Shafter community notices and graduation ad specials
A cluster of local items including a graduation ad sale from May 20 to June 19 2009 offering 2 by 4 inch notices with photos for 30 dollars or 50 dollars for two papers. Also Vacation Bible School at Valley Bible Church June 15 19 and Westside Fellowship July 6 10. A track meet at Buchanan High School and free sports physicals at Shafter High. City summer program registration and location details provided.
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Shafter Press
Wasco Tribune
E. Lerdo Highway
Westside Family Fellowship
Palm Avenue
Shafter High School
Doug Thompson
Shafter City Council approves budget items and utilities actions
The June 2 meeting saw the council approve a surplus 1998 Crown Victoria sale, a Target storage facility sewer easement, and a public utility easement vacation. They budgeted the North Shafter Wastewater project with 2 million in grants and 500 thousand SRF, added $25,000 for automatic water meters, authorized up to 20 thousand for a water main leak fix at Shafter Airport, and approved a 7500 Meyer Civil Engineering cost for east of Highway 99 water supply design. The council also reviewed the 2009-10 budget and passed three ordinances with no closed sessions. The next meeting is June 16 at 7 pm.
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Council
Ron Brummett
Kern Council of Governments
Target
Crown Victoria
North Shafter
Shafter
Meyer Civil Engineering
City Hall
Shafter City
Woman Dies In Bakersfield Traffic Crash On Wilson Road
Kern County Sheriff's Office reports Carey Curtis 26 of Shafter died at the scene after a Nissan Sentra traveling east on Wilson Road collided with a southbound Mercedes Kompressor at 4 07 a m on June 7. The Mercedes driver was arrested at Kern Medical Center for driving under the influence.
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Kern County
Sheriff's Office
Carey Curtis
Shafter
Wilson Road
Bakersfield
Wible Road
Kern Medical Center
Curtis
Longtime Shafter matriarch marks 93rd with 200 relatives
Alexis Stokes reports on Rosa Plaza, a 93 year old longtime Shafter resident who recently celebrated her birthday with a large clan. Born in 1916 in Saragosa Mexico, she arrived in the U S in 1943 with husband Jesus Plaza a sheep shearer and farm laborer. They raised nine children in Texas and California. Plaza became a U S citizen in 1983 and was a teacher and mentor to her family, stressing education as a cornerstone. Her descendants, including more than 200 grandchildren or more, live across California and beyond.
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Sanchez Plaza
Shafter
Pismo Beach
Plaza
Jesus Romo Plaza
Jesus
Mexico
Saragosa
America
Texas
Fernando
Jesus Plaza
Shafter High
Bustos
Shafter Plans First Street Fair on August Sixth
Shafter Chamber leaders and community members met to plan a street fair on Central Avenue August 6 from 5 to 9 p.m. The event will close Central Avenue between Munzer and Highway 43 with booth rates for churches nonprofits and local businesses. Food vendors and local entertainment are encouraged to participate and signups will ensure diverse offerings. Alcohol-free event with advertising by local outlets. a coloring contest for grades 1-6 offers a gift certificate and a shirt design prize. Vendors set up 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and must remove by 4 p.m. Contact the Chamber at 661-746-2600 for applications.
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Shafter
Central Avenue
Munzer
Highway 43
Debbe Haley
Shafter Press
Bakersfield Californian
Shafter Sweet Stop
Central Avenue Busineses
Haley
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
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Shafterpress
Earthlink
Valley Bible Church
Westside Fellowship
Buchanan High
Clovis
Anna Jermini
Lacie Basley
Shafter City Council
By Alexis Stokes
Claudia Plaza
Rosa Renteria
Daugthers
Renteria
Wilson's
Lopez
Leticia Bustos
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