Community event notices and volunteer calls in Shafter Wasco area
Local brief lists details for a church soup dinner weekly on Thursdays at 5 30 p m open to all. Volunteers sought for May 14 Fly In and pancake breakfast at Minter Field Museum with sign up Saturdays 10 a m to 2 p m. Alumni football game March 25 at Wasco High and Relay for Life dinner same day. Distinguished Young Woman event March 18 at Starrh Center contact for tickets. Angel Food Ministries host site at 700 E Tulare Ave call 661 746 3303. Tryouts April 2 9 12 at Manne Park guardian present. Contacts Teresa Hernandez and Mitzi Medina.
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Minter Field Air Museum
Shafter High Relay For Life Club
Shafter High
Shafter-Wasco Relay For Life
Connie
Terri Gonzalez
Manne Park
Nine juniors compete for Shafter Distinguished Young Woman title
Nine Shafter High School juniors vie for the Distinguished Young Women of Shafter title this Friday at Starrh Performing Arts Center. Lenea Lara, Junior Miss, passing the crown as the nine contestants perform a country rock themed program and a scholastic prize is noted from last year. Lara, accepted to UCLA, will decide this spring whether to attend Bruin or UCSB, planning to major in economics and accounting.
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Shafter
Shafter High School
Lenea Lara
Lara
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
Starrh
Copper theft drives rural crime in Shafter farmers suffer damages
Shafter reports about a dozen copper wire theft cases in recent months causing thousands in repairs. Copper leads used to connect pumps to poles are torn off, sold for scrap to net $300 to $400. Detectors say around 40 cases opened in six months with at least $2,000 in damages per incident. police warn crime may rise with economy.
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Shafter
Charlie Firecoat
Fivecoat
Kern
Firecoat
Chris Grider
Grider
New Editor Geoffrey Taylor Joins Shafter Press Wasco Tribune
Geoffrey Taylor introduces himself as the new editor for the Shafter Press and Wasco Tribune. He pledges fair, accurate reporting and community service, highlighting dedication to local issues, education, safety, and the right to a free press.
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Geoffrey Taylor
Shafter Press
Wasco Tribune
Shafter
Wasco
Wasco Relay for Life marks seventh annual event at Wasco High
Wasco planning committee prepares for a 24 hour Relay for Life at Wasco High School from April 9 to 10 starting 8:30 a.m. Volunteers will walk run and wheel chair around the track to honor cancer sufferers and remember loved ones. Guest speaker Dr Shery Giesbrecht and a candlelight ceremony highlight the fundraising event.
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Wasco
Janet Drescher
Shery Giesbrecht
Giesbrecht
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