Comeback Bid by Veteran Batsmen Heating Up
Veteran players led by Andy Van Slyke and Corey Snyder are trying for one more major league season with St. Louis and Baltimore camps. Howard Johnson and Kelly Gruber rejoin camps to chase openings as expansion tightens rosters. Pitchers Steve Trout Scott Bailes and Mitch Williams also seek renewed big league chances amid a pitching shortage and looming expansion teams Tampa Bay and Phoenix.
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Andy van Slyke
Orioles
Cardinals
Rick Honeycutt
van Slyke
Tony LaRussa
Corey Snyder
Cardinal
Dodgers
Howard Johnson
Mets
Johnson
Met
Evander Holyfield
Mike Tyson
Kelly Gruber
Toronto
Texas
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Alomar
Gruber
Kevin Bass
Baltimore
Angels
Steve Trout
Scott Bailes
Mitch Williams
Tampa Bay
Phoenix
Snyder
Bass
Shafter Youth Basketball Honors And Single Elimination Tourney
The Shafter youth league crowned top teams after a season with Boys Varsity Bulls and Wolverines tied for first at five wins and one loss, Lakers fourth, Celtics fifth, Bulls Dogs fifth, and Pistons near bottom. Girls Varsity Bulls Dogs led with four wins and one loss. Hor nets and Magic followed. The SHS Gym hosted a single elimination tourney where Bulls won first and Celtics second under coaches Warren McDaniel and Sam Frantz. March 1 events included Toys R Us Bucks won by Vanessa Aleman and gift certificates to Giovanni’s for Leilani Garza and Joshua Scales. Top raffle sellers included Adrian Ramirez winning Toys R Us Bucks. Nicholas Neufeld, Monica Nightingale, Evian Crane, and Joshua Scales earned red and white prizes.
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Wolverines
Lakers
Celtics
Bulls Dogs
Pistons
Bull Dogs
Hornets
Magic
SHS
Warren McDaniel
Sam Frantz
VCR
Vanessa Aleman
Toys R Us Bucks
Leilani Garza
Joshua Scales
Giovanni
Community notices from Shafter press schedule and meetings
Local announcements list the Shafter Depot Museum open for viewing and group tours by appointment with Denni Pearson and Stan Wilson. Weekly crafts at 1 pm Mondays at W C Walker Senior Center. Barbara Tisler contact. Second Monday Mother group meets at 7 pm in Shafter Veterans Hall. First Thursday Community Prayer at City Hall 12 30 to 12 40 with broad church participation.
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Shafter Press
bin A. Shafter
Shafter Depot Museum
Denni Pearson
Stan Wilson
W.C. Walker Senior Center
Sunset Ave
Barbara Tisler
Woman’s Agron
Shafter
Veteran’s Hall
City Hall
Wildflowers blooming across Kern County hills this spring
Winter rains and sun bring blossoms to North Kern almond and peach trees and wildflowers along routes near Shafter Bakersfield Wasco Delano. The Kern County Board of Trade offers a hot line at 800-KERN for bloom reports and the Maturango Museum Ridgecrest schedules wildflower walks from March through May with contact 619 375 6900.
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Kern County
Kern
Shafter
Allen Rd
Bakersfield
Wasco
Delano
Board of Trade
High Desert
Red Rock Canyon State Park
Maturango
Ridgecrest
Kern County Board of Trade
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Kern Regional Transit
McFarland
Voice in the Wilderness Echoes in Dead Sea Scrolls
James C. Vanderkam, religion professor at North Carolina State University, argues that Isaiah 40 3 explains both the Qumran community and John the Baptist and that they were in the wilderness preparing the Lord's way. The column revisits this theme for today.
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James C. Vanderkam
North Caroline State University
Qumran
John (the Baptist
Vanderkam
John
Israel
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