Downtown Shafter upgrades spark three new projects
Three improvements shift Shafter's Main Street with the Santa Barbara Savings building adjacent to Bank of America, the Ivan Meyer remodel, and the Joe Kirk State Farm Insurance at 551 Central. Before and after photos showcase the Joe Kirk Office retrofit now hosting Abound Realty. Bricks and planter colors brighten the Kirk building as George Jones leads the Abound team. The Press plans further downtown coverage and seeks advance notices of future changes.
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Shafter
Central Avenue
Main
Santa Barbara” Savings Office
Bank of America
Ivan Meyer
Joe Kirk
Meyer
Santa Barbara Savings
Kirk
George Jones
City to aid memorial project in Shafter
Shafter City Council approved funding for a flag memorial in Stringham Park to honor local service members. The plan uses two existing city poles plus a new third pole, with a plaque moved from Veterans Memorial Hall and a stone wall funded by civic groups. The project includes a bicentennial flag for 1976 and potential federal funding.
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Shafter City
Shafter Bicentennial Committee
Bill Sheldon
Shafter
Stringham Park
Sunset Avenue
Civic Center
City Hall
Police Administration
Fire Department
Sheldon
Department of Motor Vehicles
County Library
Veterans Memorial Hall
State
Nixon
Bakersfield
Firemen vs Police in Shafter charity basketball game
The Shafter firemen meet the Shafter police in a benefit game Thursday night March 11 at Shafter High School gym starting 8 p.m. Proceeds go to the Police Department Explorer Post. Firemen listed: Chief Cliff Ratzlaff Doug Wagner Sexty Schmidt Jerry Schaub Butch Little. Police listed: Chief Bob Nixon Wayne Davie Ray Herrera Dave Kadel Steve Beatty Lieutenant Earl O'Brien.
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Shafter Firemen
Shafter Police
Shafter High School
Shafter Police Department
Explorer Post
Cliff Ratzlaff
Doug Wagner
Sexty Schmidt
Jerry Schaub
Butch Little
Bob Nixon
Wayne Davie
Ray Herrera
Dave Kadel
Steve Beatty
Earl O’brien
Shafter Opposes County Unification Plan At Public Hearing
At a Tuesday public hearing in Richland, Shafter area opponents urged state action to modify a 14 district Kern County plan to a 15 district layout with separate Shafter and Wasco districts. Richland trustee Cartnal called for autonomy citing loss of local control and higher taxes.
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Richland School District Board of Trustees
Wasco Union High School Board
Kern County Committee On School District Organization
Shafter-Wasco
State Board of Education
Shafter
Wasco
Shafter High School
Kern High
Belridge
Buttonwillow
Lerdo
Richland
Rio Bravo- Greeley
Delbert Boles
Wasco Union High School Board of Trustees
Shafter High
Kern
John Revell
SHS
KHSD
Robert Diltz
Earl Smith
Claude Richardson
County Superintendent of Schools
Richardson
Kern County
Neal Olsen
Several authorities to be at community meeting
Shafter STAC chairman Dick Moon says multiple authorities will join the second community forum on March 30 at 7 30 p m in the Richland music building. Topics include venereal disease education drug abuse alcoholism abortion and school discipline with a Q A session and refreshments.
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Shafter Technical Advisory Committee
STAC
Dick Moon
Shafter
Richland Music Building
Bill Hatcher
Shafter High School
Sonny Lee
Kern County Health Department
Mary Southard
Kaleidoscope
Gaylee Troxel
Kern County Council On Alcoholism
Dick Froehlich
New Oxford
San Davies
ECEOC
Lee
Southard
Troxel
Froehlich
Oxford
Davies
Moon
Shafter Sees Warming Trend and Rain Totals Rise
Shafter recorded .03 inches of rain on Tuesday, boosting the season total to 2.86 inches. Temperatures rose with a high of 67 on Sunday and overnight lows between 33 and 40. The outlook calls for fair, mild weather through Saturday with 65 to 75 highs and 40 to 45 lows at the USDA Cotton Research Station.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
Incumbents Win Seats on Shafter City Council
In a municipal election 848 voters or about 47 percent turnout re-elected William E. Cummings and Jack W. Colvard to their second four year terms and elected Loyd E. Link to the third seat. The clerk and treasurer appointment measure failed 418 to 340 amid precinct tallies. Cummings led with 660 votes, Colvard 604, Link 448, Thomas 261, Flores 309, Vazquez 191.
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William E. Cummings
Jack W. Colvard
Shafter
Loyd E. Link
Bill Johnston
St. Therese’s Catholic Church
City Hall
James EE
Johnny) Thomas
Cil
Luis Diaz Flores
Pastor T. Vazquez
Cummings
Colvard
Link
Thomas
Flores
Vazquez
Absen
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Emil
Jack) Frost
Dennis
Susie Tracy
Giannini
Riccomini
Buttonwillow Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Rodriguez Parkette
Dick Larson
al Mortimore
Mortimore
Board of Supervisors
Riley Ashby
Shafter Area
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