tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post4866085003604691432..comments2024-01-12T07:25:33.861-08:00Comments on Bakersfield Observed: Olive oil and the brain drainRichardBeenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542559942096218256noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post-10320529556173542452009-01-02T20:36:00.000-08:002009-01-02T20:36:00.000-08:00BTW I will have to check out the olive oil at Luig...BTW I will have to check out the olive oil at Luigi's!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post-50065775882800013522009-01-02T20:34:00.000-08:002009-01-02T20:34:00.000-08:00It's sad but true. We lose a lot of talent once th...It's sad but true. We lose a lot of talent once they go away to college, but if we can somehow get them involved or reward them prior to their destinations -- college, for instance -- we can get some to return.<BR/>I left for college in Fresno. Then moved to San Diego county where my newlywed husband served in the Marines. I then got a job as a bureau reporter for the Press Enterprise in Temecula, a beautiful, young growing city in Riverside County.<BR/>But then I returned home with a husband and one son.<BR/>At the end of the day, I missed being home and I constantly felt those "voices" of Bakersfield groups who had given me scholarships to pay my way through school.... "Don't thank us. Just come back and help our community succeed. Return the favor."<BR/>Maybe it's was the Catholic guilt I had. But I just felt that I needed to be back to make a difference. <BR/>I am sure we can capture a lot of these students if we support them while they are here and show them that Bakersfield is a great community to make a difference in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post-21810882458913630802008-12-30T10:44:00.000-08:002008-12-30T10:44:00.000-08:00the rich get richerthe rich get richerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com