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GALA
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This year's award re- cipients included:
• Susan Lusk, this year’s Citizen of the Year, longtime Reedley educator and veterans' advocate.
• Yanez Construction/ Homes, Reedley Beauti- ful Award.
• Minerva Resendiz with the Kings Canyon Unified School District, Community Hero of the Year.
• Ahmad Jabar of Jaber Motors, Entrepre- neur of the Year award.
• Downtown staples Willie’s Cafe in won for Small Business of the Year, while Fitness Quest Health Club took home the Large Business of the Year award.
• Ashlee Campos, Ju- nior Citizen of the Year
• Palm Village, Mid Valley Disposal's Recy- cler of the Year award.
“Thank you to every- one who helped us pull off this event,” Valencia said.
For more information on the Reedley Chamber of Commerce or to be- come a member contact (559) 638-3548, or visit reedleychamber.org.
Some more of the winners from the Feb. 26 Greater Reedley Chamber of Commerce's Business and Community Awards Gala:
ABOVE: Jim Higbee executive director for Palm Village Retire- ment Community, spoke after Palm Village received Mid Valley Disposal's Recycler of the Year award.
LEFT: Ahmad Jabar, owner of Jabar Motors, shook hands with Erik Valencia after he received the Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Photos by Juanita Adame / Mid Valley Times
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Street at the back of the Dinuba Fire Department station house.
Sunday, February 27
• A possible DUI was reported at 1 a.m. in the 1500 block of East El Monte Way.
• Officers arrested an Orange Cove man at 1:57
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showed that someone shot into the residence from outside. The bul- lets traveled into the home, striking Chavana multiple times. He was transported to Selma Hospital. but died a short time later.
Investigators do not believe he was the in- tended target. “Detec- tives believe the com- munity has valuable in- formation,” Botti said. “They are asking the public to do the right thing and report what they know in order to deliver justice to the family.”
HALL
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1967-1977. He then owned and operated a full service advertising agency for four years, then worked as vice president in charge of sales and marketing for publishing compa- ny Falcon Communica- tions,
Mr. Hall then had a stint as an independent contractor with a pub-
a.m. for suspected DUI after discovering a vehi- cle stopped at the inter- section of Saginaw and North Alta avenues with its hazard lights flashing. • An assault was report- ed at 6:44 a.m. in the 6900 block of Avenue 432. The case was turned over to the Tulare Coun- ty Sheriff's Office.
• A non-injury traffic collision was reported
Photocourtesyof FCSO
The reward is being in- creased for information leading to the arrest in the death of 16-year-old Ricardo Chavana.
Anyone with infor- mation is asked to con- tact Detective Aurelio Flores at (559) 600- 8208.
lishing group before serving three years as advertising director for Thomson Newspapers covering three states.
From 1990 until he came to Mid Valley Publishing, Mr. Hall was the publisher of four weekly newspa- pers owned by The Century Group.
Plans are in the works for a memorial service later this month in Reedley.
at 1:17 p.m. at Englehart and Nebraska avenues. • Possible identification theft was reported at 2:49 p.m. in the 500 block of Venice Street.
• Lewd conduct was re- ported at 7:59 p.m. in the 600 block of Blooming- dale Way.
• Reckless driving was reported at 11:46 p.m. near Avenue 416 and Road 56.
As of the Tuesday, March 1 update, there were 226,519 total cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) out of 2,508,634 tests in Fresno County, with 2,622 deaths and 240 people hospitalized (44 in ICU).
2,300 (3,694 regional) cases and 20 deaths. Del Rey was at an updated 482 cases (1,287 in region) while the Fowler region had 1,726 cases (1,700 in the community) and a continued 32 deaths through March 1. Squaw Valley (231 cases), Dunlap and Miramonte had a total case number of 590.
Among Mid Valley Times cities in the county through March 1, the Reedley region still has the most overall positive cases with 9,744 (an updated 5,600 in the city proper), and an increase to 95 deaths in data on the Fresno County Department of Public Health website.
In Tulare County, there were 101,617 confirmed cases (1,492 active, a decline of 1,259 for the week) of COVID-19 with 1,298 deaths and 74 people hospitalized (8 in ICU) as of Tuesday, March 1. The breakdowns by cities/regions show 7,965 total cases in Dinuba, 2,725 in Orosi, 1,382 in Cutler, 515 in Traver, 206 in the rural area south of Reedley and 57 in the area southeast of Orange Cove.
Through March 1 with no recent region updates, Sanger (including immediate adjacent rural areas) still show 9,556 cases (the figure includes 7,500 in the city) and 91 deaths; Parlier stood at 3,800 cases (3,815 region) with 52 deaths and Orange Cove had
A total of 98,827 people (97.3 percent) in Tulare County were listed as recovered as of Tuesday, March 1.
COVID-19 update
Cases continue to lower, mask mandate for children will end
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
Active case numbers continue to drop in large numbers in California this past week, and the state is reacting to the continuing trend by an- nouncing plans to end the indoor mask man- date in schools later this month.
On Feb. 28, the Cali- fornia Department of Public Health announced that after Friday, March 11, the universal mask- ing requirement for K-12 and Childcare set- tings will "terminate."
The department strong- ly recommends that in- dividuals in these set- tings continue to mask in indoor settings when the universal masking requirement lifts.
Also on the 28th the CDPH announced that the mandate for unvac- cinated individuals to mask up in indoor pub- lic setting will switch to a "strong recommenda- tion" as of March 1. The department also encour- ages that all persons, re- gardless of vaccination status, continue to prac- tice indoor masking.
Active cases and hos-
pitalizations continued steep declines in both Fresno and Tulare coun- ties. The 1,492 seven-day active case rates in Fres- no County as of March 1 marked more than five times a smaller rate than on Feb. 8 (7,940). In Tu- lare County, the 1,492 ac- tive cases were a steep drop from 8,353 active cases on Feb. 8.
The rate of vaccina- tions has been increas- ing slowly. As of the Feb. 28 update, just less than 600,000 Fresno County residents had been fully vaccinated (58.7 per- cent).
Military Banner Applications Now Available
The City of Sanger is currently accepting applications for the 2022 Military Banner Program. Applications and Program Guidelines are available at City Hall or at www.cityofsanger.net
NEW Banner Applications – Due April 7, 2022, Cost $200. (Banners are full-color double sided measuring 30” x 96”)
Re-Hang Banner Applications – Due May 2, 2022, Cost $70.
NOTE: Due to wear of Banner caused by age and weather, and for public safety, banners that have been hung for four (4) program years are not eligible to be re-hung. However, a new banner may be purchased by completing a New Banner Application.
Call (559) 876-6300, ext. 1500, to review your banner.
Banners honoring our brave service men and women will be proudly displayed along Academy Ave. from Memorial Day to Veterans Day
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