Shafter July health and safety events listed
Community education talk on hospice benefits for Alzheimer's patients at Shafter Healthcare 140 E Tulare Ave 2 p.m. July 15 invites contact Mary Brock 746-4431. Free Water Watchers safety kits for pool safety available at Press office. Rabies Clinic July 17 9 a.m. to 12 noon Manuel Park. dog licenses $20 unaltered $10 altered. City and County licenses. Movie at Plaza canceled July 17. final summer film August 21. Vacation Bible School July 19-23 425 South Shafter Ave 5:30-8:30 p.m. Lava Lava Island. free for K-6. Kern County Health Dept clinics in July: Family Planning July 14 8:30 a.m.-Noon and 1-4 p.m.. Pregnancy Screening July 26 9-11 a.m. at 329 Central Valley Hwy. appointment 746-7562.
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Optimal Hospice
Todd Jefferies
Shafter Healthcare
E. Tulare Avenue
Mary Brock
Water Watchers
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Rabies
Manuel Park
Jesus Saves Church
Shafter Avenue
Kern County Health Department
Shafter
Central Valley Hwy
Dairy encroachment stirs Wasco Shafter officials
Wasco and Shafter face planned growth of up to 11 dairies within seven to eight miles, prompting a Wasco meeting led by Sen. Dean Florez. Officials from planning, air quality, water boards, and local schools weighed environmental impacts and discussed three mile buffer zones around the cities amid the 104 000 cows in northwest Kern County.
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Wasco
Shafter
Dean Florez
D-Shafter
Ted James
Kern County Planning Department
Dave Warner
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
Lonnie Wass
California Water
Espiria
Pearson
Maple
City of Shafter Eyes Eminent Domain for Intermodal Rail Access
Pearson notes DAIRIES on pace as Shafter seeks a Resolution of Necessity to enable eminent domain for the Southern San Joaquin Intermodal Facility. City grants of 5 million from California funded rail to the STTC and BNSF main line, with 7,000 feet east of the Santa Fe track and along Seventh Standard Road to Burbank Avenue. Public hearing held July 6 found no opposition. council declared necessity and offers compensation, aiming to keep escrow delays from halting the project.
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Shafter
Burbank Avenue
California
Juveniles cause 20 acre grass fire near Shafter
Kern County investigators say juveniles playing with fireworks sparked a July 6 grass fire off Riverside Street west of Santa Fe Way in Shafter. Crews from Shafter and Wasco battled wind-driven flames covering about 20 acres for about an hour with no injuries or structural loss. The fire department continues its investigation with 20 personnel on scene.
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Kern County Fire Department
Riverside Street
Santa Fe Way
Shafter
Engine 32
Wasco 31
McFarland
Wasco
Wasco State Prison
Fruitvale
Shafter 32
Kern County
Shafter High Announces August Schedule Of Important Dates
Shafter High School lists August dates to prep for the August 30 opening. The office closes July 16 reopen August 2. Free physicals for 10-12 grade athletes on August 5 at 5 15 p.m. in the ASB building. Football practice starts August 9 at 5 p.m. Volleyball starts August 16 8 10 a.m. Girls golf August 16 3 30 p.m. in front of East gym. Fall sport meetings August 16 at 6 30 p.m. in the auditorium. Pre school counseling August 20 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and August 23 24 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Shafter High
Shafter High School
Margie Osuna
ASB
Fell
Shafter appoints Barbara Craig to planning commission
The Shafter City Council unanimously appointed Barbara Craig to the Planning Commission to fill the seat vacated by Dr. Robert Hagen. Her term runs through December 31, 2004, following public interviews with Craig and Susan Arnold. Craig has attended meetings for over two years and plans to help shape the city’s future.
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Shafter City
Shafter Planning Commission
Robert Hagen
Shafter
Barbara Craig
Susan Arnold
Craig
Barbara
Shafter High School
Jake Sweeny
Dolores Robinson
Anina Channeson
Mary Lou Collins
S.A. Willis
Helen Hasty
Sylvia Baughman
Lorraine Christensen
Lorene Hill
Christena Little
Violet Hemingson
Ben Thompson
Sandy Wiedmann
Hagen
Planning Commission
Commission
Pacific Avenue
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Navdi
Shafter Chamber of Com“fierce
Plaza
Wasco/Shafter
Roy Patrick
Daniel Espitia
Dairies
John Guinn
Larry Pennell
Margaret Baker
Council
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