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Thursday, July 16, 2020
Longtime Sanger business to close next month
The View From Here
I remem- ber this part of my child- hood viv- idly.
I was a
skinny little
girl, my hair
was always
tied back in
a ponytail.
A little bit
of background on my hair? It's curly. So, as a child it never really looked well kept.
My grandmother would do her best to make me look nice, she’d wet a bris- tle brush and take her time to make the perfect pony tail.
A few minutes later however, my curls would dry out and it was back to looking disheveled.
This was the mid 1980s. During the summer, I had no internet or computer to keep me occupied, so most of the time, the places I could be found were a bit random and unexpected.
Those places were most- ly hardware stores, barber shops, the ranch my dad worked on. I was usually out in the dirt playing with a truck he'd buy me, or playing with my chickens.
The reason for this was because my dad made it a point to take me with him wherever he went. He al- so made it a point to buy me some chickens, or so I thought they were for me.
The chickens were not for me, rather for dinner. I learned quickly not to be- come too attached to them.
My dad was also a reg- ular at the Gomez Barber Shop. And, because I was always with my dad, I was a regular there too.
Its still in the same loca- tion on 7th Street in down- town Sanger. Each time he’d go for a haircut, I was not far behind.
The barber, Mr. Gomez would call my dad up, my dad would go sit in the chair and have his haircut. Meanwhile I’d look around at all the pictures on the wall, the color of the bar- ber shop chairs, the lino- leum floor, not exactly sure but I think the chairs were green.
One time the barber said to me “Hey you want me to cut that pony tail for you?” I gasped, “oh my gosh, no!” Funny moment.
My dad was also a reg- ular at a couple of other businesses in Sanger.
One of them was West- ern Auto. This was his sec- ond favorite place.
At the entrance to the store was a long counter with bar stools where cus-
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By Juanita Adame
Mid Valley Times
Sanger Nursery, a long- time Sanger business will be closing its doors in August, owner, Dallas Kanagawa, confirmed. He said, the de- cision is a difficult one.
According to their web- site, the hardware store spe- cialized in agricultural needs, home repair, painting and plumbing supplies.
“We were known for our citrus trees back then,” their statement read in part. “We sell a number of fruit trees native to California. In addi- tion to offering fruit trees, we also sell all the necessary supplies you'll need to take care of the fruit tree as it matures.”
Kanagawa did not give specific details about the closure; only that it would be sometime in August.
Juanita Adame
Photo by Juanita Adame / Mid Valley Times
ABOVE: The Sanger Nursery sign has been a familiar sight on Jensen for many years. The longtime business will close its doors in August.
Reedley's Liliahna Bedolla earns national recognition Contributed
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From left, Reedley High School teacher and FCCLA advisor, Lisa Bueno and member Liliahna Bedolla holding up the second gold at the FCCLA National Conference.
Reedley student among Kansas State scholarship recipients
The Reedley High School chapter of Family, Careers and Community Leaders of America or (FCCLA) partici- pated and competed at this year's Virtual Leader Con- ference.
The event was to be host- ed in Washington D.C. but due to Covid-19 concerns it became the FCCLA’s first vir- tual online conference. More than five thousand members participated in the three day online conference from July 7 through July 9.
FCCLA chapter members competed online in STAR events or Students Taking Action with Recognition.
Members were scored by a panel of three judges on their portfolio and oral pre- sentations. They were also recognized for proficiency with individual projects which showcased their lead-
ership skills and event prepa- ration.
Liliahna Bedolla, a Reed- ley High student, advanced to the VNLC by placing first at the state conference and earned gold in her STAR event.
Bedolla is the chapter’s first member to earn a sec- ond gold at nationals. She earned her first NLC STAR event gold held in Atlanta Georgia.
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"We would like to thank all the teachers and staff who helped our chapter this year, our advisors plan to travel to Nashville to compete in next years conference."
RHS FCCLA
Mid Valley Times
Eighty-four students at- tending Kansas State Univer- sity Online, including a Reed- ley student, received scholar- ships this summer semester, nearly double the number of students who received schol- arships in summer 2019.
The scholarships ranged from $600 to $1,500 each and totaled $49,400.
K-State Global Campus, which oversees K-State On- line, works hard to offer schol- arships to its online students, who are predominately adults attending classes part time while balancing work and family responsibilities.
The scholarships are avail- able to both part-time and full-
time students to provide more individuals the opportunity to earn a degree at their own pace.
Carly Kosinski, a Reedley master's student in academ- ic advising, was among the group.
In all students from vari- ous parts of the country like Arizona, Colorado as well as Conneticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, and Illinois also re- ceived scholarships.
There were also interna- tional students who received awards.
Those students came from Germany.
For more information on Kansas State University's on- line program, visit their web- site at global.k-state.edu.
Contributed
Reedley Police Officer, Tim Kelly and soon to be first grader, Isa- iah Rangel, posed for a photo next to Kelly's patrol car. Isaiah has always aspired to be a police officer. Have a photo you'd like fea- tured? Email juanita@midvalleypublishing.com.
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