City Council approves higher sewer and garbage rates
Shafter residents will face a 25 percent wastewater rate rise and a 30 percent refuse increase after a public hearing. Residential sewer costs rise to 10.91 dollars monthly, garbage charges for homes with alleys climb to 6.40, and those without alleys to 10.97. City manager Wade McKinney notes ongoing cost saving and phased future adjustments. Mayors and residents debate timing and city spending while comparing rates with Wasco, Delano, Tehachapi, and Taft.
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Shafter
Wade McKinney
McKinney
Wasco
Delano
Tehachapi
Shafter Homes
Taft
Don Jones
Bob Krause
Krause
Shafter High Basketball Schedule and District Meeting
Shafter High announces basketball games for freshman and sophomore girls at 3 30 p.m. freshman and sophomore boys at 5 p.m. varsity girls at 6 30 p.m. varsity boys at 8 p.m. The Minter Field Airport District holds its next board meeting on Wednesday January 8 1992. For more information call 746 6711 or Bakersfield 393 0402.
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Shafter High School
Sophmore
Minter Field
Bakersfield
Seniors Offered Free Health Checkups in Shafter
Kern County Health Department provides free preventative health care for seniors over 60 at the W C Walker Senior Center in Shafter on January 8 from 9 30 a m to 3 p m. A talk on hugging and social contact also airs January 15 from 11 to 11 30 a m. The Vietnam Wall Experience replica will tour Bakersfield January 10 to 12 at Hillcrest Memorial Park with free admission.
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Kern County Health Department
KCHD
W.C. Walker
Shafter
Sunset Ave
Our Nation
Bakersfield
Hillcrest Memorial Park
Kern Canyon Road
Richland District Considers 5 Percent Budget Cut
RLSD faces a 5 percent budget reduction as California grapples with a $15 billion deficit. At a Jan 13 meeting Superintendent Dan Knapp will discuss the plan, with lottery proceeds pledged to education but court rulings and fiscal pressures complicating funding for students and programs.
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Richland/Lerdo
RLSD
Dan Knapp
California
San Diego
State Lottery Commission
Beech Avenue Crash After Argument Sends Truck Rolling
An argument on Lerdo Highway near Beech Avenue led to a 1984 Toyota pickup rolling five or six times after the driver overcorrected. Jason Berman 22 and Rosario Morales 18, both of Shafter, were injured. Morales and Berman treated for moderate injuries at San Joaquin Memorial Hospital, while 11 year old Lathasa Hart also from Shafter sustained major injuries and was taken to Kern Medical Center.
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Lerdo Highway
Beech Avenue
CHP
Mac
Wimbish
Jason Berman
Shafter
Berman
Rosario Morales
Morales
San Joaquin Memorial Hospital
Lathasa Hart
Kern Medical Center
Kern County MAS call boxes extend to north and south areas
CHP dispatchers answered over 1,180 calls from Kern County’s new Motorist Aid System during a busy November. More than 275 call boxes are active with plans for over 300 in early 1992. MAS executive director Ronald Brummett notes ongoing outsourcing and county wide expansion. Authority vice chairman Roy Ashburn praises safety gains for travelers in remote areas. Call boxes, marked by blue and white signs, connect directly to CHP via red button access with English and Spanish instructions.
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Highway 43
Shafter
Beech Avenue
Kern County
California Highway Patrol
CHP
MAS
Ronald Brummett
Brummett
Authority
Roy Ashburn
Highway Patrol
Mac Wimbish
GTE Cellular Communications
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Cathy Prout
Central Valley Highway
San Joaquin Valley
Roy Patrick
Shafter Press
Richland
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