Shafter Council hears youth center and annexation plans
At the June 17 meeting Romala Ramkissoon of Community Action Partnership of Kern outlined two grants funding the Shafter Youth Center. Programs cover teen drug and alcohol education, parenting classes, obesity prevention, nutrition, summer sessions for 135 children, and an evening program for safer youth activities. Dan Murray discussed Northern South Tulare Hospital District annexation, boundary expansion to seven miles east of McCoy Avenue, and plans for three new clinics. The council proclaimed Healthy Air Living Week and United States Army Week, approved 2008-2009 budget resolutions, updated smoking rules in bars, and moved Road and intersection improvements along Lerdo Highway and Los Angeles Avenue. It also authorized Caltrans right-of-way filings and accepted the Shafter Aquatics Center deed from the Richland School District.
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Shafter City
Romala Ramkissoon
Community Action Partnership
Kern
Shafter
Ramkissoon
Shafter Youth Center
Ramkissoon Says Cape
Dan Murray
Wasco
McCoy Avenue
Tulare County
Delano District
Murray
LAFCO
United States Army
John Guinn
City Hall
Richland
Corporation
Guinn
Lerdo Highway
Driver Road
Los Angeles Avenue
Shafter Avenue
Shafter Summer Programs Advertised For July Activities
The city offers a range of summer programs for youths from 7 to 18 at Shafter Youth Center and pool facilities. Activities include swim sessions July 1 through August 1, evening programs Monday to Friday, water safety classes for ages 0-5, and a Fourth of July Fireworks Show at Shafter High School. Also announced are a Rabies and Dog Licensing Clinic with free one-year tags for vaccinated dogs, plus county animal control on site and shelter information.
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East Tulare Avenue
Shafterrecreation.org
City of Shafter
Shafter
E. Euclid Avenue
Mommy and Me
Shafter Pool
Shafter Healthy Start
Shafter Recreation and Park District
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Manuel Park
Shafter City
Kern County Animal Control
County Licensing Department
Shafter Animal Shelter
Navy Seaman Recruit Taylor completes Great Lakes boot camp
Navy Seaman Recruit Andrew G. Taylor, son of Jennifer M. German of Shafter and Hans B. Taylor of Ventura, recently finished eight weeks of Navy recruit training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes Illinois. The program covered naval customs first aid firefighting water safety shipboard and aircraft safety plus physical fitness with Battle Stations as the capstone exercise to build sacrifice teamwork and core values. Taylor graduated from Shafter High School in 2006.
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Navy
Andrew G. Taylor
Jennifer M. German
Shafter
Calif
Hans B. Taylor
Ventura
U.S. Navy
Recruit Training Command
Great Lakes
Ill
Taylor
Shafter High School
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Vice 8S, Inc
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