Shafter News deadlines and events for September
The Shafter Press prints holiday deadlines with display and classified ads due August 31 at 10 a.m. and September 1 at 3 p.m., plus editorial copy by September 1. Community events include a Hawaiian Luau at Shafter Convalescent Hospital on September 19 at 5 30 p.m. and a Shafter Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast on September 16.
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Shafter
Virginia
Shafter Convalescent Hospital
Cheryl
Jackie
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Bob Hiebert
Kiwanis Club
Schools See Enrollment Uptick Across Shafter Area Districts
Shafter area schools report higher first day attendance as classes resume. Kern County projects a 5 to 6 percent rise over 1988 89, with Richland Lerdo District showing gains in most schools. Oak districts vary, including SHS up 25 30 from last year and no shows higher than prior year.
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Shafter-area
Kern County
Richland- Lerdo
Richland
Lerdo
Richland Intermediate School
Richland Junior High School
Long
Maple School
Shafter High School
SHS
Herb Neufeld
Neufeld
Wasco Man Killed In Shafter Collision
A Wasco man David L Towse 30 died after a two car crash in Shafter at Tulare and Poplar streets Saturday about 11 a.m. He was ejected from his pickup after not wearing a seat belt and died at Mercy Hospital at 3 30 p.m. Gilda Wiebe 65 of Shafter sustained moderate injuries and was taken to Kern Medical Center.
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Wasco
Shafter
Tulare
Poplar
David L. Towse
Gilda Wiebe
CHP
Rick Odom
Towse
Mercy Hospital
Wiebe
Kern Medical Center
Shafter Building Permits Rise in July and 7 Months 1989
Shafter reports higher building permits for July and the first seven months of 1989 compared with 1988. Dick totals show $204,600 in permits pulled in July, up from $163,790 in the previous year. The breakdown includes $196,952 in new permits.
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Shafter
Kern County Board of Trade
Trevino
New
Students gain summer work through Kern ETR program
Kenneth Byrd Maria Garza and Stephanie Montoya local high school students shared a Bakersfield based Employers Training Resource ETR program funded by Kern Alliance of Business totaling 45600. 64 county youths participated in 16 21 year old targeted jobs at public and non profit agencies providing work experience and income supporting school needs. Byrd worked for Shafter Public Works Garza for the Shafter Police Department Montoya at City Hall processed water system data on disk.
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Kenneth Byrd
Maria Garza
Stephanie Montoya
Byrd
Shafter Public Works Department
Garza
Shafter City
Montoya
City Hall
Bakersfield
Kern +eliance of Business
Pro
Shafter
Kern County
City Works
Jo Barrick
ETR
Knox
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Shatter Recreation and Park District
Phil Walker
Kern County Fire Department
Reunion
Wasco Union High School
Peggy (Byers) Hansen
Norma Turner
Sue Ellen (Davis) Greer
Eddie Ratzlaff
Louise
Pitzer) Whisler
Betty Lou Ellis
Ruth Stover
Buttonwillow School
Dis
Mary Lou Long
Darlene Williams
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