Community notices and event listings in Shafter area
Local calendar item roundup invites reader input for Shatter Press and lists Angelfood Ministries orders at Wasco and Wasco offers. It notes Shafter High School Winterguard March 14 at South High with Brandi contact, American Legion Auxiliary pot luck March 24, Health and Resource fair April 3, Shafter Recreation youth volleyball registration by March 16, Junior Miss tickets March 20, and Shafter Chamber networking mixer.
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Angelfood Ministries
Church of God
Linda
Ruth
Westside Family Fellowship
Wasco
Wangelfoodmin
Shafter High School
South High School
South High
Brandi
American Legion Auxiliary
City Recreation and Parks Department
National Health Services
Shafter Medical and Women’s Health Center
S. Central Valley Highway
Shafter
Melanie Dawar
Kathy Enns
Fivecoat Wins Maxwell Award For Kern County Service
Kern Council of Governments honors Shafter Police Chief Charlie Fivecoat for lifelong public safety work. A former Kern County sheriff, Bakersfield College professor, and Shafter leader, Fivecoat helped start the Shafter Youth Center and its Police Activities League program, earning praise from Mayor Cathy Prout and City Manager Guinn.
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Shafter
Charlie Fivecoat
Kern County Sheriff’s Department
Bakersfield College
Shafter Police Department
Fivecoat
Kern Council of Governments
Richard Maxwell
Maxwell
California
Highway Patrol
Pasadena
Kern Cog
Firecoat
Bakersfield
Bill Rector
Cathy Prout
Police Activities League Of Shafter Aids Local Youth
The Shafter Police Activities League founded in 2007 and open since 2008 now has 70 members under Chief Charlie Firecoat and Officer Moses Martinez. The nonprofit offers afterschool care for ages nine to eighteen, with a boxing program four days a week and community activities. Participants must maintain a 2.5 GPA, stay in school, and regular parent volunteer involvement supports tutoring, games, and safe recreation to reduce trouble and support education.
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Shafter
Prout
Guinn
CCF
Shafter Police Activities League
Charlie Firecoat
Moses Martinez
PAL
Martinez
Donald Stockman
Stockman
Miguel Ayon
Ayon
Mass honors fallen soldier Staff Sgt Ricardo Barraza
A memorial Mass for Staff Sgt. Ricardo Barraza, killed in Iraq in 2006, will be held at St. Therese Catholic Church on Saturday March 21 at 10 a.m. Father Pedro Umana will officiate the service.
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Shafter
Iraq
St. Therese Catholic Church
Ricardo Barraza
Barraza
Pedro Umana
St. Tererse’s Catholic Church
Parents get the real deal on Meth
A Healthy Start parents group meeting featured Edward Garcia of ACTS explaining methamphetamine as the fastest growing substance of abuse. He described how dopamine drives the high, how long term use damages control, and the need for home affirmations to steer children away from streets. Garcia noted 2004 survey figures and discussed triggers, addiction in the brain, and the shift from voluntary to compulsive use during recovery.
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Edward Garcia
ACTS
Garcia
Garica
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S.com
Winterguard
American Legion
Shafter Recreation and Parks District
Chamber of Commerce
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Aldo Garcia
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