Shafter High names Garcia football coach and frees program
SHS introduces Manuel Garcia as Head Football Coach for the 2004-2005 season. The program is free for high school students with conditioning starting August 2 at 5:30 p.m. and free physicals August 5 at 5:15 p.m. in the ASB building. Garcia, a native Shafternite and former SHS athlete, emphasizes football traditions and team competitiveness.
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Shafter High
Manuel Garcia
Garcia
Shafter Recreation and Parks
ASB
Shafter High School
Jaime Quinonez
Shaffter High School
SHS
Shafternite
Richland Schools
Bakersfield College
Shafter Kiwanis Water Watchers safety kit drive
Shafter Kiwanis Club promotes Water Watchers safety kits for pool owners to help prevent child drownings. Free kits available at the Press office with details on August activities including volleyball, golf, tennis, counseling and back to school events for children and families at local ASB building and library venues.
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ASB
Water Watchers
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Shafter Rep Joins Fight Over West Nile Virus Spread
Senator Dean Florez hosts district hearings on WNV threat to the Central Valley as Kern County reports a dead bird and its first known human infection. The site fighthebite.us provides information while Florez seeks legislation to raise a six tenths of a cent pesticide sales mill levy to fund mosquito control.
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Dean Florez
D-Shafter
Kern County
Fighthebite.us
Orange County Man Dies From West Nile Virus
Health officials report the first California West Nile death, a 57 year old Orange County resident, amid caution that less than one percent of mosquito infections lead to serious neurologic illness such as encephalitis and meningitis. The case marks a grim milestone as state and county agencies monitor the outbreak.
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California Department of Health Services
Orange County
California
Nominations Open for 2005 FSA County Committees
United States Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman announced the 2005 FSA county committee election process. Farmers and ranchers may nominate locally, ballots mailed by Nov 8 with returns due by Dec 6. Eligible voters must register by Oct 1. Committee members assume office Jan 1, 2005. Contact Kern County FSA in Bakersfield for details.
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United States Secretary of Agriculture
Ann Veneman
America
USDA
Farm Service Agency
FSA
Veneman
Kern County
California Avenue Suite
Bakersfield
Two Fatal Accidents Near Shafter Reported
The California Highway Patrol documented two crashes near Shafter last week. Fontana man Mario Antonio Castellanos, 68, died after a 1976 GMC Suburban tire blow out at 9:42 a.m. on July 25 on Highway 99 north of 7th Standard Road. he was not belted and died at Kern Medical Center. In the July 21 incident, Leonce Cruz, 22, of Bakersfield, driving a 1999 Pontiac south on Highway 99 near Lerdo Highway, lost control after a tractor trailer overtook him, overturned in the median, suffering major arm lacerations. he and all four passengers, who were belted, were taken to Kern Medical Center.
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California Highway Patrol
Shafter
Fontana
Mario Antonio Castellanos
Castellanos
Highway 99
7Th Standard Road
Medivac
Air Ambulance
Kern Medical Center
Leonce Cruz
Bakersfield
Lerdo Highway
Cruz
Big Rig
Chevron Robbed At Gunpoint By Two Suspects
The Chevron on East Lerdo Highway was robbed at 10 40 p m Tuesday July 20 by two Hispanic men 20 to 25 years old. One entered the store demanding money while the other acted as a lookout. Both fled west on foot after the theft. Police describe the inside man as 5 7 160 pounds shaved head white T shirt and light brown pants. The second suspect is 5 7 170 pounds also in a white T shirt. The Shafter Police Department is investigating.
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Chevron
East Lerdo
Shafter
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