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Thursday, August 5, 2021
Special Sanger council meeting Aug. 5
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Slow-moving freight train
strikes vehicle in Sanger
MVT Staff Report
The Sanger City Council is con- ducting a special meeting at 5 p.m, Thursday, Aug. 5, at the Council Chamber at 1700 7th St.
The bulk of the meeting will be closed session to discuss potential litigation to the city from the Depart- ment of Labor and the Sanger Fire-
fighters Association. Also scheduled in closed session is a conference with labor negotiators from Local 39, Sanger Firefighters Association and Sanger Police Officers Association.
There will be a public forum for comment before the council goes into closed session. A report/review from the city attorney will follow the closed session.
Driver suffers moderate injury in July 30 crash
MVT Staff Report
A slow-moving San Joaquin Valley Railroad freight train struck a vehicle north of down- town Sanger on July 30, resulting in moderate in- juries to a woman.
The unidentified woman was driving her vehicle west on 5th Street at about 10:45 a.m., just as the north- bound train traveling about 20 miles per hour reached the crossing. The train struck the ve- hicle, causing a moder-
Obituaries
Hilario Bartolome Gaspar Hilario Bartolome
Gaspar of Cutler died July 27 in Visalia. He was 70.
Mr. Gaspar worked as a farm laborer.
He is survived by his spouse, Lydia Sales Gaspar, one son, one daughter and two grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Sun- day, Aug. 8, at Dopkins Dinuba Funeral Chapel. A funeral mass at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 9, at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Cutler. Buri- al will follow at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Roberta Anne Herevia
Roberta Anne Here-
via of Dinuba died July 31 in Dinuba. She was 56.
Ms. Herevia worked as a bookkeeper.
She is survived by her mother, one son, one sister and two brothers.
No services are scheduled at this time. Dopkins Dinuba Funer- al Chapel is handling the arrangements.
Lucy
Gonzales Luna Lucy Gonzales Luna
of Sultana died July 18 in Sultana. She was 82.
Mrs. Luna worked as a packer.
She is survived by one son, two daughters, one brother, two sisters, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A funeral mass was held July 28 at St. Cath- erine's Catholic Church in Dinuba. Burial was at Smith Mountain Ceme- tery in Dinuba.
Sterling & Smith Fu- neral Home handled the
arrangements.
Hugo E. Rios
Hugo E. Rios of Oro- si died July 22 in Dinu- ba. He was 28.
Mr. Rios worked as a packer.
He is survived by one daughter, his par- ents, three brothers and two sisters.
A funeral mass will be held at 8 a.m. Friday, Aug 6, at Iglesia Uncion Primitiva Apostolica in Sultana. Burial will fol- low at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Sterling & Smith Fu- neral Home is handling the arrangements.
Arlene C. Swanson
Arlene C. Swanson
of Sanger died July 26. She was 87.
Mrs. Swanson worked as a supervisor
for J.C. Penney.
She is survived by
one son, one daugh- ter, two sisters, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Carrie Krider.
A memorial grave- side service will be held at 11 a.m. Mon- day, Aug. 9, at Sanger Cemetery.
Wallin's Sanger Fu- neral Home is handling the arrangements.
Sanger Fire Department / Photo Contributed
Emergency vehicles are parked at the railroad crossing on 5th Street near Academy Avenue in Sanger on July 30. A slow moving train struck a vehicle at the crossing, result- ing in a moderate injury to a woman driving.
Reedley Police Department / Photo Contributed
Military personnel with the 144th Fighter Wing out of Fresno who are residents of Dinuba and Reedley stood at attention during the July 30 ceremony.
ate injury to the woman who was transported to the hospital for treat- ment.
According to Sanger police, the train sounded its horn several times
before crossing the in- tersection.
The train was stopped for more than an hour, and the train backup blocked crossings at 7th and 9th streets.
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Both city's mayors, Mary Fast of Reedley and Linda Launer of Dinuba, signed respec- tive partnership papers during the ceremony. Another ceremony high- light was all Fighter Wing personnel from the two cities standing at at- tention and being recog- nized for their service.
Officials from both cities were present for the ceremony.
Public comment period in effect for Friant-Kern canal rehab project
Contributed
The Bureau of Rec- lamation and the Fri- ant Water Authority announced on Aug. 2 a 30-day public comment period for a repayment contract related to costs of extraordinary operation and mainte-
nance work on the Fri- ant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correc-
tion Project.
This project will re-
store a 33-mile stretch of the canal in the eastern portion of Fresno and Tulare counties that has lost more than half of its original capacity to sub- sidence.
Learn more about the project online at usbr.gov/mp/fkc-fr.html, and review the contract Extraordinary Mainte-
nance Contract (usbr. gov).
Written comments on this contract must be received by close of business on Wednesday, Sept. 1, and sent to Bar- bara Hidleburg-Johnson, California-Great Basin Regional Office, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, CGB 440, Sacramento, CA 95825 or emailed to bhidle- burg@usbr.gov.
For the
Record
An article in the July 1 issue of The Times about $2.8 million in state funding for Reed- ley's Olson sewer re- placement project re- ported that it was part of $100 million in Valley- wide funding requested by District 14 State Sen. Melissa Hurtado.
City of Reedley offi- cials said that 31st As- sembly Member Joaquin Arambula also played a role in securing project funding.
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