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Veterans visit battleship
Vietnam Veterans from the area visit USS Battleship Iowa
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Established 1909, Dinuba, California Thursday, November 8, 2018 50 Cents
Election
Incumbents lead in early numbers
2018
Reynosa, Rojas neck-and-neck in initial poll results for Dinuba City Council. usu, Longoria take commanding leads.
39.9% *at time of publication
By Rick Curiel
Perez. Thusu’s initial poll results had him receiving just over 60 percent of the vote.
In Ward 3 Armando Longoria took a big leap forward towards taking his first seat on the council in his third run as he began with just under 60 percent of the initial ballots. Newcomer Sal Medina Jr. received just over 39 percent of the votes and one write-in was also registered.
In school board races the early numbers also favored the incumbents as long-time Dinuba Unified School Board member Beverly Keel-Worrell took a commanding lead over challenger Alma Martinez in initial polls, taking nearly 70 percent of the votes.
Three seats were up for grabs in
the Cutler Orosi Joint Unified School District board, and once again the number seemed to favor current trustees.
Four people were up for the two seats of Rebecca Jimenez and Mary Helen Espino, who represent Area 2. Challenging Jimenez and Espino for their seats were Jesse Huerta and Maria C. Gonzalez. The early numbers had Jimenez receiving 34.2 percent of the votes with Espino coming in just behind her with 28.4 percent of the vote. Huerta received 22.6 percent of the votes in early results with Gonzalez receiving 11 percent. There were also six write-ins.
In Area 3, currently occupied by long-
time board trustee Sandra Williams, over 58 percent of early results went to Williams, with challenger Alex Marroquin receiving just over 40 percent of the votes.
And in the Dinuba Memorial District Seat 2 three candidates were running for the seat, Jerry Lee Whitaker, Joe Martinez and Melvin K. Gong. With just over 1,500 early ballots counted, Gong took an early sizable lead as he pulled in just over 52 percent of the votes. Martinez was in second place with nearly 29 percent of the votes but still had a lot of ground to make up, behind by nearly 400 votes. Whitaker received 279 votes in initial ballots for just over 17 percent.
Veterans Day
ceremony set
for Sunday
Sentinel staff report
This year Veterans Day falls on Sunday and, as is customary, a Veterans Day Ceremony will be held at Smith Mountain Cemetery at 10 a.m. The program this year will be highlighted by “A Soldier’s Memories” as those attending will have the opportunity to hear stories from local veterans.
As a guest veteran, the committee for the Veterans Day Ceremony has selected US Marine Joe Rivera to share his stories with the audience. During the ceremony he will be questioned about the time he served in Vietnam by the master of ceremonies.
Rivera is originally from Reedley, having graduated from Reedley High in 1967. At the time, many young men faced either volunteering for the military or the high probability of being drafted. After graduating from high school Rivera elected to join the United States Marine Corp to fight in the Vietnam War.
“You either volunteered or were drafted,” said US Navy Seabee George Madrid. “There was no escaping this war for these young men.”
While serving in Vietnam his unit was tasked with taking the fight to the enemy. As a result, Rivera was wounded twice in the line of duty and received two Purple Hearts and a Navy Achievement with Combat Metal. He
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As the first election results rolled out of the Tulare County Registrar of Voters, early poll numbers showed a dead-even race in one seat for Dinuba City Council, while two other candidates jumped out to commanding leads.
The tightest race out the gate was that of Ward 2, with incumbent Maribel Reynosa and challenger Victor Rojas each sharing 50 percent of the vote.
In the other two wards the numbers favored the more experienced candidates, as incumbent of Ward 4 Dr. Kuldip Thusu jumped out to a considerable lead over challenger Tish
Parade of honor
It was a great turn out by both spectators and parade entries at this year's Cutler-Orosi Veterans Parade, held this past Saturday. This year the parade honored three grand marshals from the Cutler-Orosi area, US Army Veteran Ernie Rubalcaba, left, US Marine Veteran Raffi Saghomonian, center, and US Navy Veteran Raymond Montano, right.
The parade is put on annually by the Cutler-Orosi Kiwanis Club. See our Facebook page for more photos from this year's Veterans Parade.
Dinuba's history to come alive at Pioneer Day
Saturday's event will be both fun and educational
Saturday more of that history will come to life when the Alta District Historical Society, in cooperation with the city of Dinuba and Historic Preservation Commission, hosts Pioneer Day.
The event, according to ADHS committee member Maribel Sorensen, is an extension of a Pioneers Trunk Show that fellow member Nancy Hoyt once put on. Through it, Hoyt would travel to classrooms throughout the district and present antique artifacts to tell the story of Dinuba’s first pioneers.
Now, elementary school students, parents and relatives are invited to experience the expanded story of our hometown through a variety of activities at Saturday’s event. Among the activities for students will be a treasure hunt featuring a gold rush map. The map will allow students to
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By Rick Curiel
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The Depot Museum, currently located on the corner of South K and East Ventura streets is believed to have been built in 1888 as part of the Southern Pacific Railroad extension from Fresno to Visalia. It served the Southern Pacific Railroad up until 1978 and suffered two fires during its time at the original location of Tulare and M streets.
The house that is now the White House Cultural Center, currently located next door to the museum, was built in 1912 by local plumber Lee Muncy. He lived there with his family many years before the Dinuba Public School District purchased it in 1945 to house teachers during World War II. It was later used for offices for the school district.
That is just a tidbit of history from the early pioneers who helped make Dinuba what it is today.
Photo contributed
An old photo from the turn of last century depicts one of Dinuba's earliest settlers. Just beyond the house, sitting on a rock foundation, is Smith Mountain.
This photo, along with a multitude of others, will be on display at this year's Pioneer Day at the Alta District Historical Society Museum this Saturday.
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Running away with title
Dinuba boys, girls cross country take league Sports, Page B1
Dinuba City Council election results*
Ward 2
• Maribel Reynosa • Victor Rojas
Ward 3
• Armando Longoria • Sal Medina Jr.
Ward 4
• Kuldip Thusu • Tish Perez
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