Flea Epidemic Hits Kern County Prompting Home Remedies
Unusually warm moist spring weather spurs flea outbreaks across Kern County and parts of California. Health officials urge home cleanup and caution against hazardous pesticides while offering guidance on safe products and professional pest control. Residents can obtain a pamphlet from UC Cooperative Extension and contact the County Health Department for more information.
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Shafter senior Tamarah Lauderdale earns CSB scholarship
Tamarah Lyn Lauderdale, senior at Shafter High, receives a $600 Golden State Scholarship from Cal State Bakersfield and will enter as a freshman this fall. She is active in CSF Pep Club Photo Club and has served on student government bodies including ASB executive board. She plans to study business.
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Cal State Bakersfield
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Cradle Roll Baby Born to Mr and Mrs Rodriguez
Cradle Roll couple Mr Frank Rodriguez and Mrs Rodriguez of 148 West Lerdo welcomed a son named Richard Alexander born May 17 at 3 33 a.m. at North Kern Hospital weighing 9 pounds 11 ounces and measuring 22 inches long.
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West Lerdo
Richard Alexander
North Kern Hospital
New UC cotton varieties target wilt in San Joaquin Valley
UC findings from Kern to Merced Counties show Acala SJ-4 and SJ-5 more wilt tolerant than SJ-2, yielding higher in wilted soils while SJ-2 remains best where wilt is low. SJ-4 and SJ-5 offer stronger fiber and better lint per pound with earlier, shorter blooms and need careful irrigation and nitrogen management. Around 100,000 acres of SJ-5 planned this year.
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California
US Department of Agriculture
Shafter Receives Funds From State Tax Allocation
More than 133 million dollars were distributed this week to California cities and counties from the May sales and use tax allocations. Iris Sankey of the State Board of Equalization announced that cities got 87.2 million and counties 14.3 million for a total of 101.5 million, plus 25.4 million from a 1/4 percent local tax to counties for the local transportation fund. BART received 4 million and SCCT 2.3 million from the additional 1/2 percent tax. BART counties are San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa. Shafter received 27 thousand as its share of the 87 million and Kern County 662,500 plus 457,500 from the 1/4 percent county tax.
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State Board of Equalization
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Shafter
Kern
BART
SCCT
Kerntax backs Proposition 13 amid tax cut stance
Kerntax endorses Proposition 13 asserting it will reduce property taxes and curb government spending, while dismissing opponents’ dire warnings as unsupported by current data. The group notes most critics are government employees and argues the feared consequences are not evident.
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