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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 2001
Page
4
Congratulations to the award winners at the Shafter Chamber of Commerce banquet held last week. The evening featured a pleasant program and excellent music.
Dancing marked last week's events with Shafter High's Winter Formal at the Veteran's hall. The town mourns George Garcia a foreman at the city yard for 27 years. Residents discuss outages and elder backup plans while sharing family life, Sunday gatherings, and memories of friends.
City officials and residents held a town hall in 1999 to discuss Y2K readiness and potential disruptions to water power and police services. City Manager John Guinn outlined plans and urged conservation and preparation for possible two hour outages.
Shafter residents are advised of rolling blackout risks from PG E and the city’s plan to keep essential services running for up to ten days on backup power. City hall will stay open, police and utilities prepared, with a public helpline at 746-6365 for information and guidance.
Letters thank the Lion, Rotary, Elk’s Lodge, and many residents for gifts to the Memorial. Funds totaling 27,495.15 were redirected to the Shafter Cemetery Board on January 18 to earn interest and support maintenance.
The Stier Cream? of Commerce Agriculture Sanitation and Awards Banquet was a success with Master of Ceremony Larry Starrh. Bev Mitchell performed Patsy Cline hits, Mayor Pro Tem Fran Florez installed new officers, and attendees were honored for contributions to the community. The theme was An Affair to Remember with music from the 30s to 50s as Don Handel assumes a busy year with leaders Richard Fabric Paul Charon Stephanie Bender guiding new agenda and goals.
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