Friday, September 19, 2008
Kern River Courier
Things I Have Noticed Rod Middleworth Kern River Courier Columnist
I've noticed that women collect shoes and men collect hats. If you were to look in my wife's closet at the stacked shoe boxes you wouldn't wonder why I feel this way. There are shoes of every variety. No doubt each one has a particular purpose and matches some dress or outfit of some kind. If that's a given, then I can make a case Rod about men and their hats. Middleworth My hats ... they're in my closet, in boxes, in my workshop and in the crawlspace of my garage attic. Hats of every type and for every occasion. Some of them are old, ragged and moth-eaten. Those are kept because of sentimental value. For instance, there is a billed cap that says "Peabody Construction" above the bill. It has paint spots all over it and the hatband is greasy and threadbare. That is my favorite painting hat and is a must when I do many of my painting tasks. I have no idea who Peabody Construction is or was, but the cap was given to me 31 years ago and has moved with me through five houses. I can't throw it away – it has history! I have hats that advertise every-
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Hats off to a serious collector thing from rabbit food to Harbor Freight Tools. Each hat has a story and a special time to wear it. Did you know that today you can buy hats that even when new are worn and scruffy and which will match your Levi’s with the baggy, holey knees? There are hats that show your religious background. For instance, I have a hat that I used to wear when I was racing outboards. It had emblazoned across the bill, "The Jesus Saves Racing Team." I have no idea what denomination it is or was, but it bought me good luck and I wore it to all of my races. (But I never wore it to church.) Many of my hats have not seen the light of day for years (and may never again). In fact, many of those are lined with foam that has deteriorated and now falls off like dandruff. I don't wear those but they look like new on the outside and I hate to throw them away. I'm thinking that at my next garage sale (in a year or so) I will sell most of them... and make room for the ones I have recently bought at various sales around town. I was also thinking that if I could get my wife to get rid of some of her shoes, there would be room for my new hats. But that idea isn't looking good at this time... Wofford Heights resident Rod Middleworth, a retired security manager for Pacific Bell, is an instructor for the local AARP Driver Safety Program and coordinator for the Lake Patrol volunteers.
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Annual Kern Valley Pride Day Sept. 20 Motorists, watch for volunteers cleaning up the Kern Valley Saturday, Sept. 20. Litter pickup is from 8 to 11:30 a.m. From noon to 2 p.m. will be a barbecue lunch for all volunteers with awards and music, at the French Gulch Group Area. Dinner theater benefit to get spay/neuter clinic Sept. 20 There will be a dinner theater Saturday, Sept. 20 at the Senior Center in Lake Isabella at 4 p.m. to honor the birthday of Jesse Martinez of Critter Sitters, who is trying to get a spay/neuter clinic here in the valley. All proceeds will go to that cause. There will be a big drawing with many prizes. Dinner tickets are $20 donation each. Drawing is $5 donation. Call 378-3101.
Commodities giveaway Tuesday, Sept. 23 7 a.m., Eagles Lodge, Mt. Mesa 7 a.m., Elks Lodge, Wofford Heights 8 a.m., Senior Center, Lake Isabella. Kern Valley High School reunion Sept. 26-28 The Kern Valley High School Reunion, for those who attended KVHS between 1941 and 1969, will be held September 26-28, 2008 at the Kernville Inn in Kernville. Information email kvhsalumni@aol.com or call 760-3763218. Clint James Memorial Golf Tournament dropped The Clint James Memorial Golf Tournament scheduled for Sept. 27 at Kern Valley Golf Course has been canceled. For more information call Diane Norris at 376-1725. Wofford Heights Community Group to meet Sept. 29 The new Wofford Heights Community Group will meet at the Reel Cinema at 1 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 29. The guest speaker will be Sheriff Donnie Youngblood, addressing how to prevent break-ins. Call 223-1058. Casino and Auction Night coming Oct. 11 Although the Kern River Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Valley Fest has been canceled this year, they will be holding a Casino and Auction Night at the Senior Center on Oct. 11 from 5 to 10 p.m. For $35 per person, you get food, phony money for gambling and door prizes galore. Games will include blackjack, poker, craps, roulette, Texas Hold ‘Em and Wheel of Fortune. There will also be a reverse raffle to win $2,500. Only 100 tickets sold. Tickets available at the Kern River Valley Chamber across from the Senior Center in Lake Isabella or at Century 21, near Riverside One Stop in Kernville. Sponsors adn needed. For more information, call the chamber at (760) 379-5236. Havilah to host Schoolyard Sale Oct. 18 The community of Havilah will be having a Schoolyard Sale on Saturday, Oct. 18 at the replica of the old schoolhouse. There will be live entertainment. The schoolhouse will be open for viewing. Vendors are welcome. Call (760) 379-2636 for more information.
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