Minter Field District votes on water venture and upgrades
Minter Field Airport District focused on clean water at last Wednesday's meeting. John Guinn outlined joint water venture costs with Shafter city shares totaling about 4.74 million and MFAD 1.692 million. Participants include North Park, Dewitt Water, North Shafter, Cherokee Strip, Burbank Water, Good Water and six small providers.
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Minter Field Airport District
Shafter City
John Guinn
MFAD
Friant-Kern
Airport District
North Park
Dewitt Water Company
North Shafter
Cherokee Strip
Burbank
Police Blotter Details Suspect in Child Enticement Case
Reynaldo Gomez, a Hispanic male born 193?1, of Shafter, detained after allegedly enticing a 2 year old girl into his home and engaging in sex acts. The child walked home, mother questioned, SPD investigated, Gomez arrested and pled guilty. Sentencing set for June 14 in Superior Court before Terry Pelton. Gomez has prior arrests and is a registered sex offender who recently was released from prison.
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Reynaldo Gomez
Shafter
SPD
Feult Gomez
Superior Court
Terry Pelton
Transit Link Priority Aims to Trim Valley Pollution
San Francisco and Sacramento pollution would ease with better mass transit as a Bakersfield to Los Angeles passenger rail link is set as a top priority within three to five years. Passage of Propositions 108 and 111 is seen as essential, while the League of Women Voters outlines Prop 108's arguments against it. Bonds are not free money and will burden future generations, proponents say, suggesting revenue bonds funded by system users.
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San Francisco
Sacramento
San Joaquin Valley
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
League of Women Voters
Downtown Bakersfield Farmers Market Planned for June 2
The Downtown Parking and Business Improvement District boards announce a Saturday farmers market starting June 2 at 10 a.m. in the Central and James parking lot. Sellers must be Agriculture Department certified. applications are at Shirley's Dress Shop or Central Floor Covering, then to 1101 S Mt Vernon. A $10 fee and an inspector verification process apply. Arrive by 9 a.m. to set up. call Linda Gragg at 746-3982 for details.
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Sakray
Central and James
Agriculture Department
Shirley’s
S. Mt. Vernon
Bakersfield
Linda Gragg
Funeral for Marissa Brean Webb in Shafter
Funeral services were held Friday at Peters Funeral Chapel for five month old Marissa Brean Webb who died May 22 in Bakersfield. Rev. Jerry Mitchell officiated and interment followed at Shafter Memorial Park. Survivors include parents Donald and Kelley Webb grandmother Glenda Worsham and two brothers. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
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Peters Funeral
Marissa Brean Webb
Bakersfield
Jerry Mitchell
Shafter Assembly of God Church
Shafter Memorial Park
Marissa
Donald and
Kelley Webb
Bell Wilma Akins obituary and graveside rites in Bakersfield
Wilma Akins Bell died May 21 in Shafter age 92. Graveside services held May 24 at Greenlawn Memorial Park Bakersfield. Born January 23 1901 Avalon Texas moved Yuma Arizona 1918 married Clyde Bell 1922 farmed in Shafter. Survived by son Leland Shirley Bell grandchild David Bell and several relatives.
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Greenlawn Memorial Park
River Blvd
Bakersfield
Wilma Akins Bell
Shafter
Mike Kotrla
Congregational Church of
Texas
Yuma
Ariz
Clyde Bell
Leland Bell
David Bell
Bell
Lester
Leland
Shirley Bell
Susan Trihey
Michael
Debby Bell
Patrick
Megan
Kevin Trihey
Peters Funeral Home
Community events calendar for Shafter area May to June
Chronological list of Shafter area happenings includes Arthritis Association eight week AIM course calling 322 9411, Cunningham Gallery Enchanting Midsummers Night Eve at 1930 R St Bakersfield with $35 cover, Wasco Jamaica Saturday at St. John’s School, Goodguys Bakersfield Raceway double header at Famoso with rates, Fourth Annual Buy a Guy Bachelor Auction benefiting Arthritis Association 322 9411, Hart Park guided tour with AARP $17, Pismo Beach Street Rod and Classic Car Show details. Contact numbers provided where available.
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Shafter Press
P.O
Cunningham Art Gallery
R St
Bakersfield
Bank of America Foundation
Warhol
Frankenthaler
Hockney
Wasco
Jamaica
St. John’s School
Patty Acebedo
Shirley Puccinelli
Goodguys
Bakersfield Raceway
Famoso Road
Marty Meadors
Mark Meadors
Dan Danner
Red Lion Inn
Arthritis Association of
Kern County
William St. Hart
Hart Park
Mary Epp
Aarp Group
Mary
Pismo Beach
California
West Coast
Cotton Research Station holds first reunion in Shafter
About 100 former and current staff and families gathered May 20 at the U S Cotton Research Station in Shafter California for its first reunion since the 1922 inception. Attendees shared memories over a picnic lunch as children explored grounds and adults recalled the station’s growth from cotton breeding to broader research with entomologists and pathologists.
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U.S. Cotton Research Station
Gre
John Turner
Tion
Tifton
Shafter
California
Turner
Lyle Carter
Shafter’s
South
The
Scott McMichael
Amir Omer
University of California, Davis
Omer
Sudan
San Joaquin Valley
Carter
Aut of Agriculture
Bakersfield
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Minter Field Airport District Meeting
By Dee NaQuin
AIP
Kirk Nelson
Federal Aviation Administration
Nelson
Farmer’s Market
Flora Nichols
Wlima Akins Bell
Cotton Research Station
Dee NaQuin
Garrett Goodell
Pete
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