Shafter officials plan March protest over budget cuts
Two Shafter City Council members and others plan to join a March 17 rally in Sacramento protesting Governor Brown budget reductions. City Administrator August Caires cites $350 million in additional subvention cuts and a possible $140,000 to $160,000 hit to Shafter's general fund. Other items include a New Well 11 bid, planning committee appointments, election resolutions, and overtime reporting changes.
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Capitol City
Shafter
Sa Wyuig
Jerry Brown
August Caires
Caires
General Fund
Bee Oe Reems
Sadualay Tda
Council Monday Hight
Lyle Williams
Wasco
Co Cie
George Wise
Don Little
Unruh
Ron Slade
P.E. Om
Fluoride Program Targets Kern County Children
Kern County launches a fluoride program to curb dental disease in children. The effort includes topical fluoride, daily brushing and flossing, nutrition education, and optional dental screenings. Participation requires parental consent, with focus on areas lacking public water fluoride and several towns named.
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Bodfish
Canyon Heights
Boron
Desert Lake
California City
Frazier Park
Inyokern
Lake Isabella
Lebec
North Edwards
Onyx
China Lake
Rosamond
Ridgecrest
Wofford Heights
Kern County
Leon M. Hebertson
Miecitt
Bnaitas
Festival committee outlines Shafter potato and cotton events
The Shafter festival committee plans activities in Stringham Park after the parade, including Jr Miss Pageant American Carnival Historical Society barbecue House Model T games and a Volunteer Fire dance with arts crafts and food booths. Chairman Ben Grundy invites locals to the next meeting on Thursday March contact details 746 2600 or P O Box 1088 Shafter CA 93263.
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Stringham Park
Historical Society
American Legion Volunteer
Grundy
Ben Grundy
P.O. Box
Shafter
Snapp Joins Shafter Police as Regular Patrol Officer
Sharon Snapp becomes Shafter Police Department's third sworn officer and first assigned to regular patrol. She has two months with Shafter, previously served 2 1/2 years with Kern County Sheriff's Office and three years as a reserve. She is a 1981 Bakersfield Police Academy graduate and chose Shafter over a Tulare offer, saying patrol is different but she likes the community.
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Sharon Snapp
Shafter
Sharon
Kern County
Tulare
Shaffer
SPD
Kern County Sheriff's Office
Burglars Seized In Local Market And Large Gas Blast
Burglars were arrested at a market after breaking in through a front door window. A massive gas explosion followed, sending flames 250 feet into the air and destroying pipeline, tractors, and almond fields across five counties with about 50 million cubic feet of natural gas lost, yet no injuries.
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S. Shafter Avenue
William Herrera
Shafter
Smith and Wesson
Francisco Garcia Ayan
Pacific
Bakersfield
Jesus Luis Sanchez
Safeway
Jose Mario Lomeli
Ceeter
Shafter-Wasco Courtweek highlights district cases
Judge Gary Ingle handled a week of cases in Shafter ending March 5 1982. Defendants faced DUI open container and license suspension charges, assaults, burglaries and felonies with various sentences including jail time probation and pre trial conferences. Names include Andres Calderon Charles Gott Keener Sharpe Luis De La Rosa Fernando Lopez Jose Flores Gary Alford Magdalene Sanchez Robert Morrison Larry Williamson Dario Arotoma Edward Robertson Pedro Garza.
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Andres Calderon
Buttonwillow
Charles Gott
Bakersfield
Kern County
Keener Sharpe
Sepulveda
Sharpe
Luis de la Rosa
Fernando Lopez
Shafter
Jose Flores
Vernie Graves
Flores
Gary Alford
Bodfish
Matador Service
Minter Field
Larry Williamson
Kern County Superior Court
Dario Arotoma
Edward Robertson
Pedro Garza
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Randsburg
Golden Hills
Lori Mitchell
Nancy Boatwright
Doréen Hatala
Joy Ryan
Lisha Lewis
Betty Graves
Sandra Nickel
Rhonda Nickel
Gail Monk
Rynelle Crow
Rhon
Chantel Walworth
Monica Ashe
Robin Ashley
Kerry Elliott
Silvia Montoya
Jimi Dawn Hayes
Snapp
Paul Petersen
Wasco Justice Court District Court
Gary Ingle
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