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January 8, 2001   
John Harte / The Californian

Wasco cops using pedal power
WASCO — Wasco is a different town when seen from a bicycle than it is from behind the wheel of a squad car, says Jose Perez, a sheriff's deputy in the northern Kern County town.

Cal State's 30-year evolution
Residents and politicians fought hard to get a state university here in Bakersfield.

Graduates credit CSUB for successes
For a lot of people, Cal State Bakersfield was and is the right place at the right time.

Officials exploring financial options for City Center project
City officials are expecting to bring the private City Center project and a city-owned baseball stadium to the Bakersfield City Council for approval by mid-March.

School donations making a difference
In November, Horace Mann School received five violins and two clarinets; Harris School was given $2,000 in mini-grants; and Downtown Elementary landed a computer, complete with keyboard, monitor and color printer.

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Consultant set to lead Chamber
Having been president of an important oil and gas company and now a private business consultant to both large and small clients, David B. (Dave) Kilpatrick says he understands the goals of big business and the needs of small business.

Carrizo Plain not ideal for monument status
The Carrizo Plain, an intermountain valley west of Bakersfield, is up for nomination as a national monument, which would mean no more oil and gas exploration in a known oil-bearing basin.

People in business 1-7
DOUGLAS GANT, a team manager at State Farm Insurance Co., has been awarded a Scroll of Appreciation by the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters and the Insurance Institute of America for 10 years of educational leadership in the insurance field.

Expansion at Global definitely not fabricated
The banging of metal in back of Global Fabricators is a sound of expansion in a county whose unemployment rate, which is still tied to harvests of cotton, fruit and other crops, is twice the statewide average.

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CSUB men rally to win fifth in a row
The wakeup call for Cal State Bakersfield came at halftime Saturday night.

CSUB women rebound from Friday loss with lopsided win
Obliterating Grand Canyon University from the start, Cal State Bakersfield rolled to a 73-39 women's basketball win Saturday night at Centennial Garden.

BHS girls soccer team beginning to look vulnerable
The 2001 soccer season has not been a kind one for the defending Central Section champion the Bakersfield High girls team.

Playing ugly hockey is a key to victory for Condors
The Bakersfield Condors have figured out how to win. Now it's just a matter of doing so on a consistent basis.

In The Press Box by Larry Press
Down through several generations, Okie pride still resides strongly here, so what the Sooners wrought a couple of evenings ago in the Orange Bowl must have been warmly received, locally and throughout the vastness of the lush Valley upon which the migrants descended a half-century ago.

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Editorial: Put bill back on track
Politicians often go out of their way to reinforce the perception that they would rather play politics than enact good legislation.

Editorial: Quit rooting at trough
It's tough to bite the hands that feed you. And that is precisely the point Secretary of State Bill Jones is making in his call for Gov. Gray Davis and state legislators to stop (at least temporarily) eating at the public utilities' and power generators' trough.

Letters to the editor for Jan. 8
Letters to the editor, which are subject to editing, should be no longer than 250 words. Letters should be directed to The Californian and signed by just one person. They must include the author's name, address and telephone number.

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Editorial: Put bill back on track
Politicians often go out of their way to reinforce the perception that they would rather play politics than enact good legislation.

Editorial: Quit rooting at trough
It's tough to bite the hands that feed you. And that is precisely the point Secretary of State Bill Jones is making in his call for Gov. Gray Davis and state legislators to stop (at least temporarily) eating at the public utilities' and power generators' trough.

Letters to the editor for Jan. 8
Letters to the editor, which are subject to editing, should be no longer than 250 words. Letters should be directed to The Californian and signed by just one person. They must include the author's name, address and telephone number.

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Editorial: Put bill back on track
Politicians often go out of their way to reinforce the perception that they would rather play politics than enact good legislation.

Editorial: Quit rooting at trough
It's tough to bite the hands that feed you. And that is precisely the point Secretary of State Bill Jones is making in his call for Gov. Gray Davis and state legislators to stop (at least temporarily) eating at the public utilities' and power generators' trough.

Letters to the editor for Jan. 8
Letters to the editor, which are subject to editing, should be no longer than 250 words. Letters should be directed to The Californian and signed by just one person. They must include the author's name, address and telephone number.

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