Shafter Junior Miss crowned with awards and praise
Jill Wiebe named Shafter Junior Miss and won Scholastic Achievement Talent and Spirit awards. First runner up Sonya Carrillo, second runner up Hailey Isaacs. Marnie Jones won Physical Fitness. Assemblyman Dean Florez praised past winners Mack and Dirkes. Event featured diverse performances by the Shafter Junior Miss Band, local youths, and entertaining groups.
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Wiebe
Sonya Carrillo
Hailey Isaacs
Shafter
Marnie Jones
Dean Florez
Mack
Dirkes
Marc Caputo
Collette Humphreys
Heidi Williams
Carl Halford
C. Tiny Guggiana
Gary Ingle
David Payne
Jesus Jaime
Kathy Campbell
Valarie Cortez
Elia Torres
Chad Givens
Nick Maness
Randy Toews
Ken Gross
Matt
Larry Starrh
Kelly Bergen
Randy
Cheryl Toews
Community events and services announced for Shafter area
AARP 2809 meets April 11 at Walker Senior Center at 1 30 p m with general meeting April 16 at 1 30 p m Refreshments served All churches welcome to Good Friday service April 13 at Home Fellowship Church 520 California Ave 7 8 p m Easter Sunrise Service April 15 6 30 a m at Manne Park Speaker Pastor Tom Baker Kiwanis Easter service info from Home Fellowship Church Generals Youth Football Cheerleaders tryout clinic April 1 17 18 at Richland Intermediate Cafeteria Manfred Wednesday 4 6 p m 8 p m parent meeting April 16 Ages 9 14 746 4352 Rabies Clinic April 18 1 30 2 30 p m Shafter Fire Department Shots 4 Tags 20 yearly 10 altered More on pace 777
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AARP #2809
Walker Senior Center
Shafter Ministerial Society
Home Fellowship Church
California Avenue
Kiwanis Club
Manne] Park
Tom Baker
Generals
Richland
Manfred Wedneedey
Districtwide school bonus program funds to staff and schools
California SB 1667 funds a one time school site employee performance bonus for fiscal 2000 01 to reward schools with gains in the Academic Performance Index. Richland District will share 112 646 for eligible sites with half distributed to staff and half for school wide use.
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Richland
Lyle Mack
Mack
California
Shafter Census Shows Population Boom and Growth
The 2000 Census counts Shafter at 12,736, up 71 percent since 1990. Hispanic residents more than doubled to 8,667, while White residents declined to 3,693. Wasco neighboring city totals show Wasco at 21,263 with notable ethnic shifts and prison inclusion in counts. Projections suggest continued growth to 15,113 in the next decade, affecting grants and services for seniors and youth.
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Shafter
Wasco
Average Kern County income compared to state figures
California reports 13.7 million returns in 1999 with $856.9 billion in adjusted gross income. statewide median on all returns is $29,376. Kern County median individual income is $24,544 and joint median $44,280, ranking 40th and 35th in the state respectively.
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Cording
California
Franchise Tax Board
Kathleen Connell
Connell
Bay Area
Kern County
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Shafter Juni
Margaret Baker
TAURI
AARP
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