Local Shafter Elections Set for April 20
Taxpayers in Shafter will vote April 20 on two Richland Elementary District trustee seats and two Kern Joint Union High School District seats from eight candidates. Incumbents Dr Richard Garber and Thomas L Almberg seek Richland seats. other contenders include Dr John Revell and Bill Eslick. Community cleanup efforts led by the Shafter Improvement Council proceed with campaigns to boost civic involvement and a citywide cleanup scheduled for April 23 24.
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Shafter
Richland
Kern Joint Union High School
Richard Garber
Thomas L. Almberg
John Revell
Bill Eslick
Revell
Kern Joint Union High School District Board
D.E. Ruggenberg
Richard L. Flem
Cicero N. Goddard
Joe Green
J. Craig Jenkins
Timothy Lemacchi
Jim R. Tillett
Shafter Woman and Three Sons Die in Minnesota Crash
Mrs Patsy Shore 25 and her three children Joel 4 David 2 and Paul 1 are killed in a collision near St Paul Minnesota. Rev Mark Shore husband and Trinity Baptist Church pastor in Galesville Wisconsin is seriously injured and hospitalized. Surviving relatives include Patsys parents Frank and Russell and brothers Jim and Andy Russell. Funeral services planned in East and at Mennonite Church Shafter with final details pending.
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Frank Russell
Shafter
St. Paul
Minn
Mark Shore
Joel
David
Paul
Shore
Trinity Baptist Church
Galesville
Wisconsin
Patsy
Jim
Andy Russell
Russell
Minnesota
Four Candidates Compete For Richland School Trustees
Richland Elementary School District voters will select two trustees from four candidates in an April 20 election. Incumbent Dr. Richard Garber seeks a full term, joined by three newcomers including Dr. John Revell a Shafter dentist, Thomas Almberg of Shafter, and Bill Eslick a California state employee. All are married with schoolchildren. voting runs 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Richland Elementary School.
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Richland
Board of Richland Trustees
Richard Garber
Usda Cotton Research Station
Shafter
Garber
Richland Board
Henry Voth
Fred Starrh
Starrh
Dr. Garber
Thomas L. Almberg
Em. H. Meuler & Sons Company
Ces
Air Force
Eslick
Kern Joint Union
Volunteers Urged To Join Annual City Cleanup Drive
Cooperation of the Public Works Department for Shafter’s annual cleanup campaign, set for April 23 and 24, invites volunteers led by the Community Improvement Council president G. H. Grundy. A large mobile trash bin will be provided for Saturday’s effort with high school ecology class and Key Club members contributing manpower. Volunteers report to the Shafter Corporation Yard at 8 a m Saturday April 24.
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Shafter
Frank Wisner
Lew Carroll
Public Works Department
Community Improvement Council
G. H
Ben) Grundy
Shaf
Shafter High School
Key Club
Shafter Corporation
Shafter City Increases Speed Limits After Radar Study
The Shafter City Council approved a first reading to raise speed limits in designated areas. The ordinance, effective 30 days after final adoption, hikes 25 mph zones to 30 to 40 mph along Lerdo Highway Elm Street Central Valley Highway Shafter Avenue Tulare Avenue Beech Avenue Tyre Avenue Valley Street Schnidt Street and South Shafter Avenue.
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Beech Street
Elm
Elm Street
Central Valley Highway
Shafter Avenue
Tulare Avenue
Mannef Avenue
Beech Avenue
Lerdo Highway
Tie Ty Ire
Valley Street
Schnidt Street
South Shafter Avenue
Ash Avenue
Los Angeles Street
Water supply forecast for Miller ton Lake area remains adequate though short
The Bureau of Reclamation reports a Class Two water supply at 30 percent, down 13 points from last month, with Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District deeming water adequate for all needs. No proration considered yet, though further cuts possible if drought persists. Millerton Lake storage is down 125000 acre feet year over year, offset by nine inches more snow at Huntington Lake.
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Bureau of Reclamation
Millerton Lake
California
Bob Diltz
Shafter-Wasco
Huntington Lake
Ferrier
Bright 1971 Cotton Outlook Nears Finish in Shafter Area
Gin operators in the Shafter region report a strong 1971 price outlook with prices near multi year highs. Planting began mid March and is expected to finish by April 20 as growers pursue optimism despite variable weather and limited adoption of narrow row planting.
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Shafter
George Barnes
Shafter Cotton Gin Co-Op Association
Barnes
Ted Vignolo
Cotton Associates
Vignolo
Tut Anderson
Shafter-Wasco Ginning Company
Gene Campbell
Richland Co-Op Gin
Richland Co-Op
Campbell
Ohanneson Honored as B of A Board Chairman in Shafter
Ohanneson received a plaque at the Shafter Bank of America advisory board meeting on April 8 for long service as chairman. Mert Wiedmann was elected chairman. Other board members include Ed Brown Pat Kelly Orvin Mettler John Siemens Ted Vignolo and Clyde Zachary with John Leonard as secretary. Board meets second Thursday monthly except July and August.
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Peter Channeson
Shafter Bank of America
John Leonard
Shafter Bofa
Bill Siemens
Pat Kelly
Leonard
Channeson
Orvin Mettler
Clyde Zachary
M. L
Mert) Wiedmann
Shafter
A. Peter Ohanneson
Shafter Bank of America Advisory Board
Ed Brown
John Siemens
Ted Vignolo
Shafter Sees Season High 98 With 32 Degree Range
The week in Shafter brought daytime highs from 66 to 98 degrees, a season high reached Monday April 5. Overnight lows dipped to 36 Thursday April 8, with a 47 degree high that day and soil temperature peaking at 67 degrees on Monday April 5. Readings from the USDA Cotton Research Station summarize daily temps.
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Shafter
USDA _ Cotton Research Station
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