Friendship Forces hosts 15 ambassadors from Tuxtla Gutierrez
Friendship Forces Kern County welcomed 15 ambassadors from Tuxtla Gutierrez Mexico with a backyard dinner hosted by George and Sandra Larson. About 40 attendees shared stories across language barriers, enjoying local flower decor and twinkling lights, as ambassadors described life back home in broken English and Spanish.
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Tuxtla- Gutierrez
Mexico
George
Sandra Larson
Friendship Forces
Kern County
Larson
Larsons
Enrique Abadia Escobar
Candy Vargas de Abadia
Escobar
Abadia
Friendship Forces Tuxtla Gutierrez
North Shafter oil fields spark renewed drilling interest
Ten years after initial exploration near Shafter, Texaco and Texas Crude Energy resumed activity with two new wells producing about 500 barrels daily of 27 gravity crude. A third wildcat well is planned seven miles northeast, and a fourth well within Shafter is approved, as city officials monitor progress.
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Shafter
John Guinn
North Shafter
Amoco Production
Texaco Company
Texas Crude Energy Inc
Texaco
Texas Crude
Pony Express Ride Through Shafter Highlights Local History
Five years ago Pony Express rider John Thompson arrived at Richland School District offices in Shafter to collect letters from third to fifth graders marking Kern County Fair opening. Letters were delivered to parents along with a brief history of the Pony Express and its decline after telegraph adoption.
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John Thompson
Richland
Kern County
Shafter
Frances Garcia
Brenda Hall
Thompson
China
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