Park Stockdale is a neighborhood of 578 homes located in beautiful southwest Bakersfield With entrances at Rio Bravo DrIVE and Lennox AveNUE. Park Stockdale is a quiet, mature community with a distinctive character not seen IN the newer housing tracts where it is difficult to tell one house from the next.
Residents enjoy community amenities including four full-size tennis courts, a five-lane, 75-foot-long swimming pool with diving board, Harrington Park – a private community park/playground, and Frank Weldon Community Hall – the neighborhood community center. Regular neighborhood activities include T-Ball, bi-annual neighborhood-wide yard sales, and seasonal neighborhood events.
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T-ball sign-ups Saturday morning
Sign-ups for Park Stockdale T-ball will be held from 9 a.m. till noon Saturday, Feb. 22, in the hall, 205 Rio Bravo Drive.
Sign-ups are limited to the first 6o children.
T-ball is for children age 4-8; 4 before Jan. 1, 2025; kindergarten, first and second grade.
There will be four 15-player teams.
Games and practices will be held from 5:45-6:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 1 through May 27.
Cost is $48 for Park Stockdale residents; $50 for non-Park Stockdale residents.
This is an introductory league: runs and outs do not count. Parents are encouraged to participate.
For more information, call director Tom Bell at 322-2801.
Hiring lifeguards
The Park Stockdale Civic Association is hiring certified lifeguards for the summer season. Applicants must be at least 15 1/2 years old and be certified.
For an application, visit the office 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. MWF at 205 Rio Bravo Avenue. For more information, contact the PSCA at (661) 323-4302; parkstockdale@bak.rr.com.
Christmas home winners
Children’s winner. 400 Gabriel Drive
Creative winner. 6013 Friant Drive
Electronic winner. 5908 Hesketh Drive
Nativity winner. 109 Angell Street
Traditional winner. 5609 Kleinpell Avenue
205 Gabriel Drive
6413 Hesketh Drive
611 Hewlett Street
501 Plato Court
6000 Preston Court
800 Hewlett Street
Judge Becky Powers congratulates the Children’s category winner
Judge Roxanne Fackler congratulates the Nativity category winners
Judge Roxanne Fackler congratulates a winner
Judge Becky Powers congratulates a winner
Thank you so much for all who took the time to decorate their homes. It’s a beautiful tour around the neighborhood.
The home with music that plays in coordination with the lights is 5908 Hesketh Drive. Turn your radio to 99.9 FM.
The home with a beautiful nativity set is 6000 Preston Court.
The number of inflatable decorations has increased, delighting the children.
These are some of the best homes in the neighborhood as judged by a panel of adult and children residents. Board Vice-President Roxanne Fackler spearheaded the project. Winners each won gift certificates for a dozen Foster’s donuts.
Winners were chosen in five categories: children, creative, electronic, nativity, and traditional. An additional six homes were chosen on merit.
Park Stockdale certainly has the Christmas spirit.
Board of Directors election
Half of the Park Stockdale Civic Association Board of Directors is up for election early next year. If you would like to run for the board, nominations must be submitted by the end of the January Board meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in the hall. The election is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 18.
Anyone interested in running for the Board should contact a current Board member or the office at (661) 323-4302, parkstockdale@bak.rr.com.
The following board members are up for re-election: Tom Bell, Roxanne Fackler, Eli Hamm, Barbara Kamena and Susan Tuttle. If no other residents run, the election will be canceled and directors will automatically receive another two-year term.
Christmas home judging
You better be ready because a panel of adult and child Christmas aficionados will scour the neighborhood Dec. 20 (weather dependent) to make a list of the best decorated Christmas homes. Homes in each of five categories will be posted on this website and homeowners will receive one dozen donuts. The categories are: Nativity, Electronic, Children, Creative and Traditional.
These homes look ready.
Pool covered for winter
Thanks to the volunteers who covered the pool. The work was completed on Veteran’s Day: residents Thomas Woods, Sander Strother and Bryce Henry; Nick Galuska and James Daniels; and board vice president Eli Hamm and president Jim Carnal.
