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'Each Child That Receives a Gown Is Dressed in Love' SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 • BAKERSFIELD.COM Parent’s post on alleged bullying captures notice from community BY EMA SASIC described, there were [email protected] initial instances with chil- When one parent felt dren calling him “gay” and frustrated with administra- “pushing him around,” tors in the Panama-Buena but most concerning was Vista Union School District an alleged instance on the who she felt were not do- playground. ing enough to stop alleged After more instances of instances of bullying in- alleged bullying took place, volving her son, she took to Buchanan decided she had social media. enough. She met with Ger- Kami Buchanan’s post rie Kincaid, assistant super- which describes bullying, intendent of educational name calling, inaction from services, to discuss transfer the district and her son’s options. DARLA A. BAKER / TEHACHAPI NEWS recent hospitalization has “I heard good things David’s Cradle founder Patti Browne works on one of the garments. captured the attention of about (Leo B. Hart Elemen- the community and has tary School), and I heard been shared by more than good things about how the 4,200 people as of Friday. principal dealt with bully- From it all, she is looking ing,” Buchanan said. for a silver lining. Since the transfer, how- ‘Each child that “All I want is for every- ever, Buchanan says “it’s one to be safe and that the been chaos.” school goes through the “It seems like weekly I necessary steps to inform am hearing of something parents (of bullying),” Bu- that’s happened,” she said. chanan said Thursday. “James used to like to go receives a gown is Since enrolling her to school, now he doesn’t. son, James, into the Pan- He cries himself to sleep at ama-Buena Vista Union night, he doesn’t sleep at School District for kinder- night, he has anxiety, he’s garten, Buchanan said bul- talked about how he wishes dressed in love’ lying has been an issue. he could be in heaven “He went to Montessori where everyone would love David’s Cradle merges with Angel Gowns of Kern County preschool for years and him. thrived,” she explained. “He’s had kids put their BY DARLA A. BAKER When he began kinder- hands on him — pushed, [email protected] garten at Ronald Reagan Elementary School, she Please see POST | A3 EHACHAPI — On the third Saturday of every month, volun- teers gather at First TBaptist Church in Tehachapi to fulfill a special purpose: Bakersfi eld’s water usage creating Angel Gowns to dress infants for eternal sleep. drops as residents’ behavior Each meeting begins with a prayer for the families who becomes more effi cient will be receiving the garments, which are crafted from de- BY SAM MORGEN but important, victory. In constructed wedding gowns, [email protected] a relatively wet year, the suits and other formal attire Bakersfield residents de- water savings will help re- donated to the ministry. serve a round of applause, charge the groundwater be- Each gown is made with at least in terms of the city’s neath the Kern River, which love, and, when finished, are water usage. had been depleted after a breathtakingly beautiful. Em- So far in 2019, city resi- roughly three-year drought bedded in the silky fabric are dents have saved 3,348 acre emergency declared by many a prayer, as well as a few feet of water compared to Gov. Jerry Brown. tears. 2013 quantities. Cumula- “Through the drought, tively, the city has cut water I think people got to using TURNING SORROW INTO BEAUTY usage by nearly 12 percent less water, whether or not In 2017, Patti Browne re- since 2013, an average year they adjusted their land- ceived a wedding dress her before drought struck the scaping or put in different cousin, Susan Moore, wore in state. sprinklers,” said Bakers- 1950 from her mother, Bonnie “As a city, we’re doing re- field City Councilman Moore-Moffitt. She decided to ally good,” Water Resources Bob Smith, who chairs the find a purpose for the vintage Manager Art Chianello said. Water Resources Board. gown by turning the fabric into “It seems like, definitely, the “Habits were formed lovely funeral attire for infants. residents of Bakersfield are during the drought that water aware, and they’ve have continued, because Please see CRADLE | A3 Carol Batelaan cups a tiny hat knitted by one of the volunteers. been using water wisely.” we have consistently been The city touts the latest water news as a humble, Please see WATER | A3 INSIDE Painting TODAY in the park With milder temperatures, Kristen Find the annual Montoya paints wildflowers on an electrical box in Panorama Park Friday Women’s Issue morning. This is the second of three of Bakersfi eld Life boxes she needs to finish by Oct. 1. The park received paintings with a theme of wildflowers, including drinking fountains, trash receptacles and electrical boxes. 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