Hammond remembered as part of America's Greatest Generation
The account profiles Reg Hammond a WWII veteran of the 90th Infantry Division who fought under Patton in Europe and earned five battle stars and two Bronze Stars. It covers his faith his Canada birth his move to Ventura California his GI Bill inspired education at UCSB teaching career in Shafter and Fairfax and his pride in postwar Shafter camaraderie.
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Tom Brokaw
NBC Nightly News
America
Hammond
U.S. Army
Europe
90Th Infantry
France
90Th
Patton
Third Army
Canada
Reg
Ventera
California
George MacPherson
Ventura
MacPherson
Margery
Congress
University of California At Santa Barbara
Richland
Shafter
Fairfax
Shafter Excluded From Empowerment Zone Benefits
Four Central Valley communities including Orange Cove Huron Parker and the Tule River Council miss Empowerment Zone designations. The plan would have funded ten year grants of 250 000 annually plus tax credits and deductions under WOTC Browfields and QZAB. Editor Jesse Atondo notes the program's fiscal context and local impact.
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Dooley
Orange Cove
Huron
Parker
Tule River
Eee Eeeaer Meer
Treasury
Jesse Atondo
Alvin Tiller
Lamont Reporter
Pastor Creech Fought A Good Fight Dies At 52
Pastor Tommy Creech longtime Shafter Christian Assembly leader died January 20 1999 after battles with cancer He earned the nickname Miracle on 34th Street at Memorial Hospital Bakersfield Funeral services were held January 25 at Shafter Christian Assembly with interment at Shafter Memorial Park Burial followed by a line of pastors as casketbearers including Rev Robert Shirley and Rev Don Brown Creech born October 29 1946 in Grass Valley served in the US Army 1969 1972 and ministered across California through the 1970s and 1980s He was married to Linda Donaghe in 1967.
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Shafter
Tommy Creech
St. Paul
Creech
Shafter Christian Assembly
Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield
34Th Street
Peters Funeral Home
Shafter Christian Assembly Church
Marvin Bell
The
Christian Evangelistic Assemblies
Shafter Memorial Park
Robert Shirley
Don Brown
Robert Garcia
Ray Cooper
Gary Nichols
Tom Baker
Leroy Stone
David Schooler
John Maroney
Grass Valley
James
Gail (Tefertiller) Creech
California
Woodlake
Farmersville
Linda Donaghe
U.S. Army
Pastor Creech
First Assembly
Community notices for Shafter area events and services
Theweekly listings include the Chamber of Commerce Awards dinner at Veterans Hall on Jan 28 with reception at 6, dinner 6:30, entertainment 7:30, awards at 8 and tickets at 746-2500. Also high school blood drives on Feb 3 from 8 to 3:30 and community drive March 31 from 2 to 6 at Veterans Hall. IRS EITC help on Feb 6 and 27 at Walker Senior Center 10 to 2, toll free 1-800-829-1040. Hospice support groups meet Thursdays at Hoffman Hospice Valley with caregiver and grief sessions. call 833-3900.
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Chamber of Commerce
Veteran’s Hall
Shafter High School
Shafter Lions Club
IRS
Walker Senior Center
Hoffman Hospice of
the Valley
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Harry Hammond
Jesse Atunde
Margaret Baker
Richland Lendo District
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