Summer Bridge program guides incoming kindergartners
Richland School District runs a summer kinder program with circle time story hours and four learning stations for letters numbers colors motor skills. Volunteers from Richland Junior High and AmeriCorps assist as students trace with pudding and spoons, name farm life and butterfly life cycle, visit Redwood Elementary, and taste foods to learn flavors while tracking growth in communication and name recognition per pre and post assessments funded by First 5 Kern.
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Shafter Healthy Start
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Energy Saving Tips Highlight Shafter Council Meeting
In Shafter the council promoted Energy Saving Month noting homes pollute more than cars and 57 percent of California power plants run on fossil fuels. Residents were urged to save money by checking air filters using energy star appliances CFL bulbs and shifting major-use tasks to off-peak hours. The meeting also covered the Shafter Police Activities League funding boxing for youths ages eight to eighteen at Richland Activity Center with upcoming sparring events and a Fresno State four day program. A 36.61 acre subdivision was approved for 87 single family homes along with an in-car video system funded by a state grant and a new flashlight for traffic stops. Steel building plans for the Animal Control Shelter remodeling were approved along with contracts for water and street improvements and a fiber backbone project budget increase.
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Valley Steel Construction
Lori Williamson
Schwidt Park
Superior Pipelines
Bakersfield Concrete
International Trade and Transportation Center
John Guinn
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