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I attended the grand re-opening of our little jewel of a library on Jan. 18 and I am so proud of this town, and of the people who made this happen. I won’t try to name all those folks who are responsible, certain they’ll be found in other coverage of the event. The city of Shafter, in partnership with Bakersfield College, now supports this municipal institution, the Shafter Library and Learning Center, first of its kind in Kern County. It took vision and leadership, and the determination of concerned people here and in Bakersfield to ach...
This article by Shafter resident Dolly Hei originally appeared in the Shafter Historical Society's newsletter, Spring 2015. From the late 1930s into the '60s the Panero brothers of Delano, August and Ernie, were the cinema kings of the Central Valley. They owned movie theaters from north to south in Sanger, Wasco, Shafter, Delano and McFarland. Hollywood reigned then as the film capital of the world, and the Paneros helped bring the pictures produced there to our rural areas. The two Shafter the...
A meeting was held to bring together members of the community who are involved in maintaining about 20 Little Free Libraries in the city, with two more boxes in La Colonia and one at Smith Corner. The purpose was to let the more than 20 stewards of this work meet one another and be encouraged to continue and broaden the project, with the common interest of providing free reading material to children and adults. The March 25 meeting hosted by Jill O'Brien, Katie Wiebe and Melissa Bergen was an...
