Health Fair Links Kern Agencies With Shafter Community
Local agencies including Kern County Food Bank and Community Action Partnership of Kern joined Shafter Youth Center for a Health Fair at the SYC facility. Volunteers assembled food bags. Head Start and National Health Services offered services such as blood pressure checks while WIC and shoes donations aided attendees.
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Kern County Food Bank
Community Action Partnership of
Kern
Shafter Youth Center
Shafter
Bakersfield Barber College
SYC
National Health Services
Angie Velardo
WIC
Kern County
Shafter to Crown New Distinguished Young Woman
Seven contestants vie for the 2014 Distinguished Young Woman of Shafter title at the Fred Starrh Performing Arts Center on Friday March 15. The event showcases interview skills academic performance fitness poise and talent with finalists sponsored by local businesses and colleges.
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Shafter
Aubrie Dela Rosa
Heidi Lederhos
Jim
Judy
Distinguished Young Women event in Shafter March 15 2013
The community is invited to Shafter's Distinguished Young Women program on Friday March 15 2013 at 7 00 p.m. at Starrh Performing Arts Center Shafter High School Tickets are available by advance call to Kathy Enns 746 6190 or at the door. The Kern County Mental Health Volunteer Senior Outreach seeks a grocery delivery volunteer for Wasco and Shafter seniors please call Melanie Davie Haynes 758 7332.
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Shafter
Starrh
Shafter High School
Kathy Enns
Kern County
Inmate Escapes From Wasco State Prison
Wasco State Prison officials report inmate Michael Howard Devlin, 42, escaped from the Wasco State Prison Reception Center around 8:00 a.m. Saturday March 2. Devlin, listed as 5'6", 140 pounds, white male with brown hair and eyes, was received July 13, 2012 from Riverside County for possession of a controlled substance and had a non-controlling prior offense for carrying a concealed dagger. Law enforcement and local agencies are searching. call 911 with information.
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Wasco State Prison Reception Center
WSPRC
Michael Howard Devlin
Devlin
Riverside County
WSP RC
Vehicle burglaries persist in Shafter amid local suspects
Shafter police report ongoing vehicle break ins with 32 incidents in six weeks. Lynn Yoshikawa cites out of town youths apprehended last week, but most burglaries likely involve locals. A vacant house led to stolen items and two suspects confessing.
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Lynn Yoshikawa
Shafter
Yoshikawa
Autopsy planned after Lerdo inmate death
On March 3 at 8 00 p m detention deputies found 51 year old inmate Michael Pickering unresponsive at Lerdo Male Facility He was taken to Bakersfield Heart Hospital where he was pronounced dead Detectives opened an investigation Pickering had been arrested by Kern County Probation on February 23 for a parole violation An autopsy will determine the manner and cause of death
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Lerdo
Michael Pickering
Pickering
Bakersfield Heart Hospital
Kern
Woman escapes rollover crash at Minter Field airport
A Shafter woman, driving eastbound on Lerdo Highway, drifted off the road, overcorrected, and rolled across westbound lanes into the Minter Field fence. The car was totaled, but she suffered no life-threatening injuries. Police continue the investigation and will identify the victim.
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Lerdo Highway
Minter Field
Shafter
Gus Olvera
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Taft
Porterville College
Felisha Olvera
Eddie and
Angie Olvera
Cal State Bakersfield
Wasco State Prison
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