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Obituaries
Raul F. Cantu
Raul F. Cantu of Sanger died Feb. 9 in Fresno. He was 83.
Mr. Cantu was self- employed.
He is survived by one son, four daughters, four brothers, eight sis- ters, 11 grandchildren and five great-grand- children.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. with ro- sary at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24 at Bethel Chris- tian Church in Sanger. A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 25 at St. Mary's new Catholic Church in Sanger. Burial will be at Sanger Cemetery.
Dopkins Reedley Funeral Chapel is han- dling the arrangements.
Edward Everett Gleffe
Edward Everett
Gleffe of Squaw Valley died unexpectedly Feb. 13 after a short illness with COVID-19. He was 73.
Mr. Gleffe is sur- vived by a daughter and son-in-law, two grandchildren and his second mother, Ger- aldine Gleffe. He was preceded in death by his parents, Chester and Wanda (Friesen) Gleffe.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m.
Monday, Feb. 28, at Smith Mountain Ceme- tery in Dinuba. A Cele- bration of Life luncheon will follow at Dunlap Baptist Church.
Dopkins Dinuba Funeral Chapel is han- dling the arrangements.
Adelaida S. Lara
Adelaida S. Lara of Dinuba died Feb. 2. She was 82.
Ms. Lara worked in food service for Kings Canyon Unified School District in Reedley for several years.
She is survived by one daughter, six grand- children, three great- grandchildren, one sis- ter and three brothers.
A rosary was held Feb. 22 at Dopkins Di- nuba Funeral Chapel. A funeral mass was held Feb. 23 at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Di- nuba. Burial followed at Smith Mountain Cem- etery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Funeral Chapel is handling the arrange- ments.
Marion Carolyn Pedro
Marion Carolyn Pe-
dro of Dinuba died Feb. 6 in Reedley. She was
80.
Ms. Pedro was a
homemaker.
She is survived by
her husband, Jack Pe-
dro Sr. of Dinuba; two sons, one daughter, 13 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren, one sister and three brothers.
Funeral services were held on Feb. 15. Burial was at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel handled the arrangements.
Jose Amalio Reveles
Jose Amalio Reveles
of Corcoran died Jan. 22 in Corcoran. He was
48.
Mr. Reveles worked
as a customer service representative.
He is survived by one parent, one brother and two sisters.
Visitation will be at 10 a.m. followed by a rosary at noon and fu- neral mass at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Cutler.
Sterling & Smith Fu- neral Home in Dinuba is handling the arrange- ments.
Michelle E. Ruiz
Michelle E. Ruiz of Sanger died Jan. 27 in Fresno. She was 46.
Ms. Ruiz worked as a caregiver.
She is survived by five sons, four daugh- ters, her parents, Frank
and Rachel Ruiz; two brothers and one sister. Services were held Feb 17 at Sanger Wor- ship Center Church. Burial was at Sanger
Cemetery.
Dopkins Reed-
ley Funeral Chapel handled the arrange- ments.
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Volunteers worked on clearing brush in Miramonte-Pinehurst last week.
Miramonte-Pinehurst is county's first FireWise Community
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Mid Valley TiMes
As of the Tuesday, Feb. 22 update, there were 224,923 total cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) out of 2,482,695 tests in Fresno County, with 2,592 deaths and 326 people hospitalized (54 in ICU).
was at an updated 482 cases (1,287 in region) while the Fowler region had 1,726 cases (1,700 in the community) and a continued 32 deaths through Feb. 22. Squaw Valley (an updated 231 cases), Dunlap and Miramonte had a total case number of 590.
Among Mid Valley Times cities in the county through Feb. 22, the Reedley region still has the most overall positive cases with 9,744 (an updated 6,700 in the city proper), and and increase to 95 deaths in data on the Fresno County Department of Public Health website. .
In Tulare County, there were 100,834 confirmed cases (2,751 active, a decline of 2,584 for the week) of COVID-19 with 1,285 deaths and 95 people hospitalized (9 in ICU) as of Tuesday, Feb. 22, after a three-day holiday break. The breakdowns by cities/regions show 7,888 total cases in Dinuba, 2,689 in Orosi, 1,370 in Cutler, 510 in Traver, 200 in the rural area south of Reedley and 57 in the area southeast of Orange Cove.
Through Feb. 22 with no region updates, Sanger (including immediate surrounding rural areas) continued to show 9,556 cases (an updated 7,500 in the city) and 91 deaths; Parlier was at 3,800 cases (3,815 region) with 52 deaths and Orange Cove had 2,300 (3,694 regional) cases and 20 deaths. Del Rey
A total of 96,978 people (96.2 percent) in Tulare County were listed as recovered as of Tuesday, Feb. 22.
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The Fresno County mountain neighborhood of Miramonte-Pinehurst last week became the first recognized FireWise Community in Fresno Coun- ty, as a group of cooperating neigh- bors received their Certification of Recognition this week from National FireWise USA, a program of the Na- tional Fire Protection Association.
FireWise communities work to- gether to plan and take steps to pro- tect their neighborhood from wildfire by hardening their homes and reduc- ing vegetation on their properties.
Volunteers through the office of Rep Jim Patterson, Oak to Timber- line Firesafe Council, and Habitat for Humanity prepared the way for the
certification by clearing brush this past fall. The volunteers and certifi- cation process was led by Ian Ashby, Highway 180 Fire Defense Program Manager with the Sierra Resource Conservation District.
The Oak to Timberline Fire Safe Council hopes to expand the program and encourage the formation of more such communities in Dunlap, Squaw Valley, and Badger.
Volunteers again will converge in Pinehurst, at the Cedarbrook cabin area, on March 24-27 to continue the prevention efforts for this season.
Contact Mahalia LoMele at from the Oak to Timberline Fire Safe Coun- cil by email at mlomele@sierrarcd. com. for information on how to par- ticipate in the program.
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been identified or as- sociated with the homi- cide.
Chavana was a well known student on cam- pus who played baseball and was described as a fun guy to be around.
Parlier Superinten- dent Gracie Guerrero said she had spoken to Chavana’s coach a few days prior to the shoot- ing. “It was about the upcoming season and how ready he was,” said Guerrero. “He had a good future, he was our best pitcher. He was a
fun guy to be around.” A GoFundMe page has been set up by the family to help with fu- neral costs. “It is with heavy hearts that Marti- na and Ricardo Chavana announce the passing of their son, Ricardo “Ri- cardito” Chavana Jr.,” the family wrote. “The family is requesting sup- port and prayers during
these difficult times.” Anyone with infor- mation on the case is asked to call Det. Au- relio Flores with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office at (559) 498-7867, or CrimeStoppers at
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