Minter Field dedicates new hangar with history lesson
Wasco and Shafter area students from Sequoia Elementary Wasco High Golden Valley Charter School attended a field trip to Minter Field Air Museum for the hangar dedication. They viewed WWI and WWII artifacts and planes including a 1961 Turner 140 replica. Dave Thullier led a history talk and commemorations honored Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant Larry S. Pierce and Bakersfield 99s member Mary Lou Romagno with new displays.
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Wasco
Shafter
Sequoia Elementary
Wasco High School
Golden Valley Charter School
Minter Field Air Museum
Dave Thullier
Minter Field
Larry S. Pierce
Verlin
Teresas
Pierce
Vietnam
Minter
Shafter community events and notices highlighted
Local paper lists museum visit day on Oct 3 with donations, KID program weekly at First Southern Baptist Church, flu vaccination clinic Oct 7, Kiwanis Scholarship Dinner Oct 8, ALS Walk Oct 3 in Bakersfield, Angel Food program hosting in Shafter, Shafter High School Class of 1959 50 year reunion Oct 10 11 with contact details and deadlines for submissions and editor queries.
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First Southern Baptist Church
Shafter
Kern Street
Kinder
Shafter Health Department
Central Valley Highway
Kiwanis Club of
Arlie Smith
Bakersfield
Riverwalk
Stockdale Highway
Bakersfiled
Alsala.org
Shafter High School
Bill Johnson
Msn
Shafter Council approves meters, grants and alerts
The Shafter City Council met on Sept 15 with Councilmember Johnston absent. They approved the consent calendar with one abstention, authorized purchase of 170 water meter automatic reading devices for 50 thousand dollars, approved a Rural Development Initiative grant Assurance Agreement, renewed Reverse 9-1-1 at six thousand dollars annually, and set next meeting for Oct 6 at City Hall.
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Shafter City
Jon Johnston
Cathy Prout
Woody Colvard
Self-Help Enterprises, Inc
USDA
City Hall
Pony Express rides through Kern County towns to fair
The Pony Express tradition travels through Delano McFarland Wasco and Shafter on the way to the Kern County Fair. Wayne Ketcherside of Wasco notes routes vary yearly with stops at schools and post offices where children mail letters for official Pony Express keepsakes.
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Shafter
Wasco
Kern County Fair
Pony Express
Wayne Ketcherside
Frontier Days
Delano
McFarland
Ketherside
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Angel Food Ministries
United States
E. Tulare Avenue
Shafter Council
Maple School
Frontier Tradition
Annette
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