Shafter Community Notices and Events
Shafter branch library offers Federal and State tax forms with phone help at 746-2156. Free Tuesday children movies start 3:15 p.m. in the conference room also at 746-2156. ECEOC to distribute commodities Tuesday Jan 16 at 1 p.m. at 131 E First St Buttonwillow. Shafter High Majorettes hold first annual talent contest Saturday Jan 27 at 7 p.m. Entries due Jan 21 contact Cindy Walker at 280 Maple St Shafter. Proceeds support February band trip.
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Shafter
Showtime
ECEOC
First St
Buttonwillow
Rosie Watkins
Shafter High Schools
Shafter High School
Cindy Walker
Maple St
Council approves upgrade of city lot at Central and James
Shafter City Council approved 45627 for improvements to the southeast corner parking lot at Central Avenue and James Street during the Tuesday meeting. Officials also advanced North Shafter pre zoning for annexation and discussed a water well ordinance required by state health agencies.
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Central Avenue
James Street
Shafter City
North Shafter
State Water Resources Board
State Department of Health Services
Shafter Building Permits Hit $3.5 Million in 1989
City spokesman Dick Trevino reported Shafter total building permits surpassed 3.5 million during 1989. New construction reached 2 918 263 while remodeling amounted to 512 895 and repairs 97 765. November permits rose 159 percent year over year with no new construction. remodeling reached 283 909 including 250 000 for Green Hotel. Repairs stood at 9 662. December starts totaled 728 800 with remodeling 16 442 and repairs 1 000.
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Shafter
Dick Trevino
MALDEF voting idea discussed at RLSD board meeting
RLSD faces OCR findings that the district fails to provide sufficient staff for LEP students under Title VI and related memo. Board plans identify administrators, ensure appropriate bilingual materials, and monitor compliance while OCR oversees progress. Richland Elementary students demonstrated Project Challenge robotics program.
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Shafter
Richland-Lerdo
United States
Department of Education
Office of Civil Rights
OCR
Mark Franz
RLSD
George Bury
LEP
Bury
Project Challenge
Steve Bill
Frank Aguilar
Richland
Mike Carty
Carty
Aguilar
Bill
Shafter tackles visions and growth in VGP session
City Hall hosted a Visions and Goals Process meeting as council members and about 20 residents debated Shafter’s future. Ted Gaebler urged outside the box thinking while emphasizing social harmony and local control amid talks of growth, minority outreach, and an industrial base to keep identity.
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Shafter Springs West
Santa Barbara
Sansun
City Hall
Don Zachary
Cathy Prout
Dennis Atkinson
WGP
Ted Gaebler
Shafter
Gaebler
Visalia
North Kern and South Kern Municipal Court Districts Form
The merger of Kern County four justice courts into North Kern and South Kern Municipal Court Districts begins official operation February 10. Delano-Shafter and Lamont-Taft branches establish new district leadership with judges Chase Ingle Wilson Moench Plan Blinn overseeing.
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Kern County
Delano-McFarland Justice Court
Shafter-Wasco Justice Court
North Kern
Arvin-Lamont
Taft- Maricopa
South Kern Municipal Court
Trict
Northern
Delano and
Shafter
L. Bryce Chase
Gary Ingle
Lamont and
Taft
Charles Wilson
Rick Moench
Fred Plan
Ken Blinn
Chase
Ingle
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Council
By Mike Bledsoe
Maldef
Ken Casanova
Lawrence Handel
Chris Hall
Betty Edwards
Lucy the Goose
West Shafter
Darlene Williams
Jimmy Byerley
Kern Council of Government
Plan
Deukmejian
Delano Branch
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