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Profiling this year's Miss Dinuba candidates
Tyra Adair is the 17-year-old daughter of Michael and Nicole At- kinson and has one brother.
In her time at Dinuba High School, Tyra has managed to be fully engaged in such clubs as Lead, Link Crew, Ignite, Spirit, HOSA and the MED Academy. She has also been involved in theater, color guard, the CSF Honors Program and has been a worship leader at her church.
Throughout the community, Tyra has helped with a Dinuba High blood drive, Toys for Tots event, school concessions and has been accepted to volunteer at Cat House on the Kings. She has also been a band/ drill camp instructor for kids in ju- nior high and has performed at the Dinuba Art Festival, Cinco de Mayo at various elementary schools and even the Reedley Opera House.
In theater, she was the support- ing lead in her first high school pro- duction and the lead three times in a row. She has even caught a Broad- way show in New York City.
Tyra’s platform is entitled “Do- nate to Motivate” and focuses on the need for people to donate their time in order to help motivate kids to stay on the right path.
“I’m standing up for all the kids who might not be on the right path right now but have the ability to return to the right path with just a little push,” she said. “If we all just donated a little bit of time to help positively uplift these students, we can finally get them feeling moti-
Tyra Adair
vated.”
She said she would like to be the
next Miss Dinuba because she’s al- ways wanted to use her creativity, determination and optimism to help influence and develop her commu- nity.
Tyra currently holds a cumula- tive GPA of 4.3 at Dinuba High. Af- ter graduating, she plans on attend- ing UC Davis, where she plans to study Animal Science.
Two more candidates will be previewed in the Sept. 3 issue
Samantha Camaquin is the 16-year- old daughter of Jayboy and Kristin Camaquin and is the oldest of three siblings.
At Dinuba High School, Saman- tha has been involved in many extra- curricular activities including band, which she has been in for seven years and has been Drum Major for two. She has also been active in the NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Club and served as Vice President for one year.
She also served as publicist for HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) and has competed at the state level at the State Leadership Conference. As a member of student council, Samantha served three years as videographer and Spirit Commis- sioner. She has also been part of her school’s Link Crew for two years.
Her community service is exten- sive, having served as a student ath- letic trainer, helped set up and clean up for many football games, served at a Chamber of Commerce dinner, helped clean up Rose Ann Vuich Park and has even dressed up as a mascot for children’s events.
For her platform, entitled “Our Minds Matter”, Samantha chose to fo- cus on mental illness.
“I want to shine light upon the ed- ucation of our mental health because we cannot shy away from one of our basic necessities,” she said. As part of the NAMI Club at DHS, Samantha has partnered with staff and students to create a Wellness Center on campus.
Samantha Camaquin
She added, “Our mental health is one of our top priorities, and I shall continue to advocate for its aware- ness.”
Samantha said she would like to become the next Miss Dinuba to be a role model for the youth and to help spread awareness for social emotional wellbeing.
After graduating from Dinuba High, where she has a cumulative grade point average of 4.3, Saman- tha plans to attend the College of the Sequoias before transferring to California State University, Fresno, where she plans to major in Biology or Chemistry.
Virtual College Night set for Sept. 8
MVT Staff Report
Registration is now open for Tulare Coun- ty Office of Educa- tion’s annual College Night! This year, the event will be virtual with representatives from nearly 60 col- leges and universities. Students may meet with representatives of their choice, but are encouraged to have questions prepared for their virtual visits.
"Based on our success with virtual teacher recruitment fairs which simulate the look of a conven- tion center-style event, we utilized the same technology to make College Night vir- tual," said Tim Hire, Tulare County Super- intendent of Schools. "Students and parents will enter the event through a grand lobby before discovering the booths of the rep- resentatives in the Ex- hibit Hall."
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New storm drain tops busy list of projects in Dinuba
By George M. Villagrana
Mid Valley Times
Work got underway this week to install a new pipe to replace an undersized storm drain facility in Dinuba.
The Kern Street Im- provement Project has been one of the city's top projects.
The city had applied for and received an award of $3 million in Community Development Block Grant funding for the project. For years, the city's existing storm drain facilities in down- town are currently inad- equate and cannot handle periods of heavy rainfall. During a heavy rainfall event, the downtown area will experience extreme flooding which severely impacts businesses and property owners in the downtown area. The project will address the continuous flooding that occurs in the downtown area, specifically along Kern Street.
“Flooding in the downtown area has been an issue for many years,” said Mayor Kul- dip Thusu. “It’s impact on citizens and business has been significant.”
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Kuldip said receiving the grant will help the city alleviate the long- standing flooding issue.
“I have to compli- ment the staff for their hard work and diligence for making this long- awaited project a real- ity,” he said. “I have no doubt the citizens and businesses in the area will appreciate it.”
The project will con- sist of installing approx- imately 7,600 lineal feet of storm drain pipe to replace the undersized storm drain facilities. The project will be lo- cated along Kern Street from Q Street to College AvenueandK,J,&I Street from Kern Street to Tulare Street and M
Street from Kern Street to Merced Street and Tulare Street from M Street to L Street.
The phase of the proj- ect and the road closure is expected to last around two to three weeks.
The College Avenue Railroad and San Joaquin Valley Railroad Crossing improvement project is in its third week of construc- tion. The project will con- sist of concrete curb and gutter, sidewalk, drive approaches, a pedestrian refugee median island on Uruapan Way, railroad crossing signal arms and miscellaneous safety im- provement work along College Avenue.
The completed im- provements will cre-
ate a safer crossing for Dinuba residents who currently travel along College Avenue. The project is fully funded by federal grant money, with no local city match- ing fund. The $493,277 is funded by the Rail and
Mass Transportation. Ongoing is the Ne- braska Avenue repair
project.
Daniel James, assis-
tant city manager, stated the projects will provide tremendous benefits for the community.
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