SHS students start petition after T shirt incident
Two SHS juniors, Jaime Garcia Jr and Julio Escobedo, were suspended for wearing Brown Pride T shirts on Feb. 16. They launched a petition aiming to allow all students to wear pride shirts, seeking 1 000 signatures to push KHSD Board reconsideration.
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Shafter High School
Jaime Garcia, Jr
Garcia
Julio Escobedo
SHS
Jaime Quisiénez
Quisiénez
Kern High School
Escobedo
Khsd Board of Trustees
Abelardo Sibecas
Sibecas
Shafter’s
Isaac Denogean
Katia Pedraza
Carmen Zamiduo
Isreal Reyes
Wendy Garcia
Proto Oy
Mariia Poo
Shafter Health Department March Clinic Schedule
The Shafter Public Health Department lists March clinics at 329 Central Valley Highway with appointments required for all except Immunization. Planned sessions include a Family Planning Clinic on March 22, a Pregnancy Screening Clinic also on March 22, an Immunization Clinic on March 13, a Child Health Clinic on March 9, and a Preventative Health Screening for the Aging on March 16 at the Shafter Senior Center.
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Shafter Public Health Department
Central Valley Highway
Shafter Senior Center
Call
Free memory care help at Wasco Senior Center
Informational sessions on Alzheimer's disease dementia and memory loss offered every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Wasco Senior Center on Poplar Street. For details call the Alzheimer's Association of Kern County at 393-8871 or visit ADAKC.org.
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Wasco
Poplar Street
The
Alzheimer’s Disease Association of
Kern County
Adakc.org
Reading comes to life at Redwood with student readers
Deborah Moens' first grade class welcomed six grade readers from Richland Junior High who read Dr. Seuss aloud to the young pupils. Across Redwood Elementary, students joined Read Across America activities from 8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., a yearly effort to boost reading motivation and awareness for every child in the community.
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Shafter High School
Quisiénez
SHS
Richland
Marcia Krause
Dr. Seuss
Deborah Moens
Richland Junior High School
Redwood Elementary School
Yolanda Martinez
Redwood
Shafter Mayor Honored With Special Council of Governments Award
Shafter Mayor Fran Florez received a distinguished leadership award from Kern County Council of Governments for her guiding leadership on the Shafter City Council and as chair of the California High Speed Rail Commission. She is longtime community leader, retired banker, and serves on numerous boards.
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Shafter
Council of Governments
Fran Florez
Kern County
Bakersfield
Florez & Florez Consulting
Florez
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Shafter Community Development Agency
Junior Diabetes Foundation
The
Golden Empire Gleaners
Kern County Network For Children
High Speed Rail Authority
California
Ray
McCarthy Secures Funds for Kern County Health Care
Assembly Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that California will provide 20.4 million dollars to reimburse Kern County for health care services to Medicare recipients. He bypassed delays by negotiating with state agencies, noting past paperwork held funds in government accounts. He said the money will aid local hospitals strained by budget pressures.
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Assembly
Kevin McCarthy
Bakersfield
Kern County
McCarthy
California
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