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	<title>Living Green Festival in the Kern River Valley</title>
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		<title>Giving Thanks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Rowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kern River Valley Revitalization is an all volunteer public benefit nonprofit 501c3 organization who organizes the award-winning annual Living Green KRV Festivals. KRVR&#8217;s Mission: Facilitating the social, natural, and financial health of the Kern River Valley for this and future generations. KRVR operates as a resource for existing and future organizations, agencies &#38; projects, providing a Valley wide perspective, fostering Valley wide cooperation on common issues, assisting with access to external resources including funding, facilitating the establishment of action teams, acting as a fiscal agent and through various similar means. It takes an engaged, generous community, such as the Kern River Valley, to put on a festival such as this one. Here, we give THANKS to those who helped us this year: People who volunteered or helped: Abby Spears Amanda Moreno Amy Spears Ann Beman Anna Leon Anneke Koekkoek Barbara Andrade Barbara Chrisman Barbara Hinkey Barbara Likens Bernie Gammen Bill Blanton Bill Stacy Bob Barnes Bob Burkhart Bob Robinson Calvin Rossi Cam Christi Milleson Carol Wermuth Catherine Hart Charlie Busch Chelsey Stuck Cheynne Christensen Christine &#38; Bruce Vegter Christine Gough Chuck Wild Cindy Hood Claire Hartley Colleen Moore Corey Clifton Cynthia Allred Darlene Wolowiec Dave Derr David Dills David Michael [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We need your feedback!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Rowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To make the future Living Green KRV Festival better, we need feedback on our recently completed festival. Please take the time to answer our 14-question SURVEY. 2012 Living Green KRV Festival Survey Or you can e-mail us if you&#8217;d prefer: LivingGreen@mchsi.com We value your input!]]></description>
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		<title>Auctions &amp; Raffle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Rowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were 2 Silent Auctions, 1 Live Auction &#38; a Raffle this year. This year, individuals &#38; businesses in the Kern River Valley donated over 170 prizes to our Silent Auctions, Live Auction &#38; Raffle with a retail value of more than $14,500. 2012 Living Green Raffle Prizes There were over 100 raffle prizes worth more than $5,500 won at the Kern Valley Community Faire on Sunday, March 25, 2012. Stubs picked for early prizes returned for FINAL GRAND PRIZE DRAWING. In the raffle prize list at http://goo.gl/tOrPv, GRAY or ORANGE highlighted prizes are no longer available. Open prizes with no highlighting are waiting for winners to contact us to select &#38; pick up. Kern River Valley resident Merry Shaimes won the grand prize, the $1,800+ Solar Generator. Half of the solar generator was donated by Steve &#38; Elizabeth Nelson of Stella&#8217;s Boutique &#38; Beyond, which is in the Swap Meet on Lake Isabella Blvd., across from True Value Hardware. The PowerSource 1800 Solar Generator by Solutions From Science provides 1800 watts of power instantly. It comes with a high efficiency 90 watt, quick charge solar panel, a charge controller and 50 feet of solar panel cable. It is simple to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Tea &amp; Fashion Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Rowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, the ladies of The Rotary Club of Kern River Valley organized a fabulous event! Chair, Darlene Wolowiec Co-chair, Elaine Forge Assistant, Cheryl Wright MORE PHOTOS A most requested recipe from the High Tea: Scottish Shortbread Cookies 2 cubes of butter.  Must be good butter, not Lucerne ( Has a flavor)  8 tablespoons of sugar 2 cups of flour The butter should be soft and add 8 tablespoons of sugar and cream together.  Then add the 2 cups of flour.  Mix together.  I usually use my hands and knead the dough till very smooth.  I split the dough into 3 even balls.  I place two on one cookie sheet and the other another cookie sheet.  I use the heel of my hand to spread the dough out into a circle, pie shape.  After all are done I prick the dough(like pie crust) and crimp the edges.   Cook in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes, then turn down to 300 degrees.  After 10 minutes you might need to move the pans around, and watch very carefully till the cookies are not to brown but not white either.  Take out of oven and immediately cut into pie shapes.  Cool and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pony Up 4 Education Dinner</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Rowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sponsored by Kern River Valley Revitalization &#38; the Rotary Club of Kern River Valley Western Music  by &#8220;Rich &#38; Larry&#8220;, {Rich Zimmerman &#38; Larry Holochwost} PROGRAM OF EVENTS Two Silent Auctions &#38; a Live Auction &#38; donations brought in more than $500 for each group Cerro Coso Textbook Fund Kern Valley High&#8217;s Future Farmers of America &#38; Kern Valley High&#8217;s FHA HERO chapter. List of Auction Items]]></description>
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		<title>Kern Valley Community Faire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Rowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, March 25 Last event in this year&#8217;s Living Green Festival It was held Sunday, March 25, 2012, 11am to 3pm, Senior Lunch Room &#38; Vets Hall #1, Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Boulevard, Lake Isabella. The South Fork Women’s Club provided a healthy LUNCH (Chicken Tosada) for $7 during the event. There was Face painting &#38; Children’s Book, Clothing &#38; Toy Exchanges on hand as well. 2 Kids’ films too. The Kern County Fire Dept. brought up its Mobile Fire Safety Trailer along with Fermin Torres &#38; several Fire Explorer Scouts explaining fire safety tips to kids &#38; others.  Participating Groups Alianza Recycling Alzheimer’s Disease Association of Kern County Burger King of Lake Isabella Clinica Sierra Vista  WIC Progam Costco Wholesale Enforum Society Every Teen Counts Family Preservation Community Services Wrap Around Face Painting by Denise Bedford Peters High Sierra Wild Horse Sanctuary &#38; Pockets the Burro Karen Hartfield, Fiber Artist/Jewelry Maker Kern County Fire Department &#8211; Mobile Fire Safety Trailer Kern River Ranger District, US Forest Service Kern River Valley Elks Lodge Anti-Drug program Kern River Valley Garden Group Kern River Valley Paiute Council/Nuui Cunni Kern River Valley Revitalization/Living Green Kern Valley Gays &#38; Straights Against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living Green Film Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Rowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 Living Green Film Festival Schedule 8 green films: several showing twice, over 3 weekends at 3 locations Since we began showing FREE GREEN FILMS, we&#8217;ve screened 63 films as part of our Living Green KRV Festival from March 2009 through March 2012. All films were shown FREE. All DVDs acquired are later donated to the Kern County Library system so anyone can watch them later. List of Films Shown One film we will show twice; on Sunday, March 17 &#38; Saturday, March 24, 2012: We&#8217;ve shown 55 films since we began showing FREE GREEN FILMS &#8211; CHANGED TIMES FOR KIDS FILMS ON SUNDAY MARCH 25 11:30pm, Yogi Bear 1pm, Hoot Sunday, March 11: KID’S GREEN FILMS FREE 12:30pm, Yogi bear (USA, 2010, 80 min.) KIDS Jellystone Park is celebrating its 100th anniversary, however it may be for the last time, because attendance is down &#38; Mayor Brown wants to close the park &#38; sell the land. If the park is closed, Yogi Bear &#38; Boo Boo will lose their home. They join forces with Ranger Smith to save Jellystone from closing forever. 2pm, Hoot (USA, 2006, 91 min) Middle school student Roy E. Eberhardt has just moved to Florida [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GREEN EXPO</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Rowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, March 17, 2012, 10am to 4pm At the Family Life Center Gym at the corner of Sycamore Drive &#38; Oak Street (1 block N of the main drag), Wofford Heights 27 Green Expo Exhibit booths feature complementary ‘green,’ ‘living green,’ &#38;/or energy saving topics such as: Recycling, Reuse, Alternative Energy, Energy saving, Sustainable building, Low-Water/Native Plant Gardening, Conserving Resources, Eating Healthy, Green investing among other Living Green &#38; Simple Living topics. OUTSIDE:  Kern Regional Transit its new Energy Efficient Bus to serve the Kern Valley &#38; we expect Isabella Motors to bring over some high value used vehicles that get great miles-per-gallon. Southern California Edison will have a booth with FREE giveaways &#38; knowledgeable staff to help explain the new SMARTMETERS. Printable Green Expo Vendor list &#38; Location Map (2 page, 8½&#8221; x 11&#8243; PDF file) Printable Green Expo Vendor list with phone &#38; e-mail addresses (1 page, 8½&#8221; x 11&#8243; PDF file)  A good, high MPG used car may be the greenest car you can buy. Our Living Green mantra of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink might help us shake the urge to have a new car every couple years. Let someone else (like a rental car fleet or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Career Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Rowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kern Valley Sun 3-28-2012 Career Day’s perseverance theme inspires attendees 9am to 3pm, Thursday, March 22, 2012 “Successful Pathways to Careers and Employment”  Through Training, Education and Career Development The unique format of this Career Day event will provide a complete dialogue amongst business leaders, educators and participants regarding current and future employment opportunities for the Kern River Valley. Kern Valley Senior Center 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella MAP http://g.co/maps/t6skj SPONSORSHIP/CONTRIBUTION: Owens Valley Career Development Dept. $2000 grant funding Family Resource Center donated meeting accommodations Cerro Coso Community College donated resources Career Services Center and Employers Training Resources donated promotion and marketing Chairpersons: Vicki Tanner, Site Project Coordinator for Owens Valley Career Development Center (OVCDC) (760) 379-4770 Donna Moreno, Program Support Supervisor for Employers Training Resources (760) 379-4694 Debra Rundell, Faculty/Human Services Program Coordinator, Cerro Coso Community College TENTATIVE AGENDA 8:45am-Introduction Mr. Jim Davis, Program Manager for OVCDC TABLE  PANEL NUMBERS: EDUCATION ̶ blue table  Dept. of Human Services &#8211; Donna Christie, Social Service Worker IV  Cerro Coso Community College -  Debra Rundel, Professor of Human Services Dept.  Owens Valley Career Development Center &#8211; Sharown Christianson, Case Counselor HOSPITALITY ̶ red table  Lake Plaza (Subway, Little Caesars Pizza, Taco [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Recycled Art Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Rowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 Youth Recycled Art Contest Open to Kern River Valley students from preschool to Community College levels. The Judges from the Kern River Valley Art Association just finished JUDGING in this year&#8217;s YOUTH RECYCLED ART CONTEST. 25 kids in preschool through 8th Grade entered the contest. The entries for the Youth Recycled Art Contest are on display in the Community Room at the Kern River Valley Branch of the Kern County Library, 7054 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella (view map), through March 31, 2012. The KRV Branch is open Tuesdays &#38; Thursdays from 11am to 7pm; Saturdays 9am to 5pm. The exhibit will close at 4pm on March 31, 2012. PRIZES &#38; RECOGNITION Preschool winners will get a pizza lunch at their Preschool as their prize. Since we had NO entries from High School or Community College students in the Kern Valley, we&#8217;ve reallocated the prize money. SO, ALL 25 entries from Kindergarten through 8th grade are WINNERS! ALL 15 entries from Kindergarten through 8th grade will WIN a CASH PRIZE (1st, 2nd, 3rd place or Honorable Mention). All 15 will also receive a Living Green Sports bottle and 2 dinners (1 for the winning child &#38; 1 parent) for [...]]]></description>
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