Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area opening delayed to fall
Editorials praise the Buena Vista project in Kern County as erosion and wave action push back completion and raise costs. Supporters cite long effort by Supervisor Vance Webb and others, comparing it to the Queen Mary purchase. Dedications for Button Willow and Pond-Poso improvements noted for Semitropic district.
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Buena Vista
Vance Webb
Taftrvisor
Gene Young
David Head
Jackson
Miller
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Bakersfield Californian
Long Beach
Kern) Board of Supervisors
Kern County
Richland trustees adopt 1973 74 budget with cafeteria discussion
Richland trustees devote much of Monday night to finances and tax election prep as they adopt a 1 980 698 budget for 1973 74 with 1 718 098 for expenditures. The largest share funds instructional needs including salaries and textbooks. other major items cover insurance operation transportation and maintenance. Superintendent Barber notes final figures differ from earlier estimates due to county office guidance on income projections.
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Richland
Evron Barber
Dana O Howard to Enter Priesthood and Local School Budget Talks
Dana O Howard, a recent graduate of the Episcopal Divinity School of the Pacific Berkeley, has moved to Shafter and serves St Mark's Episcopal Church as deacon. At St James Cathedral Fresno on July 14 he and four other seminarians were ordained by Bishop Victor Rivera. The Richland Board weighs tax increases for 3.16 per 100 assessed value versus 2.85 levy amid a 90 000 rise in valuation. Budget decisions hinge on the tax election and potential 31 cent drop from last year.
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Dana O. Howard
Episcopal Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Berkeley
Shafter
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
St. Mark’s
St. James Cathedral
Fresno
Howard
Victor Rivera
David Anderson
Barber
KWSO
Richland Board
Richland
Studen
al Sandrini
Crown Coach
Field trips open to handicapped children with special transport
Kern County Sheriff’s Posse funds enable wheelchair and crutch equipped transport to Kern Environmental Education Campus at Montana de Oro State Park. Students from regional centers join trips to tideflats beach mudflats and Cayucos fishing while later ocean studies may use a transport vehicle and amphibiou jeep for access.
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Kern County Sheriff’s Posse
Mars
Kern Environmental Education Pam
Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Montana de Oro State Park
Cayucos
Posse
KEEP
Shafter Boy Injured In Bicycle Car Crash
A 13 year old Shafter boy Armando Rodriguez of 132 West Ash is hospitalized at Kern General after colliding with a car at 5 50 p m Sunday on South Wall Street Rodriguez suffered a broken leg and facial injuries and may remain in hospital about two months.
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Shafter
Kern General Hospital
Armando Rodriguez
West Ash
South Wall Street
Rodriguez Street
Danny Wood
Rodriguez
Ruben Prendez
Faber
Farrell
Beec Avenue
Prender
Page
Area Cools Off Slightly on Weekend
Week of readings from the USDA Cotton Research Station shows temperatures easing after five days above 100. The high reached 95 on Sunday and again on Monday as cooling moves in over the weekend.
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Usda Cotton Research Station
Marijuana Gardeners Sent to Jail
Two Shafter residents, Ricky Eugene Robison and Pamela Jean Herndon, pled guilty to possession of marijuana in Shafter Justice Court. They received 30 days in county jail with 60 days suspended and summary probation. A juvenile female was detained but released without charges.
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Shafter
Shafter Justice Court
Ricky Eugene Robison
Elm Street
Pamela Jean Herndon
Pacific
Robison
Pamela Herndon
Harvey Gaede
Shafter Youth Drowns in the Richland Pool
A non swimmer from Shafter, John Mark Hurley 17, died after entering the Richland pool with friends who had beer. Police received an anonymous call and found Hurley face down in the diving pool at 9 30 p.m. He was pronounced dead at Kern General Hospital. Three local youths, including Anthony Byrd 15, were questioned for possible involvement.
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Shafter
Richland
Hubert Brown
Earl Wipf
California Street
Brown
John Mark Hurley
Sunny Street
Jerry Schaub
Schaub
Hurley
Kern General Hospital
Schaefer
Anthony Alan Byrd
Central Valley Highway
John Dewayne Studdard
Jimmy Ray Studdard
Ricky Wood
Buttonwillow
Wood
Jimmy Studdard
Shafter OKs Police Building After Twenty One Year Wait
The Shafter City Council approved plans for a new police building, ending decades of interim space in the County building and former City Hall. The project follows a history of proposals since the 1952 earthquake and includes funds previously saved by the city.
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Shafter
Shafter Police
Central Valley Highway
Pacific
Pat Kelly
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Jack) Frost
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David Mensche
Edwards
Kern
County Superintendent of Schools
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California City
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Jim Bishop
Claire McDowell
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Rex Tudor
Shafter Kiwanis Club
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Kiwanis Club
Shafter High School
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