Turner carries Shafter BC to record rushing mark
David Turner, star at Shafter High and Bakersfield College Renegades, closes junior college season with 314 rushing yards and three touchdowns in BC's 52 36 win over Pierce College. He finishes with 1 796 yards that season and 3 086 career at BC, a California junior college record. Turner eyed San Diego State and possible NFL future while avoiding a cold weather Canadian offer.
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David Turner
Shafter High School
Bakersfield College Renegades
Pierce College
California
Deacon Dave
Buttonwillow
Bakersfield
Generals
Turner
Dave
San Die State
Claude Gilbert
Shafter High
Review of Shafter utility rates begins
Shafter city councilmen reviewed worksheets on revenue and expenditures for utilities including refuse water and sewer. They discussed possible losses up to 83000 dollars due to proposed reserves though city officials said losses are not yet actual.
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Shafter City
Jack Colvard
Bill Sheldon
Public Works
Lew Carroll
Eldon
Carroll
Dick Larson
Larson
Taft
Shafter
Council
Sheldon
Will Colvard
Weather recaps cool weekend with light rain in Shafter
The report shows Sunday temperature at 26 degrees with .15 inch of rain in Shafter from the weekend storm that also brought mountain snow. Rain fell .02 on Friday and .13 on Saturday, lifting the season total to .79 inches. A cold week ended with four nights below freezing at the USDA Cotton Research Station.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
Teachers Protest Foggy Day Policy In Richland District
Nearly two thirds of Richland School District 87 certificated staff protested Monday over a new foggy weather procedure. The board moved its meeting. educators argued for dialogue and a formal policy through the Winton Act’s meet and confer process.
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Richland
Behind Library
Accen
Evron Barber
Barber
Richland Teacher’s Association
Lyle Mack
Dennis Harrison
Mack
Richland Teachers’ Association
Winton
Chere
Shafter
Harrison
Accident ends life of Shafter businessman Mark Packard Sr
Shafter businessman Mark Packard Sr aged 49 died in a single vehicle crash on State Route 43 near Wasco Avenue. CHP said his 1975 Ford pickup left the curve, hit a telephone pole, vaulted about 75 feet, and overturned, with Packard ejected and partially pinned. Survived by wife Sonya and children. services held with interment in Shafter Memorial Park.
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Shafter
Mark Packard
California Highway Patrol
Packard
Voth
Wasco Avenue
Gerald Martin
Lost Hills
CHP
Cheyenne
Wyoming
David Woodworth
Shafter Memorial Park
Sonya
Mark Packard, Jr
Shirley Gail Schmidt
Bakersfield
Denise Packard
Fresno
Belva Hansen
Deborah Bronson
Robin Heisen
Jack Packard
Pond
Roy Packard
Pauline LaBeaux
San Diego
Shafter City Council Seats Open for December Filing
City Clerk Bill Johnston says three seats on the Shafter City Council will be up for election December 4. Filing deadline is 5 p.m. December 24. Incumbents Mayor Dick Larson Councilmen Jack Colvard and Bill Cummings have not decided on reelection. Election set for March 2.
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Shafter City
Bill Johnston
Dick Larson
Jack Colvard
Bill Cummings
Blaze damages mobile home near Shafter
A faulty wall heater in a 12 by 65 foot mobile home at 30354 Orange Avenue caused 7000 dollars in damage. Firefighters from Shafter responded at 9 05 pm and controlled the blaze at 9 16 pm with Wasco assistance. Structure loss listed as 5 dollars and contents 2000 while 2000 in structure and 1000 in contents were saved. Battal ion chief Marvin La Madrid directed efforts.
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Shafter
Harold Clayton
Orange Avenue
Wasco Station
Marvin la Madrid
Six candidates nominated for four seats on Shafter chamber board
Six individuals, including incumbent Bob Bann, vie for four Board of Directors seats at the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture meeting. Terms expiring for Bill Banks Jack Frost and Herb Howell noted. Howell remains secretary manager. Annual installation banquet set for January 19 with Story Grange of Visalia as speaker and roast beef dinner by Wasco Mennonite Church women.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Shafter Motel
Bob Bann
Dick McDougal
Bill Allen
Jeff Eveland
Alan Larson
Clara Schnidt
Bill Banks
Jack Frost
Herb Howell
Howell
Story Grange of
Visalia
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Meee
Emil the Frost
Los Angeles
Tehachapi
Mojave
Boron
Simi Valley
Harold
Pauline Wight
San Diego Country Estates
Ramona
Tone
San Diego Estates
Steve Ford
Ford
China
Eceoc Senior Citizens Center
Central Avenue
Mercury
Hi Low
Don Ruggenbhberg
Sylvia Barker
Jane Tanner
Cal State
Mark Packard, Sr
Chamber Board
the Mennonite Church of
Wasco
Stary Grange
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