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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 23, 2001
Page
7
A two year old girl Rita was left with her grandmother when her uncle broke in seeking drugs. He held Rita at knife point for an hour before police intervened. The mother was notified later. Weeks later the child became mute then months afterward she threatened her sister with a knife.
Shafter Chamber of Commerce organizes a free July 3 fireworks display at Shafter High School football stadium with hot dogs nachos drinks and chips for sale. Community donation requested to support the event.
On April 11 3, a MESA field trip by boat from the Port of Los Angeles to Catalina Island lasted about five hours. Students Juan Ramirez Vidal Mora Yvonne Martinez Jose Avila Yurico Gutierrez David Vasquez and Amy Bergen snorkeled kayaked dissected squids and learned marine biology and island ecology while seeing Garibaldi seals sea lions and a rare Shredder Shark. Breakfast lunch and dinner offered buffet style and the group reported a wonderful experience.
The piece notes Memorial Day's shift to the last Monday of May and recalls Waterloo New York as the birthplace proclaimed by Lyndon Johnson. It praises local ceremonies, wreaths, and a 22 room Memorial Day Museum, urging vigilance over military absentee voting and urging readers to press their representatives to protect the vote.
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