Shafter volunteers inspect schools as part of fire safety drive
Shafter volunteer firefighters conduct Thursday training tours to assess fire risks. Last week they inspected Shafter High School and the Vocational Agriculture buildings to locate gas shutoffs extinguishers and water line connections. The effort aims to prevent fires and reduce losses with future tours planned citywide.
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Shafter
Shafter High School
Vocational Agriculture Department
Shafter Receives Additional Rainfall Boosting Seasonal Total
Another .47 inch of rain fell in Shafter last week raising the season total to 8.56 inches, 3.61 inches above normal through March 31 and 2.46 inches above the 6.10 inch norm for the year ending June 30. The 48 hour period ending last Thursday brought measured highs to 70 and lows to 36, with ground temperatures around 47 to 50 as of the USDA Cotton Research Station readings.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
Heavy Snow Pack Signals Strong Year for Isabella
Kern County officials forecast a bonanza year for Lake Isabella and the Kern River Valley as Sierra snowmelt should deliver over 400000 acre-feet of water into Isabella reservoir. Joe Swartz of the Kern River Valley Visitors Council says it will be the largest lake since 1969, with capacity approaching 570000 acre feet.
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Kern River Valley
Kern County
Swartz
Kern County Board of Trade
State Department of Fish and Game
Kernville
Ted Hereford
Army Corps of Engineers
Kern River
Johnsondale Bridge
Kern River Canyon
Howard Jalving Named Manager of Shafter CNB
C. Wesley Buerkle announced the appointment of Howard A. Jalving as manager of the Shafter branch of Community National Bank. Jalving brings 25 years of banking experience and previously managed a branch near Bakersfield. Robert H. Steveson becomes executive vice president and moves to CNB Bakersfield offices.
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Howard Jalving
Shafter Cnb
C. Wesley Buerkle
Community National Bank
Howard A. Jalving
Shafter
Jalving
Shafter Nk
Jarving
Bakersfield
Robert H. Steveson
CNB
Four Candidates in Running for Festival Queen
Four candidates have been announced for Festival Queen at the Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival. Judy Nixon reports four organizations have entered contestants with a April 2 deadline and potential move of the queen selection to April 13 was dismissed.
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Festival Queen
Shafter
Grundy
Marge Nixon
Queen Selection Committee
Rotary
Kim Handel
The
Lions
Jenee Tadevich
American Legion
Jackie Janzen
Women’s Auxiliary
Brenda Witt
Shafter Beautification Council Plants New Flowers on Central Valley Highway
Shafter officials planted oak and holly oak, mac orange, and raphiolipis along the Central Valley Highway side of the Justice Building on Saturday March 17. The plants are expected to beautify the area and provide flowering color, especially the mock orange and raphiolipis.
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Shafter
City
Central Valley Highway
Justice Building
County considers shift of fire protection to county system
Fire Chief R H Williams presented a feasibility report to Shafter City Council on transferring fire protection duties to the County Fire Department. County Administrative Officer Norman McNamee urged the move, detailing hiring, funding, and equipment ownership changes and noting potential future return to city control.
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Kern County
R. H. Williams
Shafter City
Norman McNamee
Williams
McNamee
Larson
Shafter
Bank of America Awards Winners in Zone Contest
Catherine Merlo of Shafter High School wins $50 for fourth place in the 26th Bank of America Achievement Awards zone competition. First place honors go to Elizabeth Chavez, Russel Ritter, Paul Maxson, and Grant Peters, with $2 awards and a path to the $1000 area finals in Fresno on May 16.
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Bank of America
Elizabeth Chavez
Bakersfield High
Kern High
Harry J. Ward, Jr
Fresno
Richard Rintoul
Highland
Allan Petker
East
Catherine Merlo
Shafter
Shafter High School
BHS
Russel Ritter
Garces
Paul Maxson
Delano High School
Grant Peters
Rev Onsum to Guest on Oregon Bible Teaching Plan
Rev Owen Onsum of Union Congregational Church will join a two week Bible teaching program at Ecola Hall Cannon Beach Oregon starting March 26. The plan runs three eight week terms aligned with academic quarters with rotating teachers and open attendance. David Woodworth will fill the pulpit. Tom Almberg leads a Sunday night series on Christian marriage and family relations.
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Owen Onsum
Union Congregational Church
Ecola Hall
Canon Beach
Oregon
David Woodworth
Tom Almberg
Carl Wells Seeks Richland School Board Seat
Carl Wells campaigns for the Board of Trustees of the Richland School District. A Shafter resident for 15 years, he and his wife Jan live at 1095 State Street with children Pam Kim and Steven. Wells is active with Scouting and Shafter Recreation baseball and has taught Sunday school and led youth programs at Shafter United Methodist Church. He previously taught at Shafter High and now works at West High as career advisor and job placement coordinator.
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Richland
Jan
Shafter
State Street
Pam
Kim
Steven
Wells
Shafter Recreation
Shafter United Methodist Church
Weels
Shafter High School
West High School
National
Shafter Fire Department Installs Emergency Generating Plant
The Shafter Fire Department has a volunteer installed 30 KW emergency generating plant from Military Surplus Department to power City Hall and possibly Veterans Memorial Hall in emergencies. The system, valued at about $3000, links to the fire station radio intercom, siren and refrigeration, with permanent connections planned to City Hall and Veterans Memorial Hall if needed.
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Shafter Fire Department
Veterans Memorial
Pg&e
Shafter’s Fire Department
Vernon Pierce
Veterans Memorial Hall
Pierce
City Hall
Cindermen of Shafter to Run in Wasco Relays
Heavy rain postponed Shafter Wasco meet. Wasco relays set for Wednesday at Shafter with Shafter teams also slated for Taft McFarland triangular Thursday. If the track dries, Shafter relays return to Wasco Saturday per Coach Jim Rush.
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Cindermen
Shafter
Wasco
Shafter Oval
Taft
McFarland
Wasco Relays
Jim Rush
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Jack) Frost
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Jack Nikkel
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Carl Wells
Richland Board
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