Expansion and absenteeism focus of Richland School Board
The Richland School Board moved its meeting to January 3 to discuss building needs at primary and secondary schools. It warned of space shortages by September and reviewed options including portable buildings, use of adjacent districts, year round programs, or new construction. Teacher absences and budget impacts from substitutes were raised, with 85 percent of staff absent, illness and necessaries as top causes. The board will tour facilities and seek community input before considering promotion and retention policy updates. The next meeting is January 17.
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Richland School Board
Vera Stone
Brown
Dukmejian
Shafter
Stone
Laurel Martin
Richland
Iter
Beginning Fitness in 1984 January Series
A four part series outlines starting a lifelong fitness program. It notes holidays’ high calories and motivates readers to improve heart, lungs, and muscle tone by adopting regular exercise this January.
Aerobic Dance Gains Ground in Shafter Community
In Shafter the Body Shop studio run by Pam Nixon and Curt Maynard promotes aerobic dance as a lifestyle. Locals travel to Bakersfield and Los Angeles to learn from top studios then bring routines home. Regular participants meet three times weekly for a vigorous hour long workout boosting muscles, flexibility, and cardiovascular fitness.
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Shafter
Pam Nixon
Curt Maynard
Pam
Curt
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Jane Fonda
City Council Lerdo block sees no parking status
The January 9 Shafter City Council meeting debated two items. George Ashbaugh sought a zone variance after previously being denied for building a carport without a permit. Council questioned equity and adherence to setback rules, voting to grant the variance.
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Lerdo
Shafter City
George Ashbaugh
Ashbaugh
Cathy Prout
Ashbaugh Carport
Prout
Wise
Peepee
Councilm
James Chilko
National Electrical Contractors Association
Chilko
Owner builders face higher costs on wiring upgrades
The speaker warned that raising meat costs would make upgrading existing structures prohibitive and questioned Mr Chilko's motives in appearing before the council, suggesting the room would hinder owner builders from wiring their own buildings and that conduit running is a skilled job.
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Chilkos
Chilko
T V Little Shafter’s Renaissance Man
Thurston Vincent Little known as a local mechanic, inventor and civic worker in Shafter, he repaired Farm machinery, ran a combined shop and education center, built gadgets and tools, and served as city engineer in World War II era. He explored deserts and mountains for rocks and artifacts with his son, sharing discoveries with children and the community, a local legend in Kern County.
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T. V. Little
Shafter
Thurston Vincent Little
T. V
Kern
Kern County
Fairbanks Morris
Shafter Avenue
T.V
Littles
Los Angeles
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Bakersfield College
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