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Tina Fisher Cunningham, The Forde Files | May 28, 2016
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Round 'em up - May 12, 2016 – Stallion Springs Police Chief Mike Grant wearing the gear (breathing apparatus, boots, gloves) his department needed to enter a trash-filled, moldy, unlivable residence on Buckpasser Drive that he called a "house of horrors." Three police officers, four Sheriffs Deputies and five Kern County Animal Control personnel cleared out fifty neglected pigs and several dogs and cats during two days of the pig roundup. Neighbors in the beautiful canyon had endured the odor and mess for 18 years as numerous health citations failed to propel the owner to correct the situation permanently. The water was shut off four weeks earlier in the house, which recently became bank-owned and will require a haz-mat crew even to demolish it. The pigs, which are actually pretty cute, are being checked by a veterinarian and are in good hands.

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Round 'em up - Kern County Animal Control Officer J. Sugg talks to a soon-to-be-rescued swine.

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Claws – Save Mart manager Victor Robertson regales touring students from California City with humor and food facts.

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Yes! – San Joaquin Hospital CEO and Adventist Health executive Douglas Duffield has campaigned tirelessly for Measure H, which will bring more healthcare services to Tehachapi and ensure completion of the new hospital. He spoke at the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce luncheon May 17.

Above, top photo, Jason Meyer, 14, of Rosamond, salutes during a ceremony May 12, 2016, at Love's Travel Stop for the Fallen Soldier Cart that is being transported from Seattle to Washington, D.C. accompanied by patriotic fanfare and motorcycle escorts of veterans. The carrier, seen in the lower photo on the left, will be used for the transport of deceased service members. "We don't want them treated as cargo," escort James Rea said. During transport, a cart carrying a deceased veteran will be taken to a hangar instead of sitting in an aircraft on the tarmac. Escorts will sleep on cots and stay with it until it reaches its destination. "It's for all military, not just killed in action," Rea said.

Lower photo – Jim Rice, commander of the Bear Valley Springs veterans Association and chairman of the Memorial Day Parade, greets local queens and princesses who came to honor the cart as it passed through Tehachapi. The group includes Young Miss Rosamond Makayla Vaquilar, Little Miss Rosamond Katie Jorgensen, Miss Young Rosamond Princess Nissa Vasquez, Tiny Miss Rosamond Kaleeya Ikahihifo, Tiny Rosamond princesses Mae Brisco and Briley Berden, Young Miss Tehachapi Kyla Beeson, Tiny Miss Greater Kern Cities Lucy Chavez, Miss Teen Inland Cities United States Tiffany Rea, Teen Miss Tehachapi Kristin Rodriguez, Little Miss Tehachapi Kendra Bell, Miss Greater Central Valley Rheanna Bell and Young Miss Antelope Valley Sami Howard.

 

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