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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1991
Page
2
The Shafter PIRIZOS outlines plans to renovate the pool, add accessible restrooms and a sick room office, replace the old 50 year old boiler area with concessions, switch to liquid chlorine, and move the boiler to a new building. Estimated demolition costs run about 100000 with a 40000 annual payback from funding certificates.
Officer Lee Blankenship and his German Shepherd Kilo, a Shafter Police Department K-9, train 160 hours and patrol together. Kilo detects drugs, assists in searches for Kern County Sheriff's Department and Taft, and supports the DARE program in schools. The dog rides in a specially modified car. temperatures are monitored and cooled. The K-9 unit was funded by a $4,000 Sor optimists International of Shafter donation.
SCENES From 1A enters its eighth year with first class on September 10 and a 30 week session ending in May 1992. For information call Teddy Voorhees at 746-2356. WOMAN'S CLUB Shafter Federated Woman's Club hosts annual membership tea on September 4 at 2 p.m. at Shafter Veterans Hall. Admission is free and refreshments served.
A school report notes shifts in migration and population. The U.S. saw 383000 arrivals last year amid overall decline. California’s population rose over 2.4 percent annually in five years, tallying 30.35 million as of January 1. Kern County projects 9.4 percent student growth, while San Francisco Los Angeles and Orange counties expect 9 percent 40 percent and 48 percent respectively.
In the August 14 edition a correction notes that George Caravalho was misidentified as former City Manager of Shafter. He held that position in Bakersfield, not Shafter, and the note clarifies the correct city.
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