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SAM kids build rovers
Looking for a home
Referees rack up a century on the court
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Lifestyles 2B
Sports 1B
Weekly Newspaper
It's time to register ONLINE
for start of school
Sanger (Fresno County) CA 93657
50¢ (tax included) How bad has the
air been lately?
Photo courtesy Chieko Delgado
That red ball is the sun, earlier this week beginning to set over the Sanger Woman's Club. The air quality in Sanger has varied with the direction of the wind, from "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" to "Very Unhealthy" depending on how much smoke and soot is blowing into our area from grass and forest fires. In general, the advice from air quality sources is, "Reduce long or intense outdoor activities. Take more breaks. If you experience coughing or shortness of breath, take it easier. If you have asthma, keep quick-relief medicine handy."
Another opportunity to voice an opinion on city's response to grand jury report
The city council may agree on an offical response this evening
Close call
This bad
By Mike Nemeth
Sanger Herald
For the second year, new and returning students at Sanger Unified schools must register online.
The portals to access each PowerSchool parent account can be found at the main district web page, sanger.k12. ca.us, or any of the individual schools' websites. It's right there, queued up as a salmon- colored icon. And just a sin- gle click brings users to the sign-in page where parents can either plug in their user existing name and password or create a new account.
However, with the first day of school just around the corner on Aug. 16, adminis- trators wanted to encourage those in the district to log in and update student informa- tion and to digitally sign annual permissions and vari- ous agreements required for various school policies and programs as soon as possible.
"As of today, about 28 percent to 30 percent (have signed up)," said Dan Chacon, Sanger High principal, on Monday morning. "There
have been glitches in the sys- tem. Some have been kicked out. But they have since fixed the problems."
Kirstin Coronado, Sanger High assistant principal, said letters were sent home in May and again last week to remind parents and students of the electronic procedures. "This year, in order for stu- dents to pick up their sched- ules, parents have to update their information," she said.
Students then print out
a submission letter that indicates the information has been updated, and the letter will be used for registration.
At Sanger High, incoming freshman will be able to pick up their schedules from 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 6. Tenth through 12th grades will be able to pick up their schedules from 7 a.m. to noon Aug. 8.
Computer labs will be available to parents and stu- dents from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 2 and from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 4 at the high school in rooms 401 and 402, both of which are near the library. Those without printers also will be able to bring an electronic version, or pdf file, of the submission letter as proof of registration.
There's no real change
in procedure, "it's just gone from paper to electronic
See REGISTER, page 6A
Officer Sergio Arguello
Drunk driver injures officer who was recently honored for heroism
By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
Officer Sergio Arguello, who on June 5 was honored with a city council resolu- tion praising him for helping save the life of two brothers trapped in an overturned car, almost lost his own life on July 28 when a drunk driver ran a red light and crashed his car into Arguello's police vehicle.
It happened shortly after midnight at the intersec- tion of North and Academy avenues when Arguello was responding to a domestic violence call.
"He is doing OK," said police chief Silver Rodriguez "He has been extremely sore fromthecollision. Hewas treated at Clovis Community Hospital and determined to haveaconcussion. Hehas been released from the hospi- tal and is home recovering."
The other driver, who ran from the scene of the acci- dent, was located in the 1200 block of Olive Street and arrested for felony drunk driving, causing injury and felony hit and run.
The reporter can be con- tacted by email at sangerher- ald@gmail.com.
Traffic study doesn't side with those who want traffic signals at the Bethel and 5th intersection
See the story on page 6A
By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
You'll probably only get one more opportunity to express an opinion or make a sugges- tion about what should go into the city's official response to the recent grand jury report.
The city council will be considering the proposed response this evening at its 6 p.m. meeting in city hall and public comment will be heard before a final decision is made.
In a report issued on June 15, the Fresno County Grand Jury was critical of the way the City of Sanger handled
its Measure S public safety funds. The city has 90 days from the date the report was issued to respond to seven "Findings" and eight "Recom- mendations" from the grand jury.
The process of putting the city's official response together began at the council meeting on July 19. That's when the council heard pub- lic comment and made very few suggestions for changes in a proposed response pre- pared by the city staff. That amended proposal is on this evening's agenda.
See COUNCIL, page 6A
There are about 3,100 students at Sanger High this year and a little more than 12,000 district-wide.
• Aug. 16 - First day of school in the Sanger Unified School District.
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National Night Out in Sanger Park on Aug. 7
THURSDAY
AUGUST 2, 2018
VOL 129 NO. 31
2 sections, 14 pages
CLASSIFIED 3B LEGALS 4,5B BUSINESS DIRECTORY 6B LIFE STYLES 2B OBITUARIES 2A OPINION 3A SPORTS 1B POLICE LOG 2A WEATHER 8A
• Aug. 3, 4 and 5 - St. Mary's Community Festival on the church grounds at Bethel and North avenues.
•Aug.7-NationalNightOut, 5:30p.m.atSangerParkat477AcademyAve.
• Aug. 11 and 12 - Sanger Womans Club rummage sale at the clubhouse at 7th and P
streets
Herald staff report
The Sanger police and fire departments are hosting Sanger's 2018 National Night Out, from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 7 in Sanger Park.
named Deputy Dan-O, Blitz the police dog and many other games and attractions from multiple community organizations.
The event has become
a tradition in Sanger and across the country. "Through this kind of interaction our public safety departments build relationships with those we serve that enable usto workclosertogether to improve public safety and
the overall quality of life in Sanger neighborhoods," said police chief Silver Rodriguez.
"National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partner- ships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live," accord- ing to a National Night Out website.
Thousands attended the event last year, enjoying a firefighting demonstration, search and rescue horse