April and May Bring Warbirds Airshow and Festival Fun
Shafter community notes a busy schedule with the 7th annual Warbirds Airshow drawing crowds and sunburn. The upcoming Potato and Cotton Festival May 13 to 16 promises Carson and Barnes Circus and a dunking tank. Junior Babe Ruth baseball in Kirschenmann Park sparks local enthusiasm amid calls for better city recreation cooperation and cost sharing.
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Hafter
Shafter
Cathy Prout
Carson and Barnes
Shafter Policeman’s Association
Kirschenmann Park
Shafter Recreation and Park District
San Diego
Local Control Bill Targets Unfunded State Mandates
Weekly Forum calls for ACA 53 to require explicit state funding for any mandated local program. If the legislature balks, the program becomes a local option, freeing counties and districts from unaffordable duties and easing budget strains. State funding or reimbursement processes would be required for mandates.
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County Board of Supervisors
Sacramento
County Supervisors Association of California
Artichoke or Kumquat Demonstration Hoax Sparks Debate
Paul Harvey column notes a hoax staged at East Central State College Ada Oklahoma to prove campus protests can be mobilized for or against anything. It mocks the notion of widespread demonstrations and cites office romance studies as overstated. The piece argues for caution in embracing supposed workplace equality.
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East Central State College
Ada
Okla
Bureau of National Affairs Inc
Eliza Collins
Harvard Business
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Petition Pushes Animal Rights Bill Across Congress
A letter to the editor urges readers to back a Doris Day Animal League petition aimed at ending cruel animal testing. It calls for banning the Drake eye test and LD 50 tests, requiring compassionate review for medical experiments, and stopping pounds from selling pets to labs. The writer expresses strong disgust at practices described and requests action by voters.
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U.S. Congress
Doris Day Animal League
Tec
Svensons
Antal League
California Controller to launch search for Bank of America refunds
California State Controller Gray Davis will start one of the state’s largest missing persons searches on April 11 to find up to two million Bank of America account holders, heirs or relatives eligible for refunds from a 1920s through later settlement. He aims to reunite owners with interest refunds after the bank erased records and paid little or no interest on many accounts. Call (800) 877-777 for details.
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California
Gray Davis
Bank of America Savings and
Bank of America
Davis
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