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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 11, 2005
Page
7
The board announced that American Junior Miss AJM will end after this year’s National Finals. They cited difficulties in attracting television coverage and national sponsors, adding that the program must close in an orderly, dignified manner while noting AJM’s success in raising awareness and opportunities today.
Four men died in a late Saturday crash on Seventh Standard Road nine miles west of Airport Drive. Joaquin Guerra Jr., 20, drove a 2000 Mitsubishi eastbound at high speed. Gilbert Vasquez, 17, in the opposite lane, swerved and crossed into the oncoming path. Ostwalt, 58, and Hill, 55, in a 1964 Ford were struck. all three occupants in the Mitsubishi and Ford were unrestrained. The driver was airlifted to Kern Medical and died later. CHP notes belt use as a preventive measure.
Senator Dean Florez moves SB 926 to the full Senate after a 5-2 vote in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on May 3. He aimed to curb decades old sludge dumping in Kern County while announcing revisions to SB 120 to require sludge generators to prove compliance with priority pollutant standards, with enforcement as a key change.
Shafter launches the 2005 Street Improvement Project with repairs on Olive Street Pacific Avenue and the alley behind the DMV. Total funding 265 846 dollars from gas tax and Article 8 funds supports off site enhancements on two other projects. The council approved spending 20 000 dollars for the Mark Avenue overlay south half completed with Freedom Homes for Tract 6179. Lerdo Highway needs 122 070 dollars to pave Driver Road near the new Per formance Food Group Distribution Center and airport industrial area to improve traffic flow.
The event features a mix of warbirds such as Fiesler 156 Storch Yak models and Stearman trainers plus jets like F 16 and F 18. Aerobatics include Eddie Andreini Super Stearman and Yak 9 Red October. Fundraiser by Minter Field Air Museum and sponsor Holiday Ford Lincoln Mercury in Shafter.
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