Rollins Sues Kern County Over Murder Case
Rollins IV, a former Wasco High School athlete, filed a civil rights suit against Kern County and the Sheriff seeking 100 million dollars. The action follows his 1991 arrest for a Shafter girl's murder, the case notable for circumstantial evidence, a missing weapon, and a later 25-to-life sentence he began serving in youth facility.
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Offord Rollins IV
Wasco High School
Shafter
Kern County
Sheriff's
Rollins
Beverly Hills
Maria Madera Rodriguez
Lost Hills
Highway 46
Rodriguez
WHS
Sheriff's Department
Lisa Green
Offord Rollins Hl
Los Angeles
Wasco
Len McGillivary
California Youth Authority
Commodity give-away in Shafter church on Feb 24
A commodity give-away will be held Monday February 24 1997 at the Shafter Christian Assembly Church located at 520 California Ave Shafter. Call 827 9192 for details.
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Shafter Christian Assembly
California Ave
Tax help offered at Shafter Library Wednesdays through April
Volunteer income tax assistance will be offered to those qualifying at the Shafter Branch Library every Wednesday through April 9, 1997 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Patrons must bring their W-2 forms and any tax forms received by mail. For more information, call 746-2156.
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Shafter
Planning continues for Shafter Healthy Start program
Healthy Start planning remains underway led by Richland Lerdo School District under Kern County Children’s Network and Kern County Healthy Start. Deanna Rodriguez-Root notes broad local support from parents, youth, agencies, schools, churches, and businesses as meetings input grows. About 80 attended the Jan 9 session and 60 to 70 the Jan 23 session aiming to brainstorm community needs and solutions for children and families. The Planning Grant totals 50000 dollars to enable community groups to move forward.
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Healthy Start
Deanna Rodriguez-Root
Shafter
Root
Richland-Lerdo
Kern County
Case against suspect weak in deputy attack trial
Riverside man 23 faces five felonies including attempted murder of a deputy after a high speed Wasco chase on Highway 46. Judge notes circumstantial evidence and limited linkage. Bakerfield DA Ed Jagels to prosecute. deputy Dougherty recovering.
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Jeff Dougherty
Dougherty
Jeffries Brothers
Highway 46
Wasco
Randy Robertson
Nall
Robertson
Bakersfield
Frank A. Hoover
Ed Jagels
Oscar Newman
Newman
Apple Ranch Market deal in Shafter falls through
Apple Ranch Market announced to Shafter residents that plans to replace Vons in Shafter are off. The earlier plan by Los Angeles based Southland Market owner Mike Provenzano to open Apple Ranch Markets at Shafter Delano and Arvin sites has collapsed, with no store opening date. Local officials and business leaders remain uncertain as talks with various buyers continue.
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Shafter Press
Apple Ranch
Vons
Shafter
Saga
Delano
Arvin
Mike Provenzano
Southland Market
Ontario
California
Provenzano
Safeway, Inc
Vons Co
Kern County
Certified Grocers of California, Inc
Neufeld-Drescher remember edna neumann neufeld-drescher
Funeral services for Edna Grace Neufeld-Drescher 78 of Wasco were held at Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church on Feb 17 1997. She died Feb 13 at home. Born July 2 1918 in Sahuarita Arizona she survived the 1918 influenza epidemic and lived in Oklahoma Dos Palos and Shafter. Interment was at Shafter Memorial Park.
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Peters Funeral Home
Wasco
Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
Edna Grace Neumann Neufeld-Drescher
Dave Gerbrandt
Shafter Memorial Park
Neufeld-Drescher
Sahuarita
Arizona
Cari
Elizabeth Gaede Neumann
Oklahoma
Neumanns
Dos Palos
Menno
Shafter
Edna
Lester Neufeld
Pasadena
Lester
Cal Tech
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