Rio Bravo Facility Faces Cleanup Aid Amid Superfund Listing
Shafter’s Rio Bravo Disposal Facility, closed since January, may receive state aid for cleaning up an injection well as its Superfund listing raises potential $38 million costs. Officials criticize lax permits and delays while Rio Bravo seeks a health department hearing. Minter Field and Brown and Bryant plant also appear on the list, with Tackett hired as a consultant to help unravel government red tape.
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Rio Bravo
Kern County Ee Ee
California
Eatingar Caine
McCarthy
Itame
Clue 1
Seventh Standard Road
Enos Lane
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Rio Brave
State Health Department
Minter Field
RBDF
Tackett
Shafter
Shafter Eyes Paper Plant Site For New Computer Farm
City Council plans show Shafter as a candidate site for a paper processing company aiming to build a computer farm plant in Kern County. The visit includes a 2 pm Monday bus tour led by Del Morgano and Dave Freitas, with possible aerial tour and sites near Beech Avenue Lerdo Highway and Minter manufacturing. The company has not revealed its name, and final decisions remain pending.
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Shafter
Chamber of Commerce
Im JD
August ‘Caires
Sn Arse Cam Yar Mace
Kern County
del Morgano
Dave Freitas
Beech Avenue
Lerdo Highway
Minter
Richland school board outlines summer enrichment and bilingual plans
The Richland School Board discussed a July to August enrichment summer program for grades two through seven, modeled after Cal State Bakersfield, with a focus on science and math and bilingual English texts. Also reviewed were CSEA contract demands and first negotiations with the Richland Teachers Association set for Thursday May 6.
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Richland School Board
Vera Stone
Cal State-Bakersfield
Stone
Dr. Stone
Richland Teachers Association
Minter Field Warbirds Air Show Set for Weekend
Minter Field in Shafter hosts the fourth annual Warbirds event with 13 bombers 40 fighters and 30 training planes on view ground and air. Tickets are 5 for adults 3 for kids six to 12 free for under five A Saturday barbecue honors WWII veterans and star pilots include 62 year old Hoover a former World War II flyer and record transcontinental P-51 flight. He will fly F 86 and Shrike Commander with Condor Squadron closing the show in a mock battle against German and American aircraft.
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Minter Field
Hoover
Los Angeles
Daytona Beach
Florida
North Africa
Europe
Rockwell International
Condor
ATG
United States Air Force
Warbirds
Bob Hoover
Julie Clark
Variance Granted for Colvard Plans at Shafter Meeting
Shafter city commission granted a variance to the Colvard project after a public hearing on the tentative tract map for north of Oleander Avenue and Redwood Drive. The plan calls for six 75ish foot lots and two 74 foot lots on just over 10 acres, with six estate lots, in an undeveloped R-1 area. Chairman J C Atkinson and Commissioner Norman King recused themselves due to potential conflicts. Wiedmann absent Tuesday but present Thursday with Powell and Hair to hear the case.
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Shafter Commission
Commission
J.C Atkinson
Norman King
Colvard
Sandy Wiedmann
Tim Powell
Michael Hair
Wiedmann
Powell
Oleander Avenue
Redwood Drive
Acacia Street
Jack
Woody Colvard
Estates
Ronald Young
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Brown and Bryant Incorporated
Richland
Shafter Sports Complex
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