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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Halloween Spooktacular trunk or treat and carnival
Please join us for a Spooktacular time of fun when the Park Stockdale Civic Association hosts a Halloween Spooktacular Trunk or Treat and Carnival Saturday, Oct. 26.
The trunk and treat set up will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will open to residents at 6 p.m. Please come in costume.
Then the party moves into the hall for a carnival where games will be set up from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m.
The PSCA is looking for volunteers to decorate their cars or just to hand out candy from their trunks. If you would like to volunteer or plan to attend, please call or text Kiki at (805) 235-7843.
Community yard sale
The semi-annual Park Stockdale neighborhood yard sale will be held the morning of Saturday, Oct. 5.
Emergency meeting Monday
The Park Stockdale Civic Association Board of Directors will hold an emergency meeting 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23. The only item on the agenda is: pool repair.
The meeting is open to the public.
More than two dozen enjoy barbecue
More than two dozen residents braved triple-digit heat to enjoy the end-of-the-season potluck/barbecue around the pool on Sept. 7.
Eli Hamm, PSCA vice president, said, “It was a good time. Everybody had fun.”
Hamm grilled the hot dogs and residents brought side dishes: pasta salad, watermelon, cookies, lemon bars, cupcakes, coffee cake, doughnuts and assorted, pastries.
The pool closed for the season Sept. 8. Adult lap swimming is still available from 6-8 a.m. daily until the pool is covered for winter.
Hot dog barbecue/potluck at pool Saturday, Sept. 7
The Park Stockdale Civic Association Board of Directors will host a hot dog barbecue at the pool from 4-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7. The pool’s last day for the season will be Sept. 8.
Hot dogs, condiments, chips, water and lemonade will be provided.
Residents are requested to RSVP and, if possible, bring a side dish or dessert. Volunteers welcome. To RSVP and/or volunteer, contact the office, (661) 323-4302 or parkstockdale@bak.rr.com.
Pool to stay open afternoons, season extended
The Park Stockdale Civic Association Board of Directors voted Monday to keep the pool open on weekday afternoons. This is a change from previous years when the pool traditionally closed weekdays when Wayne Van Horn Elementary School went back in session.
Starting Wednesday, Aug. 14, the pool will be open 4-8 p.m. weekdays. It will be open noon-8 p.m. weekends. The plan hinges on getting lifeguards. The college lifeguards will soon head back and some of the high school lifeguards have afterschool sports. On days there is no lifeguard, a sign will be posted.
Additionally, the season has been extended a week past the traditional Labor Day closing.
A potluck will be held from 4-6:30 Saturday, Sept. 7. (See related story for details.) The pool’s last day of the season will be Sept. 8.