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The Shafter Chamber of Commerce held their annual Community Awards Banquet for the 72nd year last Thursday night, honoring those in our community who have made an impact. Nominees are selected for their contributions in the past year or their lifetime contributions to the city. Debbie Haley was the mistress of ceremonies for the event, which was held for the second year at Shafter's Ford Theater. The evening began with a silent auction and social hour. Gift baskets up for bid included a City of...
Each year at the Shafter Chamber of Commerce Community Service Awards Banquet, the State of the City Address is given. This speech gives highlights of the previous year and tells of the projects that the city has planned and the progress that it has made. The address was given by Shafter Mayor Gilbert Alvarado, and is presented here: Good evening. Congratulations to all who are being honored tonight. Because of you and all the good people of Shafter, the state of our city is strong! Each year...
There is always a lot of news about the actions of the Shafter City Council, the governing body of the city. Comparatively little is heard about the operating of the city behind the scenes when it comes to the inner workings of planning and developing. The Shafter Planning Department is responsible for the land use of the city, and making sure it adheres to the city’s General Plan. The General Plan includes the maps for Shafter, with areas zoned residential, commercial and industrial. The G...
The cafeteria staff at Redwood Elementary School and Richland Junior High were recognized recently for their efforts in helping clean the environment with a Special Recycle Award from the Shafter Chamber of Commerce. Long gone are the days of seeing a trash can full of uneaten food, bound for the local landfill. With regulations and requirements being imposed by the state, schools are being challenged to find ways to clean up and reduce their waste, especially organics that make normally end up...
ANNOUNCEMENTS NEW: Wellness Wednesday — Every Last Wed. of the Month 6-7:30 p.m., at Shafter SDA Church on17898 Poplar Ave., Shafter. Come join in on recipe exchange featuring healthy plant based foods and healthy nutrition. Free citizenship class — Open enrollment. Classes are Tuesdays , 7-8:30 p.m., Room 302 at the Wasco Adult Education Center, 1445 Poso Drive. Call 661-758-7414 for more information, Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. MOFA -- Mexican American Opportunity Foundation of Bakersfield is a vocational training at no cost. Career en...
Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Shafter Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to [BEGIN ITAL]The Press,[END ITAL] 406 Central Ave., Shafter 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@The ShafterPress.com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: Crowd gathers at a freight train upset on Central Avenue in Shafter, Nov. 8, 1952. CORRECTION: The two girls pictured in...
Jan. 20 Armando Rojas Bravo, 66, of Shafter, was arrested in the 500 block of Munzer for disorderly conduct: alcohol. Jan. 23 Ashley Lanelle Roden, 31, of Shafter, was arrested in the 100 block of West Orange Avenue for inflicting corporal injury on spouse/partner. Juan Jose Flores, 44, of Shafter, was arrested in the 300 block of South Schnaidt Street on an outside agency warrant and a misdemeanor bench warrant....
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A player in a soccer photo in last week's paper was misidentified. She is Kimberley Esparza, not Ariana Gil. The corrected photo and caption is pictured below....
Are you looking for someone to run with or even play with? My name is Rosa. I have been at the shelter since October. My shelter staff friends have listed me as mastiff mix that weighs about 65 lbs. and is approximately eight years old. I have passed my Safer test, and I am in search of my forever home. I'm a happy, bouncy, curious, energetic and a friendly girl. I enjoy getting my belly rubbed. I have never learned how to play with toys, and I need someone to teach me. Also, I am curious toward...
1 years ago: 2010 Golden Oak Elementary and Shafter High School raised $1,972 for the American Red Cross to help the Haiti earthquake victims. 20 years ago: 2000 Shafter American Legion Auxiliary nit #213 focused on raising money to build an memorial for veterans of all wars. The memorial is now located at the Shafter Cemetery. 30 years ago: 1990 Junior Girl Scout Troop #604 and Brownie Troop #599 were gearing up to sell their famous Girl Scout cookies. In a photo were Amanda Irving, Jodi...
"I began a motion of the heart toward my origins." When I read this sentence in Wendell Berry's novel, Jayber Crow, I recognized the feeling. It was 2003. I was a third-generation Shafter native, living in Virginia and feeling increasingly out of place. A motion had begun back to my origins. In the book, Jayber is a promising student. His teachers tell him he could rise above his roots. He wasn't interested. "Far from rising above them, I was longing to sink into them until I would know the...
And at the end of 10 days their features appeared better and fatter in flesh than all the young men who ate the portion of the king’s delicacies. Thus, the steward took away their portion of delicacies and the wine that they were to drink and gave them vegetables. Some time ago, I was driving in the backroad of Wasco heading toward Delano when all of a sudden I drove into an area covered in fog. It was getting late; the fog was so dense that I had to slow down to at least 20 mph. Being in the b...
Funeral service for Arnold Dave Kroeker, age 82 of Wasco, will be Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, at 2 p.m. at the Mennonite Brethren Church of Shafter. Pastor Pat Coyle will officiate. Burial will be private at Shafter Memorial Park. Arnold passed away peacefully beside his loving wife, Eunice, and surrounded by family on Jan 22, 2020, at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital. He was born on Oct. 18, 1937, in Shafter to David and Fern Kroeker. Arnold was an active member of Mennonite Brethren Church of Wasco,...
Frances A. Bryan, 93 of El Paso, Texas, passed away Jan. 16. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter....
Mary "Bebe" (Ohanneson) Anderson, 88, passed away on Dec. 30, 2019, surrounded by family at the Hoffmann Hospice House in Bakersfield. Mary was born on Aug. 23, 1931, in Woodland, Calif., to Philip and Phyllis Ohanneson. The family moved to Shafter in 1934. Mary attended schools in Shafter and graduated from Shafter High School in 1950. She was named Queen of the Shafter Potato Festival that same year. Mary also attended Pacific University in Stockton. In 1951, she married Dave Anderson, her...
