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Obituaries
Juana Figueroa
Juana Figueroa of Orange Cove died Aug. 16 in Orange Cove. She was 92.
Mrs. Figueroa worked as a farm la- borer.
She is survived by her husband Juan Am- brocio Figueroa, seven sons, six daughters, 18 siblings, 41 grandchil- dren, 47 great-grand- children and three great-great-grandchil- dren.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at St. Isidore Catho- lic Church in Orange Cove. A mass will be at 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at St. Isidore Catho- lic Church. Burial will be at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Doris Hebert
Doris Jean Hebert died Aug. 15 in Visalia. She was 91.
Mrs. Hebert worked as a real estate agent in Dinuba for 37 years.
She is survived by three sons, 11 grand- children and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thurs- day, Aug. 22 at Dop- kins Funeral Chapel in Dinuba. A rosary is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. followed by a fu- neral mazes at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at St. Catherine's Catho- lic Church in Dinuba. Burial will follow at Smith Mountain Cem- etery in Dinuba.
Donna Martinez
Donna Lynn Marti- nez of Sanger died Aug. 14. She was 62.
Ms. Martinez worked as a manager of Lamoure's Laundry and Dry Cleaners.
She is survived by two brothers and one sister.
Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Thurs-
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Dinuba police
seek driver in hit-and-run crash MVT Staff Report
The Dinuba Police Depart- ment is currently looking for the suspect in a hit-and-run ac- cident that occurred last Sun- day, leaving a driver on the scene with major injuries, say officers.
According to the Dinuba PD, officers were dispatched to the intersection of West El Monte Way and Monte Vista for a traf- fic collision at approximately
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his reasons for being on the 2018-2019 grand jury. The council did neither and Miser later identified what he called his verbal assailant as Michael Montelongo;
• After Robert San- tos said his house had been burglarized twice and asked if the city had a solution for the drug problem Kevin Carter told the coun- cil the homeless/drug problem in the city is out of hand.
"The homeless are taking over," said Carter. The meeting closed with city manager Tim Chapa objecting to an earlier comment by Ontiveros who said he lacked confidence in
Chapa.
Then Chapa com-
plained about the other councilmembers not de- fending him and Garza and Hurtado immedi- ately expressed support for the city manager.
day, Aug. 22, at Wallin's Sanger Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at Reedley Cemetery.
Cesar Mendoza
Cesar Mendoza of Dinuba died Aug. 12. He was 70.
Mr. Mendoza worked as a foreman.
He is survived by his wife Yolanda D. Mendoza, one son, one daughter, two brothers, seven grandchildren and two great-grand- children.
Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. with a funeral ser- vice at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26, at the First Baptist Church in Dinu- ba. A graveside service will follow at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Edward Junior Moore
Edward Junior
Moore of Sanger died Aug. 16. He was 90.
Mr. Moore worked as a truck driver.
He is survived by his wife Betty Jo Moore, one daughter, two grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and three great-great- grandchildren.
A graveside service was held Aug. 21 at Sanger Cemetery.
Nobuko Sekishiro
Nobuko Sekishiro of
Dinuba died Aug. 17 in Fresno. She was 86.
Ms. Sekishiro worked as a teacher's aide.
She has no surviv- ing relatives. She was preceded in death by her husband Kenji Sek- ishiro and one son.
A memorial service will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at Dopkins Funeral Cha- pel in Dinuba.
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ests in property close to parcels that would be rezoned under the rec- ommendation.
Planning commis- sioner Vincent Wall called it a decision to segregate the city along economic lines.
By a 3-2 vote, after a sometimes contentious discussion, the council appointed Rogelio Gon- zalez and reappointed Michael Montelongo to fill vacancies on the Measure S Citizens' Oversight Committee. Gonzalez, mayor pro tem Daniel Martinez and councilmember Esmer- alda Hurtado were in fa- vor of the appointments. Garza and councilmem- ber Eli Ontiveros were opposed.
More than half a dozen residents spoke against the appointment
of Montelongo. Mayor Gonzalez said he had received several phone calls supporting Monte- longo.
By unanimous votes the council agreed to:
• use the power of eminent domain to ac- quire a portion of a lot on the southeast corner of Bethel and Annadale avenues for a city bicy- cle lanes and pedestrian improvement project; and,
• allow firefighter/ paramedic Levi Howlett to reduce his reim-
Tim Chapa, Sanger's city man- ager, responded to criticism by councilmember Eli Ontiveros and asked for support from the other councilmembers at the Aug. 15 meeting.
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bursement agreement for paramedic training expenses from five to three years to be consis- tent with a new, revised tuition policy.
There were several passionate presenta- tions by Sanger resi- dents during the public forum which followed the recognition of Initia- tive Foods:
• James Miser asked the council to declare it wasn't involved or in agreement with the person he said verbally assaulted him with slan- derous remarks about
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Antonio Lopez.
Officers were dispatched to the
500 block of Yale Avenue just af- ter 7 p.m. on Aug. 6 for a report of a gunshot victim. When offi- cers arrived, they located Lopez lying on the west side of O Street with a gunshot wound to his chest. Though emergency responders performed life saving measures, A. Lopez succumbed to his inju- ries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
A second victim was located at the scene with several stab wounds and was rushed to a local hospital. He was expected to make
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a full recovery.
During the course of the inves-
tigation, the Dinuba Police Inves- tigation Unit received information and evidence identifying J. Lopez as the homicide suspect. Police say he is considered to be armed and dangerous and is believed to be driving a 2016 silver Hyundai Elantra.
He is described as 5’10”, 180 lbs. with black hair and brown eyes.
Anyone wishing to speak with the case detective can contact Dinuba Police Detective Baldo DeHaro at (559) 591-5914 Ext. 210 and refer to Dinuba PD case DF1902365.
You may also call the Dinuba Police Anonymous TIP-Line at (559) 591-TIP1(8471).
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