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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1985
Page
5
An editorial weighs natural disasters and human priorities as death tolls rise from events in Mexico and floods globally. It urges focus on pollution control and sustainable solutions, questions nuclear testing and geopolitical maneuvers, and calls readers to invest in essentials like food water education and housing while reflecting on the Mexico quake impact.
Deenwell injection legislation advocates urge Kern County residents to contact Governor Deukmejian and lawmakers in support of Assemblymember Connelly's AB 2058 to tighten deep-well injection rules. The bill, pending the governor's Octobe r 2 deadline, aims to protect groundwater amid two local disposal facilities.
Graveside funeral services for Ethel Belle Sanders 56 of Shafter will be at 10 am Wednesday at Shafter Memorial Park. She died September 22 after a long illness. Officiating is Rev Scott Sampson. Interment follows. Sanders, born December 8 1927 in Calico Rock Arkansas to Floyd and Eunice Lofton, married Woodrow Sanders February 14 1946. The family includes her husband, three daughters Pat Kisor Connie Howlett and Frankie Holzworth, two brothers Joe and Lucian Lofton, sister Ruby McNeal, and four grandchildren. She worked 25 years for General Potato & Onion Distributors, last as a floor supervisor.
Kenneth Richard Massey aged 12 of McKittrick died September 16 following a automobile accident. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Friday September 20 at Shafter Memorial Park. He was born May 12, 1973 in Bakersfield to Asa and Edna Massey and lived in the Lost Hills McKittrick area. Surviving: parents, three sisters Martha Moore Diane Roose Elizabeth Massey and brother Fred Lawson.
Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Pentecostal Church of God in Shafter for William Herbert Hill 84 of Shafter who died September 16. Rev. John Davis will officiate with interment at Shafter Memorial Park. Hill born July 29 1901 in Santa Fe Tennessee, raised in Lindsay Oklahoma, married Bessie Mae Boman November 14 1925, lived in Arvin Wasco and Shafter. He owned Richfield Service Station on Central Valley Highway for 25 years retiring in 1967. Survived by two sons Herbert L Hill Randy Hill one daughter Jewel Ellis two brothers Frank Sam Hill eight grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
A community notice listing birthdays and anniversaries across September and October. Individuals named include Bill Crawford Jr, C C Neufeld, Helen Schmidt, Mark Neumann, Jenny Parrett, Deanna Griffin, Anne Frugugliette, Rhonda Gaede, Jim Gloeckler, Flora Nichols, Havert Sealy, Bobbie Zachary, Kerri Kadel, Clara Becker, Ryan Kroeker, David Jacobsen, Denny Evans, Georgette Kadel, Brenda Taffera, Nicholas Sealy, Jack Stepp, Blanche Stepp, Steve Reimer, and Darleen Reimer, with anniversaries for Phil and Bobbie Zachary and Scott and Sandra?n.
Headstart is accepting applications for four year olds or those eligible for kindergarten in fall 1986. Parents must submit 1984 income verification and immunization records along with social security numbers. Office hours at Headstart on West Los Angeles Avenue.
Governor Deukmejian signed AB 2311 expanding protections against intimidation and violence. Sponsor Grisham says the bill preserves freedom of expression while broadening discrimination bases to include race religion national origin political affiliation age disability and labor dispute status.
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