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Shafter Year in Review Highlights City Revenues and Civic Progress
The Shafter Press chronicles 1986 developments in Shafter Kern County noting down financial strains with city revenues sliding. It cites awards for the Sports Complex, efforts to cut electricity rates for agriculture, downtown improvement plat work, and recognitions within Richland School District. Civic events include a Women's History Week tea, a town meeting at the Veterans Hall, and actions by the Minter Field Air Museum. The year also marks the hiring of Wade McKinney as city administrator, praise for Public Works Director John Guinn, and the formation of the Downtown and Business Improvement Area Association.
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Shafter
Richland
Richland Pta
Louie Maldonado
David Brooks
Mario Jimenez
Shafter Depot
Minter Field Air Museum
Wade McKinney
Public Works
John Guinn
Caires
Guinn
Shafter Historical Society
Craig
Dick Garber
Shafter Cotton Research Station
USDA
Downtownee and ‘Business Improvement Area Association