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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1979
Page
2
Shafter High School outlines athlete requirements including two physicals insurance and clearance. Cross country meetings set for August 17 at the SHS library with two sessions 8 am and 6 pm. Football and volleyball practices begin mid to late August with conditioning and athletic clearance details. School year starts September 4-5 1979.
Erma Reyes 758 H Citrin Chiropractic Life Oli Street Wasco California recently finished a chiropractic assistant course and earned a Las Vegas Nevada diploma. She joins ACA program, coordinating patient care, exercises, and education in spinal health classes while acting as a bilingual liaison for Spanish speaking patients. The office offers insurance Medicare acceptance, with free Wednesday spinal health classes by ticket only at 7 PM, limited seating.
The board notes the resignation to private business. Donnie Williamson joins as Custodian II. A job description was approved for Assistant Superintendent. The General Fund and Cafeteria Budgets for 1979 80 were approved. The September 3 meeting was moved to September 4 for Labor Day with the public hearing on the final budgets set for that date.
A hit and run on Shafter Avenue near Jim's Auto Repair Friday night prompts a Secret Witness appeal with a $250 reward for tips leading to an arrest and conviction. The unlicensed, stolen-vehicle incident damaged a pickup owned by Jim Westbrook and is under police pursuit. witnesses describe a car leaving the scene at speed.
Caltrans reports a 5.7 percent drop in travel on the California State Highway System in June 1979 compared with June 1978. May was down 10.5 percent from normal, while June 1979 travel was 9.2 percent above May. Weekend travel fell 10.9 percent from June 1978, and weekday traffic was 4.3 percent lower. In the Los Angeles region, June travel declined 7.6 percent year over year, and the San Francisco Bay area saw a 3.5 percent drop. This marks the second straight month of year over year decreases.
Boy Scout Greg Escalante of Troop 913 conducted a three week bicycle safety program for Mrs. Silliman’s fifth graders at Richland School. Using California Rules of the Road texts and AAA materials, the class covered rider rights, maintenance, and traffic laws with a bike rodeo and safety checks. Certificates were issued, and a registration number and license were issued through the Shafter Fire Department. The article also notes the first national amateur golf championship in Newport Rhode Island in 1895.
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