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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1960
Page
6
Daily recreational hours draw about 400 swimmers from Monday to Friday with 1 to 5 pm and 6 to 8 pm sessions. Thursday teens 7 30 to 9 pm attract around 110 high school age participants. Morning mothers class runs 11 to noon with over 30 enrollees. Special groups and churches reserve after hours including Baptist Congregational and Mennonite parishes.
Community members gathered at Kern County Union School District Offices to oppose a June fair date and support a fall show. The group urged board members to reconsider their positions, with petitions planned and a new meeting set for August 11 at City Schools Auditorium to present to the board on August 16.
The Shafter Aquatic Center hosts a crowded summer season with 4,500 participants enrolled in the swim club. The shallow heated pool and center tower attract many visitors enjoying recreational swimming opportunities this summer.
Kern County leaders and the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce urged the Board of Supervisors to study forming a county wide water central agency. The proposal aims to negotiate and contract with state and federal bodies for supplemental water supplies. Ray Hammett headed the area development committee with T. S. Maddock leading the drafting group.
Mrs Neil Kliewer of Salem Oregon was honored at a barbecue hosted by Mr and Mrs Dave Strauss in Rosedale. Family friends and relatives attended including the Nord and Regier families and Dennis Krause who recently returned from youth work in Hawaii. Mrs Kliewer left for home Sunday evening.
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