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The Shafter City Council approved an increased $870,000 budget for 2019-2020 for the Education Partnership Department on Tuesday night. Last year's budget was a little over $841,000. An increase was discussed earlier in the month, with a figure of $870,783 being proposed. Members of the City Council discussed what the increase in the budget would be used for. Part of the reason was an increase in incentives for the Advanced Placement Program that rewards high school students who pass...
Behind every artifact in the museum is a story. We have in our collection several red silk or paper poppies sold by the VFW or the American Legion. As we approach Memorial Day I thought it well to tell their story. For many years I remember, Cathy Morgan as the local poppy lady. Now I am sure they were many others distributing poppies as well, but it was Cathy who always seem to find me in a restaurant or on the street, and for a small donation I was given a poppy to wear on my person to...
Betty Jean Grant, a longtime resident of Wasco, passed away on May 25, 2019 at the age of 84. Betty was born in Rock Rapids, Iowa, on Jan. 1,1935 to Art and Agnes Stip. As a young girl she grew up in Bellflower and Artesia, Calif. During her teens, she gave her life to the Lord and continued in faith until the end of her life. She attended Excelsior High in Norwalk. After high school she worked as a receptionist in a doctor's office until she married Keith Grant, when she was 20. Betty was the e...
A memorial was unveiled at Veterans Park on Saturday morning during a dedication ceremony held to honor veterans from all branches of the military. The event was sponsored by Amvets and the Shafter Rotary Club, both who have been instrumental in the creation of the memorial. The memorial was funded by the City of Shafter and was also made possible by local construction business and the Shafter Rotary Club. According to Mayor Gilbert Alvarado, back in 2008 when the park was being constructed,...
The Shafter Cemetery will be the site for the annual Memorial Day Observance Ceremony on Monday, May 27, at 10 a.m. The ceremony recognizes all of the brave men and women who have served the country in the military, and honors those who have passed away and serves to thank them for their service and sacrifice. The ceremony is put on by the Ladies Auxiliary and includes the reading of a special poem honoring those soldiers who have passed on, as well as a guest speaker who talks about the importance of observing this day and thanking those who...
Eight apartment units had to be evacuated when Kern County firefighters were dispatched to an apartment complex in the 400 block of North Wall Street on Sunday. Just after 9 a.m., the KCFD was dispatched to the fire. Smoke detectors had gone off in multiple apartments within the complex, caused Battalion 3 to activate a second alarm to get additional fire resources to the scene. When the first firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from the vent of one of the apartment units....
Family Dollar of Shafter celebrated a grand re-opening Saturday, complete with a DJ playing music, a booth for customers to win prizes, and giveaways inside the store. Store Manager Angel Saavedra said that the re-opening was the result of their corporate office’s decision to remodel the store, making it possible to display more merchandise, as well as a better floor plan for their registers and checkout area. The result is a store more convenient for customers, as well as for the employees. T...
ANNOUNCEMENTS NEW: Pregnancy health — Bakersfield Pregnancy Center’s Image Clear Ultrasound mobile unit will be in Shafter on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, 2-5 p.m. 341 Central Ave., Shafter (parking lot across from La Fonda). No appointments necessary. FREE pregnancy test, first-trimester ultrasound, information and resources available. Memorial Day -- Services at the Shafter Cemetery honoring veterans on Memorial Day will start at 10 a.m. Monday, May 27. SAT practice -- Study sessions on Tuesdays at the Shafter High Sch...
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: Building the county fire station in Shafter in 1939....
May 14 Ricardo Jr Lopez, 20, of Shafter was arrested in the 300 block of West Lerdo Highway for evading peace office, obstruction of public officer, riding bicycle on the wrong side of roadway, stop required and on a misdemeanor bench warrant. Laura Garibay, 34, of Wasco, was arrested in the 100 block of West Ash on a felony bench warrant. May 16 Brian Christopher Chairez, of Shafter, was arrested in the 700 block of West Tulare Avenue for disorderly conduct: alchol. May 17 Jared James Dooley, 39, of Bakersfield, was arrested in the 600 block...
#1 YARD SALE SHAFTER Estate Sale: 717 Acacia Ave., Shafter, Sat. 5/25, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., rain or Shine. Entrance through alley. Brand-new jeans $5; purses, artwork, vintage boxed Madame Alexander dolls, $15-$25; vintage dolls, teaching supplies, garden misc., ladders, holiday, locked vintage cabinet, kitchenware, wedding dresses and SF 49ers jackets, $25 each; puppets, old magazines/records & lots of misc. 1t1 2-Family Yard Sale: 558 Poplar Ave., Shafter, 5/25, 7 a.m. to ?. Lots of kid & adult clothing, kitchenware, grill & misc. 1t1 #1 YARD...
Noble Howze was born in Marlow, Okla., on March 31, 1933. He moved to Shafter in 1941. He attended Rio Bravo School and Shafter High School. At a young age, Noble understood that hard work was essential in providing for his family. At 17 years old, he was a ginner for W.B. Camp Gin Co. In 1951, he met his wife, Armis Freeborn, and they married in 1952. They had four children, who were taught to work hard. His wife and their children helped him with his business ventures. Noble was a...
Spencer B. Stallings, 96, of Shafter, passed away May 20 in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Dolly Jean Love, 77, passed away May 15 in Bakersfield. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter....
Shafter Post Office letter carriers collected more than outgoing mail recently as they participated in their annual Stamp Out Hunger campaign. They left paper bags a couple of days before the May 11 collection, encouraging residents to fill the bags with nonperishable food items that will be donated to a local church. This year, it was Shafter Christian Fellowship who received the big donation. Norma Hammer of the Shafter Post Office said that the event allowed the letter carriers to collect...
Rick Allen Cross, 66, passed away on May 15, 2019, in Taft. He was born on Dec. 2, 1952, in Loveland, Colo., to William Cross and Shirley Riechert. Rick’s parents came to Shafter in 1966. Rick grew up in Shafter and graduated from Shafter High School in 1972. Rick is survived by his sons, Melvin and Kevin Cross, from Shafter; daughter, Skyla Cross; his brothers, Randy Cross and Rod Cross; and sister, Tammy Griffith; his grandchildren, Alex, Aaron, Teryn, Lyric, Phoebe, Taitum and Quinn; and daughter-in-law Julie and great grandbaby, Chance. R...
For the second straight year, the Kern Valley Broncos ended the Shafter High Lady Generals' softball season in the semifinals of the Valley Championship tournament. The Lady Generals, who came into the tournament seeded No. 2, lost the semifinal game to Kern Valley, 5-2. The Lady Generals were dominant this season, going 19-5 overall, and dropping only one game in SSL play -- a 6-5 loss to Chavez High School. Shafter's other losses were to SYL powerhouses Ridgeview, Stockdale, Frontier and...
For the health, safety, and comfort of residents, the Kern County Parks Division, in cooperation with the Department of Aging and Adult Services, other Kern County agencies and/or districts and PG&E, will open cooling centers throughout Kern County when the temperatures are forecast by the National Weather Service to exceed 105 degrees or higher in the Valley. Locations acting as cooling centers are the Buttonwillow Recreation and Park District, 556 Milo Ave., and the Walker Senior Center, 505 Sunset Ave., in Shafter. There is no cooling center...
Behind every artifact in the museum is a story. We have in our collection several red silk or paper poppies sold by the VFW or the American Legion. As we approach Memorial Day I thought it well to tell their story. For many years I remember, Cathy Morgan as the local poppy lady. Now I am sure they were many others distributing poppies as well, but it was Cathy who always seem to find me in a restaurant or on the street, and for a small donation I was given a poppy to wear on my person to...
Shafter Post Office letter carriers collected more than outgoing mail recently as they participated in their annual Stamp Out Hunger campaign. They left paper bags a couple of days before the May 11 collection, encouraging residents to fill the bags with nonperishable food items that will be donated to a local church. This year, it was Shafter Christian Fellowship who received the big donation. Norma Hammer of the Shafter Post Office said that the event allowed the letter carriers to collect...
