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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1984
Page
3
A digest of Shafter Press clippings from 1954 1964 recalling heavy voter turnout school events housewarmings and obituaries plus high school staff changes and homecoming queen candidate and local sports results including a Garces Rams upset loss and a CHP officer graduation moment.
California Governor's Committee for Employment of the Handicapped establishes the Hal Connolly Scholar Athlete Award. Two $2500 scholarships will be given to a male and a female disabled athlete who are high school seniors in California. deadline January 1 with winners announced March 1.
Georgene Bihiman will run a dryland ski school at Bakersfield College to prepare skiers for snow. The Saturday session from 1 to 4 p.m. teaches fundamentals on a Plastic-coated ski run for a $1 donation to the Bakersfield College Ski Club. For more information call Georgene at 871-4123 in the evening.
The Shafter High cafeteria hosts an FFA Booster Club potluck Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The evening features the Greenhand Initiation for new members and the first booster meeting of the school year. A-L bring a main dish and salad. M-Z bring a main dish and vegetables.
County Public Works Director L. Dale Mills announced that landfills will close one hour earlier starting Thursday because of shorter daylight hours and daylight saving time ending. From November to February Shafter Wasco Landfill operates 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas with no disposal fees, though users must follow posted rules and regulations.
Greeta Paslay completed a 30 day Midwest visit staying with relatives in Kansas and Arkansas and Dallas area. She met 8 year old Lenora Singer and other kin, visited Mr and Mrs Charles Criswell in Dardenelle, and stayed with her son Kenny in White Deer Texas. She timed the trip for September to avoid snow but encountered an early Sept 29 snowfall. She is back in Shafter and glad to be home.
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