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Never to Young to Honor Veterans

You're never too young to honor our veterans with an entry in the Veterans' Day Parade. Coming from a family of Eagle Scouts, young Mr. Tyler Dunn is shown in his decked out car as a salute to all veterans.

This is Tyler's second year to enter the Veterans Day Parade.

Daisy Troop 173 Honors Veterans

Daisy Troop 173 honored Kern County's veterans with their entry in the 2008 Veterans Day parade. This is Troop 173's first time to be a part of this celebration and appreciate the opportunity to recognize the service our veterans have giving to our country.

Boy Scout Troop 712 Annual Pumpkin Launch

The boy scouts and families of Troop 712 found a use for their Halloween jack-o-lanterns at their annual Pumpkin Launch. The scouts made scarecrows and launched their leftover pumpkins from the overgrown homemade slingshots.

Families enjoyed lunch; bobbed for apples: and a crawl through the maze of barrels and boxes.

Boy Scout Troop 712 Salutes All Veterans

Boy Scout Troop 712 honored veterans' for their service to our country in the Veteran's Day parade. This was Troop 712's 25th year celebrating veterans with an entry in the annual parade.

Troop 712 meets Mondays at Thompson Jr. High - 7:00 pm.

The Southwest Voice Pumpkin Carving Contest

This Halloween, we asked Southwest Voice readers to submit photos of their creatively carved pumpkins. Possibly deterred by tough economic times, or the fact that pumpkin patches were practically non-existent this year, we did not receive many submissions. However, we did receive a few snapshots of kids in their creative costumes and a spectacular “super pumpkin” created from lights - our winner. We’d like to share those submissions with all of you and encourage you to be on the lookout for the next big contest!

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super pumpkin !!

South High Halloween Band

Win the next photo contest!

No haunted house is complete without a jack-o-lantern lighting up the front porch. So for this year’s Halloween photo contest, The Southwest Voice wants to see how creative you got while carving your pumpkin! Snap a photo of the final product — don’t forget to include the kids in their costumes — and submit your picture by Nov. 3 by visiting: www.swvoice.com and clicking on the contest link.

Take the Voice on vacation: La Purisima Mission

Liliana, Brent (back row) and Hannah and David Leaman (front row) in front of the pastures of La Purisima Mission

Take The Voice on Vacation: Carpinteria

Grant, Frank, Kinsey, Marcus, Leigh and Brianae read The Southwest Voice while vacationing in Carpinteria!