Proposed Merger May Affect Shafter Court
Kern County supervisors approved a McNamee plan to consolidate Shafter Wasco and Buttonwillow districts to six districts. Savings exceed 75000 annually in salaries. Buttonwillow would close when consolidation occurs or the judgeship ends. Judge Schroeter of Buttonwillow reelected last year could delay closure until 1976.
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Justice Court
Kern County
Norman A.mcnamee
McNamee
Shafter
Wasco
Buttonwillow
W. F. Schroeter
Shafter Wasco-Buttonwillow
Head Start Signups Start Sept. 1 at Boys Scouts Hall
Registration for Head Start runs September 1 2 and 3 at the Boys Scouts Hall 505 Walker Shafter for children ages three to five. New forms require re registration even for last year’s participants. Parents who registered in June must submit new forms. Hours vary by day with a Thursday evening slot. Florence Owens teacher director is reachable at 746 6477 during registration.
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Boys Scouts Hall
Walker
Shafter
Florence Owens
Shafter Girl Killed When Hit by Car
Two pedestrian accidents near Shafter last Thursday claimed one life and injured two children. Seven year old Gloria Webb died after her bicycle darted into a car driven by Betty Whisler. Christina Skaggs, 2, was injured by Lub across Olson Street. she remains in serious condition at Kern General Hospital.
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Shafter Area
Gloria Jean Webb
Gibson, Lane
Shafter
Sheila Hammons
Central Ave
Betty Jo Whisler
Christina Fay Skaggs
Olson
Houser
Paine Bree
California Highway Patrol
Tulare Avenue
Mike Hall
Richland prepares for 1800 pupils as school opens
Richland School District readies for a 1971-72 opening with 82 certified staff including 74 classroom teachers. Students in grades 1-8 start 8:45 to 2:30, while kindergartners have split sessions. admissions day has no break.
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Richland
Memorial Hall
Evron Barber
Glen Worrell
Zone Change Sought for Safeway Corner Stores
City Planning Commission weighs a zoning change to reclassify five acres from residential to commercial for a Safeway and a Corner markets shopping center. Safeway plans a 23 000 square foot store and Corner over 10 000 square feet. Final council action set for September 13 after a public hearing. State Route 43 realignment also in final planning to reroute Shafter Avenue crossing the Santa Fe tracks.
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North- Patt
City Planning Commission
Safeway
Cornet
Shafter
Pampula
Potter
Tulare Avenue
Central Valley Highway
State Division of Highways
Shafter Avenue
Santa Fe
10 Week Heat Wave Ends with Touch of Fall
In Shafter a late summer cool spell ends a 10 week stretch with 100 degree highs. The week’s high reached 97 last Thursday and nightly temps dipped into the 50s three times. Readings from Shafter USDA Cotton Research Station list daily highs and lows for the week.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
Shafter Girl Sarah Rodriguez Raises 595 for Queen Race
Sarah Rodriguez of Shafter headlined the Mexicana Independence Day queen race fund drive at a Shafter Chamber luncheon. She sold 595 dollars in tickets by last Friday, the chamber bought 25 dollars worth, and a ticket drawing yielded a radio donated to Shafter Convalescent Hospital, which Unruh reports now has 99 beds and 60 staff with payrolls of 18 to 20 thousand dollars monthly. The event followed by plans for a town hall meeting to discuss community needs and an Industrial Survey for distribution to local firms.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Sara Rodriguez
Shafter
Bakersfield
Shafter Convalescent Hospital
Sarah Rodriguez
Sarah
Shafter Convalescent Kospital
Mias Rodriguez
Waldo.Unruh
Miss Rodriguez
Unruh
Chamber
Robert Nn
Stattort Kwso
Wayne Wood
State Chamber of Commerce
Richland teachers respond to board on pay and policies
Executive Board of the Richland Teachers Association issued a statement denying “misinformation” from the Board of Trustees. They acknowledge salaries but say beginning pay and maximums lag behind comparable districts and Kern High School District. They side with the board on non economic proposals being referred to administration.
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The
Richland Teachers Association
Richland District Board of Trustees
Richland
Kern
Two Men Sought After $220 Theft From Service Station
Two men drove from a local service station with $220 from the cash box last week. Attendant Sonny Rosales said they asked for coolant, then fled north on Central Valley Highway after changing their minds. The theft occurred between 9 and 9:30 p.m. August 26.
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Sonny Rosales
Rosales
Central Valley Highway
Shafter
Kent Steel
Walnut
Steel
J. RR. Ramey
Curtis
Neamey
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Emil
Jack) Frost
Maricopa- Taft
Grapevine
Shafter Court
Norman A. McNamee
Kern County Supervisors
Indian Wells
Kern River Rand
Mojave
Tehachapi
Arvin Lamont
Delano-McFarland
Maricopa-Taft
Johannesburg
Ridgecrest
Isabella
Vance Webb
Buttonwillow Court
Yoane
Munzer
Jerry Schaub
Nick Nusz
Jim Miller
Pacific Fire Rating Bureau
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
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