Shafter Recreation Signs Up Adults for Softball Leagues
Shafter Recreation and Park District offers adult softball leagues including men’s and coed church leagues. A manager’s meeting is set for March 19 at W.C. Walker Senior Center. Call 746-3303 for info and entry.
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Shafter Recreation and Park District
W.C. Walker Senior Center
Sunset Avenue
Shafter Aarp Board
Shafter Senior Center
Veteran’s Hall
Jean
Journey From Russia to America Told By Shafter Native
Herb Neufeld, longtime Shafter High principal, writes about his father Jacob Neufeld and a family flight from persecution in Russia to freedom in America. The book recounts hardship, faith, and survival from Siberia to China and finally to Shafter, highlighting marriage to Helena, arrival in 1929, and a large brood of nine boys and two girls.
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Herb Neufeld
Shafterite
Shafter High School
Jacob
Russia
America
U.S
Shafter High
Neufeld
Vantage Press
Siberia
Helena
Herb
China
Herbert Hoover
Hand of God
Peter Neufeld
Shafter
Elizabeth
Shafter Mennon
City earns state award for second year in row
City manager John Guinn announced that the city received the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers award for the second consecutive year for its Conservative financial position and staff work. The city submits a Comprehensive Annual Financial Report to two agencies for independent review, aiming to qualify for their awards. The national Governmental Finance Officers Association award result is still pending.
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Barrick
California Society of Municipal Finance Officers
CSMFO
John Guinn
Guinn
Governmental Finance Officers Association
GFOA
St Patrick and the Shamrock Legend Origins
Margaret Baker recounts St Patrick using the shamrock to explain the Trinity and his mission in Ireland. The tale links St Patrick’s work, his roots as Maewyn, and the March 17 observance with Irish tradition, folklore, and symbols like leprechauns and a pot of gold.
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Patrick
Ireland
Maewyn
St. Germain
Auxerre
Grainger Named Mother of the Year Nominee in Southern California
Nancy Grainger of Shafter selected by the Southern California Chapter of the National MS Society as their nominee for the 50th Annual National MS Society Mother of the Year Award. Diagnosed with MS in 1955, she supports her children Michael and twins Alice and Amber while working for Richland School District. Nancy leads Shafter 4-H Club activities, chairs Kern County 4-H Fashion Review, volunteers with Shafter High boosters and Richland PTA, and teaches sewing and 4-H projects.
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Nancy Grainger
Shafter
Southern California
National
MS Society
Nancy
Michael
UC Santa Barbara
Alice
Amber
Shafter High School
Richland
Mike Grainger
Starrh
Kern County
Richland Pta
California
Pacific Poultry Breeders Association
Greater California
Shafter City
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Alzheimer’s
Oarch
E. Prage
Wasco Valley Rose Golf Course
Central Valley Hwy
Minter Field Air Museum
Shafter Stingray
Poso Avenue
Tim Unruh
Unior
Margaret Bak
Margaret Baker
Lepreshaynieen
Ton Plaza
Grainger
Southern
Mike
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