Review Board Upheld Griver Insubordination Charges
The Personnel Review Board upheld charge four against Sgt. Gerald Gruver for insubordination and recommended disciplinary action. The board also maintained a thirty day suspension and reinstated a fifty dollar salary deduction retroactive to its withdrawal, with rehabilitation of the probationary period. The decision proceeds to the City Council for final action. Edwards hearings wrap with an administrative hearing resulting in Edwards being removed from the payroll following City Administrator Bill Sheldon’s termination recommendation.
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Gerald Gruver
Sgt. Gruver
Shony Edwards
Edwards
Bill Sheldon
Night of mischief shakes Shafter at Armstrong home
Charles and Pat Armstrong return to a smashed house after a birthday trip to Bakersfield. A male juvenile is found bleeding from a broken hand. police delay leads to frustration. The attack is labeled malicious mischief, while officers debate arrests due to juvenile status and jail space.
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Charles
Pat Armstrong
E.ash
Shafter
Bakersfield
Pat
Tommy
Armstrong
Armstrongs
Bob Nixon
Sheriff’s Office
Loyd Link
Loyd
Safeway
O’brien
Link
Unruh
Bill Sheldon
Richland Board weighs wait and see lunch plan
Richland Board of Trustees met Monday with Tom Almberg absent and endorsed a wait and see approach to a kindergarten lunch program. If adopted, morning classes would eat at 11 a.m. and afternoon at 12 noon. snacks would be dropped. The board also approved two inservice days, formed a Reorganization Committee, and discussed ADA projections and budget insurance premiums.
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Richland Board of Trustees
Tom Almberg
David Carthal
John Dobbs
Michael
Donna Ogle
Don Neufeld
Evron Barber
Tom Henry
Doyle Amos
Mike Carty
Dave Anderson
Frank Lopez
Board of Trustees
James Edward Davis
Roberta Schellenberg
Danielle Stigthans
ADA
Bicycle and shotgun thefts reported in Shafter
Reports from Shafter on October 11 12 and 14 detail thefts of a Coast to Coast 20 inch blue boys bicycle valued 109 dollars from 208 West Lerdo a H R single shot 20 gauge shotgun valued 30 dollars removed from a pickup behind the Bottle Shop on Central Avenue and a 20 inch red high rise boys bicycle with sissy bars wide wheels and a white banana seat valued 60 dollars stolen from a fenced yard Both incidents are dated October 11 12 and 14.
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Dean Self
W. Lerdo
Fred Pitts
Shafter
Central Avenue
Vicki Gardner
301
Olsen
Safeway contest yields two $1000 winners in Shafter
Two Shafter residents won big in Safeway's Super Dollar Casino. Jose Hernandez of North Shafter Labor Camp won $1000 on September 16, and Betty Minnix of Shafter won $1000 on October 13 after a heart stopping reveal. Maria Pompa of Shafter won a one minute spree by collecting $142.55 in groceries. Safeway manager Al Hatala says another spree is planned.
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Safeway
Shafter
Jose Hernandez
North Shafter
Betty Minnix
Betty
Maria Pompa
Isles
al Hatala
Betty Minix
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Richland Board
Xavier Garza
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