Shafter Chamber elects board members and plans banquet
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture Board elected four new three year terms: George Wise Rick Lawler Jerry Hawkins and Betty Gloeckler with Louise Jones appointed to fill a two year term A banquet set for January 17 1981 features Jim Rogers son of Will Rogers as guest speaker A $15 PA use fee was approved for community activities Nominations and sign ideas for a welcome sign were also discussed
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture Board of Directors
Shafter
George Wise
Wise Realty
Rick Lawler
The
Shafter Press
Jerry Hawkins
Bank of America
Betty Gloeckler
Community
Louise Jones
Humpty Dumpty
Chamber
Shafter Historical Society Seeks Depot Improvements and Help
Members met December 11 at the City Council Chambers to discuss renewals and society needs. Forty percent have not renewed. Dwayne Armstrong chairs the May Festival float project and seeks volunteers. The depot may open during Festival Days with a permanent fence and a CETA assistant curator search.
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Shafter
CETA
Wayne
Shafter High School
M.e.ch.a
SHS
The
Historical Society
Richland district approves in service days and bids
The Richland School District Board met to approve January 15 and 16 as in service days for primary teachers with no school for primary students. It named Vicki Daughrity Sally Gonzales Mary Lou Hernandez and Barbara Gallaher to work with Intermediate teachers and reinstated Leo Schmidt as Senior Mechanic effective December 1. The board seeks a learning disability group teacher after winter recess as district vacancies are hard to fill. Enrollment stood at 1620, cafeteria profits rose, and surplus property was approved for sale. Proficiency standards remain tabled for January action.
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Richland School District Board of Trustees
Karmén Jacobsen
Lawrence Handel
Gary Smith
Vicki Daughrity
Sally Gonzales
Mary Lou Hernandez
Barbara Gallaher
Claudine Saulsbury
Cynthia Silliman
Lyle Mack
Tom Strelich
Leo Schmidt
Schmidt
Dick Lande
Shafter Police Reports Multiple Suspects in Local Crimes
At 1:52 a.m. officers found David Peralta Olvera inside Shafter Sports and Liquor and arrested him for public drunkenness and a Bakersfield warrant. On December 10, Timmothy Lee Miller, 21, was jailed on a Shafter robbery warrant from December 2, 1980, with $15,000 bail. Other arrests included Jose Bravo on an outstanding warrant and DUI, Merced Longoria on a warrant, and an armed robbery suspect in custody after a Mynsk Shell Service heist. Deputies recovered $519 in cash from the Shafter investigation, and a burglary case at Gro Chemical Company yielded $480 in stolen chemicals. A burglary at Ramon Bustos’s residence in Delano was reported, with items including firearms stolen.
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Shafter
Jon Purcell
Jon McLaren
John Johnston
Shafter Sports and Liquor
Central Avenue
David Peralta Olvera
Bakersfield
Olvera
Timmothy Lee Miller
Hicks Lane
Miller
Kern County
Jose Bravo
Wasco
Merced Longoria
Kern County Sheriff's Deputies
Substation
Mynsk Shell Service
Stockdale Highway
Alene Lacey
I-5
Highway 58
Nicholas Jonathan Leigh
Pre
Gro Chemical Company
Way 88
Kimberlina Road
Ramon Bustos
Delano
Steve Reimer
Wasco Avenue
Sheriff's Deputies
Shafter Press Announces Early Publication Dates
The Shafter Press will publish a day early for the next two weeks due to Christmas and New Year holidays. Editions will be available Monday evenings December 22 and 29, with ad deadlines moved to Friday 3 p.m. Read by 3 p.m. Friday deadlines apply, and the office will be open Friday December 26 and Friday January 2.
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Shafter Press
Foggy Day Delays At Shafter High School Prompt Parents' Caution
Shafter High School Principal Evar Jones urges parents to consider safety on foggy mornings. He decides by 6:30 a.m. and notes fog often arrives too late to announce a delay. Bus drivers will judge conditions and may pull over or delay routes to protect students.
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Shafter High School
Evar Jones
Jones
Saline Water Seminar At U S D A Cotton Station
The U S D A Cotton Station hosts a December seminar on saline water for irrigation led by Dr J D Rhoades of the U S Salinity Lab Riverside California. Research Leader Lyle M Carter notes the talk will cover using saline water in the San Joaquin Valley. The session at 17053 Shafter Avenue Shafter in the west conference room concludes with details for January speaker Dr Dick Bassett from Shafter.
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U.S.D.A
J.D. Rhoades
U.S
Riverside
California
Lyle M. Carter
San Joaquin Valley
U.S.D.A. Cotton Research Station
Shafter Avenue
Shafter In
West
Dick Bassett
Shafter
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Farrell
Jim Rogers
Will Rogers
Jim
Joe Kirk
Herb Howell
Bob Bann
Joe Birk
Kerneth Anderson
Chamber of Commerce
Dwayne Armstrong
Historical Resources Commission
Richland
SHS Generals
Shafter High School Generals
Selma
Generals
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