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Obituaries
Ricky
Marie Brisco Ricky Marie Brisco
of Sanger died Feb. 9. She was 80.
Mrs. Brisco was a homemaker.
She is survived three sons, two daugh- ters and four grandchil- dren.
A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, at Sanger Cemetery.
Wallin’s Sanger Fu- neral Home is handling arrangements.
Fernando Campos Colazo Fernando Campos
Colazo of Dinuba died Feb. 12 in Fresno. He was 60.
Mr. Colazo worked as a foreman.
He is survived by his wife Margarita Rau- da, three daughters, one son, his mother and 10 siblings.
Visitation and rosa- ry were held Feb. 19 at Dopkins Dinuba Funer- al Chapel. A mass will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at St. Cathe- rine of Siena Catho- lic Church in Dinuba. Burial will be at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Fred A. Saunders
Fred A. Sanders of Sanger died Feb. 13 in Fresno. He was 63.
Mr. Sanders worked an officer and sergeant with the Sanger Police Department.
He is survived by his wife Norma Sand-
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ers, two daughters, two sons and two grandchil- dren.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 24, at the new St. Mary Catholic Church in Sanger. Buri- al will follow at Sanger Cemetery.
Jera Stevens
Jera Kalyndra Ste- vens of Fresno died Feb. 10. She was 44.
Mrs. Stevens was a School Teacher for the Clovis Unified School District.
She is survived her husband, Vincent M. Stevens, of Fresno, one son, two daughters, a brother, two sisters, her parents and her mother-in-law. She is also survived by a large number of nieces and nephews, extended fam- ily, cousins, friends and hundreds of students.
Services have been held.
Wallin’s Sanger Fu- neral Home handled the arrangements.
Lui N. Zaninovich
Lui N. Zaninovich of Dinuba died Feb. 14 in Fresno. He was 84.
Mr. Zaninovich worked as a supervisor. He is survived by his wife Mary K. Zani-
novich, and one son. Visitation will be from5to7p.m.on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Dopkins Dinuba Funer- al Chapel. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27, at Reedley Cem-
etery.
ceremony will take place Feb. 25
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The Reedley Police Depart- ment invites the public to watch the annual flag lowering ceremony for fallen Officer Javier Bejar at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, in front of the department at 843 G St.
The ceremony honors Bejar, who died Feb. 25, 2010 during a standoff in Minkler. He was the first officer killed in the line of duty in the 100-year history of the Reedley Police Department. Bejar and Fresno County Sheriff's homi- cide detective Joel Wahlenmaier were fatally shot in the incident that began as an attempt to serve
a search warrant at a residence in Minkler.
As ordered in the proclamation passed by the Reedley City Coun- cil, the police department will be lowering the American flag in front of the department to half- mast. The flag will remain that way until Sunday, March 1.
Following the flag-lowering ceremony, the public is invited to an informal gathering at the Min- kler Memorial site for reflection and prayer. The site is located just off the north side of old Highway 180 in Minkler.
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Also on Tuesday, Feb. 25, the
Central California Blood Center will conduct the Officer Javier Bejar Memorial Blood Drive. The drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the CCBC Bloodmobile at the Reedley Police Department, 843 G St.
The public is encouraged do- nate blood, which is open to any healthy adult. The actual blood donation takes about 15 minutes, and most donors do not feel any pain for the duration of the do- nation.
For information on the blood drive, contact Maricela Chavez (559) 696-1730 or Ralph Ramirez at (559) 290-0806.
table Foundation, and her work with the Val- ley Farm at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo.
The Chamber is rec- ognizing Baker as its Citizen of the Year for his work as a pastor and police chaplain. Working through Hope Now Min- istries, he was a driving force in assisting with the city to establish the Faith House in south- west Reedley. The shel- ter for families in crisis has helped more than 50 people from becoming homeless.
A nominating letter said Baker as pastor opens his church week- ly for people on crisis to get a warm meal and meet one-on-one with Fresno County service providers.
"He has also served as police chaplain for many years, coming out to tragedies at all hours of the night to help fam- ilies in crisis," the nomi-
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application. The city has worked closely with its contract engineer and grant administrator and believes it meets the cri- teria to apply.
If the city is awarded funding, construction could begin this summer.
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Business of the Year
• Mennonite Quilt Center, Small Business
of the Year
• Juan Fonseca, En-
trepreneur of the Year • Jose L. Garza, Pub- lic Safety Professional of
the Year
• Luke Thomas, Edu-
cator of the Year
• Adrian Encinia,
Health Professional of the Year
• Reedley Executive Center, Reedley Beauti- fication Award
It's been a whirlwind year for the Mussons, who were key play- ers in the merger of the 70-year-old Reed- ley family agricultural crop care business with Bennett Water Systems. The coupling with the 90-year-old Lemoore- based water company makes it now the oldest
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Karen Musson, middle, managing partner of GAR Ben- nett, was honored on Feb. 12 as the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Leon S. Peters Award at the Fresno Chamber of Commerce Valley Business Awards luncheon.
family-based agricultur- al business in the Cen- tral Valley. The merger became official on Jan. 1
In addition, Karen Musson was honored earlier this month as the 2020 recipient of the Le- on S. Peters Award. She
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cess, awarded on a first- come, first-serve basis. Submitting an applica- tion through the OTC process is Dinuba’s best chance of receiving a
was selected as honor for her work spearhead- ing the annual Feeding Families Fund Drive to benefit the Central California Food Bank, her role as chief execu- tive officer of the Gar & Esther Tootelian Chari-
grant award.
However, in order to
apply under that process, applications for funding must be “shovel ready”. This means that all engi- neering, design and envi- ronmental review must be completed by time of
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