Food and Clothing Drive for Bakersfield Homeless Shelter
CSO clients collect non perishable food and gently used clothing for donation to the Bakersfield Homeless Shelter. Drop off at the Center 1401 Poso Avenue Wasco. CSO serves adults with developmental disabilities throughout Kern County. Jesus Saves Church hosts Kids Rally at Rodriguez Park on Saturday November 1 at 11 a.m. Free to the public with games bible teaching and a puppet show.
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CSO
Bakersfield
Poso Avenue
Wasco
Kern County
Jesus Saves Church
Rodriguez Park
Shafter Elects School Board and City Council Members
Shafter voters turnout strong on election day with new and incumbent leaders elected. Tammy Rubio Criswell won Area 1 School Board seat, Deanna Rodriguez-Root claimed Area 3, Mike Svilich defeated Cain Maldonado in Area 4. Kern County Elections Division will certify results in December. City Council winners were Gilbert Alvarado, Jack Colvard, and Fran Florez. Planning for centennial in 2013 noted.
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Shafter
Tammy Rubio Criswell
Ramon Sanchez
Anna Villavasos
Deanna Rodriguez-Root
Eloy Guerano
Mike Svilich
Cain Maldonado
Kern County Elections
Gilbert Alvarado
Jack “Woody” Colvard
Fran Florez
Rotary hosts guest speakers in Shafter club meetings
Over three weeks the Shafter Rotary Club hosted Connie Koop librarian of Richland School District who discussed the 1000 Books Project to foster a love of reading. Parents borrow book kits of ten titles with fiction and non fiction. for every 100 books read a free paperback is awarded and progress is shown on a library bar graph. The project is supported by Rotary Kiwanis and Target Foundation. This was followed by Dr Andy Weiss, a physical therapist, detailing advances in joint replacement surgery and the shift from full to partial replacements with modern tech.
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Shafter
Kiwanis Club
Target Foundation
Andy Weiss
National Health Services gift cards aid patients in Wasco and Shafter
National Health Services Inc distributed $45 gift cards to 70 patients, 35 at each location, as a Thanksgiving gesture started years ago by Director Francisco Castillon. NHSI, rooted in Buttonwillow since 1978, now runs 12 locations offering medical dental and mental health care with recent additions and accreditation in 1997.
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National Health Services, Inc
Francisco Castillon
Wasco
Shafter
National Health Services
NHSI
Buttonwillow
Oildale
Brimhall
Rosedale
Shafter Youth Center Kids Win Disney and Creative Express Awards
Shafter Youth Center children won awards in a Disney on Ice coloring contest and the Creative Expression Contest honoring family week. Nikki Juarez earned four Disney On Ice tickets and related items, while Maria Ortega and David Herrera won for writing and art, with their pieces to be displayed at Kern County Library.
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Shafter Youth Center
Nikki Juarez
Disney On Ice
Kern County
Family Week Committee
Maria Ortega
David Herrera
Maria
David
Shafter
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Annette Blacklock
Connie Koop
Rotary
T Services, Inc
Jamie Stewart
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