Recreation District Faces Up To Fifty Percent Budget Cut
Shafter Recreation and Park District may lose as much as 50 percent of its budget after California's budget shift to fund schools and prisons. District Manager Lynda Leopold warned that core grants and payments will be trimmed, affecting operations and staffing. The LAPD pool complex renovation completed for about 800000 expands facilities including two pools and new concessions while lifeguards remain funded from the general budget. The district plans ongoing swim programs, team fundraising, and a July 25 swim meet with calls for donations as the 93/94 budget remains unsettled.
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Shafter Recreation and Park District
SRPD
Lynda
LAPD
Leopold
Walker
Alannah Bill
Shafter Aquatic Center
Shafter Stingray Swim Tear
Aquatic Center
Tony Johnson
Mickey Gladden
Dennis Atkinson
Phyllis Salazar
Dale Flad
Shafter Market opens downtown and reunion announced
The Shafter Business Association will sponsor the downtown Farmer's Market starting Wednesday July 7 from 3 to 6 pm and continue each Wednesday through October 27 if participation remains good. Also, the Shafter High School Class of 1963 holds its 30 year reunion on Saturday July 24 at the Sheraton Inn in Bakersfield with no-host cocktails at 6 pm and dinner, dancing, and fun at 7:30 pm.
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Shafter Business Association
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Shafter High School
Sheraton Inn
Bakersfield
Stabbing death case nets sentences for Shafter trio
Ralph Montes 19 of Shafter faces sentencing for his role in the March stabbing of Wasco youth Marcopolo Rocha 16. Other defendants Eriberto Reyna Ramon Leon and Alex Landa drew plea deals or sentences in related cases as prosecutors discuss second degree murder offers and gang ties in the Shafter Wasco area.
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Ralph Montes
Shafter
Wasco
Montes
Marcopolo Rocha
Eriberto Reyna
Robert Barton
Alex Landa
Bakersfield
Landa
Ramon Leon
Reyna
Mark Avenue
Rocha
Leon
Mexico
Barton
California Youth Authority
CYA
Uncertainty marks city finances in budget aftermath
Shafter City Manager Wade McKinney warns that the state budget signed before July 1 brings mixed impacts. He notes a $2.6 billion tag on local government, potential harm to county and special districts, and ongoing fiscal strain from delayed corrective actions and tax adjustments.
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Shafter
Wade McKinney
California
Pete Wilson
Assembly
Willie Brown
IOU
Wilson
Brown
McKinney
Sacramento
Shafter to Charge Kern County Gate Fees on Commercial Refuse
Shafter will bill commercial and industrial customers a KC gate fee of 2 per cubic yard of refuse starting July 1, adding to monthly utility bills. The city plans recycling programs to meet a 1995 state mandate, with estimated costs of 62,500 this year, and a 20 percent rate rise already approved in June 1993.
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Shafter
John Guinn
City of
Kern County
Guinn
California
City Public Works Department
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Rollins
Maria Rodriguez
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