Burglary Rings Shake Shafter Warehouses and Bars
Five suspects were arrested near the Pure-Gro Chemical Warehouse after forcible entry and thefts tied to Wilburn Ellis Chemical Company. One suspect sought for a Mexican murder case, with extradition talks underway. Separate incidents include bar gunfire, battery, hit and run, and residential burglaries around Shafter, Lost Hills, and Bakersfield, with police urging neighbor vigilance and dogs on duty.
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Oes
Peant
Kerninty
Othon Luna
Lindorfe Jimenez-Jimenez
Arizona
Esteban Peralta Villalobos
Filliberto Villapudua
Mexico
Way 99
Kimberlina
Wilburn Ellis Chemical Company
Shafter
Highway 99
Lerdo Highway
Mosillo
Lopes
David Torrez Garcia
Kern County
Big Bar
Highway 46
Lost Hills
Kelley Named Shafter Recreation District Director
Michael L. Kelley was selected from 24 applicants as director of the Shafter Recreation and Park District. He is married with one child and has basketball experience at Bakersfield College and recreation studies at California State University, Fresno. The district recently gained funding authority from state legislation enabling base-year property tax allocations.
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Michael L. Kelley
Taft
Shafter Recreation and Park District
Bakersfield College
California State University
Fresno
Michael
Shafter Recreation District
Public Seminar Series at USDA Shafter Station
Dr. Lyle M. Carter leads an October public seminar at the U S D A Cotton Research Station Shafter with Dr R H Garber discussing Verticillium Wilt and row spacing October 23 at 2 30 p m in the west conference room A diverse lineup from California Arizona and Australia follows including Dr J D Rhoades on saline irrigation January talks by Dr Dick M Bassett on cotton variety testing and the revised One Variety Law in California and Dr Burl Meek on soil aeration ending February Future seminars will be announced"}
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Lyle M. Carter
U.S.D.A
Shafter
R.H. Garber
USDA
Cotton Research Station
Shafter Avenue
West Conference Room
J.D. Rhoades
U.S
Usc
Bur! Meek
Kern County Fair Announces 1980 Winners and Entries
Kern County Fair drew 5 196 exhibitors with 7,08 entries. Shafter won feature exhibits and agriculture honors while Jeanie Ders led vegetables and Lambert vine crops. Ethel Von Zell Bodfish won senior art sweepstakes and Ellen Lanier Bakersfield won junior art. The Kern County Mineral Society topped the mineral exhibit.
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Kern County
Robert Dunlap
Shafter
Jeanie Ders
Fay
District trustees adopt new computer system for district use
Richland School District Board met for its regular meeting and reviewed a new computer to support district operations including bookkeeping inventory student records and report cards. Superintendent Gary Smith noted it will help solve crunch problems while staff demonstrated its capabilities to the board.
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Richland School District Board ‘of
Cliff Rodgers
Gary Smith
Smith
Frances Denney
Leo Schmidt
Richland
Shafter Historical Society to hold October meeting
The Shafter Historical Society will meet Thursday October 23 at 7 p.m. in City Council chambers. President Stan Wilson will present Kern County history with slides prior to officers being elected and installed. The group will discuss the Shafter Santa Fe Depot and the November 14 Bakersfield State Commission meeting on National Register nomination.
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The
Shafter Historical Society
Stan Wilson
Kern County
Shafter Santa Fe
State Commission
Bakersfield
National Register
Commission
Shafter
Shafter Christmas Parade Date Moved to December 13
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce changes the Christmas Parade from December 6 to December 13 at 10 am due to Soccer Association playoffs and a Shafter High wrestling meet. The delay gives more time for entries and form returns. Santa will appear. volunteers are needed for the booth at 746-3687.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Soccer Association
Shafter
Santa
Ogle
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Meg Rekee
Jose Huerta Rivera
Blackwells
Highway 33
Clarence ‘Thomas Stracener
E. Orange
Stracener
Rogelio Ramirez
Bakers
Field
Central
Shafter Tree
Ramirez
Lahuma Azlin
Sonoma County
Central Valley Highway
Jesus Garcia
Salinas
Garcia
Atkinson
Ann
Olsen
Jim Northcutt
Shafter Police Department
Kelley
Stan Package Display
Weather
Kristen Larsen
Melissa O'Neal
Taiwan
Republic of China
Assoc
Iation
Tom Strelich
Historical Society
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