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The City Council agreed to use up to $1.4 million to purchase land for the Southeast Shafter Sewer Project, connecting the community of Gossamer Grove to a main line running to the Wonderful Industrial Park. This project is completely different than the one that is going to extend sewage services to the unincorporated sections of Shafter. Currently, the residents of Gossamer Grove have their sewage waste going to a line that goes to the North of the River Water Storage District. This is a...
The Shafter Cinco de Mayo Festival is the creation of Deanna Rodriguez-Root and her late husband, Albert "Roy" Root. When Albert passed away, their daughter Brandi came on board to help her mother with the event. For years, the Cinco de Mayo Festival Committee has proposed Deanna and Brandi as grand marshals for the event. But Deanna and Brandi thought that it wouldn't look right to have them as lead the parade. This year, the committee didn't give them the option and named them the grand marsha...
A workshop held by CSUB Small Business Development Center was aimed at helping prospective business owners, as well as those businesses who are already functioning. The workshop was held in conjunction with the Shafter Chamber of Commerce, who partnered with the Cal State University of Bakersfield SBDC for the event. The evening event was held on Thursday, March 29, at the Shafter Veterans Hall. Kelly Bearden, director of the Small Business Development Center, said that the workshops were...
If you haven’t seen it yet, you should take a look at the [BEGIN ITAL] Wasco Tribune[END ITAL] online. The website, WascoPress.com, has every story in the paper, as well as a digital version of the whole paper in pdf form, just as it appears here. Your comments will make it better, too. Just email the publisher, Michael Schroeder, at mschroeder@WascoPress.com with what you like and don’t like....
ANNOUNCEMENTS NEW: Immunizations -- Adventist Health is offering FREE immunizations at 315 James St. at the La Hacienda Market parking lot Tuesday, April 16, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. NEW: Carnival -- Richland Junior High Spring Carnival at the junior high basketball courts, 5-7 p.m. Featuring a talent show and live music by the Richland Junior High Jazz Band & Shafter High Big Band. NEW: Community Cleanup -- On April 27, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., there will be a Community Cleanup hosted by the City of Shafter. The meeting point is Richland Pool. Roll-off bins...
This week's challenge, courtesy of the Shafter Historical Society. Send your educated (or semieducated) guess to The Press, 406 Central Ave., Shafter 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@TheShafterPress.com. Winners will be revealed here next week, along with the facts behind this photo and a new one to challenge you. LAST WEEK: Shafter bowling teams at the Neuman Bowling Academy on April 7, 1942....
March 25 Stacy Lawanda Chacon, 33, of Shafter, was arrested for possession of controlled substance paraphernalia, for sale, on a felony bench warrant and on a outside agency warrant. March 26 Josue Javier Mendoza, 26, of Shafter, was arrested for obstruction of a public officer and on an outside agency warrant. March 28 Michael Joseph Hampton, 34, of Shafter, was arrested at 244½ W. Lerdo Hwy. on a misdemeanor bench warrant. Francisca Isidoro Villegas, 33, of Shafter, was arrested in the 200 block of Central Valley Highway for misdemeanor...
#1 YARD SALE SHAFTER ALL CHURCH YARD SALE: New Hope Church. 730 E. Lerdo Hwy., from 7 a.m. to ?. Yard Sale: 304 W. Tulare Ave., Sat., 4/6 from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. Household items, clothing & misc. 2-Family Yard Sale: 306 Rodriguez, Sat., 4/6 7 a.m. to ?., Lots of clothes & a little bit of everything. 1t1 Yard Sale: 177 W. Ash., Sat. 4/6 7:00 a.m. 7 to ?. Lots of clothes, kitchenware & a little bit of everything. 1t1 Yard Sale: 415 Curtis Ave., Sat., 4/6 & Sun., 4/7. 7 a.m. to ?. A little bit of everything. 1t1 Yard Sale: 125 Stone Ave. Sat., 4/6...
“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” --Apostle Paul, Philippians 3:12-14 If you are a college basketball fan, then you see the admonit...
The Colours Festival that was held last month gave the community a chance to connect with their artistic sides, be that in attending a play or appreciating works of art at the gallery or listening to a symphony. It also gave participants a chance to express themselves by showing their work The event offered an avenue to display that talent, and children participated as they attended the Children's Art Workshop, held at the Shafter Youth Center. Kids of all ages were able to create their own...
A select group of students at Shafter High were names Students of the Month for February. They were honored with certificates and a pizza lunch. Each student was nominated by a teacher, who recognized the student for outstanding achievement or displaying improvement in a different area that exemplifies General Pride. This could be in performance in the classroom, citizenship, work ethic or behavior. The students chosen were Octavio Gonzalez, Pablo Cuevas, Aisha Obaid, Malachi Dewitt, Eli...
The Shafter Learning Center will be offering courses for first through eighth graders while the students are out for spring break. The SLC has supplied the city with a variety of classes for all ages throughout the year, with a full slate of courses during the summer months. For spring break, during the period of April 15-19, third and fourth graders will have an opportunity to take a keyboarding and programming class 9:50 to 11:20 a.m. and an art class 8:15 to 9:45 a.m. For fifth and sixth...
The Shafter Boxing Club, well-known for its ability to churn out champions, showing that there will not be any slowing down in the near future. The club has built a very strong reputation for its skill levels. The club participated in one of the most sought-after titles in the country for an amateur. The coaches took several members of the club to the tournament, which was a tournament for the Olympic Committee. The U.S. Olympic Committee even sent a letter for the kids to their schools, asking...
Fashion and more fashion was the name of the game on Saturday afternoon as the Shafter Woman's Club held a fundraiser for the Heifer Project, one of the many projects the club sponsors. According to Heifer International and The General Federation of Women's Clubs, both share the goal to make life better for neighbors by providing nutritious packaged milk to be given to students in other countries in order to help them focus on learning instead of hunger. Many women's clubs have the Heifer...
Teresa Wolfe was born July 20, 1969 in Bakersfield. She passed away March 27, 2019 in Los Angeles with her family by her side after a long battle with pulmonary hypertension. Teresa is survived by her loving son, Philip Wolfe, and his fiancé, Sarah; parents Robert and Dianne Stewart; brother and wife, Bobby and Krystal Stewart; niece Taylor; nephew Brody; grandmother Doris Miller; and special friends Tony Pacheco and Stephanie Thrasher Lamas. Teresa enjoyed barbecues with family and friends....
Doralene "Darlene" Derry Scott, 86, passed from this life to be with our Lord on March 16, 2019. She passed away at the Hoffman Hospice House in Bakersfield. She was born July 24, 1932 to Willie Derry and Kaiwana Loretta Clowers Derry, in Oklahoma. Darlene was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend to anyone that knew her. She was married to Bob Scott -- "Grandpa Bob" --until his death residing in Exeter, where they were very involved in their church. Darlene d...
Varnell Nichols, 85, a former resident of Shafter, died March 12, 2019 in Fort Mohave, Ariz. A private ceremony was attended by immediate family under the direction of Desert Lawns Funeral Home of Mohave Valley....
Ricardo Villalpando, 63, passed away March 25 in Bakersfield. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Norma G. Flores, 68, passed away Mar. 28 in Bakersfield. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Ione Regina Lollar, 82, of Shafter, passed away April 1, 2019. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Rebecca Rekosh, 92, of Bear Valley Springs, passed away Mar. 30, 2019 in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Petra Cerda, 91, of Bakersfield, passed away. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter....
Surrounded by family, David Anderson died at the Hoffmann Hospice House on Saturday, April 6, 2019 in Bakersfield at the age of 89. Dave was born on Nov. 22, 1929 in Bakersfield to Martin and Lucy Anderson. He graduated from Shafter High School and married Mary Frances Ohanneson of Shafter on June 20, 1951. He was drafted into the Army and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in May, 1952. He served in the 124th Ordinance Battalion of the 3rd Armored Division in Germany. As a Korean War veteran, he...
