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Hard work makes for great Christmas for valley children |
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Written by Mike Devich
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Friday, 28 December 2007 |
 Robert Cleveland, 11, and Nickales Mulliniks, 8, receive toys on Christmas Eve. Adults are (L-R) Kelly Scoggan, Sheriff’s Deputy Joe Garcia, Santa Claus, Jame Olle, Kristen Chambers and Melanie Long. Darlene Randall is the instigator behind Kernville’s Christmas Parade of Giving, held in early December. Toys collected during that parade and from businesses are stored for giving to needy kids. This year the toys were distributed on Christmas Eve Day. “It went fantastic!” said Randall. “We gave 99 bags of Christmas presents. We gave toys to the Food Pantry, God’s Storehouse, the Family Resource Center and miscellaneous others. “(Also) Santa Claus found out about other kids that weren’t on our list,” she continued. “It’s just wonderful that all these children that wouldn’t have anything (got presents).” Randall said that she’s happy making good memories for kids.
“They’re always going to remember that good part of December.”
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Mike Devich |
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| After a 25-year retail career in Lake Isabella, California, Mike Devich used his early journalism education and went to work for a weekly newspaper in Kernville, rising to managing editor. In November 2007, he and a friend, Michael Batelaan, purchased the Kern River Courier, another weekly based in Wofford Heights. He can be reached at
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 January 2008 )
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