Shafter updates police hours and local notices
Shafter Police Department adopts new business hours Monday to Saturday eight am to six pm with closures on Sundays and holidays. After hours report crimes at the front door via intercom. Narcotics Anonymous meets Mondays at eight pm at the Shafter Rehabilitation Center located at 588 East Lerdo Highway. Recreation District seeks summer program support. contact Phil Walker at 746 3303. Chamber works with Courtland Publishing on a 10000 copy map guide. sales staff to solicit ads in Shafter.
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Shafter Police Department
Narcotics Anonymous
Shafter Rehabilitation Center
E. Lerdo Highway
Shafter Recreation and Park District
Coume
Phil Walker
Shafter
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Courtland Publishing
Sherman Oaks
New Chamber Board Replacements Chosen At July Meeting
Three openings on the Chamber of Commerce board were filled by Jay Atkinson to replace Ross Shafer Jeanette Hernstedt to replace Bev Hawkins and Louise Jones to replace Bob Jefferson. Terms run to January 1992 for Atkinson and Jones and January 1990 for Hernstedt. President Don Zachary cited relocations and business commitments as reasons for the departures.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Jay Atkinson
Ross Shafer
Jeanette Hernstedt
Bev Hawkins
Louise Jones
Bob Jefferson
Atkinson
Hernstedt
Jones
Chamber
Don Zachary
Hawkins
Shafer
Shafter Sees Big Growth In County Construction
Shafter aides report rapid building expansion in Kern County with June permits at 80.5 million lifting year to date above 320 million. County wide projects include a 26 million five story county admin complex in Bakersfield and 126 million in residential permits for about 2000 homes. Local tract developments in Shafter plus Wasco prison activity spur growth as real estate costs rise and professionals relocate locally. Trevino projects continued expansion but cautions it remains a bet, though the outlook is strong.
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Kern County
Shafter
Dick Trevino
Kern County Board of Trade
Ann Gutcher
Bakersfield
Trevino
Colvard
Kattenhorn
Andy Russel
Man demolishes gas pump in Shafter incident
A 30-year-old Shafter man under the influence of a controlled substance damaged multiple businesses, smashing a stolen pickup through a plate glass window and wrecking a gas pump after an altercation at the Fastrip Mini-Mart on East Lerdo Highway around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Police say Pedro Garcia caused more than 3000 in damage amid the incident.
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Shafter
Darryl Peterson
Pedro Garcia
Tive
East Lerdo Highway
Garcia
Shafter teen Gretchen Handel tops as runner up in national Junior Miss
Gretchen Handel of California, an 18 year old Shafter resident, finishes second runner-up at America's Young Woman of the Year national junior miss event in Mobile Alabama after two weeks of rehearsals and events. Chevrolet donated 25 Luminas for the contestants with each pair sharing a car and labeled with the title. Handel recalls the moment as a mix of sadness and joy and says the other contestants were highly prepared and intelligent. The event crowned the final winner after a two week journey featuring dinners, breakfast, and nightly preparations.
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Shafter
California
Gretchen Handel
Handel
America
Dazak
Isc
Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Chevrolet
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Shafter Construction
Wasco
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Robert Phipps
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El’s
Gretchen
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