Shafter community events target April and May schedule
Shafter AARP 2809 hosts spaghetti feed at Veterans Hall on April 19 from 5 to 7 pm with takeouts. Youth baseball signups run until April 3, fees vary by age and gender. Shafter Generals Youth Tackle Football event April 21 at Manuel Park 10 am to noon. Commodity distribution April 23 at Veterans Hall. bring a bag. Cinco de Mayo booth info provided. Reunion search for former Shafter High wrestlers from 1965 to 1979 ongoing. contact coaches. Green Hotel hosts Sunday brunch May 6 plus Kern Classical Ballet performance. reservations due by May 1.
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Shafter Generals
Manuel Park
Shafter Veteran's Hall
Cinco de Mayo
Shafter High School
Darrell Fletcher
Joe Lopez
Cain Maldonado
Green Hotel
Kern Classical Ballet Company
Ione Lollar
Easter events echo passion and resurrection across Shafter
The Shafter Kiwanis Club hosted Easter morning at Manne Park with a crowd. Pastor Tom Baker spoke on the resurrection after Scripture read by Lyle Carter. A street pageant at the city park featured Jaime Diaz portraying Jesus carrying a wooden cross, drawing about 200 observers near St. Therese's Church as the community marked the Passion and resurrection with two church events.
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Ers
Jesus Christ
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Manne Park
Jim Williams
Southern Baptist Church
Lyle Carter
Tom Baker
Home Fellowship
Mike Kotria
Shafter
Bill resigns Recreation and Parks post in Shafter
Bill, longtime site manager for Shafter Recreation and Parks, resigns and moves to Las Vegas to become a community manager at a senior living facility. Her farewell included a party at Walker Center where staff Vanessa Tisler expressed good wishes for her new chapter.
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Bill
Recreation and Parks
Las Vegas
Nevada
Shafter
Walker Center
Barbara Tisler
Walker
Tisler
Walter Montgomery
Preparing the workplace for earthquake readiness week
The February 2001 Puget Sound quake prompted the governor’s OES to target business sectors with preparedness activities. Red Cross notes luck in depth and planning as responders reflect on lessons from the 6.8 magnitude event and the value of disaster plans and trained volunteers.
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Governor's Office of Emergency Services
OES
Padget Sound
Washington State
American Red Cross
Goertzens Donate 1920 Samson Truck to Kern County Museum
William and Martha Goertzen of Shafter donated a restored 1920 Samson Model 15 3/4 ton truck to the Kern County Museum. They have long supported local history, giving tractors and engines to the Shafter Depot Museum, which received a similar Samson truck two years earlier. The couple, married 60 years, have deep roots in Shafter and occasional ties to Wasco, Dodge City, Alaska, Visalia, and Colorado Springs. The presentation included the truck, original booklet, hubcap wrench, jack, and lug wrench. The donation was completed in January 2000.
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William Goertzen
Kern County
William and
Martha Goertzen
Shafter
Kern County Museum
Goertzens
William
Dodge City
Kansas
Martha Epp
Wasco
Alaska
Visalia
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Goertzen
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Shafter Parks and Rccreation Department
Titans
Tulare Ave
Fox
Margar
Colleen Goodwin
Cassidy
Warren
Floyd's
Colleen
Mary
Margaret Baker
Florez
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