Shafter Community Activities and Public Safety Updates
Kiwanis meets at noon in Veterans Hall and Alcohol Information Center holds 11 a.m. advisory meeting at 588 E Lerdo Highway. Shafter Police adopt 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon-Sat hours. Sundays closed. Afterhours report with front-door knock and intercom. Narcotics Anonymous meeting at Shafter Rehabilitation Center after 7 p.m. at 588 Lerdo Highway. Recreation and Park District seeks volunteers. contact Phil Walker at 746 3303. Chamber works with Courtland Publishing on 10 000 copy map guide. sales staff in Shafter. call 746 2600. Kern County Fire warns drought raises brush fire risk. stage one alert. Crisis counseling for drugs and alcohol offered by Shafter center. call 746 3770, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.
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Shafter Police Department
Narcotics Anonymous
Shafter Rehabilitation Center
Lerdo Highway
Shafter Recreation and Park District
Phil Walker
Shafter
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Courtland Publishing
Sherman Wo
Kern County Fire Department
Child blamed for deadly fire at Shafter labor camp
A 3-year-old boy is blamed by fire investigators for starting a fatal blaze that killed his 9-year-old aunt at a Shafter Fresno Avenue labor camp. Firefighters arrived at 9:55 a.m. and put out the fire in minutes. the handicapped girl died from smoke. Investigators say the fire began at the foot of the bed and is now considered man-caused, with no charges to be filed against the child.
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Shafter
Eppie Llanes
Fresno Avenue
Her
County Fire Department
Tom Pulcher
Pulcher
Minter Field Museum seeks hangars to house relics
The Minter Field Air Museum plans to build hangars to protect an extensive collection of old plane parts. Chairman Mike Kane and Director Andy Sharp Jr say expansion relies on organizing the 200 plus member base to attract inactive supporters and restore airbird relics for viewers and members nationwide.
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Minter Field Air Museum
United States
Mike Kane
Andy Sharp, Jr
Richland district proposes 2.5% raise and Medicare share
Richland-Lerdo School District board on July 10 outlined a 2.5 percent salary schedule increase for all steps in both CSEA Chapter 39 and Richland Teachers Association agreements, with the district to cover employees Medicare contributions. Proposals include changes to leave, involuntary transfers, health benefits, anniversary stipends, and future cost of living adjustments, as negotiations continue.
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Richland-Lerdo
CSEA
Richland Teachers Association
Internal Revenue Ser
Vice and Social Security Administration
Richland
Lerdo
Medicare
Teachers Association
PCS
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By Mike Bledsoe
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Veterans Hall
Alcohol Information Center Advisory Committee
AIC
E. Lerdo Highway
Drug and Alcohol
Lianas
Maria Rodriguez
Friguez
By Terri Murray
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