Gonzalez crowned Cinco de Mayo Queen at Shafter High
In Shafter last Friday evening Gonzalez was named 1998 Cinco de Mayo Queen, daughter of Aniceto and Bertha Gonzalez. First runner up Susanna Espinoza, second runner up Guerrero, with eight contestants performing talents and speeches to a cheering audience.
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Erenice Gonzalez
Aniceto
Bertha Gonzalez
Shafter
Shafter High
Susanna Espinoza
Guerrero
Ismael and
Julian
Maricela Guerrero
Berenice Gonzalez
Aurora Herrera
Ramon
Bacilisa Herrera
Melissa Vega
Jose
Eloisa Vega
Anna Sanchez
Fran Asurticion Sanchez
Cinco de Mayo
Carmen Martinez
Candi
Shafter Notice Of Open Day For Local Families
The Press invites interested families to visit Wasco facilities on May 13 to 15 from 8:30 to 11:30 am to observe classrooms and inspect sites on Ted and Peters streets. Contact numbers and email are provided for inquiries and donations to support a local food bank, with a May 9 supper event themed Tapas to Taco at the hotel.
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Ted and
Peters
Wasco
Nkcal
Lightspeed
Sp.m
Maple GATE students present Technical Demonstration on moon migration
Five Gifted and Talented Education students Kassie Hart Blake Jacob Bergen Jami Sanford and Elliot Kirschenmann will showcase a new Technical Demonstration in History Day tracing lunar mission migration from Apollo 1 onward. Under guidance from Carol Janzen and with selection by Robert Clancy the group emphasizes cause effect change over time and lasting historical impact.
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Gram
GATE
Kassie Hart
Blake Jacob Bergen
Jami Sanford
Elliot Kirschenmann
Maple
Carol Janzen
Robert Clancy
Clancy
Shafter Woman Remembered as Longtime Mother Figure
SHAFTER residents honor mothers nationwide with cards dinners flowers and calls. 96 year old Lottie Cummings a longtime Shafter resident shared memories at the W C Walker Senior Center born October 17 1902 in Oklahoma she married Mack Cummings May 16 1920 and they farmed in Oklahoma and Texas before returning to live with her parents during hard times.
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Shafter
Lottie Cummings
Sunset Street
W.C. Walker
Lottie
Indian Territory of
Oklahoma
Mack Cummings
Teynes Fee
Texas
Mack
Shell Oil Company
Lottie and
Kern County sees 19 percent jump in building permits in March
Kern County builds momentum with March permits valued at 46.08 million, up from 38.64 million a year earlier, and a 27.3 percent year to date rise to 123.12 million. Bakersfield leads, posting 24.91 million in March and 74.14 million year to date, with unincorporated areas also contributing.
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Kern County
Kern County Board of Trade
Kern Builders
Arvin
Bakersfield
California City
Shafter
Taft
Tehachapi
Kern
Mits
Lebec
Canyon Hills
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Shafternes
Christian
Margaret Baker
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