Editor's Notebook notes Shafter exit and annexation concerns
The editor of the Shafter Press announces departure for a new post with Nye Register in Bishop. He urges residents to scrutinize annexation plans, urges Chamber involvement, and advocates community pride while reflecting on his brief tenure and promising to visit.
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Nye Register
Bishop
Shafter
Bakersfield
Annex
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Don Zachary
Cathy Prout
Open Letter Urges Action After Flag Burning Debate
Flora Nichols vents about the Supreme Court ruling on flag burning, urges readers to petition Congress and write senators and the President. She recalls her Midwest upbringing, family military service, and pride in the flag as a unifying symbol. Nichols calls for immediate constitutional amendment and democratic protest.
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Supreme Court
United States
Calvary Unit
Iowa State National Guard
Fort Madison
Armed Services
Shafter Press
Don Reed
Flora Nichols
Donors to Shafter Fireworks Fund Honored in Thank You
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture thanks numerous individuals and firms including Adams Hardfacing Co American Legion Post 213 Bergman & Isaac Budget Food Mart Delmi Deluxe Barber Shop Inland Crop Dusters Jacobsen Farms Inc Neufeld Automotive Nikkel Equipment Co Richland Chevrolet Shafter Kiwanis Club Shafter Wasco Ginning Tule River Produce and Wood's Shoe Store for their contributions that helped make the event possible.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Adams Hardfacing Co
American Legion Post 213
William Bender
Bergman & Isaac
Budget Food Mart
L. A. Camp Pump Co
Cousins Cafe
Frank Woo
Delmi
Deluxe Barber Shop
Robert & Nancy Diltz
Fabric Jewelers
Furman & Wilson Farms
Roland & Gladys Grisham
Handel & Wilson Farms
John & Shirley Hays
Hiebert Automotive
Inland
Shafter Aarp
Shafter Automotive Service
Shafter Concrete & Pipe
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Shafter Stringhams Drugs
Shafter Wasco Ginning
Shafter Woman’ Club
Starrh & Starrh Farms
Tule River Produce
West Kern Machinery
Wilson Ag
Winter Auto Repair
Wood’s Shoe Store
Parenting conflicts disrupt youths and trigger fear
Wasco School District psychologist Pam Beeman notes that heated parental arguments can cause fear in children and that kids like JJ and Steve often witness financial strains, leading to distress. She advises strategies to minimize fighting in front of young listeners.
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Wasco
Pam Beeman
Beeman
Steve
Gimmee-Gimmees and the sirens of policy
Paul Harvey critiques a culture of entitlement likening it to treacherous sirens that lure sailors to disaster. He cites Kemp housing evictions, New Jersey welfare reform, Wisconsin teen attendance penalties, and President Bush urging state flexibility, arguing derision is the only antidote to this parasitic excess.
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Gimmee
Jack Kemp
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Bush
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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