Community call to editor and page deadlines
Readers are invited to suggest ideas and contact the editor by email or phone. The Shafter Press and Wasco Tribune will close July 3 for Independence Day, with deadlines affected. Local graduation ad specials run May 20 to June 19, 2009, offering affordable 2x4 inch notices with photos.
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Shafter Press
Wasco Tribune
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SHS Weight Room Opens for Football Training and City Youth Program
SHS weight room hours are 6 8 a.m. and 5 7 p.m. for football strength training. Doug Thompson can be reached at 661 746 4961 for questions. City of Shafter summer program for ages five to 18 begins with free activities including arts and crafts Mexican folk dancing Girl Scouts and more at 455 E Euclid Ave next to Kirshman Park. Registration is Monday Wednesday Friday 5 8:30 p.m. or Saturday 12 6 p.m. guardian must accompany.
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Shafter High School
Doug Thompson
Shafter Youth Council
Inde
Kern County gang task force seminar targets evolving gang tactics
Law enforcement from Kern County, including FBI Bakersfield field office Gang Task Force and Shafter officers, attended a seminar on gang activity, recognition, and enforcement. Speakers detailed gang definitions, tattoos, 13 symbolism, prison ties, and cross jurisdiction strategies to prosecute via federal charges.
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Kern County
FBI
Bakersfield
Shafter
Gus Olvera
Lionel Lopez
Charlie Fivecoat
Kern County Sheriff's Department
Shafter Ministerial Association
Kern County Probation Department
Lopez
Shafter Police Department
Warrio Westside
Shafter Teen Killed in Dirt Bike Crash at Riverside and South Shafter
A Shafter 16 year old, Joseph Duran, died after colliding with a vehicle at South Shafter Avenue and Riverside Street Saturday evening. He was transported to Mercy Southwest Hospital where he died at 6 05 p.m.
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Joseph Duran
Shafter
South Shafter Avenue
Riverside Street
Duran
Mercy Southwest Hospital
Real estate panel frames Shafter breakfast discussion
At the Green Hotel the Chamber of Commerce hosted a breakfast panel with Denise Morris of Mission Bank Jason Badgely Westwind Mortgage and Frank Tripicchio Trippichio Realty. They weighed mortgage conditions noting cautious lending and a return to common sense criteria for home ownership.
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Chamber of Commerce
Steve Karcher
Borton Petrini, LLP
Shafter
Prout
Garry Nelson
Shafter Recreation and Park District
Ralph
Badgery
Badgely
Tripicchio
Borton Petrini
LLP
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