Shafter approves overnight truck parking in residential areas
Shafter City Council voted to allow heavy trucks up to 11 500 pounds to park overnight in residential zones for two years with permits from the police department. The move follows years of complaints about noise traffic and pollution and sparks claims of racial motivation from a local truckers association.
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Shafter City
Residen
Shafter Police Department
Rigoberto Abrego
Abrego
Arvin
Lamont
Dolores Robinson
Shafter police chief threatens suit over drug remark
Shafter Police Department Chief Greg Greeson plans legal action against Philip W. Ganong and another man after radio comments alleged to be slanderous. The claims center on narcotics being taken from the SPD property room and a 1994 claim of illegal entry and disposal of narcotics by city employees.
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Shafter
Shafter Police Department
SPD
Greg Greeson
Ganong
Anderberg
Greeson
Philip W. Ganong
James Greeson
KUZZ
Brent Rush
Shafter Press
Shafter Kiwanis Halloween Parade and Community Events
The Shafter Kiwanis Halloween Parade is set for Monday October 31 with lineup at 4 p.m. at the court complex and a 5 p.m. start. Richland Lerdo PTA barbecue and carnival runs October 20 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Richland School with adult tickets 6.50 and children 3.50 and plenty of games. The Shafter High School Band hosts its Second Annual Silent Auction on November 19 with donations welcome to Kathy Nixon. Shafter High Band Boosters sell tri tip sandwiches at the October 21 football game for 4 dollars. The Green Hotel on James Street and Central Avenue hosts the Third Annual Cowboy Poets Evening on October 29 1994 at 6 p.m. with a 25 dollar dinner benefiting hotel restoration, reservations through Jean Johnson.
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Robert Mendoza
Richland Lerdo
Shafter High School
Kathy Nixon
Shafter High Band Boosters
Shafter’s Green Hotel
James Street
Central Avenue
Green Hotel
Jean Johnson
Northern Business Outlook Conference set for Wasco Elks Lodge
The 3rd Annual Northern Business Outlook Conference offers area professionals learning on profit productivity and personnel with goals of growth and practical business ideas. Keynote speaker John F. Hulpke of CSU Bakersfield will discuss dealing with bureaucracies and management.
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Northern Business Outlook
Wasco Elks Lodge
California
Joy Pederson
Northern Employer Advisory Council
Delano/Wasco
John F. Hulpke
California State University
Bakersfield
Frito-Lay Expansion Promises Jobs and Growth in Kern County
Groundbreaking for a 52 million Frito-Lay expansion in western Kern County aims to create about 300 new jobs and over 10 million in payroll. Fourth District Supervisor Ken Peterson led the program, noting incentives and a guaranteed rural development loan helped seal the deal. The two phase facility will also boost local goods and services purchases, lifting the Wasco Shafter area economy.
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Frito-Lay
Dave Snyder
California Trade and Commerce Agency
Joe Drew
Kern
Wasco- Shafter
Frito-Lay Corporation
Kern County
Fourth District
Ken Peterson
Peterson
Frito- Lay
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