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		<title>In Season Now: Snap peas, asparagus and artichokes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early spring vegetables are here! Look for sugar snap peas, asparagus and artichokes in produce aisles and at the Farmers' Market. Also, columnist Michelle Beck offers more gluten-free finds, such as flour blends, donuts, waffles and bread crumbs.]]></description>
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		<title>Quality of Life: Kern tops Central Valley in teen births</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[sex education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shafter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valley Public Radio correspondent Shellie Branco profiles a teen mom in Shafter to kick off a discussion of teen pregnancy and parenting for KVPR's Quality of Life program. Read her story and share your thoughts on what, if anything, the government should do to help teen parents.]]></description>
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		<title>Join Bakersfield Express for a community cleanup day</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/15/join-bakersfield-express-for-a-community-cleanup-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Baldwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nonprofits and Volunteering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city beautification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cleanup event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graffiti removal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great American Cleanup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater Bakersfield Green Expo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keep Bakersfield Beautiful]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[litter removal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[make a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pick up trash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yokuts Park]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Join our team for the Great American Cleanup on April 17. We'll pick up litter or paint over graffiti, receive free T-shirts, and attend a free lunch and awards ceremony afterward. RSVP by April 1.]]></description>
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		<title>Media should have reported Ashburn&#8217;s orientation sooner</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/11/media-should-have-reported-ashburns-orientation-sooner/</link>
		<comments>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/11/media-should-have-reported-ashburns-orientation-sooner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quality of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California State University Bakersfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Californian]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The San Francisco Chronicle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it’s not the media’s responsibility to out people, Sen. Roy Ashburn’s anti-gay stance was reason enough for journalists to investigate rumors of his homosexuality, writes Christopher Meyers, director of the Kegley Institute of Ethics at CSUB.]]></description>
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		<title>In Season Now: Napa cabbage, grow your own veggies</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/11/in-season-now-napa-cabbage-grow-your-own-veggies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Living]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[farmers' market]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seasonal eating columnist Michelle Beck shares recipes for preparing Napa cabbage, as well as ideas for growing your own vegetables at home and a way to zest up your muffins.]]></description>
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		<title>Spring exhibits celebrate flora and fauna at BMOA</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/10/spring-exhibits-celebrate-flora-and-fauna-at-bmoa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts and Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield Museum of Art]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japanese culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opening reception]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four new exhibitions celebrating nature and the garden open Thursday, March 11 at the Bakersfield Museum of Art, including an elegant exhibit on the special meaning of animals in Japanese culture.]]></description>
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		<title>In lieu of flowers, commit acts of kindness</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/09/in-lieu-of-flowers-commit-acts-of-kindness/</link>
		<comments>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/09/in-lieu-of-flowers-commit-acts-of-kindness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Baldwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nonprofits and Volunteering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acts of kindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's advocate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Della Hodson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First 5 Kern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giving back]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonprofits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remission]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As keynote speaker at the United Way of Kern’s nonprofit conference, children’s advocate and community builder Wendy Wayne shares her story of how cancer took her on a journey of kindness, family, friendship and community.]]></description>
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		<title>Documentary play examines 1992 L.A. riots</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/04/documentary-play-examines-1992-l-a-riots/</link>
		<comments>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/04/documentary-play-examines-1992-l-a-riots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[acting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bakersfield College performing arts students presents "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992," March 4 to 13. The play documents real people affected by the L.A. riots resulting from the Rodney King verdict. ]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic Ceremonies performer steps into town</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/04/olympic-ceremonies-performer-steps-into-town/</link>
		<comments>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/04/olympic-ceremonies-performer-steps-into-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Egland</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[April Verch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arts Council of Kern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bluegrass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fiddling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jill Egland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Olympic opening ceremonies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[River Valley Community Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepdancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter Olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After wowing us last month in the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, champion Ottawa Valley fiddler and stepdancer, April Verch, performs Saturday, March 6, in Bakersfield.]]></description>
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		<title>The Scene: Artists open new doors this First Friday</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/03/the-scene-artists-open-new-doors-this-first-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BACpage</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield Emerging Contemporary Artists]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bossanovastudios]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julia Heatherwick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juliana's Art Studio & Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metro Galleries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nyoka Jameson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycled art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salvaged materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vikki Cruz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yvonne Cavanagh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Local artists turn salvaged doors into works of creativity in "Opening Doors to the Arts," a collaboration between BECA and Metro Galleries. VIEW OUR SLIDESHOW. Also opening this First Friday is an exhibit of pigment-and-wax encaustic art at Surface Gallery.]]></description>
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