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The Kern Housing Authority announced recently that they will be utilizing a farm labor camp in the Arvin/Lamont area to house approximately 50 to 75 women this year while the camp is essentially empty during the winter months. In a report just two months ago, the office was considering using the Shafter Farm Labor Camp on Highway 43 and Merced Avenue midway between Shafter and Wasco, which drew a large amount of opposition. Concerned citizens made phone calls to Supervisor David Couch's office;...
The Shafter High School AP Club held its 6th annual Geek Streak over the weekend, with the proceeds going to a fund that helps pay for the test fees for the Advanced Placement students at Shafter High School. The Geek Streak this year was a color run event. Participants ran through the course with color stations set up along the route where the participants would get doused with water and sprayed with blasts of color. By the end of the event, all of the runners and walkers looked like rainbows...
The Shafter Generals pulled off the biggest upset of the football season so far as they knocked off the previously unbeaten Kennedy Thunderbirds, 27-21, on Friday night, giving them a chance to capture at least a share of the South Sequoia League title. The last time the T-Birds lost a game to a Central Section team was to the Generals during the regular season last year. Kennedy then went on to go undefeated the rest of the season and beat the Generals in the Valley Championship game. Shafter...
The secret has been out for some time now. Shafter is home to one of the finest Mexican restaurants in Kern County. In 2016, El Michoacano Restaurant, located on Central Avenue right next to Bank of America, was visited by Pete Tittl, the food critic for the Bakersfield Californian.Tittl was celebrating his anniversary and raved about the sizzling enchiladas. The restaurant has been building on that reputation steadily over the years and the business, according to owner Alejandra Aviles, has...
Friday Aug. 23 Mira Monte T W, 37-22 Friday Aug. 30 Highland H L, 22-16 Friday Sept. 6 North H L, 27-13 Friday Sept. 13 Atascadero T L, 28-8 Friday Sept. 20 Chavez T L, 24-13 Friday Sept. 27 Taft T W, 48-15 Friday Oct. 4 McFarland H-Homecoming W, 47-7 Friday Oct. 11 Arvin H W, 43-22 Friday Oct. 25 Kennedy T W, 27-21 Friday Nov. 1 Wasco H 7:30 p.m....
Those residents who are Shafter High alumni know the saying "Once a General, Always a General." Well, there is another saying going around now and it also gives SHS alumni a great feeling about walking those halls of blue and gold. General PRIDE is a sensation that has swept the campus. Students and staff will tell you that General PRIDE is not a program, but it is an approach for creating a culture on the campus that is positive and has individualized support for students. No two students are...
ANNOUNCEMENTS NEW: Fall Festival — Shafter Youth Center & Shafter Lions Club are hosting Trunk or Treat on Monday, Oct. 28, at 455 E. Euclid Ave. from 5 to 8 p.m. FREE admission. Carnival style games, music and prizes. Shafter Historical Society annual meeting -- Chief Kevin Zimmermann will Speak on the history of the Shafter Police Department. At the Shafter Police conference room, 201 Central Valley Hwy., on Thursday. Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. All are welcome. Guests also will be able to view the historical exhibits at the Police Department. S...
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: Irving Fike's new Chrysler and Plymouths for sale during the 1949 Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival....
Oct. 14 Michael Figueroa, 31, of Shafter, was arrested in the 30000 block of Orange Street on an outside agency warrant. Oct. 15 John Arthur Jr Chavez, 23, of Shafter, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and riding a bicycle on sidewalk. Misty Michelle Barrios, 38, of Bakersfield, was arrested on a misdemeanor bench warrant and an outside agency warrant. Oct. 18 Andrew Julian Aquino, 26, of Bakersfield, was arrested in the 800 block of Central Valley Highway on a misdemeanor bench warrant. Jonathan Adams, 25, of Bakersfield,...
#1 YARD SALE SHAFTER Yard Sale: 312 Pine St. Sat., Oct. 26, 7 a.m.-noon. Winter clothes, girls, women’s, men’s clothing, shoes, household items & misc. 3 Family Yard Sale: 271 Pine St., Shafter. Sat., Oct. 26, 8 a.m.-? Beds, 2 dressers, tires, winter clothes, ladders & misc. Yard Sale: Friday, Oct. 25, 7-11 a.m. at 30998 Fresno Ave., Shafter. Tools, minifridge, clothes, books, home goods & misc. Moving Sale: 553 Grundy Ave, Shafter. Fri., Oct. 25 & Sat., Oct. 26, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. New & used items! Lots of everything! WASCO #2 AUTO/MOTORCYCLES 200...
Fidela Garcia passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, at the age of 76. She lived a beautiful life; she is now at peace and forever in our hearts. Mom was born in Edinburg, Texas, to her loving parents, Jose and Santos Espinosa. She married her husband, George Garcia, and they moved to Shafter and had four sons. Fidela was a great mother and loved her grandchildren and great grandchildren very much. Many weekends they would camp out at her house. She will be greatly missed...
There is only one more football game before the Shafter Generals take on the Wasco Tigers once again for the annual rivalry game. This year the game will be held at the high school stadium on Friday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. As far as rivalries go, Shafter-Wasco is one of the biggest rivalries in the area. Plans are underway in Tiger territory for Shafter-Wasco Week (Wasco-Shafter Week if you happen to be General) Oct. 28, with culmination of activities at the game Friday night. The week lays out...
A meeting was held recently bringing together stewards and other supporters of Shafter's Little Free Library system. Lupe Velarde, a steward herself, hosted the gathering in her backyard in La Colonia on Oct 12. She was assisted by Melissa Bergen, Katie Wiebe and Jill O'Brien. About thirty people, big and little, delivered bags and boxes of books for the occasion, with more donated by Community Action Partnership for Kern County, Richland School and the City of Shafter. The books were made...
1 years ago: Oct. 26, 2009 Ten Richland School District students joined a Journalism Club provided by the Shafter Press. 20 years ago: Oct. 27, 1999 Rite Aid was to be built at 150 E. Lerdo Hwy. at Five Points. 30 years ago: Oct. 25, 1989 Kari Heinsohn won Grand Champion Black for overall for her FFA project at the Kern County fair. Today, Kari is owner and manager of Twisted 4 Bucking Bulls. 40 years ago: Oct. 24, 1979 The City Council voted to introduce a shuttle bus system in town....
Shafter High School joined all other schools in the Kern High School District in participating in their annual Principal Partner's Day recently. This event allows local dignitaries and community members to connect with the their local high schools and observe the operations of them as they work to educate youth and help them become productive citizens. The event began at each high school in the district as they hosted a breakfast, followed by a tour of their respective schools. The tour included...
If you missed the evangelistic event last year at the First Southern Baptist Church in Shafter, you have a chance to be a part of the event this year as Raul Perez is returning to deliver his unique message to the city. Perez will also be returning to Shafter High to talk to the students about his experiences, giving them a message of hope and faith. The event will take place on October 25-27, beginning at 7 p.m. each evening. Pastor Jim Neal said that Perez has a connection with the everyday pe...
I recently wrote a piece about new legislation that makes it illegal for schools to suspend students for “willful defiance.” This phrase includes noncooperation, such as cussing out a teacher, sleeping in class, refusing to obey classroom rules and being disruptive. Before, a student could be suspended if he or she did not heed warnings given by teachers and administration. This new legislation recommends the use of positive reinforcement, or a “focus on healing, respect, support, and the gener...
I recently learned of the Housing Authority of Kern’s concept of using farm labor camps they own in Shafter and Lamont to house about 50 homeless women from Kern County temporarily this winter. [Editor’s note: The county has since eliminated the Shafter camp from the plan for this year.] Having no more details than that, I let a member of the Shafter community know. Within days, our District 4 office phones were lighting up. Many people were upset and opposed to “the plan.” Not knowing any details ourselves, we contacted HAKC. We learned...
San Juana Maritnez, 92, of Shafter, passed away Oct. 7, 2019, in Bakersfield. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Angelina Cuellar de Garcia, 77, of Shafter, passed away Oct. 13, 2019, in Bakersfield. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Barbara Petker, 87, of Shafter, passed away Oct. 13, 2019. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter. Emilio Fernandez Molina, 59, of Shafter passed away Oct. 13, 2019, in Wasco. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Elmer Rigoberto Sanchez Guevara, 35, of Shafter, passed away Oct. 16, 2019, in San Jose. Basham & Lara...
Just a few weeks ago we had a men's barbecue here at the church. At that event, we talked about Paul's short statement in 1 Corinthians 16:13: Act like men. That statement comes in a rapid-fire list of short commands. The primary idea is to be mature, but we can ask our men specifically, "What does a Biblical man act like?" If the church is to advance or progress, there must be a group of godly men leading the charge. That is not an indictment on women, but a recognition of the reality that men...
Friday Aug. 23 Mira Monte T W, 37-22 Friday Aug. 30 Highland H L, 22-16 Friday Sept. 6 North H L, 27-13 Friday Sept. 13 Atascadero T L, 28-8 Friday Sept. 20 Chavez T L, 24-13 Friday Sept. 27 Taft T W, 48-15 Friday Oct. 4 McFarland H-Homecoming W, 47-7 Friday Oct. 11 Arvin H W, 43-22 Friday Oct. 25 Kennedy T W, 27-21 Friday Nov. 1 Wasco H W, 28-21...
