Community events brief from Shafter area in March
Details on Easter services and troop activities due by March 18 1988. A Women's History week celebration set for 2pm. A seminar at USDA Cotton Research Station March 17 covers insect mite and weed Canan with speakers including Leigh Kerby Bentley Goodell and King. Awards for Winter Sports at Shafter High School March 14 with separate venue details. AARP trip March 24 to Farmers Market CBS cost 24 dollars, call Mary Epp at 746-2384.
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Usda Cotton Research Station
Tom Leigh
Tom Kerby
Walt Bentley
Pete Goodell
Paul
Shafter High School
AARP
Farmers Market
CBS
Shafter
Mary Epp
Fire at Kleenseed near Minter Field contained
A seed fire at Kleenseed, Minter Field, Kern County, was contained with no chemical release. Two bins of untreated cotton seed ignited, posing potential exposure from up to 35 gallon drums. Fire teams, including Hazardous Waste, responded. prior KCFD inspection aided rapid containment.
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Kleenseed
Kern County
Minter Field
KCFD
Public Information Office
Tom Pulcher
Susan Valdez
Conny Freparien
Santiagos Claim Peters Funeral Home Misplaced Bodies
Joe and Celia Santiago, former Peters Funeral Home employees, alleged at a March 5 press conference that some remains were improperly disposed of. Helen Frankel spoke to a distraught relative Friday night, stating the issue involved improper handling.
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Joe and
Celia Santiago
Peters Funeral Home
Helen Frankel
Santiagos
Frankel
MFAD reviews airport hangar costs at special meeting
Minter Field Airport District directors met March 1 to review road project costs and budget left for improvements. MFAD aims to finalize hangar expansion plans with four hangars bought and eight more needed, while officials discuss site location for cost efficiency.
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Minter Field
Matt Etcheverry
MFAD
Larry Hughes
P.W.S
Toni P.W.S
RSD set to study CESA contract proposal at March meeting
The district hears a proposal from CESA for 1088 year contract terms including salary increases for cafeteria staff and medical dental cost coverage before negotiations. A junior high plan with objectives and materials was approved under state curriculum guidelines. State quality reviews will occur every three years across multiple sites.
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Sockad Ins Cae
Gilbert Pacheco
CSEA
RSD
Don Little of Shafter Keeps Family Work Ethic Alive
The article profiles Don Little, longtime machinist in Shafter, tracing his roots to Los Angeles Street and his father T.V. who moved from Montobal, Canada and built a home at 123 N. Shafter Ave after 1920. The family’s seismograph work after the 1952 earthquake and a lineage of engineers, scientists, and tinkering hands highlight a tradition of practical invention and meticulous preservation. Don, his son Richard Bergen, and the family shop embody a legacy of hands on craftsmanship and project ambition.
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Don Little
Shafter
Los Angeles
T.V
Montobal
Canada
Little
Bakersfield
T.V. Purchase
N. Shafter Ave
T.V. Ghoo
Eee
Don
Richard
Richard Bergen
N Szatio
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