This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Exchange students spend year in Shafter
The Bondestag Exchange Program brings four students to Shafter. Claudia Schievelbein from Moelln Germany focuses on government and biology while living with Med and Pam Garcia. Hjerke Heeringa of Enschede Netherlands, already a Dutch Riding Championships winner, stays with Dave and Glenda Mathis and visits regional sights. Motanari Tanaka from Japan joins Wade and Martha DeVries, hoping to play sports and learn photography. Junko Kuwabara from Shiga Prefecture Japan stays with John and Linda Conley after a Washington, D.C. visit. she seeks greater mutual understanding between the U.S. and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudia Scheivelbein
Claudia Schievelbein
Moelln
Germany
Bondestag
United States
Med
Pam Garcia
Schievelbein
Scheivelbein
Ingeborg
Hjerke Heeringa
Shafter
Dave
Glenda Mathis
Los Angeles
Heeringa
Enschede
Holland
Paso Robles
Lake Tahoe
Bakersfield
Chester Avenue
Dodgers
Sam Lynn
Motanari Tanaka
Japan
Wade
Martha DeVries
Dean
Tanaka
Junko Kuwabara
Shiga Prefectural
States
Kuwabara
John
Linda Conley
White House
Washington, D.C
Tsutomuy and
Yasuko
Hajime