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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1984
Page
4
Pastor Dick Dean urges true thankfulness for blessings in an affluent Shafter community. He cites Acts 17 25 27, noting God gives life and all possessions and desires a relationship through Jesus, encouraging active real thanks beyond material comfort.
Letter to the editor accuses a driver of a hit and run on Wey and Way last Thursday night which killed a beloved stray cat. The writers urge drivers to slow down as nearby children cross the street amid their sadness.
Citizens and the Shafter Bicentennial Committee oppose Kern County Fire Department plans to replace the Memorial Garden with a concrete pad for a new fire station between the library and police department. They urge a viable alternative site and invite public input at the November 26 city council meeting.
A reader speaker condemns the High School Powderpuff game for promoting misogynistic behavior. The letter, signed by Rena Dorsett, argues against compromise, cites feminist concerns and urges stricter moral standards in schools citing Christian views and a verse from Matthew 24:12.
A Shafter reader criticizes two council members for interrupting Kern County Fire Department Chief Tom McCarthy and questions funding for a new fire station. He argues the project could boost tourism around a bicentennial statue and supports relocating the station between the police station and the library as the logical site. Dale Flud expresses long-term resident concerns.
The Reverend Bob Adams and Doctor Merlynn Colip founded Valley Hope after recognizing alcohol as a disease with no local drying-out option. Now a non profit treatment center with in patient and out patient facilities operates in Kansas and three neighboring states. Since its start 17 years ago it has 31 000 alumni and 50 000 family members, with 65 percent achieving sobriety and productivity. When coordinated with families or employers that rate rises to 90 percent.
A Paul Aurandt feature recounts a 1937 San Francisco ban on cemeteries and a mass evacuation of a minority, leading to Colma becoming a deadroom town. It details how 21,000 residents opposed the measure but could not vote, and notes that the city’s outcasts were dead by law and by relocation.
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