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Shafter Community Year in Review Highlights Local Happenings
The year covered Shafter and Wasco events including school district notices, new pastors, theatre and band triumphs, board actions, city projects, and community memorials. Notable items include Richland School District hiring, Kern County redistricting workshop, Shafter’s Halloween to December events, and a deadly 2001 train crash near a walnut orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Polley
Polley
Shafter
Texas
Dallas Theological Seminary
Jill Wiebe
Trui
Billy Gladden
Billy Trucking Company
Recreation and Parks District
Jon Pickard
Taft
Dean Florez
Edison Florez
Richland
Kiwanis Club
League of California
Sacramento
New York
Zrofsky
Shafter Drug Court
ITTC
Kern County
Robert
Frank” Russell
Frank Russell Manufacturing
Fallen Brothers
Wasco
Sheriff's Department
Scarchitect Inc
Kern County Grand Jury
Kern County Sheriff's
Stockdale
7Th Standard
Zerker Road
Oildale
Sarai Ritch
Alan Lowe
Shafter Recreation and Parks District
Aging and Adult Services Department
Ron Ezra
del Robnett
del Robnett Company
Shafter Community and Valley Bible Church
Shafter Recreation and Parks Board
Mario Aguilar
CHP