Police Chief Hoffer resigns to head Cottage Grove Oregon
Police Chief Hoffer, longtime Shafter leader since 1981, accepts the Cottage Grove Oregon post effective September 1 1963. He relocates with his wife Judy to a city of 30 000 residents in a 800 000 budget department employing 23, joining a two week P O S T academy. He praises career advancement and looks forward to new laws and court systems while Cottage Grove air and lumber economy frame his lifestyle move.
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Shafter
Richard Hoffer
Cottage Grove
Oregon
Hoffer
P.O.S.T
Eugene
Lane County
Chief Hoffer
Judy
Transient Lamothe found dead in Shafter jail cell
A 47 year old male identified as David Roland Lamothe died after being found unresponsive in a Shafter jail cell early August 8 1983. He had been arrested for a welfare check after a passerby reported a man passed out on North Shafter Avenue. Lamothe was placed in a jail cell to sober up and was seen sleeping before two separate welfare checks revealed he stopped breathing. Paramedics started CPR and Hall's Ambulance took him to Kern Medical Center where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Autopsy results are pending with a toxology report to follow in about two weeks. The Shafter Police Department plans to review procedures to prevent future shortfalls.
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David Roland Lamothe
Kern Medical Center
Hall
Shafter
Lamothe
Shafter City
Shafter Avenue
Frank L Christensen
Ficer
C.P.R
Christensen
K.M.C
C of C Forum Set for Shafter Recreation Board Candidates
The Chamber of Commerce sponsors a candidates forum for three Shafter Recreation and Parks District Board seats in November 1983. The event, organized by Nina Leigh with Kerneth Anderson as moderator, will be October 25 at 7 p.m. in the Shafter Veterans Hall.
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Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Shafter Recreation and Parks District Board
Shafter Veterans Hall
Nina Leigh
Kerneth Anderson
Residents file for election in Shafter Buttonwillow districts
Elections Office reports filing for multiple local boards in Shafter Buttonwillow. Nine candidates contest three Shafter Recreation and Parks seats. four seek two Richland School District seats. two compete for Bloemhof and Litke for one seat. incumbents in Wasco Irrigation District have filed with no extensions. Buttonwillow Districts see three incumbents for three seats and three for two seats in separate boards. General election set for November 8, 1983.
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Bakersfield
Shafter and
Buttonwillow
Shafter Recreation and Parks District
Robert Wiebe
Jimmy Thomas
Andrew Martinez
Toni Johnston
Steve Thrasher
Jerry Nixon
Elana McDonald
Vernon Allen
Mickey Gladden
Richland School District Board of
Charles Rekosh
Clifford Ford
John Conley
Lawrence Handel
Bloemhof
Karen E. Litke
Shafter Wasco
Arthur Penner
Loren Voth
Beating Alleged During District Softball Game
A $50 000 claim targets Richland School District and Shafter Recreation and Parks District over an April 27 1983 incident at Richland Junior High School playground. Steven Robertson was knocked unconscious after a beating by a Shafter youth. three other Richland students are named as suspects. Petitions filed with Kern County juvenile authorities. Claim cites negligent supervision by school personnel. Robertson reportedly suffers head injuries and concussion and remains in treatment.
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Richland
Shafter Recreation and Parks District
Shafter
Bakersfield
Philip C. Blanton
Yinger and Blanton Law Corporation
Steven Robertson
Richland Junior High
Kern County
Blanton
Robertson
All the Way booster Curlie James keeps Shafter Generals fire alive
Richard Curlie James Iter, longtime SHS booster and lifetime member, recalls attending 1,000 games since moving from Farmersville in 1940. He praises the Generals’ mood and skill, hopes for a perfect season, and urges town backing and booster raffles to support SHS athletics, noting rival Wasco as a feared foe. Currie’s family ties span West Point, engineering studies, and a 40 year marriage.
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Shafter
Richard ‘‘Curlie
James Iter
Farmersville
Texas
Currie
Generals
United States
Curlie
Wasco
Ware
Reese
Shafter High School
Jerry Higbee
Rio Bravo
J.V
West Point
John
SHS
RPI
New York
Flora
Cecilia
Judy
James
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Shafter Cemetery
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George Wise
Jerry Hawkins
MAPA
Stringham Park
Root
Milt Hawkins
Shalimar Center
Mill’s T.V
Central Avenue
Hitchcock Hotel
Buttonwillow County
RSD
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Footall
Paul Cato
Gerald Bayless
Jesse James
Three Stooges
Shafter High
Carlie James
Mike Reese
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