Shafter Drugstore Faces New Thrifty’s Nearby
Shafter Drugs, a fixture since 1919 founded by Doc Stringham and now run by Mert Wiedmann with his family, could face competition from a proposed Thrifty’s. Wiedmann notes the operation differs from chains and vows the business will not close as long as loyal local customers remain.
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Thrifty’s
Shafter
Shafter Drugs
Mert Wiedmann
Wiedmann
Stringham
Angie Stringham
Doc
Arvin Youth Tortured Murdered Found in Orange Grove
The death of a popular Arvin athlete, Yarbrough, is confirmed as murder. Flores is no longer a suspect and Ramirez remains missing. Det. Crosby declined to release details about the crime scene. Autopsy results are pending, typically taking about a week. The body was found Oct. 15, three miles north of Lamont by Sam Handel, Yarbrough's uncle.
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Flores
Ramirez
Yarbrough
Kern County Sheriff's de
Orange Grove
Sam Handel
Lamont
Murder on Page 3 Annual band review in Shafter
East side of town echoed with marching music as Richland area bands gathered for the annual Shafter Band Review. Manuel Avenue and surrounding streets were closed to host a large field of visiting bands under ideal sunny, warm conditions with strict judging by experienced officials.
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Shafter
Manuel Avenue
Shafter High School
Foster unveils rose filled plastic walking cane
Florence Foster of Jackson Michigan, retired executive secretary, has created a rose filled plastic walking cane attracting cane users nationwide. Surviving a tornado that toppled her home and crushed her refrigerator, she recovered with cracked ribs and told doctors she keeps faith with a quip about God Foster on pace.
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Florence Foster
Jackson
Michigan
Foster
Longtime resident sells Hitchcock Ranch to new owners Hall
A Shafter veteran begins final departure from Hitchcock Ranch after a year on the market and sale to new owners Hall. He will still train horses nearby at his son-in-law’s facility, preserving a life tied to horse lore and a family legacy dating to 1919 and the Kern County Land Company era.
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Hall
Chuck Hitchcock
Kern County Land Company
Shafter
Charley
Nebraska
Hitchcock
Oklahoma
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Doc” Stringham
Los Angeles
McKittrick
Corcoran
University of Southern California
Pat
Stringhams
Ted
Sandy
Arvin
By Roy Patrick
Partment
Phil Crosby
sheriff/ coroner’s office
Richland Band
Cauzza
Er Bettie Abe
Hitchcock Ranch
Sunset
Wanda LaMontagne
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