Bid Awarded for Shafter Paving Project with Granite and Griffith
The Shafter City Council awarded the Ee ETE Avenue paving project to the Griffith Company as the low bidder at $45,500.65 after Granite Construction bid $46,611.25. A public hearing addressed Candie Brown’s abatement concern over an inoperative vehicle, which she supports at the hearing. Brown will comply with the city request to cover the vehicle. The council also approved a street sweeping agreement with California and purchased two cellular phones for city officials. Emergency items were added by City Administrator Wade McKinney.
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H Avenue
Griffith Company
Shafter City
Candie Brown
Shafter Police Department
Brown
State of
California
Wade McKinney
John Guinn
McKinney
Wasco
Kern County
Don Zachary
Ground-breaking ceremony for Holiday Ford dealership held
Local residents merchants and officials gathered on Tuesday September 22 for the Holiday Ford groundbreaking. Mayor Don Zachary welcomed attendees and honored visiting dignitaries Senator Don Rogers Assemblyman Trice Harvey and County Supervisor Roy Ashburn who praised Jack Preston and Irv Regehr. The event featured city leaders presenting Keys to the City and a formal shovel ceremony with Roy Ashburn Jack Preston Rae Preston Richard Basile Irv Regehr Don Rogers Matt Richardson and Trice Harvey taking part.
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Ford
Shafter
Roy Ashburn
Jack Preston
Richard Burr Regehr
Don Rogers
Matt Richardson
Trice Harvey
Veil Nash
Cathy Prout
Zachary
Marland Hiebert
LaVonne Westbrook
Holiday Ford
Don Zachary
Irv Regehr
Verl Nash
John Thomas
Preston
Regehr
Ole
Rae Preston
Jack
Richard Basile
Ford Motor Company
Lincoln-Mercury
Shafter Youth Football Seeks Support After Loss
Donation drive urged for Joel Branch after his steer died at Kern County Fair causing financial setback. Donations payable to Joel Branch can be dropped at the Kern County Fairgrounds Livestock Office or Shafter High School before Friday noon.
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Shafter Police
Southern
Shafter High School
Joel Branch
Kern County
FFA
Kern County’ Fairgrounds
Shafter fair booth nets second at Kern County Fair
Shafter's Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture booth placed second at the Kern County Fair. Wasco won Sweepstakes this year despite Shafter’s prior success. Cathy Prout urged volunteers to help disassemble the booth. contact David Zachary at 746-3488. New CC and A nominating panel will include Sandy Wiedmann, Ross Schaffer and Doug Gragg. Porterville business program by Tom Elwood called Key to the City is being used locally.
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Shafter
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Kern County Fair
Wasco
Cathy Prout
David Zachary
CC and
Sandy Wiedmann
Ross Schaffer
Doug Gragg
Tom Elwood
Porterville
Wildwood Farmers enter Handicapped Sheep Division at Kern County Fair
Wildwood Farmers a 1968 club for disabled participants to show lambs in the Kern County Fair Handicapped Sheep Division. Members coach Beth Davey and program director signatures, housing at Nolan and Beth Davey’s home. The effort aims to boost discipline, behavior, speech, and physical activity through lamb care, with key members from Shafter Wasco and Buttonwillow and a junior auction planned for Oct 2 to fund ongoing activities.
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Wildwood Farmers
Kern County Fair
Eop
Nolan
Beth Davey
Kern
By Davey
United States
Lambe Davey
Davey
Wildwood
Diane Intravia
Kern County
Wasco Association For the
Gary McDowell
Hank Hall
Chesser
Jay Ackerman
Sherry Brooks
Brent
Lucas
Gilbert Carrasco
Martha Winkle
Carl Patty
Martha Colbert
Glen Ratzlaff
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Wasco District Court
Kern County Osiantis
Flora Nichols
Ie ‘Cape
al Valley
Shafter Fair
Larry Lucas
Kevin Spradling
Brent Davey
Ldwood
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