MAPA Plans Fundraisers in Shafter and Sept Carni val
MAPA will host two fundraisers. On August 22 12:00 to 5:30 p.m. enchiladas served at Shafter Veterans Hall donations 3.50 per dozen may be prepaid to go. On September 14 a Jaica celebration car nival with food and entertainment and a dance later that evening. MAPA president Deanna Root spoke of attending the MAPA convention in San Jose.
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Shafter Mapa
Shafter Veterans Hall
Spain
MAPA
Deanna Root
San Jose
Duckett’s unit commended for Beirut peacekeeping role
Marine Pfc. Shane L. Duckett, son of Mary C. Duckett of 268 Atkinson, Shafter, California, serves in Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The unit received the Navy Unit Commendation for its performance with the Multi-National Peacekeeping Force in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Shane L. Duckett
Mary C. Duckett
Atkinson
Shafter
Calif
22Nd Marine Amphibious Unit
Camp Lejuene
N.C
Beirut
Lebanon
Shafter Park District Seeks Coaches Officials for Youth Sports
The Shafter Recreation and Park District begins fall youth volleyball and flag football for 5th to 8th graders in September. Teams compete in the North Western League with Wasco Buttonton willow Earlimart and McFarland. Games occur Saturdays in Shafter and other cities. The district seeks referees coaches and scorekeepers. coaches should be 18 or older.
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Shafter Recreation and Park District
Shafter
Wasco
Buttonwillow
Earlimart
McFarland
Olga Samaroff A life of art and mysterious name
The Rest Of The Story traces Olga Samaroff, born Lucy Hickenlooper in San Antonio, Texas, as a celebrated pianist, writer, and teacher. She enthralled audiences on two continents, mentored Rosalyn Tureck and William Kapell, met Leopold Stokowski in 1911, and dazzled critics with a dynamic, enigmatic presence linked to her exotic pseudonym Samaroff.
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Olga Samaroff
New York Evening Post
Juilliard Graduate School
Philadelphia Conservatory
Rosalyn Tureck
William Kapell
Berlin
London
Leopold Stokowski
Harold Schonberg
Maestro Stokowski
Samaroff
San Antonio
Texas
Mme
Lucy Hickenlooper
Senior Citizens Home Safety Team in Shafter
Kern County Fire Department will start home fire safety surveys in Shafter on July 28 1983 led by Chief Carl W Williams. The program offers free smoke detectors to qualifying seniors and disabled residents with income limits, and provides guidance on unit operation and home escape planning. Since inception four years ago the team has contacted 129 562 homes and installed 8736 detectors.
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Kern County Fire Department
Shafter
Carl W. Williams
Golden Empire
Herrera Parents Welcome Baby Boy Tranquilino in Buttonwillow
Jose and Silvestre Herrera of Buttonwillow California are the parents of a baby boy named Tranquilino born July 8 1983 at 9 25 a m. He weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces and measured 18 inches long.
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Jose and
Silvestre Herrera
Buttonwillow
Tranquilino
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