Florez pushes westside supervisor district for Kern County
Florez proposes adding a westside district including Shafter Wasco Delano Maricopa and Taft to the Kern County Board of Supervisors. He cites 40 percent westside growth since 1990 and argues a dedicated district would improve representation while noting current lines separate Shafter from Wasco and place them with distant Ridgecrest.
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Florez
Bakersfield
Californian
Shafter
Wasco
Delano
Maricopa
Taft
Jon McQuiston
Westside
West Side
Ridgecrest
California
Assembly
Senate
Board of Supervisors
State Assembly
Garry Nelson
Shafter Community Events and Deadlines Notice
The Shafter Press schedules next week's deadlines due to July Fourth holiday with classifieds by Friday June 29 and display ads by 5 p.m. Thursday June 28. proof by 5 p.m. Wednesday June 27. legals by 3 p.m. Friday June 29. Includes notes on trades Dave's ownership clarification, youth football practice June 23, genealogy program June 25, Wasco festival June 29 to July 1, and Shafter Healthy Start meeting June 20 with speaker Billy Reed. for details call listed numbers.
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Shafter Press
Shafter Generals
Mannes Park
Mormon Church Family Resource Library
Salt Lake City
Utah
Carolyn Graham
Shafter
New Shafter H S Principal Quinonez welcomed by city
New Shafter High School appointed principal Quinonez was welcomed by city officials and Kern County School District Trustee Larry Starrh who were his students. City Manager John Guinn outlined local goals while Quinonez shared joy in teaching in small cities and plans for settling with his wife Lupe and three children in Shafter.
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Shafter
Kern County
Larry Starrh
John Guinn
Quinonez
Arvin
Bakersfield
Foothill
Lupe
Shafter Police Expand DART Efforts Against Domestic Violence
Police Chief John Zrofsky notes early focus on domestic violence. The department partners with the Domestic Abuse Response Team and the Alliance Against Family Violence & Sexual Assault to provide education, enforcement, and follow up in Shafter. Activists and officers collaborate to address ongoing DV issues in the community.
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Shafter
John Zrofsky
DART
Alliance Against Family Violence
Bakers
Fourth Annual Job Fair Draws Hundreds in Shafter
Shafter Career Services Center hosted its fourth annual Job Fair at the Richland Activity Center attracting 497 job seekers and 61 employers. Billy Reed noted strong employer turnout and tallied on the spot hires and multiple interviews while planning a 30 60 90 day follow up to gauge actual placements. Manpower forecasts for July through September show 33 percent of firms may expand payrolls with 20 percent reducing and 47 percent steady, amid Kern County’s May 2001 unemployment rate at 9.5 percent.
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Shafter Healthy Start
Richland
Billy Reed
Shafter Career Services Center
Shafter
Richland Activity Center
Reed
Grande Foods
Bakersfield
Cheryl Billington
California Employment Development Department
EDD
Sarah Parker
Kern County
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