City County fire services agreement advances in Shafter council
Shafter City Council honors Fire Chief Bob Thompson and four firefighters with plaques as a city county fire services agreement moves forward. The plan reallocates personnel to county roles with set steps and salaries, detailing first year costs and long term savings, with a potential special meeting and eventual Board of Supervisors review.
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Bob Thompson
Jerry Schmidt
Ken Foster
Albert Albiard
Tony Garoid
Shafter
Thompson
Schmidt
Foster
Albiar
Garcia
Board of Supervisors
Mike Byrd
Gene Tackett
Byrd
Shafter Station
Kern County Fire Department
Ding
City Fire Service
Albert Albiar
Loyd Link
Tony Garcia
CofC Rejects Individual Contest Sponsorships
The Chamber of Commerce board moved to stop sponsoring individual contestants on Friday. President Don Zachary stressed the chamber funds community events and contests for the public good, not as a service club. Sandy Wiedmann and others noted the decision aims to encourage broad participation without targeting any person. Bert Hawkins and Nina Leigh were among those present.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tedh
Chamber
Don Zachary
Sandy Wiedmann
Bert Hawkins
Nina Leigh
Chamber seeks more funds for Kern County Fair booth
The Chamber reports 140 donation letters sent with 70 responses and 1360 raised toward over 2000 needed for fireworks and insurance. A July activities update, almond booth idea, and new city promotion projects were discussed. President Zachary celebrated with a belly dancer invited by his sons.
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Ben Grundy
Kern County
Chamber
Zachary
Progrowth Policy Drives Shafter City Planning Moves
Shafter officials confirmed a progrowth policy as a priority for future planning. City Administrator August Caires and City Planner Fred Goodrich discussed updating zoning, expanding housing, and refining the General Plan to guide industrial commercial and residential growth while exploring redevelopment agency options.
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Shafter
Oalintee
Fred Goodrich
Ray Forever Rest
Ces
August Caires
Grant expands parenting Ed in Kern High District
Laura Martens of Shafter High leads KHSD efforts to broaden parenting education under a $9,800 state grant. The program, Relationship Skills for Adolescents and their Parents, trains seven home economics teachers to cover crises from teenage pregnancy to substance abuse. It aims to improve family communication, problem solving, and coordinated community support while integrating consumer homemaking into broader curriculum.
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Kern
California
Laura Martens
Shafter High School
Martens
Department of the
State of Education
KHSD
Ron Fontaine
Ken Secor
Irma Carson
Bakersfield Police Department
Robert Hirano
Pace Advisory Council
Shafter
Rosalina Brown
East High
Linda Garone
Lena Johnson
South High
Shirley Rice
Marilyn Bell
Bakersfield High
Juanita Schengel
North High
JoAnn Miller
West
Kern County
Garces and Omega
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Thomas
Air Council
Pearthad
Richland
Stringham Park
Richland Teachers Association
RTA
George ‘Wis
Goodrich
Don Little
George Wise
Caires
Council
Prout
Bakersfield
Wise
Shell
Link
Grant Expands
Shafter High
Janis VanDriel
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