BIND City to provide rural bus transportation
The city council approved a plan to share a backup bus with the county, leased by Wide One Corporation with 69 percent city and 31 percent county funding. Wide One builds a bus for the Shafter Shuttle and will handle major power train repairs unless damage is city caused. Council also addressed a conflict of interest amendment and approved wastewater study payments. Fire activity doubled from last year with 48 calls in May.
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Wide One
Shafter
Wide One Corp
Elmer Unruh
Dagny A. Lane
Atlantic Beach
Florida
Jacksonville
San Jose
Cal
al Mortimore
Loyd Link
Ceduna
Cliff Ratzlaff
Don Little
Little
Five arrested for marijuana seizure at Wasco address
Five men were arrested at 604 A Ninth Street Wasco on June 6 after Kern County narcotics officers and Wasco police seized 100 pounds of marijuana with a street value around 32000 dollars. Arrested were Margarita Ayala Fores 29 Alcadio Barrera Hinojosa did not specify age Advento Garza Perez 30 Eliseo Moreno 23 Eduviges Moreno 20 all charged with possession of marijuana for sale and related counts and booked into Kern County Jail.
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Shafter
Wasco
Kern County Sheriff's Deputies
Kern County Sheriff's Department
Wasco Police Department
9Th Street
Margarita Ayala Fores
Alcadio Barrera Hinojosa
Eduviges Moreno
Mari
Juana
Advento Garza Perez
Eliseo Moreno
Controversial Elconon Judge to Hear Shafter Cases
Judge Milton A. Elconin of the Western Municipal Court will be in Shafter on June 23 at 2 p.m. in the County Building to hear cases. In a prior visit he dismissed 14 cases amid a dispute with Police Chief Gene Kaplan, prompting critical comments from Superior Court Judge Joseph Noriega.
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Shafter
Milton A. Elconin
Western Municipal Court
Elconin
Gene Kaplan
Kaplan
Joseph Noriega
Noriega
City Hall
State discus champ Bender crowns Shafter history at finals
Paul Bender of Shafter High won the state discus title at UC Berkeley, posting 192 ft 9 in 191 ft 2 in 188 ft cap 186 ft 6 in while beating Walnut’s Gary Zimmerman. He set a best mark of 196 ft 2 in in practice, qualified for Golden West in Sacramento, national meet in Chicago, and Junior Olympics, making Kern County proud as Shafter tied Tulare for seventh in team standings. Dale Ashley also qualified, finishing fourth in his heat in the 300 meter hurdles but missing the finals.
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Paul Bender
Shafter High School
UC Berkeley
Gary Zimmerman
Walnut
Bender
Sacramento
Chicago
Shafter High
Kern County
Foothill
Lonnie Shelton
Tulare
Dale Ashley
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Bind City
Elconon
Los Angeles
Vernon Pearce
Wiliam Joseph Rasmusoen
Cherry Avenue
Adi
Lerdo Highway
Travis Romine
S. Shafter Avenue
Rasmussen
Wayne Wong
Aaron Wilson
Rosemarie Affentranger
Diane Woo
Debbie Mitchell
Paula Kurtz
Kendra Peters
Marjorie Neufled
Beth
Dizege
UC Ban
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