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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1974
Page
4
Two Shafter residents died in separate traffic crashes last week, bringing this month’s total traffic fatalities in Shafter to six. Timothy Anderson, 29, and Doyle Cole, 42, were named in official reports with details of each incident and burial arrangements.
Mortimore presented an ordinance to the Planning Commission read and referred from the City Council two weeks earlier. The measure would raise the minimum lot size for parcels northeast of the designated area as part of the ongoing EIR process.
The panel postponed several actions after discussions on 75 foot wide lots in northeast Shafter and 60 foot wide lots in southwest Shafter. A grid plan denial proposal was introduced with exceptions. Hearings and studies were ordered on a zoning change and a conditional use permit for Lerdo Highway continuation classes.
Kern High School District administrators warn Senate Bill 90 raises local property taxes by reducing state funding as local assessed valuation rises. Board members note a $200 million valuation increase would have increased funds under current rates, but SB 90 cuts state support instead. They seek legislative changes for fair funding.
AEC will publish an Early Site Review Report by September 12 on the Wasco area for the San Joaquin Nuclear Power Project. The report will assess geology hydrology and seismology to gauge feasibility without committing to the site. Estimated project cost rises to about 3 billion with Kern County as a primary beneficiary through construction and payroll impacts.
A reader from Shafter cites a recent train car fatality and warns that without a crossing gate arms more lives may be lost. The letter notes the danger of crossing the main street, the cost of gates, and difficulty seeing warning lights during the day.
Mrs. H. H. Tate, longtime Shafter resident, has been home a week after a two week hospital stay for a heart attack and is gradually progressing under care from daughters Claudine Higbee of Shafter and Georgia Holsonbake of Grover City. Bud Boggs of Shafter and five friends plan a Sierra pack trip with six riding horses and five pack horses, joined by Ernie Sweet of Santa Maria, Bud Karr and Rog Rogers of Rosedale, Percy Hoffman of Bakersfield, and Fred Karr of Torrance.
Letter from Mrs. Lawrence J. Chavez of Bakersfield asks for immediate action to install crossing gates at Central Avenue and Shafter Avenue to prevent fatalities. She argues money should not determine safety and cites a fatality involving a wealthy family. The editor notes crossings will be scheduled with highway work on Central Valley Highway.
Funeral services will be held 10 a m Tuesday at Mish Funeral Home Shafter for Charles Lewis Pierce 74 of 577 Harris Drive Shafter who died July 21 in a Bakersfield hospital after a long illness Reverend H D Rutledge will officiate and interment will follow at Shafter Memorial Park Pierce a native of Nevada City lived in Shafter for years worked 15 years as a UC Radiation Laboratory technician in Livermore veteran of World War II survivors include widow Ina Lou three sons Clifford D Wingfield Hershel C and Herbert Lee a daughter Luenne Cayer a brother Walter and 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Bruce Montgomery, son of Mr and Mrs Chad G Montgomery of 289 E Orange Ave Shafter, has earned the rank of sergeant in the U S Air Force. An aircraft mechanic at Williams AFB Arizona he attended Shafter High School and studied at Bakersfield College and Mesa Community College in Maricopa County Arizona.
The Richland School District invites bids for floor covering and installation for the Richland School Cafeteria. Bids due by 4 p.m. August 1, 1974 at the administration office in Shafter California. Public opening on or about August 1 1974. Work must be completed by August 23 1974. The district may accept or reject any bid and may waive irregularities.
Sealed proposals for the Shafter sewer repair project in Shafter California will be accepted at the Kern County Clerk of the Board by August 12 1974 at 2 00 p m and publicly opened in the Board Chambers. Plans specifications and standard proposal forms are available at the Kern County Public Works Department. Bids must meet licensing and wage requirements, and the county reserves the right to reject all bids.
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