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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1987
Page
4
A reflective piece recounting a memorable year 1987 in journalism. The author describes learning about colleagues and readers, handling anxiety and deadlines, and exploring almond processing and cotton planting to plan future visits to a cotton ginning plant. The tone prizes personal growth and the value of interactions with diverse individuals.
The article explains how surplus USDA commodities are stored briefly before sale or donation, with billions of pounds redirected to commercial markets, domestic programs, or overseas via Food for Peace. It details programs TEFAP CSFP and other efforts, donor agencies, and the growth of US food assistance across decades with billions in value and millions of pounds distributed domestically and internationally.
Dear Editor. Somebody has got to say it. Wally Ryker should be getting praise, not abuse. He has done a good job at the Minter Field Airport District both as a director and as an employee. The people of Shafter should be thanking him for his dedication to the airport. He was an employee at the Airport when he was reelected to the board of directors in 1985. The voters must have felt good about him to put him back on the board. I feel that all this talk about a conflict of interest is just sour grapes.
Paul Harvey argues that nutrition and exercise rules vary by person and cautions against overdoing fitness trends. He notes doctors warn against workout addiction, cites cases like three workouts daily, and shares his own shift to lighter regimes to protect knees and health. He stresses the danger of panacea fitness claims and the illusion that more is always better.
Weekly Forum looks ahead to 1988 with optimism for America and allies. Reagan era strength and peace through strength cited with arms talks to resume in summer. Support for freedom fighters abroad and Olympic Games in Calgary and Seoul noted amid modest domestic inflation and fiscal challenges.
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