Shafter High Basketball Awards Night Honors 13 Substitutes
At Shafter High School the Basketball Awards Night recognized all three teams and 13 of 42 players for special honors voted by teammates. Neal Olsen hosted with Ed Janzen and coaches Steve Richardson and Verl Nash. program tribute featured The Substitute poem applauding silent contributors.
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Shafter High School
Neal Olsen
Ed Janzen
Steve Richardson
Verl Nash
Randy Franz
David Gaeta
Hime Bunting
Doug Berkshire
David Thompson
Jim Bannantine
Martyn Allen
Joe Barulich
Kelly Friesen
Joe Brien
Randy Webb
Jerry Siffing
Tom Janzen
Judge Gaede Attends Magistrates Workshop in Carmel
Judge Harvey Gaede of the Shafter Justice Court attended a two day judges workshop in Carmel with more than fifty judges from across the state. The session covered drug use and driving under the influence and noted petty offenses tied to drug habits.
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Harvey Gaede
Shafter Justice Court
Carmel
Gaede
Petty
Rain Totals for Shafter Weekly Report
Shafter recorded 1.19 inches of rain for the week ending Monday boosting yearly moisture to 7.54 inches. Normal through March 31 is 4.95 inches and the period’s rainfall is a rare event, exceeded only three times in 50 years of USDA Cotton Research Station records. Temperatures ranged 68 high to 40 low with daily readings at the cotton station.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
Citizens Group Submits Prep Discipline Code to Trustees
The Board of Trustees discussed curriculum and discipline at the March 8 meeting. They postponed one year the introduction of graduation reading requirements to allow time for a proper test. Dr. Grant Jensen noted revised requirements would apply to new freshmen starting in 1973 for reading and math except as noted.
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Citizens Group
Board of Trustees
Grant W. Jensen
City toSeek Bids for Hudson Park Baseball Lights
Shafter City Council discussed installing lights at Hudson Park baseball field but rejected a same year project. An $18,685 estimate from Hopper Inc. covered eight poles tax and certification with two months fabrication and 35 days installation. The council will prepare bids while reviewing recreation budget structure and district options.
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Hudson Park
Dick Larson
Shafter
Public Works
Lewis Carroll
Alfred G. Mortimore
Carroll
Hopper, Inc
Awards Night Held for SHS Cage Teams
About 150 attended the Basketball Awards Night dinner at Shafter High School. In the auditorium, players received letters and special awards as coaches announced each squad’s honorees.
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Generals
Wasco
David Gaeta
Doug Berkshire
Randy Franz
Hime Bunting
Hime Bunting, Sr
David Thompson
Thefts and Dog Bites Top Report
Shafter Police blotter cites thefts fast change artists and a dog bite incident. Reports include a rear door break in at the Shafter Motel Coffee Shop, a Ford stereo tape theft, a broken Safeway window, two minor accidents, two quick change suspects driving a blue 1955 56 Chevrolet, a juvenile marijuana arrest, tires stolen from Kip’s Chevron, and a dog bite on Elm Street.
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Shafter
Shafter Motel
George Haworth
Hofman Drive
Collins Crosy
Top’s Market
Bakersfield
Don Perkins
Faber
Kip
Chevron
East Lerdo
Pam Ping
Pine Street
Elm Street
Richland Manages Cutback Impact While Migrant Center Faces Delay
The Richland School District limits on federally funded positions will not heavily disrupt operations though two to three teachers have received dismissal notices. The Shafter Migrant Child Care Center may not open in April due to funding losses, with possible partial operation later if funds or state action allow. Countywide, up to 300 Kern County school workers could be affected by the cuts.
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Richland
Shafter
al Sandrini
Sandrini
Wasco - Shafter
Ed Carter
Wilson Riles
Harry E. Blair
Kern
Ex Commanders to be Honored by Legionnaires
Ex Commanders will be honored by the Legion at Post No. 213 in Shafter. A dinner opens the evening at 8 p.m. March 17 in the Veterans Memorial Hall. Loren Fote of the Kern County Sheriff's Department will speak. The event invites all veterans and their wives. The Legion Auxiliary will honor past presidents Iva Jo Fosdick announced.
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Leslie L. Robinson
Shafter
Loren Fote
Kern County Sheriff’s Department
Grady Bartlett
Legion Hall
Veterans Memorial Hall
Bartlett
Legion Auxiliary
Iva Jo Fosdick
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Emil
Jack) Frost
Basketball
The
Bucks
Joe O’brien
I? Low
Marc
Ma Allen
Arvin
Linda McWhorter
Pam Miller
Sheila Atterberry
Judy Guenther
Kathy McWhorter
Becky Kliewer
Susan Franklin
Carolyn Miller
McKay
Shafter Police
Safeway
Elias Vivanco Moya
Franklin Marlin Davis
Davis
Moya
Migrant Center
Bank of America
Fresno
Tom Faulkner
Faulkner Agency, Inc
Taft
Frank Herrera
Delano
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