Shafter Approves 102959 Refuse System Upgrade
Shafter city council approved a Rapid Rail automated refuse collection system with a 102959 expenditure for equipment. Delivery expected by March with a 2 3 week transition. Labor costs shift to capital items. $3 monthly rate rise possible.
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Shafter
Public Works
Bill Sheldon
Lew Carroll
Gorsching
Taft
Kern County
Sheldon
Carroll
Bankers Life
Bill Jones
Cummings
Unruh
Kiwanis Parade Lights Up Shafter Halloween Night
The Shafter Kiwanis Club hosted its annual Halloween parade with imaginative entries and prize money across three age divisions. Maple 4-H won first in the group division while Lauren Hoekstein and Julie Walker earned second and third in their respective categories.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club
Lauren Hoekstein
Julie Walker
Richland School District Spends About 20000 on Community Service
Richland School District reports 1975 76 community service expenditures totaling 19535 dollars with major costs for yard duty supervision bus and custodial service for community activities and pool expenses. 3000 dollars were given to the Shafter Recreation Commission. Enrollment drops to 1742 from 1809.
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Richland
Evron Barber
Board of Trustees
Barber
Shafter Recreation Commission
Elaine Mahoney
Tom Henry
County Superintendent of Schools
Nine candidates vie for four seats on Shafter Chamber board
Nine nominees backed by the chamber nominating committee compete for four upcoming vacancies on the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture board. Ballots mailed to members require votes for four directors and must be returned by noon November 26. The chamber will tally and announce winners at the meeting.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Chamber
Connie Galagher
Bank of America
Marilyn Gladden
Gladden Trucking
Bud Johnson
Johnson
Kerneth Anderson
Shafter Farmer
Ross Shafer
Gene Guenther
Gloria Boggs
Compees National Bank
Bob
Nude Halloween Dare Leads to Arrest on Walnut Street
An off duty Bakersfield officer answered a Walnut Street door to two nude women who posed for a trick or treat. One suspect, 19 year old from Shafter, was arrested for indecent exposure after the stunt ended with a chase and capture nearby.
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Bakersfield
R. Alan Greagrey
Walnut Street
Barbara Mizell
Greagrey
Walnut
Shafter
Appointees Sought for Shafter Planning Commission
Mayor Bill Cummings urges local residents to apply at city hall to fill vacancies on city commissions. Applications are being taken on his recommendation to broaden community representation. The council plans to appoint the vacancy left by Carl Taffern soon, with only one applicant so far.
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Shafter Planning Commission
Bill Cummings
City Hall
James Street
Cummings
Carl Taffern
Shafter Poll Sees GOP Edge in Four Races
A random survey of 173 registered voters in Shafter shows Republicans leading in four partisan races despite Democrats outnumbering them 55 to 41 percent. Ford leads, Hayakawa tops senator race, Ketchum and Thomas favored, Tackett ahead in supervisor race, with Proposition 14 heavily opposed.
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Shafter
Bill Hatcher
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Sam Hayakawa
John Tunney
Carter
Bill Ketchum
Bakersfield
Dean Close
Bill Thomas
Sacramento
Ninteen
Steve Schilling
Gene Tackett
LeRoy Jackson
Tackett
Jackson
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Elmer Unruh
Jack Colvard
Arizona
Colvard
Kiwanis
al Sandrini
Ruth Searcy
Searcy
Delano
Democratic
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