4-H Members in Shafter Earn Home Economics Honors
Shafter 4-H members earned medals and special awards at a Home Economics Field Day. Winners include Mallory Hansard, Justina Neufeld, Laura Arnold, Anon Ament, Dee Ann Kroeker, and Taylor Hansard across Junior to Senior divisions, plus best place setting honors and the Gloria Runyan Award. Dee Ann Kroeker also claimed the Canning Judging Contest junior division. A $250 Jim Freyberger memorial scholarship for graduating high school seniors offers May 1 deadline. application via extension office with Laura Freyberger for details.
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Shafter 4-H
Mallory Hansard
Justina Neufeld
Laura Arnold
Shafter
Anon Ament
Dee Ann Kroeker
Taylor Hansard
Bradley Kroeker
Ann Ament
Gloria Runyan
Dee Ann
Canning
Jim Freyberger
Laura Freyberger
Shafter expands crime prevention and considers annexation
Shafter police launch Operation I.D. engraving program aided by Chamber of Commerce donors to mark license numbers on property. Engravers will be signed out or picked up at the department, with security checks offered. City Council approves annexation plans to grow Shafter from 2.1 to 9.4 square miles, pending LAFCO approval. residents discuss tax implications while KOA Campground owner questions tax increases.
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Shafter Police Department
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Joe Kirk
Engravers
Shafter
Richard Hoffer
Hoffer
KOA
Ron Miller
Lerdo Highway
Highway 99
Minter Field Airport District
MFAD
Lawrence Tomasello
Miller
Birthday and anniversary notes for mid-April
The April 11 to 15 segment lists birthdays for Rachel Colbert Keith Smith Selita Groves Laurie Robinson Abbie Kotrla Tony Givens Brian Henley and Mert Wiedmann with anniversaries for John and Janet Stockton. Aged dates appear for some individuals, with multiple entries on certain days.
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Rachel Colbert
John and
Janet Stockton
Keith Smith
Selita Groves
Laurie Robinson
Abbie Kotrla
Tony Givens
Brian Henley
Mert Wiedmann
Tim Rex Receives Meritorious Service Medal
Army Sgt. 1 Class Tim Rex is awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for meritorious noncombat service while assigned as a fire control supervisor with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 214th Field Artillery, Fort Sill, Lawton Oklahoma. He is the son of Albert L. Rex of Shafter.
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Tim Rex
Army
U.S
United States
Rex
214" Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Lawton
Oklahoma
He Is
Son
Albert L. Rex of
Shafter
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Impala
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