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A model aerial blitz
LEFT: Local competitors with the Clovis RC Club prepare to start up
a gas-powered single engine plane before taking it up for a judged run during the second day of the U.S. Scale Masters Championship at Peg Field, off Alta Avenue near Highway 180 east of Minkler.
ABOVE: A Swiss Air Force jet, owned by Jan Sundberg of the Clovis RC Club, zoomed along the Peg Field airstrip just before taking off for a judged run on Oct. 18.
Photos by Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times National competition held Oct. 17-20 near Highway 180 east of Minkler
Rick Curiel / Mid Valley Times
Hope Sanger has become a pillar for the Rios family. Now closer as a family, they continued to press forward and are now on their way to a greater future.
‘There
is hope here’
Hope Sanger allows families to keep moving forward
By Rick Curiel
Mid Valley Times
Hope is the biggest dif- ference for a family of six in Sanger.
Miguel Rios and Brandi Barocio met like many other couples do. They both grew up not far from each other and met while attending Sanger schools.
Nineteen years later, the couple is blessed to have four children, two girls and two boys. And not unlike any other family, this family has had its share of ups and downs.
A few years back the fam- ily had a setback that left them without a place to stay. The family had entered into a lease agreement on a rental home on
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By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
Peg Field, a sleepy private airstrip just off Highway 180 near Alta Avenue east of Min- kler, was buzzing with activity for four days last week.
Actually, there was mild jet roars from miniature model jets in addition to the buzz of gasoline-powered radio-con-
trolled airplanes. The minia- ture aircraft were among the 40 competitors at the 40th U.S. Scale Masters Championship, hosted by Clovis Area Modelers from Oct. 17 through Oct. 20.
Erik LaCour, president of the Clovis RC Club, said the na- tional competition was the first to be held at the recently-im- proved 3,100-feet-long, 65-feet- wide runway. The nationals
usually rotate from east coast to west coast, and came to this spot in rural Fresno County for the first time.
"They pick a host club to have all of this, and we were chosen," LaCour said. "Throughout the year there are regional qualifiers that take place in every state. The airplanes that are the best of the regional qualifiers, score
high enough to get to come to the national championship."
LaCour said after the event ended that U.S. Scale Masters officials were very impressed with the Central California layout, and were interested in bringing anoth- er national competition to the area. For now, the Clovis club will continue to host regional and local competitions.
Orosi High students prep for Career Day on Oct. 25
MVT Staff Report
Orosi High School students looking for ways to explore career opportunities can do so by attending the 2019 Career Day that will be held at the school on Friday, Oct. 25.
School officials say goal of the event is to encourage students to begin think- ing about their future careers, what it
takes to attain them and the many ca- reer options that are available.
Students will begin the day meeting in the main gymnasium, then attend three sessions. They will choose from a variety of occupations such as cosme- tology, dentistry and education, to name just three.
At noon, students will get a chance to meet and obtain information from
colleges and universities as well as the military and law enforcement.
A unique draw for the Career Day is having former Orosi High students re- turn on campus and share their experi- ences with current students.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Erica Gonzalez, a counselor at El Monte Middle School in Orosi and a graduate of OHS.
Reedley High honors 4 new inductees to Athletic HOF
Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
From left are Doug Penner, Bob Vasilovich, Tracy Ainger-Schulte, Ron Perelli-Minetti, Larry McCutcheon, Adrian Velasquez and David Figueroa at the Oct. 19 Reedley High School Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony. Ainger-Schulte was inducted for starring in multiple sports at RHS while the others were members of the Pirates' 1965 and 1966 Valley championship basketball teams.
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
The most decorated female athlete in school history and the principal characters in two legendary basketball teams headed up the four-inductee 2019 class to the Reedley High School Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 19.
Tracy Ainger-Schulte — a 1992 graduate who starred in three varsity sports before at- taining All-American collegiate status — joined the Pirates' 1965 and 1966 Valley champi- onship boys basketball teams, those teams' coach Chuck Jen- sen and national record-setting miler Bob Seaman as this year's second class of inductees. The
event was held outdoors at the Brandt residence on Road 56 just south of Reedley.
Ainger-Schulte won Cen- tral Section championships in tennis (1992) and basketball (1989, 1991), and also was an all-Northern California selec- tion in volleyball. She later starred at Reedley College, Fresno City College and Fres- no Pacific University. She was a three-time NAIA All-Ameri- can in volleyball.
In accepting her induction, Ainger-Schulte said this honor exceeds previous induction into the Fresno Pacific, Fresno City College, Fresno County and
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