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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1968
Page
1
Weather AB reported by the Shafter Cotton Research Station covers a period in early August with temperatures ranging from high 60s to mid 90s and modest readings on several consecutive days. The fragment cites August 6 95 62, August 8 92 64, and August 11 92 66 with no further context.
Grant Cooke and Lawrence Dean are among 4 997 undergraduates at the University of California Berkeley named to the Honor List for the past academic year. Honor List students have a B average or better and may join honors programs offering supervised study in selected fields.
The opening day for kindergarten through eighth grade in Richland Elementary District is Tuesday September 10 with year end June 13 1969. Offices open August 26 and registration starts. fall holidays listed and daily schedule set with 8:45 start and 2:25 or 3:30 dismissal.
14 foot Lido sailboat Cadenza skippered by Walter Lee and Ron Koop secures multiple juniors and seniors wins from Marina del Rey club. Regattas include Lake Woollomes and the National Regatta by High Sierra Club with August 3-8 finals. Capsize during final turn drops finish to 17th while early consolation flights place 2nd. crews remain upbeat about summer sailing successes.
Councilman Ben Grun dy presented prices for the proposed Shafter Police Facility on August 12, with 27 dollars for security areas 12.50 for administrative areas and 11 for basement. Chief Hanley Witcher urges approval of juvenile facilities in the new building. The Shafter Public Utility District water storage tank nears completion per General Manager Lew Carroll with final tests pending from Hornkohl laboratories and remaining work including paint finishing and pump pipe completion.
The City of Shafter and the Shafter Public Utility District set their 1968 69 fiscal year tax rates. SPUD rate remains 55 cents per 100 dollars of assessed valuation, up 5 cents from last year, while district valuation fell. City rate stays at 1.22 dollars per 100 with no change from the prior year.
The Kern Junior College District Board approves a final budget of 6,938,002 for 1968-69 with an estimated tax rate of 43 cents per 100 assessed value. It covers operations for 7,266 students at Bakersfield Porterville and Ridgecrest. Voters will elect two new trustees on November 5 and adopt trustee areas replacing at large representation.
The California State Education Board study shows 18 of 85 colleges report current or planned quarter systems. Bakersfield and Porterville are among 14 still studying the shift, with Dr. Simonsen noting Bakersfield’s possible move could push districts toward conversion.
The writer reflects on returning to the Shafter Press after more than 25 years and recalls early editors. He notes changing ownership, his friendly relations with publishers, and plans to feature Mr Wisner's South America trip. He vents about heat and political convention chatter, hinting at more hot weather to come in Miami.
Morna Lottie Ogle 81 of 283 Elm Street Shafter died Sunday after a long illness in Bakersfield. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. at Agee Family Funeral Home with Chuck McGaa officiating. Burial will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. Olivewood Cemetery Riverside. Survivors include five sons and one daughter all in Kern County. siblings, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Born April 21 1887 in Raymond Ohio, she moved to Colorado and married Alex K Ogle in 1908.
USDA agricultural engineers at Shafter plan tests on a cotton shredding machine to devitalize pink bollworm larvae in crop residue. The study, with UC Davis engineers, explores whether shredding surface trash can kill larvae and integrate into an optimum tillage system for soil and pest control.
Kern County penal employees group led by Howard Dallimore and Fred Ward pressed the Board of Directors at the August 12 meeting to reopen budget hearings over the districts salary schedule. They argued unequal pay for equal work harms morale and requests to reconsider raises were rejected by Directors Zenk Voth and Chairman Kirschmann who defended the current plan.
Kern High School District trustees learned the district’s assessed property value fell by 21 million dollars, risking about 87,500 dollars in income. The board approved an 18,172,538 dollar budget for 1968 69 and tapped disaster reserves to cover anticipated revenue loss.
Jack Pandol of Pan dol Brothers Farms Delano will address the Shafter Kiwanis Club Wednesday noon August 14 on labor problems in Kern and Tulare Counties and their impact on the regional economy. Farmers are invited to attend at the Shafter Veterans Memorial Hall California and James Street.
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