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JAMIE STEWART and TONI DeROSA The Shafter Press | Wasco Tribune Local restaurants are coming alive in varying degrees, with some opening fully and still others taking smaller steps. In Shafter, the entrance into Phase 2 has meant different things to different people when it comes to the restaurants in town. A few of the restaurants have opened back up, with limitations according to the guidelines set up by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Kern County Public Health Department. On one end of the...
With the onset of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the future has been uncertain; however, because of the governor allowing several counties to open up under Phase 3 guidelines, Principal Kevin Tallon of Wasco High School announced that two graduation ceremonies will take place in the Wasco Union High School District: [BOX] On Wednesday, June 17, at 8 p.m., Wasco Independent High School will hold its graduation ceremony on the WHS football field. [BOX] On Thursday, June 18, at 8 p.m., Wasco...
With the cancellations of the annual Memorial Day ceremonies that are usually held at cemeteries across the county, Shafter and Wasco still recognized their fallen heroes with American flags on the graves of the veterans who have been laid to rest there. Memorial Day honors men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. At the Shafter Memorial Cemetery all of the veterans' graves were adorned with American flags. Relatives of those veterans were at the cemetery paying their...
A man is dead after a stabbing on F Street Wednesday. Detectives were investigating the scene Wednesday after a report of a possible homicide. When deputies arrived, they located a deceased adult male, with multiple stab wounds. During the investigation, detectives learned 28-year-old Juan Carlos Ortega was the suspect in the investigation. A warrant for his arrest, charging him with murder, was obtained. Ortega was described as a Hispanic male, 6 feet tall and 160 pounds, with black hair and...
May 23 Dwayne Schulyer Fernandez, 28, of Shafter, was arrested for DUI. Andrew Lester Avalos, 21, of Shafter, was arrested for burglary in the first degree, battery and burglary during a state of emergency. Nicole Hampton, 34, of Shafter, was arrested for Battery and trespassing on occupy property without consent. Juan Jose Torres Garcia, 31, of Shafter, was arrested for possession of controlled substance paraphernalia and possession of controlled substance. May 18 Julisa Eliza Cobian, 21, of Shafter, was arrested on a misdemeanor bench...
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 The Press, 406 Central Ave., Shafter 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@The ShafterPress.com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: Peter and Debbie Reimer with their daughter and Dale and Nadine Sperling dressed up with their car decked out for the Shafter parade in...
1 years ago: June 9, 2010 Private Patricia M. Matthews, of Shafter, graduated from Army Basic Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. 20 years ago: May 31, 2000 There was a ribbon cutting at the Shafter Farm Labor Camp. They built 84 new housing units at the camp, 17213 Central Valley Hwy. 30 years ago: May 30, 1990 Shafter's city engineer, John Guinn, gave a discussion about adding signal lights to Five Points, where West Lerdo Highway, Shafter Avenue, and the end of Central Avenue meet....
SHAFTER Tin Cup Coffee 1101 E. Lerdo Hwy. 661-630-4061 Drive through Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-3 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Sun. closed Rocy’s Mexican Food 749 S. Shafter Ave. 661-746-2619 Open every day 8 a.m.—9 p.m. Tony’s Firehouse Restaurant 300 E. Lerdo Hwy. 661-746-9244 Open every day 11 a.m.-7 p.m. El Michoacano 237 Central Ave. 661-746-4872 Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Sa.t-Sun. 8 a.m. -8:30 p.m. Take out only. La Fonda Taqueria and Mariscos 358 Central Ave. 661-746-0034 Don Pepe’s Bar & Grill 301 E. Lerdo Highway 661-746-6183 10 a.m. to 8 p....
Vivian Grace Bergen was born August 17, 1921, in Shafter. She was the second of four children born to Zacharias and Ida Bartel. Vivian attended local schools and graduated from Shafter High in 1939. She continued her general education at Bakersfield College, and then onto Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, where she studied nursing for the next 3 years. On Sept. 29, 1944, she married Jake Fred Bergen at the Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church, just days before he shipped out to the...
Claude Hillis Horton Sr. was born on May 14, 1927 in Pryor, Okla., and passed from this earth on May 23, 2020, in Bakersfield at the age of 93. Claude was a foreman at McConnell Farms in Wasco for many years and worked in agriculture his whole life. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather to his family. He was a Christian man who went to church his whole life. He attended United Pentecostal Churches for many years, and his current church was Sounds of Pentecost with Pastor David Downing...
Latoya Dushai Callaham, 37, of Wasco, passed in Bakersfield. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Lorenzo Garcia Elizondo, 76, of Visalia, passed away May 21 in Visalia. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Marylan Miller, 80, of Shafter, passed away May 26. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Leovardo Martinez Tirson, 97, of Shafter, passed away May 25 in Bakersfield. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter....
I have heard it said that the only constant in the world is change. I have never found that to be any truer than this year. I know I had big plans and high expectations when the calendar flipped to 2020. How about you? Has 2020 lived up to your expectations so far? Me either. I want to be clear. COVID-19 is serious. It is especially serious to those who find themselves in one of the high-risk categories; over the age of 65, preexisting medical conditions, etc. I know that this virus has...
On this Memorial Day, it seemed kind of surreal. In my lifetime, we have been involved in the Vietnam War, the wars in the Middle East and several events on our homefront, including government buildings in Oklahoma and a tragedy in New York City, in which we were attacked on a large scale with planes flying into the Twin Towers, resulting in the largest terrorist attack ever on American soil. With each occurrence, the patriotism and strength have shown in our military, our civilians and communit...
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The Maple School Mustangs held a drive-by graduation ceremony last Friday, celebrating the students' accomplishments and their step into the high school arena. There were 31 students receiving their diplomas with a parade of vehicles making their way into the school parking lot. As each vehicle stopped in front of the makeshift podium, the student would exit the vehicle and receive their diploma. As they took the diploma, a short bio about each student was presented, listing their GPAs,...
Shafter has celebrated May as Shafter Strong month, with different themes each week, including drawing thank you's in chalk to our First Responders one week and lighting up the night last week, with houses bathed in red, white and blue lights during Light the Night Week. This week, the month was finished up with residents decorating their cars, bicycles and themselves in patriotic colors, showing off their patriotism and city pride. A large number of people hit the streets decked out in red,...
Here is the listing of Shafter's veterans who have passed, as provided by the Shafter-Wasco Cemetery District. Click on PDF....
Frank Wallace "Wally" Reed, 90, passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield after a fall at his home. Born in Chadron, Neb., to Frank D. Reed and Valeria Schaper, his family moved to California in 1939. Two brothers, Gerry and Toni, soon joined the Reed family. He leaves his wife of 72 years, Janet Grimes Reed; his son Bill Reed and wife Vicky of Windermere, Fla.; his daughter Marta Reed and husband Curtis Harms of Bakersfield; his son Robert Reed of Bakersfield;...
