Shafter City Council Tackles Trash Dumping and Street Vendors
Residents and businessmen complain about trash in alleys and goods displayed outside shops. United Methodist Church of Shafter urges council to share clean up costs for a vacant lot used as a dumping ground. City pays about 60000 annually for cleanup. Officials report slow landlord participation and unresolved issues. Council plans June 19 discussion and invites public input. Trader Dave's owner objects to merchandise display ordinance.
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Shafter
Lyle Carter
United Methodist Church of
Carter
John Guinn
Guinn
Community Correctional Facility
CCF
David Thomas
Trader Dave's
Lerdo Highway
Thomas
Shafter Health and Community Events Local roundup
The Kern County Health Department clinics in Shafter offer child health and pregnancy screening services with dates in June. Richland's summer program runs June 18 to July 20 with July 4 closure. Community events include summer theater auditions, a Shafter Healthy Start meeting June 20, and the Second Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament June 23 at Wasco Valley Rose Golf Course.
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Kern County Health Department
Central Valley Highway
Shafter
Will Sasens
Call
Richland
Shafter Healthy Start
Billy Reed
Shafter Career Services Center
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Wasco Valley Rose Golf Course
Paul Charon
Chamber
Missing Riverside County girl found after online enticement
Thirteen year old Guadalupe Rose Verduzco was located by Shafter Police Chief John Zrofsky a week after she disappeared on May 31. Investigators say computer chat room activity suggested she was enticed away. 20 year old Josh Lopez of Perris faces charges in Riverside and Kern Counties. Parents are urged to monitor children's internet use.
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Guadalupe Rose Verduzco
Shafter
Ehaid
Decpesdias
John Zrofsky
Zrofsky
Josh Lopez
Perris
California
Riverside County
Verduzco
Richland
Lopez
Riverside
Kern
Holiday Ford Lincoln Mercury
National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
NCMEC
John and
Reve Walsh
Father remembered on Mother's Day in Brombeck era
A daughter recalls her late mother and celebrates her father Henry Smart. Sonora Smart Dodd, born June in Spokane, started Father’s Day efforts in 1916. By 1924, the nation observes the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day honoring devoted fathers.
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Brombeck
Sonora Smart Dodd
Henry Jackson Smart
Spokane
Washington
Sonora
Kiwanis Revives Scholastic Achievement Banquet in Shafter
The Kiwanis Club of Shafter revived the Scholastic Achievement Banquet at Richland Junior High and Richland Primary, honoring 27 eighth graders with 3.5 GPA or higher over two years. Chris Hall led the dinner as members served families, presenting each student with a framed certificate and a calculator.
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Kiwanis Club of
Shafter
Richland
Rose Strannon
Lily
Aera
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Chris Hall
Holiday Ford hosts Commitment to Kids program
Holiday Ford Lincoln Mercury in Shafter promotes a program to improve child identification by fingerprinting and photo filing. The effort follows concerns over rising missing and abused children and aligns with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children publicity from the 1980s.
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Holiday Ford
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