Shafter Community Service Clubs Plan Regional Meeting
Shafter hosts its first annual joint meeting of community service clubs on Friday Feb 15 from 11 30 a m to 1 30 p m at the Shafter Veterans Hall featuring Congressman Bill Thomas as guest speaker Lunch will be served 11 30 a m to 12 30 p m All local service clubs invited for information contact Linda Gragg or Jeannette Hernstedt AARP Chapter 2809 meets Feb 19 at Walker Shafter Senior Center with Wes Wilson covering 1991 Medicare and long term care insurance updates.
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Shafter
Shafter Veteran’s Hall
Bill Thomas
Linda Gragg
Jeannette Hernstedt
A.A.R.P
Shafter-Wasco Area
Walker- Shafter Senior Center
Sunset Ave
Wes Wilson
Kern County
Bakersfield Open Forum and S.O.S. Events in Shafter
The Bakersfield Open Forum Spring Program Series runs at Harvey Auditorium at 3:30 p.m. through February. Shafter High School plans a day of tribute for service members on February 27 titled S O S A Day to Remember. Students will honor families of service personnel and offer Operation Desert Storm bracelets. Contact Patty Everett or Charlene Janzen for details. Also Mayo Cinco de Mayo planning meets February 20 at the Shafter Library. Commodities are distributed February 14 at the Shafter Veterans Hall. Nominations open for the Shafter Downtown Parking and Business Improvement Area Board with a February 22 deadline. For inquiries call Lawrence Tomasello. The MEGS group has started a SCENES on 7a.
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Bakersfield
Harvey Auditorium
Ss High School
S.O.S
Persian Gulf
Patty Everett
Charlene Janzen
City of
Shafter
James Street
California
Lawrence Tomasello
Shafter Council Approves Annexation and Budget Measures
The Shafter city council on Tuesday approved annexing an 82.4 acre triangular parcel between Los Angeles Street and Riverside Street with adjacent boundaries. They also advanced first reading of a yard sale ordinance reducing permits and limiting sales to two per year. A SOS proclamation honored service members with events planned at Shafter High School on Feb. 27. The city estimated 43,000 in community project funds and outlined alley reconstruction needs at 349,000 with 129,000 from three years of CDBG Fair Share funds. A 20,600 contract was approved to update the housing element. The council also directed Kern County to return the city fire truck for potential use.
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Shafter
Los Angeles Street
Riverside Street
Los Angeles
Beech Avenue
Cathy Prout
Shafter High School
Persian Gulf
RTC wasteful spending questions roil Shafter RTC deal
Dr. Michael Hair, former city planning commissioner, questions Gardemeyer ownership and lack of bids on Shafter’s $16 million RTC lease, saying taxpayers could have saved money. City Attorney Brown defends no bid needed, cites state law and private ownership, while audits commence amid Porter kickback charges and questions about long term costs and whether ownership would help or hurt the city.
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Shafter
Michael Hair
RTC
Hair
John E.brown
John Porter
Porter
Gardemeyer Development Co
Gardemeyer
Wade McKinney
Brown
California
McFarland
California Department of Corrections
CDC
Mike van Winkle
Delano’s
Century 21
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By Georgette Kadel
Mayo
Cinco de Mayo
Shafter Library
Kern County Economic Opportunity Corporation
M.E.G.S
Middle East
By Dee NaQuin
Walker Street
Manuel
Downtown
Park
Walker Center
Cotton/Beland/Associates, Inc
Teeresey Roe
Richland
Special Education
Nelson
Wilson
Thompson
Thomas
Curry
Darlene Williams
van Winkle
Shafter and
Taft
Delano
Delano’s. Gardemeyer Development Co
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