May Festival Celebrates Shafter Harvest Traditions
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce announces its May Festival on May 19 a family event with vendors educational booths games 3 on 3 basketball live entertainment and food. The festival honors local crops potatoes almonds cotton wheat and historic plantings while noting sponsors from California Planting Seed Distributors Starrh and Starrh Cotton and The Elk Corporation and others.
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Stepanie Bender
Shafter
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
California Planting Seed Distributors
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Remembering Matthew Shepard in Dirkhising era discourse
The account cites the murder of Matthew Shepard and frames it within a charged rhetoric about gay rights and violence, invoking a historical memory trope. It references homophobic violence and the broader cultural conflict surrounding LGBTQ+ safety and remembrance.
Political Views. Media bias and crime reporting debate
Fred Davis argues that media coverage shows political correctness in crimes involving homosexual suspects versus other cases. He contrasts Jesse Dirkhising with Polly Klaas, urging objective, even handed reporting by police and journalists while acknowledging minority protection and First Amendment rights.
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Jesse Dirkhising
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Matthew Shepard
Shepard
Dirkhising
Polly Klaas
Polly
Arkansas
Mother's Day Notes From Richland Junior High
A student recounts making cards for mothers in Spanish class and praises Mrs Rivera y Gomez. Personal memories follow about a father at the California Correctional Academy, a single mother raising children, a move after a near accident, and a letter to a relative with mixed news and reflections.
Dates set for filing renter assistance payments
Statewide program offers annual payments based on property tax figures. Kathleen Assistance mentions 2001 claim forms available in mid June. Qualified homeowners may receive 14 to 326 dollars while renters may get 10 to 240 dollars. Eligibility requires age 62 or blindness or total disability as of end of 2000 and household income under 35,251 dollars.
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Kathleen
Clamant
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