Shafter Community Events And Activities Planned
Shafter hosts Vacation Bible School June 7-11 from 9 a.m. to noon for kindergartners through sixth graders. Recreation District offers summer basketball Zumba and line dancing starting July 6 on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6 p.m. Redwood School fourth graders perform a Blues Harmonica concert June 2 at 1 45 p.m. with Nat Dove guest. Downtown Street Faire June 10 5 to 9 p.m. Booth applications due May 19 nonfood by June 2. Job Fair June 17 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 2800 Gateway Bakersfield.
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Shafter Recreation and Park District
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Shafter City Hall
Danny Gilmore
Gateway Avenue
Bakersfield
Minter Field Museum Raffle For Springfield Pistol Draw
The Minter Field Air Museum hosts a raffle for a Springfield 1911 A1 .45 pistol. entrants must be 18 or older, drawing begins December 31 2010, and entry need not be present to win. Tickets available from members or at the museum.
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Minter Field Air Museum
Memorial for Kathy Mayes Honors Longtime Richland Principal
Kathy Mayes, admired Richland Junior High administrator and teacher from 1999 to 2009, is remembered for dedication to students, hands on leadership, and a life of service. Colleagues recall her writing notes, organizing events, and guiding students toward graduation with kindness and clear standards. A Celebration of Life is planned on her birthday, August 18, 2010.
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Kathy Mayes
Richland Junior High
Mayes
Lyle Mack
Richland
Shafter
Mack
Kathy
Kevin Monsma
Kern County
CASA
Delta Kappa Gamma
California Teachers Association
Kern Reading Association
Monma
Bus Strikes Child in Shafter. Minor to Moderate Injuries
On May 24 2010 at about 3 09 pm Kern County Fire Department received a call for a bus vs child in the 1700 block of Potter Street Shafter. Seven firefighters responded with law enforcement. a roller blading juvenile was hit when a parked SUV blocked the driver’s view. The child was transported to KMC by Hall Ambulance.
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Kern County Fire Department
Potter St
Shafter
Kern County
KMC
Hall Ambulance
Kerncountyfire.com
Shafter High sophomore to attend California summer program
Shafter High sophomore Aguirre will join three other students in the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science at UC Santa Cruz UC Davis UC Irvine or UC San Diego. The four to six week program emphasizes marine mammals and oceanography with lectures and group work.
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Shafter High
Caroline Aguirre
University of California, Santa Cruz
Lydia Caceres
California State
UC Santa Cruz
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC San Diego
Aguirre
California
Children’s Summer Theater to perform The Aristocats
Shafter Children’s Summer Theater invites students entering kindergarten through eighth grade to join the 2010 production of The Aristocats. Registration and orientation are June 8 at 2:00 pm in the Shafter High School auditorium. Rehearsals are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2 pm, with the performance on August 21, 2010. Sponsored by the Shafter Recreation Department, SCST marks its 15th anniversary. For more information call 746-4990.
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Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
Vacation Bible School
Shafter Recreation and Parks
Angel Food
Angel Food Ministries
United States
E. Tulare Avenue
Shafter
Shafter Children
Shafter High School
SCST
Shafter Rec
Local girl lands role on Sabado Gigante in Huntington Park
Sandra Fernandez earned a spot after auditions in Huntington Park where 130 contestants vied for three judge seats flown from Miami. Her husband relayed the news late Thursday afternoon and Sandra then departed May 14, 2010, for the Sabado Gigante recording, a popular Spanish program.
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Sandra Fernandez
Huntington Park
Fernandez
Miami
Sandra
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Earthlink.net
Redwood
Redwood School
Nat Dove
Laura Wolfe
Annette Blacklock
Job Fair
Minter
Angels Food
By Alexis Stokes
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Katie Denney
Katelyn Riley
Michelle Starrh
Daniel Hiebert
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