Amtrak travel notes from a veteran pair on a coast to coast run
Emil Frost recounts a circle trip Los Angeles to New Orleans Chicago Minneapolis and Seattle on Amtrak with a layover in New Orleans. He praises Tracks are Back marketing and general service while noting mixed equipment and crowded trains. He singles out Sunset Limited and Empire Builder as highlights. A separate item reports $66 worth of tools stolen in Shafter but later recovered and not prosecuted.
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Amtrak
Bob
Long Beach
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Seattle
Amtrack
Southern Pacific
Milwaukee
Great Northern
Empire Builder
Burlington Northern
Shafter
Wasco
Bobby Albright
West Lerdo Highway
Albright
Shafter Farmer Dies After Cotton Picker Crash
A Shafter man identified as Rub Ruth died when a cotton picker rammed through the doorway of a one story machine shop at his East Orange Avenue residence. Fire units found Ruth pinned beneath fallen rafters and the door header sheared. Services were held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church with burial at Shafter Memorial Park. Ruth, a longtime farmer and church elder, is survived by his widow Martha, a son Mel, a daughter Florence, six sisters and six grandchildren. Also reported are Kern County Fair results showing Shafter Maple 4‑H and Shafter clubs earning top awards in clothing and home economics divisions.
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Shafterman
David Ruth
East
Orange Avenue
Rub
Robert Lasiter
Ruth
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Owen P. Jones
Shafter Memorial Park
Wells County
North Dakota
Shafter
Clear Lake
Rachel White
Sunnyvale
Kern County Fair
Maple 4-H
Maple
Tammy Bloemhof
Debra Hernstedt
Shofter
Lynn Ann Lepp
Sandra Litke
Wendy Atkinson
Denise Bagby
Corinne Lee Huston
Kim Wells
Cindy Watkins
Julie Lehman
Nadine Litke
Dana Nickelsen
Kathy Neufled
Cheryl Anderson
Pamela Watkins
Janes Keeley
Karen Anderson
Jeannie Keeley
Anne Keeley
Kathy Neufeld
More Cotton and Acreage Boost Expected This Year
California leads gains in planted cotton with eight percent more acres while national output falls from late season rains. Experts Hyer Anderson and Smith say yield per acre dips due to late planting but overall production rises thanks to expanded plantings. Foreseeable good prices around 38 cents per pound support grower profits.
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Godfrey Cambridge
Angus Hyer
Usda Cotton Research Station
Shafter
California
Hyer
Arizona
Texas
Tom Smith
Calot
Anderson
Smith
Shafter Booster Club Plans Arvin Game Film Night
The Shafter High School Booster Club invites new members to Thursday meetings at 7 30 p m in the SHS cafeteria. A 5 yearly membership buys access all year. This week will show films of Shafter Highs opener against Arvin with football coaches on hand to explain. Proceeds support the athletics program.
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Shafter High School
SHS
Shafter High
Arvin
Shafter Area Temperatures Remain Cool
Cool nights in Shafter persisted with lows near 52 degrees on two consecutive days. Daytime highs reached the upper 80s to low 90s, offering comfortable warmth. Readings from the USDA Cotton Research Station near Shafter document the past week’s temperatures.
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Shafter Area
Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
Shaf
Mobile Blood Bank to Visit Shafter on Tuesday
The Houchin Blood Bank mobile unit will be at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Shafter next Tuesday from 3 to 7 p.m. Sponsored by the local American Legion post to support the blood donor program, the Legion notes 72 units were requested between April and September, most of which were filled, and urges residents to donate as the supply dwindles.
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Houchin Blood Bank
Shafter
American Legion
Veterans Memorial Hall
Legion
Shafter Urged to Hire Local Firms for Police Building
A Kern County building trades council urged Shafter to bid locally on the police administration facility. They opposed a turnkey plan, noting state law requires competitive bids, and city officials promised local contractors would be allowed to bid once plans are ready.
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Kern
Inyo
Mono Counties Building and Construction Trades Council
Shafter City
Kern County
Wicco Construction of
Porterville
al Mortimore
Wicco
Richland Grants 3 Percent Raise For Principals
During a special Richland School District Board meeting trustees approved a three percent pay raise for district principals and extended the working year by twelve days. The board also moved Head Start personnel off the classified salary schedule while preserving their current payment method despite funding changes from federal budgeting.
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Richland School District Board of Trustees
Richland
Office of Economic Opportunity
Richland boards renew SCICON and KEEP contracts
Richland Board of Trustees voted to renew contracts with SCICON and Kern Environmental Education Program KEEP after favorable comments. Costs are $35 per child for 75 SCICON attendees and $32.50 per child for 62 KEEP attendees. A Diverse Ethnic Population Advisory Committee was approved, plus a minutes resolution allowing teachers to teach outside their majors. Nine upper divisions units will qualify.
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Richland Board of Trustees
Scicon
Kern Environmental Education Program
KEEP
Charles Rich
George Houghton
Bruce Crawford
Houghton
Rich
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Jack) Frost
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Ter
Public Works
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State Department of Transportation
Central Avenue
Shafter Avenue
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Mobil
Grundy
Jack Colvard
Public Works Directo
Ies
Hanley Witcher
Ken Joseph
City Humane
Randy Wilson
Arvin Bear
Phillip Zachary
John Nickelsen
Carolyn Jackson
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