Shafter health clinics offer February appointments and events
The Shafter Public Health Department lists February clinics at 329 Central Valley Highway with required appointments except for Immunization. Events include Family Planning on Feb 28, Pregnancy Screening, Child Health on Feb 8, Immunization on Feb 12, a spaghetti dinner by Shafter Community Chest on Feb 8, EMS workshops Feb 6 at Shafter Veteran's Hall, free tax preparation Feb 1–Apr 14, National Make a Blanket Day Feb 17 with Project Linus and Bakersfield Condors, and Family to Family starting Jan 31 in Bakersfield. numbers provided for appointments and tickets.
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Shafter Public Health Department
Central Valley Highway
Shafter Community Chest
Shafter Veteran's Hall
AAAF
Kern County Department of Human Services
Shafter
DHS
Project Linus
The
Bakersfield Condors
Kern County
Call
Bakersfield
Cynthia Martel
Local juveniles held for two Shafter burglaries
Shafter Police arrested eleven juvenile suspects in two local burglaries. Five Hispanic males, aged 15 to 17, were charged for the January 1 La Grand Victoria Fashion burglary at 319 Central Avenue, where front windows were smashed and ECHO clothing stolen. Seven younger juveniles, aged 14 to 16, were detained the same night for another Central Avenue spray paint theft.
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Shafter
Charlie Fivecoat
la Grand Victoria Fashion
Central Avenue
Firecoat
Fivecoat
la Grand Victoria Fashions
Shafter Youth Council
Police Explorer
Police Activities League
Open Enrollment extended for KHSD freshmen for 2007-08
KHSD will offer open enrollment for ninth through eleventh graders to transfer for the 2007-08 year with in-person applications at the district office on Feb 2 from 2 to 8 pm and Feb 3 from 10 am to 1 pm. Proxies allowed, social security numbers required, and transfers may be limited by school capacity.
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KHSD
Sundale Avenue
Mark Wyatt
Wyatt
SBA to aid California small firms hit by freeze
SBA chief Steven C. Preston announced federal disaster loans for small nonfarm businesses suffering losses from this month’s freeze and crop damage. Kern County is covered. loans assist citrus-related businesses and others linked to growers, or those serving agriculture. Agricultural producers themselves are not eligible. farmers should consult USDA programs.
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Steven C. Preston
United States Small Business Administration
SBA
Preston
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Kern County
California
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Alfred E. Judd
Kern Association of Cities meet in Shafter
City officials from Kern County gathered in Shafter for the Kern Association of Cities meeting at China Cuisine. The event, held bimonthly in different cities, included leaders from Arvin Bakersfield California City Delano Maricopa McFarland Ridgecrest Taft Tehachapi Wasco and the Kern Council of Governments. California State University, Bakersfield President Horace Mitchell discussed the move to Division I and a new baseball program, with the program set to begin in 2009 backed by a $6.17 million total from donations and university funds.
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Shafter
Kern County Association of Cities
Cathy Prout
Arvin
Bakersfield
California City
Delano
Maricopa
McFarland
Ridgecrest
Taft
Tehachapi
Wasco
Kern
Mitchell
California State University
Horace Mitchell
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Earthlink.net
Project
Linus
Echo Brand
Moises) Martinez
Phil) Yoshikawa
Kern Association of Cities