10 Jan 1979
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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1979
Page
1
The Kern County Freed Library located at 1315 Truxton in Bakersfield remains a cornerstone for community access to books and resources. Local residents rely on its services for research programs youth events and public computer use amid ongoing support from city officials and volunteers.
Gene Tackett will address Shafter chamber at the Installation Banquet on January 15 at 7 p.m. in the Veterans Hall. A Kern County supervisor, Tackett discusses his Peace Corps India experience and local service roles, with Martha Novak’s chorus and Charles Brannen as emcee. Tickets are $7.50. door prizes planned.
Thomas Lopez Lopez, 27, booked into Kern County Jail on December 28 for the murder of Enrique Flor Cuadroz. Victim found January 31, 1978 near Shafter, stabbed and partially buried. Homicide warrants issued February 23, 1978. Lopez arrested in Yuma County, Arizona on December 23 and extradited. Other suspect still sought. witness Stanley Issac found the body near Lerdo Highway.
The Richland School District Board met January 2 to review current tests including Miitan Readiness, California Achievement, and California Assessment Program for grades one through eight, plus Kern High School Basic Skills. They discussed proposed Minimum Proficiency Standards and School Improvement Program Testing and directed administration to develop recommendations.
A Shafter man, David Saltzman, 28, was killed January 6 after being struck on Beech Road by a car driven by George William Painter. Police report the fatality occurred near Riverside. The prior end of 1978 saw three injury accidents in Shafter, including a collision at Wall and Rodriguez, a highway rollover on Central Valley Highway, and a motorcycle crash at Central Valley Highway and Central Avenue involving Ronald Punt and Rose Baughm.
The Shafter City Council met to approve attendance for City Administrator Bill Sheldon at a three day Monterey conference with estimated cost 252 dollars plus car use. They also approved 300 dollars for City Hall painting, 210 dollars for paint 50 dollars for supplies and materials with labor by city employees, and 404.92 dollars for an airless paint sprayer funded from savings in the City Hall roofing project. The meeting covered multiple contracts with the Chamber of Commerce including 271.19 spent on Kern County Fair Booth 105.43 on Wasco Rose Festival float and 58.30 on advertising 25 000 dollars to build restrooms in Hudson Parkette with about 800 dollars in revenue sharing funds for hookups. The Ash Street project was referred for committee recommendations and a 1976 Park Bond Act lighting project for Shafter High School was approved.
Bakersfield College Family and Consumer Education Department will run consumer homemaking and parent education classes for parents of primary students and adults over 18 at the Richland Primary Cafetorium starting January 18 1979. Sessions include book reading language development math and quick meals with child care translation and babysitting services. Gene Bonas at Richland Primary answers questions.
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