Seniors Are Special Street Fair Connects Shafter Seniors
Shafter Chamber of Commerce hosted its first Seniors Are Special Street Fair on Central Avenue with 30 plus booths. Vendors offered medical financial insurance and hospice resources while outreach groups and the police department advised seniors. Attendees praised new services including a local pharmacy and W C Walker Senior Center programs. Hospice advocate Mary Shrider notes terminally ill patients often live longer with hospice care. Organizers plan bigger, better events, with Debbe Haley aiming to grow turnout and vendor participation.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
Golden Living Center
Shafter Police Department
Shafter
Chamber of Commerce
Debbe Haley
Ralph Gonzalez
Shafter Recreation and Parks District
W.C. Walker
Gonzales
Frank Bergman
Marilyn Bergman
Marilyn
Mary Lee Shrider
Hoffman Hospice
Shrider
Thania Palacios
Gemcare
Cally
Palacios
Haley
Governor’s high-speed rail fate may hinge on budget standoff
Senator Dean Florez urged Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to avoid veto threats that could derail the high-speed rail bond measure. The California Senate advanced AB 3034 to add route and funding details, aiming to place a viable plan on November ballots.
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Dean Florez
Shafter
Florez
Schwarzenegger
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