Community calendar for Shafter events and deadlines
Community notices list several local happenings. Toys for Tots applications run Oct 18 to Nov 4 from 3 30 to 4 30 p m Monday through Thursday. no referrals. Harvest Festival at Manuel Park Oct 30 from 5 p m with Halloween contest. candy donations to City Hall. Shafter High School Class of 1960 photo Oct 22 at 3 15 p m. contact Deanna Rodriguez Root. Shafter Historical Society meets Oct 21 at 7 p m Red Barn Museum. The Bugseum hosts Halloween Day Oct 30 with free admission. call 1 800 213 6124 ext 202. Public invited to all events.
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Shafter Healthy Start
Manuel Park
City Hall
Woody Colvard
Shafter High School
Shafter Press
Deanna Rodriguez Root
Shafter
Fred Starrh
Shafter Historical Society
Central Valley Highway
Fred
Bugseum
Food Drive and Community Awards Details Listed
Food Drive hosted by Golden Living runs until November 15 with deliveries accepted at 140 E Tulare. For more information call 661 746 3912. Nominations for the 2011 Community Awards dinner are available at City Hall for a January 27 2011 event, with nominations due by November 17. More on pace 3.
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Golden Living
E. Tulare
City Hall
Shafter and Wasco Halloween Events Parade Family Fun
Shafter and Wasco host several Halloween activities for families during the 2010 season. Events include Shafter Harvest Festival at Manuel Park with a costume contest on Oct 30, Toys for Tigers Hay Ride at 826 Highway 46, Insectiore spooky bugtacular on Oct 30, Festival of Booths by Sounds of Pentecost on Oct 31, and Westside Family Fellowship Fall Festival on Halloween night starting at 6 p.m. All are free or fundraisers, with details in local notices.
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Shafter
Wasco
Manuel Park
Toys For Tigers
Highway 46
Highway 43
Sounds of Pentecost
Palm Avenue
Shafter-Wasco
Westside Family Fellowship
Shafter Press
Wasco Tribune
Christmas Melodies Tree Exhibit Returns to Shafter Depot Museum
The Shafter Depot Museum hosts a Community Christmas Tree exhibit from November 24 with last year’s 13 entries inspiring this year’s theme Christmas Melodies. Trees must be in place by December 3 and will be viewable December 4, 11, 18 and January 7 2011. entrants pay a fee and keep lights and stands. First second and third place winners are chosen by community votes. contact Stephanie Benito at 661 330 8769 for details.
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Shafter
Shafter Depot Museum
Rotary Club
Shafter Kiddie Kollege
Shafter Women's Club
Depot Museum
Stephanie Benito
Neuharth celebrates 103rd birthday at Carrington
Neuharth, a South Dakota native now living in Shafter for nine years, marked her 103rd birthday with family and friends at Carrington. Guests hugged her as photos were taken while she joined in singing and cut a birthday cake, later sharing Bible verses and memories of farm life in South Dakota.
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Adeline Neuharth
Carrington
Shafter
Deline Neuharth
Neuharth
South Dakota
John the Best
Shafter Rotary outlines October events schedule
Dan Giordano and Steven Boster spoke at Shafter Rotary about shared program funds for Rotary International. Upcoming activities include participation in the Shafter Harvest Festival with Shafter Kiwanis and the annual District conference on Oct 23 a three day district travel with meetings from Bakersfield to the Central coast at the Doubletree Hotel in Bakersfield.
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Dan Giordano
Steven Boster
Shafter Rotary
Rotary International
Shafter
Warriors rout SHS Generals in Tehachapi Homecoming win
The Shafter Generals were shut out 43-0 by the Tehachapi Mountain Men in Tehachapi High School’s Homecoming. Steve Denman’s team opened 5 drives with scores, building a 28-0 halftime lead as SHS piled up 130 total yards.
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Shafter
Craig Wentz
Jesus Lara
Generals
Tehachapi High School
Bakersfield Christian High School
Eagles
Warriors
Tehachapi
Steve Denman
Mountain
Fernando Saucedo
Efrain Garcia
Juan Aguilar
Ricardo Castro
ECHS
Wasco
Tigers
Eagle
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