Shafter Healthy Start needs assessed at council session
At the Feb 3 Shafter City Council meeting representatives from Shafter Healthy Start presented a needs assessment plan. Surveys from 41 services, covering ages 26 to 35 largely Hispanic women, highlighted top concerns such as low cost housing, utilities, nutrition classes, dental care, and early morning child care.
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Shafter
Healthy Start
Laurie Roth
Jesus Cordova
Yvonne Munoz
Roth
Community events and charity drives in Shafter area
Shafter Healthy Start runs a Blanket Drive through February 30 collecting new and gently used blankets for families in need. Donations drop-off at the Healthy Start office behind Golden Oak Elementary 8 am to 5 pm weekdays. Westside Family Fellowship hosts Get Real Women Conference Feb 26–27 at 7 pm with a breakfast and lunch, speaker Lydia Ranger. Shafter Chamber to hold a Business Networking Mixer on April 16, date moved from Feb 12 due to Shafter Community Chest dinner.
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Shafter Healthy Start
Healthy Start
Golden Oak Elementary
Westside Family Fellowship of
Wasco
Shafter
Lydia Ranger
New Life Church
Bakersfield
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Teens Injured In Shafter Traffic Crash Near Jesus Saves Church
Two teenage girls in Shafter were involved in a Thursday crash on South Shafter Avenue near Jesus Saves Church after losing control at high speed. The Mazda Protegé hit a curb and a telephone pole, bouncing 20 feet. airbags deployed and one occupant was hospitalized.
Founder's Day dinner honors two new lifetime members at Minter Field Air Museum
Minter Field Air Museum in Shafter marks Founder's Day with its 18th annual dinner honoring aviation pioneers. Col Ernest Pearson and Mary Feik addressed about 200 members, with Pearson leading Civil Air Patrols across multiple western states and Feik detailing decades of piloting and flight engineering.
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Air Museum
Minter Field
Lerdo Highway
Shafter
Minter Field Air Museum Board of Directors
Dean Cramn
Ernest Pearson
Pacific Region
Civil Air Patrol
Pearson
Hawaii
Nevada
California
Washington
Alaska
Oregon
Mary Feik
Feik
Jelmini Signs with Arizona State University Track Star Chooses ASU
Shafter High athlete Anna Jelmini signs a letter of intent to attend Arizona State University in fall 2009. A prolific discus and shot put competitor with World Junior Championships and USA Junior titles, Jelmini cites climate, team, and coaching as reasons for choosing ASU. She aims for the 2012 London Olympics and plans to study history while scholarship funds cover four years of schooling, with on campus living in her first year.
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Chamber of Commerce
Shafter High
Anna Jelmini
Arizona State University
Jelmini
ASU
Arizona
USA
ASA
Jermini
Jelimini
Arcadia
California
California Central Section
Local Auxiliary member attends Barack Obama inauguration
Karlynn McCarthy an instructional assistant and local American Legion Auxiliary unit 213 member attended the January 21 2009 inauguration in Washington D C She advised a team of junior high students for the Youth Presidential Inaugural Conference guiding them through Washington D C and observing the peaceful transition of power The program aims to teach students through hands on experience rather than books.
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Karlynn McCarthy
American Legion Auxiliary
Barack Obama
Washington D.C
Congressional Youth Leadership Conference
McCarthy
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Cathy Prout
Department of Homeland Security
FEMA
Shafter City Hall
Beech Avenue
John Guinn
Well 17
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Well 8
By Alexis Stokes
Minter
Anna Jermini
Asuf
Arizona State
Univeristy
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