PUPC gains support as Fresno meet planned
The Power Users Protection Council met at Greenacres Baptist Church on November 7 to rally farmers against high electricity rates. Speakers cited a 188 percent rise since 1979 and argued PG&E rate shifts hurt agriculture, urging community and industry resolutions to reduce costs toward parity with other production expenses. A major Fresno meeting is set for November 22 at Hacienda Motel with plans to gather data and take concerns to the Public Utilities Commission.
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Power Users Protection Council
Greenacres Baptist Church
Pg&e
Fabbri
PUPC
California
Samarin
Loren Hodge
Kern County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Hodge
Kerman
Fresno County Farm Bureau
Fresno
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Greenacres
Roy Easley
Wasco-Shafter
Tion
Calcot
Kern County
Fresno County Farm Bureaus
Improvement District Chamber tours Hanford
Seven Shafter residents representing the Shafter City Council and the Shafter Chamber of Commerce toured Hanford on November 8 to learn how Hanford’s Improvement Association improved its image and boosted business. Hanford director Jim Beath explained start up efforts and the sign ordinance changes that reshaped the central business area enhancing merchant attitudes and revenues. The group later reported on the trip at the chamber’s first Friday breakfast and discussed chamber insurance costs and a Fair Responsibility Act petition, with a plan for a special evening board meeting to appoint a chamber manager.
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Shafter
Beath
Chamber
Hanford
Chambers
Sandy Wiedmann
Ross Shafer
Jerry Hawkins
Shafter City
Chamber of Commerce
Election Results Show Board Seats Won in Local Districts
Richland School District results list Franz 758 King 641 Kern 560 Lindgren 547 Patino 366 Thomas 317. Franz and King reappointed, Kern to fill Dobbs seat. Shafter Recreation and Park District names Flud 801 Nixon 702 Mizener 602 Thomas 267. Flud and Nixon join board. Minter Field Airport District incumbents Wilson 687 Ryker 488 Ashby 464 Miller 198 keep seats. Miller Jr. 348 not elected.
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Richland
Franz
Marylee King
da Kern
Lisa H. Lindgren
Joaquin Patino, Jr
Jim Thomas
Franz and
King
Kern
John Dobbs
David Mizener
David Thomas
Flud
Nixon
Mizener
Bill Walker
Minter Field
Noel Wilson
Wallace Ryker
Riley Ashby
Ron Miller
Wilson
Ryker
Planning Commission reviews zoning changes in Shafter
At the regular Shafter Planning Commission meeting on November 5 all commissioners discussed two proposed zoning amendments, one annexation recommended subject to pre zoning, and another needing more study due to road conditions shared by city and county. The panel approved a December 3 public hearing for two ordinances establishing conditional use permit and site review criteria, with changes sought to ensure appeal language is acceptable. The commission also set winter meeting start time to 7 p.m.
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Shafter Planning Commission
City Hall
Clarence Kattenhorn
Shafter Avenue
Los Angeles Avenue
Ron Young
Wiedmann
Commission
Hair
City Council
Planning Commission
Planner Young
Shafter City Manager Caires to resign soon
August Caires, the Shafter city manager, will resign and move to Scott's Valley in Santa Cruz County to take a new post. The resignation was discussed in a closed session and no exact departure date was announced. Caires praised the Shafter council and noted Scott's Valley offers advancement and higher pay for his move.
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Caires
Tom Strelich Kern Teacher of the Year by Flora Nichols
Richland fourth grade teacher Tom Strelich has been named Kern County Teacher of the Year after years of classroom innovation. His program mixes Japan studies, Gold Rush rewards, Pony Express days, and group work to build responsibility and curiosity. Strelich, raised in Bingham Utah, and his wife co author teaching books and have taught together for over 40 years. He accepted the honor at Red Lion on November 7 and praised his 13 years of work with a light remark about getting an A on his report card.
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Flora Nichols
Tom Strelich
Richland
Kern County
Japan
Pony Express
Joss F
Bingham
Utah
Strelich
Red Lion
Shafter School
Tom
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Wasco
Vido Fabbri
Easley
Jim Crettel
Association
Shafter Merchants Associa
Improvement District Chamber
Leslie
Shafter Shafter
Scott’s Valley
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