Desert Weekend at Tubac Valley Country Club in Arizona
Emil Frost recalls a May visit to Tubac Valley near Tubac, Arizona, enjoying warm days at the country club, golf, and outdoor activities. The piece notes Tubac’s history from Jesuit Father Kino to Mexican and U.S. transitions, the Gadsden Purchase, and Tubac’s arts scene leading to the Tubac Art Festival begun in 1960, with artists such as Dale Nichols and Sid Cedargreen among others.
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High Desert
Arizona
Tubac Valley Country Club
Harry Pollack
Pollack Organization
Country Club
Tubac
Tucson
Nogales
Sonora
Mexico
Eusebio Kino
Aony
Kino
Presidio
Spain
Gadsden
United States
Dale Nichols
Sid Cedargreen
el Meyer
Lou Smith
Ralph Hume
Harwood Steiger
Jack van Ryder
Raymond Wright
Jean Wisdom
71 Students Honored for Achievements
Seventy one students from Shafter and nearby communities were honored at the Achievement Banquet held at Richland school cafeteria. H W Pat Kelly served as master of ceremonies under Supt Evron Barber of Richland. President Kerneth Anderson greeted the students and urged continued scholastic progress. About 200 people were served by the Richland cafeteria staff led by retiring supervisor Mrs Sylvia Baughman. Students hailed came from Buttonwillow Lerdo Maple Richland Rio Bravo Greeley Elementary schools and Shafter High School.
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H. W
Pat) Kelly
Kerneth Anderson
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Supt
Evron Barber
Richland School
Shafter
Richland
Kelly
Sylvia Baughman
Buttonwillow Lerdo
Maple
Rio Bravo - Greeley
Shafter High School
Kern High School District proposes tax cut and budget
The Kern High School District Board hears a preliminary FY budget of 25 812 079 with a property tax drop from 2 61 to 2 34 next year driven by Senate Bill 90. The plan includes a 6 5 percent cost of living raise for staff and SB 90 shifts to state funding 35 percent of operating costs after months of negotiations with 933 certified and 550 classified employees.
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Kern High School District Board of Trustees
Harry J. Ward, Jr
Maple Leaf Head Dies in Loma Linda Hospital
E. J. Peters, 67, Wasco founder of Maple Leaf Enterprises, dies after leukemia and lung condition. He settled in 1920, started Maple Leaf in 1936, building a business in farming, processing, marketing, ginning, hay, farm equipment, petroleum and owning KWSO radio. Survivors include widow Elizabeth, two sons Edward and Douglas, two sisters Alice and Eleanor. Funeral services pending.
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E. J. Peters
Wasco
Maple Leaf Enterprises
Loma Linda University Hospital
Peters
Southern California Hospital
Wasco Hospital
Shafter - Wasco
Maple Leaf
E.J. Peters
KWSO
Elizabeth
Edward
Douglas
Alice
Eleanor
Agee Funeral Home
Memorial Day Ceremony Held by Shafter American Legion
A large crowd gathered at Shafter Cemetery Monday for the Memorial Day ceremony sponsored by the Shafter Post of the American Legion. Grady Bartlett welcomed attendees, urging reverence for the dead and renewed patriotic duty as Ernest Larson offered a prayer. Jerry Diefernderfer spoke on Assemblyman Nimmo's behalf, recounting a Washington trip and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, while Larson closed with biblical readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Cemetery
Shafter
American Legion
Ernest Larson
First Southern Baptist Church
Bartlett
Jerry Diefenderfer
Robert Nimmo
Diefenderfer
Nimmo
Shafter Post
Washington, D.C
Memorial Day Warmth Drops After 102 Degree Peak
Memorial Day in Shafter featured a 102 degree high as the warmest of the seven day period with several lower 90s days. Friday and Saturday brought cooler relief with low 80s while veterans memorial ceremonies included wreaths, a firing squad, and Taps. Local public offices and businesses closed as American flags lined downtown streets and hundreds of veterans are buried in Shafter Cemetery.
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Memorial Day
Mother Nature
Usda Cotton Research Station
Shafter
Shafter Cemetery
American Legion
Richland eighth graders to graduate on June 6
Eighth graders from Richland Upper Grade School will receive diplomas June 6 at 7 p.m. in the Shafter High School auditorium. The fifty ninth commencement theme is Reach for Your Future with speakers Debbie Wise Cindy Lane and Ronda Carroll. Tom Valasquez will be Master of Ceremonies. The program opens with the Richland School Band directed by Michael Hutchinson, performing We've Only Just Begun Grand Finale and Pomp and Circumstance. Sandy Wilson, Student Body President, will lead the pledge to the flag with invocation by Continued on Page 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Shafter High School
Debbie Wise
Cindy Lane
Ronda Carroll
Tom Valasquez
Michael Hutchinson
Sandy Wilson
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Ff Coaling
Emil
Jack) Frost
Susan Franklin
Catherine Merlo
Cecelia Wedel
David Nash
Kim Hyer
Patrick Wong
Mark Kennath
Rebecca Parsons
Jane Zachary
Cheryl Anderson
Stacy Wood
Vicki Reedus
Ricky Ramirez
Ricky Friesen
Kent Wood
Anita Hoover
Nadine Luke
Kern Hi School Board
Loma
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Legion Color Guard
Auxiliary
Earl R. O’brien
Elvis Haskins
Louise Jones
Leana Johnson
Donal Mettler
Roland Grisham
Larson
American Legion Auxiliary
Shafter Business and Professional Women’s Club
Shafter Women’s Club
Shafter Kiwanis Club
American Legion Post 213
Blackie
McCoy
Tom Bean
Maurice Connell
Art Kadel
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