Healthy Families program opens low cost health care for California children
California launches Healthy Families to cover uninsured youths age 1 to 19 in families earning 100 to 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The program provides full coverage including hospital care, prescriptions, dental, hearing and vision with monthly premiums from four dollars per child to twenty seven dollars per family and co payments of five dollars. Medi Cal expands no cost coverage to youths 14 to 19 in low income families.
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Mencans
California
Medi-Cal
Pete Wilson
R.N
California Health and Welfare Agency
Smoley
State of
Federal Health Care Financing Administration
Health and Welfare Agency
U.S
Shafter July events listed by local groups
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce hosts a mixer and ribbon cutting at the Sports Center on Friday July 17 from 5 30 to 7 p m. Shafter High JTP students display summer projects at Bakersfield Civic Center on Wednesday July 22 1998. Recreation District meeting moved from July 8 to July 15 1998 at 7 p.m. Women Reaching Women hosts a salad luncheon July 18 at Shafter Church of God with Karen Bryson speaking on The End Times.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Central
Shafter High
JTPH
Bakersfield Civic Center
Shafter Recreation and Park District
W.C. Walker Senior Center
Shafter Church of God
Smith’s Corner
Karen Bryson
Linda Whitbey
Detectives Read Program Sparks At Kern County Library
Kern County Library branches host a summer reading program titled The Children who read 10 books during the summer are rewarded with a certificate and a detective kit. The Shafter program began June 16 with activities drawing up to 60 children. Final events include July 21 movie at 2 p.m. and July 23 Storytime Fractured Fairy Tales.
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Kern County Library
Judy Knox
Shafter
Book Detectives
Shafter High School
Knox
Traci Greenfield
Two Shafter Men Named to Kern Grand Jury For 1998 99
The Kern County Grand Jury for 1998 1999 selected nineteen members from across the county. Two new members are Shafter residents Elmer M. Anderson and Harry Helsley. Also named was Ferrelene Zachary a Bakersfield resident and former police officer. The group attended orientation sessions at the Beale Library on July 7 1998 and July 8 1998.
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Kern County
Shafter
Elmer M. Anderson
Harry Helsley
Anderson and
Helsley
Beale
Grand Jury
Anderson
Ferrelene Zachary
Bakersfield
New Shafter Police Chief Search Moves Forward
Police chief update shows John Guinn leading the process to replace terminated Chief John Stotesbury. After opening the position on June 1, 13 applicants were interviewed on June 24 with four to be reinterviewed on July 16. Background checks will follow, with a couple of finalists to be chosen.
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Shafter Police Department
Eee
Ice
John Guinn
John Stotesbury
Stotesbury
Guinn
Ith
Shafter Police Expand Bicycle Patrol Program
Shafter police have begun a bicycle patrol to reach crowded and hard to access areas. Since May they ride invisibly through crowds at parades and the Fourth of July fireworks, aiding crowd control and traffic near school dismissals. Two bikes currently serve downtown routes with six trained officers, one bike donated locally and another funded by programs.
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Shafter
Dave Edmiston
Edmiston
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Elmer Anderson
Margeres Bae Essica Smith
Casey Taylor
Shafter Recreation and Parks
Shafter Police
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