Firework safety tips from Kern County Fire Department
Fire officials urge cautious Fourth of July celebrations. Read instructions, supervise children, keep a water source, and use a clear area away from homes and vehicles. Do not relight malfunctioning fireworks and soak them after use.
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Kern County Fire Department
Summer Bridge program at Shafter Healthy Start aids young learners
In a three week program, first graders engage in music, stories, and centers focusing on letters. Students take home homework, raise caterpillars to butterflies, and hear guest speakers on pet care and bus etiquette. Pre and post assessments measure gains, notably in motor, communication and social skills. This is the fourth year of the program with a grant reapplication due January 2008.
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Roth
Shyanne Bozarth
Shafter
Richland
Shafter Healthy Start
Woman Dies After Being Hit by Van on Highway 99
A Bakersfield couple were hospitalized after a delivery van struck them on Highway 99 north of 7 Standard Road at 8:50 a.m. June 26. Traci Huffman, 38, died at Kern Medical Center at 9:45 a.m. The driver Darren Tolliver, 36, briefly looked away to retrieve a clipboard, causing the collision with Trinidad Moreno, 40, who pulled over after a prior drag under the trailer. Huffman and her husband were in the traffic lane when struck.
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Bakersfield
California Highway Patrol
Traci Huffman
Trinidad Moreno
Moreno
Huffman
GMC
Darren Tolliver
South Pasadena
Calif
Highway 99
Tolliver
Kern Medical Center
KMC
Fourth of July meal reservations at Saga centers
Saga Reservations are required one day ahead. Lunch is at 11 45 a m at Shafter and Wasco sites with suggested donations of 1 50 for seniors and spouses and 3 50 for guests under 60. Meals listed for July 5 to July 11 include spaghetti, tuna, sub, enchilada, and macaroni beef options. Call W C Walker Senior Center at 746 7838 for reservations.
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Shafter
Wasco
W.C. Walker Senior Center
County seeks input on Capital Improvement Plan workshop
The Resource Management Agency invites public input on Kern County s Capital Improvement Plan with a July 16 meeting at 6 30 p m in Shafter Veterans Hall. CIP covers unincorporated Kern County detailing 83 projects costing 699 million through 2030, including sheriff library animal control parks fire waste management and public health. For details contact Tina Burke at 862 8803 or visit kern ca us.
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Shafter
Kern County
Tina Burke
RMA
CIP
Burke
Ww.co
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