shopping
center’s construction. Scott said she
told her co-worker that The Marketplace may be a different center altogether if it weren’t for the disputes.
“Someday, I’ll probably be sitting at
a restaurant at The Crossings and
someone will say, ‘Do you believe that
Cheryl Scott didn’t want this?’” Scott
said. “My husband and I will be sitting
at another table saying, ‘Wow, we had a
hand in making this what it is.’”
• Charles Leroy Stren, 47, of
Wofford Heights.
• Gregory Roberts, 39, of Weldon.
• Teri Lin Anderson, 45, of Lake
Isabella.
• Michael Wood, 45, of Bodfish.
• Lynette Rae Wood, 42, of Bodfish.
• William Larson, 33, of Kernville.
• Kelley Jean Smith, 33, of
Kernville.
• Christine Hubbard, 29, of Onyx.
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hands of his son, Steve Haberfelde,
who ran it until Burke bought it.
But at home, Haberfelde was a
“horse” guy. He bred a type of race
horse known as running quarterhorses, immersing himself in the hobby to
the extent that Beverly would sometimes see him in the den at 3 or 4 in the
morning, reading up on bloodlines.
The ranch-hand in him ran deep —
even extending to his morning and
evening jogs.
When he first started his exercise
program, he ran along a dry river bed
in Levi’s and cowboy boots. Shin splits
got to be a problem, though, and Beverly finally convinced him to get some
running shoes. She had less success
getting him to put a shirt on, unless it
was cold.
“At heart he was a dirt farmer,” Beverly said. “And he loved his horses. He
would have loved what we’re doing
now. This arrangement ... I feel so
good about it.”
MARE has launched a capital campaign to pay for the move and development of the property. The covered
arena alone will probably run about
$150,000.
MARE’s new home will be big
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This is an artist’s conception of the MARE facility.
enough to accommodate not only the
three arenas but a classroom building
and an office building with livable
space suitable for an on-site caretaker.
All that will come later.
Program organizers will probably
keep a fair number of pecan trees on
the property for privacy, aesthetics,
wind-break and shade. They’ll be wellstocked in pecans, too.
That means Haberfelde’s pecan
orchard will, in a way, always be
Haberfelde’s pecan orchard.
“He’d have liked that,” Beverly said.