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  • Letter to the Editor: Measure D would aid Wasco tech ed, 'bring excitement' with gym overhaul

    Bud Engel, Alumni, Shafter High School, 1960|Oct 24, 2024

    To the editor: This letter is written in support of Measure D. As a retired industrial arts teacher, work experience coordinator and adjunct professor of drafting technology I appreciate the improvements Measure D would bring to the technical education program at Wasco High School. I played basketball in the Wasco High gym in the late 1950s, so the remodeling of the gym should bring new excitement to the game. Bud Engel Alumni, Shafter High School, 1960...

  • Letter to the Editor: Stop flavored tobacco and protect youth

    Wasco CALI Youth Coalition|Apr 20, 2023

    To the editor: The CALI Wasco Youth Coalition has been advocating for a safer tobacco-free community for the past five years. Our coalition is part of the non-California Health Collaborative, Unidos Por Salud Project- a regional tobacco prevention program serving youth, young adults and the Latinx community in seven counties. Our current coalition is joined by Wasco and Lost Hills high school youth who have hosted youth events, engaged in outreach during school resource fairs, and educated local and state elected officials on the importance of...

  • Letter to the Editor: Wasco veterans group is losing the battle

    Steve Davis, Wasco VFW|Mar 23, 2023

    To the editor: The Wasco VFW Post 6742 has been around for over 75 years. My uncle, James Greer, was a member when I was a small kid. He would wear his green garrison cap with lots of little pins and medals to his once-a-month evening meetings. He had lots of friends who were there at the meetings. They would tell old stories, compare experiences at the same overseas locations and give each other much respect around town. He would point out to me someone we would run across downtown and comment, "That guy over there sitting at Hoyett's was woun...

  • Letter to the Editor: Library reopening

    Dolly Hei|Feb 3, 2022
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    I attended the grand re-opening of our little jewel of a library on Jan. 18 and I am so proud of this town, and of the people who made this happen. I won’t try to name all those folks who are responsible, certain they’ll be found in other coverage of the event. The city of Shafter, in partnership with Bakersfield College, now supports this municipal institution, the Shafter Library and Learning Center, first of its kind in Kern County. It took vision and leadership, and the determination of concerned people here and in Bakersfield to ach...

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