Community banquet date set by Shafter Bicentennial group
Shafter Bicentennial Committee and local civic groups set October 5 for a community banquet honoring former city councilmen. Social hour begins at 6:30 p.m. with steak dinner at 7:30 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Hall, capacity 200, $5 per plate. Tickets offered to participating members first, then public in mid September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Veterans Memorial Hall
Nina Leigh
Liut
Evan Jones
Homemakers of America
Shafter Council Short Meeting Addresses Grading and Water
Shafter city council held a brief session mostly finishing in under an hour. Public Works Director Lew Carroll asked to hire an engineer to check subdivision grading on Pine Street noting low house pads and needed drainage. The city may lower the alley grade six inches to fit the grading plan and hire Mason Vancuren and Wachob, with current engineers also involved. A new Elm Street well pump raised water production from 650 to 1025 gpm while efforts to lower another well were halted after an obstruction. Other actions included tabling a false arrest claim, adopting a 140000 property tax levy, approving various expenditures, accepting a land deed for Nickel Street widening, and authorizing 25 police tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter City
Public Works
Lew Carroll
Carroll
Ernie Hofman
Pine Street
Bill Sheldon
Sheldon
Mason, Vancuren and Wachob
Rickett, Ward and Delmarter
Hofman
Elm Street
Lerdo High Way
Richland School
Ricky
Pamela Manning
Nickel Street
Lerdo Highway
Kern farmers hear plan to combat brackish water in Wasco
Farmers in Kern County will hear an update on brackish underground waste water at an August 19 meeting in Wasco. Kern County Water Agency engineers will outline problem scope and possible solutions including a San Joaquin Valley Master Drain, evaporation ponds, or using brackish water for a proposed San Joaquin Nuclear Project. The session invites input from growers and water districts to shape final disposal plans.
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Kern County
Wasco
Kern County Water Agency
San Joaquin Valley
Pacific Ocean
San Joaquin
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Wasco Veterans Memorial Hall
Llth
Poplar
Santa Fe Day Proclaimed in Shafter for Bicentennial Exhibit
Mayor proclaims Santa Fe Day in Shafter to honor the admission free Santa Fe Bicentennial Special exhibit train set for public viewing August 2 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Santa Fe station. The display, part of Santa Fe Railway’s nationwide commemoration, travels to Valley cities with an outside photo exhibit on the SF SJV railroad built in the 1890s.
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United States
Santa Fe
Shafter
William E. Cummings
San Joaquin Valley
San Francisco & San Joaquin Railroad
Valley Division
Bay Area
Bakersfield
Sf&sjv
Chicago
Recreation district ballot delayed to March 1977
The proposed Shafter Recreation and Parks District will not appear on the November ballot. County Clerk Vera K. Gibson says LAFCO approval expired after one year, requiring resubmission. If started now, the district could reach the March 1977 ballot.
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Shafter Recreation and Parks District
Recreation Commission
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Vera K. Gibson
Ager Formation Commission
LAFCO
Gibson
Bill Cummings
Recreation District
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Kiwanis Club
Business and Professional Womens Club
Shafter Woman's Club
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Stringham Park
Herb Howell
Kern
Usda Cotton Research Station
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