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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1989
Page
1
City seeks residents within Shafter limits eighteen or older to fill remaining Planning Commission term ending December 31 1990. Submit a letter of interest detailing qualifications and reasons to serve to City Council 320 James Street Shafter CA 93263 by May 31 1989.
The Shafter Press reports the termination of Joe Martin, former Minter Field Airport District general manager, now ousted from his Minden Nevada post. Douglas County Manager Bruce Adams and District Attorney Robert Story describe Martin as incompatible and incompet ent, noting parallels to his Shafter tenure. The closed meeting April 20 ended his one and a half year tenure. the county notes he faced prior dis satisfactions and tenant concerns at Shafter. The Douglas County Airport, an old WWII base, hosts large tanker planes and will stage the 1991 World Soaring Championships.
Shafter City Council held the first reading of Ordinance 418 to shift normal meeting dates and discussed a lease financed IBM software package costing about $70,000 at 8.25 percent with payments near $1,500 monthly. An July park use permit for the Perales family reunion was approved and Ordinance 415 amends Title 10 related to parking near residences and allows a truck parking authorization letter.
The Green Hotel on James Street near Central and Pacific is recommended for a second restoration grant as of March 1989 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The grant totals just over 50 thousand dollars amid 292 applications totaling 130 million requests. 33 projects are recommended for the 1989 state budget.
About 60 glider planes gathered at Minter Field in Shafter for the Central California Soaring Club’s first local race set after moving from Delano. Contest director Hap Carpenter and flyers from across the region tested navigation on 146 and 99 mile courses, with Bill Hinote earning the fastest time and a district perpetual trophy that will stay at the airport. The event drew pilots despite landing challenges when thermals failed, and organizers plan another fall race.
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