Retirement program for city employees advances in Shafter
The city moves toward operation of a retirement plan for municipal workers with Bankers Life and the Shafter Municipal Employees Association coordinating approvals and signup. The effort aims to retain trained staff and prevent brain drain to other cities and private firms, reflecting long cooperative work by local associations.
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Shafter
Progress
Bankers Life
Shafter Municipal Employees ' Association
Shafter City Administration
Shafter City Employees Association
Kern County Employees Association
Jerry Sthaub
Shafter Municipal Employees Association
Bernice Atkinson
Ruby Hensley
Shafter employees approve city retirement program signup
Shafter employees sign up for the city retirement plan after council approval. The Bankers Life won the contract, and 25 of 33 eligible members enrolled with 8 more signing later, aiming for 100 percent participation. Final council adoption will precede processing by Bankers Life, with an expected effective date between mid March and early April.
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Shafter Municipal Employees Association
George Jones
Shafter
Jerry Schaub
Tony Forde
Bakersfield
Bankers Life
Jon Messer
Charles Waide
Baker
Municipal Employees Group
Banters Life
Al+Mortimore
Messer
Kern County Employees Association
Waide
Shafter Faces Week of Fog Rain and School Closures
A week of dense fog and cold rain chilled Shafter with .41 inches rain total since July 1 reaching 3.48 inches. Rain fell .04 on Tuesday .03 on Wednesday and .34 on Thursday while temperatures ranged from 32 to 62 degrees. Heavy fog led to highway collisions and forced school closures in Shafter and Kern County communities through Friday.
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Shafter
Kern County
Loss Set At $10 725 Shafter Home And Two Cars Damaged
A fire starting in the attached garage heavily damaged Art Rodriguez residence at 344 Ann St and two automobiles at 8 p m on Tuesday January 26. The one story dwelling suffered 6500 in damage, contents 3500 and cars 725 with the family dog killed. Firemen believe gasoline fumes ignited by a water heater caused the blaze. Rodriguez moved children to safety through a rear window as flames spread. Three Shafter Fire Department regulars and 11 volunteers fought the fire with aid from Kern County Fire Department and county equipment.
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Art Rodriguez
Ann St
Shafter
Glenn Worrell Named Assistant Principal at Richland
Glenn Worrell, 38, longtime Frank West Elementary principal in Bakersfield, was chosen as assistant principal of Richland Elementary in Shafter by the Richland School Board after a 17-candidate field and committee screening. He will assume duties after release from Bakersfield and was previously a teacher and administrator in Visalia and Bakersfield, with a 1955 Fresno State degree track and 1960 master’s from Fresno State.
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Glenn Worrell
Frank West
Bakersfield
Richland
Shafter
Worrell
Richland School Board of Trustees
Arthur Penner
Richland Board
Eyron Barber
E. David Cooke
Barber
Baker School
East Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield College
Fresno State
Visalia
Bakersfield City
Two Shafter Men Die in Highway Pileup Near Shafter
Donald R. Benson 32 and William Millard 22, both employed at Joe O’Brien Stables, were among six killed in a mass wreck on Freeway 99 east of Shafter early Wednesday January 27. The crash involved about 50 vehicles and left a four mile trail of wreckage. Benson, once a stable employee, had returned to work in 1970 after a stint elsewhere. Millard, from North Sydney Canada, was also among the deceased and burial details were coordinated with his former home.
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Shafter
Donald R. Benson
William Millard
Benson An Millard
O’brien Stables
Bakersfield
Benson
O’ Brien Stables
O’brien
Arlington
Robert Smith
Richland School Board race widens as Starrh resigns
Richland Elementary District will fill at least one seat after Fred Starrh resigns his four year term effective March 1 due to time constraints. Dr. Richard Garber and Thomas Almberg enter the April 21 election to succeed Starrh, with the board remaining four members until the July reorganiza tion.
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Richland
Richland Board
Fred Starrh
Starrh
California
Richard H. Garber
Garber
Usda Cotton Research Station
Shafter
Henry Voth
Thomas L. Almberg
Almberg
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American Legion Club
John Barleycorn
Shafter City
Bill Plummer
Rodriguez
Richland Post
Freeway 99
California Highway Patrol
Lal
O’ Brien
Joe O’brien
Lerdo Highway
Richland School Board
Em. H. Mettler
Denver
Almbergg
Long Beach
University of California, Berkeley
U. S. Navy
U.S. Navy
Alaska
Berkeley
Bernice Fairchild
Santa Maria
Eric
Sheri
Richland School
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