Shafter Letters Oppose Center as Zioning Hearing Near
A unsigned reader letter opposes a proposed Safeway Cornet shopping center in Shafter. The City Council will hear the zoning change next Monday after the Planning Commission recommended granting it. Andrew Linnell an AFS student at Shafter High speaks of his UK education in The Commander. Kiwanis hosts welcome for new teachers as city leaders pledge support.
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Shafter
Safeway
Cornet
City Planning Commission
Suier
England
Andrew Linnell
Northampton
London
AFS
Shafter High School
Andrew
Pangbourne
Royal Naval School
Berkshire
Los Angeles
City tax rates set by Kern County Board of Supervisors
Shafter adopts a 1.774 per 100 tax levy for 1971-72 with a budget of 677641.50 and assessed valuation of 6398610. Kern County rates shift slightly while district changes include Greeley’s district merger reducing its rate and Rio Bravo’s impact on overall totals. Richland notes a 16-cent rise as school districts across the area push rates higher.
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Shafter
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Bill Johnston
Richland
Kern County
County Board of Supervisors
Rio Bravo
Greeley
Buttonwillow
Fruivale
McKittrick
Semis O
Belridge
Lost Hills
Kern Joint Union HS
Borate
New Shafter Teachers Attend Kiwanis Luncheon
About 60 people attended the Shafter Kiwanis luncheon last Wednesday for the annual get acquainted reception honoring new teachers in the city. Supt Evron Barber and Principal Jordan Kanikkeberg introduced the newcomers and praised their high caliber.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Evron Barber
Richland
Jordon Kanikkeberg
Shafter High
Bill Hildebrand
Jim Hamilton
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Shafter
Chamber of Com
Richland School
Kiwanis
Dorothy Clark
Debora Engelein
Anne Churchill
Nancy Randall
Patricia Vallatt
Shafter Kiwanis
Supt. Evron Barber
Jordan Kanikkeberg
Cooler Days Mark Pleasant Week In Shafter
Weather of the past week brought comfortable conditions to Shafter with temperatures above 90 only twice on weekend days and mid eighties on Labor Day. Night lows dipped to 53 to 55 as overcast skies lingered and a trace of rain was recorded locally while LA area reported heavier rain causing several highway accidents.
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Shafter
Mercury
Los Angeles
Reception Honors New AFS Student Andrew Linnell
The 17 year old English AFS student Andrew Linnell was hosted at a reception in Fresno by Mrs. Russel Kodet. He arrived August 20 after a flight from England and a New York indoctrination, and attends Shafter High while studying English social studies and drama.
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Andrew Linnell
England
Russel Kodet
AFS
Shafter American Field Service
Thapter
Fresno
Jack Kennath
New York City
Hardingston
Northampton
Middle England
Linnell
John Linnell
Simon
Zoe
Shafter
Pangbourne College
Navy
Shafter High
Bob Snively
Ingwer Ketelsen Named New Maple School Superintendent
Maple-Ruben Siemens announces Ingwer Ketelsen of Wasco as the new Maple School superintendent principal replacing resigning Kelly Blanton. Ketelsen, a veteran administrator, comes from Wasco where he led Thomas Jefferson School for 13 years and held prior posts in Mc Farland and Wasco Elementary. He and his wife, both teachers, belong to Wasco Methodist Church and Ketelsen holds degrees from Laverne College and Claremont.
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MAPLE
Ruben Siemens
Maple School Board of
Ingwer Ketelson
Wasco
Kelly Blanton
Ketelsen
McFarland
Thomas Jefferson School
The
Wasco Methodist Church
Laverne College
Claremont
UCLA
Budget Market to Greatly Expand on State Avenue
Budget Market progresses on a new 7 600 square foot selling area and 3 800 square foot stockrooms on State Avenue. An adjacent 50 space parking lot will be added after tearing down the old building except for a 1500 square foot rear addition to be rented. Landmark Type structure built by Valley Steel Construction Company of Bakersfield under John B. Antonio.
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State Avenue
Hight
Valley Steel Construction Company
Bakersfield
John B. Antonio
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WEIL
Emil
Jack) Frost
Board of Supervisors
Kern Union High School
Maxine Rosenberg
Karen Cain
Joaquin ‘Patino
Robert Coons
Arlie Smith Jr
New Shafter
Kiwanis Club
James Hamilton
Larry Schellenberg
Marvin Kirschenmann
Barber
Tom Flanagan
Verle Helter
John Peterson
Aspiace
Glen Worrell
Hamilton
Chamber of Commerce
New Afs
Jack Keinath
Keinaths
Maple Street
Mark
Larry
University of California At
California
Lake Woolomes
Los Angeles Harbor
American Field Service
Ingwer Ketelsen
Administrators’ Association
Wasco Rotary Club
Budget Market
H. C. Hight
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