Shafter Press Holiday Deadlines and Decoration Contest
Due to Christmas the Shafter Press deadlines shift for the December 27 issue. Display ads due December 21 noon, display classified by 3 p.m. December 21, regular classifieds December 22 at 10 a.m. Submissions for December 27 by December 22 2 p.m. Recreation District hosts annual Christmas Home Decoration Contest open to homes and businesses in Shafter. judging this week with theme A Family . Call 746 for more details.
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Shafter Press
Shafter Recreation and Park
Christmas Gift Tree Drives Local Support
Soroptimist Club and Community First Bank host a Christmas tree in the bank lobby with decorations naming local children needing gifts. Shafter Chamber seeks nominations for annual awards with a Jan 5 1990 deadline. canned food drive by Santa Barbara Savings supports Teen Challenge and His Helping Hands.
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Soroptomist Club
Community First Bank
Santa
Santa Barbara
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Board
P.O
Shafter
Minter Field board eyes land swap with Tavernetti plan
Minter Field Airport District directors tabled a land exchange proposal with Vince Tavernetti exchanging 60 acres behind Kern Homes for about 47.6 acres owned by the district in two parcels, one with road frontage and agricultural zoning under lease. County involvement was urged as severance payments and impact on FAA grants could affect funding. Directors also debated a CPI based rent increase for Duffy and approved 6600 for Building T 31 improvements while shelving irrigation pipe repairs.
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Minter Field Airport District Board of Directors
Vince Tavernetti
Kern Homes
Tavernetti
Kern County
Mitchell van Wyk
John Putman
FAA
Kirk Nelson
James Albright
Duffy
Crisp
Massey Building
Don Massey
Pacific Gas
Man to face rape counts in Kern County case
A Shafter man, Oliver Garza, 39, rejected a plea last week and will be arraigned in Kern County Superior Court on December 27 on six counts of forcible rape and one count of lewd and lascivious conduct with a person under 14. Garza was arrested in Fresno County on October 29 on multiple rape and unlawful sex counts involving a girl under 18, with charges stemming from alleged attacks beginning in 1984.
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Shafter-area
Shafter
Oliver Garza
Kern County Superior Court
Garza
Fresno County
U turn laws in Shafter downtown city with rules
Shafter police summarize u turn regulations for the downtown business district. U turns are illegal except at intersections unless posted otherwise, with exceptions for residential areas where visibility and lack of oncoming traffic apply. No u turns in front of fire stations. U turns must be a single or multi movement safe maneuver obeying right of way rules. Contact Police Chief Knox for more information.
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Shafter
Gary Knox
Central Avenue
James Street
Munzer
Knox
Maple students join a pen-pal program
Maple School teachers unite second and third graders with 31 Wasco High School seniors in an Operation Pen Pal project. Charla Badker organized weekly letters and exchanges including pictures, with volunteers covering absent classmates to keep the correspondence flowing.
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Maple
Maple School
Wasco High School
Charla Badker
Badker
Penpalson
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