Shafter AARP Dinner and Local Assembly Notes
AARP members host a dinner April 20 at the Veteran's Hall with 5 to 7 pm service and takeouts. Cost 5 for adults 3 for children under 12. tickets at door or from members to raise funds. Shafter Wasco Republican Assembly meets April 20 at 7 pm at City Hall to discuss the proposed City Charter voting in June 1995. RSVP contacts Tom Borchard and Teresa Johnson. A convalescent hospital volunteers celebration is April 27 at 5:30 pm with RSVP by April 20. call the listed numbers.
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AARP
Veteran’s Hall
Shafter
Wasco Republican Assembly
City Hall
Tom Borchard
Teresa Johnson
Shafter Convalescent Hospital
Cheryl
Mary
Sheltie
Carpet bid tied to cronyism in courthouse remodel project
City records show Central Floor Covering & Interiors won a bid for carpet vinyl and related work on the old courthouse remodel on Pacific Avenue. The project, started after demolitions at City Hall and the police station, totals about 17,000 with deposits paid and a remaining balance of 7,823.27.
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Pacific Avenue
CFC
James Street
Sunset Avenue
Cry
Wade McKinney
Central Poor
Woodland
Ball Park
Central Floor
Annual Easter egg hunt delights children in Shafter
Children of all ages gathered at the Shafter Recreation and Park District annual event to meet the Easter Bunny and hunt eggs split by age groups behind the LAPD Tulare Avenue office. Volunteers including LAPD director Lynda Leopold organized prize booths with candy, tickets, and gifts donated by local businesses while families enjoyed hayrides and lunch options.
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Gustavo Vakiez
Victor Vela
Shafter
Roy Patrick
Tion
Park District
Shafter Recreation and Park District
LAPD
Tulare Avenue
Lynda Leopold
Leopold
Alannah Bill
Leoplod
Shafter man kills woman then fatally shoots himself
In Shafter on April 16 a 37 year old woman, Maria Lozano, was shot in the head at Bob's Cafe on Highway 99 and taken to Mercy Hospital. Abelardo Lopez Felix, 60, shot Lozano then killed himself as deputies found a pickup submerged in Calloway Canal near Shafter after the confrontation.
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Shafter
Gier Johanson
Kern County Sheriff's Department
Bob
Highway 99
Maria Lozano
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Sheriff's
Calloway Canal
Merced Highway
Beech Avenue
Abelardo Lopez Felix
Maria Lovano
Lee
Felix
Lozano
Sheriff's Department
Ruling on Rollins May Bring Retrial or Release
Lawsuit progress advances in Offord Rollins IV case. Appeals counsel Jim Fahey and Timothy Lemacchi discuss possible outcomes from the Sth District Court of Appeals in Fresno and whether Rollins may be remanded to Kern County for retrial, or released with juvenile supervision. The case hinges on potential jury or prosecutorial misconduct and timing of appellate rulings.
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Offord Rollins IV
Sth District Court of Appeals
Fresno
Kern County
Ed Jagel
Jagels
Juvenile Justice System
Timothy Lemac Chi
Lemucchi
Rollins
Kern County Superior Court
Lemacchi
Supreme Court
Jim Fahey
State Supreme Court
Shafter
Maria Madera Rodriguez
Lisa Green
Wasco
Rodriguez
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