Serving the community since 1922
10 Years Ago: June 10, 2009
Chamber leaders announced Shafter would be holding its first local business street fair.
20 Years Ago: June 6, 1999
A 1968 SHS graduate, Dr. Jean Fuller, became superintendent of the Bakersfield City School District
30 Years Ago: June 6, 1989
Wasco broke ground on the Wasco State Prison Facility, at an estimated cost of $185 million. It was to bring 800 to 1,200 jobs in 1991.
40 Years Ago: ]June 7, 1979
The first mayor of Shafter, Glenn O. Nay passed away at 83. Nay also taught at Shafter High for 28 years as a director in the Agriculture Department.
-Compiled by Erica Soriano
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