As activities restart and businesses reopen, we will try to update readers on the status of events and activities throughout the area. Please contact Erica Soriano with additions and changes at [email protected] or call 661-292-5100 by Monday at 4 p.m. for that week’s paper.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cooling center – 2023 Kern County
Cooling Center (Centros De Enfriamiento
Condado De Kern 2023) at 505 Sunset
Ave. at the Walker Senior Center in Shafter
from 1 to 8 p.m. Sponsored by Kern County
Aging & Adult Services.
First Friday–City of Shafter Downtown
Summer Concert Series with music, food,
vendors, fun. Friday, August 4 at Downtown,
4-9 p.m. Sponsorships available by
contacting Rachel Zermeno at rzermeno@
shafter.com.
City of Wasco–Grow with us Compliance
Division Presents Bike Rodeo Safety
& Wellness Even FREE, (while supplies
last) children helmets, bike raffle, bike registration,
safety skills, bikes, flat tire repair
for children and food. Open to children
ages 5-12 years old. Friday, July 14 th at
9 a.m. Barker Park, Wasco. Registration
begins at 9 a.m. For more information call
Christian Tovar at 661-758-7213 or Sergio
Gonzalez at 661-758-7216.
50-year reunion – Wasco High class of
1973 is looking for classmates for their 50-
Year Reunion Saturday, Oct. 7. Contact
Marta Rodriguez-Poe at mapoe1982@
gmail.com or 661-303-3770.
Summer school fun – Wasco Union
High School has open enrollment starting
for transitional kindergarten-7th grade.
Summer school runs to Thursday, June 29.
Call 661-758-7443 for more information.
Summer youth program – Shafter Youth
Center free summer. Registration at www.
cpak.org or call 661-746-8235. Starts Monday,
June 12, to Friday, Aug. 4. Sports, arts
and crafts, computer lab STEM activities
and field trips.
ONGOING
Basic office skills classes – Wasco Adult
School offers Bakersfield College basic office
skills certificates. Register now. Call
661-758-7414 for more information.
PRIDE Pantry donations needed –
Help hurting families at Shafter High
through donations of personal hygiene
items, clothing, household items and nonperishable
food. Drop off at the school office,
526 Mannel Ave. Call Katie Young at
on-campus intervention, 661-746-4961.
Free covid tests – All residential households
can order four free at-home covid-19
tests. Visit covidtests.gov
MONDAY
North Kern 4H – Meetings are held at
Karl Clemens cafeteria at 7 p.m. the second
Monday of the month. For more information,
contact Chris at 661-809-2851.
Richland School board – Meetings are
held the second Monday of the month at 6
p.m. at Golden Oak Cafeteria, 195 S. Wall
St.
TUESDAY
Shafter City Council – Meetings are
held the first and third Tuesday of the
month at City Hall, 336 Pacific Ave.
Wasco City Council – Meetings every
first and third Tuesday of the month. Meetings
are held at 746 8th St. at 6 p.m.
Wasco Woman’s Club – Meetings are at
the clubhouse, 1601 7th St., on the second
Tuesday of the month. There is a $15 fee
for the lunch meetings.
Senior lunch program – Meals offered
the first and third Tuesday of the month
at Griffith Avenue Baptist Church, 408
Griffith St. Sack lunches for seniors will be
given out at 11 a.m. Sponsored by Golden
Gleaners.
WEDNESDAY
Shafter Rotary – Meetings at 7 a.m. at
the Shafter Veterans Hall.
Shafter Kiwanis – Meetings Wednesdays
at 12 p.m. at the Shafter Veterans Hall.
Shafter Woman’s Club – Meetings are
held the first Wednesday of the month,
September
through May, starting at 11 a.m. at the
Shafter Youth Center, 455 Euclid Ave.
THURSDAY
Wasco High School board – Meetings
the second Thursday of the month at 1900
7th St. in Room 202, or alternatively in Library
Room 1101. Visit wuhs.wascouhsd.
org for agenda information.
Wasco Recreation and Park board
– Meetings are on the third Thursday of the
month at 6 p.m. at the Hall at Barker Park.
Food distribution – Shafter Recreation
and the Gleaners have food distribution
every first and third Thursday of each
month at the W.C. Walker Senior Center,
505 Sunset Ave.
FRIDAY
Food giveaway — The Impact Program
is a weekly food giveaway provided to anyone
in need, Fridays beginning at 7 a.m.
First come, first served. Griffith Avenue
Baptist Church, 408 Griffith St., Wasco.
Bulky waste pickup – American Refuse
offers free bulky waste pick-up service Fridays
to all City of Shafter core residents.
To schedule a pickup, use the app or call
661-758-5316. No sabes que hacer con
esos articulos de basura grande? Llame a
American Refuse 661-758-5316 o use su
aplicación para programar una recojida de
estas articulos. Este servicio es gratis para
todos los residents de la ciudad de Shafter
(core residents).
SATURDAY
Depot Museum – Shafter Historical Society
presents the city’s history. Free admittance.
150 Central Valley Highway. Open
Saturdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Green Hotel tours – Shafter Historic
Green Hotel is open to tours on the first
Saturday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to
3 p.m. For more information about renting
the hotel for events, email thegreenhotel@
gmail.com or phone 661-746-1913 and
leave a message.
Minter Field Air Museum – Open Fridays
and Saturdays 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at 401
Vultee, Shafter. Admission free, donations
accepted.
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