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One year as editor at Shafter Press celebrated
The editor thanks readers and staff for a year of columns from council notes to chamber chatter and school reports. She praises volunteers, ministers, and city officials, notes her limited time for hard news, celebrates community efforts, and confirms ongoing downtown improvements including a functioning fountain.
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Deanna Root
Marlene Stewart
Marlene
Dean Florez
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Nancy Thompson
Keith Smith
SHS
Peters Funeral Home
Barbara Tisler
Almeda Jones
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Tom Wright
Shafter High
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