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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 2003
Page
5
The Shafter 4-H Club delivered about 300 potted plants to repeat customers, supporting the 4-H program with a fundraiser. The group has a little over twenty members and promotes the sale as a holiday and new year decor boost with showy flowering bracts noted by Sunset Western Garden Book.
The Bakersfield museum highlights a landmark year with the Founders Day Banquet honoring Col. Buddy Brown, Warbirds in Action airshow, a documentary on Yeager filmed locally for History Channel and BBC, $150 scholarships to Bakersfield and Shafter students, and a rent reduction to $1 yearly as the Annual Plan progresses toward expansion. Plans for 2004 include quarterly programs and restoration goals for the L-3 aircraft, plus outreach on multiple aviation groups.
The author praises 4-H poinsettias noting red showy bracts and green leaves, shares growing tips for bright cool light and steady moisture, and recounts keeping plants outside in spring. They compare poinsettias with maples and garden color, discuss eventual disposal, and close with a Bible verse urging thanks and encouragement through the season.
Ronnie Carroll reports a Kiwanis Wednesday luncheon featuring Shafter High School band choir and color guard under Kelly Bergen. The group wowed with instrumental and vocal numbers, praised for recent Disney and Knott Berry Farm appearances, amid holiday cheer. A Christmas baskets giveaway is planned for December 23 with visitors like Cris Starrh inspiring the youth and community.
A comparison of how reinforcing or discouraging actions are labeled differs by age. Adults receive praise for perseverance and counseling when seeking help, while children are labeled with negative terms like stubbornness or whining for similar actions or misbehavior when they laugh or forget.
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