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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1990
Page
2
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, author of a Manzanar memoir, reflects on the wartime imprisonment of Japanese Americans and the lasting emotional toll. Her story shows how families faced fear, guilt, and social isolation, and how decades later she uses outreach to inspire youth to pursue education and public service.
Suggestions urge Californians to store a week of food and water per person, learn to shut off utilities, secure home furniture, and practice family reunification plans. Notes California seismic history and the inevitability of major earthquakes, urging individual, community, and government preparation.
Shafter Recreation and Park District hosts the annual Community Easter Egg Hunt Thursday at 11 30 a.m. at the Shafter Sports Complex with three age groups and a three egg limit per child. Easter Bunny attendance, lunch special for 150, and call 746 3303 for details. Rabies area requires dog licensing vaccination. clinics at Kern County Fire Department in Shafter 10 a.m. to noon and Wasco 1 30 to 3 30 p.m. today. New arts and crafts class at W C Walker Senior Center taught by Leilani Sault, Mondays 12 30 to 3 30 p.m., for seniors 55 and over. call 746 4049.
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