Commander earns top scholastic press honor at Shafter High
The Commander newspaper at Shafter High School won the All Valley Newspaper Award from the San Joaquin Valley Scholastic Press Association with 902 points. Editor Scott Larson led a staff praised for strong news, thoughtful editorials, and high art in cartoons. Continued on Page 8.
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Shafter
Shafter High School
San Joaquin Valley Scholastic Press Association
All Valley Newspaper
Commander
Scott Larson
Funds Raised For Richland Pool Drive Off To Good Start
A Shafter Swim Club drive for Richland Elementary School pool improvements raises initial pledges enough to order equipment. City and school board support aid progress. total goal about six thousand dollars with potential further aid if needed. The project includes shaded bleacher seating, fencing, and portable bleachers with ownership to Richland School.
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Richland Swimming Pool
Richland Elementary School
Pat White
Shafter Swim Club
Ed Janzen
Janzen
Shafter High School
Richland
Swim Club
Richland Board of Trustees
Richland School
Richland Administration
Shafter
Shafter Booster Fair and Parade Planned for May 6 1972
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce unveils plans for a giant booster fair and parade honoring potato and cotton industries. Governor Reagan may be invited as parade grand marshal. A committee led by Ed Wimpy Bender seeks community cooperation for the May 6 event with a Sunday rodeo to follow.
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Shafter
Shafter Chamber
Ronald Reagan
Wimpy
Bender
Kern County
Bruce Joppins
Wasco Elks Club
Shafter Man Critically Hurt In Car Mishap
James Walter Smith of 380 East Marengo Ave Shafter is in critical condition at Kern General Hospital Bakersfield after a one car crash on Lerdo Highway Friday evening. He allegedly dozed at the wheel while returning from a double shift. His car struck a guard rail tearing through the firewall and injuring his leg.
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James Walter Smith
East Marengo Ave
Shafter
Kern General Hospital
Bakersfield
Lerdo Highway
California Highway Patrol
Smith
Calloway Canal
Lake recreation project back for county review
Kern County boards eye a revived Buena Vista recreation plan valued at about 7.8 million dollars. The scheme envisions a 1500 acre area north of the Buena Vista dry lake bed with a 950 acre twin lakes complex funded by county and state sources and other funds, with the Buena Vista Water Storage District contributing as the price of use.
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Buena Vista
Davis- Grunsky
Buena Vista Water Storage District
Buena Vista Board
City Cleanup Campaign Set for April 23 24
The Annual Cleanup Campaign for Shafter is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24. Ben Grundy of the Shafter Improvement Council announces Frank Wisner as campaign chairman. Emphasis will focus on weeded vacant lots and alleys as Lew Carroll and Public Works have improved city upkeep in recent years. Fire Chief Cliff Ratzlaff will start cleanup warnings to owners once rains subside, with momentum expected this week.
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Shafter
Ben Grundy
Weather Fits Early Spring With Warm Temperatures
The first full week of spring in Shafter brought clear to lightly clouded skies and a high of 80 on Monday March 22 with a 38 overnight low on Sunday March 28. Soil temperatures are rising slowly as cotton farmers await full swing planting and the USDA Cotton Research Station in Shafter reports daily highs and lows from 54 to 61 degrees.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton
Annual Police Report Shows Felonies Decrease in Shafter
Police Chief Hanley Witcher outlines a brighter 1970 crime picture in Shafter with felonies down from 102 in 1969 to 93 in 1970. Misdemeanors stay at 379 while case clearances rise to 363 from 225, and auto accidents increase to 723 with 656 cleared in 1970.
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Shafter
Hanley Witcher
Chief Witcher
Witcher
Richard Larson
Police Department
Larson
Rubella Immunization Campaign Ends in Kern County
County Health Officer Owen A. Kearns reports about 41 400 children ages 1 to 11 immunized in a county wide rubella drive. Public school clinics accounted for 37 200, Health Department clinics for 4 200.
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Owen A. Kearns
Health Department
Medical Society
Richland
Shafter
Rio Bravo
Lerdo
Maple
Kern Academy
Reinhold Trapp
J. Frank Benedict
Kearns
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Lawrence Welk
Welk
Ed Sullivan
Huron
S.D
WNAX
Yankton
Midwest
Yankton Seed & Nursery Company
U.S
Chan Gurney
South Dakota
Gurney
Senate Vole
Fed
Bill Plummer
Shafter Junior Women’s Club
Bob Bann
KWSO
Bann
Chamber of Commerce
William Prout
Clifford Ratzlaff
Prout
Jack Colvard
Bruce Soppini
Reagan
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