Use caution with fireworks during dry Kern County season
Fire Chief Carl Williams warns of a very serious fire danger due to heavy grass growth after record rainfall. Fireworks use is restricted in the Hazardous Fire Area and requires State Fire Marshal approved safe and sane devices during a defined period. Officials urge strict safety, legal use, and avoidance of foothill and mountain areas. licensed stands operate June 28 to July 6.
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Shafter Press
Kern County
Carl Williams
Williams
California Department of
Kern County Fire Department
Jacobsen among Cal Poly freshmen honored at entrance
Jacobsen a Shafter High School 1978 graduate is among 125 of 2040 new Cal Poly freshmen chosen for honors at entrance top five percent of statewide senior class. Cal Poly opens its 77th year in late September with 15500 students from 58 counties in California 35 states and 25 foreign counties.
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Paul R. Jacobsen
Shafter High School
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo
Jacobsen
Shafter
Cal Poly
California State University and Colleges System
California
United States
Leonardo da Vinci
Nicolas Cugnot
At Wit's End by Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck argues modern life makes solitude rare as crowds fill homes, vacations, transport, and venues. She notes apartment sharing, mobility strips individuality, and even private spaces like hospital rooms and theaters feel crowded. The piece lampoons loneliness amid pervasive togetherness.
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Erma Bombeck
New York City
New York
Williamsburg
A playful ode to everyday life card ideas
A Parma Heights housewife inspires a humorous meditation on missing greeting cards for ordinary moments. The verse imagines humorous occasions like balancing a checkbook, cleaning an oven, haircuts, and welcoming a football fanatic home, praising simple domestic milestones.
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Parma Heights
Ohio
Hallmark
State of
Grace
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