Callie the dog fair exhibit promotes agriculture through humor
California Women for Agriculture launches a portable exhibit featuring a life sized puppet Callie to tell agriculture's story with songs and video. The exhibit, touring fairs from Del Mar to Bakersfield, invites donations as BC seeks 100 shade trees to beautify the campus after storm damage.
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California
Callie
CWA
Mushc
Smokey
Bakersfield College
U.S
John Collins
College Foundation
Collins
Community gratitude highlighted for Shafter summer baseball season
Letters to the Editor praise the Shafter Recreation Department for a successful summer baseball season. The note thanks players parents coaches umpires scorekeepers and sponsors led by Cen-Vi-Ro Colvard's Furniture Richland Chevrolet United Cigar and others.
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Shafter Recreation Department
Cen-Vi-Ro
Colvard’s Furniture
Richland Chevrolet
United Cigar
Shafter Alert
Shafter Ready Mix
Ashbaugh Rentals
Tropicana Village
Finance & Thrift
Warner Cable
Gonzales Electric
Joe Kirk State Farm Insurance
Vincents Cyclery
Somers Insurance
Coca Cola
Lions ‘Club Kiwanis
American Legion
Parson’s Ranch
Shafter Hay
Cube
C & L Realty
Brown & Bryant
Gary Wilson Ag
Santos’ Auto Sales
Farmers Co-op
Fosters Freeze
Inland
Graddy’s
Noble Howze Farms
Arlie Smith
California cities and counties share sales tax receipts
More than 74 million dollars was distributed this week from July sales and use tax receipts to California cities and counties. Iris Sankey announced city total 48.3 million and county total 8.2 million, with 14.1 million paid to counties for local transportation. BART and SCCT received 2.2 and 1.4 million from the additional 0.5 percent tax. Shafter earned 15,750. Kern County 415,000 plus 267,500 from the county fund. The Board of Equalization notes 4.75 goes to the state and 1.25 to local governments.
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California
Iris Sankey
State Board of Equalization
San Francisco Bay Area
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Merced
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Turlock
Stockton
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Bakersfield
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Fresno
J. Rath
Cultures Council of California
Julie Horm
Sie
Sects
Arsene Pangea
Andersen
Phillip Zachary
Senapore
Shafter Press
Altho
Shafter
R. Davis
Police Department
Nixon
Devine
Porterville
Action
M.M. Kay
P.O. bin A
Alcoholics Anonymous
Shafter Group
Alcoholics “Anonymous
Central Valley Highway
Charles H. Brannen
General Business Services
Milt
Central Ave
Joe Kirk
Loughlin
State Farm Life Insurance Company
Some Jhice Aipningtor
Ellen
R&g
Sal Tor
Wasco
el Camino
W. Marengo
M Alley
FORD
Dodge
Riverside
R.T. Dodge Challenger
Magnum
Dennis Martin
Ford Mercury
Do Best Plumbing, Inc
New Const. & Repair
Call
Truckers Insurance
P.U.C
Odie Miller
RCA
Earl Wipf
Redstone’s Sewing
DeWitte
Fresno Ave
Stringham’s
Shafter Drug Store
Central Valley Shafter Ph
Grand Torino
Central Valley Hwy
Mish
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