Shafter Police to Hire Two With DOJ COPS Grant
Rep Cal Dooley announced Shafter will receive 150000 from the Department of Justice to fund two new police officers. Chief Paul Stotesbury says the hires will augment the force, with current officers transferring to the new roles and trained recruits patrolling streets. Grants cover up to 75 percent of salary and benefits for three years, aiding local crime prevention efforts.
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Shafter
Cal Dooley
Department of Justice
Paul Stotesbury
Stotesbury
Dooley
Building permits rise in Kern County for November 1996
Countywide permits jumped 17.23 percent in November 1996 from a year earlier to 31,146,164 dollars. Year-to-date totals rose 6.2 percent, with valuation at 419,991,961 dollars. Commercial activity climbed month to month but edged lower year to date, led by Bolthouse Farms carrot facility and U S Cold Storage expansion in Bakersfield. Single family dwellings reached 176 countywide, Bakersfield accounting for 76. Arvin, Shafter, Tehachapi and Wasco posted gains. Mercy Housing plans a 3.1 million, 56-unit complex on Madison Street in Bakersfield.
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Kern County Board of Trade
Bolthouse Farms
United Bakersfield
U.S
Bakersfield
Carl's Jr
Tehachapi
Burger King
Bakersfield Family Medical Center
Workman Brothers
Fresno
Delano
Kern
Belthouse Farms
Arvin
Shafter
Wasco
Shafter Press Holiday Deadline Changes__
The Shafter Press announces holiday deadlines for classified display and classified ads. Display ads due Thursday December 26 at 4 p.m. Legal ads due Thursday at 5 p.m. Youth basketball registrations open with eligibility for children born 1991 through 1984 and league start in January. information from SRPD at 746-3303.
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Shafter
Shafter Recreation and Park District
SRPD
Pesticide pilot to have his license suspended
DPR announces suspension of pesticide applicators licenses for San Joaquin Helicopters manager James Josephson and pilot Joseph R. Smith over a spraying incident east of Shafter last September. Action includes possible civil penalties up to 25000 and a state suit. About 250 workers fell ill, with 24 decontaminated and admitted to Bakersfield hospitals.
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Cal/EPA
Department of Pesticide Regulation
DPR
Shafter
James W. Wells
San Joaquin
Delano
James Josephson
Joseph R. Smith
Shafter Press
Kern County Ag
Ted Davis
Bakersfield
Child Abuse and Deaths Stir Kern County Concerns
Kern County faces rising child abuse and infant mortality worries with 1990s data showing high neonatal and infant death rates. Teen births, prenatal conditions, and congenital anomalies drive infant mortality while automobile accidents and firearms injuries remain leading causes of death for youths 5 to 24. Public assistance in 1995 rose, with $253 million distributed and an average of 103,400 people monthly receiving aid.
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Kern County
Patrick Shoemaker
Joshua McMorris
Shoemaker
Joshua
Kern County Network For Children
KCNC
Kern
California
California Department of Health Services
Department of Human Services
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