Shafter Press Holiday Deadlines And Food Distribution
The Shafter Press will close Friday December 24 and 31 for holidays. Display and classified deadlines move to Thursday December 23 and 30 at 2 p.m. classified ads due Monday December 27 at 10 a.m. The KCEOC Commodity Food Distribution is Friday December 17 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at First Assembly of God Church. Re evaluation of income begins at 8 a.m. Bring monthly income verification for evaluation.
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the Shafter Press
KCEOC
First Assembly of God
Elm St
Toy Drive at Shafter Convalescent Hospital
The Shafter Convalescent Hospital hosts a toy drive through December 16 in partnership with the U S Marine Corps Toys for Tots program. Donations of new wrapped toys for needy children in the Shafter Wasco area can be dropped at the front lobby in the hospital at 140 East Tulare Avenue.
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Shafter Convalescent Hospital
U.S. Marine Corps
Shafter- Wasco
Shafter Convelescent Hospital
East
Tulare Ave
Donations Drive Seeks Food and Funds for Shafter Families
United Community Service asks for food and money donations for holiday baskets to aid needy families in the Shafter area from December 19 to 24. Last year 205 baskets were delivered. donors can contact First Southern Baptist Church at 746-6774 or drop items at the Shafter Fire Department on Sunset Avenue and Santa Fe Way. Separately, Soroptimist International of Shafter hosts the Helping Christmas Tree at Community First Bank on James Street, inviting the public to take a card with a child’s age.
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United Community Service Organization
Shafter Area
First Southern Baptist Church
Shafter
Soroptimist International of
First Bank
James Street
Officials address violence against children in Wasco
Local officials including Dr. Dan Knapp of RLSD meet amid fears after a Wasco kidnapping report. The Polly Klaas case in Petaluma underscores public worry over release of dangerous felons like Richard Allen Davis. Kern County deputies chased a possible boy abduction scene with a blue van sighting but found nothing definitive.
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Dan Knapp
Richland-Lerdo
Richard Allen Davis
Polly Klaas
Davis
Convic
California
Kern County
Wasco
Cotton farmers use natural pest control in San Joaquin Valley
The United States Department of Agriculture notes cotton growers in the San Joaquin Valley have managed pink bollworm moths since 1974 without pesticides. Sterile moth releases, funded by a $2 per bale assessment, helped protect 1.1 million acres of cotton, while Imperial Valley losses rose to about eight thousand acres. The region now faces the silver leaf whitefly, a tougher adversary with no identified parasite to curb it, limiting spray options.
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San Joaquin Valley
United States Department of Agriculture
India
United States
Mexico
Cording
Charlie Hodson
California Department of Food and Agriculture
U.S
Imperial Valley
of California
Hodson
Hudson
Richland Receives Unique California Demonstration School Bus
The Richland-Lerdo School District secures a new 78 passenger Thomas bus built for safety and efficiency under AB 35 the Katz Safe School Bus Clean Fuel Efficiency Demonstration Program The Caterpillar engine burns cleaner and the vehicle features include an engine fire retardant system four wheel ABS no barrier doors improved visibility and eight light warning system
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Richland-Lerdo
RLSD
California Energy Commission
CEC
Richard Katz
California
Pioneer farmer John A Bidart remembered in Shafter notices
The longtime Shafter resident and pioneering farmer Bidart, who arrived decades ago to work fertile local land, is recalled for his varied contributions to agriculture including potatoes, cotton and fruit. The family notes the town’s sentimental value and references the original office site.
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John A. Bidart
Shafter
Neice Reaaniae
Aiden
Lea
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Sarah Bergen
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Teresa Tudor
Jennifer L. Traywick
Richland
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