Community notices from Shafter area provide hours changes and events
Shafter Library updates hours to Tue Thu 11 am 7 pm and Sat 9 am 5 pm starting Aug 1. Training by Shafter Police Aug 9 at Shafter High prompts alarms and firecracker sounds for realism. Cancer Awareness Luncheon Aug 7 in Wasco plus exams by appointment. Stingrays swim season starts Aug 31 at Shafter Aquatics Center. Shafter Junior Miss state competition Aug 6 8 in Bakersfield. Back to School clothing drive Aug 15 9 am 12 pm by Shafter Healthy Start with donation spots.
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National Health Services
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Kern Comprehensive
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Yahoo.com
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Shafter Pool
Starrh to compete for state title at Junior Miss weekend
Shafter resident Michelle Starrh, 2009 Junior Miss, travels to Bakersfield for the state meet with 39 other contestants at Harvey Auditorium. She will perform Beethoven selections, attend interviews, and stay with host families during the event week leading to a national berth if victorious.
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Starrh
Shafter
Michelle Starrh
Bakersfield
Harvey Auditorium
California
Mobile
Ala
Mary Ellen Rexius Celebrates 90 With Friends and Family
Mary Ellen Rexius marked her 90th birthday with about 160 guests at Kathy and Louie Crettel’s backyard. The event featured pink, green, and white decor, a flower centerpiece cake, and music by Mike Smothers and Shari Fortino. Rexius arrived in Wasco in 1947 to teach, later married Ray Rexius in 1950, and built a long-standing Wasco photography legacy.
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Mary Ellen Rexius
Kathy
Louie Crettel
Kathy Crettel
Pat Kethherside
Easter Smothers
Virginia Yursik
Mary Ellen
Bill Blakely
Arizona
Oregon
Cayucos
Merced
Mike Rexius
Jacob
Mike Smothers
Shari Fortino
Wasco
Tennessee
Kern County
Karl Clemens
Ray Rexius
Cawelo
Ray
Wasco High School
Rexius Photography
Vacation Bible School visits Crocodile Dock at Home Fellowship
Vacation Bible School week at Home Fellowship Church Shafter featured bayou swamp décor wall murals and a boat on deck to create a fun learning atmosphere. Students explored Moses plagues the Red Sea and Jesus crucifixion with daily Bible points and worship led by Candie Givens Springer and Rebecca Givens Swanson aided by volunteers. Skeeter and Chatter provided morning entertainment as Skits kept students engaged.
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Shafterites
Jesus
God
Moses
Pharoh
Red Sea
At Home
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Shafter Library
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Stingrays
Bakersfield High School
Michael Wilson
By Alexis Stokes
Alexis Alvarado
Alvarado
Shauna
Larry
Brent
Keith
Marci
Crocodile Dock
Candie
Givens
Springer and
Rebecca
Swanson
Skeeter
Happy Chipmunk
Chatter
Candie Springer
VBS
Becky Swanson
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