Shafter Editorial Voices on Local Boards and Values
The piece extols Shafter residents and officials for old fashioned talk, careful deliberation, and thrift in boardrooms led by Mickey Gladden and Jim Albright. It contrasts local integrity with national waste, urging small boards and independent press to curb government excess, amid a wary, reflective tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Bakersfield
Recreation and Park Board
Mickey Gladden
McDonald's
Pentagon
Jim Albright
Minter Field Board
Church
Jimmy
Tammy Bakker
Mickey Gladdens
Jim Albrights
Aly
Shafter Quips By Jimmy Byerley
Local columnist Jimmy Byerley critiques civic issues in Shafter including bilingual education water quality and local governance. He praises merchants and citizens supporting democratic principles while challenging projects and RTC contracts. He recalls family ties and a drive for education amid community debates.
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Kern
Office of Civil Rights
White House
Shafter
University of California
School of Hard Knocks
RTC
San Joaquin Valley
God Bless
California Youth Authority
England
Rexronstates
Renda Kem
Paul Harvey on East Europe and Japanese economic aims
In a 1990 Los Angeles Times Syndicate column, Paul Harvey argues that Japan will seek multinational ventures in Eastern Europe to tap a newly free, hard working workforce. He contrasts Western ideology with Japan’s export of prosperity, criticizing democracy as a lesser driver of wealth.
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Sony
Mitsubishi
Toyota
Europe
United States
Warsaw
Berlin
Budapest
Japan
Korea
Vietnam
George Washington
Latin America
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Memories of the eighties and Wasco High’s 75th anniversary
A reminiscence recalls good and bad memories from the eighties including a powderpuff game in 1989, a winning basket in 1985, and track highlights. Bad moments include boos at a 1983 football game and a hamstring injury in 1987. Wasco High School marks its 75th anniversary October 12, 1990, with plans to celebrate in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Butler
Duane Sanders
Time
Channel 17
Jose Medina
Taft
Angela Davidson
Wasco High School
Cen Iateedei
Letters to the Editor Child care: The tip of the iceberg
Bruce Daniel and Lee A. Phelps, Loomis residents, form ACTIV Alliance of California Taxpayers and Involved Voters. Their Operation New Broom aims to gather 600,000 valid signatures in three months to place a ballot initiative restricting official terms in office, a model spreading to Colorado and Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Daniel
California
Loomis
Lee A. Phelps
ACTIV
Alliance of
New Broom
Colorado
Maine
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Jimmy Byerley
Shafter Quips
Oklahoma Porta Posity Hall of Fame
Socapotatoes
Paul Harvey News
Brave New
Commentary By
Paul Harvey
Piniss
Reed Print Inc
Phdishers Association
Shafter Press
East Lerdo Highway
Congress
Buttonwillow Times
The
Press
Publishers
Frank W. Reed and
Donald L. Reed
Mike Bledsoe
Flora Nichols
LaVenne Westbrook
P.O. Bina
Wafter Press
Clark
Louise Bellows
Harold Freeman
Dave Posey
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