Community Event Calendar for Shafter Area
The Shafter Press notes closures for Memorial Day May 31 and deadlines May 27 5 p.m. and May 28 10 a.m. Editorial and ads deadlines. Rec Park District seeks summer basketball Zumba and Line Dancing instructors. starts July 6 Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6 p.m. Blues Harmonica concert June 2 at Redwood School cafeteria by Nat Dove. Street Faire June 10 5 to 9 p.m. Booth forms due May 19 food and June 2 non food. Job Fair June 17 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Bakersfield Gateway Ave. Chamber get-together May 20 5:30 p.m. Insect Lore event at 132 S Beech Ave. Contact numbers listed.
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Shafter Press
Wasco Tribune
Shafter Recreation and Park District
Redwood School
Redwood
Nat Dove
Laura Wolfe
Annette Blacklock
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Shafter City Hall
S. Beech Avenue
Carol
Teen Challenge to Host Top Sirloin Barbecue
Teen Challenge Kern County will hold a top sirloin barbecue on May 21 at 6 30 p m at the Teen Challenge Men's Ranch 650 Riverside Street Shafter. For more information call 399 2273. The Minter Field Air MORE on pace 2.
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Kern County
Riverside Street
Shafter
Shafter City Council approves land lease and funding items
The May 18 meeting included a Proclamation for Dulce Marin and runner ups Jessica Gonzalez and Nadia Valladarez. Council approved a ground lease between the City and MI LLC for eight acres north of Santa Fe Way for a 30,000 square foot facility to house, mix and distribute oil field supplies, with 96 000 dollars annual revenue. A budget amendment moves 28 000 dollars to water projects Wells 14 and 17. The council also authorized 900 000 dollars from low income housing funds for the North Shafter Wastewater project to fill a funding gap and fund sewer connections and septic system demolition, with the Community Development Agency also passing the item.
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Shafter City
Dulce Marin
Jessica Gonzalez
Nadia Valladarez
MI LLC
Santa Fe Way
North Shafter
State Water Resources Control Board
Community Development Agency
Shafter City Hall
Elks donate funds for Alexis Booth disability aid
Larry Jennings of Wasco Shafter Elks Lodge 2419 announced a 7744 dollar contribution as part of the California Hawaii Elks Major Project. The program supports vision screening and therapy for disabled children, with Alexis Nichole Booth highlighted as 2010 Theme child and beacon of resilience after multiple cysts, surgeries, and hospitalizations.
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Larry Jennings
Wasco/Shafter
The
Elks
California
Hawaii
Elks Association
Elks Major Project, Inc
Alexis Nichole Booth
Alexis
Aleis Booth
Ramona, Calif
California-Hawaii
Richland retirees honored by district board action
Richland School District recognized 16 retirees at the May 17, 2010 meeting, totaling 331 years of service. Honorees include Marsha Barnhart, Susanne Franz, Pat Punk, Frances Garcia, Dolly Kirschenmann, Valerie Slocum, Julia Chavez, Sandra Florez, Linda Forehand, Joy Hanks, Cris Little, Juan Lopez, Maria Lopez, Gilbert Pacheco, Shirley Waters, and Cheryl Wilhelmsen representing Sequoia, Golden Oak, and district roles from teachers to custodial and administrative staff.
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Richland
Marsha Barnhart
Sequoia
Susanne Franz
Sandra Florez
Linda Forehand
Joy Hanks
Golden Oak
Cris Little
Juan Lopez
Maria Lopez
Gilbert Pacheco
Shirley Waters
Cheryl Wilhelmsen
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Shafterpress
Earthlink. Net
Job Fair
Danny Gilmore
Gateway Avenue
Bakersfield
Minter
Minter Field
Alexis Booth
Kaiser Re
Mindy Gulley
the Elks
Mindy
Richland School District Board
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