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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 2010
Page
1
The local AARP group moves its January 18 gathering to January 19 at the same venue and time. Contact the editor at t or call 746-4942 for details or to suggest story ideas.
Multiple community notices list Wasco youth soccer tryouts for ages 12 to 14, asking motivated players to contact Robert at 805-797-7863. The Shafter Recreation and Parks District invites youth basketball registrations with Dec 18 deadline.
Congressman Jim Costa visited Shafter to hear about three proposed projects: a city wide fiberoptic network with a request for a support letter, an Inland Port plan routing international goods through Shafter to Oakland with interest from Union Pacific, and a $2 million EDA water and sewer project. He cited drought, job declines, and stimulus funds across California while meeting the City Council staff and Kiwanis Club.
The Minter Field Museum partners with Kern County Fire Department to stage a Cobra gunship display. The museum uses internal Cobra parts for a Huey Rescue Helicopter and plans rotor blades and other components to reach final configuration. A local Cobra pilot from Kern County will be honored in the memorial.
City Council members return to business as discussions resume this week. Alexis Stokes reports on committee priorities, upcoming votes, and leadership statements shaping policy directions. The session focuses on budgeting, zoning, and public safety initiatives.
Cuesta College Cougars opened 2009-10 with an 8-0 record led by Phillip Jimenez and Ralph Santos Jr. from Shafter High, now wearing Cuesta green and black. They helped Cuesta reach four finals in five tournaments, winning two, and posted early season wins over Redwood, West Hills, College of the Sequoias, Siskiyous, and Las Positas in the Rabobank and Mendocino tournaments.
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture will hold its 62nd Annual Community Awards Banquet on January 28 at 6 p.m. in the Shafter Veterans Hall. Nominations packets were issued in September. recipients named include Gary Ingle Citizen of the Year, Lyle Carter Agriculture, William Sonoma Business, Anthony Cisneros Humanitarian, In sect Lore Commercial Remodel, and Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church Youth award. Tickets or tables can be reserved through the chamber. deadline is January 21.
The council approved a $6475 public nuisance assessment for 448 Gibson Lane, a $18 per use pistol range contract with McFarland Police aiming at about $400 yearly revenue, and a federal assistance application with a two to three year filing cadence. They tabled Los Angeles Avenue park name selections, approved a multi‑party pipeline easement for 7th Standard Road widening, authorized $30,000 for former wastewater plant cleanup, pursuing Proposition 84 funds for water projects totaling $9 million, approved $18,000 more for Well 6 repairs, and adopted the East Shafter waterline project negative declaration.
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