Two Injured In Highway Collision
A two car crash on the Beech Avenue intersection with Central Valley Highway left two people injured and two vehicles heavily damaged. Eddie Franklin Delisle, 58, Bakersfield, allegedly ran the stop sign. Edward Wayne Wheeler, 41, Riverdale, was cited. Continued on page 6.
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Shafter
Kern County General Hospital
Beech Avenue
Central Valley Highway
Eddie Franklin Delisle
June Ave
Bakersfield
Edward Wayne Wheeler
Kincaid St
Riverdale
Delisle
Petite French Miss Arrives to Spend Year at Shafter High
Domino Beraud from Lyon arrives in Shafter to live with Dr. and Mrs Robert Ronghern and daughter Janet as the 1969 70 AFS student. The 18 year old expresses excitement about the United States and her American family after a late Saturday Hawthorne greeting. Continued on page 3.
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Domino Beraud
AFS
Shafter
V.T. Walood
Robert
Domino
Santa Rosa
New Moscon
Pfrom St
Dr. Bongberg
Serpentine
Lyon
France
Shafter High School
Hawthorne
Robert M Ronghern
Janet
United States
Shafter High and Richland Prepare For New Term
Kern County schools accelerate to ready the 1969-70 term with summer work complete. Shafter High undergoes a $225,000 reconstruction nearing completion before the September 10 opening and introduces new principal Jordan S. Kanikkeberg. Richland Elementary advances on a new administration and music building with additional repairs underway.
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Shafter High School
Richland
Kern
Richland Elementary
Shafter High
Jordan S. Kanikkeberg
Shafter
McFarland
Baker
Rich
Most Kern Schools Set Sept Tenth Open Date
County Superintendent Harry E. Blair announced that most Kern districts plan a September 10 opening for the 1969-70 school year with September 2 as the second choice. Elementary districts listed for Sept 10 include Arvin Bakersfield Beardsley Buena Vista Buttonwillow DiGiorgio Edison Fairfax and others. Taft Wasco and Unified districts like Maricopa Mojave Muroc and Southern Kern also start then. Several schools begin Sept 8 or Sept 9 with campuses at Tehachapi Kern Joint Junior College and West Kern Junior College starting Sept 9. Shafter High School reconstruction proceeds under the Field Act with extensive renovations and a replaced roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Blair
Arvin
Bakersfield
Beardsley
Buena Vista
Buttonwillow
DiGiorgio
Edison
Fairfax
Fruitvale
General Shafter
Greenfield
Lakeside
Lamont
McFarland
Norris
Panama
Rio Bravo
Rosedale
Standard
Vineland
Delano
Kern
Belridge
Blake
el Tejon
Elk Hills
Kernville
Lerdo
Linns Valley-Poso Flat
Lost Hills
Maple
McKittrick
Idway
Semitropic
South Fork
Taft
Wasco
Maricopa
Mojave
Muroc
Southern Kern
Greeley Elementary
China Lake
Indian Wells Valley
Pond
Rand
Richland
Tehachapi
Kern Joint Junior College
Porterville
Ridgecrest
Caliente Elementary
West Kern Junior College
State Funds Approved Richland School District Apportionment Uncertain
Richland School District may receive about $18 per unit of ADA under the 1969-70 apportionment though final figures lag. The district also will get funds for special education needs and there will be likely no tax rate change. Board noted Civil Defense plan updates and adjusted meeting date due to Labor Day.
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Ronald Reagan
Richland
Richland District Board of Trustees
Evron Barber
Barber
Walter W. Stiern
William B. Ketchum
County Superintendent of Schools
Kern Drug Abuse Council To Incorporate Thursday
The Drug Abuse Council of North Kern will formally incorporate at a Thursday night meeting called by president Phil Zachary. The Richland School library hosts an 8 p.m. session resuming operations after a summer recess, with a film on marijuana and introduction of incorporation papers by Shafter city attorney Al Mortimore who donated his services. A nominating committee will be appointed and officers and a board of directors set at the Monday business meeting. The current board includes Zachary Newman Gates Stepp Ohlsson Ohanneson McKinley. Gates will be replaced by a new principal at McFarland High. Zachary urges all members and nonmembers to attend as about 50 signed up in April.
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Drug Abuse Council of
North Kern
Phil Zachary
Richland School
al Mortimore
Shafter City
Mortimore
Zachary
Marvin New
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kern County High School District Board of Trustees
Bill
Plummer
U.S
Richland and
Ria
E. David Cooke
Kern Drug Abuse Council
Marie Fanucchi
Donna Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Fee
Jesse Hearon
Golden Weet
Golden Weat
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