City clerk swears in Shafter elected officials from 1998 election
Voter turnout hit 51.9 percent in Shafter for the November 3 election with 2,144 ballots counted from 4,130 registered voters. Jon W. Johnston won one of two four year council seats with 1,185 votes, followed by Cathy Prout with 1,113 and Mark Franz with 1,073. Johnston and Prout were sworn in by City Clerk Dorothy Robinson. Prout secures her fifth council win and 16 years of service. she envisions Shafter as a premier California city. Johnston emphasizes accessibility, a common sense approach, and downtown revitalization as top priorities, along with public safety and transportation.
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Miracle on 34th Street pastor fights for life
Local pastor Tommy Creech of Shafter, a veteran with two Vietnam tours, has endured four cancer surgeries in four months and major operations in 1997 including bladder cancer. His August 26 lung collapse led to a dangerous emergency procedure, nurses prayed at his bedside, and after weeks in intensive care he faced several hospital readmissions for blood clots and leg clots. The community calls him a fighter and views him as a modern miracle with unwavering faith.
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Shafter Christian Assembly
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Vietnam
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Shafter High Students Named in Who's Who Among American High School Students
Shafter High School has 25 students listed in the 32nd annual Who's Who Among American High School Students for 1997 98. The program recognizes academic achievement and extracurricular involvement based on nominations. 97 percent of listed students plan college, and about 99 percent hold GPAs of B or higher.
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Educational Communications, Inc
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Shafter Christmas Musical and PTA Program Notice
The Me nnonite Church at 400 Kem is hosting a Christmas Musical on December 13, 1998 at 6 p.m. titled A Star is a Star. The Richland PTA plans a Christmas program featuring the Junior High jazz band led by Ken Gross, lasting about one hour, with community invitation.
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Children of the Mennonite Church
Richland Pta
Ken Gross
Gas well fire near Lost Hills draws curious crowds
On November 23 a Nabors Drilling USA well blew, flames 300 feet high, seen from Bakersfield. Boots & Coots International Well Control crew from Houston works to cap the gas kick with a relief well planned, as the blaze continues and a security guard monitors the site one mile north of GP Road off Lost Hills Road.
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Boots & Coots
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