Cinco de Mayo Queen Candidates Vie At SHS Event
Cinco de Mayo marks its 17th annual program at Shafter High School Auditorium on May 1 from 7 to 9 p.m. Five SHS girls compete for queen amid music, dancers, speakers, a fashion show and performances by Richland and Headstart children. Tickets cost 1 each to raise MECHA funds. top fundraiser becomes queen. A VCR and a $200 Shopping Spree are among door prizes. admission is 1 at the door.
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Shafter High
SHS
Richland
Headstart
Bee industry alert as citrus near petal fall in Kern County
Kern County Agricultural Commissioner Bob Edwards announced that the citrus area south of 7th Standard Road is at 75 percent petal fall on the north side of the trees effective Thursday. The signal to the bee industry that the use of insecticides toxic to bees may be necessary soon south of 7th Standard Road.
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Kern County
Bob Edwards
7Th Standard Road
Art Exhibit to Highlight May Festival Activities
An art exhibit at the Shafter Green Hotel during the May Festival will show paintings by students of local artist Deanna Nelson and Nelson himself. Bakersfield community artists Laura Hare Eloy Larson and Nancy Diltz are in the class, offered free by Kern Community College Senior Adult Program at the Community House. The exhibit runs May 15 to 17 with a public meeting at 3 p.m. Sunday May 17 and a price list for works on display.
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Shafter/ Green Hotel
Deanna Nelson
Nelson
Shafter
Laura Hare
Eloy Larson
Nancy Diltz
Bakersfield
Kern Community College
Shafter/ Green
Shafter High seeks 1947 reunion classmates
Shafter High School plans a fortieth reunion for the 1947 graduating class to be held August 15 at the Red Lion Inn in Bakersfield. Cost is 25 per person with June 15 as reservations and biographical information deadline. Sixteen classmates are currently unlocated and led by Mrs. Fred Starrh and Dave Anderson.
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Shafter High School
Red Lion Inn
Bakersfield
Fred Starrh
Shafter events lineup lists ongoing May activities
The Shafter Press lists events from May first through seventeenth including exhibitions at Cunningham Memorial Gallery in Bakersfield, Todt Madigan Gallery shows at CSB, fundraisers and dinners by local organizations, theatrical productions at Bakersfield venues, a barbecue dance, film showings, and the Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival plus the Lilac Festival at Pine Mountain Club.
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Val
Shafter Press
Shafter Depot
Art Kadel
Stan Wilson
Ha Burkhardt
Basel
Cunningham Memorial
P_ Street
Bakersfield
James Reincke
Hans Tegelio
Todt Madigan Gallery
CSB
Karen Black
American Lung Association
Bakersfield Country Club
American Lung Assocition
O Couple
Ne Simon
T Productions
Michael Isquierdo
Bryan Kelly
Oscar
Ke County Mental Health Assocition
Bakersfield Inn
Union Ave
Kern
Informa
Robb Lightfoot
Dooley
Z Brothers
North of the River Veterans Hall
Norris Road
Ning
FLICS
Chester Ave
Masterworks Chorale
America
Christian Life Center
Olive Dr
Downtown Shafter DPBIA to discuss new look with architect
The Downtown Parking and Business Improvement Area Board invites all business and property owners to a 7 30 p m meeting at the Shafter Veterans Hall to hear architect Don Christensen discuss the downtown redesign. Displayed wy and color drawings are at Chey Hall. City Council funded phase one of the project at a recent meeting. For details, contact DPBIA board members Don Jones Ross Shafer Wayne Wood Jack Nikkel or Sandy Wiedmann.
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DPBIA
Don Christensen
Shafter
Shafter Veterans Hall
Chey Hall
Don Jones
Ross Shafer
Wayne Wood
Jack Nikkel
Sandy Wiedmann
Stingray merged into Shafter district program at April meeting
At a special Shafter Recreation and Park District session on April 23 the SRPD voted to absorb the Stingray swim team into the district program. Chairwoman Toni Johnston with Dale Flud and Mickey Gladden heard SRPD Manager Lynda Leopold outline the merger details. The Stingray Booster group will run the concession and fundraisers to support scholarships equipment and parties for swim meets at the aquatic center. The SAPD will oversee swimmers ages 6 through Master level with a $26 registration fee covering SCMAF insurance and the team uniform. For more information contact the SRPD office.
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Shafter Recreation and Park District
SRPD
Stingray
Toni Johnston
Dale Flud
Mickey Gladden
Lynda Leopold
Shafter
Leopold
SAPD
SCMAF
Shafter and Wasco courthouses discuss site choice
County and city leaders from Shafter and Wasco debated site options for a new courthouse. Officials urged keeping both health facilities open while Geary Taylor pledged space in both communities. The building must be completed in 30 months with a county meeting to select the site soon.
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Shafterites
Don Zachary
Marland Hiebert
Cathy Prout
Verl Nash
Shafter
Jay Atkinson
Barbara Blair
Buttonwillow
Geary Taylor
General Services
Kern County
Wasco
Dwayne Hutson
John Hendrickson
Manuel Ochoa
Gary Ingle
Shafter- Wasco Justice Court
Taylor
Shafter City
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San Juana
Lyle’s College of Beauty
Victor Rodriguez
Watterson College
Magdalena
Agustin Mora
Gabriel Sanchez
Central Pharmacy
Jaime Alarcon
Luis Flores
Cruz Aguirre
Rene and
Marie Gutierrez
Bakersfield College
Juan Torres
Dave Anderson
Shafter Sports Center
Beverly Reilly Bluebaugh
Doris Giles
Bill Jeffcoat
Kenneth Kelly
Lola Luker
Patricia Martin
Eugene Neufeld
Jean McDonald Robbins
Meyrl Royal
Donald Scott
Bill Cotton
Richard Fast
Vernon Slover
Don Nikkel
George Trout
Delores Townsend Woods
Long Beach Convention Center
Pine Mountain Club
Frazier Park
Stringray
Richard
Coor’s Reg
USDA
W.lc
E. Lordo
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Seventh Street
Mastercard & Visa
Clarence Peterse
Les Peters
Martha Peterse
Chery Woody
Selita Groves
Cal Farm
James St. Shafter
David Mains
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