Community notes and events in Shafter
Shafter events roundup lists a Mexican Colony Reunion on May 15 at Veterans Hall with tickets due by April 25, AVID program seeking volunteers, American Legion Auxiliary potluck April 20 with an Easter hunt and scam talk, Green Hotel Open House May 2 plus local museums hours, Golden Living Center Get to Know Day April 15, a 3 on 3 basketball tourney during Wasco Shafter Relay for Life April 24-25 with registration at local offices. Contacts include Tia Amanda, Lydia Caceres, Natalie Feinberg, and Kenneth Chappel.
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Shafter
Shafter’s Veterans Hall
Tia Amanda
Shafter High School
Lydia Caceres
Natalie Feinberg
American Legion Auxiliary
Golden Living Center
Wasco/Shafter Relay for Life
Wasco High School
Register Today
Wasco Chamber of Commerce
Wasco Parks and Recreation Office
Kenneth Chappel
Warren McDaniel
Alvarado Chosen as Cinco de Mayo Grand Marshal
Gilbert Alvarado, originally from Oxnard, moved to Shafter in 1994 with his wife Martha and two daughters. He became deeply involved in community groups including PTA, the Richland School District, and multiple faith and service organizations. He credits mentors and a supportive family with guiding his service driven life.
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Alvarado
Cinco de Mayo Grand
Gilbert Alvarado
Shafter
Oxnard
Martha
Alexis
Jessica
Shafter Recreation and Park District
PTA
Richland
Shafter Recreation and Parks District
Shafter Community Chest
Cinco de Mayo
Richland School District
Steve Mann
Epifanio Bernal
Bernal
la Rosa de Saron
Spanish Assembly of God
Steve Seymour
Jesus Saves International Church
Rodriguez Park
Cain Maldonado
Westside Family Fellowship
Wasco
Pat Coyle
Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
Dave Moorhead
New Hope Community Church
Pappy’s
Mike Polley
Art Plaza, Jr
Roy Rodriguez
South Shafter
Gilbert
Martha Alvarado
Man dies in crash on Highway 99 near Lerdo Highway
Kern County officials report a single vehicle crash on Highway 99 at 6:53 a.m. Houston Van Blankenship, 58, of Bakersfield, veered off the shoulder into a eucalyptus tree. With no seatbelt, he struck the steering wheel and windshield and died at Kern Medical Center shortly after.
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Kern County Sheriff's Department
California Highway Patrol
Highway 99
Houston van Blankenship
Bakersfield
Blankenship
Kern Medical Center
Rebecca Hall Enters Miss Stampede Days Rodeo Pageant
Maple School eighth grader Rebecca Hall enters the state wide Stampede Days Rodeo Princess competition to be held April 30 to May in Bakersfield. The event features girls ages 10 to 24 competing in speech and modeling, personal interview, rodeo knowledge, riding, and sponsorship totals, with a $1000 minimum sponsorship for Princess. Past Stampede Days winners from Kern County advanced to Miss Rodeo California in prior years.
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Rebecca Hall
Maple School
Mark
Debbie
Hall
Bakersfield
Kern County
California
Lara Lara wins Shafter Junior Miss title with community support
Lara Lenea Lara a Shafter High junior and Starrh Farms sponsored contestant won the Scholarship award and the Junior Miss title. She helps cross country Key Club Bible Club Relay for Life and plans to compete in the California State Junior Miss in Bakersfield this summer. She aims to study statistics at UCLA UC Santa Barbara or Cal Poly and credits her parents and mentor Toni Frantz for guidance.
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Lenea Lara
Shafter High
Shafter
Relay For Life
American Legion Auxiliary
Starrh and
Starrh Farms
Lara
Wasco
Limosine
Bakersfield
UCLA
UC Santa Barbara
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Toni Frantz
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Shafterpress
Earthlink.net
SHS
Green Hotel
Open House
the Depot Museum
Minter Field Air Museum
S “Bugseum
Golden
Lerdo Highway
By Alexis Stokes
Minter Field
Minter
al Goss
Condors
Gossatti
Girl Scouts
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