Minter Field considers purchasing airport tower and bids update
At the April meeting Minter Field Airport District discussed buying a used Bakersfield tower for about 2000 plus 3600 to move it. Erection may cost 2000 to 3000. A May 11 agenda item, bids extended to May 4, and a May 4 special meeting to review bids.
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Minter Field
Dana
Mulder
Bakersfield
Riley Ashby
Matt Etcheverry
Etcheverry
MFAD
Hodges
Shutt
Dave Dietz
Wallace Ryker
Susan Valdez
Shafter community events and notices May activities
Shafter Mothers Day wishes issued by Shafter Press staff. Volunteer drive for Shafter Convalescent Hospital to assist at the Potato and Cotton Festival Parade. Shafter High School car wash to raise funds. Public meeting May 12 at City Hall with Wade McKinney for Phase 1 discussion. Shafter Junior Miss dress rehearsal May 12 at 7 p.m. proceeds toward scholarships. Thinkfest set for May 17 in Richland School District across four locations with exhibits in Veterans Hall and Richland Music Building. Rosa Escobedo wins $200 shopping spree from Shafter Merchants.
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Shafter Press
Shafter
Shafter Convalescent Hospital
Jackie
Cheryl
Shafter High School
Shafter Police Department
Richland
Veterans Hall
Shafter Chamber Hosts Guest Speaker on Chamber Functions
On April 28 the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture held a four hour City Hall workshop on Functions and Operations. Guest speaker Jack Stewart, president of Kern Economic Development Corporation, joined City Administrator Wade McKinney and a group including Sandy Wiedmann and others to discuss what the chamber should be. Stewart said a chamber is whatever its members want it to be, outlining traditional roles in tourism, economic development, small business support, and member services.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Jack Stewart
Kern Economic Development Corporation
Shafter Chamber
Sandy Wiedmann
Wade McKinney
Susan Valdez
The
Stewart
Chamber
Shirley Hayes
Nina Leigh
Ross Schafer
Cathy Pragg
KED
McKinney
Shafter
Leigh Awarded Distinguished Honor at Davis University
Leigh, entomologist with roots in Beaumont California, received a Davis award recognizing excellence in teaching, research, and public service. A longtime USDA Cotton Research Station staffer since 1958, he led spider mite and lygus pest management work and promoted integrated pest management practices. He studied at Berkeley earning a PhD in 1956 and credits mentors with shaping his cautious pesticide use and cotton breeding for pest resistance.
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Leigh Ee
Leigh
Beaumont
Agricultural Commissioner's Office
Riverside
University of Berkeley
Berkeley
Ray F. Smith
Gordon L. Smith
Nina
Wamen
Ozark Mountains
Charles Lincoln
Arkansas
Lincoln
Richland School District approves 78 passenger bus purchase
Trustees authorized the State Office of Procurement to buy a Crown 78 passenger school bus for 87 155 dollars with a 20 year or 200 000 mile warranty. A resolution boosting the 1987 88 appropriations limit to 50 000 was adopted due to state aid. Additional actions included hiring for temporary overflow teachers a home teacher and migrant aides from April 21 1988 to June 16 1988.
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Richland
State Office of Procurement
George Bury
Bury
Lloyd Colvin
RSD
Colvin
Posalistrict
Ason
A Ia
Eployees Association
Janet Johnson
Walt Crider
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Ryker
HMFAD
Beale Branch
Truxtun Ave
Bakersfield, CA
Shafter Ie
City Hall
Williams and Kuebelbeck Inc
Rosa Escobedo
Weather Report
Pete
Rees
Bil Dever
Usda Cotton Research Station
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