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Kings Records plans to present Redman in concert at the Elements 4 Peace 6, billed as an independent music festival. The event is from noon to 10 p.m. Sept. 15 at Sanger Park. Expect many other performers. A freestyle battle and 12-man beat battle are planned. There will be attractions for kids and a craft beer garden for adults.
Wine at the Workshop is planned for 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 22 at SAM Academy, 750 N St. The event is to encourage people to become a part of bringing science, technology, engineering and math to children in the community. There will be
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Evelia Elizondo, another of Javier’s sisters, handed out raffle prizes, restocked the food and drinks and seemingly greeted everyone by name. “So far so good,” she said early on.
Danay Ferguson, who will be 12 Sept. 9, brought her books. She and her family operate Reading Heart, a nonprofit dedicated to serving children with limited access to books and in hospitals. She started the operation about four years ago. “We’re going to go worldwide in about a year,” she said. “The owner of the store is our uncle, so we’re giving out books.”
At the time she read a collection of short scary stories from paperback book with no cover.
Rosemary Morales’ kids enjoyed themselves in the big bounce house in the middle of 10th Street. “It’s different,” she said of the block party. “There should be more of it. For children.”
For Adrian Corona, three weeks old, the block party was his first. He didn’t appear to be paying much attention, but
wine and food and members of the Community Science Workshop Network. Tickets $20. Details, 559-399-3090.
The Sanger branch of the Fresno County Library is expected to reopen soon. Work just awaits final inspection. At the Library with Friends events include Acoustic Highway plays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 20. Mueres Valientes plays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 27. The library is at 1812 Seventh St. New and used books will be sold Aug. 16-19 at the Sierra Vista Mall in Clovis with proceeds benefitting the library and Friends of the Library. Details, 559-305- 7130.
AMVETS chili dogs
return from 5 to 8 p.m. the third Wednesdays of the month. The Fish fry will be the first Friday of every
his six siblings enjoyed themselves. “I love how they’re giving back to the community,” Dominick Corona said as he held tiny Adrian. “I love the food here. I remember their grand opening. Everybody knows them. They have made a name here. This brings a lot of people together you wouldn’t normally see together.”
Krystal Moreno said she just wanted to thank all of those who showed up. “And thank you for the best tacos and coldest beer,” she said.
Jesus Campos posed for some pretty silly pictures, which will be in the photo album posted to the Herald’s Facebook page at some point. He’s the really big guy with a serious sense of humor.
And finally boxer Manuel “Chaparrito” Cortes got on the microphone and thanked Javier, one of his sponsors, publicly. Later he said, “It’s incredible to see all my people gather for one purpose — to live life. And do positive things.”
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month. Everybody who’s anybody will be there. Come early. It’s popular. There will also be kraut dogs, mustard dogs and Frito boats. Details, George 559-286-5667.
The Sanger Eagles’ taco nights are 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. the first and third Mondays of the month. Breakfasts will be from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. every second Saturday of the month. The location is 225 J St. Details, Jim Batten 559-875-6820 or Denny Noller 559-392-1936.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Community Breakfast is from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 1 (the first Saturday of the month) at the American Legion Hall, 1502 O St. Cost
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to give the city better coverage of its expanding infrastructure and would have helped on the Driftwood Apartments fire off Jensen Avenue about a year ago and the blaze that leveled the historic manufacturing plant that belonged to Initiative Foods about two years ago. Initiative has relocated from Ninth and K streets to Industrial Way and does not plan to return to its original site, preferring to expand operations on a smaller footprint at its post-fire location, Chapa said.
The fire department also plans to expand its headquarters, which is decades old. Fire chief Greg Tarascou said the building would be expanded outward on the south side of the existing campus, providing much needed square footage for the department’s operations.
And finally, Chapa said the fire department will be doing its ambulance billing in house rather than
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he said, admitting it felt good to help his team. And he said he’s planning to replicate those moves.
“Yes,” Jones said. “All season.”
And track standout Isaiah
is $6. Cub Scout Pack 322 and Boy Scout Pack 322 will assist. The VFW breakfast is usually the first Saturday of the month.
Sanger FFA and the Sanger Agriculturalists for Education Foundation plan the ninth annual Harvest Gala the evening of Sept. 22, at Arek’s Village Ranch in Del Rey. The event will include dinner, silent and live auctions, as well as a raffle and live entertainment. Proceeds will be used to support students in the Sanger FFA. Details, Laura Hansen 559- 281-4249 or laura_hansen@ sanger.k12.ca.us.
Kyle Kupiec, an assistant football coach at Immanuel
farming out the service to an outside provider. “At least we’ve got local control,” he said. “We’ve got people who can pick up the ball and run with it.”
On economic development, Chapa touted the resurgence of residential construction — the completed Lennar development west of town north of Jensen Avenue and DR Horton’s takeover of a mothballed RZR Enterprises project of more than 300 lots along Quality Avenue and bounded by Eighth Street and Annadale Avenue.
Chapa also mentioned the imminent arrival of Burger King and a possible Jiffy Lube on the retail front. On the commercial end, he said the Kings River Technology Park off Academy Avenue in south Sanger is being looked at by several companies that may choose to use 25 of the remaining 30 open acres. Comcast brought high- speed data delivery and business services to the park this past spring.
Chapa said the city also is close to incorporating land on both sides of Academy to
Gaucin, playing safety, reflected what many were saying after the match. “We went out and played with our hearts,” he said. “Nothing more I can say until we watch film.”
New this year was Carl Hawkins, who transferred to Sanger and will sit out the first five or so games. He got sidelined early
in Reedley, has partnered with the NFL Flag, part of USA Football, to create the County Line Football League for boys and girls 7 to 12 years old. It starts in September and the kids play Saturdays for six weeks at Immanuel’s sports complex. Details, clflagfootball.com.
The Sanger Community Task Force meets at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 21 at Life Tabernacle, 1810 Swan Ave. Details, 559-250-6433.
The Central Valley Justice Coalition offers the class Human Trafficking 101 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 12 at the Sanger Unified School District main office education room, 1907 Seventh St. The event
Highway 180, a “peninsula annexation.” Expectations are that Fresno County supervisors and the Fresno Local Agency Formation Commission, or LAFCo, will have all approvals in order so the city council can officially annex the territory. Chapa said the decision could be made early next year. In addition, residential property north of the city and bounded by that new acquisition and Indianola Avenue is being looked at for future growth.
Of the Academy corridor, Chapa said, “You can’t fight the normal business expansion. That’s where we need to go. We just decided to recognize the market forces.”
To a question about the sewer and water systems’ capability of handling more growth, Chapa acknowledged the shortfalls. “The public works department has been focusing on a lot of deferred maintenance,” he said. “Sanger’s been limping along.”
Crews repaired a sewer line on North Avenue near J Street that could have caused “catastrophic
after getting hit by a flying tackle in the scrimmage. “They’ll be well developed,” he said of his teammates. “They’re going to have a lot of chemistry. These guys stick together because they’re young, and they’re accepting of newcomers.”
Hawkins said he played as a freshman for Sunnyside but liked the
is also sponsored by the district and Communities Inc. Register online at justiceco.org/signmeup. Details, 559-227-8001 or info@justiceco.org.
Andrew Janz, candiate for Congress, is to speak to the New Sanger Democratic Club at 7 p.m. Aug. 21 (the third Tuesday of the month) at Denny’s, 536 Academy Ave. Call for confirmation. Details, 559-977-5956.
Gymnastics for boys and girls 4 to 12 starts at 9 a.m. Saturdays at the Sanger Youth Center, 818 L St. Times are specific to age groups. Cost is $20 per month. Details, recinfo@ ci.sanger.ca.us or 559-876- 6300, ext. 1430.
failure” earlier in the year, and the city has launched a major upgrade to its water system that should remedy any low-pressure problems.
And Sanger will continue to repair roads and address maintenance issues. Chapa said the city spent about $3.2 million last year and plans to spend $6.2 million this year and $6.4 million the next year. The city has acquired all 16 properties along Academy from 11th Street to North, “not touching Chuck Wagon,” to resurface the road and replace the aging asphalt, he said.
“I’m real happy with the direction we’re going,” Chapa said.
And on a somewhat related note,Chapa said he got splashed in the dunk tank at Sanger’s Night Out 30 times. He said two of those came from city council member Daniel Martinez, who missed with the first four out of six balls but nailed the last two.
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competition of Sanger and
the fact that the team had moved to Division I. A couple players mentioned he would likely be contributing but the time he makes it on the field.
Senior running back David Ayala had a great run as did junior running back Abdul Jones. Tahj Webb, a sophomore linebacker, got a sack.
Sanger High principal Dan Chacon stalked the sideline at Mineral King. He wore his cowboy hat, which legend indicates must be on his head for the Apaches to win.
“Got to keep the same mojo,” Chacon said. “Same traditions. Done well so far.”
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