Local students aid Kern County children with project Linus blankets
A Redwood Elementary fifth grade class organized a local drive for Project Linus to provide handmade security blankets to children in Kern County. The effort follows inspiration from Texas and Sandy relief stories and reflects student unselfishness and community impact.
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Kern County
Redwood
Texas
Project Linus
Carol Babbit
Parade Magazine
Laura
Karen Loucks
Denver
Rocky Mountain Children’s Cancer Center
Mattie Jacobs
Community drives and city brush pickup schedules in Wasco and Shafter
CSO collects non-perishable food and gently used clothing for Bakersfield Homeless Shelter. Drop at 1401 Poso Ave Wasco. City brush pickup free December February with stacking rules and 10 foot piles, one foot diameter limit. March November residents recycle green waste themselves. Violations carry fines. Shafter Wasco landfill offers no cost recycling. Call 746 5002 for questions. Kern Mental Health seeks volunteer grocery deliverer for Wasco Shafter seniors. Call Melanie Davie-Haynes at 758 7332.
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CSO
Bakersfield
Poso Avenue
Wasco
Kern County
Shafter
City Services Department
Kern County Mental Health
Melanie Davie-Haynes
AB109 Realignment Impact in Kern County
Bakersfield Californian reports a crime rise linked to AB109 realignment. Kern County saw 8500 crimes in 2011 rising to 10270 in 2012, a 21 percent jump, with 44 percent of released inmates reoffending. Sheriff and DA call it a revolving door, while Wasco shows a slight drop amid patrol vigilance. Vehicle theft and petty theft rise as cold weather sets in.
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Bakersfield
Donny Youngblood
Kern County
Lisa Green
California
Ian Chandler
Wasco
Gearing up for Wasco Shafter Relay for Life event
The Wasco High School in Wasco hosts the Relay for Life on April 27 to support cancer research raised since the movement began in Tacoma and now a global effort. Cancer survivor Ralphie Santos from Shafter and family highlight personal impacts as teams fundraise ahead of the overnight walk.
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Wasco/Shafter
Wasco High School
Ralphie Santos
Shafter
Relay For Life
Tacoma
Cancer Society
FACT brings wildlife care lesson to SYC visitors
Cal State Bakersfield based FACT presented at the SYC with coordinator Marlene Benton. The session covered birds of prey such as owls hawks and eagles, plus how FACT rehabilitates injured, sometimes confiscated animals for return to the wild.
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FACT
SYC
Marlene Benton
Ms. Benton
San Joaquin
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