Center expands space with new Butler Building facility
The activity center will add three physical education rooms and one in-school suspension class, using a 95 by 125 foot metal structure with a 26 foot ceiling. RLSD previously rented Veterans Hall and Shafter High School. Estimated cost over 20 years is about $250,000. Butler Manufacturing will build the hangarlike facility, with hopes for phase two funding for a second floor by May 1994.
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All Aboard the OR Buttonwillow Event June 26
More from quet will be held June 26 at 133 E First St with theme All Aboard the OR Buttonwillow. Cost 15 dollars. awards and social hour 5 30 p m. tri ump dinner 7 p m. entertainment and casino follow. Reserve early due to limited seating. Contact BRPD at 764 5205 or P O Box 434 Buttonwillow CA 93026. Jesse Smith cowboy poet joins John Dofflemyer Al Pinetree and Ed Brown in a return engagement at the Green Hotel Saturday evening June 26. Call 746 5721 for information. Correction The names of two dogs whose photos appeared on page two in last week’s edition were inverted by the Bakersfield printer. The Press regrets the error. NOTICE The Shafter Press reserves the right to revise censor reject amend or edit any editorial copy at any time.
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Writers invited to Bakersfield CWC chapter meeting
The Arts Council of Kern invites writers of all genres to form a California Writers Club chapter. An organizational meeting is set for Tuesday June 15 at 6 p.m. in the Arts Council of Kern Conference Room. The CWC, founded in San Francisco by Jack London George Sterling and Herman Whitaker, now has about 800 members. The club facilitates idea exchange, information, inspiration, and access to agents editors and publishers with monthly meetings. The biennial Writers Conference will be July 23-25 at the Asilomar Center in Pacific Grove. call 324 9000 for details.
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Pacific Grove
Building Permits and Home Prices See Mixed April Trends
Pared building permits total 77.964 million with Wasco and McFarland showing strong year to date gains led by 11 single family dwellings valued at 469,006. Taft posts a 100 percent drop to 500 this year. statewide CAR reports April median existing home price at 193,010, down 2.9 percent from last year. Freddie 7.46 percent fixed rates in April down from March and 1992 levels. San Francisco remains the priciest market at 246,590 while high desert lingers at 112,360.
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City eyes redevelopment for east Shafter area
Saldana says city works with property owners and taxing entities to avoid financial impact from redevelopment. Annexation east of Shafter quadrupled city size, airport district hoped to boost tax base. Public opinion expected at July 12 hearing with mixed views. Knapp and MFAD GM Kirk Nelson back redevelopment. Nelson aims to shift districts toward residential schools.
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