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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Input requested
The Park Stockdale Civic Association Board of Directors is soliciting input from residents on what major improvements to do next.
This survey was included with the Quarter 1 statements.
Should the next improvement be resurfacing the tennis courts/pickleball courts, replacing the playground equipment, resurfacing the basketball court, replacing the cracked poolside concrete or something else.
Residents are asked to rank their priorities with 1 being their top concern and then returning the survey by May 9 to the office, 205 Rio Bravo Drive.
Park Stockdale yard sale
The semi-annual Park Stockdale neighborhood yard sale will be held the morning of Saturday, April 5.
The neighborhood-wide yard sales are held the mornings of the first Saturdays in April and October.
Easter egg hunt
Easter Bunny helpers Roxanne Fackler and Ana Flores (PSCA Board of Directors) fill eggs with candy for the annual Easter egg hunt.
The egg hunt set up for children living in Park Stockdale will be held in the park and pavilion at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 12.
Games will include: three-legged races, spoon-and-egg races and human wheelbarrow races.
Election results
All five incumbent directors were re-elected in elections tabulated Feb. 20.
Susan Tuttle, Eli Hamm, Barbara Kamena, Tom Bell and Roxanne Fackler each earned another two-year term.
Challengers Adam Johnson and Irene Canez fell short.
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.