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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1978
Page
4
On February 28 at 7 p.m. in the Shafter High Auditorium, the annual Sports Awards Program honored over 200 attendees and 80 athletes. Mr. Evan Jones, Shafter High Assistant Principal, spoke at the event.
The Winter Sports Awards Program at Shafter High recognized female athletes for the first time in school history. Teams honored include Girls Varsity Basketball Frosh Soph Basketball under George Larson Junior Varsity Basketball led by Radon Fortenberry Varsity Basketball coached by Charles Rekosh and Varsity Wrestling under Darrell Fletcher. A Pep Club reception followed, with plaques to be announced in future issues.
A Chevy Nova from Jacobsen Farms and a dark blue 1975 El Camino were stolen at noon from the Shafter Motel on February 28 and March 1 respectively. Two female juveniles were arrested on Los Angeles Street near Central Valley Highway. Keys were left in both cars. Kenneth Pitts reported a broken Post Office door Sunday March 5.
KEEP Kern Environmental Education Project offers Shafter High School students five days of coastal ecology study at Montana de Oro State Park near Morro Bay from March 13 to 17. The trip costs $25 per student, with $55 paid by the High School District. Deputies reported a break in at Camper City office on March 1. a suspect fled the scene but nothing was stolen.
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