{"id":930,"date":"2025-10-13T08:30:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T08:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/930\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T08:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T08:30:35","slug":"we-love-taft-oildorado-event-celebrates-tafts-oil-industry-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/930\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We love Taft:\u2019 Oildorado event celebrates Taft\u2019s oil industry history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAFT, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 Taft may look small, but at Friday\u2019s Oildorado kickoff luncheon, it had huge hometown pride.<\/p>\n<p>Sherry Sinden has lived in Taft for 55 years and has worked for Oildorado for some of them. This year she\u2019s the volunteer manager. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is all about oil and our industry, so there is a lot of history here \u2014 you can come down and find out the history,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\/news\/local-news\/new-bill-could-pump-life-into-kern-countys-oil-industry\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tNew bill could pump life into Kern County\u2019s oil industry\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sinden says regardless of how long people have lived in the city, they all share one thing: Taft Pride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love Taft \u2026 very tight knit community. Everybody I went to kindergarten with, I\u2019m still friends with and they all still live here,\u201d says Sinden. \u201cWhat we love here is we\u2019re tight and it\u2019s small and we love the small community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some families like Breann Bracken\u2019s moved to Taft back in 1910 and have been coming to Oildorado for years. She says it\u2019s a reminder of the influence oil has on not only the country but the nation. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have family who came here strictly to work in oil. So, it\u2019s really about celebrating oil, celebrating the industry celebrating those who work into it \u2026 Oil is a really big deal for us and it\u2019s kind of what keeps this little town going and the whole entire country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is a little something for everyone over the next nine days of festivities. On Friday, Oct. 17, a Casino Night will be held at the historic Fort. On Saturday Oct. 18, the city will hold a grand parade, mayor\u2019s luncheon and a gala hosted by the Taft Chamber of Commerce. Gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton joined the Oildorado event as Friday\u2019s luncheon keynote speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\/news\/local-news\/kern-county-voices-support-for-newsoms-proposal-to-ease-oil-drilling-permitting-process\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" class=\"promo-link__link\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tKern County voices support for Newsom\u2019s proposal to ease oil drilling permitting process\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a huge supporter of our energy industry in California. I have spent a lot of time already here in Kern County, I\u2019ve been to Taft before. I\u2019ve seen the community I\u2019ve have spent a lot of time learning about this industry,\u201d said Hilton. <\/p>\n<p>Hitlon also expressed his eagerness to expand the energy sector in Kern County. \u201cI would sign anything that helps our oil and gas industry in California and in Kern County. As governor, we would never have been in that position if I was in charge \u2026 We need to go much further\u2026 we need to maximize production in Kern County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President of Oildorado, Stephanie Molina, shares what she loves most about this event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I love contributing to the community and give them something to look forward to. It makes all the hard work worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event ends on Oct. 19 so grab your boots, some Taft pride and come on down to celebrate the impact oil has had on the center of Midway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAFT, Calif. 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