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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1989
Page
1
The City of Shafter requests nominations for the Downtown Parking and Business Improvement Area Board. Qualifications require owning a business in the area or representing a business owner and paying a business license fee. Nominations due by 4 30 p m Friday May 26 at 320 James Street, Shafter California 93263.
Groundbreaking for the $185 million Wasco Prison drew 150 officials and residents. The 2,450 bed facility near Shafter will serve as reception, medium security, and small minimum unit with 800 to 1,200 jobs. first inmates due January 1991 and full capacity by May. Local impacts include 20 percent of spending and at least 10 percent of staff to settle in Shafter, with an annual budget of $44 million and average salary around $31,000.
Lisa Houser, 17, was named Shafter Junior Miss at a May 19 ceremony in the Shafter High School Auditorium. She spoke of the group’s unity and her plans to represent Shafter positively while preparing for the California State Junior Miss in Santa Rosa August 9 to 20, with finals on August 19. Her jazz dance talent helped her impress judges alongside other contestants.
A Bakersfield man, Kenneth Duty, 42, died at the scene after a Ford welding truck left Lerdo Highway two miles west of Lost Hills Road, rolled into a field, then collided with a concrete canal. The CHP reports Duty was westbound at 60 mph, accelerated to over 100 mph, and was ejected through the windshield. Investigation continues to determine the cause of the crash.
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