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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1971
Page
4
The Shafter Swim Club invites swimmers to join with fees of 5 dollars for the first family member and 1 dollar for each additional member. An insurance fee of 1.50 is required. May 21 is the deadline for the 5 dollar entry. Tryouts run May 3 to 17 from 5:00 to 5:45 PM.
The narrator recalls transforming a blank yard into a green space since 1954 with neighbors, removing decades of debris, adding shrubs trees and ivy. They note underground natural gas storage in sand formations benefits Los Angeles and Southern California and conceal equipment with vegetation.
Shafter High School the Generals 5-9 in South Sequoia League close 1971 season Friday with a game against the Arvin Rams at Arvin. Key hits by Greg Butler Sid Unruh and Ken Carrasco sparked a 3-2 win over Garces in their latest SSL action.
Highland Scotsmen beat Shafter by 1 1/2 to 1/2 at North Kern Golf Course. Bob Mejia shot 50 to win a point, Keith Perkins tied at 49, and Dave Zachary led Shafter with a 46. Shafter returns to North Kern Thursday to face Arvin in the South Sequoia League.
Lauretta Schellenberg of Shafter High finished second in the Sequoia Divisional swim meet at San Joaquin Memorial High School Fresno, earning the 50 yard breaststroke laurels. Qualifiers advance to the valley finals this weekend. Civic Auditorium screens the first live closed circuit color telecast of a bullfight from Spain on Sunday June 13 at 1 pm. This Bakersfield exclusive marks satellite transmission from Jaen Spain featuring El Cordobes the world’s highest paid athlete.
The California Fish and Game Commission released proposed 1971 72 hunting regulations. The plan calls for an earlier pheasant season of 23 days and deer bag limits unchanged. Mountain lion season would be shortened and Fresno removed from spring turkey hunt counties. Objections will be heard May 21 in Sacramento before final adoption July 1.
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