Shafter Potato Festival Echoes Through Local History
The town once held a May festival celebrating potato farming that supported many livelihoods from growers to movers along the railroad. Shafter's light sandy soil yields Centennials and Kennebecs, with a nearby Frito Lay plant processing local tubers into chips.
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Kennebecs
Buttonwillow
Frito-Lay
Stan
Ag Research Station
Harris Drive
National Geographic
Martin Luther King era book inspires Shafter talk
Janice Baerg of Delaney Educational Enterprises spoke to the Shafter Kiwanis Club about a book titled The Coming Free The Struggle for African American Equality. The speaker urged tolerance and unity, recalling Civil Rights history and urging youth to learn that color matters not.
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Janice Baerg
Delaney Educational Enterprises, Inc
Shafter Kiwanis Club
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Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Jr
Shafter
Hoop Shoot Local Contest at Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Local competition for 8 to 13 year olds held at Thomas Jefferson Middle School and Wasco area schools. First to third place receive trophies with winners advancing to the District Hoop Shoot in Tulare in January. Arrive around 9:30 a.m. for registration and warm-up. No admission charged.
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Diseth
Wasco
Tulare
Jesus meets Samaritan woman at the well
Pastor Linda Taylor recounts John chapter four where Jesus travels through Samaria, asks for water, offers living water, and reveals the Messiah. The Samaritan woman believes and leads many to Jesus, highlighting salvation and eternal life reachable through prayer and faith.
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