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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1988
Page
10
A lively personal column muses on seasonal change and family life. The author laments summer’s end and urges packing in activities while sharing observations from walks with children. He recalls parenting insights about preschool minds and outlines common mind-fillers and reassurance strategies for 3-year-olds. He invites readers to share learnings, providing contact details.
Tate of Shafter announced her poem Sunshine and Shadows will be published in August in Treasury of Great Poems joining other works. She has written poems for years and credits church friends for encouragement. Tate has two children, John Tate and Ronni Carroll, and two granddaughters, and she moved to Shafter in 1938 from Albuquerque. She plans to allow the Shafter Press to use her poem after publication.
Community events listed for August include CBMC Prayer Breakfast at J D s and Kiwanis meeting at Veterans Hall at 6 30 a m and 12 p m respectively plus Minter Field Airport District gathering at 7 30 p m at Airport Office on Wednesday August 17 Buttonwillow Chamber of Commerce meets August 18 at 7 p m in chamber office Shafter City Council gathers August 22 at 7 p m in City Hall and Rotary Club meets August 23 at 12 p m at Shafter Motel.
Kathleen Martinez-Meeler, a Shafter High School community and migrant education counselor, received a LULAC Golden Apple Award at Bakersfield’s Educator of the Year Dinner. She has taught since 1979, living in Shafter with husband Ernie and daughter Marisol. Kern County honored twelve educators.
Infante Cuca graduated from San Joaquin Valley College in 1988 as a medical assistant. She began the course in January with family and friends’ support. A Shafter resident for 10 years, she interned with Dr. Jong Coral in Shafter and works at Bakersfield Adult Care Center as assistant program director. She works with Alzheimer's patients and leads recreational activities like bowling and dominoes. Infante credits Valley Bible Church friends and Russell Searcy for encouragement and plans to stay in Shafter as her children attend local schools and church. She has three children: Craig 15, Jorge 9, Jasmini 6.
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