Concerns over DBCP contamination and earthquake risks
A Kern County reader reports test delays on nitrate and DBCP contamination in groundwater used for potatoes and asks about skin absorption and vapor exposure. They note EPA warnings, Hawai‘i use, and the danger of toxic waste dumping near California faults. The letter calls for information on food safety and earthquake week preparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weil
Siguinet
Kiais
Daphnne Washongior
Kerh
Healy Department
Hon Dowards
Kerp
Catton
Joune Deong
Allec
California
Rament
Kelter
z_ Welter
EPA
San Francisco
PCV
Hawai
Sandry Marquadt
National Coalition Agaiist
Kern County
San Andreas
Kern Coenty
Community Easter Egg Hunt donors thanked by Shafter district
The Shafter Recreation and Park District thanks merchants and businesses for prizes candy and donations to its third annual Easter Egg Hunt. Several named sponsors include Richiane Chevrolet Shafter Automotive Shafter Fastrip Central Floor Covering Adams Hard Facing Yee's Steak House Peterson's Motor Parts Papa Joe's Pizza Dumpty Johnson Department Store Searcy's Family Furnishings Stitchin Kitchen Hitchcock's Auto Parts Food Mart Shafter Flower Shop Fester Freeze Clara's Bouquet Preston Tire Service and others. The note also thanks volunteers Easter Bunny and district staff for making the event special.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Recreation and Park Iistrict
Richiane Chevrolet
Shafter
Adams
Yee’s
Peterson's Motor Parts
Papa Joe's Pizza
Dumpty / Johnson Department Store
Searcy’s Family Furnishings
Stitchin Kitchen
Hitchcock’s Auto Parts
Food Mart
Fester Freeze
Clara's Bouquet
Preston Tire Service
Greatness and leadership myth in 1970s and 1980s politics
A fragmented reminiscence surveys leaders from Doris Lessing to George, Kemp, Cuomo, Babbitt, and Kennedy, weighing past greatness against contemporary political mischief. It lists potential contenders from Republicans and Democrats, noting rejections and the call for traditional values amidst shifting public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merecan Laround
Long
Winston Churchell
Connér
James Thompson
Illinois
Bruce Babbitt
Ariana
Babbtt
Baker
Lehrman Armstrong
Hart
Jackson
White
Graham
Doris Lessing Faces Rejection and New Book Flop
Doris Lessing faced negative reception after a depressed novel, with critics ignoring it and publishers turning her down. She wrote a second work which also failed commercially, receiving few reviews and little stock from book dealers, amid lingering doubt about her literary touch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denis Lessing
Doris
Jonathan Cape
Cape
Granada
Lessing
Doris Lessing
Doris Somers and the hidden pen name
Paul Aurandt recalls Doris, seeking success without credit, submitting two novels under an unknown pen name Jane Somers. The works failed to meet publishers’ expectations and remained obscure, revealing the rest of the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris
Jane Somers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pat Bryant
LAPD
Touch Coiffures
J & L Feed & Farm Supplies
Central Ave Food Mart
Naps Auto Farts Farmers Insurance
Graddys
Lapita
Robin
Bernie
la Nueva Mexicana Central Phar- Liquors
Western Auto
Coast To
Shafter Recreation and Park District
Richland Junior High School
Ron Adams
Richland Junior High
Michail Gorbachev
United States
Central America
Paul Harvey News
Earmand Burke
Hormah
Cdony
George Reet
Beshand
Deles
Jack Kemp
New York
Marc Cuomo
Baker Lehrman
Armstrong
Ted Kennedy
Falwell and
Robertson
Rudolph Frimi
Deris
Paul Aurandt
Letty Samarripas
Rudy Nieri
Laure Porter
Reac Gan
Beanie Liegd
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!