Shafter updates on food aid hours police and reunions
Commodities distribution in Shafter set for Thursday August 17 from 8:30 a m to 3 p m at Veterans Memorial Hall. Police hours shift to 8 a m 6 p m Monday through Saturday closed Sundays and holidays. After hours crimes report via front door intercom. Narcotics Anonymous meets Mondays at 8 p m at Shafter Rehabilitation Center. Shafter Recreation and Parking seeks volunteers to teach programs this summer. Fire warns drought stage one for brush fires. Wasco Union High School 1939 class 50th reunion September 30 with missing addresses listed and Oct 1 picnic at Barker Park. Drug and alcohol rehab offers crisis counseling 9 a m to 5 p m Monday Friday 746-3770 and referral service. Center on pace asi continues.
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Veterans Memorial Hall
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Norma Turner
Eleanor
Bertkau) Champness
Sue Ellen
Davis) Greer
Donald Goff
Eddie Ratzlaff
Louise
Pitzer) Whisler
Betty Lou Ellis
Ruth Stover
Jo Bartel
Barker Park
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Recreation pools at risk as Shafter faces 400000 repair bill
Shafter Parks and Recreation seeks funding for a three pool complex built in the 1940s facing a sulfate driven deck and gutter cracks. Replacement costs could reach 90 000 for decking 61 200 for gutters and 20 000 for mechanical work with asbestos piping and outdated systems adding to the challenge. Revenue from schools and public use covers little of ongoing costs.
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North Valley Street
Linda Leopold
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Leopold
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New Shafter mini park plan moves toward final layout
Shafter officials plan to adopt a final layout this week for a proposed mini park to replace Stringham Park on Central Valley Highway. Public Works Director John Guinn says four layouts are under review with playground and picnic areas, a small bandstand, and no immediate construction.
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Stringham Park
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Cigarette Sales Drop Amid Proposition 99 Impact
State Board of Equalization reports a sharp fall in cigarette distributions in the first half of 1989, down over 14 percent from 1988, while per capita consumption declines only 2 percent since 1977. Board cautions volatility may affect stabilization. Stockpiling prior to January contributed to artificially low early-year figures.
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Shafter
Ernest J. Cronenburg Jr
Cronenburg
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Knox Medalist in Police Games at Vancouver
Shafter Chief of Police Gary Knox earned a gold in the World Police and Fire Games after training in Oxnard California and placing second statewide with a 157 foot discus. In Vancouver he finished fourth in shot put at 198 pounds among 21 rivals and five national competitors, with California athletes taking first and second and breaking the record.
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