Public opens West Nile blunt on Shafter events and clinics
Shafter district circulates notices inviting residents to a baseball and softball meeting at Walker Senior Center and promotes the 2005 Junior Miss program at Shafter High School. Kern Health Dept clinics schedule March sessions. Shafter High orientation. pregnancy and parenting programs. CPR classes. Good Friday service. mosquito biology explained by Kern Mosquito District. warnings on standing water and bite prevention. abatement fines. district history and local board member.
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Shafter
Shafter High School
Kathy Enns
Kern County Health Dept
Central Valley Highway
Starrh Performing Arts Center
Shafter Recreation and Parks District
Red Cross
Shatter Aquatics Center
Poso St
Gene Abbott
Kern Mosquito and Vector Control District
Shafter City
Abbott
Kern County
Mosquito and Vector Control Agency
Kern
Shafter OKs CAL-MMET participation for two more years
The Shafter City Council confirmed continued involvement in California Multi-Jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Team for 2005 and 2006. The federal grant funds 100 percent of the officer’s salary and expenses up to 100000 dollars annually, supporting narcotics investigations and training.
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Shafter
California
Smith’s Corner
Shafter City
Florez pushes SB 35 after audit of First Five findings
Senator Dean Florez from Shafter advances SB 35 after a July 2004 audit of the California Children and Families Commission found weak controls. The bill tightens county commission spending, mandates outcome data from providers, and requires annual performance audits before future funds are allocated. SB 35 proceeds to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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Senate
Dean Florez
Shafter
Florez
California Children and Families Commission
California
Senate Appropriations Committee
Second Lerdo escapee surrenders amid publicity
Ramon Bravo, 21, the second Lerdo escapee, turned himself in at Kern County downtown Central Receiving Facility on February 26 at 9 p.m. He cited media publicity and lack of lodging as reasons to stop fleeing. He faces an added prisoner escape charge as Sheriff Wimbush praised the media for aiding the arrest.
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Ramon Bravo
Lerdo
Kern County
Central
Bravo
Wimbush
Inmate Daniel Provencio Dies After Wasco Incident
Kern County Coroner Investigator Madelaine Kaiser announced Daniel David Provencio a 28 year old Wasco State Prison inmate died March 4 at Mercy Hospital Bakersfield following a January 6 2005 head injury from a rubber projectile during a prison yard fight Alcohol is cited as a possible reason why some inmates did not drop when officers ordered them to comply and the CDCR continues to investigate the incident involving multiple inmates.
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Kern County
Madelaine Kaiser
Daniel David Provencio
Wasco State Prison
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
California Department of Corrections
Provencio
City authorizes storm drain upgrades on Shafter Avenue
The Shafter City Council approved a budget amendment to fund design and bids for storm drain improvements along Shafter Avenue from 5 Points to Rodriguez Street. Officials plan to connect the McDonald’s catch basin to the church basin at Ash Avenue, adding one or two basins at a projected cost of 113145 dollars not in this year’s budget.
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Shafter City
Shafter Avenue
Rodriguez Street
Lerdo Highway
Lerdo and
Shafter
Pentecostal Church of God
Rodriguez Park
McDonald's
Church
Ash Avenue
General Fund
Shafter Considers Specific Plan Zone for Large Growth
The Shafter City Council held a first reading on creating an SP zone for comprehensive development near 7 Standard Road, potentially adding about 11 000 homes at the city south border. Planning Commission heard Feb 8 2005 with no opposition and urged council approval ahead of a second reading. Freedom Homes gained final map authorization March 1 for a parcel north of Mark Avenue and west of Schnidt.
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Shafter
Planning Commission
Freedom Homes
Mark Avenue
Schnidt
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Mosquito
E. Euclid Avenue
Priscilla Acosta
Shafter Ministerial Association
the Valley Bible Church
Pine Street
Shafter Churches
Jesus Christ
Margaret Baker
Kern Abbott
Wasco
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