Shafter Parks Plan Draws Eight Candidates for Board
Eight candidates filed for the Shafter Parks and Recreation District board as residents debated tax use. The group discussed funding, potential future programs, and keeping costs down while preserving local services for Shafter and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Parks and Recreation District
Mickey Gladden
W.C. Walker
Toni Johnston
Dave Mizner
Frank Alvidrez
Dora Jara
Dick, Larson
Fred Starrh
Evan Jones
William Cummings
Roy Farrell
Shafter
Wasco
Richland
Lerdo
Maple
Shafter High School
Shafter Press
McFarland
Farrell
Board OKs seven hour session on proficiency standards
Richland School Board met for nearly seven and a half hours to finalize AB 65 Minimum Proficiency Standards. Members debated timelines, parental involvement, and how to implement standards for third sixth and eighth grades with focus on student accountability and district floor versus state ceilings.
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Richland School Board of Trustees
Tom Almberg
Boards of Education
Almberg
Richland
Tom Henry
David Carthal
John Dobbs
Dobbs
Henry
David Cartnal
Bill Sheldon
Barber
Karmen Jacobsen
Evron Barber
Sheldon
Toni Almberg
Johnny
District Board of Education
Cal State Bakersfield
Landers and Bombeck Join Shafter Press Staff
Readers of the Shafter Press and Buttonwillow Times gain weekly columns from Ann Landers and Erma Bombeck. Landers, famed for her Chicago Sun-Times syndication and extensive humanitarian work, and Bombeck, author and humorist with a nationwide column network, bring practical advice and household humor to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Press
Buttonwillow Times
America
Ann Landers Landers
Sioux City
Iowa
Morningside College
Sun-Times
Chicago
Ann
Landers
Harvard Medical School
Menninger Foundation
Mayo Clinic
National Dermatology Foundation
Chicago Rehabilitation Institute
American Cancer Society
United Press International
United States
Erma Bombeck
Bombeck
Centerville
Ohio
Dayton Journal Herald
Woman's Department
Kettering-Oakwood Times
Journal Herald
Glenn Thompson
University of Dayton
Doubleday
Good Housekeeping
McCall's
Reader's Digest
Theta Sigma Phi
Sigma Delta Chi
Chiona
Mark Twain
Bornbeck
Paradise Valley
Arizona
Miss Shafter Lovelies Seek Two Crowns For 1978
The Shafter High School pageant season features two contests this year with eight seniors vying for Miss Shafter and eight juniors for Shafter Junior Miss. Four seniors are highlighted: Cheryl Anderson Susie Bellows Julie Horn and Tammy Lauderdale. Each candidate brings extensive school involvement and awards, with winners to be named Miss Shafter First Runnerup and Senior Scholastic Achievement Award recipient and a Junior Scholastic Achievement Award winner plus a Junior Miss and an alternate.
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Shafter
Miss Shafter
Miss Shafter Spirit
Julie Horn
Hamilton Insurance
Wayne Horn
Shafter High School
Julie
Shafter High
Freedom’s Foundation
Valley Forge
Jpilie
Tammy Lauderdale
Hopkins Trucking
Jerry Lauderdale
Tammy
California Scholastic Federation
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Jones
Sheriff's Office
Dave Misner
Lovelies
Cheryl Anderson
Shafter Woman's Club
Kerneth Anderson
C.S.F
Cheryl
California
Federation
California Associa
Tion
Daughters of the American Revolution
Bausch and Lamb
Bank of America
Anderson
Biola College
la Mirada
Susie Bellows
Colvard's
Louise Bellows
Susie
Sioner
A.S.B. Election Party
Bakersfield College
Cal Poly
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