Shafter Public Service Announcements Calendar
A weekly schedule of meetings and services in Shafter including Prop 36 spiritual meetings at Free Will Baptist Church and Home Fellowship Church, NA and AA meetings, city council, school board, dance classes, commodity distributions, and local clubs with contact numbers and locations. Ed note invites corrections to the notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Will Baptist Church
Redwood
Home Fellowship Church
California Avenue
the Nazarene Church
W. Lerdo
Shafter Youth Council
City Council
Richland
Shafter Avenue
Redwood School
Veteran’s Hall
James Street
Bakersfield
Alliance Against
Shafter
Central Avenue
Kern —Kern
Sundale Avenue
Espanol
Mexican Baptist Church
E. Lerdo Highway
Shafter Veterans Hall
AARP
American Association of Retired People
Veterans Hall
Walker Senior Center
Sunset Avenue
Legion
Shafter Post of
The
American Legion
Shafter City Council
Pacific Avenue
Shafter Planning Commission
Richland Parent Teachers Association
Golden Oak
S. Wall
Kern County
Jon McQuiston
Central Valley Highway
Shafter Women’s Club
Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s Support Group
Shafter Convalescent Hospital
E. Tulare
Kiwanis
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Shafter Minter Field
Airport District Board
Minter Field
Aviation Street
LAPD
Shafter Recreation and Parks Department Board of Directors
Home Fellowship
Lions
Shafter Lions Club
China Cuisine
Rotary
Shafter Rotary Club
Shafter Veteran’s Hall
Shafter Historical Society
Shafter Depot
California
Lerdo Highway
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Poplar
West Lerdo
Minter Field Air Museum
Shafter Depot Museum
Redwood Drive
Portrait of a Mexican American family in Shafter and the Great Depression
Matilda recalls poverty during the Hoover era and scarce work while Ascencion Lopez saved what he could. Roosevelt's WPA brought jobs, and he built Shafter City Hall as a local adobe landmark. The family embraced citizenship in 1956, with Matilda teaching Spanish speaking students and later directing early education programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ascension
Roosevelt
United States
Works Project Administration
WPA
Ascencion
Adoie
Shafter City Hall
Matilda
Lopez
Visalia
Coalinga
Avenal
Shafter
U.S
St. Therese’s
Charlie Pineta
Richland School
Richland
Dean Florez
First Ford GT Sold in Kern County to Titus Race Journalist
The 2005 Ford GT, limited to 1500 units for the model year and one of 4500 ever produced, was picked up by Kern County automotive journalist Rick Titus, son of racer Jerry Titus. Titus, a seasoned writer and broadcaster, emphasizes split-second decisions in motorsports and notes his long Ford relationship and media career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Bakerfield
Rick Titus
Jerry Titus
Titus
Motor Trend
Popular Mechanics
West Coast
TNN
Nascar
Sports Car Magazine
Ford Motor Company
Anti-Sludge Bill Gains State Support in California
Senator Florez wins backing across party lines for Senate Bill 926 to ban importing treated sewage sludge from other counties into Kern. Supporters include Perata Escutia Migden Parra and GOP leader McCarthy. bill set for May 2, 2005 hearing in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florez
Central Valley
Kern County
Perata
Martha Escutia
Montebello
Carole Migden
San Francisco
Assembly
Kevin McCarthy
Bakersfield
Nicole Parra
Hanford
Florez-Perata
Kern
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Orange County
Los Angeles
Oxnard
Ventura County
EPA
Senate
Senate Environmental Quality Committee
Sandy the German Shepherd mix seeks a home in Shafter
Sandy, a friendly German Shepherd mix about 6 months old, loves people and is ready for adoption. The shelter asks a 62 dollar fee and lists contact 746-2140 and shaftercritters.petfinder.com with hours and events including a Spring Adoptionthon at Petsmart on Oswell Street Bakersfield on April 30. Donations of dog wormer meds and cat carriers are also welcomed at the Shafter Police Department or shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cingular
Cingular Nation
Cingular Wireless
Sandy
Shaftercritters
Petfinder.com
Petsmart
Oswell Street
Bakersfield
Shafter Shelter
Shafter
Lopez Family Grand Marshal for Shafter Cinco de Mayo Festival
Three of twelve Lopez children survive Matilda Lopez Pineda Lucio Louie Lopez and Josie Lopez Esparza of Jamestown. World War II Korean War veterans include two brothers awarded Silver Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. Louie served in Germany and later worked 25 years for California as a Disabled Veterans representative. Family scholarship efforts grow with Christmas and Labor Day fundraisers supporting dozens of descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lopez
Matilda Lopez Pineda
Lucio
Louie
Shafter
Josie Lopez Esparza
Jamestown
Frank Russell
California
Germany
Ascension
Matilda
Richland
Shafter High
Pineda/Lopez
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Automotive Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association
Driver’s Talk
BJ Kleen
Jay Dalton
Tracy Miller
Delano
Gosford Road Plaza
Joel Shaddy
East Hills Mail
Oak
Rosedak
Kern St
Media Basic
Media Works
Shyanne Bozarth
Animal Control Manager