City Council Approves Light Conversion and Dump Plan
The Shafter City Council unanimously approved amending the Kern County Solid Waste Management plan to allow Shell Oil to dump its waste at the Taft site. They also backed converting street lights from mercury vapor to high‑pressure sodium, with PG&E rebates and a $28,000 project funded by a California Energy Commission loan, expected to save costs to about seven years.
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Taft
Public Works Department
Kern County
Shell Oil
Pacific Gas and Electric
Shafter
Lerdo Highway
California Energy Commission
Festival Days Mark 1985 Shafter Potatoes Cotton Fair
The 1985 Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival opens Thursday and runs through Sunday, its 14th year since revival by the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture. Events include the American Legion Carnival opening night and Sunday finals of the Fireman's Master competition. The Shafter Press debuts a 20 page festival tabloid with highlights and a feature on the Shafter Junior Miss Pageant. Color photos preview the festival with shots of 1964 Junior Miss Michelle DeLozier and local crops.
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Shafter
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
American Legion
Shafter Press
Michelle DeLozier
Teen
Chamber delays hiring full time manager proposal
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture postponed a decision to hire a full time manager at a Friday meeting at JD's Restaurant. The board considered using half of higher business license fee revenue to fund a salary and expenses, with monthly pay around 800. The plan called for internal recruitment, six month performance reviews, and duties liaison with city council and county supervisors to boost town Promotion and membership.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Jd's
Shafter
Chamber
Wayne Wood
Ben Grundy
Shafter City
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Board of Trade
Judge Stuart to hear waste site arguments in California case
Judge James Stuart will hear arguments Friday on whether to extend a temporary injunction blocking the transfer of toxic waste from the McColl dump in Fullerton to Petroleum Waste Incorporated near Buttonwillow. State officials had planned to begin moving waste as early as last Tuesday, with a public information meeting canceled in favor of the hearing.
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McColl
Fullerton
Petroleum Waste Incorporated
Buttonwillow
James Stuart
PWI
Lakern Road
Kel
Kern County
Ralph Jordan
Los
W B Camp Pioneer of San Joaquin Valley Cotton and Potatoes
W B Camp shaped California cotton capital status and proved potatoes viable for sandy soils. The Bakersfield figure rose from humble origins to national stature, led farm labor reforms, built a 5000 acre ranch from railroad car homes, and became a political voice for farmer independence amid 1930s to 1950s agricultural shifts.
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W_B. Camp
San Joaquin
Oleander Avenue
Bakersfield
Bill Camp
Clemson College
South Carolina
America
Deep South
Shafter
Georgia
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Colleton County
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Oleander
Louise Phifer Wise
Southern Carolina
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