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The Reedley Exponent A2 Thursday, August 9, 2018
Valley business index dips in July; tariffs having an effect
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The San Joaquin Valley Business Conditions Index fell in July, but re- mains in a position of growth for the 23nd consecutive month — pointing to healthy growth in the next three to six months.
The July index was at 57.5, fall- ing from June’s 58.6. An index great-
Obituaries
Catalina Gallegos
De Barba
Catalina Gallegos De Barba of Orange Cove died July 29 in a traffic ac- cident. She was 69.
Mrs. De Barba worked as a caregiver.
She is survived by five sons, four daughters, her parents, five brothers, six sisters and 17 grandchildren.
Visitation and Rosary were held Aug. 8 at St. Isidore Catholic Church in Orange Cove. A Funer- al Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, at St. Isidore Catholic Church. A graveside service will follow at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Ruben Enns
Ruben Enns of Reedley died July 27. He was 69.
Mr. Enns worked as a truck driver.
He is survived by one son, two daughters and three grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, at the Reedley Mennonite Breth- ren Church’s Fellowship Hall.
Maria Gonzalez
Maria Christina Gonza- lez of Orosi died Aug. 4 in Orosi. She was 67.
Mrs. Gonzalez worked as a farm laborer.
She is survived by two sons, two daughters, three brothers, two sisters, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be from 4to8p.m.andaRosary at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug.
er than 50 indicates an expansionary economy.
The index is a leading economic indicator from a survey of individu- als making company purchasing de- cisions for firms in the counties of Fresno, Kings, Madera and Tulare. The index is produced using the same methodology as that of the national Institute for Supply Management.
“Both durable and non-durable goods manufacturing reported solid gains for the month,” said Dr. Er- nie Goss, research faculty with the Craig School of Business at Fresno State. “As in recent months, con- struction activity in the San Joaquin Valley continued to expand at a very healthy pace. I expect this pace to remain strong for the next three to
six months.”
For the July survey, participants
were asked how tariffs were affect- ing their business operations. About one-fourth of firms reported tariffs have made purchasing from abroad more difficult. Despite this, four of 10 firms support raising tariffs to put even more pressure on trade partners.
Employment: The employment gauge moved lower to 57.5 from 59.1 in June.
“The San Joaquin region has ex- perienced strong job growth at 2.6 percent over the past year, or signifi- cantly above the nation’s 1.6 percent expansion over the same period of
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Prospective students and Reedley Col- lege staff sat at tables in the Reedley College Student Center on Aug. 3, the first of two days of Extreme Registra- tion at the college. Officials said that 147 students signed up on Aug. 3 and 105 more registered on Aug. 4. They were able to get information on their classes for the Fall 2018 semester that begins on Monday, Aug. 13. Faculty will participate in the M.O.R. (Madera/ Oakhurst/Reedley) Opening Day event in the RC Cafeteria starting at 8 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 9.
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Lois June Warkentin Rosenfeld passed away ursday, August 2nd in the home she shared with her son. She was born in 1939 and spent her growing up years in Reedley California. In 1957, she was married to Henry James Rosenfeld and le the Reedley area when Henry went to college.
Lois spent the next few decades working as a devot- ed mother and homemaker. In her 40s she returned to
the work world, working in the Fresno area, rst at the Fresno Board of Realtors, then at the Evangelical Free Church of Fresno as their Missions Coordinator. Eventually, she returned to the Reedley area when she began working for Palm Village Retirement Community as their Activities Director. It was a job that brought her great joy until she retired and went to live with her son in Squaw Valley. In her retirement, she devoted herself to helping her kids, caring for her grandkids, embroidering tea towels for the MCC Sale and volunteering at the MCC store in Reedley. She passed quietly in her sleep from natural causes a few days a er her 79th birthday.
Lois will be remembered for her deep faith in Jesus, her boundless energy and her feisty personality. She is survived by her sister Darlene, her four children, Dave, Doug, Paul and Anne Marie, and her 13 grandchildren.
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Pablo Barba Molina
Pablo Barba Molina of Orange Cove died July 29 in a traffic accident. He was 64.
Mr. Molina worked as a farm laborer.
He is survived by five sons, four daughters, two brothers, two sisters and 17 grandchildren.
Visitation and Rosary were held Aug. 8 at St. Isidore Catholic Church in Orange Cove. A Funer- al Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, at St. Isidore Catholic Church. A graveside service will follow at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
George Meave
George Meave of Or- ange Cove died Aug. 2 in Fresno. He was 86.
Mr. Meave worked as a truck driver.
He is survived by his wife, three sons, three daughters, one brother, three sisters, 19 grandchil- dren, nine great-grandchil- dren and four great-great- grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 7 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 9, at Sterling & Smith Funeral Home in Dinuba. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Blighted house demolished
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Work crews with Yanez Construction of Reedley dig up tree roots from the property at 1527 S. Frankwood Ave., on Aug. 2. Crews later would tear down the abandoned house pictured behind the backhoe. The Reedley City Council voted to formally declare the property a nuisance on June 12, paving the way for demolition of the structure that was damaged by fire in 2014. Had the council not approved the nuisance designa- tion, the city would have had to wait until 2022 to consider buying the land or taking other options. Demolition was completed by the end of the day Aug. 3, and all that remained to be done on the property is smoothing the ground. The city funded the project by taking $20,000 from 2011 redevelopment agency fees to cover demolition costs.
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