Kern Community College District and Bolthouse Properties, LLC have entered into an agreement to begin development on a satellite campus on the southeast side of Bakersfield in order to anticipate future growth and meet the needs of the outlying communities.
The Kern County Fair is going on from Sept. 19 to Sept. 30. For stories and pictures about about the fair, see the Features Section of therip.com.
The Delano Campus was doing a routine inventory of chemicals Sept. 18 when a dangerous chemical known as Picric was discovered in the Science and Technology lab on the Timmons campus in Delano, causing an immediate evacuation. According to the incident report given by the Kern County Fire Department there was approximately six tenths of a gram of the chemical on campus.
There are four main principles to uphold when selected for initiation into the Order of the Arrow, and according to scouting.org they are: to recognize those scout campers who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives, to develop and maintain camping traditions and spirit, to promote Scout camping and to crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into a life purpose of leadership in cheerful service to others.
The Bakersfield Breakfast Rotary Club hosted an annual fundraising event Sept. 15 in the horticulture area at Bakersfield College. "It is a fundraising event of our Rotary," said BBRC President Ed Knudson, "and we're part of Rotary international, and it is the largest service organization in the world.