Shafter Unification Plan Faces State Overrule
In Kern County a state prepared Wasco Shafter plan replaces the local unification concept. The state argues Wasco Shafter costs higher while Shafter offers lower taxes, stronger community identity, and only three noted disadvantages. The Sept 9 State Board vote will decide between the Shafter proposal and the Wasco Shafter option.
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State Department of Education
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Wasco- Shafter
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Wilson Riles
Wasco-Shafter
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Early Kern County medicine and pioneering doctors
In Kern County 1860s settlers relied on home remedies or frontier doctors. Dr. Charles W. Bush operated in Havilah with a drugstore and edited the Havilah Weekly Courier, while Dr. Leonidas Brown served as county physician and ran the first county hospital. Drs. Riley and Lively held early county offices as superintendent of schools and coroner respectively, shaping medical and civic life.
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Visalia
Eastern Medical Schools
Charles W. Bush
Havilah
Brown
Bakersfield
Joseph R. Riley
Joseph Lively
Murdered Reporter Bolles Ties to Emprise Probe Deepens
The Arizona Republic investigative reporter Bolles was killed after closing in on Emprise Corp. secrets. Porter, a Phoenix informant, was attacked days after Bolles’s death while police withheld his name. The piece links cross border casino interests and Teamsters funding of Santa Fe Downs.
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Jack Andersson
Don Bolles
The
Arizona Republic
Emprise
Larry Kraftowitz
Phoenix
Bolles
Kraftowitz
Fred Porter Jr Porter
Emprise Corp
Arizona Racing Commission
Porter
New Mexico
Teamsters
Central States Pension Fund
Santa Fe Downs
Washington
Arizona
Widows as national resource in business and politics
Paul Harvey argues widows of notable leaders are a wasted national resource and urges Congress to recognize their contributions. He cites figures like Lady Bird Johnson and Lil Wade, noting their ongoing advisory roles and the need for better retirement support for widows while highlighting broader gender disparities in government and industry.
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Paul Harvey
Homer McKee
Congress
Illinois
Everett Dirksen
Fred Busbey
Ozarks
Bired Johnson
Servicemaster Corporation
Marion Wade
Lil
Delaware
William Roth
United States
Wommn
Time to plug the leaks in unemployment system
The unemployment compensation system has paid large sums during the recession, but rising benefit outlays and $78 million in detected overpayments reveal abuses. As recovery reduces jobless numbers, agencies should tighten processes, monitor job search efforts, and apply work tests to ensure benefits reach those in genuine need.
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Department of Labor
50th Wedding Anniversary Opens Shafter Social Season
Mr and Mrs Woods Stone celebrated their Golden Anniversary with an open house last Sunday. The Stone-Martha Buller wedding in 1916 was Shafters first major social event drawing wide community attendance.
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Woods Stone
Woods’ Stone
Martha Buller
Shafter
Santa Fe
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