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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ParkWalk 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday
People usually thank sponsors and supporters at the end of an event. We want to acknowledge our supporters now.
Girl Scout Troop 1821 👭 will be serving as hostesses, and are making SWAPS for those who walk a lap or three around the park.
Thrivent provided funds💲and 👕 tee shirts and supplies for our Thrivent Action Team.
The Bakersfield Police Department is providing information on bike safety 🚴 and will be sponsoring our upcoming Bike Rodeo.
Trader Joe’s is going to give us fresh fruit for snacks. 🍎
SLP donated Fun Fitness cookies. 🍪
We do hope you all come ~ adults ~ kids ~ families. Do some exercises on the ParkCourse, walk a lap or three on the ParkWalk at our own neighborhood Harrington Park.
9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 5.
ParkWalk celebration
The newly signed ParkWalk will be celebrated at Harrington Park from 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 5.
Bakersfield Police Department representatives will share information on bike safety and the date for the Bike Rodeo will be announced.
So join us, take a lap around the ParkWalk, try the exercises on the ParkCourse, meet the Girl Scouts, and enjoy a light snack.
Can’t wait to meet new neighbors. What a great way to spend a Saturday morning.
Girl Scouts Troop 8121 will celebrate friendship, fitness and fun with us at our park.
The girls said they are excited to: “See your faces” and 😍 “make a new friend.”
“Let’s have a nice day together.” 👨👩👧👦
Come have fun and get to know someone you never knew before.
There’s an old proverb; “So walk in the way of good people and stay on the path.”
Are you up for it?
Can you stay on the path for three laps around the park?
Three laps around Harrington Park equals one mile. Can you do it?
Come on outside; breathe fresh air; meet the Girl Scouts. Invite your neighbors. Come walk around the park; just three laps. .. come on, you can do it.
🌄 Saturday
June 5; 9-11:30 a.m.
T-ball 2021 in full swing
Residents Tom and Kay Bell have run the spring T-ball league for 40 years.
T-ball is meant to introduce youngsters to team sports in a friendly atmosphere where parents are the coaches and every game ends in a tie.
This season features four teams of 14 players each ranging from 4 to 8 years old. Past seasons have had as many as 12 teams. Games are held 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Harrington Park.
Players are not limited to Park Stockdale residents. If you would like to sign your child up for next year’s season, contact Tom Bell next February: (661) 322-2801, tombell01@aol.com.
Here are some photos of the Blue Dragons by PSCA president Jim Carnal that capture the spirit of the games.
M&S Security thwarts theft of catalytic converter
In early April, Dennis Jones got a knock on the door of the Park Stockdale home he’s lived in since it was built in1969.
It was 3 a.m.
“This is M&S Security. Can you open the door?,” Jones recalled.
“No,” he replied.
“Look out your window at my truck,” Jones recalled the man saying.
It was an M&S Security truck.
The security officer said he came across a man with his feet dangling out from under Jones’ company van.
When the officer shined his lights on him, he lit out with a female accomplice.
Nine months earlier, someone had stolen two catalytic converters for their platinum from his van parked in front of his home. Replacing them cost $1,185.
His van won’t fit in his garage, but now he parks it in his driveway. By his two watchdogs.
The M&S Security patrols of Park Stockdale are one of the benefits of the dues neighbors pay.
“It is really important that Park Stockdale has this service. That is great that someone is going around checking,” Jones concluded.
Seven board members elected
Congratulations to incumbents Pam Bailey, Tom Bell, Roxanne Fackler, Dennis Shea and Susan Tuttle who were re-elected March 29 to two-year teams on the Park Stockdale Civic Association board of directors. They will be joined by newcomers Rachel Kirk and Johnathan Porchia.
New park sign
Kern General Construction replaced the dilapidated wooden Harrington Park sign on March 8 with a steel sign that matches the wrought iron fencing and exterior building colors.
new sign
