Statement of Qualifications
Candidate: Terry Kwast Age: 56
I have been a businessman in Kings County for over 30 years. My business, Sawtelle & Rosprim Machine Shop serves primarily the agricultural and industrial markets in the area. My wife has also operated a retail business (Images/RadioShack) in downtown Corcoran for thirty years.
I have an A.S. degree in Engineering from Fresno City College and have additional units in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering from Fresno State.
I was elected four times to the Corcoran City Council and served as Mayor in 1992-1994. I served nine years on the Kings Waste & Recycling Authority and served one term as Chairman. I served a temporary term on the Kings County Planning Commission. I am currently the Vice President of the Corcoran Community Foundation, and serve as a member of the Corcoran District Hospital Foundation, and I am a charter member of CAST (Community and Schools Together). I am a former board member of the Corcoran Family YMCA and was President 1989-1990.
I was the Corcoran Family YMCA Volunteer of the Year, 1990 Corcoran Man of the Year, and my business was named the 2004 Lemoore Chamber of Commerce Ag Supporting Business of the Year.
Kwast for Supervisor District 2 - Committee ID #1303586
1472 Pueblo Avenue, Corcoran, CA 93212 - Home 559-992-8641 - Office 559-992-2117
AGRICULTURE
QUAY VALLEY RANCH
EDUCATION
After thirty years of business experience in a machine shop closely tied to agriculture, I fully understand the importance of agriculture to our local economy. My wife has operated a retail business in downtown Corcoran for thirty years as well, and from first-hand experience, I understand how the local economy suffers when
Obviously, education is the key to improving the lives of people in general and in our communities as well. That is why I am a charter member of Corcoran's CAST and is the reason that I have helped support Corcoran's efforts to establish a new "Learning Center" at Corcoran High School. After several years of working for
The proposed Quay Valley Ranch Development, if fully realized, could mean as many as 150,000 new residents in the District and over $10 billion of investment! This would be a doubling of the County population and approximately a 600% increase in the District population! This could result in either tremend-
Kwast for Supervisor