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Obituaries Fred Bear III Fred Herman Bear III of Squaw Valley died Sept. 7 at his residence. He was 79. Mr. Bear worked as a farmer. He is survived by his wife Patricia Bear, one son, two daughters, sev- en grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Satur- day, Sept. 14, at Dopkins Dinuba Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Reedley Cemetery. Dale Emmersen Dale Lee Emmersen died Sept. 5. He was 98. Mr. Emmersen worked as a farmer. He is survived by 13 nieces and nephews and many great nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 13, at the West Cemetery in Selma. Pedro Galvan Pedro Galvan of Sanger died Aug. 31 in Fresno. He was 91. Mr. Galvan worked as a farm laborer. He is survived by eight children, 17 grandchildren, 26 great- grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. followed by a combined rosary and mass at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12, at the old St. Mary Catho- lic Church in Sanger. Burial will follow at Sanger Cemetery. RoxAnn Mekealian RoxAnn Mekealian of Sanger died Aug. 23. She was 64. Mrs. Mekealian was a homemaker. She is survived by three sons, one sister and two grandchildren. There was a direct cremation. Arrangements were made by Wallin's Sanger Funeral Home. Glen Pilkerton Glen Alan Pilkerton of Dinuba died Sept. 1. Thursday, September 12, 2019 | A2 | Mid Valley TiMes Sierra Kings Health Care District He was 53. Mr. Pilkerton worked 12 years as a ditch tender for Alta Ir- rigation District. He is survived by one daughter, his moth- er and one brother. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Sat- urday, Sept. 21, at the Dinuba Presbyterian Church. Services are under the direction of Dopkins Funeral Chapel in Dinuba. Frances Rodriguez Frances Rodriguez of Sanger died Sept. 2. She was 92. Mrs. Rodriguez worked as a grater for Sea Brooks Cannery. She is survived by two daughters, a daugh- ter-in-law, two nephews and many grandchil- dren, great-grandchil- dren and great-great- grandchildren. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Mon- day, Sept. 16, at Sanger Cemetery. Maria Del Carmen Sandoval Maria Del Carmen Sandoval of Sanger died Sept. 2. She was 86. Mrs. Sandoval worked as a farm la- borer. She is survived by three sons, two daugh- ters, 17 grandchildren and nine great-grand- children. A funeral mass was celebrated on Sept. 9 at St. Mary's New Catholic Church in Sanger. Juan Felipe Hernandez Santos Juan Felipe Hernan- dez Santos of London died Aug. 29 in Dinuba. He was 54. Mr. Santos worked as a laborer. He is survived by one brother and four sisters. Visitation will be from 4 to 10 p.m. with a rosary at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, at Sterling & Smith Fu- neral Home in Dinuba. searching for new executive director Contributed Sierra Kings Health Care Dis- trict recently has taken steps to continue its transition from oper- ating Sierra Kings District Hospi- tal to a grant making agency sup- porting organizations involved in meeting the health needs of the community. The board of directors of the district acted in early August to conduct a search for an executive director to help lead this transi- tion. The board is seeking a candi- date with strong leadership skills, experience with grantee organiza- tions and a bachelor’s degree. The search is being conducted locally and by a nationwide search by a consulting firm. The executive director posi- tion will be three-quarters time initially with plans to move it to full time as grant making op- erations ramp up. An executive assistant with a similar initial three-quarters time will be re- cruited after an executive direc- tor is hired. Compensation for the executive director will be based on an equivalent full time salary of $125,000 plus fringe benefits. Sierra Kings District Hospi- tal was in danger of closure in 2009 when it filed for protection under Chapter 9 of the Bank- ruptcy Code. In 2011 it entered into a 15 year lease of the hospi- tal facility and the sale of its five rural health clinics to Adventist Health. In the four years follow- ing that transaction the District paid all of its creditors in full and recently transferred $4.2 million to the Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) a state agency man- aging funds from cities, counties, school districts and other local governmental units like Sierra Kings. LAIF funds exceed $30 billion. The District chose LAIF because of its conservative in- vestment policy and the inter- SeeDISTRICTonpage A12 Beloved Sanger community volunteer Johnny Perez dies of a heart attack By Dick Sheppard Mid Valley Times Sanger is in shock over the unexpected death of Sanger native, retired USMC major Johnny Perez. Perez died Thursday evening, Sept. 5, of an apparent heart attack, according to his son Manuel Perez. Final services were still pending when the Mid Val- ley Times went to press. Since retiring from the Marine Corps and re- turning home to Sanger a few years ago Perez be- came very active in the community. He was a member of the planning commission and the Mea- sure S Citizens Oversight Committee, American Legion Post 23, VFW Post 7168, the Sanger Veter- ans Parade Committee, the fire department's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), the Red Cross and many Dick Sheppard / Mid Valley Times Valerie Perez, Johnny Perez's daughter, shared highlights of his life at a Sept. 8 breakfast with members of Sanger's VFW Post 7168, where Johnny was a former post commander. Name / Mid Valley Times Military and community leader Johnny Perez died Sept. 5 of a heart attack. of a poster board covered with photos of her dad and his community involve- ment. Then she listened and shed a tear as Post 7168's Jim Anderson read highlights of Johnny's life and asked for a moment of silence to honor the military and community leader, the man Sanger chamber of commerce CEO Tammy Wolfe called "A gentle giant." For the Record Subject attempts to lure students with money other community pro- grams and projects. He helped as a Red Cross and CERT volun- teer at many of the Cali- fornia wildfires last year. Members of Sanger's VFW Post 7168, where Perez was a former post commander, honored his memory on Sept. 8 at the post's monthly breakfast meeting. Valerie Perez, Johnny's daughter, shared memo- ries of her father in front A cutline with a photo in the March 7 issue of the Dinuba Sentinel said that “In 1920, a large number of Koreans paraded through the streets of downtown Dinuba to celebrate the one year anniversary of their in- dependence.” Accord- ing to Kyungmi Yoon of the Korean Culture and Information Ser- vice global monitoring team, the information is incorrect. According to Yoon, "Ever since Japan de- prived Korea of its national sovereignty in 1910, numerous vol- untary independence movements have taken place. Japan surren- dered to the Allied Forc- es in August 15, 1945, and with all those ef- forts combined, Korea gained independence from the Japanese co- lonial rule. Yoon said that more information is avail- able online at http:// korea.net/AboutKorea/ History/Independence- Movement. MVT Staff Report Parents and guard- ians in the Dinuba Uni- fied School District re- ceived a eye-opening call from administrators on Sept. 4 regarding the public safety of students walking home. The re- corded message advised of a police report involv- ing two students and a subject who attempted to lure them into his vehicle using money. According to police, at 2:55 p.m. on Sept. 3, officers were dispatched to a home in Dinuba for a suspicious incident. At the home, officers spoke with two females, both of whom attend Dinuba High School, who told of- ficers they were walking through the Wing Stop parking lot in the 100 block of North Alta Ave- nue when they observed See LURE onpageA12 Published every Thursday by Mid Valley Publishing 1130 “G” Street, Reedley, CA. 93654 (559) 638-2244 ••••••• Mid Valley Times Staff Fred Hall Jon Earnest Dick Sheppard Rick Curiel Juanita Adame Duby Treviño Clinton Antonio Tom Montijo Susie House Janie Lucio Paulette Garcia Debra Leak Publisher Reedley Editor Sanger Editor Dinuba Editor Genersl Reporter Graphic Artist Graphic Artist Graphic Artist Graphic Artist Advertising Advertising Marketing Letters to the Editor Policy MID VALLEY TIMES invites letters from the public on any topic of relevance. We reserve the right to edit letters for clarity or brevity, and we reserve the right to NOT publish them if they could be deemed libelous, slanderous, or profane. 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