Shafter Considers Transfer of Veterans Hall to City
Shafter City Council weighs taking ownership of the Shafter Veterans Memorial Hall from the County and uses $175,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds to add meeting rooms after a potential transfer. The council approved sending a letter to explore the transfer. The meeting also covers Warner Cable rate increase, a Secret Witness program, festival fee waivers, and delays in a new garbage truck rollout.
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Shafter City
Shafter Veteran's Memorial Hall
William Sheldon
Buttonwillow Veteran's Memorial Hall
Buttonwillow Recreation District
Board of Supervisors
Veteran's Hall
Sheldon
Warner Cable
Tom LaFourcade
Kern County
Shafter
American Legion
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Starsky and Hutch car saga at the Beach
A Ford Torino replica owned by the Billington family becomes a star artifact after the original used in Starsky and Hutch is wrecked. The Billington kids Lauri Sandi and Scott meet actors on set at 20th Century Fox while the family earns daily rental fees and watches filming of the hit show and Charlie’s Angels nearby.
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May Billington
Bilington
Hollywood
Starsky- Hutch
Ford Motor Conmptn
Scott
Lauri
Sandi
David Soul
Paul Michael Glasser
20Th Century Fox
Charlie’s Angels
David Saul
Move to form Shafter Recreation District seeks support
A drive led by Evan Jones and Mayor William Cummings aims to create a Shafter area recreation district. They seek resident involvement and financial help to qualify the measure for the ballot, with November as the target vote.
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Shafter
Evan Jones
Shafter High School
William Cummings
Jones
Zens
Cummings
Wasco
Buttonwillow
c/o
Shafter Vegetable Growers
Lerdo Highway
Muscular Dystrophy Association, Inc
William E. Cummings
City of
California
Shafter Pageant Seeks Contestants With Local Business Partners
The WMllss Shaiier Pageant seeks 1977 contestants and asks local service clubs and businesses to participate. The pageant, set for April 29 at the Shafter Auditorium at 7:30, invites sponsorship and contestant entries. Call Mrs. Millwee 746-4785 or Mrs. Biloff 746-6788 or Mrs. Johnston 746-2337 for details. Also notes two weeks left in Richland School PTA cereal box tops drive to raise school equipment funds.
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Jon Johnston
Handse Tnt
Shafter
Richland
PTA
Sieatten Sh
Mural Dedication Honors Teacher Ray Wiley
A mural at Richland School will be dedicated Sunday at 2 p.m. honoring teacher Ray Wiley. Painted by students under Wiley’s direction, the work was defaced and re painted under his supervision. Titled Questecatal meaning and love, the tribute invites friends students and staff to attend and seek donations for the dedication plaque by calling the listed numbers.
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Richland
Ray Wiley
Wiley
Richland School District elects two new trustees
Two new members Karmen Jacobsen and John Dobbs lead in Richland School District Board of Trustees voting last week with 533 and 518 votes respectively. Incumbent Dave Carthal finished third at 462, while Phil Zachary trailed at 381. Jacobsen takes office April 4.
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Richland School District Board of Trustees
Karmen Jacobsen
John Dobbs
Jacobsen
Dobbs
Dave Carthal
Phil Zachary
Carlos White
Virginia Perry
D. Dobbs
Cartnal
Zachary
White
Perry
Dave Anderson
Schaub killed in accident near Richland School
Shafter fireman Jerry Schaub, 31, died in a Bakersfield hospital from injuries after his vehicle struck a utility pole near Richland School. Police found him unconscious at 3:50 a.m. Friday. He donated kidneys and eyes after death. one cornea was transplanted to a county woman. A council moment of silence honored him. crash cause under investigation.
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Shafter
Jerry Schaub
Bakersfield
Richland School
Jerry Gruver
Schaub
Chamber to discuss Diablo Canyon nuclear plant
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce will hold a special noon meeting at the Shafter Motel to discuss activating the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. A PG&E representative will attend. Supervisor Gene Tackett will speak at an open forum next Friday March 25. Reservations to Herb Howell by March 24.
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Chamber
Gene Tackett
Tackett
Los Angeles Artment of Water Até
Herb Howell
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