Frantz Selected to Sing with All-State Honor Choir
Shafter High School sophomore Cora Frantz was chosen among 280 of 1,300 applicants to join the California State Honor Choir Mixed group. Singers prepared in memory and were tested by quartet in Sacramento for an All-State Honor Choir Concert March 14 to 16 directed by Dr. Jerry Blackstone. They stayed at the Radisson Hotel with three roommates from the choir.
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SHS
Cora Frantz
Shafter High School
Sacramento
Cora
Jerry Blackstone
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Honor Choir
Radisson Hotel
North Kern Christian honor roll list released
North Kern Christian School in Wasco announced the first semester honor roll with students from Shafter and Wasco. The A Honor Roll includes Soliz Sarah, Escobedo Melanie, Hackett Jacob, Hurst Ashley, and others with 4.0 GPAs. The A B Honor Roll features many names with 3.5 GPAs and a third category above 30 Grant Isabel Lara and more, listing numerous students.
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North Kern Christian School
Wasco
Shafter
Soliz
Sarah Escobedo
Melanie Hackett
Jacob Hurst
Ashley Ables
Elizabeth Funk
Matthew Bender
Cameron DeWitt
Mariah Millwee
Tara Miller
Tiffany Bloemhof
Allison Peters
Amanda Visser
Aaron Wheeler
Mackenzie Mulligan
Steven Tiss
John Miller
Travis Unruh
Ross Macdonald Colbert
Teresa Fruguglietti
Kara Grant
Estevan Mulligan
Cameron
Ryan Scott
Nathan Sperling
Taylor Stephens
Emily Tiss
Jakob Velasquez
Aubryn Butterfield
Kaley Mulligan
Michael Poole
Zachary Janae Reimer
Justin Reimer
Euuieamien Wymeer
Carolina Aguirre
Contreras
Micah Cruz
John Gee
David Gutierrez
Cheyenne Huskey
Austin Ables
Teddy Bloemhof
Ethan Parks
Jeffery Rogers
Sarah Sperling
Ashley Yeager
Grant
Isabel
Life Savers and Sugar Subsidy Debate Highlighted
Two articles from last week discuss Congressional inaction on cutting federal sugar subsidies for beet and cane growers. The outcome preserves artificial sugar prices and welfare for wealthy farmers, signaling little change ahead in farm subsidies.
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Congress
Kraft Foods closes Life Savers plant in Holland Michigan
A reader letter argues Kraft Foods will move Life Savers production to a Montreal area suburb to cut costs, citing half the U S sugar price and lower Canadian wages. The piece laments 600 Holland jobs lost, ties NAFTA and sugar subsidies to the shift, and criticizes high U S union wages.
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Kraft Foods, Inc
Holland
Michigan
Montreal
Canada
U.S
Florida
Louisiana
Anti-Nafta
America
Kraft Foods
NAFTA
Kraft
Senior Center Menu and Birthday Party Lunch Offer
Lunches served 11:30 to noon at W C Walker Senior Center with mashed potatoes green salad tacos pudding and beverages. Reservations requested 746 4049. Donations 1 50 for seniors and spouses 3 50 for guests under 60. larger changes possible.
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W.C. Walker Senior Center
Birth of Hannah Lorraine Wilcocks in Bakersfield
Hannah Lorraine Wilcocks was born March 12 2002 at Mercy Southwest Hospital Bakersfield weighing 8 pounds 13 ounces and measuring 20 and a half inches. Parents Adam and Linda Wilcocks announce the birth.
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Hannah Lorraine Wilcocks
Adam and
Linda Wilcocks
Mercy Southwest Hospital
Bakersfield
Hannah
Labor Strife Looms Across Major League Baseball
Fred Davis analyzes looming labor battle between players and owners. Owners push payroll limits and possible contraction to force union concessions while promising no lockout, risking strike and fan fallout as talks stall and contract terms near expiry.
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Bud Selig
Yankees
Diamondbacks
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