Shafter area schools set to begin Monday August 26
Shafter area districts prepare for the 1996-97 school year as students return on Monday August 26. Richland Lerdo officials cite new Accelerated Literacy reading program and ongoing upgrades including gym floor work and an elevator while noting enrollment across primary and intermediate schools and staffing plans for the year.
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Shafter Area
Richland-Lerdo
Dan Knapp
Knapp
Keith
Carol Janzen
Joe Dominguez
Dooley Addresses Rotary About Clinton Welfare Reform and Farm Support
Dooley spoke at the Shafter Rotary praising Clinton era welfare reform and health insurance efforts while stressing the valley economy. He endorsed continued farmer tools access and noted Washington aims to meet voter needs, warning against false security from entitlements and urging attention to minimum wage issues.
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Bill Clinton
Shafter
Dooley
Washington, D.C
Clinton
Community events and school notices in Shafter Wasco area
The August 1996 schedule includes RLSD first day dismissal times for K-8, with kindergarten orientation. Shafter Community Children's Theater to perform 101 Dalmatians August 24 at Shafter High School Auditorium. Free admission.
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RLSD
Shafter Community Children’s Theater
Shafter High School
Cris
Wasco High School
Wasco Chamber of Commerce
Joe Hively
Matthew Steward
Wasco Union High School
WHS
Wasco Valley Rose
Debby Steward
Shafter teens summit Mount Whitney in bold ascent
Shafter teens Calletano Gutierrez Jerry Prado and Chris Chewning aged 18 18 and 17 climb Mount Whitney 14 495 feet in California. They start at 8 000 feet camp at Lone Pine Lake face bears altitude sickness and a two hour descent to base. They call family from the summit and plan future expeditions including skydiving next year.
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California
Calletano Gutierrez
Jerry Prado
Chris Chewning
Sierra Nevada Range
Mt. Whitney
United States
Alaska
Mt. McKinley
Gutierrez
Lone Pine Lake
Mace
Prado
Chewning
Chowning
Bakersfield Bullets win Cooperstown dream title
The Bakersfield Bullets defeated Mount Laurel New Jersey 14-10 in Cooperstown New York to crown the youth champions. Standout Shafter player Frankie Sandoval hit .325 with eight at bats and three hits while earning a win and a save on the mound. The team posted two one hit shutouts and a 19-5 win over Severna Park Maryland as they advanced to a Hall of Fame induction and autographs from Pete Rose Yogi Berra and Frank Robinson.
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Patrick
Bakersfield Bullets
Dream Park
Shafter
Cooperstown
New York
Baseball Hall of Fame
Kevin Ross
Mount Laurel
New Jersey
Bullets
Ross
Worcester
Mass
North Babylon
N.Y
Bayshore
N.J
Severna Park
Gaithersburg
California
Central Valley
Bakersfield
Annapolis
Frankie Sandoval
Pete Rose
Yogi Berra
Frank Robinson
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Soul
Dominguez
Kern County
Rotary
Nation
By Roy Patrick
Rep
Cal Dooley
Shafter Christian Assembly
Ave
Reunion
Mount Whitney
North America
Sandoval
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