Shafter Community Calendar Events Plan October Activities
The Shafter Historical Society meets October 22 at the Harlen P. Wilson Agricultural Museum with Don Camp speaking on Camp Family history. Assemblyman Danny Gilmore hosts a Utility Savings Festival October 24 at Barker Park Wasco. Harvest Festival October 31 features a 5 PM parade Manuel Park and park festivities 6 to 8 PM. Shafter High fundraiser carwash October 24 at Hitchcock’s lot. Shafter Youth Council runs annual Halloween Costume Drive with drop offs at the police department city hall and youth center. Team KID meets Wednesday evenings at First Southern Baptist Church 250 Kern Street. Angel Food Ministries hosts at the Shafter Recreation and Parks District as a No minimum income food program with orders at 700 E Tulare Ave SCENES on pace.
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Shafter Historical Society
Harlen P. Wilson Agricultural Museum
Red Barn
Central Valley Highway
Don Camp
Shafter
Danny Gilmore
Barker Park
Wasco
Shafter Youth Council
Shafter Police Department
City Hall
Shafter Youth Center
Brandi Root
Shafter Recreation and Parks District
Angel Food
Angel Food Ministries
United States
Shafter High Hosts Principal Partner's Day Visitors
SHS welcomed guests including Mayor Cathy Prout and City Manager John Guinn for Principal Partner's Day. Principal John Davis outlined college prep efforts like PSAT funding, AVID led by Natalie Fineberg, and student tours. Choir performed Here Comes the Sun and For Good as tours visited classrooms and the Special Education department.
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Shafter
Cathy Prout
John Guinn
Richland
Kevin Monsma
Shafter High School
Kern High School
John Davis
Shafter High
Fineberg
Anna Finkler
Shafter Council awards plaque and approves city contracts
Shafter city officials met October 6 with one councilmember absent. Gilbert Alvarado accepted a San Joaquin Valley Regional Policy Council plaque for honorable mention. The consent calendar added a Minter Field Swap Meet permit for October 17 and approved sidewalk improvements. A 4 0 0 vote awarded a $92 293 concrete contract for Lerdo Manuel Los Angeles and Poso Aves and a 4 0 0 vote approved MH Wolfe Environmental Consulting for the East Shafter water and sewer project with a 11354 60 budget amendment. The next meeting is October 20 at 7 p.m. in City Hall.
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Gilbert Alvarado
San Joaquin Valley
Ments
Cali Concrete
Lerdo Highway
Manuel Avenue
Los Angeles Avenue
Poso Avenue
MH Wolfe Environmental Consulting
East Shafter
Highway 99
City Hall
Adeline Neuharth Celebrates 102nd Birthday in Shafter
Adeline Neuharth born in 1907 in South Dakota recently turned 102 at Carrington in Shafter with caretakers and friends. She moved from living with her sister eight years ago, enjoys Bible study, walks with friends, and little things like flowers and birthday songs from visitors.
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Adeline Neuharth
South Dakota
Shafter
Carrington
Neuharth
Adeline
Nerces
Hildebrands
Shafter High Opens The Skin Of Our Teeth This Week
Shafter High Drama Club finishes dress rehearsals for The Skin of Our Teeth a Thornton Wilder play about a family surviving end times and historical crises. Director Carla Stanley notes its mix of humor and drama as the Antrobus family endures floods wars and temptations before returning to each other. Performances run Thursday through Saturday at 7 p.m with door refreshments and student senior discounts.
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Shafter High Drama Club
Thorton Wilder
Antrobus
Carla Stanley
Sabina
Stanley
Wilder
Connecticut
Shafter High School
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Qwearthlies
Historical Society Meets
Manuel Park
Hitchcock’s
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern Street
Kinder
SHS
AVID
Natalie Fineberg
Valerie Black
Special Education Department
Erin Hare
Shafter City Council
By Alexis Stokes
Henry Antrobus
Joey Aguirre
Mrs. Antrobus
Loni Jo Harmon
Mr. Antrobus
Kenneth Hugo
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