Public Schools Month Observed in Kern County
Kern County marks Public Schools Month with a county board urging districts to host open houses, demonstrations, and student project displays. Walter Parsons notes the 1920 founding by the Grand Lodge of California Masons and the theme Public Schools A Torch for Freedom.
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Kern County
Kern County Board of Education
Walter Parsons
Board
Public Schools
Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons ‘of
California
Wasco group to kick off infant seat loan program
Wasco Association for the Developmentally Disabled will launch an infant seat loan program at the April 23 Health Fair to raise awareness of child passenger safety. A film Car Safety Dont risk your childs life will be shown and a raffle for a free loan of an infant seat.
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Wasco
Wasco Association For the Developmentally Disabled
WADD
Citrus bloom stage rule limits insecticide use south of 7th Road
Agricultural Commissioner Rod Edwards announced that April 5, 1983, marks the 10 percent bloom stage for all citrus south of 7th Standard Road, initiating a period when insecticide use is greatly restricted to protect bees and reduce pesticide harm to pollinators.
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Rod Edwards
7Th Standard Road
Thirty and Twenty Years Ago in Shafter News
A look back at anniversaries from 1953 to 1978 highlights TB X-ray driver outreach, PTA barbecue, Miss Shafter queens, Easter services, local parades, school board races, fire department shifts, pageants, insecticide spillage, arts contests, aquatic park activities, grants for education, and rising fire risk amid heavy rains.
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Shafter
Wasco
Shafter High School
Parent- Teachers Association
Cosmo Thomas
Richland Parent-Teachers Association
Richland School District Board of Trustees
Shafter Business and Professional Women’s Club
Vicki Laverty
Kern County
Chamber of Commerce
City Park
Marcia Craig
Arthur Craig
Bank of America
Buttonwillow
A. George Downing
Los Angeles
Southern California Baptist Convention
New Community Baptist Church
Lions and Chamber of Commerce
Howard Keel
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Tom Beene, Shafter
Work Shoe Headquarters
Weeds Shoe Store
Central Ave
WE Were
Richard Larson
Shafter Fire Department
Shafter Beauties
Five Corners
Arvin High School
Buena Vista
John Hanshaw
Buttonwillow Medical Clinic
Johnson
Black Oak Nursery
F St
R.T.U. Reg
Rose & Flower
R.T.U
Systemic Rose & Flower Care
Northrup
Northrup King Lawn Seed
Northrup King
Westland
JOBES
Snail & Peles
Ss A
THE
Union Oj Fork & Hoe Company
Edwood & Tubs
Etranath
Timie
Featee Shee
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