Shafter Community Events Preview and Meetings
Shafter Friends of the Library meet January 31 at 7 p.m. to plan the 25th anniversary. A joint community service meeting with Congressman Bill Thomas is set for February 15, with lunch served. Richland Intermediate hosts SCICON Dinner February 3. May Festival and Cinco de Mayo planning sessions occur February 1 and 6. Public transit input session February 4. Information lines provided for contacts.
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Friends of the Shafter Library
Shafter
Community Services
Shafter Veteran's Hall
Bill Thomas
Linda Gragg
Jeannette Hernstedt
Richland Intermediate School
Richland
Jobies
Richland-Lerdo
PAC
Deanna Root
George Collins
Jobie’s
Shafter Chamber Names 1991 Award Winners and Budgets
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce announced awards at a January installation banquet with Citizen of the Year Judge Gary Ingle and Agricultural Award to Thurston Tut Anderson. Other honors went to Ray Cummings and Mel Parrett as Community Service and Business Award recipients respectively. The board also discussed sponsoring the Bakersfield Dodgers game and outlined a plan to fund events with higher turnout, while planning a budget meeting for January 31 at Giovanni's.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Bakersfield Dodgers
Shafter
Louise Jones
Joe Kirk
North Kern
Gary Ingle
Ray Cummings
Cummings Vacuum Service
Mel Parrett
Parrett
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Tut” Anderson
RTC kickback probe widens against city officials
District Attorney investigates alleged kickbacks to Chief Greg Greeson from RTC extending at least a week. Capt. John Porter on administrative leave after a Jan. 9 complaint alleging Greeson and City Manager Wade McKinney benefited from RTC. City Attorney John Brown calls charges unfounded while Assistant D.A. Tauzer declines merit ruling. Gardemeyer says Porter misreads RTC financing. Gardemeyer Development built three Kern County RTC sites and pays start-up costs including guard training.
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Greg Greeson
RTC
Bakersfield
Californian
Capt
John Porter
Porter
Greeson
Wade McKinney
McKinney
John Brown
San Francisco
Brown
Stephen M. Tauzer
Dennis Gardemeyer
Gardemeyer Development Co
Shafter
Gardemeyer
Kern County
Minter Field Sets April Airshow Dates for 1991
The Minter Field Airport District board approved April 27 and 28 for the 1991 airshow after considering later dates. Plans to shift dates were dropped due to conflicts with local events like the May Festival and Cinco de Mayo. The meeting also approved about $60 to install deadbolt office locks and took no action on a left turn request for Bidart Bros Farms on the easement road.
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Minter Field Airport District
MFAD
Minter Field
Shafter
Fice
Bidart Bros
Airport Westside
California Highway Patrol
Bidart
Permits show big year end increase in Shafter
The Board of Trade released year end building permit valuations with Shafter showing a 241 percent rise to 11.35 million in 1990 from 3.33 million in 1989 while Kern County rose 5 percent to 737.72 million. December activity was weak nationwide with Kern County down 27 percent. January figures for Shafter included three new residential permits totaling 279,224 and eight remodel permits totaling 35,249 along with one commercial remodel for 5,000 at the former Johnson's site.
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Board of Trade
Shafter
Kern County
Ann Gutcher
Kern
Middle East
Johnson’s Department
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Flora Nichols
Buttonwillow
Pioneer Senior
Chamber
By Dee NaQuin
Thurston ‘‘Tut
Anderson
Kirk
Clay Appleton
Cathy Prout
Kari Appleton
Shafter Press
Giovanni's
Darlene Williams
D.A
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