Shafter High School Air Conditioning Push and Camp Offer
A Kern Union High School District committee urges air conditioning for Shafter and other district schools with 100 degree classrooms. The plan, favored by trustees, could be a separate bond proposal. Also notes rising classroom harassment and a tough stance policy. Shafter day camp for 8 to 12 year olds offered by Parks and Recreation for 250 dollars for five days.
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Shafter High School
Citizens
Kern Union High School
Shafter
Ite
Arvin
Kern Valley
Bakersfield
Burroughs
Foothill
West
Highland
KHSD
Faculty Association
Kern County Parks and Recreation Department
Shafter Recreation Commission
Camp
Oki- Hi
Kern River
Temperature swings ease as breeze lowers heat wave
A heat spell weakened by a steady breeze after a 102 degree day. Temperatures ranged from a 64 degree low to a high in the 80s at the USDA Cotton Research Station near Shafter with daily extremities listed for June.
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Usda Cotton Research Station
Shafter
Richland Board Adopts Tentative Budget of 1 878 641
Richland trustees approve a tentative budget totaling 1 878 641 for the coming year with a new reserve of 159 506. The plan hinges on a Stiern bill that could add 62 000 in local income. if it fails the secured tax roll drops to 392 220 and the reserve to 96 252.
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Richland Trustees
Walter Stiern
Stiern
Bill Cummings
KHSD Faces 2.2 Million Budget Slash for 1974 75
Kern High School District proposes cuts totaling 2.2 million dollars to balance the 28.755 million dollar 1974 75 budget amid inflation and SB 90. Board urges a revenue election possibly November 5, to fund operations and capital needs, with staff reductions and maintenance projects among areas hit.
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Kern
Board of Trustees
Harry J. Ward, Jr
Cote
D. E. Ruggenberg
Ruggenberg
Four year old Shafter boy dies in speeding car crash
Anthony Mahan was killed when an out of control car driven by Michael Wayne Ary struck the group he was with on a Friday night near Famoso-Woody Road. Turman Mahan was injured. Ary faces felony man slaughter and felony drunk driving charges. services for Anthony were conducted at Shafter Memorial Park.
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Shafter
Kern County
California Highway Patrol
Anthony Mahan
Harold Mahan
Pine Street
Michael Wayne Ary
East Orange
Michael Flad
Mark Street
Famoso-Woody Road
Ary
CHP
Flud
Famoso Drag Strip
Primary settles most county offices with two runoffs
All county elective posts except sheriff and Third District supervisor decided in the June Direct Primary. Loustalot leads with 26 613 votes facing George Whiting 13 827 in a runoff for Sheriff to succeed retiring Charles Dodge. Eugene G Young 1016 and Jim Hayden 351 also head to runoff for Third District supervisor. Continued on Page 2.
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Loustalot
George Whiting
Charles Dodge
Eugene G
Gene) Young
Jim Hayden
Manslaughter suspect faces grass charge in Shafter
Michael Ary, 21, of 251 East Orange Shafter, is charged with felony manslaughter and felony drunk driving in the death of a 4 year old Shafter boy and is set for arraignment on a marijuana charge. Police say Ary cultivated marijuana in his backyard and a plant was seized. He faces a jury trial July 10 for disturbing the peace and public intoxication.
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Michael Ary
East Orange
Shafter
Justice Court
Manslaughter arrest clears up family mix up
Mrs. Eugene Ary of Shafter says she has received calls about a manslaughter case involving a 4 year old death. She asserts her son Michael Dean Ary, 24, is not the charged man. Police say Michael Wayne Ary, 21, of Shafter was arrested. she notes her son lives in Bakersfield and they are not related.
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Eugene Ary
Shafter
Way Man
Ary
Michael Dean Ary
Michael Wayne Ary
Bakersfield
Controversy Over Roe Homes Project Sparks Citizen Protest
Citizens in Shafter protest a proposed 17 acre housing tract on Elm State and Pine Streets amid delays for an Environmental Impact Report. Developer Marvin Roe faces potential losses as critics call for review after initial Planning Commission approval of tentative maps and a Negative Declaration.
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Shafter
Marvin Roe
Shafter Press
Elm
State
Pine Streets
Neige
Richland School District
Farm Home Administration
Planning Commission
Roger Hatch
Roe
Carol Patrick
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San Joaquin Hospital
Thurman Mahan
California Avenue
Young Anthony
Agee Funeral Home
Shafter Memorial Park
Edward Rhoades
First Baptist Church
Tonya
Tina Parker
Euill Mahan
Edwin David
McFarland
Irene Goodin
Delano
Gene Ary
Roe Homes
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