Recreation district push seeks local support in Shafter
Evan Jones and Shafter mayor Cummings lead a campaign to form a Shafter area Recreation District. They seek resident involvement to qualify the measure for the ballot, with current funds from the city and school district. The proposal would expand programs beyond youth and address seniors and the disabled, aiming for a November vote.
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Evan Jones
Shafter High School
Cummings
Jones
Wasco
Buttonwillow
Citizens For
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Shafter Vegetable Growers
E. Lerdo Highway
Farm Bureau backs canal plan amid drought concerns
California's largest farm group backs the Peripheral Canal agreement calling it a real compromise with safeguards for Delta water quality and added off stream storage. Fred Heringer notes support from environmentalists and Contra Costa Water Agency, while noting district veto rights and drought-driven economic stakes of about three billion dollars.
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California
Fred Heringer
California Farm Bureau
Heringer
Contra Costa Water Agency
Conversion of old building to modern weight room planned
Shafter High School will convert an old temporary classroom into a modern weight room for students. Athletic director John Gibson leads the effort with SHS administrators Evan Jones and Dick Froelich and help from the booster club, students, parents, and local community. Contributions of materials labor or money are welcome, contact Gibson or others at SHS.
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Harvey Mizell
Dick Froelich
Evan Jones
Shafter High School
John Gibson
SHS
Boosters Club
Shafter
Buttonwillow
Gibson
West High School
Minter Field
East High
National speed limit shifts to ninety kilometers an hour
The United States will adopt the metric system next year and set the maximum speed limit at ninety kilometers per hour, equivalent to about fifty five miles per hour.
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United States
Kern County construction tops 90 million in five months
Kern County construction for January through May rose 39 percent to 90,780,473 dollars led by residential permits totaling 59,172,872 with May activity at 13,553,069. Unincorporated areas accounted for most of the total while Bakersfield and other cities posted record five month totals. The report notes tapering May activity and lists year over year gains in several cities including Shafter Delano McFarland Taft Tehachapi and California City.
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Kern County Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Bakersfield
Ridgecrest
California City
Delano
McFarland
Shafter
Tehachapi
California
Taft
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