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Thursday, September 9, 2021
Annual Kevorkian Open House at Reedley Airport returns Oct. 2
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COVID-19 update
MVT Staff Report
The Reedley Airport Commission has an- nounced the return of the Korky Kevorkian Open House & Barbecue at Reedley Municipal Air- port on Saturday, Oct. 2.
The event, canceled in 2020 by the COVIDS-19 pandemic, will take
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"Pediatric Cancer," because Leslie her- self is a cancer survivor who would like to bring light to the financial in- stability and hard-
As of the most recent update on Tuesday, Sept. 7, there had been 119,738 confirmed cases (44.1 daily cases per 10,000 population) of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) out of 1,580,795 tests in Fresno County, with 1,828 deaths and 40` hospitalizations (92 in ICU).
Cove had 1,600 (2,959 regional) cases and 13 deaths. Del Rey increased to 324 cases (975 in region) while Fowler had 1,378 cases (1,100 in the city) and 22 deaths through Sept. 7. Dunlap and Miramonte had 384 total cases on the new data surveillance website through Sept. 7. The county no longer lists recoveries in its regular surveillance data.
ships that many
families encounter
while their chil-
dren fight for their
lives. Leslie would
like to be Miss Di-
nuba because it
would not only give
her the ability to be
a voice for children
fighting pediatric
cancer but also
help her to form
personal connections with her com- munity through service.
HAILEE ZAPIEN
Hailee Zapien is the 17-year-old daughter of Jennifer and Gabriel Zapi- en. She is the oldest of three children.
Hailee's academic honors include being an honor roll and CSF member. Throughout Hailee's time at Dinuba High School, she has been involved with student council, madrigals, con- cert choir, has coached youth softball, and has played varsity basketball and softball.
Hailee would like to attend San
Diego State University and major in either liberal studies or child develop- ment.
Her platform, "Uniquely Different," is based on the mistreatment that in- dividuals with special needs face on a daily basis. Hailee chose to advo- cate about this because she has wit- nessed first hand
the struggles of
her own brother as
he deals with Spi-
na Bifida. Hailee
feels that nobody
should fear walk-
ing around school,
the store or any
public area due
to something that
they have no con-
trol over. Hailee
would like to spread awareness in our community about how special needs shall not be categorized by others as "weird and scary" but rather "different and unique."
Hailee would like to be Miss Dinuba because she wants to create a greater relationship with her community. She says "being Miss Dinuba will give me the opportunity to bring 'Uniquely Different' to light in my community." Hailee feels that this will give her the opportunity to be the voice and role model for younger individuals in her community.
Through the Sept. 7 update, Reedley (including immediate surrounding rural areas) shows 4,484 cases (3,800 in the city proper) and 73 deaths; Parlier was at 3,178 (2,600 in city) cases with 41 deaths and Orange
A total of 52,387 people (91.8 percent) in Tulare County were listed as recovered as of Tuesday, Sept. 7.
place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the airport, 4557 S. Frankwood Ave. north of Reedley. Admission is free to the event (dona- tions are welcome) and a barbecue hot dog meal will be served at 11 a.m.
Free airplane rides are available from 9 a.m. to noon, and guest speak- er and aerobatic flyer
Susan Bell will give a presentation at noon.
Free airplane rides will take place from 9 a.m. to noon; sign up at the information table as availability is limited.
For more informa- tion, call the city of Reedley (559) 637-4203 or email Kayl.cheney@ reedley.ca.gov.
Among Mid Valley Times cities in the county through Sept. 7 (Fresno County's new dashboard surveillance has provided updates for regions rather than cities; and the first updates in weeks were reported last week), the Sanger region remains with the most total overall positive cases with 6,721 (4,900 in the city proper) and 67 deaths in data on the Fresno County Department of Public Health website.
In Tulare County, there was an adjusted total of 57,057 confirmed cases (3,798 active, an increase of 732 for the week) of COVID-19 with 872 deaths and 177 people hospitalized (25 in ICU) as of Tuesday, Sept. 7. Breakdowns by cities/regions through Sept. 7 show 4,919 total cases in Dinuba, 1,672 in Orosi, 818 in Cutler, 307 in Traver, 83 in the rural area south of Reedley and 32 in the rural area southeast of Orange Cove.
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Hailee Zapien
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was clearly evident. There were 3,066 ac- tive cases as of Aug. 31, but just seven days latter that number had jumped to 3,798. More than 500 new cases were confirmed from the start of the weekend to Sept. 7.
Hospitalizations in the county increased by10to177,with25in ICU. Deaths increased from 869 to 872, al- though that wasn't as share a jump as Fres- no County's 38 added deaths, to 1,828.
Vaccinations con- tinued to increase at a slower clip, but partial vaccinations did sur- pass 52 percent among
the total population and to 63 percent among residents. As of Sept. 7, 454,733 people had re- ceived their final doses of vaccine.
Tulare County's num- bers showed that partial vaccinations increased by more than 12,000, to 393,854, according to the county website. Nearly 220,000 people were ful- ly vaccinated.
The past month has seen numbers of posi- tive cases go up sharply in Tulare County cities. Dinuba, which was one of the early hot spots for hospitalizations and deaths in the first months of the pandem- ic, had cases last week jump by 155 to 4,919, Orosi's positive cases grew by 33, to 1,672,
while Cutler's cases in- creased to 818 (up 16).
Active cases brought on by the Delta variant of the virus have af- fected school districts throughout the state, both in general atten- dance and participation in extracurricular ac- tivities. Two schools in the Mid Valley Times region, Sanger High and Parlier High, had scheduled games can- celed last weekend be- cause of positive cases and/or contact tracing.
Just two months ago, daily COVID-19 cases per 100,000 were around 2 per day. That number is now in the mid-40s, meaning an increase of more than 2,000 percent since ear- ly summer.
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