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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1980
Page
3
Gladys Figueroa Rojas of Delano pleaded guilty to welfare fraud and received one year in county jail suspended, plus restitution to the Welfare Department. She appeared May 5, 1980, before Superior Court Judge Robert T. Baca.
The Shafter 4-H will run a booth at the high school football field on Sunday May 11 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The sale will feature homemade cookies cupcakes lemonade and iced tea.
The Richland Parent Teachers Association unit will meet Tuesday night May 13 at Richland Intermediate. The theme is country and western night. Mrs. Cynthia Sulliman and Mrs. Ann Bigler and their fifth grade classes will entertain. Fifth and sixth grade classes serve as hostesses for the evening.
AARP Shafter Chapter will run a single booth at the Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival in Stringham Park selling home made baked goods. Co chairs Evelyn Walker and Rose Thomas say members should bring donations to the park by 9:00 a.m. Saturday for a sale from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Karen Rawlins daughter of Mr and Mrs Rawlins 444 Golden West received the Ideal Student Home Economics Award on April 18 in the Annual Awards Chapel Program at Lubbock Christian College Moody Auditorium. She will receive the B S in Home Economics on April 26 at Lubbock Christian College. She is a member of Christliche Damen women s social club and was 1979 Homecoming Queen.
A Shafter resident defends the Police Department and City leadership, arguing the election period featured dirty politics and unsigned letters. Mary Moss lauds Chief Gene Kaplan, the council, and the town, urging focus on the town’s good and congratulating George Wise and Don Little.
Testimony from Officer Jon McLaren and Peggy Kaplan recaps March 10 1980 in Superior Court as Judge Milton Elconin dismisses 14 cases from Shafter involving alleged public drunkenness and other charges. He criticizes the police department for holding prisoners beyond five hours, noting CA Penal Code standards and later letters disputing the ruling.
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