Community notices for local events and free services
Listings include a Mexican Church at Lerdo Highway, Spanish AA, 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Minter Field Air Museum open Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with tours by appointment. Shafter Depot Museum open the first Saturday monthly 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. Free Will Baptist Church at 155 Redwood Drive offers free clothing on the third Saturday 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Call 393-0291 for details and 746-4942 for corrections.
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Free Will Baptist Church
Redwood
Home Fellowship Church
California Avenue
Lions
Shafter Lions Club
China Cuisine
James Street
Rotary
Shafter Rotary Club
Minter Airport
Minter Field Air Museum
Shafter Depot
Redwood Drive
City OK's water to school Ag project
The Shafter High School Ag Farm gains a temporary water service to irrigate a six acre almond grove on school property via a drip system. The project begins with two acres, then adds two acres annually for two more years, using water similar to a single family home per parcel, with a non city water source sought within three years.
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Shafter High Ag
SHS Ag
Shafter
Kern
Almond
Roy Fanucchi Steps Down From CBGA Board Report
The California Beet Growers Association notes Roy Fanucchi retires from the CBGA board as District 10 reports record sugar beet yields per acre. Ted Page, state CBGA president, highlights near perfect 2002 San Joaquin Valley weather, new seed varieties boosting productivity, crop yields at about 30 tons per acre with 15.11 percent sucrose on roughly 3,280 acres. Nematode incidence and high nitrate readings are flagged as concerns to monitor in 2003 to protect profitability.
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California Beet Growers Association
CBGA
Page
Buttonwillow
District 10
San Joaquin Valley
Sugar beets to be harvested on 4000 acres in District 10
In 2003 District No 10 plans sugar beets on just over 4000 acres from June 1 to September 1 with a strong early start after timely rains. District 10 held its annual meeting at Wool Growers Bakersfield naming officers Ted Page Jerry Chicca Mike Giannini and new advisory board member Daniel Fanucchi. Dinner fundraiser at Shafter Veterans Hall tomorrow February 20 runs from 5 to 7 30 pm with spaghetti and $6 tickets. Proceeds fund scholarships for Shafter High School seniors through Community Chest and local AARP.
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Bakersfield
Ted Page
Buttonwillow
Jerry Chicca
Mike Giannini
John Cauzza Jr
Louis Crettel
Wasco
Paul Funk
Ken Paul
Mike Torigiani
Daniel Fanucchi
Arvin
Roy Fanucchi
Shafter
Roy
District 10
Shafter Community Chest
Shafter Veteran’s Hall
James Street
California Avenue
Shafter High School
Community Chest
AARP
Black History Month Activities Planned by Kern High
The Kern High School District lists February events to honor Black History Month across campuses. Activities include Soul Food luncheons assemblies and African American Dress Day. Shafter High students compare Reconstruction eras and study imperialism in Africa and its impact.
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Kern
Shafter High
U. S. History
Shafter
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Richland —Richland
Food Bank
Kern —Kern
Sundale Avenue
Espanol
Mexican Baptist Church
E. Lerdo Highway
Shafter Veterans Hall
American Association of Retired People
Veterans Hall
Walker Senior Center
Sunset Avenue
Shafter Post of
The
American Legion
Shafter City
Richland Parent Teachers Association
Golden Oak
S. Wall
American Legion Auxiliary
Shafter Women’s Club
Kiwanis
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Shafter Minter Field Airport
Minter Field
Aviation Street
Shafter Youth Council
Pacific Avenue
Shafter Recreation and Parks Department Board of i
Campmonth
Waikes, Center
Alzheimer’s — Alzheimer’s
Shafter Convalescent Hospital
E. Tulare
Shafter Historical Society
Central Valley Highway
California
Lerdo Highway
AA — (Espanol
City OK
Margaret Baker
Vet’s Hall
Alyssum
Pansy
Viola & More
Chicago
John F. Kennedy
Gromulch
Screen & Glass Services
Turf Supreme
SO. Chester Ave
Chester Avenue
Walker Street
High Street
Delano
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