Community events calendar Shafter area listings
An area events column lists recurring gatherings and upcoming happenings in Shafter Bakersfield and surrounding locales. Entries include museum hours Smokers Anonymous foster care outreach workshops Maverick dances Calico Ghost Town festival and civic group meetings with dates times venues and contact numbers.
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Shafter Press
P.O. bin A
Shafter
Shafter Depot Museum
Pat Bryant
Stan Wilson
Smokers Anonymous
San Joaquin Community Hospital
Eye Street
Alcoholics Anonymous
Susan Bryant
Kern County Department of Human Services
California Avenue
Bakersfield
CSUB
Susan Lange
Artists’ Guild of the Cunningham Gallery
Marty Urner
Mavericks
Wilson Road
Bob Fowler
L Street
Mary Gail
Gloria
Calico
San Bernardino County
Kern County Economic Opportunity Corporation
4Th Street
Bill Burton
AARP Adopts Rotating Chairs for Shafter Potlucks
Lee Kohn announces new potluck format with a different chair for each event. Elizabeth Peters presides March 20 luncheon at Shafter Veterans Hall by 11 30 a.m. A through K bring dessert or salad, K Z bring main dish. Lucy Ratzloff and Tony Van de Valk assist. Frankie Siemens chairs September and Kathren Nevison chairs June. Art Kadel chairs philanthropic project. Spaghetti dinner planned for April 20 at the veterans hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Kohn
Shafter
AARP
Elizabeth Peters
Shafter Veterans Hall
Lucy Ratzloff
Tony van de Valk
Frankie Siemens
Kathren Nevison
Art Kadel
Veteran's Hall
Shafter pageant winner Groves saluted by community
Miss Kern Groves won the pageant amid community support in Shafter. The title winner earns a perpetual trophy engraved with her name. Previous Shafter winners include Vicki Leverty in 1962 Carole Anderson in 1963 and Martha Leverty in 1969.
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Bernie Rose
Dottie Cowardin
Art Miller
Jackie Anderson
Gary Kohler
Cathy Gentry
Groves
Shafter
Vicki Leverty
Carole Anderson
Martha Leverty
Community leaders praised women in action at Zachary Farms
Ferrelene Zachary of Zachary Farms emphasized community encouragement. Pat Criswell of the DMV highlighted women as leaders. Susan Valdez of Insect Lore Products noted Soroptimist’s role in supporting Shafter’s professional women to share ideas on issues important to them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California State University
Bakersfield
Division of
CSUB
The
Ninety-Nines
Women Pilots
Kern County
Norris Road
Pat Church
Dlace
Red Lion Inn
Camino del Rio Court
Huell Howser
Kcet Television
Zachary Farms
Ferrelene Zachary
Pat Criswell
Department of Motor Vehicles
Soroptomist
Shafter
Susan Valdez
Insect Lore Products
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Kern
Biloff
Central Valley Hwy
A Are
Checker
Kern
the Shafter Press
P.O. bin G
Employee Benefit Research Institute
Santa Barbara Savings
SantaBa Savings
Lo Name
Coweo
Pserssis
Lipadsevassavias
Main St
Delano
Rem Vons
Bear Mountain
Arvin
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