Shafter Walkway Proposal Tied to New 31-Home Subdivision
The Richland School District urges a safe pedestrian route from the West Tulare Avenue development to Redwood Elementary and Richland Junior High. City will pay half the walkway cost, with developer Hempel considering building ahead of construction to create an access road onto Tulare Avenue.
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West Tulare
Richland
Redwood
Jake Sweeny
Lyle Mack
Redwood Elementary
Mack
Hempel
Tulare Avenue
Shafter district opens youth league and health clinics
Registration is now open for Youth Baseball and Softball at Shafter Recreation and Parks District with a May 3 deadline. Kern County Health Department announces April clinics at Shafter office with multiple programs including Child Health, Family Planning, and Pregnancy Screening by appointment. Car wash by Shafter Lady Knights on April 17 to fund tournament travel. Cinco de Mayo meeting April 17 at Don Pericos. First 5 Kern Health and Fitness Fair April 23 at Richland Activity Center. Shafter American Legion Post 865 dinner April 23 at Veterans Hall. Youth football signups begin April 24 at Manuel Park from 10 a.m. to noon. youths must be with a parent.
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Shafter Recreation and Parks District
E. Tulare Avenue
Kern County Health Department
Shafter
Central Valley Highway
Shafter Lady Knights
Hitchcock Auto Parts
Munzer
Cinco de Mayo
First 5
Kern
Richland Activity Center
Shafter Healthy Start
Shafter American Legion Post 865
Veteran’s Hall
Manuel Park
City switches prison phone provider to SBC for profit
City of Shafter replaced MCI WorldCom with SBC at the Community Correctional Facility to boost revenue. Inmates make about half a million dollars annually from calls. SBC would share 50 percent, promising new technology, more inmate phones, and a three year contract with a city bonus at its end.
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Shafter
Community Correctional Facility
CCF
MCI
World Com
SBC
Prison Pro
More homes and industry eyed in Shafter subdivisions
Planning commission weighs growth as Freedom Homes and Sandaphor of Fresno seek a 48 new houses east of a 31 lot West Tulare Ave subdivision, totaling 89 homes between Poplar and Schnaidt. Also the Moreland extension to 33 rural homes south of Riverside Drive North Elizabeth Avenue is under consideration, with a March 5 2006 expiry noted. The Allen Group proposes two ITTC parcels on Seventh Standard Road.
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Shafter
Freedom Homes
Lerdo Highway
Schwaidt Avenue
West Tulare Avenue
Poplar Avenue
Schnidt Avenue
John Hempel
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Hempel
Freedom Homes Corporation
Sandaphor Enterprises Inc
Fresno
Shafter Planning Commission
Tulare Avenue
Poplar and
Schnaidt
Planning Commission
Riverside Drive
Elizabeth Avenue
Moreland Consulting Corporation
Ago
Allen Group
International Trade and Transportation Center
ITTC
Seventh Standard Road
Commission
Two Young People Die In Weekend Area Accidents
Weekend fatalities near Poso and Interstate 5 involve two youths from Rohnert Park. A 20s male, driving a 1996 red Jeep Cherokee registered in Grover City, died after a rollover on Easter Sunday night near Poso West Lerdo, unbelted. Dana Faustine, 18, of Rohnert Park, died near Buttonwillow on I-5 after losing control at 70 mph. she was wearing a seat belt while Faustine sustained minor injuries.
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Poso
West Lerdo
Kern County
Grover City
California Highway Patrol
Shafter Police Department
Kern County Fire Department
Halls Ambulance
Rohnert Park
Interstate 5
Buttonwillow
Dana Faustine
Faustine
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K.C. Land CO
Legion
Shafter Recreation and
Margaret Baker
Industry Planning Commission
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