Richland SHS and Maple start classes on Monday
Kern County schools open for the new year with RLSD Shafter High School and Maple School welcoming students. An estimated 132 555 K 12 students enroll, up 3.2 percent from last year, while community colleges project 156 455 total with minor declines.
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SHS
Maple School
Dan Spec
Blanton
Kern
West Kern Community College
Meeting on track ordinance sparks changes in city rules
Residents clash over a 1989 track ordinance during an 11 member meeting led by Gary Knox and Gerry Nelson. The debate centers on Chief of Police discretion over off street truck parking permits and proposed modifications requiring two protesting neighbors and clear appeal rights.
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Gary Knox
Gerry Nelson
Chief of Police
Shafter Landfill Hours Shorter for Fall Season
All county landfills and transfer stations will close one hour earlier starting September 1 due to reduced daylight. From September to October facilities operate 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Daily hours vary by site with Buttonwillow and Lost Hills having limited days. November through February hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, Easter, and the Fourth of July. Pre-registration for Shafter adult classes on Aug 30 and Sept 1. For more info call 746 4961. A food distribution at Shafter Assembly of God Church on Aug 25 from 10 to 11 a.m. Bring proof of income.
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Buttonwillow
Lost Hills
Shafte
Arlie Smith
Shirley Fowler
Shafter Assembly of God
Elm St
Betti, Local Farmer, Eulogized For Lifelong Service
Long time Kern County farmer Louis Michael Betti 74 died August 14 in Wasco Born April 25 1920 in Bakersfield educated locally he served in World War II earning the Bronze Star Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart He built a 60 year farming career in Buttonwillow Lost Hills and western Kern County and helped develop land for Corky Anderson Ken Puryear Farms and C J Richie Farms He led the Italian Association were reserve sheriff’s deputies Lions Club Buttonwillow Chamber of Commerce and remained active after retiring in 1985 with farming alongside his son in law Danny Payne Services were held Friday August 19 at Wasco Memorial Park.
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Wasco
Bakersfield
Betti
Rosedale
Buttonwillow
Lost Hills
Kern County
Corky Anderson
Ken Puryear
C.J. Richie
Italian Association
American Kern County Reserve
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Danny Payne
Wasco Memorial Park
RTC builder offer to settle rejected in state legal tussle
A proposed out of court settlement by Gardemeyer’s attorney Kendel was dismissed as a joke by state officials amid a dispute over cost overruns on RTC facilities in Shafter Taft Delano Coalinga and other cities. Costs cited include Coalinga 10.449 million Delano 10.514 million Shafter 10.620 million with Shafter Taft beds cheaper per design. City officials face scrutiny as depositions and possible suit loom.
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Shafter
Taft
Folsom
Delano
Coalinga
CDC
David Rosenberg
Rosenberg
RTC
Wade McKinney
Public Works
John Guinn
State Controller
McKinney
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