Shafter council discusses festival routes and carnival impact
City officials review Festival Days plans including a better parade route and handling carnival issues. Council members note county protection talks, American Legion support, and security cooperation with Chief Nixon. Shafter float wins first at Wasco Rose Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Bill Sheldon
Ridgecrest
Jacobsen
Sheldon
Ben Grundy
William Cummings
Chamber plans fair booth and Wasco Rose float
Shafter Chamber of Commerce session presided by Clara Schnidt-Miller refined Wasco Rose Festival float plans and fair exhibit details. Members discussed live crops, rose decorations, basket options, and a central farm scene, with several individuals assigned tasks for the Chamber display and parade preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Clara Schnidt-Miller
Wasco
Shafter
Chamber
Cotton Associates
George Wise
Gloria Boggs
Mary Siemens
Ben Grundy
Herb Howell
Richlands considers 1978 79 budget with cuts and hires
Richland School District Board approved a 2,742,823 general budget plus 248,264 cafeteria budget a reduction from last year of 293,164 on September 5. The panel discussed reserve use and state actions while trimming staff including a principal counselor nurse and considering a half time pay plan. New hires certified and classified were approved along with resignations and a plaque for 36 years of service. A special guide for board meetings and a CSBA delegate race were also approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland School District Board of Trustees
Bill Sheldon
David Cartnal
Evron Barber
David Carthal
Scicon
Don Neufeld
Karmen Jacobsen
Barber
Tom Henry
Brenda LaCour
Sue Leonard
Anna Hunter
Lupe Rodriguez
Barbara Greenberg
Margaret Barton
Leo Schmidt
Tom Almberg
Barbara Pomeroy
Earl
Smith Wee
CSBA
Multiple Thefts and Robbery Reported in Shafter Area
Police and sheriff records outline losses and arrests from September incidents. Sylvia Talley reported $3,000 missing deposits and a sewing machine at Tropicana Village. Marie Gallegher noted a break in at Marie's Drive-In with unknown loss. Freddie Vela reported an $80 battery theft from his vehicle. Walter Cochran’s bar burglary yielded unknown change from vending machines. Gabriel Flores described a gunpoint robbery near Kern Homes and highway routes, with $195 cash gone. deputies arrested Antonio Garza and Israel Vasquez on armed robbery and kidnapping charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Talley
Los Angeles
Tropicana Village
Shafter
Marie Gallegher
355 Village
Marie
Freddie Vela
S. Shafter Avenue
Walter Cochran
Walt
Shafter Avenue
Gabriel Florres
Bakersfield
Kern Homes
Highway 99
Lerdo Highway
Torres
Antonio Garza
Israel Vasquez
Box
Fire Report From Kern County Structure Blaze
Fire crews from Kern County responded to a structure fire at 17489 Manuel owned by O D Handel. Cause listed as an electrical short in the kitchen wall with losses around 100 dollars. First reported at 5 29 p m on September 8. Shafter Fire Department also handled a vehicle fire on September 10 involving a 1967 Chevrolet Impala owned by Raymon Avalos at 539 Sycamore. Short in motor caused the fire with losses estimated at 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine King
Bob Nixon
Pine Street
Lerdo Highway
Jack Colvard
Kern County Fire Department
Manuel
O.D. Handel
Shafter
Raymon Avalos
Sycamore
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Grundy
American Legion
Lee Thomas
Nixon
Shafter Motel
Rolf Jacobsen
Shafter Recreation Department
Shafter Recreation Commission
al Mortimore
California
Jane Zachary
Manne Park
Loyd Link
Central Avenue
Granite Construction Company
Paul MacCready
Western Farms Services of
Fresno
City of
Chamber of Commerce
Corinne Huston
Shafter’s Jr. Miss
Albatroes
Richlands
del Monte
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