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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1987
Page
8
A personal column features Sandy Armstrong reflecting on a recent photo, family reactions, and hair color changes. She shares illness woes, cooking attempts with easy recipes like Barbecued Meatballs and Lemon Custard Impossible Pie, then muses on signs of spring and invites reader input.
Family and friends gathered from far and wide to honor Dottie Mixon on her 80th birthday in Avon Dale. Attendees included her son Donna from Bellingham and longtime neighbors Virginia and Oliver Flynn plus Toots and Harley Ayers. The celebration featured champagne and festive decorations as Phoenix joined to share the special day.
The sodbuster provision of the 1985 act discourages converting highly erodible grassland or woodland to crops. Planting annually tilled crops on such land may end eligibility for USDA programs. Eligibility hinges on erosion rates, field share, and a contact number for the Soil Conservation Service.
California Conservation Corps launches Positive Lifestyles to teach living skills peer counseling and substance abuse prevention. At 17 centers pilot includes 50 hours of peer leader training to guide peers and expand thinking on drugs and alcohol.
A Bakersfield community events roundup lists monthly open house at Shafter Depot Museum and multiple shows at CSUB Todd Madigan Gallery, Bakersfield Community Theater, Bakersfield Open Forum, Delano High School, Shafter High School and more. Includes Mardi Gras Dixieland Jazz Festival in Pismo Beach, a Glass Menagerie at Dore Theater, Pollyanna and North Highers at local venues, and various concerts, dances, and fairs with dates from February through March.
The Shafter Historical Society held a February 12 meeting at the Depot Museum with all board members present. They discussed four applicant files for an assistant curator, formed an interview committee, authorized a bell plaque order, sought a photo of the old Richland and Shafter schools, announced Women’s History Week at the Hitchcock Hotel with Gretchen Kirk chairing, voted $50 for the event, and planned the April membership meeting and program. The board meets the second Thursday each month at 7 p.m. and welcomes members and interested locals.
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