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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1986
Page
3
Shafter High School held its first health fair on January 28 with about 700 students participating. In the library, students received height and weight screenings, vision and hearing tests, and dental and blood pressure checks.
The Repperts offer a public piano and song recital on February 23 at 3 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene Wasco. Mark Reppert will perform Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto and Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue with Meg Wise and Martha Ingle on piano and voice. Marilyn Reppert will sing Mozart arias and Copland selections. Marilyn, a piano and voice teacher, studies at Cal State Fresno. Mark, Richland music director, earned an MA in piano from CSU Chico and works as an accompanist. They moved to Wasco in 1981. Joshua is 10. Admission is free.
Newest shipment to the Shafter Branch Library includes 1926 A Circus of Hells by Bill Anderson in science fiction Shieks and Adders by Michael Innes in mystery Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours by Kevin Leman A Half Step Behind Japanese Woman of the 80s by Jane Condon AMA Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants by Keneth F Lampe Modern Guns Identification and Value by Russell Quartermaus The Seventh Street by Irving Wallace Hours listed for Monday through Saturday with varied open times.
The Shafter Recreation and Park District invites children 12 and under to design a Valentine's Day cookie on Friday February 14 at 2 p.m. at 505 Sunset Avenue. Each cookie will be wrapped for a loved one and costs 50 cents. Icing is bright pink with various toppings. For more information call 746-3303 or visit 700 East Tulare Avenue.
Army Private Michael W. Crawford son of William H and Helen A Crawford of Shafter has arrived for duty with the 699th Maintenance Company in West Germany. Crawford, a wheeled vehicle mechanic, was previously assigned at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland and is a 1985 graduate of Shafter High School.
David R. Woods, son of Mary L. Lewis of Bakersfield and grandson of John H. Woods of Shafter, participates in the REFORGER and Air Force Crested Cap exercises returning U S forces to Germany. A cannon crewman with the 6th Field Artillery at Fort Riley, Kansas, he is a 1981 Mariposa High School graduate.
Marine Cpl. Jeffrey P. Poplin, son of Paul E. and Delores M. Poplin of Shafter, has been promoted while serving at Marine Barracks Concord California. A 1979 graduate of Shafter High School.
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