Take "The Voice" on vacation!

Northwest and Southwest Bakersfield residents (or employees), summer is fast approaching, and it's time to pack sunscreen, passports, and DON'T FORGET your copy of The Northwest or Southwest Voice!

Vacationers using our Voice in their photos and then sharing them via our web site will be entered into a contest to win dinner on US! (Dinner seems to be a very popular prize -- PF Changs?  BJ's?  Roadhouse?  Winner may even get to PICK where they want to eat!)

Get creative!  Northwest Bakersfield neighbor James Seay and his wife Carrie traveled to Washington D.C. and took their Northwest Voice to the Pentagon!  No, that isn't a prop!  James is really standing where presidents have stood -- and THAT is a copy of our Northwest Voice!

Join the fun!  We will be publishing photos as they come in all summer.  In August, we will select the best photo and make you famous!!

(*special consideration will be given to the resident who takes The Voice to Fenway Park and gets Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek to hold it!)

Enjoy your summer, and don't forget to Take "The Voice" on vacation!

To enter, simply go to either www.northwestvoice.com or www.swvoice.com, click the yellow "share your voice" banner at the top of the page, which will direct you to sign-in, sign-up, or POST an article!  Use the headline "Take The Voice on vacation" and we will take care of the rest!

OK, any parents of high schoolers?  It's that time again (prom season), and The Southwest Voice is awarding dinner for TWO to the best prom photo we receive.

Even if you don't have a high school-age child who went to prom, if you KNOW someone who did--get a photo!  The person who submits the photo gets the prize!  :)

The deadline for submission is this Wed. at midnight.  Yes, and I will be up at midnight to see the pictures (just kidding--no, I'm not kidding). 

It's easy to do.  Just go to www.swvoice.com and click on the yellow flag that says "Share your voice." 

Here's my daughter and her date -- but I can't win the contest!

You can click the pic above to view MORE prom photos!

Happy Mother's Day!!  Enjoy Raising Bakersfield!

Congratulations, Kevin Morrison and son, Layton! 

Layton is the winner of The Southwest Voice's monthly "Athlete of the Month" contest and will receive a $50 gift card to Sports Authority! 

And by the way... that was about the cutest photo ever.  Made me get all teary because I can remember like it was yesterday when my son looked like that rounding the bases.  Click HERE to see Layton's adorable picture.

To answer your question, Kevin... c'mon down!!!  I'd love to show you where "all the magic" happens!  hahaha!  Kevin and Layton are going to come by the offices of the Northwest and Southwest Voice to see the newsroom (and maybe get a little extra prize--just for being such a cute baseball player!).