Memorial Day notices and local event calendar
Shafter Press and Wasco Tribune announce offices closed Memorial Day with deadlines shifted to May 24 for news and ads. After holiday, original schedule resumes. Also details on senior outreach volunteer calls and community events including Wasco Memorial Day dinner May 27 and Wasco High School car show June 1 to support scholarships and local charities.
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Shafter
Shafter Press
Wasco Tribune
Wasco
Madness over Minter Field Air Show Lights Up Shafter
Crowds enjoyed May 11 and 12 air show at Shafter Minter Field as the host group returns after years off due to costs. Melissa Pemberton dazzled with aerobatics while Team Strega and Steve Stavakakis drew crowds with Reno connections and tributes to veterans. Organizers at Minter Air Field Museum praised volunteers and promised a second annual event.
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Shafter
Minter Field
Shafter Minter Field
Melissa
Rex Pemberton
Melissa Pemberton
Team
Strega
Reno
Steve Stavakakis
Steve
Minter Air Field Museum
Green Hotel Ribbon Cutting Reflects Decades of Community Effort
The Green Hotel in Shafter, a Kern County landmark on the National Register, hosted a ribbon cutting after years of restoration led by the Green Hotel Restoration Committee and volunteers including The Green Hotel Cooks. Mayor Jon Johnson and Councilwoman Cathy Prout attended, with tours by appointment and events showcasing period furnishings and the historic courtyard tree.
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Herndon Hitchcock
Green
The
Kern Land Company
Herndon
Marion
Marion’s
Shafter Historical Society
Pat Wilson
Jon Johnson
Cathy Prout
Green Hotel
Men of Teen Challenge
Shafter
Kern County
Shafter High Teacher Wins Jim Burke Education Award
Jorge Maldonado of Shafter High School earned the Teacher of the Year award from the Jim Burke Pord Education Foundation as one of two teachers chosen from thirty-three nominees. Maldonado has taught at Shafter for thirteen years and is noted as an inspirational mentor urging students to work hard toward their dreams.
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Jim Burke
Jorge
Shafter High School
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztan
SHS Theatre Department Offers Summer Program at SHS PAC
The Shafter High School theatre department announces a summer program with auditions on June 3 from 2 30 to 5 00 pm at the Performing Arts Center. Activities run Monday Wednesday and Friday 2 30 to 5 00 pm, July 18 and 19 performances.
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SHS Theatre Department
Shafter High
American Legion Auxiliary appoint Girls State representative
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 213 hosted the 15th District Girls State Orientation Luncheon at the Shafter Memorial Building. District 15, spanning Kern and Tulare Counties, raises funds to sponsor one junior girl from each high school to attend California Girls State at Claremont McKenna College. The 70th session runs June 17–22, 2013, with Rocio Esparaza named delegate and Micah Adams and Veronice Lopez-Ferrer as alternates from Shafter High. Approximately 100 delegates, parents and district members attended, with praise for Unit 213 and luncheon planning.
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Sue Hooker
Rocio Esparaza
Micah Adams
Veronice Lopez Ferrer
American Legion Auxiliary Unit
Shafter Memorial
American Legion Auxiliary District 15
Kern
Tulare
California
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont
American Legion Auxiliary
Gion
God
Shafter High School
Veronice Lopez- Ferrer
Genieca Risner
Kathy Oshel
Unit 213
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Kern County Mental Health
Melanie Davie-Haynes
KCMH
Wasco High School
Memory Lane
Kern Honor Flight
Kern Co. American Cancer Society
Chambliss
Red Bull
Society
Teen Challenge
City of
Shafter High Pac
Center For Improv Advancement
Carla Stanley
Carla
Girs
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