Shafter Council Honors Cliff Ratzlaff on Retirement
Shafter officials marked the first meeting of the new administration with a plaque for Cliff Ratzlaff recognizing decades of service as Ball’s fire chief from 1964 to 1961 and applauding his outstanding city service. The council discussed a Shafter Historical Society Building Committee, curb and gutter work, and a depot site plan, while budget notes and staff reclassifications were approved.
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Cliff Ratzlaff
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Islaff
Shafter Historical Society
Elmer
Farm Bureau official briefs chamber on medfly outbreak
Charles Drew of Kern County Farm Bureau spoke to the Chamber about a medfly infestation. He outlined quarantine steps and ongoing eradication plans, noting 170 square miles are affected and warning growers of further containment actions.
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Farm Bureau
Kern County Farm Bureau
Drew
Seegene Drew
Police arrest traffic violators in Lerdo Highway area
Shafter Police arrested Sergio Calzada Sega near Lerdo Highway after a street patrol apprehended two others. Freddie Valdez Mirand, 19, of Earlimart, California, is in custody. Two suspects remain at large.
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Sega
Shafter Police
Ation
Freddie Valdez Mirand
Earlimart
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Kern Solomons board member Starrh led water case
Kern County leader Starrh, active since 1973, represents Division One in the county farm bureau. He has served as president of the Kern County Farm Bureau, director of the California Farm Bureau Federation, and chaired the Farm Bureau Natural Resources and water problems committee. He sits on boards including Water Association of Kern County and Cotton Board, with interests in Shafter and the surrounding water districts. The family resides in Shafter with two Nesey tard onees, as broader statewide water con struction decisions loom.
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California Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau Natural Resources and Water Problems Committee
Cal Cotton’ Board
Starr
Rosedale
Shafter-Wasco
Shafter
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Monterey
Rolf Jacobsen
New Shafter High School
Arnie Smith
Jan Stuebbe
Smith
Mike Reese
Grundy
Neareness
Lerdo Highwater
Ecuinty Smallycaive
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