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The Reedley Exponent A8 Thursday, May 23, 2019
A spirited spring ride
A group of about 30 motorcycle riders from Reedley and Kingsburg gathered the morning of May 11 outside theReedleyMennoniteBrethrenChurch and rode in a caravan up to Bass Lake in the moun- tains north of Fresno. The above photo shows the group traveling on Riverbend Road outside Sanger.
Reedley Police Department / Photos Contributed
Reedley Police Explorer Jazlyn Hernandez gave a thumbs up while donating blood at the annual Battle of the Badges blood drive at the Reedley Fire Department on May 17.
Battle of the Badges
has 22 blood donations
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area that you’re mentioning, because it’s been on our radar for awhile, the problem with that intersection is city does not own that intersection- it is county, and so we have been trying really hard to get the county to pay attention.”
“In fact, several of our council mem-
bers even have had [county supervisor] Buddy Mendes out. We drove him and his staff [to town], we showed him just how terrible that is because of the flood- ing,” Zieba continued.“We applied for a joint grant together, the county and the city, and we were not successful in get- ting that.”
The town halls are part of a series of informational meetings targeted at an-
Mark Kistler / Photos Contributed
swering questions residents may have on certain issues. The final town hall meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 24. The topic will be titled “drought, con- tamination and your front lawn” and will be about the water quality and quantity in Reedley.
The town hall will start at 6 p.m. in the Senior Room in the Community Cen- ter. Everyone is invited to attend.
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The Reedley Fire De- partment, Reedley Police Department and Sequoia Safety Council participated in Reedley’s portion of the 18th annual Central Cali- fornia Blood Center’s North Valley Battle of the Badges blood drive last week.
A total of 22 people do- nated blood during the May 17 at the Reedley fire sta- tion. Donations were dedi- cated to one of the three emergency service agen- cies of the donor’s choosing.
John Agueda represent- ed Reedley Fire, Nick Fri- esen represented Sequoia Safety Council and Cyndee Trimble-Friesen represent- ed Reedley PD.
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exchanged some words and then the man pointed a gun at the two men and fired multiple shots. Ybarra-Ro- driguez was the only person struck by bullets.
A motive for the shoot- ing has not been deter- mined. Detectives are look- ing at the possibility of it being gang-related.
Reedley Police Liaison Officer Cyndee Trimble-Friesen and Se- quoia Safety Council Life Safety Officer Wesley Miller stood to- gether during the event.
This remains an ongo- ing investigation. Anyone with additional information on the suspect(s) in this case is asked to contact the Sher- iff’s Office at (559) 600-3111 or Detective Carl Chalmers at (559) 600-8207.
You also may contact Crime Stoppers at (559) 498- 7867 or valleycrimestoppers. org. You will remain anony- mous and may be eligible for a cash reward.
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believed a silver sedan was heading west on Dinuba Av- enue and failed to see the stop sign at the Lac Jac in- tersection and collided with a van heading southbound on Lac Jac.
Freeman said the inter- section is notorious for ac- cidents and they’ve experi- enced several in the years they’ve lived at their home.
“In 20 years, I’ve seen 15 accidents here, some of them
really bad,” she said. “We went to Judy Case, [then] Fresno County Supervisor, and we begged and they said there was no money for fund- ing to do a study.”
According to Exponent news archives, a car lost control and crashed through the fence of Freeman’s home on the evening of March 28, 2016. A separate news re- port indicated that on June 9, 2013, an unlicensed driver ran the stop sign at Dinuba and slammed into a deputy’s patrol car.
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10-year marks while seven employees with five years service also were recog- nized. Student Services awards went to Eunji Seo (accounting instructor) for full-time faculty and Nancy Rodriguez (counselor) for adjunct faculty.
A complete list of em- ployees honored will run in a future issue of The Ex- ponent. For a list of the 12 retirees, see editor Jon Ear-
nest’s column on Page A4. Reedley College’s 91st annual commencement cer- emony will recognize the Class of 2019, and begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 24, on the lawn area south of the
cafeteria.
Distinguished alumna
speaker is Yammilette Ro- driguez, senior director with the Youth Leadership institute. Degrees will be awarded to 824 students while another 782 will re- ceive certificates of com- pletion.
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