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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1977
Page
5
A midnight fishing party on the California Aqueduct shares a calm encounter with the state police in a stretch of the concrete canal. The writers recall past feisty antics and lament changes that restrict drive in fishing and access on both canal banks.
Led by Marie Affentran ger's first in the mile, Shafter girls place third under coach Viki Ellis at the McFarland Invitational. Taft and Strathmore trail with 115 1/2 and 72 points respectively as Debbie Towery posts a strong time. In East Bakersfield, Shafter boys post records despite mixed results, Randy White leads with a 9 20.8 and the team averages a 9 42 to set a meet mark. The four man relay and high jump squad also set marks as Wasco relays loom March 26. Retriever club meets planned.
The Kern Retriever Club schedules a general meeting for Thursday March 24 at the Columbus and Mt. Vernon branch of First Federal Savings and Loan.
North High School defeated Shafter Generals 7-3 in the opener with Ed Burns and Joe Finn driving early runs. North added four in the third and two more in the fourth while Shafter managed only three runs, then beat Garces 3-2 in league play with key RBIs from Donny Clark and Tom Hoffman.
Shafter high school swimmers won their season opening meet over Delano 98 to 54 at Shafter pool. Rolland Van De Valk went 25.1 in the 50 free to stay unbeaten, with wins by Tom ane and John White in multiple events. Shafter girls routed Delano 115 to 44 led by Britt and Smith double wins and Nita Smith in the butterfly.
Dr. Richard R. Zoppell's Guest Pulpit piece on capital punishment provokes a Christian rebuttal arguing Scripture supports state death penalties. The letter asserts that government must punish murder to protect life, citing Genesis, Noahic law, Romans 13, and Deuteronomy. Brannen urges readers to demand strong policy from officials.
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