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Wasco Union Elementary School District students have already started their new school year. After summer break, students began their annual trek to their campus on Monday. Two schools in particular were anxiously awaiting the beginning of school so that their new campuses could be experienced. The new James A. Forrest Elementary School, with its Spanish-style architecture and curved archways, was a welcoming site to the parents excited that their children were attending a brand-new school. In...
Pauline Little was born on July 27, 1924, in Morrilton, Ark., to Oda and Verna Ring. She was the youngest of two daughters. The family moved to Wasco in 1936. She met her childhood sweetheart, Alister "Allie" Little, in high school, and they married in February 1942. After his discharge from the Marine Corps, they made their home in Wasco, where they lived (and farmed) until 1979. At that time, they moved to Bakersfield to be closer to their daughters and their families. Pauline was active in...
Breakfast was served for all 480 Wasco Union Elementary School District staff at the annual Back-to-School Breakfast last Thursday morning in the newly renovated Richard K. Reding gymnasium. Superintendent Kelly Richers welcomed everyone to the new gym on the Palm Avenue Middle School campus. “This year, all the school sites had some sort of construction happening, which made working at the school sometimes very difficult,” Richers said. “Some schools were more inconvenienced than other...
The Wasco Union Elementary School District will double its fleet of electric cars used by staff to 10. Grant money will offset the cost of the $35,000 vehicles, leaving the district to pay $15,000. Superintendent Kelly Richers informed the board the district received a grant from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District for the EV vehicles. The grant will cover $100,000 of the total purchase price; the bid for the vehicles was $177,377.35 from Three Way Chevrolet. “Each vehicle originally costs $35,475.47, and with the grant f...
The Shafter City Council, by a 3-2 vote, accepted City Manager Scott Hurlbert's resignation at a special meeting of the council on Tuesday night. The council appointed the city's chief financial executive, Administrative Services Manager Jim Zervis, as acting city manager. He is a former city manager for the City of Wasco. Details of Hurlbert's termination package were disclosed in a separation agreement obtained by The Press Wednesday morning. City Attorney Marco Martinez said that Hurlbert wil...
Visitors to Wasco library were treated to a demonstration on how to make healthy smoothies by the Downtown Business Association's vice president, Camilo Vasquez. Trained in the culinary arts, Vasquez leads demonstrations the first Wednesday of each month showcasing a different item. In his "day job," he creates sandwiches and salads for Cloud Nine Restaurant on California Street in Bakersfield. Approximately 20 people joined the fun last week. Vasquez provided the ingredients to make healthy...
ANNOUNCEMENTS NEW: BC enrollment -- Bakersfield College staff will be offering Express Enrollment opportunities at the Wasco Adult Education Center, 1445 Poso Dr. Aug. 21, 4-7 p.m. New worship time -- Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church will be starting new worship time Sunday August 18th at 10:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages will up again at 9:30 a.m. as well (8/18). Class of 1969 —Wasco High School Class of 1969 is looking for members for its 50th reunion. The classes of 1966-1972 also are invited. Contact Earl Grizzell or email g...
Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco 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 [BEGIN ITAL] Tribune,[END ITAL] 406 Central Ave., Shafter 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@WascoTrib.com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: The Domestic Arts Building at the Wasco Elementary School in the 1930s. The Wasco tower sits on the property...
Aug. 5 Jorge Alberto Rojas Romero, 34, of Wasco, was arrested at the intersection of D Street and Poso Drive for possession of a controlled substance and failure to stop at a stop sign. He was cited and released at the scene. Aug. 6 Luis Antonio Mendez, 33, of Wasco, was arrested at the intersection of Poso Drive and D Street for domestic violence. He was booked into the Kern County Jail. Jose Manuel Morenotovar, 21, of Wasco, was arrested at the intersection of McCombs Avenue and Griffith Avenue for driving without a license. He was cited and...
#1 YARD SALE SHAFTER Yard Sale! 439 Chris Ave., Shafter. Sat. 8/3, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fill up grocery bag for $3. Bags provided. Clothes, shoes, baby stuff & houseware. 1t1 2-Family Yard Sale: 737 Acacia, Shafter. Fri. 8/2 & Sat 8/3. 7 a.m. - ?. Lots of women, men, kid clothes, shoes, home décor, winter items, toys, art & craft supplies. 1t1 Yard Sale: 306 Rodriguez. Shafter. Sat. 8/3 7 a.m.- ?. Lots of clothes, home décor, a little of everything. 1t1 Yard Sale: Sat. Aug 3. 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. 312 Pine St., Shafter. Clothing, household items & m...
Heaven has received an angel who will now be our angel as long as I live. Here on earth she was a wife, mother, grandmother and a great woman full of love for humanity. Love for her children made her the perfect mother. Her dedication to her husband led her to make a perfect wife. She was the perfect grandmother for her grandchildren, loving and caring for them just like her children. She liked to help and serve God. She liked to live with her brothers in the church and served the sick. She was...
Gerry Long was born in Kingfisher, Okla., to parents Samuel and Lela Isbill. They moved to Okeene, Okla., where she met her great love, Raymond Long. Gerry and Raymond were married in 1948 and had four children: Kenneth, Cheryl, Connie and Allan. Gerry and Raymond moved to Wasco in 1956 and lived here until their death. Gerry was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Theodore and Thomas; sister June; her beloved children, Kenneth and Cheryl; and the love of her life, Raymond. Gerry is...
Thor is a 2-year-old male mixed breed and weighs about 50-55 pounds. He is a friendly boy and has a lot of energy, and he minds well. He is good with other dogs and gets along well with them. He doesn't share a kennel now, because he protects his food too much. Come and visit Thor at the Wasco Animal Shelter, 5409 7th St., or call for more information, 661-758-7240. -Wasco Animal Control...
To the editor: We arrived in Wasco from Mesa, Ariz., for the first time in late May 2019 to drop my son Max Williams, #34, off on another leg of his baseball adventure. This was the inaugural season of the Wasco Reserves Professional Baseball Club, and we were greeted from day one with the immense warmth of the people of Wasco. Its residents carry a great pride for their community, as they should! It is has a long history of hard-working, salt-of-the-earth people, and we had the great pleasure o...
Grants were the focus of this month's Wasco Coalition presentations. The director of community relations for the Wonderful Company, Manuel Cantu, offered an update on the company's grant process. Wonderful provides hundreds of thousands of dollars of contributions to the communitie in which it operates each year. "We offer grants from $50 to $50,000 to nonprofits and organizations within our area, including Avenal, Wasco, Shafter, Del Rey, McFarland and Sanger," Cantu said. He provided a...
A lawyer once asked Jesus, “Teacher, what is the greatest commandment?” Jesus replied, “Love God with everything in you, and secondly love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:36-40). Who are our neighbors? There are nine virtues that Paul writes about in the book of Galatians that describe what a life of a Christian should look like. To put it plainly, if you want to live like Jesus, be sure that you are bearing the fruit of the Spirit. “Love” is the first one, since it is the foundation...
Geraldene Long, 88, of Wasco, passed away Aug. 5. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco. Allen Wayne Rogers Ramos, 31, of Wasco passed away Aug. 3. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter. Alejandro Pena, infant, of Wasco, passed away Aug. 6 in Bakersfield. Basham & Lara Funeral Care, Shafter....
Frank Thiessen, 81, passed away Aug. 6, in Bakersfield. Memorial service to be held at Bakersfield Christian High School gymnasium on Saturday, Aug. 24, beginning at 10 a.m. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter....
