Memorial quilt to honor AIDS victims at SHS on World AIDS Day
A memorial quilt will be displayed at Shafter High School on December 11 to mark World AIDS Day 2002. The event recognizes those lost to HIV AIDS and honors ongoing efforts, as global and local AIDS data underscore the disease’s impact, while health experts stress mental health in care.
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SHS
Kern County
Joint
United Nations Program
Unaids
Shafter High School
Jerome Vaccaro
PacifiCare Behavioral Health
Researchers seek Alzheimer treatments amid awareness month
November marks National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month as researchers pursue therapies for a disease striking over four million Americans. Dr. Susan Garfinkel notes vaccine trials paused by side effects, while memantine and AXURA show promise. cloquinol targets metal-driven plaques, and ongoing work aims to curb amyloid beta buildup with secretase inhibitors.
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Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Susan Garfinkel
Garfinkel
Germany
U.S
American Health Assistance Foundation
Ahaf.org
Public Hearings Planned On San Joaquin Valley Fireplace Rules
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District will hold three public meetings in Bakersfield to gather comments on amending Rule 4901 to curb wood burning on high pollution days, limit devices in new homes, and require retirements or retrofits of non certified stoves. Written comments may be sent to Tom Jordan at the Fresno address or by email.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
San Joaquin Valley
Bakersfield
Air District Regional
M” Street
Suite 275
Tom Jordan
E. Gettysburg
Fresno
Tom
Thanksgiving traditions and the 1939 Roosevelt shift noted
The piece recalls Thanksgiving origins and Roosevelt's 1939 move to the fourth Thursday to protect Christmas sales. It describes family routines, kitchen work by women, and festive TV and sports. A village notice invites a local Fellowship Dinner at the Activity Center behind Richland Junior High.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ministerial Association of
Shafter
Richland Junior High
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Margaret Baker
Vaccaro
Dr. Vaccaro
Air District
Holiday
Pace
LA Canasta
Wasco
Stringham’s Shafter Drug
Central Ave
Hitchcock’s Auto Parts
Munzer St
Wasco Medical Plaza
7Th Street
Freedom Homes
Lerdo-Schnidt
Pedro Padilla
Big O Tire
E. Lerdo Hwy
Central Avenuee Shafter
Union Bank of California
Reed Print Inc
Wasco Tribune
Shafter Press
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