Shafter Events Include Christmas Concert and Toys Drive
The Shafter press notes Thanksgiving closures on November 28 and 29. Bakersfield Masterworks Chorale and Bakersfield Symphony perform Handel's Messiah December 1 at Olive Drive Church. Christmas Sing December 2 at Downtown Plaza features Santa and toy donations for Toys for Tots. Groundbreaking December 10 for Shafter Youth Center. Buttonwillow District announces 3 on 3 basketball league registrations due December 9 with league start December 12. For details call 746-2600 or 764-5205.
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Bakersfield Masterworks Chorale
Olive Drive
Bakersfield
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
Chorale
Santa
Merce
Shafter Youth Center
Euclid Avenue
Kirschenmann Park
Buttonwillow
Fellowship Thanksgiving Dinner at Shafter Activity Center
The Shafter Ministerial Association invites all to a free Fellowship Thanksgiving Dinner tomorrow from 11 30 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. at the Activity Center behind Richland Junior High School near the pool. The meal is open to anyone, with the first 250 attendees served by area church members and pastors.
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Shafter Ministerial Association
Shafter Churches
Richland Junior High School
Thanksgiving through the ages in American history
The article traces Thanksgiving origins from 1621Pilgrims and Wampanoag sharing harvest food to modern family dinners. It notes the role of harvest festivals across religions, sharing food as peace, and the shift from Franklin to Lincoln in shaping the national holiday. It also mentions Norman Rockwelland Washington and Lincoln in shaping traditions.
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America
Plymouth Rock
Grandma
Mom
Benjamin Franklin
United States
Norman Rockwell
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Mother seeks over 25000 after Shafter crosswalk crash
Maria Brito of Shafter files a claim with the City of Shafter and police alleging Officer Ryan Hoyt drove without headlights and too fast, causing her six year old son Fernando Villagomez to suffer skull fracture and brain injury near the Poso Street and Central Valley Highway crosswalk. The city council rejected the claim and sent it to the insurer. CHP MAIT in Fresno handles the investigation, with no report issued by deadline.
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Maria Brito
Shafter
Fernando Villagomez
Poso Street
Central Valley Highway
City of
Ryan Hoyt
Hoyt
Brito
John Zrofsky
California Highway Patrol
CHP
AIMS
Bakersfield
Kenneth J. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Greg Williams
Shafter Avenue
Poso
Shafter Avenues
Gene R. Lorenz
MAIT
Fresno
Local resident meets train in fog near Santa Fe Way
Roberto Martinez 19 escaped his 1969 Volkswagen Bug just before a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train hit the intersection of Seventh Standard Rd and Santa Fe Way in thick fog. He skidded into the cross tracks, hopped out moments before impact, and the car was dragged about a mile. No injuries reported as police rerouted traffic for 90 minutes.
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Shafterman
Roberto Martinez
Burlington-Northern
Santa Fe
Seventh Standard Rd
Santa Fe Way
Martinez
California Highway Patrol
Shafter
Bakersfield employment outlook shows solid gains says Manpower
Manpower Inc reports first quarter 2003 hiring intentions for Bakersfield indicate strong demand with 30 percent of firms planning staff increases, 3 percent reductions, and 67 percent unchanged. Fresno and Modesto show mixed results while Manpower notes a 27 year history and a survey of 16,000 employers in 470 markets.
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Manpower Inc
Bakersfield
Manpower
Cheryl Billington
Billington
Fresno
Modesto
U.S
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Shafter Press
P.m. Handel
Margaret Baker
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