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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1986
Page
5
A reader critiques an old magazine feature that promotes clothing tricks to hide figure flaws. The writer questions body shame, urges personal change through diet and exercise, and invites responses, sharing contact details for feedback from Shafter California.
Gilbert and Gabrielle Holguin announce the birth of LaTasha Marie Holguin on July 17, 1986 at Kern Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces and measured 20-1/4 inches. Grandparents Angelo and Yvonne Falcone and Angelita Holguin of Shafter attend, with brother Gilbert Jr. aged 2-12. Commodities distribution in Shafter on Monday August 4 from 12 noon to 5 pm at Veterans Hall 301 California. contact KCEOC Wasco at 758-5374 for Eulalia Lerichi.
Agricultural Officials announce a third CRP signup from August 4 to August 15, 1986. Under the Food Security Act of 1985 the program offers up to 50 000 annual rental payments to farm owners or operators who enter a 10 year contract to convert highly erodible cropland to permanent vegetative cover with a 50 percent cost share for establishment. If land is returned to production during the contract, government costs may be repaid with interest, though national need can waive penalties. Kern County ASCS Office contact details provided.
Army private Benjamin D. Keeteneencene E. and Rodriguez of Shafter California has arrived for duty with the Sun Field Artillery in West Germany as a cannon crewman.
Don and Evelyn Little enjoyed a few days along the Morro Bay coast in their new travel trailer with beach walks and seafood dining. The Reiger family vacationed in Canada visiting Abbottsford and Expo 86 in Vancouver, while Denise prepares to move to Biola University in Los Angeles. Katherine Warkentin of Shafter and daughter Margaret Matherly of Henderson joined a reunion in Vancouver with siblings and extended family, also touring Expo 86 with relatives from San Diego Bakersfield and Herbert Saskatchewan.
A chronologically arranged events column lists activities in Shafter Bakersfield and nearby areas. It includes museum open days at Shafter Depot, living history tours at Fort Tejon, a Liberty statue exhibit at Kern County Museum, a Davy Crockett melodrama, Rosewood retirement film night, San Juan Bautista flea market with pancake breakfast, Mid-State Fair concerts, a Dante Hall dance, and film nights, with contact numbers for details.
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