Shafter Announces Annexation Meeting and Local Events
Shafter City Council schedules a special meeting February 21 at 7 p.m. and a second February 23 to discuss annexation and service impacts. The Shafter Community Development Agency will assist new development. Also planned are a Diamond Jubilee book autograph party at the Depot and an AARP Walker Center tape event. Signs for the Shafter Wrestling Club include signups, practice, and upcoming tournaments, with Teen Challenge hosting a Day of Thons at Shafter High School on February 25.
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Menno Schellenberg
Lee Kaehn
Shafter High School
Joe Lopez
Rotary marks 50 years in Shafter community
Shafter Rotary Club celebrated its 50th anniversary and acknowledged the February 11, 1939 charter. Errol P. Jones served as acting president until Orvin Mettler’s full term, with Merrill Thomas named as the last remaining charter member and senior active. The club funds scholarships, sends students to Rotary Youth Leadership Camp, sponsors Friday Night Live, and has pledged 13,000 toward Polio Plus over five years, joining Rotary International’s global humanitarian program founded in Chicago in 1905 with more than 1,000,000 Rotarians across 23,300 clubs.
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Peter Ohanneson
Phil Ohanneson
Glenn O. Nay
Ed Warren
Ernie Panero
Joe Channeson
Saul Camp
Frank Shaw
Robert Neuman
Herb Midgley
Doc McGrane
Bill Lachenmaier
Art Duehren
Bill Handel
T.V. Little
L. E. Plymale
Fred Ruhlmann
Shafter Budget Review Shows Small Surplus Potential
City officials praised a budget with less than 1 percent variance as sales tax growth boosts revenue to about 11000 over the original plan. Expenses run 3 percent under budget, with a possible 14000 reserve surplus if trends continue, as Mayor Prout honored Gretchen Handel and the junior miss program. Nearby Wasco resolution 89 1152 to boycott the San Francisco conference drew support from most council members except mayor pro tem Nash.
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McKinney
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Gretchen Handel
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Shafter
Johnny Thomas
Don
Wasco
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Santae
Shafter City
San Franciso
San Joaquin Valley
Audrey Kay Bender Memorial Scholarship Established
Complications from a vehicle accident caused the death of Audrey Kay Bender, 21, last year. A memorial scholarship fund at California State University Bakersfield endows support for international economics studies. Bender, daughter of Donald and Donna Bender of Shafter, attended Maple School and Shafter High School and studied economics at CSUB. She was a registered lobbyist in Bakersfield with Charles Schwab. CSUB economics chair Dr. Mark O Evans aims for a permanent endowment of 5,000 with half already pledged. Contributions should be sent to Cal State Bakersfield.
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California State University
Bakersfield
Bender
Donald
Donna Bender
Shafter
Maple School
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Charles Schwab and Company
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Cal State
Richland PTA to mark Founders Day and Honorary Award
Richland PTA led by Linda Curry marks Founders Day February 17, the 71st anniversary of the group founded in 1897. A cake reception after the February 14 meeting will honor past and Honorary Service Award recipients as the new honoree is announced.
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Washington, D.C
Alice Lellan Birney
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Selena Sloane
Sean Ae
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