Screw machine shortage sparks mentoring plan and hope
In a look at the screw machine labor gap, a 72 year old retiree in St. Louis returns to help train new machinists as demand for skilled operators rises. The piece highlights aging journeymen, wage incentives, and union aversion to apprenticeships, urging training programs nationwide and renewed interest from youths drawn to handcraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
St. Louis
Wall Street Journal
Lawrence Tracy
Ugh Genag
California
National Screw Machine Products Association
Tom Eagleton
D-Mo
Department of Labor
Lawrence Tracys
Booster burger feed raises funds for SHS sports programs
Shafter High School hosts a booster hamburger and bean feed Friday in the stadium parking lot from 5 to 7 PM. Tickets are 3.50, beverages extra, proceeds fund SHS athletic programs. additional fundraiser for a cross course park 6 to 7 PM with 10 ticket option at the SHS Finance Office or Sports Center. Donations invited via Charlie Rekosh at SHS.
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Pth
Shafter
Shafter Area
SHS
Shafter Sports Center
James Street
Moreland
Charlie Rekosh
New teacher joins Shafter High faculty this fall
Carole Elden is one of six new Shafter High teachers for the season. She teaches college prose and publications for the school newspaper and yearbook. Elden has lived in Shafter eight years, and her husband works there. Her daughter Margie is a senior at Shafter, Beth attends college. Elden is in her fourth year of teaching, previously at Bakersfield high schools and Wasco High, and enjoys teaching and the community. In spare time she camps and sails, is a sailing club member, reads, and keeps pets including two dogs, a cat, and birds. Elden studied at West Hills College Coalinga, Bakersfield College, and Cal State. Shafter High welcomes Carole Elden to the staff.
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Carole Eiden
Shafter High
Bakersfield
Wasco High
Biden
Wasco Rose Festival Queen named during Buttonwillow feature
Ten years ago Patti Camp was chosen 1970 Wasco Rose Festival Queen and will reign over this weekend’s festival. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Camp of Wasco. Karin Stastny from Vienna, Austria, joined Shafter High’s student body. Cal State Bakersfield opens October 1 with a 70 member faculty led by President Paul Romberg.
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Buttonwillow
Patti Camp
Wasco
Patti
John Camp
Karin Stastny
Vienna
Austria
Shafter High
Cal State Bakersfield
California System of State Colleges
Paul Romberg
Buttonwillow Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Sacramento
Marino Pierucci
The Way We Were thirty years ago in Shafter
A compact retrospective recalls events from 1950 to 1980 in Shafter. Highlights include Rotary Club discussions on global conditions, high school graduates receiving preliminary naval training in San Diego, local business and PTA activities, a city council protest over police conduct, a fatal highway crash in Arizona, and enrollment changes in Richland School District.
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Oreign Rotary Club
Washington
Jack Hill
Shafter Boys
Phil Weyand
Burton Nance
James Bellows
Shafter
San Diego
Charley Glenn
Lena
Healdsburg
California
Pauley
E. Lerdo Highway
First Baptist Church
Ernest Panero
Oak Street
Shafter High School Pta
Albert William Eckmann
Ella Walker
Hasseling
John
Michael
Susan Wehunt
Arizona
Richland
Evron Barber
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Paul Harvey News
Booster Burger
By Suzette Smith
Carole Elden
PCA
Cheater A
Ed Tettle
Ria
W. Grove S
George Web. Br
West Keres
E. Lerdo Sha
Richard Polsca
Jeanette Wheeler
Richard
Chester Ave
Don. Palla
Cathy Palla
Beate
Banded & Im
Pl& PO
Golden State Ave
P.O
Stockdale West
California Ave
Northwest Ballet
Barbara Crettel
Danskin & Capezio
Business Directory
Stringham’s Shafter Drug Store
Kern
Stringham’s Shafter Drug
Tth
St., Wasco
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