Shafter sees fall in building permit values. new memorial planned
Kern County reports September building permit values of 30.1 million down from 82.0 million in 1994 while year-to-date totals dip to 329.7 million. Board of Trade manager Ann Gutcher notes the decline, unadjusted for inflation, with early 80s levels not reached since. In Shafter a veterans memorial at Memorial Park, spearheaded by Cathy Morgan, will be dedicated Nov. 4 with about 900 names expected. One year ago Shafter highlights include a new 134,000 square foot warehouse by Performance Food Group, with potential growth to 400,000 square feet and 300–400 jobs across nine western states.
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Shafter
Kern County
Kern County Board of Trade
Ann Gutcher
Board of Trade
Armed Services
Cathy Morgan
Morgan
Minter Field
PFG
Alaska
Hawaii
Pacific Rim
Kidz Camp Shafter inspires Bakersfield interclub talk
Inger Summers, former United Way community investment director, spoke to the Bakersfield Interclub about Kidz Camp Shafter a summer program for students unable to attend traditional camps. Held at Shafter Activity Center the camp targets seventh and eighth graders with grades tied to participation and offers softball basketball soccer walks lunch and activities. Kiwanis attendees received bags with water play money puzzles and balls and praised the community-focused project.
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Bakersfield Interclub
Inger Summers
United Way
Shafter
Inger
Rotary speaker highlights group study exchange program
Al Jacobs of Simi Valley Rotary, team leader to South Africa, spoke on the Group Study Exchange at Shafter Rotary. The program funds four to six weeks of travel for teams of professionals aged 25 to 40, including non Rotarians, to exchange visits and develop leadership while addressing community needs through humanitarian projects.
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al Jacobs
Simi Valley
South Africa
Cathy Prout
Shafter Rotary
Prout
Rotary
Fire on Tanker Road burns seventy seven acres
Kern County Fire Department reports a vegetation fire on Tanker Road just north of the oilfields burned 77 acres on Oct. 22 after a bird struck a power line. Firefighters fought wind, deployed Helicopter 408 and bulldozers, then mopped up and contained the area while warning fire season remains active.
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Kern County Fire Department
Tommy Brown
Brown
Free coats and sweaters to be given away in Shafter
Community members donate used clothes to Shafter Healthy Start which distributes the items to those in need. On Friday November 4, 2005, free coats and sweaters will be handed out from 8 a.m. to noon or until supplies run out. call 746-8690 for details.
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Shafter Healthy Start
Fog and fatal crash in Shafter on Magnolia Avenue
A foggy morning crash on Magnolia Avenue near 7th Standard Road left Jesus Gomez 19 of Shafter dead. Passenger Ricardo Cortez 18 suffered moderate injuries while Juan Ornelas 26 of Bakersfield was uninjured.
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Shafter
CHP
Rick Jorgensen
Jorgensen
Jesus Gomez
Magnolia Avenue
Gomez
Juan Ornelas
Bakersfield
Ornelas
Freightliner
Kern Medical Center
Kern County
Ricardo Cortez
KMC
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