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same as mine. But we were never in the same room, I know that."
Ada didn't gain disclosure of what went on until the 1970s, when she found out the affect their department had on the war, including what battles it helped win.
In 1945, Betty and Ada returned home from their service. Ada went to work at the Veteran's Administration Office in Oakland, and Betty returned to her job at Bank of America, which the bank had saved for her while she served.
In 1950, both Betty and Ada were recalled to active duty, and after meeting each other at Treasure Island, they were sent to Arlington, Va., not far from Washington, D.C. Their communications department had been moved and combined with the other branches of the military.
"During World War II, it was all Navy that we worked with," Betty said in a 2008 story in the Sanger Herald. "Then, Korean War, we worked with Army, Navy and Air Force, all in this big room."
Though the work environ- ment was more casual, allow- ing workers to wear civilian clothes, the secrecy was still enforced strictly. Betty and Ada weren't allowed to dis-
cuss their work with mutual friends who worked in differ- ent departments.
Kellogg's health began to decline. Once, when Ada was visiting the Kelloggs, she got a sincere request.
The two had rooms in
a two-story barracks that had no air conditioning. The humidity was brutal Ada recalled.
In their free time, they enjoyed taking trips together, especially doing what be- came one of their most com- mon mutual activities, eating out.
Their service ended in 1953, and Betty returned home to her job where she stayed until 1957, when she married James L. Kellogg and moved with him to Se- attle.
Kellogg was a career mili- tary officer, and his job often required lots of relocating. Toward the end of his career he enjoyed working in public information, working with the media.
When the Kelloggs moved to the Presidio military base in San Francisco in 1960, Betty was reunited with Ada. During this time, they took trips to Morro Bay and Santa Cruz.
The Kelloggs were then transferred to Japan, where they stayed until James retired in 1962.
They moved to Sanger in 1963, where he worked for the chamber of commerce.
In the early 1970s, James
"One time when she came," Betty told the Herald in 2008, "my husband was not doing well at all, and he said, 'Ada, if anything happens to me, I want you to come live with Betty.'"
After James passed away Ada moved to Sanger to be close to her friend.
During the 1980s, the women took trips together, including a tour of England, Scotland and Wales in 1984, and they visited Germany and several other European countries in 1988.
Ada was grand marshal of the 2012 Sanger Veterans Day Parade and received recognition for her service from then California State Assemblyman Henry T. Perea.
Ada met Doris Knowlton at a senior exercise class and the two became good friends.
Knowlton is the one who in 2016 suggested the city council recognize Fisher for her service. The ceremony attended by then mayor pro tem Raul Cantu and city councilmember Eli Ontiveros and several neighbors, rela- tives and friends was moved to Ada's home when her health made it difficult to go to a city council meeting.
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Ada Fisher with Doris Knowlton. The plaque held by Fisher says, "Presented to ADA C. FISHER, United States Veteran - In appreciation of your military service during World War II and the Ko- rean War. We honor your service, your courage and most of all your sacrifices. Your dedication to the United States of America and its ideals is commendable. Presented by the Sanger City Council."
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auditor shall be as follows:
(i) the committee shall review and hear
presentations from each of the auditors who have bid to audit monies under this chapter. (ii) the committee may choose at least
two (2) auditors to present to the city coun- cil.
(iii) the city council shall pick from at least one of the two auditors selected by the committee.
(iv) in the event that the city council does not select one of the at least two auditors se- lected by a committee, then the city council must deliver in writing to the chair of the committee the explicit reasons and rationale why the at least two auditors were insuf- ficient. The committee may either reopen the bidding process for auditors or request a joint session with the city council to dis- cuss and vote on the at least two auditors presented to the city council. In the joint session each committee member, each city council member, and the mayor will have equal vote. A majority vote will be required to choose or not choose an auditor. In the event that the committee chooses to not call for a joint session, then (b)(2)(i) to (b)(2)(iii) shall be done again. If the city council does not select from the at least two auditors a
second time, then a third call for bids for an audit will be done, and a joint session
of the committee and city council must be called. Where after reviewing the bids, and presentations, the joint session shall make a determination where each member of the committee and city council have an equal vote.
(c)(1) The committee is not charged with decision-making on spending priorities, schedules, project details, funding source decisions, financing plans, or tax rate as- sumptions. The committee shall serve in an advisory-only role to the city council. The committee shall have no jurisdiction other than that delegated to it by the city council pursuant to this chapter.
(c)(2) The committee is charged with making sure that all monies spent under this chapter are in accordance with this chapter. To that effect, no monies may be spent under this chapter without the express ap- proval of the committee.
(c)(3) To effect (c)(2) the city is required provide at least a yearly budget on how
the monies under this chapter are spent. The committee shall have the authority to review the spending plan strike any items where are not authorized under this chapter.
After the committee has approved the spending, the committee shall forward the spending plan to the city council. The city council may approve or deny the commit- tee spending plan. The city council may not amend the spending plan and then approve it. If the city council denies the spending plan the city council must present in wiring their reasons and rational as to why they did not approve the spending plan. If the committees spending plan has thrice (3) been denied by the city council then a joint session of the committee and city council must ensure. In the joint session the com- mittee and city council will jointly create
a spending plan, and vote on the spending plan. Each committee member and each city council member will have equal vote.
(c)(4) The public shall have the right to participate by public comment on any spending plan under this chapter.
(d) The city manager or his or her desig- nee shall provide any reasonable adminis- trative or technical assistance required by the committee to fulfill its responsibilities or publicize its findings. The city manager or his or her designee shall ensure that all proposed expenditures to be made from rev- enues collected under this article are sub-
mitted to the committee for approval prior to proposing that the city council approve such expenditures. The committee shall consider proposed expenditures and submit its written recommendations to the city council approved expenditures. City council agenda items relating to expenditures from revenues collected under this article shall include text regarding submission of the proposed expenditures to the committee and the committee's approved recommenda- tions.
It is my opinion that the above amend- ments to the Measure S ordinance along with the Committees proposed fixes for the clarification of “supplement” and “supplant” discussed by the Measure S committee would go along way in preventing the use
of Measure S money from being used as a slush fund.
Vincent Wall is a member of the Sanger Planning Commission, a patent examiner with the Unites States Patent and Trade- mark Office, an attorney with the states of Delaware and Pennsylvania. He is a con- cerned citizen who would like to see Sanger prosper and grow for future generations, including his own three sons. He can be con- tacted by email at vincentwallesq@gmail.
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numbers. And hers was the
Ada held the shiny black and gold plaque of apprecia- tion in her lap as Knowlton sat beside her on the couch in her living room and
read Knowlton's own list of reasons to appreciate Fisher - her activities no longer top secret.
"Ada takes an interest in all the people she's around and never forgets a name. She's fun to be with and
is a great pool player. I'm here representing her many friends, the veteran's organi- zations and the Sanger senior exercise class which she
attended loyally until about three years ago.
"Now I could just say Ada is a lovely and gracious lady but there is so much more. She has a very tender heart foranimals andsavesas many as she can through donations and feeding stray kitty cats.
"She moved to Sanger
in the 1980s to be with
her military buddy, Betty Kellogg. As they became older she helped with Betty's convalescence and it became a difficult job towards the endofBetty'slife,but Ada
persevered.
"She doesn't shirk her
duty. Whenthe cityputout the call to preserve water, Ada saved her shower water and carried it to the yard at 94 years of age.
"That is why Tom Brokaw called Ada's generation the Greatest Generation."
The reporter can be con- tacted by email at sangerher- ald@gmail.com or by phone at the Herald during business hours at (559) 875-2511.
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