Shafter Junior Miss Festival May 11 Profiles Four Contestants
The Shafter Junior Miss Program at Shafter High School Auditorium on Friday May 11 opens the Potato and Cotton Festival. Four candidates are profiled as potential Shafter Junior Misses who may advance to the California Junior Miss program in Santa Rosa. Julie Kirk Sheri Almberg Sandra Litke Kris Olsen are backed by local clubs and schools with talents spanning pantomime jazz ballet piano and ballet routines.
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Shafter
Shafter High School
California
Santa Rosa
Shafter Press
Sandra Litke
American Legion
California Scholarship Federation
Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Christian Club
Sandra
Controversy over city crowd control and gun rules flares
The week saw verbal abuse and a confrontation led by Kaplan and Jones. Brian Jones was arrested for failure to disperse and interfering with an officer. Kaplan described the event as a constitutional test amid a 200 person crowd, while city officials hailed the crowd control outcome.
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Bill Jones
Handel
Brian
Fastrip
Davis
Sheldon
Kaplan
Wayne Davis
Brian Jones
Jones
United States
Controversy Surrounds Shafter Police Chief Kaplan
The Shafter case centers on Chief Gene Kaplan amid resignations at the police department. Riverside and Shafter officials dispute Kaplan's qualifications while praising his prior service in Vietnam and at Riverside Drug Enforcement Task Force. Kaplan cites high marks from instructors and generals, with supporters urging confidence in his leadership.
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Shafter
Fastrip Market
Riverside Press - Enterprise
Gene Kaplan
Shafter Press
Kaplan
California
San Bernardino Sheriff's Academy
Walter Colfer
Colfer
Sheriff's Academy
San Bernardino Sheriff's Training Academy
Riverside
Ben Lewis
Gene
Drug Enforcement Task Force
Citizens’ Committee
Vic Jones
Jones
U.S. Army
Europe
Euroope
Third Regional Assistance Command
II Field Force
Republic of Vietnam
M.S. Davidson
Pentagon
Vietnam
Davidson
USO
First Aid in Spanish Class Date Change in Shafter
Shafter adult school shifts First Aid in Spanish class to May 12. Preregistration via Shafter High School at 746-4961. Edmund Burke quote included.
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Shafter
Shafter High School
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Shafter Lion’s Club
Joseph Kirk
Julie
Frosh-Soph
Scicon
Shafter Drug Store
Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo
Sheri Almberg
Rotary Club
Thomas Almberg
Sheri
Senate
Inter-Club Council
Girl’s State
All Things New
Kris Olsen
Hamilton Insurance
Neal Olsen
Kris
Fran Prey
Chief Kaplan
Bakersfield Californian
Press-enterprise
Bill Sheldon
Robert Sheldon
Press -Enterprise
Idon
Roy Stewart
Riverside Marshal's Office
Stewart
Marshal’s Office
Don Lorenzi
Riverside Newpaper
Police Department
Empire
Chino
China Police Department
Riversiside
Nichols Park
Joyce Jackson
City of Riverside
California State University
Fullerton
FBI
Peggy
Edmund Burke
WWE
Ross
Wally Tucker Devin
Cee
Bakersfield
Shafter Lamont
Buttonwillow
Arvin
Ceonce Globe
Woolworths
Ranch Inn
BAY
Shafter Terroff
Truck Gateway
Central Valley Highway
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