10 Oct 2001
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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 2001
Page
1
A fragmented ad describes emergency response services noting 911 calls often involve difficulty with injuries and communication. It mentions a fire crew with three shifts and emphasizes rapid aid in life situations and with equipment.
About 62 youths gathered at Downtown Square to urge the Shafter Youth Council to approve a skatepark. They argue current skates on sidewalks, schools, churches, and warehouses risk citations and danger, seeking a legal place to skate without tickets.
City events include Health Clinic appointments on October 11 and 25, a Pregnancy Screening on October 22, and a Minter Field Air Museum open day from 8 AM to 4 PM with WW II vets and pilots, displays and breakfasts. Traffic will see a 35 MPH speed zone shifted west with warning dots. Shafter studies animal control issues over four months.
SHS graduate Pfc Gabriel A Martinez joined Army personnel from Fort Lewis to assist wildfire containment in Omak Washington during National Fire Prevention Week. He and 500 soldiers helped fight blazes on Colville Indian Reservation lands and across nearly 80,000 acres in 11 western states. Martinez, son of Gilbert and Teri Martinez of Shafter, traded his rifle for a shovel as reinforcements relieved local crews.
Alumni of Minter Field and aviation enthusiasts will gather October 13 for the 2001 Minter Field Fly-In and Reunion. About 40 to 50 aircraft on display include B-25 Mitchell, P-51 Mustangs, TBM Avenger, BT-13 Vultee Valiant, PT-17 Stearman, with guests such as a Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot and Tuskegee Airmen. The event features films about the Bamboo Bomber and a Sky King Fan Club founder, amid discussion of FAA rent guidelines and museum renovations.
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