Shafter Rodeo History and Bob Hernandez Interview
Barbara Craig recalls a potato festival era adding the phrase And Cotton and seeks the rodeo year. The piece then features an interview with Bob Hernandez born in Del Rio, Texas, detailing family migrant life, early work, military service, postal career, and settle in Shafter in 1979 with Annette and their four children.
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Depot Museum
Bob Hernandez
Bob
del Rio
Texas
Bakersfield
East Bakersfield High
The
Californian
Fox
Korea
Japan
Fort Lewis
Wash
Postal Service
Annette
Shafter
Purple-leaf plum trees bloom and endure with neglect
A Bergen Botanical Journal reader recalls purple-leaf plum trees near Taft that have lived at least 40 years despite minimal care. The author reflects on a personal tree that died after overwatering and frequent pruning, contrasts varieties like Krauter Vesuvius, and notes local trees' longevity and fragility. The piece ends with a biblical reflection from Psalm 118:1.
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Taft
Highway 33
Buttonwillow
Bob
Julie Thullen
Julie
Bakersfield
Mr. Krauter
Krauter
Local resident earns national Angus Pathfinder recognition
Shafter California resident Jordan D Reimer is profiled in the American Angus Association Pathfinder Report for 2007. The report lists 9,726 cows and 256 Pathfinder sites after reviewing over 1.5 million dams and five million weaning records.
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Jordan D Reimer
Shafter
Calif
American Angus Associationsm
American Angus Association
John Crouch
Saint Joseph
Bill Bowman
Association
Angus Journal
Angus.org
Shafter Healthy Start Receives Regional Award Recognition
The Shafter Healthy Start program dates to 1999 with a state funded grant and has expanded from one coordinator to a team including a public health nurse three full time family advocates and more. It earned a Humanitarian Award in fall 2001 from the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and is set to receive a Kern COG 2006 Regional Award for coordinating services and reducing duplication.
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Shafter Healthy Start
Albalos
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Kern Council of Governments
Kern Cog
Shafter
Richland
K12
Google
Senator pushes savings incentives for college in California
Senator Dean Florez unveiled Senate Bill 643 in Bakersfield to boost ScholarShare 529 plan use. The measure would let California residents deduct up to 3000 or 6000 dollars per beneficiary on state taxes starting 2008, offer a $50 First Step Grant for babies named as beneficiaries, and provide a one time 200 dollar matching grant for low to middle income families with a beneficiary under seven.
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Dean Florez
D-Shafter
Bakersfield
California
Police Log: Multiple Arrests Across City Addresses
On Friday February 16 2007 at 9 51 p m a Domes Viol incident occurred at 431 East Ash Avenue resulting in the arrest of Kelly Leon Randolph 25 BMA for Under Influence and Sub. On Saturday February 17 2007 at 1 56 p m Erick Salas 28 WMA was arrested at 200 North Shafter Avenue War Outside. At 3 30 p m at 700 South Shafter Avenue War Outside Carlos Emilio Muller 33 HMA faced charges Obstruct Public Officer Prohibited Own Etc Ammo. At 4 14 p m at 521 Sunny Lane War Outside Paul Daniel Phelps 47 HMA was arrested.
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East Ash Avenue
Kelly Leon Randolph
North Shafter Avenue
Erick Salas
South Shafter Avenue
Carlos Emilio Muller
HMA
Sunny Lane
Paul Daniel Phelps
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barbara Craig
RTT
Bergen
Botanical Journal
Last Chance Cafe
Prug Lay
E. Lordo Hwy
Istor
Aun Eam
Erat
Floyd's
Amaze
Chester Ave
Wasco
Walker Street
Boss Ree Fine Pett
High Street
Delano
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