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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1975
Page
4
Sixty Kern High School District students will spend the summer improving county mountain wilderness areas. Under the Summer Program for Economically Disadvantaged Youth SPEDY they will be directed by the U.S. Forest Service and aided by a federal grant and several cooperating organizations.
Senator Cranston announced California youth will get about 44.375 million dollars for summer jobs under a Congress approved program. The Kern County share totals 794 thousand dollars, with 30 students per session to work in mountain areas and camps, paid 2.10 dollars per hour for nine weeks, through CETA and KHSD administration.
Stallion Springs plans a Independence Day celebration on Saturday July 5 headlined by a Music Man style performance from Forrest Tucker. The event features a gala picnic, balloon rides and fireworks at the mountain resort 16 miles east of Tehachapi but moves from July 4 to a day later.
Raymond A. Mettler announces a new 60 by 140 foot poultry and sheep judging building for the Kern County Fair. The facility adds 4200 square feet per department and moves poultry and rabbits from the back near the shop area to a western livestock location for better exposure to visitors. A new sheep judging area will free space for about 200 holding animals. Ongoing improvements include paving, cement wash pits, underground wiring, mercury vapor lights, and five 11 500 cubic feet coolers for Home Arts.
Mettler heads the Buildings and Grounds Committee with Howard K Dickson and Don M Johnston. The board aims to improve facilities each year for fairgoers exhibitors hosts and hostesses. Fair dates for 1975 run September 26 to October 4.
TV logs list June 26 listings including NBC Nightly News at 7 and 7:30 p.m. and prime time titles such as Barney Miller The Rockford Files Streets of San Francisco and Victory at Sea. Late movies and late talk shows appear, with channels including NBC ABC and PBS noted.
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