Shafter community events and deadlines posted
Shafter Press announces a kids engagement photo contest with prizes from Little Caesars. Memorial Day closings affect May 28 issue deadlines for articles, obits, and ads. Also listed are clinic appointments, a ribbon cutting for Walker Senior Center, a continental breakfast by the Chamber, and Colorguard services at St Therese’s Catholic Church.
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Shafter Press
Shafter Health Department
Central Valley Highway
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Walker Senior Center
Green Hotel
Eric Merz
Shafter
Chamber
American Legion Post
Amvets
St. Therese’s Catholic Church
West Lerdo Highway
Hospital district starts process to extend boundary
The Northern South Tulare Hospital District in Delano seeks to extend its boundary to include Shafter and Wasco. Three public meetings were held in Shafter Wasco and Delano to gather input on the extension, with engineering consultants present. The move, in an information gathering stage, aims to determine local health care needs and would expand the district from 422000 to 672000 acres if adopted.
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Shafter
Wasco
South Tulare
Delano
Provost
Pritchard Engineering Group
Jaime Mendoza
South Tulare Hospital
Mendoza
McCoy Avenue
Tulare County
Julie Boyle
Provost and Pritchard Engineering Group
KernCorps Urges Communities to Conserve Energy Efforts
KernCorps AmeriCorps program led by Kern County Superintendent of Schools will attend government meetings in Bakersfield Lamont Delano and Shafter from May 20 to June 3 to promote energy conservation. A June 3 Shafter City Council show will host a community pledge drive funded by a $12 000 Flex Your Power grant administered by California utilities.
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KernCorps AmeriCorps
Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Bakersfield
Lamont
Delano
Shafter
KernCorps
California
California Public Utilities Commission
Jeff Coomber
Officers Run for Special Olympics Flame of Hope in Kern County
Local law enforcement from Shafter Bakersfield police and CHP joined 25 to 30 officers and soon two dozen Special Olympics athletes on May 10 for the Flame of Hope relay. The group ran routes through Shafter to North High School and back, ending with photo moments and camaraderie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Bell
Charlie Fivecoat
Moses Martinez
Bakersfield
North High School
Ocal
Kern County
Shafter Police Department
Community Correctional Facility
Ashley Francois
Dirk Ming
Shafter
Charlie Firecoat
CCF
Firecoat
CHP Seat Belt Alert Underway Across California
California Highway Patrol launches a statewide seat belt enforcement drive during the Vehicle Occupant Safety Awareness and Education Day May 21 and the Click It or Ticket mobilization May 12 to June 2. CHP cites 30 percent of fatalities in 2006 2007 were unbuckled and aims to boost 94.6 percent seat belt use with overtime grants from the Office of Traffic Safety.
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California Highway Patrol
CHP
Roy Huerta
Hicle
Office of Traffic Safety
Huerta
OTS
California
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