Depot Museum to receive Mel Vaux engine exhibit
Laura Vaux donates an early 1950s experimental engine built by Mel Vaux for irrigation at Harvey Wenberger’s ranch. The item was picked up at Constant Pressure Engine Inc. in Pottstown PA and returned to Shafter with Ronald and Rosalie Pierce after a cross country trip visiting Cheyenne, Mount Rushmore, Algona, and Washington, DC.
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Laura Vaux
Mel Vaux
Shafter Depot Museum
Constant Pressure Engine Inc
Pottstown Pa
Shafter
Ronald
Rosalie Pierce
Harvey Wenberger
Rosalie
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Mount Rushmore
Nicholas Cage
Algona
Iowa
Washington
CHP Maximum Enforcement Push Aims To Cut Holiday Fatalities
In response to a deadly Fourth of July, the California Highway Patrol launches an intensified Labor Day effort. CHP Captain Brian Smith notes two Bakersfield Division deaths last Labor Day and 1,740 statewide DUI arrests, with 72 in Bakersfield. Commissioner Mike Brown will patrol I-5 from Woodland to San Diego during the Maximum Enforcement Period, joined by other agencies in a tri state Stay Alive on I 5 campaign and Operation CARE on Interstates 80 40 15 and 5.
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California
California Highway Patrol
CHP
Brian Smith
Bakersfield
Smith
Mike Brown
Woodland
San Diego
Brown
Oregon
Washington
Supervisors back Tourism Grant guidelines and workshops
Kern County supervisors approved the 2007 2008 Tourism Promotion Grant Program guidelines with a $250000 allocation to boost the visitor industry. Workshops increase from two to four to help 501 C and 501 C6 tourism groups apply, with sessions in Mojave Lake of the Woods Lake Isabella and Bakersfield. Applications available online and via the Kern County Board of Trade contact points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Kern County Board of Trade
Kern County
First District
Jon McQuiston
Board of Trade
California Travel and Tourism Commission
Rick Davis
Veterans Building
Mojave
Lake of the Woods
Cuddy Hall
Kern River
Lake Isabella
Doubletree Hotel
Bakersfield
Davis
Visitkern.com
Kern
Safe lunch habits to keep children healthy at school
As students return to school knives bells ring and lunches matter. Follow food safety steps including washing hands and utensils, keeping cold foods refrigerated, using insulated lunch boxes, and avoiding cross contamination to prevent foodborne illness.
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Rotary Club
Rena Schrader
National Health Services Inc
Rotary
Richland
Schrader
Tary Cy
Shafter Rotary
John Guinn
Craig Pope
Pope
Enera
Neral Stor
All Men's
Hampion Cooler Corporation
Sidecraft
Chester Ave
Walker Street Shafter
Wasco
High Street
Delano
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