Cinco de Mayo Parade and festival in downtown Shafter
May 3 events kick off with a 10:00 a.m. parade and a full day of activities at the park featuring music, entertainment, games, booths, food, and a car show. Also notes a 55 year Shafter High class reunion contact, PiYo fitness classes, youth basketball signups, senior outreach help, and a monthly food giveaway at Shafter Christian Fellowship.
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Cinco de Mayo
Shafter
Bill Thompson
Buttonwillow
Melanie Davie-Haynes
Wasco
Shafter Christian Fellowship
Community Action Partnership
Kern
James St
Justin
Wasco and Shafter unite for Relay for Life event
The Wasco High stadium hosted the Wasco Shafter Relay for Life on Saturday April 26 bringing communities together. Survivors and caregivers led the opening lap while bands including the Thomas Jefferson Band and Richland Junior High Jazz Band performed. The event featured dance groups from Planet Dance of Wasco, a Locks of Love hair donation drive, children’s activities, food and music. A luminaria ceremony lit the track with candle bags honoring loved ones, as teams walked through the night for a cure.
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Wasco High
Wasco/Shafter
Thomas Jefferson
Richland
Wasco
Shafter
Man Arrested After Assault at Buena Vista Recreation Area
Kern County Park Rangers responded to an assault in progress at the Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area on April 19. They found Paul Radmer, 49, with a head laceration and rib pain, and arrested Antonio Ortiz, 35, of Shafter, for assault with a deadly weapon after locating a baseball bat near the scene. Radmer was treated and released. Ortiz posted bail after booking at Kern County Jail.
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Kern County Parks Park Rangers
Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation
Paul Radmer
Bakersfield
Antonio Ortiz
Shafter
Radmer
Kern County
Wasco restaurant staged robbery ends in arrests
Wasco resident Christian Orozco and Carl’s J.R. manager Ernesto Huerta staged a robbery at Carl’s J.R. on April 17 2014. The plan involved Huerta dropping off Orozco before opening time and splitting about 1500 dollars. Orozco and Huerta were arrested on conspiracy burglary and grand theft charges. Additional suspect 31 year old was later named in Bakid. Both men booked at Central Receiving Facility.
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Buttonwillow
Carl's J.R
Highway 46
J.R
Ernesto Huerta
Huerta
Christian Orozco
Wasco
Orozco
Carl's
Carl’s
Bakid
Parole and Probation Sweep Nets Multiple Arrests in Wasco
On April 2 2014 Kern County deputies from the Wasco substation and Gang Unit with Probation and State Parole conducted a compliance sweep in Wasco. Fourteen residences were searched seven people arrested and three firearms seized. Names include Joaquin Melgoza April Melgoza Lionel Gonzalez Joseph Gonzalez Edward Munoz Amanda Hopkins and Tammy Lehrer with various charges.
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Kern County Sheriff's Deputies
Wasco
Kern County Probation and State Parole
Joaquin Melgoza
April Melgoza
Lionel Gonzalez
Joseph Gonzalez
Edward Munoz
Amanda Hopkins
Tammy Lehrer
Tammy Lohrer
City honors life saving officer and Relay for Life event
At a City Council meeting Shafter honored Senior Corrections Officer Kerina Valdovinos for lifesaving actions on a vacation in Carlsbad. She administered CPR and AED shocks to a 50 year old Canadian woman who survived a heart attack. Also praised was the 10th annual Wasco Shafter Relay for Life by the American Cancer Society to fight cancer.
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Valdovinos
Canada
Jon Johnston
Wasco/Shafter
American Cancer Society
Relay For Life
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Nou
Planet Dance of
Maribel
New York City
Wasco Tribune
Romero Sisters
Buena Vista Recreation Area
Wascoman
City Awards
Relay For Life Committee
Johnston
American Legion Auxiliary
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