Dangerous Tule Fog Delays Sweep Kern County Schools
Dense tule fog rolls into Kern County reducing visibility and triggering school delays. Police urge slow driving, low beams, and extra caution on busy corridors like Lerdo Central Valley and Santa Fe. Morning car warming safety and district fog report lines provide alerts as buses delay up to two hours. Local radio and TV stations broadcast fog delay notices.
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San Joaquin Valley
National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Kern County
Greg Richardson
Shafter
Richardson
Lerdo Hwy
Central Valley Hwy
Santa Fe
Richland
Kern
KAFY
KERI
KKXX
KNZR
Shafter events showcase holiday plays and parades
Shafter High Drama Department presents two Christmas shows The Velve teen Rabbit and Santa's Let ters December 4 to 6 at 7 p.m. in Fred Starrh Auditorium general admission 3 dollars children 10 and under 1 dollar. Christmas Parade and Sing December 8 at 6 30 p.m. Downtown Square Central Ave and James St. Planet Dance 2008 December 6 at Wasco Union High School auditorium tickets 5 p.m. Planet Dance tickets at the door or 642 G Street. Community Action Partnership announces USDA Commodities Distributions at Shafter Youth Center 455 E Euclid Ave November 20 and December 18 11 a.m. M E Ch A alumni drive at Shafter High 746-4961 or email for details.
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Shafter
Central Avenue
James Street
Community Action Partnership of
Kern
USDA
E. Euclid Avenue
Wasco Union High School
G Street
Shafter High School
M.e.ch.a
Jorge Maldonado
Literacy grants issued to Semitropic and Lost Hills districts
State Superintendent Jack OConnell announced 22 awardees will share nearly 5.5 million dollars in Migrant Education Even Start MEES grants. Lost Hills U S D receives 20546 dollars and Semitropic receives 13522 dollars to support family literacy and early childhood services for migrant workers and their children.
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Sacramento
Jack O'Connell
Lost Hills Union
O'Connell
California
William F. Goodling
William P. Goodling
California Department of Education
California First Commission
Cde.ca
SHS Stages Two Christmas Shows at Fred Starrh Auditorium
Shafter High School presents The Velveteen Rabbit and Santa's Letters from December 4 to 6 at 7 p.m. in the Fred Starrh Auditorium. Cast includes Blake Henley, Lisa Lencioni, Cameron Hunter, Ryan Mann, and others with previews at the Shafter City Library on December 4 at 4 p.m. Admission is 3 for general and 1 for kids 10 and under.
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Shafter High School
Shafter High Drama Department
Blake Henley
Lisa Lencioni
Breanne Fowler
Elizabeth Fernandez
Holli Barton
Joey Ag
First Maple Schoolhouse near Lerdo Palm history
Story recounts a cookhouse near the Carroll farm at the southeast corner of Lerdo and Palm Avenues that served as Shafter’s first Maple schoolhouse. Mrs Eleanor Carroll helped establish the one room school, with Hazel Delmonica as its first teacher and 13 pupils in the inaugural year before a dedicated schoolhouse was built.
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Lerdo and
Palm Avenue
Eleanor Carroll
West Shafter
Carroll
PTA
Carroll Place
Carroll Farm
Hazel Delmonica
Lerdo
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Maureen
Juliana Lencioni
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