Building a Bright Future Girl's Summit 2004 in Shafter
The Shafter Youth Center hosts a free Girl's Summit 2004 on Saturday May 15 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with continental breakfast lunch prizes and a talent show for girls aged 11 to 18. Also upcoming Kernville History Days May 14–16 and Bakersfield area events including Peddlers Faire at Kern County Museum May 15–16 and a Wasco organ recital May 16 at 6 p.m. Memorial Day services in Shafter on May 31 at 11 a.m.
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Shafter
E. Euclid Avenue
Informa
Kern River
Kernville
Kern Valley Museum
Kern County Museum
Chester Avenue
Bakersfield
First United Methodist Church of
Wasco
Dennis Gaede
American Legion
Legion Hall
Washington D.C
Bakersfield Convention Center
Shafter Cemetery
Espericueta finishes Ranger training and returns home
U S Army Captain Eli Espericueta completed nine weeks of Ranger training in Georgia and started a three week Bakersfield leave with wife Melissa and daughter Chloe. He welcomed newborn son Elijah born in March during his absence and will deploy to Korea for a year after leave. Meanwhile Golden Oak Elementary faced a sudden cancellation of its Teacher of the Year selection and celebration, leading Principal Rose Shannon to declare three teachers Susanne Franz, Jane Otto, and Carolyn Roberts as winners.
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Golden Oak
Susanne Franz
Jane Otto
Carolyn Roberts
Ward
Eli Espericueta
Georgia
Bakersfield
Melissa
Chloe
Elijah
Shafter High School
West Point
Espericueta
Shafter
LeRoy
Frances Espericueta
Korea
Rose Shannon
Shannon
Nation Celebrates Armed Forces Day Observances
The nation prepared to honor the Armed Forces on Armed Forces Day amid shock over abuse reports from Iraq. The piece traces the holiday history from 1949 when Defense Secretary Johnson created Armed Forces Day to unite Army Navy and Air Force observances. It notes Truman’s praise, the 1950 proclamation, and events from the first celebration including parades in Washington Berlin and New York with tens of thousands of participants and public open houses to educate civilians about the military.
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Iraq
Middle-East
Louis Johnson
Navy
Air Force
Armed Forces
Department of Defense
Army
Marine Corps League
Truman
America
United States
New York Times
Ticle
Washington D.C
Berlin
U.S
Templehof Airfield
New York City
Armed Forces Bay
Missouri
New Jersey
North Carolina
Iowa
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California
Girl’s Summit
Pine Mountain Club Village
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Pole
Richland and Shafter High School
Kern County Health Department
Golden Oak Elementary
Margaret Baker
Pte
Kate Little
Lompoc
Bruce Fall
Central Coast
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