Community Calendar Shafter serves recovery and civic groups weekly
Community listings show Prop 36 recovery meetings at Free Will Baptist Church 155 Redwood at 7 p.m and at Home Fellowship Church 520 California Avenue. Monday through Thursday include city council, school board, planning and auxiliary meetings, plus AA NA and Al Anon gatherings at multiple venues in Shafter and surrounding areas.
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Free Will Baptist Church
Redwood
Home Fellowship Church
California Avenue
the Nazarene Church
W. Lerdo
Shafter Youth Council
City Council
Richland
Redwood School
Alliance Against Family Violence
Shafter
Central Avenue
Kern —Kern High School
Sundale Avenue
Bakersfield
AA — (Espanol
Mexican Baptist Church
E. Lerdo Highway
Shafter Veterans Hall
American Association of Retired People
Veterans Hall
Walker Senior Center
Sunset Avenue
Maple School
Shafter City Council
Pacific Avenue
Shafter Planning Commission
Richland Parent Teachers Association
Sequoia
Fresno Avenue
American Legion Auxiliary
Richland Activity Center
West Room
Shafter Healthcare
Shafter Convalescent Hospital
East Tulare Avenue
Alcoholics Anonymous
Gabriel
Shafter Collaborative
Shafter Police Department
Shafter Women's Club
Kiwanis
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Shafter Minter Field Airport
Minter Field
Aviation
St. Therese’s Catholic Church
West Lerdo Highway
E. Euclid Avenue
Legion
Shafter Post
The
American Legion
Historical
Shafter Historical Society
Central Valley Highway
Shafter Depot
California
All Christian Overcomers — Home Fellowship Church
Reformers Unanimous
Shafter Free Will Baptist Church
Redwood Drive
Jesus Saves Church
South
Shafter Avenue
CHP campaign targets seat belt violators during holiday travel
The CHP gears up for Thanksgiving enforcement from 6 p.m. on November 25 to midnight on November 29. Officers will focus on belt use and DUI as traffic spikes with Operation CARE support. Forty IC 35 percent of the 20 CHP- jurisdictional vehicle occupants who died were not wearing seat belts during crashes.
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California
California Highway Patrol
CHP
Joe Farrow
Farrow
San Bernardino
Nevada
Bakersfield
Oregon
Death Notices Lee Allen Riggs 1926 2009
Lee Allen Riggs died October 20 2009 in Las Vegas Nevada born November 25 1926 in Vian Oklahoma to Allen Washington and Elma Riggs a Navy veteran who later joined the Marines He served as a WWII guard of the USS Franklin He was married twice first to Betty Britten then Wanita Ashmore Riggs in 1967 He is survived by Wanita his children Lee Jr Michael and Donnie sisters Helen Edwards and Carmel Welch stepchildren Vicki Rueda and Timothy Neuman eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren laid to rest at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on October 28 2009.
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Lee Allen Riggs
Lee Riggs
Las Vegas
Nev
Shafter
Calif
Lee
Vian
Okla
Allen Washington
Elma Riggs
Navy
Franklin
Wanita
Lee Jr
Michael
Donnie
Helen
Special Days November Birthdays and Anniversary
November lists birthdays for Mark Richardson Devina Hutson Diana Pot te Velia Marquez Dorothy Neufeld Dolly Arnold LaVerne Hiebert Mackenzie Mulligan Jeremiah Hooper Glen Rickert Bobby Bongberg Jim McManus Chris Gamel and an anniversary for Ralph and Anne Fruguglietti.
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Mackenzie Mulligan
Jeremiah Hooper
Glen Rickert
Bobby Bongberg
Jim McManus
Chris Gamel
Ralph and
Anne Fruguglietti
Shafter Council Sets Fees and Grants Amid Budget Move
The Shafter City Council discussed a $4195 setup fee with $400 monthly costs and $125 maintenance plus $13 paper billing. They endorsed a San Joaquin Valley Clean Energy Partnership show of support and a MOUs with the air district to manage $82382 in Energy Efficiency funds and approved a $90000 budget amendment to retrofit street lights with SED. The next council meeting is December 2 at 7 PM.
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San Joaquin Valley Clean Energy Partnership
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
Shafter City
Semitropic School Adopts Platoon Care Package Drive
The Semitropic School Adopt-a-Platoon drive seeks donations by December 2. Items allowed are listed at adoptaplatoon.org in the Care Package section. Bring donations to the school office. contact 661 758-6412 for details. Martinez notes the effort may not meet daily costs.
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Adoptaplatoon.org
Martinez
Community Meals Notice in Wasco and Shafter
Reservations required one day in advance with two pricing tiers for seniors and under 60. Lunch served at 11 45 a m in Wasco and Shafter. Menus include Thanksgiving items on Nov 25 and a beef rigatoni menu on Nov 30. Call numbers provided for reservations.
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Shafter
Wasco
Also Mentioned on This Page
Commissioner Farrow
Mark Richardson
Devina Hutson
Diana Pot
Velia Marquez
Dorothy Neufeld
Dolly Arnold
LaVerne Hiebert
BOOST
Verizon & Nextel
12Th St
AVG Gang
Diezmillo Parajasar
Fogers Coffee
Chamorro, Ted
Shole Turke
Cueritos
Durango
Campbela
Val
Ricanelas
Costillas DE Puerco
Don Francisco
Stars & Stripes Soda
Assis
Birria
Menudo
Turkey
Reed Print Inc
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Shafter Press
East Lerdo Highway
Reed Print, Inc
Aldrin Ct
P.O. Box
Frank W. Reed
Donald L. Reed
Alexis Stokes
Diane Givens
East
Lerdo Highway
Shafterpress
Earthfink
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