Shafter Kiwanis Guests and Aging Conference
Shafter Kiwanis speakers Roy Farrell and Carl Sparks address club meetings with a Shafter Mini-Conference on Aging on Wednesday November 15. The event is sponsored by Kern County Supervisors Roy Ashburn, Shafter Recreation and Park District, Shafter AARP 2809, and the Kern County Office on Aging. contact 746 3303 for details. The Shafter Chamber of Commerce plans a new community image and invites ideas by November 30, with submissions to P O Box 1088. The chamber meeting is Friday at noon at Jobie's Restaurant. call 746 2600 for information.
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Kiwanis
Roy Farrell
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Convalescent Hospital
Carl Sparks
Shafter
Kern County
Roy Ashburn
Shafter Recreation and Park District
Shafter Aarp
Call
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
P.O. Box
Margaret Christiansen
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Jobie’s
District Trustees Discuss Gifted Education Program
Richland-Lerdo School District trustees debated establishing a gifted and talented education program. They reviewed CAT CAP results enrollment and facility fee policies while district psychologist Lockridge highlighted testing 19 students from Bakersfield Fresno districts and noted methods for identifying high achievers beyond CAT results.
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Richland-Lerdo
Clare Lockridge
Bakersfield
Fresno
Lockridge
George Bury
Onry
Bury
Idge
Richland
Christine Frazier
Soil meeting set for Shafter on Monday night
A public meeting on soil concerns at Shafter Veteran's Building is scheduled for Monday November 13 at 7 p m. The session offers residents a chance to ask about pesticide contamination at the airport area where pesticides were stored and prepared since the late 1940s. The Kern County Airports Department and RWQCB actions in 1979 1984 studies identified arsenic and other chemicals in soil, with a plan to cover contaminated soil with asphalt and relocate a water line to prevent leaching. Public comments run through December 1 with contact Chuck Lackey at 861 2481.
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Shafter
Shafter Veteran’s Building
Regional Water Quality Control Board
AWQCB
Kern County Department of Airports
County
RWQCB
Department of Health Services
Chuck Lackey
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