Shafter Health Dept Announces March Clinic Schedule
The Shafter Public Health Department lists March clinics at 329 Central Valley Highway with appointments required for all except the Immunization Clinic Call 746 7562. Scheduled: Family Planning March 24 8:30-10:30 am and 1-4 pm. Pregnancy May 24 9-11 am. Immunization May 8 3-5 pm. Child Health May 11 8:30-10:30 am and 1-2:45 pm. Senior Health Screening May 18 9 am-1 pm at Shafter Senior Center. A Rite Aid groundbreaking at Lerdo Highway and Central Avenue is set for May 5 at 10 am.
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Shafter Public Health Department
Central Valley Highway
Shafter Senior Center
Shafter
Rite Aid
Lerdo Highway
Central Avenue
Day of Prayer and local events in Shafter
The Shafter Ministerial Association hosts a National Day of Prayer service on May 4 at 12 15 p m in the downtown City plaza. The Shafter General Open runs May 6 at Northern Golf Course. For details call 746 4961. Shafter First Southern Baptist Church marks its 70th anniversary on May 13 at 11 a m with roll call, a message by Dr. Randy Bennett, a California Regents choir performance and a meal. Call 746 6774. Opening day of baseball and softball is May 15 with a barbecue. information from Shafter Recreation and Parks District at 746 3303.
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Shafter Ministerial Association
Shafter
Northern Golf Course
Manuel Garcia
Jeff Scott
Gary Pederson
Shafter First Southern Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Church
California
Randy Bennett
Kern County
Shafter Recreation and Parks District
Food Drive Alert for Shafter Postal Service Event
The Shafter Post Office joins the 14th annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive inviting residents to place nonperishable foods by mailboxes on Saturday May 13. On the same note Optimal Hospice seeks volunteers to donate time and compassion to families facing terminal illness. call 1-888-597-6115 to learn more.
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Shafter Post Office
National Association of Letter Carriers
Cinco de Mayo Festival parade heats Central Avenue crowd
Early Saturday morning residents filled Central Avenue for the Cinco de Mayo Festival parade. The Friends and Neighbors Motorcycle Club opened the event as Latin music played and attendees relaxed on planters and lawn chairs awaiting the procession led by Grand Marshal Yolanda Martinez driving down the street.
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Central Avenue
Friends and Neighbors Motorcycle Club
Shafter Cinco de Mayo Grand Marshall
Yolanda Martinez
Man Injured Crossing Path In Ledro Highway Crash
A man in his 30s was injured after stepping into traffic and colliding with a pickup while crossing Ledro Highway near Lerdo, as a big rig stopped at a light. He was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. Parade coverage follows with awards for bands and floats.
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Ledro Highway
Shafter Police Department
Lerdo Highway
Fastrip
New bill moves Highway 43 to inter-regional status
Assemblywoman Nicole Parra leads AB 2143 through the Assembly Transportation Committee with a 7-5 vote. The measure would designate Highway 43 as an inter-regional and inter-county route, cited as a step to ease Valley traffic and support economic stability amid air quality concerns in the San Joaquin Valley.
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Nicole M. Parra
D-Hanford
Assembly Transportation Committee
Central Valley
Nicole Parra
California Air Resources Board
San Joaquin Valley
Reality TV Star Matt Hoover speaks at Kern Shafter Health Fair
Matt Hoover from The Biggest Loser spoke at the Shafter Health Fair at Richland Activity Center. He described his weight loss of 157 pounds for a $250000 prize, crediting diet and exercise and noting his wrestling past at the University of Iowa and an earlier college short of his degree.
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Kern County
Matt Hoover
Shafter Health Fair
Richland Activity Center
Hoover
University of Iowa
Paces
New 81 unit affordable housing for Shafter
A new 81 unit apartment complex for low income families will be built on the Birch and Ash corner in Shafter. The Las Rosas Courts project, developed with the National Farm Workers Service Center, aims to provide low cost housing for working families and was celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by city, county, and state officials including Mayor Fran Florez and Arturo Rodriguez.
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Birch Avenue
Ash Avenue
Las Rosas Courts
Manuel Bernal
National Farm Workers Service Center
Shafter
Bernal
Fran Florez
Cathy Prout
Jon Johnston
John Guinn
Patrick Hauptman
Dennis Filder
Arturo Rodriguez
United Farm
Jeremy Tobias
Mayor Florez
Dean Florez
United Farm Workers
National Farm Workers Service Center, Inc
Paul Chavez
Shafterger
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Shafter’s Finest Bike Club
Gilbert Pacheco
GMC
Cinco de Mayo One
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