Shafter community events calendar highlights various youth and school activities
Shafter Library hosts Fingers on Fire teen music program on July 23 at 3 p.m. call 661-746-2156. Shafter High holds 2009 football conditioning July 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Varsity practice field behind the gym with physicals and insurance proof required. VBS at VBS Home Fellowship Church runs July 27–31 8:30–10:30 a.m. Crocodile Dock theme for kindergartners through sixth graders. American Legion blood drive at Veterans Hall 9 a.m.–1 p.m. SHS Class of 1979 30-year reunion July 25 at Luigi’s Restaurant 6 p.m. contact Valeta Sabaloni 661-201-9185. Engage, wedding, anniversary, and birth announcements available free, birth announcements charged. SHS cheerleading camp Aug 4–6 for kindergarten through eighth grade. call Sara at 661-746-1310 or 661-237-9742.
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Home Fellowship Church
Shafter High School
Shafter Library
Luigi’s
Valeta Sabaloni
SHS
Sara
Kern County library cuts hours amid 1.7 million in savings
Kern County Library faces staff cuts and hour reductions across Shafter Wasco branches as 27 layoffs and role shifts loom. Shafter will shift to shorter hours and Wasco to Tuesday Thursday 11 am to 7 pm. Shafter moves include new Wednesday and Saturday hours. Community groups warn effects on students and patrons, with calls to contact Supervisor Ray Watson about concerns.
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Kern County Library System
Shafter-Wasco
Shafter
Wasco
Kern County Library
Mark Lewis
Juanita Petersen
Friends of the
Wasco Library
Friends of the Library
Petersen
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Ray Watson
Co.kern
Hanger Burns at Shafter Airport Weekend Blaze
Kern County Fire Department battled a Sunday morning hanger fire at Shafter Airport. Twenty-four firefighters and four from Wasco State Prison fought 700 of 6,000 square feet amid stored World War II ordinance. No aircraft damaged. five exposures with minor damage. $1 million property saved, $100,000 in damages. No injuries. Cause under investigation. Further updates at kerncountyfire.org.
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Kern County Fire Department
Shafter
Wasco State Prison
Kerncountyfire.org
California Safe Surrender Law Aids Newborns
At a Shafter Collaborative meeting Kern County DHS speaker Heidi Carter-Escudero explained SB 1368, the Safe Surrender Baby Law passed in 2001 and effective 2006, allowing parents in crisis to surrender a healthy newborn at any fire station or emergency room within 3 days with no penalties, a 14 day cooling off period, and anonymity.
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Shafter Collaborative
Heidi Carter-Escudero
Kern County Department of Human Services
Carter Escudero
Carter- Escudero
Carter-Escudero
Kern County
California
Child Protective Services
Shafter
Rasley Builds Track Fame at Shafter High
Rasley, a rising track star at Shafter High, trains four days weekly with coach Godbehere, aiming to surpass personal records. She joined from Northern Christian, found a supportive circle among teammates and friends, and followed fellow athlete Anna Jermini to Arizona State University. Her summer travels included Ypsilanti and Savtrol, Italy, for competition.
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Godbehere
Rasley
Basley
Northern Christian
Shafter High
Anna Jermini
Arizona State University
Ypsilanti
Midh
Savitrol
Italy
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NYA
Shatterpress
Earthlink.net
American Legion Blood Drive
The
American Legion
Veteran’s Hall
Shafter Press
Alexis
By Alexis Stokes
Kern
Judy Knox
Beale Library
Bakersfield
Hanger
Lye
Lacie Basley
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