Visionary Yvonne Munoz Leads Shafter Healthy Start Team
In Visions this week, Yvonne Munoz is profiled as a Richland School District Family Advocate and Healthy Families/Medi-Cal Certified Assister. She began as a Family Liaison in 1997, later becoming a Family Advocate in 1999, with prior experience as a Youth Worker and a Teacher's Aide. Now a School Readiness Family Advocate, she supports newborns to five year olds, aiding kindergarten prep and community services.
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Yvonne Munoz
Shafter Healthy Start
Yvonne
Richland
Jamison Center
Bakersfield City
Kern County
Pasqual Munoz
Jeremiah Andrew
Lions Honor Helen Keller History and Vision Aid
Deanna Rodriguez recounts Lions Club efforts in eye care for students and adults, linking programs to Helen Keller’s 1925 Cedar Point address. The piece sketches Keller’s life, Anne Sullivan, and Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, highlighting Lions Eye Foundation support and education outreach.
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Shafter High
Shafter Lions Club
Richland
Lions Club
Lions Clubs International
Lions Eye Foundation
Helen Keller
Guardian Spirit of
Lion Clubs International
the Lions
Anne Sullivan
Alexander Graham Bell
Chautauqua Institution
New York Lions Club
Keller
Daily Herald
American Association
Miss Keller
Bell
Cedar Point
Ohio
Knights of the Blind
Sequoia Elementary Opens With Kiwanis Lunch Tour
Kiwanians toured Shafter's new Sequoia Elementary School last Wednesday at noon guided by Superintendent Lyle Mack. The facility, to open this month for grades kindergarten through five, features state of the art classrooms with projectors screens computers cameras and wireless systems. Plans call for Golden Oak Elementary next, with a $5 million redo including air conditioning.
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Sequoia
Lyle Mack
Shafter
Central Valley Highway
Riverside
Shafter Avenue
Poplar Avenue
East
Los Angeles
Golden Oak
Schwarzenegger pushes for more power through ballot vote
The governor’s bid to expand executive authority centers on Proposition 76 Live Within Our Means. He has repeatedly sought to consolidate oversight of medical boards and energy siting, proposing a secretary of energy answerable to him, but faces sustained resistance from lawmakers and watchdogs.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Schwarzenegger
California
Medical Board
Dental Board
Pharmacy Board
Physical Therapy Board
Architects Board
Veterinary Board
Sacramento
Public Utilities Commission
Little Hoover Commis
California Focus on power grab in Schwarzenegger ballot proposal
California Focus reports on a ballot initiative linked to Governor Schwarzenegger that would allow midyear spending cuts and enforce a July 30 budget deadline with a fallback last year's budget. It would require 45 days’ notice to legislators for cuts but allow the governor to act unilaterally on deficits, potentially sidelining the Legislature.
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Schwarzenegger
Sacramento
California
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Deanna Rodriguez Root
Chris Hall
Kevin Monsma
Sequoia Elementary
John Zrofsky
Jon Johnston
Gary Ingle
Fran Florez
Alifornia
Sion
Pvitbos
Reed Print Inc
Shafter Press
East Lerdo Highway
Reed Print, Inc
Aldrin Ct
Bakersfield
P.O
Frank W. Reed Donald L. Reed
Lerdo Highway
P.O. Box
Melissa Hill
Office
Mana
Diane Givens
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