Nader report on California water meets strong pushback
Allen Bottorff Buttonwillow farmer and Kern County Water Agency leader leads a first wave of rebuttals to the Nader task force report. Bottorff calls the study fraud and misrepresentation while other water leaders defend the State Water Project as essential for Northern and Southern California water and flood control benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Nader
California State Water Project
Allen Bottorff
Buttonwillow
Kern County Water Agency
Nader
Washington
Bottorff
California
Contra Costa County
Thomson
William E. Moore Jr
The
Water Association of
Kern County
Edmund
Pat’’ Brown
Los Angeles
Henry J. Mills
Metropolitan Water
Shafter Native Dies in Single Car Crash
Johnny Arnold Koehn a lifelong Shafter resident died Thursday in a single car crash on Central Valley Highway north of Shafter. His car sped at high speed on a curve crossed into opposing traffic then up a railroad embankment and rested on its roof near the Santa Fe tracks. He died on arrival at Kern General Hospital and his funeral was held Monday with Reverend Dan Friesen officiating.
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Johnny Arnold Koehn
Shafter
Central Valley Highway
Koehn
Central Valley
California Highway Patrol
Johnny Koehn
Wasco
New Student Registration at Richland and nearby districts
New student registration for kinder and grades 1-8 at Richland and the Intermediate and Upper Grade Schools will be held Monday and Tuesday Aug 30 31 from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Five year olds by December required. birth certificate and immunization records needed. Existing Richland enrollees need not register. Interment and obituary details for Koehn mention his WWII service and survivors.
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Richland
California
Ten Degree Drop Noted in Shafter Weather
A week of cooler conditions in Shafter shows a gradual decline with Monday’s maximum 10 degrees below last week. Only one day exceeded 100 degrees as daily high and low readings from the Shafter USDA Cotton Research station are listed.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
Color TV Set Stolen From Connell Home
Burglars entered the Maurice Connell residence at 439 West Ash while the Connells were away and removed a color television set. Entry was via an unlocked window. the set was the only item missing. A $100 reward stands for information leading to the thief's arrest.
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Maurice Connell
West Ash
Connells
Shafter
Martha Arthington
State Ave
Arthingtons
Yolanda Galaviz
Terra Vista
Steve Furman
F. W. Handel Farms
Adult School Classes Offer Course Variety
The Shafter High School Adult Division reopens for the Fall Semester on Monday evening. Limited listings cover a variety of courses for mature learners in the community.
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Shafter High School
Shafter
Buttonwillow
Jim Rush
Newrogram
Ten Teachers Named for Richland School System
Richland School will hire ten new teachers for the coming year. Nine are women and one is a man. Ann Churchill, Dor othy Clark, Deborah Engelsen, Kathleen Grovek and others comprise the group. Details include degrees, home towns, and prior roles and indicate an emphasis on interns and credential work.
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Richland
Ann Churchill
Cal State
Bakersfield
Cal State Intern
SCIP
Hum Lake Christian Camps
Strathmore
Porterville College
Dorothy Clark
College of Notre Dame
San Rafael
Deborah Engelsen
Deborah Engelic
San Luis Obispo
Cal Poly
Atascadero Unified Schools
Engelic
Pacific Palisades
Kathleen Grovek
Kathleen Grove
The
Western Polymer Asks City to Handle Plant's Waste Water
Shafter officials consider a Western Polymer proposal to pipe 100000 to 500000 gallons per day of potato plant waste water to the city sewage site for irrigation use. The plan requires a city capacity check, odor risk review, and a committee study. failure could move the plant to another location.
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Western Polymer
City
Shafter City
Western Polymer Corporation
San Diego
Bill Briggeman
Shafter
Nestern Polymer
Shafter Public Works
Lewis Carroll
Carroll
Naas Saad
Moses _ Lake, Wash
Briggeman
Wilmer Hildebrand
Funeral Services Held in Shafter for Ben F. Davis
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Agee Family Funeral Home in Shafter for Benjamin Franklin Davis 79 of 1031 Alamo Lane Shafter who died August 15 in a Bakersfield hospital. The Rev Ralph L Gardner officiated with burial in Shafter Memorial Park. Davis born June 27 1892 in Tennessee came to California and Shafter in 1948. He was a gardener before retirement. Survivors include widow Dora A of the home three sons O V Davis of Bakersfield H Davis of Shafter J H Davis of Dallas Texas a daughter Mrs Azel Kennedy of Carlsbad New Mexico 16 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
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Shafter
Shafter Memorial Park
Koehn
395Th Armored Field Artillery
Normandy
France
Ardennes
Central Europe
Rhineland
Shafter 20 30
Lions Club
Lee
Anthony
Lesa
Abraham Koehn
Abraham
Pete Koehn
Lompoc
Agnes Koehn
Helen Neufeld
Dinuba
Calif
Margaret Balzer
Mt. View
Vin Neuman
Otto Handel
Bob Warren
Noble Houze
Fred Jones
Roland Bergen
Vernon Witcher
Bob McClain
Agee Family Funeral Home
Agee
Ralph L. Gardner
First Southern Baptist Church
Mr. Davis
Tennessee
California
Dora A
O. V. Davis
Bakersfield, FE
H. Davis
J. H. Davis
Dallas
Tex
Azel Kennedy
Carlsbad
N. M
Bottorff Responds to Nader Water Project Critique
Kern County pioneer Allen Bottorff defends the California State Water Project against Ralph Nader and Keith Roberts who urge stopping Peripheral Canal plans and Northern river development. Bottorff cites 98 percent completion, disputes land estimates, and praises engineers and taxpayers who fund the project. Moore comments on Nader using his name in the attack.
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Kern County
Ralph Nader
California
Allen Bottorff
Buttonwillow
Kern County Water Agency
Nader
Keith Roberts
Roberts
State Water Project
Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta
State Department of Water Resources
North Coast
San Francisco Bay
Bottorff
San Joaquin Valley
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Nia
Emil
Jack) Frost
Connell
Laura Martens
Grundy
Kern County Planning Commission
Schofield Avenue
Kimberlina Road
Lerdo Highway
Schofield
Pg&e
Hanley Witcher
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Anaheim
Ken Joseph
San
Ose
Ben F. Davis
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