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Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1984

Page

2

Amanda Soliz Shafter transit driver enjoys warm city life

Amanda Soliz, a Parker, Arizona native and Chemehuevi tribal member, serves as a part time City Hall clerk and now as Dial a Ride driver in Shafter. She brings experience from Parker tribal police and court work, studied business, and promotes daily ridership and friendly service while balancing family life and cultural ties.

Shafter Amanda Soliz Parker Arizona Amanda Penie Herirthplace City Hall City Public Works Department Mark Kristina Hector Soliz Soliz Brothers Trucking Superior Farms Colorado River Buena Vista Lakes Bureau of Indian Affairs Phoenix Tribal Police Department

Festival planning notes from Shafter Chamber of Commerce

Sixteen members of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce Potato and Cotton Festival Committee met to evaluate the May festival. They discussed parade routing, staging, entry forms, judging numbering, and security for next year. The report covers venue use, Junior Miss activities, 1985 parade refurbishments, and potential firefighter muster. Street cleaning schedules announced for June to August with district by day.

Shafter Chamber of Commerce Potato & Cotton Festival Committee Veteran's Hall Key Club

California EDD reports record payroll gains and falling unemployment

The California Employment Development Department reports May 1984 unemployment at 7.7 percent with 327,770 regular unemployment insurance recipients, the lowest since December 1979. Payroll employment rose by 59,100 over April to 10,300,500, led by gains in trade, services, and manufacturing, while the state added 20,000 jobs to a new total employed of 11,524,000.

California Employment Development Department EDD California

Seminar on Five Years Pix Experiment at Cotton Station

Dr Tom Kerby Extension Cotton Specialist will present a seminar at the USDA Cotton Research Station on June 14 at 2 pm. The session reviews five years of Pix plant growth regulator data, its effects on growth and development, interactions with cultural practices, and how timing and rate adjustments affect cotton fruiting.

Tom Kerby USDA Shafter Avenue Pix

City Council weighs brush and reef charges for homes

City invites public comment at the June 11 1984 meeting on a brush collection fee of .54 per month for single family homes and .27 for multi family units and a reef collection charge of .38 for single family homes and .19 for others. All residents are urged to attend City Hall at 7 30 p.m. to speak.

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