Community events in Shafter seniors yard sale and band concert
Seniors at Walker Senior Center plan a Saturday yard sale from 8 a.m. to noon at the Corner of Walker and Sunset to fund senior programs. A Concert on the Green at Richland Junior High Quad features the Begin ning Band Intermediate Band Cadet Band and Shafter High Band. Early bird Girl Scout registrations open at 4 p.m. at the Boy Scout Hall for fall re registrations. graduation ceremonies slated for Buttonwillow Richland Maple and Belridge schools with times June 5 through June 12 and a Washington DC themed Belridge event at the Shell Club House.
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Walker Senior Center
Walker and
Sunset
Georgette Kadel
Shafter High School
Richland Junior High
Walt Crider
Boy Scout Hall
Elida Capilla
Buttonwillow Lanaan
Rio Bravo-Greeley School
Richland
Buttonwillow
Maple
Buttonwillow School
Maple School
Belridge School
Washington, D.C
Shell Club House
Sheltered English slated for Richland
Parents educators and students met at J D s early Thursday for a Richland Junior High School Site Council meeting. This is the first year RJHS has qualified for Site Council funds from the School Improvement Program about 30 per student. Funds come from the state for LEP gifted and special education students. The SSC plans Sheltered English training for teachers next year to aid 25 30 percent of the Hispanic student population classified as LEP. Sheltered English emphasizes listening speaking reading writing and hands on small group work. By 1990 91 teachers will have instruction in Sheltered English strategies. Parent Deanna Rodriguez Root backs better bilingual education and proposes a bilingual tutors club of biliterate students as future bilingual teachers, though some fear it would exclude bilingual children.
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Richland
RJHS
LIP
Ron Adams
SSC
Adams
Teaachers
Deanna Rodriguez-Root
Richland-Lerdo
Rodriguez-Root
Rodriguez- Root
Representative urges yes on Props 111 and 108
Laura B. Dennison outlines Prop 111 the gas tax measure and funding for road projects and transit while Prop 108 the rail bond act seeks $1 billion for rail upgrades, both backed by statewide and regional groups. California’s gas tax ranks lowest in the region as supporters stress congestion relief and air quality benefits.
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Yes
Laura B. Dennison
Dennison
California
Utah
Nevada
Washington
Idaho
Arizona
Oregon
Highway Patrol nets 110 DUI arrests over holiday weekend
CHP reports 110 drunken driving arrests and two fatalities during a maximum enforcement Memorial Day period. Two Redwood City residents died in a Saturday morning crash on Interstate 5 near Copus Road. nonbelted occupants were ejected. Inclement rain may have contributed to three DUI arrests in Shafter and several noninjury crashes.
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Highway Patrol
Memorial
California Highway Patrol
CHP
Rick Odom
Redwood
Interstate 5
Copus
California
Odom
Shafter Area
John Porter
Shafter High School Reports Low Dropout Rate
SHS posts a 6.7 percent dropout rate for the class of 1989, far below Kern High School District and state averages. Principal Dr. Herb Neufeld credits student-teacher rapport, ongoing training, and community involvement, noting 53 credentialed teachers, four administrators, and advanced degrees among staff.
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Shafter High School
Bill Honig
Herb Neufeld
SHS
Kern High School District
KHSD
Shafter
Neufeld
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Shafter Cemetery
Mike Bledsoe
League of Women Voters
By Dee NaQuin
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