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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 2003
Page
8
Kern County Auditor-Controller County Clerk Ann K Barnett invites residents to schedule hands on demonstrations of new touch screen voting machines to be used in the November 2003 election. Contact Philip Burch toll free at 800 452 8683 for appointments of groups of 10 or more adults.
California fresh grape growers shipped over 35 million boxes worth more than 384 million dollars in 2002 2003 to foreign markets marking a 4 percent rise and continuing a 74 percent export increase since 1994. Kathleen Nave president of the California Table Grape Commission notes growing worldwide demand and new markets including Australia.
The Franchise Tax Board says long term caregivers may claim a $500 Long-Term Care Credit on 2003 California tax returns. Eligibility requires the care recipient, spouse, or dependent to need at least 180 consecutive days of care verified by a doctor, with the caregiver possibly being the recipient. The credit targets taxpayers with California AGI under $100,000 and aims to ease caregiving costs.
The article warns rising identity theft using Social Security numbers to open fraudulent credit, outlines three FTC advised steps: contact credit bureaus, alert creditors, and file police reports. It urges safeguarding numbers, avoiding carrying the card, and notes the FTC booklet When Bad Things Happen To Your Good Name with access details.
Kern County Superior Court invites U S citizens aged 18 or older who have resided in Kern County for at least one year and can speak English to apply for the next Grand Jury. Applications are due by April 11 and the jury will serve for the following year with about 20 hours weekly effort. Contact Kay Beavers at 868-4916 for details and forms.
The author heralds spring and baseball, praising Vin Scully as the greatest announcer and noting how Dodgers fans in Southern California adopt his voice. He roots for division winners including the Yankees, White Sox, Athletics, Mets, Astros, and Diamondbacks, who he says will defeat the Athletics in the World Series.
The Friends of the Kern County Library will host its annual Spring Brunch on Saturday April 5 at 9 30 a.m. at Stockdale Country Club. Speaker is Mrs Jerry Ludeke historian and co author of The Chinese in Kern County sharing China today and early Chinese history in the county. Public event with $14 admission. reservations via Marie Rump at 322 4962.
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