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Month: May 2014

Food drive May 10

The National Association of Letter Carriers’ will hold their annual food drive, Saturday, May 10.

Local residents can donate non-perishable food items by placing them in a bag and them placing the bag next to their mailbox. The local letter carriers will then deliver all food itms collected to the Corcoran Emergency Aid.

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Mother’s Day breakfast

The Corcoran Kiwanis Club is once again sponsoring their Annual Kiwanis Mother’s Day Breakfast on Sunday, May 11 at the Corcoran Veteran’s Hall from 7:30-11:30 a.m.

The breakfast will include scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hot buttered pancakes, orate juice, milk or coffee. Tickets can be purchased at the door at $6, for Adults and $3 for Children 12 and under.

 

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BH, Fremont book drive begins Monday

Community members: John C. Fremont and Bret Harte schools are holding a book erie for any used reading books that are in good condition and appropriate for reading levels spanning kindergarten through sixth grade.

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Day of prayer

First United Methodist Church will hold a service for National Day of Prayer today (Thursday) at 1 p.m. The church’s Overcomers Outreach group also meets every Tuesday and Friday at 6 p.m. as well...

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Water workshop

The Kings County Water Commission will host a special water workshop this morning (Thursday) in Hanford at the Kings County Government Center.

he water commission will discuss the agricultural water supply outlook for Kings County in 2010, before covering municipal districts discuss their problems and urban water management plans and goals. Also on the agenda will be groundwater issues, with information from the Kings River Conservation District on overdraft, state control, regional water planning and future water planning.

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Farm loans available

January’s state of emergency caused by the California statewide drought has made several counties eligible for the United States Department of Agriculture emergency farm loans.

The loans are being made available because of physical and production losses based on damages and losses attributable to the drought.

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Gang shoot-our leads to arrests

More arrests are expected following a shooting near Mark Twain Elementary School over the Easter Break.

Officers from the Corcoran Police Department responded to the area at about 10:05 p.m., after receiving multiple reports of shots fired to the area. The callers noted that several shots had been fired.

While investigating the incident, local officers learned that two groups of people were involved in the altercation. One group was walking westbound on Oregon Ave. near Cesar Chavez Park and the other was walking eastbound near the front of the school.

 

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Lee seeks assessor seat

Kristine Lee has announced her candidacy for the position of Kings County Assessor, hoping to replace Ken Baird, who is retiring. She faces a full field of candidates taking on Dan Chin, Rence Faber and Ed Lopez.

In addition to the assessor’s role the Kings County office also includes clerk-recorder duties and operates as the elections office.

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This week’s clues

Corcoran is celebrating is 100th birthday and we’re providing a way for our residents to jump in and join the fun. Plenty of activities will be held throughout 2014 to commemorate the anniversary. Our special treasure hunt has already begun.

Throughout 2014, The Corcoran Journal, in partnership with the city, will encourage local residents to find 100 City of Corcoran stickers that will be placed in 100 different places. Start looking, and get to know your community. All the stickers, which are three inches in diameter, will be fairly easy to spot once participants are in the right place. They will be placed around town on a weekly basis, with clues to their whereabouts.

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