Scouts Celebrate Blue and Gold Banquet in Wasco Shafter
Boy and Cub scouts from Wasco pack 950 and Shafter pack 913 attended the annual Blue and Gold Banquet at the Wasco Shafter Elks Lodge under the theme American ABCs. Col Rick Searfoss, retired Air Force and NASA astronaut, spoke about scouting roots and leadership guiding space careers.
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Wasco-Shafter Elks Lodge
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NASA
Searfoss
Space
Columbia
Atlantis
Scarfess
Wasco Shafter scouts celebrate ranks and beads ceremony
Angelfood program launches in Wasco Shafter area with Westside Family Fellowship hosting the event. Scouts from Wasco Pack 950 and Shafter Pack 913 earn Wolf Bear and Webelos ranks, beads, and arrow points, while community volunteers organize food box sales through the 1984 founded ministry. Elena Espinoza leads the Shafter Wasco effort, with March 9 deadline for orders and pickup on the fourth Saturday each month. The program offers half price groceries to families, stressing a hand up not hand out, and invites volunteers from local churches clubs and the community. For info call Westside Family Fellowship at 661-758-9013.
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Searfoss
Juan Buenrostro
Alex Buenrostro
Samuel Buenrostro
Anthony Coon
George Coon
Jaeda Harrison
Chris Gutierrez
Jose Magana
Carlos Rico
Adrian Saavedra
Santiago Vasquez
Andrew Bauona
Josh Collins
Pees
Shafter-Wasco
Kern County
Espinoza
Westside
Connect Club
Mennonite Church
Focus Club
Westside Family Fellowship
Community notices and events in Shafter area
Readers are invited to share story ideas with the editor or contact Angelfood Ministries for information. Linda and Ruth provide numbers for inquiries. Junior Miss scholarship tickets priced 65 dollars for 30 dollars from Kathy Enns for a March 20 event at Shafter High School. Shafter Chamber hosts a Business Networking Mixer March 19 5:30 to 6:30 at Sparklean of Shafter 203 Central Avenue.
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Angelfood Ministries
Church of God
Linda
Ruth
Shafter High School
Kathy Enns
Shafter
Shafter High Students Attend Bakersfield Conference
A group of juniors and seniors from Shafter High School were selected to attend the Business Leadership and Ethics Conference at the Doubletree Hotel on March 3 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The 24th annual event pairs students with Bakersfield Rotarians to discuss leadership and ethics in business, with principals and Rotarians guiding table discussions. The Kern High School District and Bakersfield Rotarians co sponsor the program intended to prepare students to become community leaders.
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Shafter High School
Doubletree
Connie Sack
Bakersfield
Kern County
Sack
Juola
Golden Valley High School
Bakersfield Rotarians
Kern High School
Get Real Women Conference Inspires Shafter-Wasco Community
Women from Shafter-Wasco gathered for the Get Real conference at Westside Family Fellowship February 26 to 28. Sunni Dobbs organized the second annual event featuring Lydia Ranger of New Life Center Bakersfield who spoke on authentic faith, shared personal history, and the call to support each other in faith and real life.
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Westside Family Fellowship
Shafter-Wasco
Sunni Dobbs
Dobbs
Lydia Ranger
New Life Center
Bakersfield
Ranger
James Ranger
God
Lydia
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Eliseo Vigil
Jared Torres
Daniel Gonzalez
Raymund Matta
Nicholas Gutierrez
Eduardo Saldana
Wolf
Tyler Mello
Johnatan Martin
Jack Whitaker
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