Shafter May events listed by local groups and festivals
The AARP Board meets today at 1 30 p m at the Senior Center. The Shafter Chamber sponsors the May Festival on Saturday May 19 in downtown Shafter with booths food and entertainment. The Shafter Fun Run also May 19 starting 8 a m with 5k and 1 mile walks and registration at 7 a m. Kern County Senior Citizens Conference May 19 at Christian Life Center Bakersfield. Commodities giveaway May 21 at Veterans Hall starts 9 a m. Kern County Fair auditions May 23 5 30 to 8 p m building 3. Healthy Start May 23 6 to 7 30 p m Richland Intermediate School guest Rita Neri. Youth tackle football practice May 26 Mandel Park 10 a m to noon.
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Shafter
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Kern County
Christian Life Center
Olive Drive
Bakersfield
Fair Grounds
South P Street
Shafter Collaborative
Richland Intermediate School
Rita Neri
Kern County Probation Department
Shafter General
Mandel Park
Retiring SHS principal Rekosh reflects on 41-year career
Charlie Rekosh concludes a 41 year education span at Shafter High School after the 2000 01 year. He looks forward to retirement enjoying golf movies grandchildren and bus rides with a spouse. He recalls mentors teachers and coaching as shaping his career and accepting change.
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Shafter High School
Charlie Rekosh
Rekosh
Centennial Ek
Bakersfield
Former resident to ride unicycle to Grand Canyon
Robert Waldron pastor of Thunder Mountain Community Church in Sierra Vista Arizona plans a unicycle journey to the Grand Canyon starting September He recently left Shafter for Sierra Vista and will travel with his two daughters visiting churches shopping centers schools and sharing his faith along the route
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Robert Waldron
Thunder Mountain
Sierra Vista
Arizona
Shafter
Waldron
Rachael
Rebecca
Wninos
Richland author balances writing and autograph work
The author discusses experiences in Richland schools and in autographing books, noting a focus on life facts, fiction, and personal stories from her father. She earned a California Young Minds nomination and emphasized independent publication alongside reading.
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Juthers
Sack Bie
Oni
California
Sake Petbeich
Ene Bo Ee
Shafter Council Advances Grande Foods Property Deal
The Shafter City Council and the Shafter Community Development Agency approved purchasing a 160000 square foot tortilla chips plant on 20 acres at Los Angeles and Beech. Incentives totaling 212000 cover water wastewater and building permit fees with Kern County sharing half. Repayments from higher property taxes fund water and sewer costs over three years.
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Shafter Community Development Agency
Grande Foods
Los Angeles
Beech Avenues
Shafter
County of
Kern
Memorial Day Observance and Veteran Hospital Visit
Memorial Day services at Shafter Memorial Cemetery honor fallen service members. American Legion Auxiliary President Cathy Morgan visited five World War I veterans at the Veterans Hospital Extended Care Center, meeting men disabled by war injuries.
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Shafter Memorial Cemetery
American Legion Auxiliary
Cathy Morgan
Veteran's Hospital
Morgan
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Shafter Congregational Church
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Central and
Mobil Oil Corporation
John Guinn
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