Girl Scout Cookies Sale Set to Begin in Joshua Tree Area
The Joshua Tree Girl Scout Council serves nearly 4 000 girls ages 8 to 18 with a broad program mix. Door-to-door cookie sales start January 28 and run through February 14, with national gross cookie sales at 200 million in 1981.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Tree Girl Scout Council
Girl Scouts of the USA
Barry-La
Girl Scout Council
Joshua Tree Council
Janice Brown
Bakersfield
Diane Ashby
Kern cowboy dreams of memorial library
Paul de Fonville of Walker Basin Kern County plans a Cowboy Memorial and Library with Old West books and artifacts. He seeks signatures to establish the library as a memorial and tourist site, and to gain Ronald Reagan’s signature. He estimates an $80,000 caravan budget with five musicians crossing eleven cities from Bakersfield to a final ceremony.
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Kern County
Paul de Fonville
Walker Basin
County Board of Trade
de Fonville
Ronald Reagan
Bakersfield
Liberty Bell
White House
Payment In Kind program details for 1983 front page news
Front page notes outline PIK rules for summer fallow producers designating land for 1983. Grazing allowed during February 28 to October 31, with a six month window set by the ASC committee. Mechanical harvesting prohibited. Wheat planted before the announcement may graze or cut for hay. substantial destruction required by county deadline to avoid grain production. Stubble may be eligible cover if approved. Storage payments, loan maturity timing, and responsibility for PIE and cotton loans are specified, with liquidation order for cotton loans and year-based choices for grain producers only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
Soil Conservation Service
CCC
Thomas Shafter Tuesday district staff to meet residents
Congressman Bill Thomas will send district office staff to Shafter on Tuesday February 1 to meet local residents about federally related problems and collect views. Office hours are 9 to 11 a.m. at Shafter City Hall. Staff also visit Buttonwillow Public Library January 31 from 2 to 4 p.m. to help residents with Social Security and veterans payments and relay concerns to the congressman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Thomas
Shafter
Congressional District
Shafter City Hall
Council Chambers
James Street
Buttonwillow Public Library
S. Buttonwillow Drive
Thomas
Buttonwillow
Pesticide safety course offered at Shafter High School
A short term ag course on safe use and handling of pesticides will be held at Shafter High School Ag Building on February 19 at 8 a.m. Instructor Mario Ibarra will teach in English and Spanish, covering safety equipment, first aid, regulations, handling, and type of pesticides. Limited to 35. cancellations if under 20. Reservations: Shafter High School, 746-4961 or 805-327-2017.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School Ag
Manuel Avenue
Shafter
Mario Ibarra
Call Shafter High School
Honig Sets Passing Scores for California Test
State Superintendent Bill Honig announced CBEST passing scores for the California Basic Educational Skills Test. The 70 percent reading, 65 percent math, and 67 percent writing thresholds reflect advisory board input and December and October test results from 6,943 credential candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Bill Honig
California
Gary Hart
Santa Barbara
Educational Testing Service
State Department of Education
The
Commission For Teacher Preparation and Licensing
Honig
Founder's Day Program Set by Richland PTA
Richland PTA will present its Founder's Day program on Tuesday February 8 1983 at 7 00 in the Primary Cafetorium. Fifth grade classes led by Mr Assef Mrs Saulsbury Mrs Shaffner Mrs Caveness Mrs Silliman Mrs Nichols and Mrs Young will cover colonization Civil War westward expansion and World Wars I and II. Junior High students directed by Janet Johnson will trace from the 1950s to today with an oral presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Pta
Shaffer
Assef
Saulsbury
Shaffner
Caveness
Silliman
Nichols
Young
Janet Johnson
Mark Reppert
Randy Cross
Bob Krause
Environmental workshop at Cal State Bakersfield Ext Studies
Cal State Bakersfield Extended Studies hosts a full day environmental science workshop for teachers and environmental education enthusiasts on Saturday February 5 from 8 am to 6 30 pm in Science Building room 180. Topics cover Kern County ecological communities FACT CALM conservation agencies aids and materials plus curriculum demonstrations. Luncheon and guest speaker included. Fees 15 non credit 25 credit. Contact Dr Ted Murphy or Lars Helgeson for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal State
Bakersfield
CSB
Kern County
Facility For Animal Care and Treatment
FACT
California Living Museum
Ted Murphy
CSB Department of Biology
Lars Helgeson
Light From Andromeda Reaches Earth Before Early Humans
The fragment notes that Andromeda’s light began its journey long before the appearance of the first humans, highlighting the vast timescales of cosmic history and the distance between galaxies.
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Andromeda
Earth
Shafter Festival posts left vacant as officials resign
The Sixth Annual Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival loses general chairman and finance head Edwin Wilson. Plans for a City Hall are reviewed by architect Ernest McCoy as Bob Bann is named president of the Shafter-Wasco Community Concert Association. The Shafter High Honor Orchestra concert features 300 top Kern County students. Pioneer citizen T. V. Little dies in Los Angeles. DAR Good Citizens honor goes to Lynn Weidmann. Buttonwillow updates include staffing changes at the warehouse and Joe Peoples opening a new West Front Street drive-in. Local league wins and past notable events are noted. winds whip dust south of I 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Edwin Wilson
Shafter City
Ernest McCoy
Bob Bann
Shafter - Wasco
Kern County
Shafter High School
Thurston Vincent
T.V.” Little
Los Angeles
Lynn Weidmann
M.L. Weidmann
Good Citizens
Daughters of the American Revolution
Buttonwillow
Tom Braun
Joe
Kathy Miller
Ben Grundy
Clara Schnidt
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
James D. Paul
Department of Motor Vehicles
Mike Torigiani
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Cok
Brown
Logton Skae Co
Independent Insurance
Odie L. Miller
Odie L
Merving
Ontempory Christian Music
Kern
Cowboy Dreams of Memorial Library
Cotton Warehouse
Thomas Shafter
CBEST
Dave Gordon
Patrick Chladek
Jeanette Wheeler
J.B. Peoples
West Front Street
Buttonwillow Boys
Kern County Recreation
Mountain View
Lamont
Thomas Ray Goodwin
Poso Street
Jane
Planning Commission
Shafter Convalescent Hospital
Blaine Wilard
Patsy Quary
Bonnie Alvidrez
Magic Mountain
William C. Douglas
Sheriff's Sibstation
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