Christmas Eve events and local updates in Shafter District
Parents invited to enjoy sounds of the season as churches and the Shafter Depot Museum host Christmas Eve services and concerts. Free sand bags offered by Shafter Police at City Yard. Angel Food Ministries hosts food orders at 700 E Tulare Ave. Sequoia Elementary held a Christmas show with grades from sixth to kindergarten performing songs including Hark the Harold Angels Sing and Jingle Bell Rock.
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Shafter Recreation and Parks
Angel Food
Angel Food Ministries
United States
E. Tulare Avenue
Shafter
Sequoia Elementary
Two arrested in copper wire thefts around Shafter
Shafter Police stopped a Dodge Intrepid on December 15 and impounded the car. Investigators found copper wire theft evidence from rural pumps. Anthony Trujillo, 26, Bakersfield, was booked on two counts grand theft two counts cutting a utility line possession of stolen property possession of drug paraphernalia and expired registration. Bail set at 42635.
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Dodge Intrepid
Shafter
Greater
Ousdale
Anthony Trujillo
Bakersfield
Kern County
Trujillo
Sand bags available at Shafter police and city yard
Sand bags are available at the Shafter Police Department located at 210 Central Valley Hwy and at the Shafter City Corporation Yard on 10 W Tulare. For information call 746-5000.
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Shafter
Central Valley Hwy
Shafter City Corporation
W. Tulare
Christmas Food Boxes Donated by Local Clubs
On December 15 the Key Club at Richland High and Richland School Junior High Builders Club joined with Shafter Kiwanis at Handel Wilson Potatoes Shed to assemble 75 Christmas food boxes. On December 16 they distributed the boxes, each containing about 50 pounds of canned goods, a five pound ham, 10 pounds of potatoes, bread, tortillas, sugar, flour, and eggs. Canned goods came from Richland School District students, with donations also from Shafter High School. About $900 in cash was raised to cover the ham and other items. Potatoes were donated through Apple Market.
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Key Club
Ey High School Key Club
Richland School Junior High Builders Club
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Handel Wilson
Richland
Shafter High School
Apple Market
The Christmas Gift at Home Fellowship Church
Alexis Stokes reports on a holiday service at Home Fellowship Church of Shafter featuring a youth program and a play titled The Christmas Gift. Pastors Tom and Margaret Baker opened with prayer and urged visitors to seek Jesus, citing John 3 16. The production shows shoppers discovering an old Bible as the true gift, emphasizing why Christians celebrate Christmas.
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St. Marks Anglican
Randy Poland
Shafter Depot Museum
Shafter Brass Band
Valley Bible Church
Pine Street
Christ
Jesus
Home Fellowship
Home Fellowship Church
Home Fellowship Church of
Shafter
Tom
Margaret Baker
Baker
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Rece
Shafter Press
Wasco Tribune
City Yard
N. Shafter Avenue
Shafter Veteran’s Hall
Sequoia
By Alexis Stokes
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