Shafter Events Outline Feb to Mar in Kern County
Kern County Health Department Shafter schedules a Child Health Clinic by appointment on February 27. The Shafter Chamber hosts Installation and Awards Banquet February 27 at 6 pm with USO theme. tickets are $20. American Legion Post 865 fundraiser yard sale is March 1 at 414 Shaw Ave from 8 am to 4 pm. SHS Band Tri Tip Dinner and Auction is March 1 with doors at 6 pm. tickets $10, call 746-5640 or 764-5273. Rock and Mineral Rendezvous set for March 8-9 at Kern County Fair Grounds with free admission. SHS hosts Arts Association competition March 15 at SHS and Richland. public invited.
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Kern County Health Department
Shafter
Central Valley Highway
The
American Legion Post
Shaw Avenue
SHS
Carol Kroeker
Regina Houchin
Buttonwillow
Kern County Fair Grounds
Lew Helfrich
Bob Randall
Annual Daffodil Days at cemetery event
The Shafter and Wasco Memorial Parks join the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days offering daffodil bouquets for a tax deductible $10 through Bakersfield. Call 327-2424 extension 3 before March 7 to order. bouquets delivered to cemeteries on March 24 for placement on graves.
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Shafter
Wasco Memorial Parks
American Cancer Society
American Cancer Society of
Bakersfield
City council weighs dairy buffer near Shafter Wasco
Citizens urged tighter controls as map shows proposed agricultural buffer around Shafter and Wasco. Staff seeks Kern County Board of Supervisors approval for a two mile buffer, aiming to limit new dairies outside city limits while not affecting existing facilities.
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Shafter
Wasco
Board of Supervisors
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Guinn
City Hall
Shafter Chamber 57th Installation and Awards Banquet
The 57th Annual Installation and Awards Banquet of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce takes place tomorrow night at the Veterans Hall with a USO 1940s theme. Tickets are $20. call Karen at 746-2600. The event features the Shafter Big Band, Master of Ceremonies Larry Starrh, Judge Gary Ingle, a Chicken and Tri-Tip dinner, Teen Challenge servers, and the installation of 2003 officers plus Citizens of the Year awards.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Veteran’s Hall
Karen
USO
Larry Starrh
Gary Ingle
Shafter
Brookside
Patty Houchin remembered as community contributor in Buttonwillow
Patricia Eileen Houchin 75 died February 18 2003 at home in Buttonwillow surrounded by family. She and late husband Dutch were longtime cotton growers and community benefactors active in politics and youth programs. Services held February 24 at Greenlawn Memorial Chapel Bakersfield.
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Buttonwillow
Shafter
Patricia Eileen Houchin
Dutch” Houchin
Dutch
Houchin Brothers Farming and Cattle Company
California
Ronald Reagan
Kern County
Patty
Laura Freyberger
Freyberger
Tri
Victoria Houchin
Ruth McLaughlin
Bob
Debra Parrish
Carl
Gary
Greenlawn Memorial Chapel
Bakersfield
Valerie Fain to Represent SHS at Girls State
Valerie Fain has been chosen as SHS's delegate to Girls State, a week long program exposing participants to state government workings. She expressed excitement about the experience and her role as lead attorney in Mock Trial during her sophomore year.
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Valerie Fain
SHS
Cates Neethen
Aakling Peters
Acini Hee
Del
Valerie
Salona Beethove Contraie
Wasc Com
Dean Florez
Esta
Shierack Wimbish
Wake Island memory of Clifton Sanders in time of war
Margaret Baker recalls Clifton Sanders a Shafter resident who joined the Marines in 1939 and fought on Wake Island in 1941 as defense troops and air raids pounded the island for 16 days. The Sanders family migrated from Oklahoma to California in the 1930s before returning.
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Faemear Shafter
Clifton Sanders
Wake Island
Shafter
Bart
Nora Sanders
Bess Sanders Riley
Riley
Oklahoma
Sanders
Marine Corps
San Diego
Pacific
Hawaii
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Wasco & Shafter
USC
Margaret Baker
Patty Houchin
Avanant
Cathy Morgen
Valarie Fenric
Itwil
Shater
Sata Sonneiess
Hain
Momael Ka Ore
Santana Gonzales
Allissa Pederson
American Legion Auxiliary
Cathy Morgan
Margeret Baker
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