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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1983
Page
6
A satire noting applicants must love children and work 24 hours daily for at least 18 years. It mocks requirements like endless energy, emotional maturity, nutrition knowledge, and psychology, with no salary but emotional benefits. It questions reasons to become parents and whether partners have truly discussed raising a child.
Shafter barber Boots Perry marks 47 years serving local patrons since starting in 1937 after a 56th anniversary in the trade. He recalls beginnings in Kingfisher Oklahoma, his five shop locations, and longtime clients like Don Christensen Ray Rose Clint Parker and Ralph Boles.
The Shafter Ministerial Association organized a Salvation Army service unit to aid local families. At the January 12 meeting Brigadier J Milton Rand explained the unit's work and future officers will be chosen. Plans include a Good Friday service and a weekly Guest Pulpit column in the Shafter Press starting February.
Girls interested in SHS cheerleading for the 1983-84 school year are invited to a January 24 meeting in the Shafter High School library after school to receive an application and information. Qualified applicants will attend a cheer workshop January 31 to February 11, then tryouts in February before a judging panel. Eight JV and eight varsity spots plus one mascot will be filled. contact Lisle Gates or Connie Meeler at 746-4961 for details.
A short term ag course on safe pesticide use will be held at Shafter High School Ag Building 526 Manne Avenue Shafter on Saturday February 19 at 8 am. Instructor Mario Ibarra will teach in English and Spanish with audio visual demonstrations. Certificates awarded on completion. Limited to 35 participants. For information call 746-4961 or 805-327-2017.
Past presidents of the Shafter Woman's Club will be honored today at the regular meeting at 11 30 a m at the Veterans Hall. Helen Asty will introduce honorees and present remembrances. Dianne Ladd of Bakersfield will speak on color analysis from Color Me Beautiful with four seasonal groups and individual analyses for a fee. Lunch at 12 30 p m served by committee chaired by Ben Thompson and others.
The Shafter Adult School begins ESL courses at Shafter High in room 6 with English for Learn English and Advanced ESL. Classes run Monday Tuesday and Thursday 7 to 9 p.m. Enrollment via Shafter High School and two local numbers. Bakersfield College offers a $1 daily bus from Shafter to Bakersfield with stops at Shafter area routes. Bus service starts with the spring semester Monday Jan 17 and returns from Bakersfield at 3 30 p.m. Contact Bakersfield College Delano Center for schedule details.
New Hope and Company, a Taft singing group, will appear at Buttonwillow Pentecostal Church of God on Miller Street January 12. Reverend Harold Noel says admission is free and the public is welcome to attend.
Fire and medical crews responded to numerous incidents between January 7 and January 17 in Shafter. A trash container fire on Olson at 10:02 a.m. January 9. structure fire at 350 Sunset Avenue with $150 loss and a later saving reported January 11. Medical aid given at Sierra Vista Mobile Home, Foxy Lady Bar, Hl Lerdo Hwy, Hoffman St, Nickel St, Shafter Police Department, Pacific, and Manuel Ave Merced area mutual aid with Kern County Fire Department.
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