Shafter community clinics and band camp details
Local notices list a youth soccer coaching clinic by AYSO with August 26 27 sessions and a Friday 6 pm prelim meeting at J D s Restaurant. A Saturday 9 am to 5 pm clinic at Shafter Sports Complex offers attendees a certificate, with contact Jim Crabb at 746-2643 for details. Band camp for SHS students is free, led by Shafter Friends of the Fine Arts, with Martha Ingle at 746-2858. Summer break ends September 6 for several local high schools. The Wasco Rose Festival hosts a mixed doubles tennis championship September 9 11 to raise funds for Wasco High Tennis. entry is 15 per team, mail by September 1 to Wasco Festival of Roses. Joe Hively can provide more info at 758-5078.
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American Youther Organization
AYSO
J.d.’S
Shafter
Jim Crabb
Shafter High
Shafter Friends of the Fine Arts
SHS
Martha Ingle
Wasco High
Wasco Festival of Roses
E Street
Wasco
Joe Hively
Shafter Forms Redevelopment Agency to Boost City Growth
The Shafter City Council and the redevelopment board adopt two sets of resolutions creating a redevelopment agency as a financial tool to promote economic development. The agency will oversee a citywide survey area, environmental planning, and an incremental tax model, with a $45,000 operating loan planned and the Shafter Press named as official newspaper. Hiebert elected agency chairman amid Brown Act considerations. regular meetings will follow council sessions.
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Shafter
Wade McKinney
Shafter City
Goldfarb and
Lipman
Marland Hiebert
Giglt
Shafter Press
Don Zachary
Zachary
Agenc
Ralph M. Brown
Hiebert
Agency
Downtown loses one more store in Shafter
The Shafter community reacts to another business closing on Central Avenue. Sandy Wiedmann, president of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, calls it a real loss and urges cooperation among the Chamber, city, and DPBIA to attract new tenants. Wayne Wood notes the vacancy and suggests filling the merchandising gap as the city develops an economic strategic plan.
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Shafter
Sandy Wiedmann
Board approves acoustical project for senior center in Shafter
Kern County Board of Supervisors at request of Supervisor Roy Ashburn approves an acoustical improvement for the W. C. Walker Senior Citizens Center. About 7,889 will be wired for sound attenuation with 2,900 for design. Plans include ceiling tiles and wall carpet-like material to reduce echoing used by 30 to 50 seniors daily. Project moves to design phase, bids possible in 3 to 6 months.
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Kern County Board of Supervisors
Roy Ashburn
W. C. Walker
Ashburn
Shafter Recreation and Park District
Alannah
Billy Ionic
Fire in alley ignites chaos near Golden West and Lerdo
A dumpster blaze in the Bakersfield area spilled into an alley between Golden West Avenue and Lerdo Highway. Local teens Shafter residents and an off duty firefighter joined neighbors to fight the flames with hoses borrowed from homes. Police and fire units arrived as smoke grew heavy and authorities coordinated response.
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Shafter
Golden West
Central Valley Highway
Golden West Avenue
Lerdo Highway
Heath Williams
Rafe Freeman
Williams
KCFD
Bakersfield
Tony Oncia
Lerdo
RTC plans moving forward in Shafter council decision
Shafter City Council approved next steps for a return-to-custody RTC facility to be built and operated with state approval. Plans call for a 32 full time job facility costing just under four million dollars, per diem financing, and site studies with negotiations expected to begin September 1 and conclude in December. The council also authorized an assistant public works director to handle building inspection and department administration amid increased state regulation. Council member Johnny Thomas cast the lone vote against the position.
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Shafter City
California
Acen City
McKinney
Ang 2
Kern County
Ing
McKinney Eid
Johnny Thomas
Open house announced for Ann Gutcher in Shafter
Shafter officials invite the public to an open house for Ann Gutcher, recently hired by Kern County Board of Supervisors to head the era Board of Trade. The event runs from 5 to 7 p.m. at Shafter Gutcher.
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Shafter
Ann. Gutcher
Gutcher
Kern County Board of Sun
Era Board of Trade
Jim Pee
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