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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1968
Page
4
A new map outlines proposed Kern Junior College District trustee areas. Voters on November 5 decide two issues: expanding the board from five to seven members and replacing at large elections with area based trustees. Candidates must reside in their trustee area but are elected district wide.
The Shafter City Council approved Ray Warren for patrol duties and delayed a new police car bid until November 12 due to late specifications. They authorized 1200 feet of fire hose and about $2000 for a new fire department pickup. Other items include curb bids for East Lerdo beautification and crosswalk repairs as Santa Fe railroad works start next March.
Elmer Engel's Maple School eighth grade class, after winning the PTA contest, toured Kern County Airport last week. Eighteen students and their teacher toured the control tower, weather station, and observed Sky Way planes with 19 passenger capacity. They returned with special treats as PTA courtesy.
Kern County Taxpayers Association oposes the Kern High School District tax override proposal as premature amid statewide issues on an oral election. The group cites tax relief efforts and a looming property tax reduction mandate as reasons to defer the measure until the 1969 legislative session. Vernon Lawson Sr reports someone tampered with his gasoline by sugar on October 25 in Shafter.
The Shafter Merchants Association votes to shut doors Monday November 11 in observance of Veterans Day. The column notes duck and goose counts from the Department of Fish and Game and observes local political activity and League of Women Voters plans.
Mr and Mrs Robert Bryant and their two sons Mark and Martin John spent five days in Shafter visiting her parents Reverend and Mrs Bruce Spencer. They left Monday for their home. He is employed with United Air Lines.
Kathy Schultz of Shafter, a senior at Fresno Pacific College, is the student body treasurer elected last year by the student body. She graduated from Shafter High School where she was a life member of the California Scholarship Federation and participated in the honor band and honor orchestra. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Shultz of Shafter.
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