WEEKLY BULLETIN • AUGUST 3, 2023
Thanks to his week's correspondent:
Jorge Barrientos
Invocation: Garro Ellis
Flag Salute: Jean-Luc Slagle
Song: Dena Reynolds
Greeter: Ashley Sodergren
 
SPOKE EDITOR PROFILE: 
Jorge Barrientos is the director of marketing and public relations at Chain | Cohn | Clark law office. He serves on board of directors for a variety of community organizations including The Hub of Bakersfield, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Kern County Chapter), and Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Business Education Foundation. When he’s not working or serving our community, you can find him traveling the world and hanging with his family, which includes wife Carla, 4-year-old son Julian, 2-year-old daughter Gianna Sol.
 
 
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  • Shawn Pertain (Joe Hay)
  • Doug Oakes (Dave Turner)
  • Jeff Gutierrez (Adam Stubbs)
  • Braeden Crowl (son Ryan Crowl)
  • Christian Hernandez, Alexis Arduz, Sandra Navarro (Juan Bustamante)
  • Milad Kikali, Klaus Garcia Pacheco (Toni Harper)
  • Ron Hyatt (Bill Lever)
  • Patrick Hoffman, Bakersfield North Rotary (Pat Collins)

GOOD NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mike Chertok shared it was his 30th anniversary of coming to Bakersfield to work at CSUB, where he spent 14 years.
 
Toni Harper sold her local family-owned business Bakersfield Cash Register. The sound of the sale went like this: “cha-ching”.
 
Clinton Trimmer celebrated his 12th wedding anniversary.
 
Juan Bustamante thanked the Salvation Army for it help recently and also announced a $54 million deal.
 
Bob Allison announced 60 years in Bakersfield, moving here to work at Bakersfield College.
 
Randy Saunders provided fliers for the Boy Scouts “Baked Potato Bash, from 11-4 on Aug. 26, at Crusader Brewing

PROGRAM

Megan Person (chief of news and legislative affairs) flew in to chat with us about the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, whose mission it is “to separate the real from the imagined and to make known the overlooked and the unexpected.” Specifically, the center conducts NASA’s high-risk, atmospheric flight research and test projects. It’s where the world witnessed the first supersonic flight (1947) and hit Mach 3, 4 and 5 (1956 and 1961), and where the first space shuttle landed (1981). NASA employes 66,200 people in California alone. Currently, the center is focused on exploring the unknown of Mars.  
 
Here are a few fascinating factoids she shared:
  • Mach record is 9.6; fastest manned aircraft is Mach 6.72.
  • Thank NASA for electronic power steering, eye surgery glass, and alltrails.com maps.
  • It typically takes 10-15 years for NASA developments to be available to the public.
  • Elbows bruise when pilots hit G-Force speeds.
  • Person swears NASA is not spying on us.
  • The X-59 aircraft developed at Armstrong travels 925 mph and makes no sonic boom sound.
  • About 98% of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) reported sightings are explainable. “There are some that we can’t explain,” she said.  
  • Space is boiling hot, hence the need for space suits, not cold as some might imagine.
  • NASA patents are available to U.S. industries only.
 
You can contact Person at megan.person@nasa.gov, 661-233-3982.
Just the facts ma'm.
We like it when speakers bring good swag.
Look ma, no sonic boom!
Alley Soper shows off some of her Mortal Kombat finishing moves to Nik Boone.
First time in his life Joe looked intimidating.
Jacob Frost pretends to be Girish Patel to see if Ashley Sodergren is paying attention.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Dave Turner
August 4
 
Bernie Barmann
August 5
 
Shawn Shambaugh
August 5
 
Ken Secor
August 6
 
Mike Chertok
August 6
 
Steve Illingworth
August 6
 
Patrick Paggi
August 8
 
Lyle Martin
August 9
 
Ashley Sodergren
August 10
 
Edward R. Paine
August 10
 
Louis Gill
August 12
 
Cathy Abernathy
August 20
 
Ryan Crowl
August 23
 
Susan Benham
August 24
 
Morgan Clayton
August 25
 
Jean-Luc Slagle
August 27
 
Lynn Blystone
August 28
 
Ron Eaves
August 28
 
Spouse Birthdays
Jerry Battisti
August 20
 
Nicole Saunders
August 26
 
Anniversaries
Bob Burdette
Patti
August 1
 
Duane Keathley
Corey Keathley
August 1
 
Patrick Collins
Terri
August 14
 
Join Date
Benjamin Taft
August 1, 2016
7 years
 
Ray Karpe
August 2, 2001
22 years
 
Bob Burdette
August 15, 2002
21 years
 
Jorge Barrientos
August 15, 2019
4 years
 
Ken Carter
August 15, 1996
27 years
 
Michael George
August 16, 2012
11 years
 
Toni Harper
August 16, 2018
5 years
 
Ashley Sodergren
August 20, 2020
3 years
 
Dick Porter
August 23, 1984
39 years
 
Horace Mitchell
August 26, 2004
19 years
 
Bryon Schaefer
August 28, 2014
9 years
 
Duane Keathley
August 31, 2000
23 years
 

Area Meetings

Tuesday @ noon
Bakersfield North

at the Petroleum Club

Wednesday @ noon
Bakersfield West
at the Stockdale Country Club

Wednesday @ 6:45 am
Bakersfield Breakfast

at the Petroleum Club

Wednesday @ 6 pm
Bakersfield Twilight

at The Mark

Bakersfield  Downtown
at the Museum of Art

Friday @ noon
Bakersfield East

at Bakersfield Museum of Art

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