Shafter Miss and Junior Miss Crowned at Festival Pageant
At the Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival on May 12 in the Shafter High Auditorium sixteen contestants competed for Miss Shafter and Shafter's Junior Miss. Cheryl Anderson won Senior Spirit and Scholastic awards while Corrine Huston took Junior Scholastic. Tammy Lauderdale earned Youth Fitness and Poise and Appearance, with Susie Bellows winning Talent and Performing Arts.
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Shafter
Jane Zachary
California
Roberta Nedry
Miss Shafter
Cheryl Anderson
Susie Bellows
Sandy Schneider
Tammy Lauderdale
Carolyn Camp
Julie Horn
Debbie New
Becky Nixon
Carrie Beach
Jenny Cole
Melody Colvard
Judy Gonzales
Corrine Huston
Tonya McWhorter
Karla Nash
Sherrill Nixon
Tammy
Cheryl
Parade Keeps Festival Days Sparkling With Big Crowd
The Festival Days parade drew large crowds Saturday morning with bands floats queens horses and antique cars. A WWII B 25 bomber skimmed Central Avenue dropping tissue paper as winners announced for the Chamber of Commerce float and the Miss Shafter and Junior Miss contestants.
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Central Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Shafter
Eight seek Recreation post on Shafter ballot
The Shafter Recreation District faces an eight candidate race for five board seats as interviews roll out over two weeks. Dora Jara, a longtime Shafter resident and secretary at Shafter High School, advocates consulting a firm to craft a master plan and extend programs to Richland Lerdo and Maple district communities. W C Walker, current AARP Chapter 2809 president, also runs, highlighting senior center needs and transportation gaps. Delano’s district recently won a $90,000 grant for senior nutrition programs.
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Shafter Recreation District
Shafter High School
Evan Jones
Dora
Richland
Bakersfield College
Shafter
Michael
Michelle
Lerdo
Maple
W.C. Walker
Recreation District
Board of Directors
Walker
AARP
Board of Supervisors
Legion Hall
Smith’s Corners
Park and Recreation District
Delano’s
Richland trustees hear parents clash over school issues
Richland School Board faced angry audience members over tree care and potential deep watering. A parent criticized a survey and water and restroom concerns as the board pledged to investigate. The Migrant Program report highlighted mobility and language challenges for children of farm workers.
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Richland School Board of Trustees
Health Department
Angela Cook
David Carthal
Dine Sheldon
Evron Barber
Richland
Barber
Highway Patrol
Police report thefts and break-ins in Shafter area
May 9 Grover Warren reported missing coffee table and clock valued at 165 dollars after returning home. May 10 Bertha Nieto said bicycles for her children were stolen from a closed front porch. boy bike Motocross 20 inch black with silver trim and bent right pedal valued 120 dollars, girl bike pink with white trim 64 dollars. May 11 Joe Speakman reported theft of a fire hose nozzle from Ag Water on Walker Street valued at 175 dollars. May 12 Dee Voth reported a subject in storage rooms and car parts. storage rooms broken into and ransacked, investigation continuing. May 13 officers stopped a vehicle at Pacific and Kern. details incomplete.
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Grover Warren
Lerdo
Bertha Nieto
California Avenue
Joe Speakman
Patsy Lane
Porterville
Ag-Water
Walker Street
Shafter
Dee Voth
Village Avenue
Pacific and
Kern
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Corinne Huston
Corrine
Dora Jara
Proposed
Recreation District Board of Directors
W.C
Fred Starrh
Starrh
Buttonwillow
Tom Almberg
California Assembly
John Dobbs
Karmen Jacobsen
Don Neufeld
ADA
Barbera
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