Museum breaks ground on hanger project in Shafter
After more than two years of work the Shafter museum held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 48 by 48 foot aircraft hanger. Gen. Jim Whitehead and Dean Craun spoke of the long effort and donations are sought to fund the concrete foundation as Columbo Construction prepared the steel framing.
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Ers
Jim Whitehead
Museum Board
Dean
Dean Cramn
Craun
Minter
Shafter
Cram
Columbo Construction Company
Minter Field Air Museum
Herman Ruddell
Minter Field
Don Westfahl
Jerry Ezeil
Cathy Prout
Tom Eichman
Columbo Construction
Early deadline notices and holiday schedules at Shafter Press
The Shafter Press issues Dec 26 and Jan 2 will run on shortened deadlines. Articles and photos due Dec 20 and Dec 27 by noon, classifieds by 10 am Dec 21 and Dec 28, display ads by noon Dec 20 and Dec 27. Office closed Dec 25 and Jan 1 2008.
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Shafter Press
Delegates learn how American media shapes society in Kern County
Eight Russian journalists toured Kern County for a week to study how American media interacts with county and city governments, local organizations, and law enforcement. Through the Open World Leadership Center program Accountable Governance: Media/Journalism, they met editors, publishers, and TV directors to compare U S and Russian governance, media structure, and civil society.
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Kern County
Open World Leadership Center
Russia
Friendship Force of
Kern
Svetlana Chistyakova
Continent- Siberia
Altai
Siberia
Barnaul
Chistyakova
United States
Maple youngsters light up the stage for holiday performance
Maple school hosts a holiday concert with kindergarten through fourth graders performing Christmas carols at the Maple cafeteria on Fresno Avenue. Principal Rebecca Devahl thanked students and staff as families filled the standing room only venue. The show featured Jingle Bells and a Silent Night finale signed by students, who waved to parents before dismissal.
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Fresno Avenue
Maple School
Rebecca Devahl
Maple
Shafter Teen Heads to Washington as Congressional Page
Elizabeth Monsma a 16 year old Shafter high school junior will travel to Washington D C to serve as a Congressional Page for the second session of the 110th Congress from January 27 to June 6 Sponsored by Congressman Jim Costa D Fresno Monsma learned of the program after a House tour and applying in October She must maintain a B average submit an essay obtain three recommendations and participate in extracurriculars Pages serve as support staff for the House earning a monthly salary and are nominated by their district official
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Richland
Kern County
Brent Starrh
Ramiro Perez
Antonio DeJesus
Antonette Garza
April Denny
Ideas
Shafter
Washington D.C
Elizabeth Monsma
Monsma
Jim Costa
Fresno
House of Representatives
East Coast
Kevin McCarthy
Bakersfield
Ing
Costa
McCarthy
Congressional
United State House of Representatives
House
Congress
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