District votes to cut Intermediate Resource Center
Richland School District trustees voted three to one to eliminate the Intermediate Resource Center and lay off seven district aides with a 30 day notice. Superintendent Barber warned about spend it or lose it finances and potential state-level funding shifts.
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Richland School District Board of Trustees
Cartnal
Neufeld
Intermediate Resource Center
Lou Barber
Tom Almberg
Althou
Barber
Reward Offered in Shafter Burglaries by Secret Witness
A $300 reward is announced by Shafter Police Chief Bob Nixon through the Secret Witness Program for information leading to arrests and convictions in a series of burglaries. Targets include Charlie's Bargain Barn, Shafter Automotive, B and N Auton Repair, Church of the Nazarene, B and J Air Conditioning, and First Southern Baptist Church with incidents from June 16 to June 30. Call 746-4943 weekdays for a code name and seven digit number if an arrest results. Persons remain anonymous.
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Shafter
Bob Nixon
Charlie’s Bargain Barn
Shafter Automotive
B and N Auton Repair
Church of the Nazarene
First Southern Baptist Church
Weather Watch Delivers Heat Wave and Bug Note
The forecast shows 100 plus temperatures continuing into the current week with highs near 109 and 102 on recent days. Moths have surged in Shafter but are declared harmless to people by a bug expert who warns against overeating them uncooked.
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H. L
Shafter
Stabbing and shootings reported in Shafter area crimes
Sheriff Deputies investigated a neck stabbing in Shafter leaving 22 year old Jesus Perez Jaime in serious condition at Kern Medical Center. In a separate incident at El Casino Bar on Manne Avenue, Aurril Leon and Paul Sanchez were wounded when a suspect fired inside the bar. the gunman fled on foot. A separate theft report noted the removal of three sealed telepiece sections east of Allen Road on Palm Avenue, valued at about $650.
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Sheriff's Department
Jesus
Perez Jaime
Jaime
Shelift
Shafter
el Casino
Manne Avenue
Rodriguez Street
Aurrillo Leon
Park Lane
Paul Sanchez
Riverside Drive
Leon
Sanchez
Kern Center
Allen Road
Palm Avenue
Stolen bikes and cars reported across town in early August
Tony Yanez reported a cherry red bicycle stolen from behind the Veterans Hall on August 2 valued at 100 dollars. Mary Gideon said her white 1967 Chevrolet Impala was missing from her home on August 5. Robert McGowan reported a green 1973 Honda India motorcycle stolen after 5:30 pm August 4 to 8 am August 5, valued at 300 dollars. A vehicle stolen from Santo's Motor Sales on August 5 was recovered Sunday at Madera Avenue east of Poplar after intruders broke a window.
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Tony Yanez
Hicks Lane
Veterans Hall
Mary Gideon
Robert McGowan
Atkinson
Santo
Madera Avenue
Poplar
Cain killed in single car crash near Delano
A Shafter man, Ronald Cain age 28, died in a single vehicle crash on Highway 99 south of Delano. Police report the car drifted left, struck a curb and bridge railing, went over the bridge and landed 50 feet below. He was pinned in the wreck and pronounced dead on arrival at Delano Hospital.
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Shafter
Highway 99
Delano
California Highway Patrol
Ronald Cain
Godey
High Street
Cain
Delano Hospital
CHP
Inflation Forcing Two School Cafeterias To Close
Rosedale and Fruitvale elementary districts will not open cafeterias this fall due to inflation and Proposition 13. Superintendent comments reveal losses of 28752 dollars in Rosedale and 28058 dollars in Fruitvale for 1977-78, with SB 154 failing to restore full funding and reducing anticipated revenues and categorical aid by up to 15 percent.
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Rosedale
Fruitvale
Gary M. Mullhofer
Otis B. Mallory
Superitl Piatteate
Mullhofer
Mallory
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Bind Resource Center
Patricia Ve Vea
Sion
David L. George
Richland
Ruth Snively
Wyona Snyder
CSBA
California School Boards Association
David Carthal
Shafter Press
Weather Report
Shafterman
Kern Medical Center
Kenneth Spencer
Tap Shatin Resace
Heave Seeel
Wis Peace
Bana
Spencer
Seeraieenhiee Udiehok
Civil Beamenrnet
Can Ee
Lerdo
Sheldon
Siemens Bene
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