Olympic Pride and Education Gaps Prompt Debate
Readers praise American Olympic athletes including a 41 year old silver medalist in swimming while warnings rise about unequal school funding. The piece cites Gates Foundation work on facility disparities, bullying, first day anxieties, and calls for parental involvement to ensure quality education and equal opportunities amid budget clashes and political sparring in California.
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Gates Foundation
Richland
Shafter High School
Week in Shafter brings plans for satellite tower
Barbara Prickett Craig recounts a busy week with Planning Commission discussions on another satellite tower, Welcoming Teacher's Luncheon, Kiwanis activities, lunches at Hodel's, Red Hatters desert outing at the Sweet Stop, and a Green Hotel tour, urging readers to attend meetings.
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Kiwanis Club
Bakersfield
Mary Nixon
Toni Johnston
Hali
Mom
Hodel’s
LaVelle Stoller Sharp
Ben Fitzgerald
Red Hatter’s
Green Hotel
Shafter
Kiwanis Hosts New Teachers Luncheon in Shafter
Kiwanis welcomed all New Teachers at a luncheon with City officials including City Manager John Guinn. Speakers from local schools listed were Dr. Bergevin and several others as the year begins. A Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast is set for Sept 6 at the Shafter Veterans Hall from 6 30 to 10 30 a m with take out available.
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Kiwanis
John Guinn
Dr. Bergevin
Rose Shannon
Kevin Monsma
Heidi Wicher
Jason Hutchinson
Kathy Mayes
Octavio Patino
Shafter Veterans Hall
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