4-H offers family fun and learning through local projects
Local 4-H enables whole family participation beyond livestock. Projects span aviation cooking photography and many topics with CSU supplied manuals making guidance easy for parents to lead. Families like the Krauses share how mini gardens aviation and other projects foster learning and prizes at fair time.
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Bob
Marsha Krause
Sunset Magazine
Krause
Marcia
Richland
Kristi
Michael
Richland Jr. High
Video programs arrive at Kern County Shafter Library
Kern County Library branches receive MacArthur Foundation funded video collections featuring Vietnam A Television History The Ascent of Man Nova The Living Planet and 16 more titles. Beale Memorial Library houses a nearly 2000 item resource collection. two day $1 loan per video for patrons 18 plus with library card. Summer Reading Club starts June 19 at 2 30 p.m. balloon lunch limited to 50 children. August 15 ends the program. Shafter Library address 236 James St phone 746-2156.
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Kern County
Shafter
John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur
Living Planet
MacArthur
Shafter Branch
Encouragement and gratitude from a grateful writer
A personal note emphasizes prioritizing encouragement for friends and readers. The writer thanks Gretchen Zachary and a mystery admirer, urges timely kind words, and reflects on family love, parenting lessons, and the role of appreciation in sustaining relationships. The message ends inviting replies to Sandy Armstrong in Shafter, California.
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Gretchen Zachary
Gretchen
Cindy Peters
Cindy
Sandy Armstrong
P.O. bin A
Shafter
Gonzales to Wed Beauchamp in Fall Ceremony
Devina B. Gonzales of Shafter and Dennis Beauchamp of Bakersfield announced plans to wed in the fall. Beauchamp is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Beauchamp of Bakersfield. Gonzales attended Shafter schools and graduated from Shafter High School in 1985.
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Devina B. Gonzales
Shafter
Dennis Beauchamp
Bakersfield
Shafter High School
Beauchamp
John Beauchamp
Shafter Historical Society holds May luncheon at Green Hotel
Kern County Historical Society installed at Shafter Green Hotel on May 21 under an oak. A talk on Shafter history by Stan Wilson impressed the audience. Donations were sent to local historical groups. Plans discussed for the 10th anniversary and a computer setup for the society. Next board meeting slated for July 3 at noon at the Shafter Motel restaurant.
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Kern County Historical Society
Shafter Green Hotel
Green Hotel
Pat Wilson
Shafter Historical Society Board
John Ludeke
ECHS
Ludeke
Shafter
Stan Wilson
Shafter Depot
The
County History Society
Shafter Historical Society
Green Hotel Restoration Committee
Steve Reimer
Sandy
Brian Kroeker
Manuel Park
Wilson
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California Ave. Shafter
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E. Tulare Ave
Sevice
Children's
Shafter Free Will Baptist Church
Redwood Dr
Free Will Christian Academy
Dean Long
Imethodisth
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W. Lerdo Hwy
Larry Cluff
Gonzales
Pat Bryant
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!