Shafter Fourth of July events and local notices
The Shafter Chamber sponsors the 1989 Fourth of July program with a 6 p.m. start and fireworks at 9 p.m. Activities prizes and refreshments will be provided by the Shafter Recreation and Park District and the Shafter United Methodist Band will perform. Also details on a Walt Disney feature film screening and local degree announcements.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Shafter Recreation and Park District
Shafter United Methodist Band
Walt Disney
Roger Rabbit
Shafter Veteran’s Memorial Hall
Preliminary master plan outlines $3 million airport upgrades
The Minter Field Airport District board reviewed a Hodges and Shutt plan with fold out maps detailing a capital program over 10 to 20 years. It cites a five year project valued at $1,230,000, with $125,000 district funding and $1,105,000 FAA grants, including a parallel taxiway along runway 12 30 and upgrades to lighting.
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Minter Field Airport
Ter
Marion Kirk Nelson
Federal Aviation Administration
Restoration complete for 1920 Seagraves Fire Truck in Bakersfield
After 18 months of work volunteers led by Eric Cramer restored a 1920 Seagraves fire engine once used by Bakersfield, then Shafter, now owned by volunteers. Displayed at Valley Plaza, the pumper, capable of 750 gallons per minute, will lead in a Bakersfield muster and parade events this weekend.
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Seagraves
Shafter
Tehachapi
Eric Cramer
Bakersfield
City of
Pioneer Village
Cramer
Valley Plaza
Shafter graduate named to 1989 Fred Waring U S CHORUS
Robert MacNeil, a 1987 Shafter High graduate, earned a full scholarship to join the 1989 Fred Waring U S CHORUS, a 100 member youth group, for two and a half weeks of training at Penn State, featuring concerts and a Kennedy Center appearance in Washington, DC.
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Shafter High
Robert MacNeil
Fred Waring U.S
Penn State University
Pennsylvania
MacNeil
America
Sig
American Association of Choral Conductors
Fred Waring
Penn State
U.S
Washington, DC
Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Richland
Shafter
Lowell Bergman
Mennonite Church of
Shafter Police crack three drug busts in area
Local law enforcement conducted three drug busts in Shafter. Abelardo Guzman Flores, 22, faces marijuana possession with intent to sell and impairment charges after a Sunday raid at 1021 Alamo. Salvador Rios, 20s, was booked for heroin sales and possession after a June 20 traffic stop, with six heroin bindles and 12 13 more at a home on 127 E. Orange. Alberto Caballero, 27, and Elizabeth Aguirre, 28, along with Ramona Miller, 26, were arrested in an undercover operation for PCP sales and related offenses.
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Shafter
Abelardo Guzman Flores
Flores
Alamo
Salvador Rios
Shafter Avenue
Rios
E. Orange
Alberto Caballero
Elizabeth Theresa Aguirre
Ramona Miller
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St. Mark’s Church
Van
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo
Shafter Police Department
Alanon
Shafter Rehabilitation Center
East Lerdo Highway
Narcotics Anonymous
Lerdo Highway
Hodges and
SS Span Co
Bil Banell
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