Area youths honored ahead of World Jamboree trip
Shafter mayor Cathy Prout and Supervisor Roy Ashburn honored five area youths Fernando Albiar Tony Christolear Aaron Mann Justin Siemens and Nate Siemens for attending the August World Scout Jamboree in Korea. They plan fund raising to raise nine thousand dollars for the trip and have been named Shafter's Goodwill Ambassadors by the city council. The trip includes a visit to the Korea Folk Village near Suwon and a morning at Seoul's Olympic Stadium, plus a short stay with a Korean host family.
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Roy Ashburn
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Tony Christolear
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Kern County Board of Supervisors
Kern Council of Governments
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Bilingual Education Group Plans Scholarships in Shafter
The Shafter based group promotes bilingual education legislation at state and national levels and aims to provide scholarships for students entering bilingual education. With over 30 members, officers include Connie Garcia president Shirley Chavez Yolanda Martinez vice presidents Frances Garcia treasurer and Gary Rodriguez secretary. They thanked the First Mexican Sees Church for venue use and Alicia De Laurie of Richland District Library for support.
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Connie Garcia
Shirley Chavez
Yolanda Martinez
Frances Garcia
Gary Rodriguez
First Mexican Sees Church
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Alicia de Laurie
Sanchez
AWANA Grand Prix Derby At Shafter Mennonite Church
The Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church hosted its AWANA Grand Prix on Wednesday April 24 with 30 pinewood block cars built by clubbers in third through sixth grade. Finals saw 19 cars, with ign category winners Jacob Johnson Jennifer Reimer and Kara Farmer, and overall winners Hallie Kotral Kristen Farmer and John Wiebe.
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Kara Farmer
Hallie Kotral
Kristen Farmer
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