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Dinuba police and fire calls for last week:
Monday, February 21
• Stolen vehicle reports were taken in a half-hour period during the 8 a.m. hour in the 700 block of McKinley Avenue and 200 block off West Ad- elaide Way.
• Commercial burglary was reported at 11:10 a.m. in the 100 block of West Tulare Street.
The Reedley Police Department handled 557 public-initiated and offi- cer-initiated calls for ser- vice, with 87 dispatched as Priority 1 calls. Offi- cers completed 86 police reports, made 25 arrests and issued 14 traffic ci- tations. There were three traffic collisions and three DUI cases, one fire
Monday, February 21
There were 82 calls for service and five traf- fic citations were issued. • A located missing per- son report was filed in the 2600 block of Jensen Avenue.
• A warrant arrest re- port was filed in the 1700 block of Sanger Avenue. • Officers arrested a person for trespassing and public intoxication in the 2600 block of Jen- sen Avenue.
• Animal cruelty was re- ported in the 1600 block of George Avenue.
Tuesday, February 22
There were 75 calls for service and 10 traffic citations were issued.
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and talk with people.
Jo had, and raised ve children and made many memories with
friends and extended family that she cherished in the Sanger area. One of those memories was making decades of Italian Christmas cookies with family and friends. Jo and her husband, Frank loved to travel the world visiting China, Europe and especially Italy. Jo and Frank always made their annual family trips to Big Sur and Dinkey Creek. They retired to the Veterans Home in Yountville, California where they lived for 22 years.
Jo is preceded in death by her husband, Frank, parents, Bennie and Rose Sanacore, sons, Greg and Justin Oddo, and granddaughter Cecilia Oddo. She is survived by her three children, Chris Oddo and wife Lynne Oddo, Stephanie Villarreal and husband Charles Villarreal, Vanessa Oddo and wife Cindy McCoy Wolf, six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Jo will be interned in Murphys, California alongside her husband and family. Services are pending.
She will be missed dearly by many and will always be in our hearts and prayers.
I ’ll find you in the morning sun, And when the night is new, I ’ll be looking at the moon, I ’ll be seeing you.
Reedley
• Vandalism to a fence was reported at 3:30 p.m. in the 600 block of Bates Avenue.
• A possible DUI was re- ported at 6:13 p.m. at El Monte Way and Monte Vista Avenue.
Tuesday, February 22
•Afiretoadryerwas reported at 3:18 p.m at Avenue 384 and Road 114.
• Vandalism to a window
call and 17 medical aid calls.
Monday, February 21
• A resident in the 900 block of E Street report- ed a suspicious vehicle in the area at 10:05 a.m. Officers located the ve- hicle, and arrested two occupants in the vehicle for outstanding war-
was reported at 4:03 p.m. in the 300 block of North Villa Avenue.
• Theft of a rear license plate was reported at 4:57 p.m. in the 800 block of West El Monte Way.
• A vehicle stop at 8:35 p.m. in the 200 block of West Inyo Street re- sulted in the arrest of the driver for suspected DUI and driving without a license.
• Vehicle burglary to a
trailer was reported at 9:06 p.m. at Sierra and Monte Vista avenues.
• A report of shots fired was received at 11:07 p.m. in the 200 block of West Adelaide Way.
Wednesday, February 23
• A non-injury traffic collision was reported at 7:56 a.m. at H and Fres-
no streets.
• A Dinuba man was
• A sex offender regis- trant report was turned in to the police depart- ment.
• An under the influ- ence report was filed in the 1700 block of 10th Street.
• Petty theft was report- ed in the 2200 block of Almond Avenue.
• A vehicle stop at 9th and P streets resulted in an arrest for refusal to sigh a citation.
Wednesday, February 23
There were 101 calls for service and 14 traffic citations were issued.
• A warrant arrest re- port was filed at the po- lice station.
October 5, 1924 ~ December 9, 2022
Yountville, California, Josephine
• A mental health evalu- ation report was filed in the 200 block of O Street. • A missing person re- port was filed in the 1300 block of Olive Avenue.
• A vehicle repossession was reported in the 300 block of Bethel Avenue.
Thursday, February 24
There were 107 calls for service and nine traf-
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Gail Wilson Burns was born on the
kitchen table, at home in what is now
Grosse Pointe Woods, near Detroit, Michigan, on May 30, 1935. She was the youngest sibling to her sister Jean and brothers Danny and Jim. Weighing only three pounds, Gail spent her rst days wrapped in cotton in a shoebox in front of an open oven door, and her survival must have appeared doubtful. But she did survive, rst to move with her parents to Southern California’s San Fernando Valley, and later with her own children to Reedley.
Gail grew up, graduated from Van Nuys High School, and trained as a physical therapist at UCLA, where she acquired school friends that she kept all her life. After graduation, Gail worked for a time as a physical therapist. At some point, her sister introduced her to her brother-in- law’s friend Rulon, and a romance began to blossom.
Gail was not above judging someone by the content of their bookshelf, and appreciated that she and Rulon shared affection for the poetry of Robert Frost, as well as copies of Between Paci c Tides. Their marriage was undoubtedly a leap of faith on both their parts, without full knowledge of what they were getting into. Gail later reported with some exasperation that she had “thought Mormons must be like Lutherans,” but she learned more when the newlyweds moved to Cache Valley, Utah. There, the rst two of their children were born.
Gail and Rulon returned to Southern California two years later, where they raised their growing brood before opportunity took them to Reedley, in California’s Central Valley. After a year in town, Rulon and Gail moved out to Adams Avenue, where they stayed for the rest of their lives. Over time, a relocated house was made habitable and then remodeled. Oaks and fruit trees took root, and what had been bare earth became a home. Amy and Amanda arrived in 1981, and with that, the family was complete.
Gail loved antique shows, and volunteered for several years as a docent leading tours at the Meux Home, a historical home in Fresno. In Reedley, she was a den mother to Cub Scouts, some of whom fondly remembered her years later. She pushed her oldest sons to earn their Eagle awards at the last possible moment before they aged out of the program, and Andy to become a Life Scout.
Gail had strong opinions, but she generally kept them to herself or in her series of journals. An avid reader, she surrounded herself with books that she had read, books that reminded her of Rulon, or books that simply kept good company. She had a particular fondness for strong women writers, such as Jane Austen and Victorian garden designer Vita Sackville-West.
Gail was a longtime quilter, embracing handwork projects that might take months or even years of meticulous hand-stitching. Some were inherited from others, some sewn by a club of quilters, and some designed by her.
Gail took great pleasure in her yard, whether in the trees and owering cacti that Rulon had planted, or in the rampant oxalis outside her window. Gail was like that, making virtues of necessities and taking immense pleasure in what others might have called a weed. While Rulon tended the garden outside, Gail tended to the succulents and African Violets inside.
Quiet and strong, Gail was also ercely independent. After decades as a stay-at-home parent, she trained to build new skills to re-enter full-time work at the Reedley College Admissions and Records Of ce. Gail worked well past traditional retirement age, motivated not so much by the need for an income but as a re ex to make her own way, be useful, and contribute to her community. She ultimately retired at the age of 81.
In her last years, Gail lived alone, entertaining visitors and drawing deep satisfaction from reading, tending her cats, organizing her records, and making the house just the way she wanted it.
Beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Gail is survived by her son Peter and his wife Sheryl Schindler; daughter Alison Hawes and her husband Bill; son Carl and his wife Celia; son Andy and his wife Afsaneh Zolfaghari; daughter Amanda Parrette and her husband Dwayne; daughter Heather and her husband Dylan Cardiff; and daughter Amy and her husband Jeff Kim.
Gail had fteen grandchildren: Matt, Nick, Sam, Tyler, Max, Claire, Henry, Alice, Zoraya, Kaveh, Garrett, Zoe, Logan, Luke, and Sydney, as
well as four great-grandsons, Teddy, Dominic, Major, and Rowan.
Gail will be buried with her husband Rulon at the Reedley Cemetery.
peacefully at the age of 97. Jo was born a twin in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Staten Island, New York to Bennie and Rose Sanacore. At age 24, Jo became an operating room nurse in New York and married her husband, Frank Oddo of 67 years. They both moved to California in 1959 and settled in the Sanger area. She was a surgical nurse at the Sanger Hospital and later at Fresno Community Hospital. After she retired as a nurse, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Family Counseling and taught catechism at St. Mary’s Catholic Church for over 43 years. She had the opportunity to visit India and work with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, as it was her passion to always listen
Waneta Janzen was born to William and Fannie Jantz in Greensburg, Kansas on June 2, 1936, and passed away February 22, 2022, in Reedley, CA. She spent her childhood in Africa with her missionary parents and sister Winnie. In her teen years her parents left the mission eld and returned to the U.S. where Waneta attended and graduated from Fresno High School and Fresno State University. Waneta was a Kindergarten school teacher for 35 years. Teaching at Windsor, Jefferson and Washington Elementary schools in Reedley. Each year she enjoyed organizing the Sierra Kings Hospital Kindergarten tour. Approximately 400 children were given a tour of the hospital where they had lessons at several different stations about how a hospital works. “Annie” the dummy that was used for CPR demonstration was the favorite of many children. Waneta had many hobbies. She loved to decorate, bake, sew, read, and shop. She also loved traveling, volunteering at Sierra Kings Hospital/Ladies Auxiliary, raising pure-bread Basset Hounds and spending time in her rose
garden.
In her retirement years, she loved spending time with her three grandchildren.
She took many cruises with husband Fran all over the world. They went on many camping trips in their RV to Huntington Lake, Shaver Lake, Indio, and Pismo Beach. Fran was a pilot, and they took several cross-country trips together in their airplane.
She was a member of Reedley Mennonite Brethren Church for 48 years where she loved to serve. She had many great times at church with good friends and family.
One of her favorite bible passages is Psalm 139.
Since selling the family home of 53 years in 2017, she was a resident of Palm Village Retirement Community. She loved her life there, where she had many friends. She especially loved the social events where she enjoyed getting dressed up for the occasion, like the “Cowboy Breakfast” where she got out the red bandana, straw hat, blue jeans and western shirt.
She was preceded in death by parents William and Fannie Jantz, husband Fran Janzen, and sister Winnie Findley. She is survived by two children: daughter Pam Janzen (husband Weyland) and son Todd Janzen and close family friend Mike Chrabaszcz. Three grandchildren: Daleene, Maxwell and Christopher Janzen.
Services will be held on Monday, March 7, 2022 Committal service at Reedley Cemetery 10:00 AM Celebration of Life service at Dopkins Funeral Home Chapel 11:00 AM
Donations made in lieu of owers will be used to honor Waneta’s favorite cause: Reedley M.B. Church/Missions
Thursday, March 3, 2022 | A3 | Mid Valley TiMes
Lights & Sirens
Sanger
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• A vehicle stop at 5:13 p.m. at Dinuba and I streets resulted in the arrest of the driver for an outstanding warrant. • Officers responded to the 200 block of East Davis Avenue at 5:26 p.m. for a reported dis- turbance. One person involved in the distur-
bance was arrested.
Tuesday, February 22
• The theft of a catalytic converter was reported at 10 a.m. in the 1000 block of South Frank- wood Avenue.
• Vandalism was report- ed at 3:48 p.m. in the 1700 block of South But- tonwillow Avenue.
fic citations were issued.
• A subject check in the 1700 block of Metzler Avenue resulted in an arrest for an outstand- ing warrant.
• A trespass advisement was filed in the 200 block of Academy Avenue.
• A subject check in the 800 block of Academy
Dinuba
arrested at 8:22 a.m. in the 1200 block of East Golden Way after crash- ing into a parked vehicle and then failed to yield. The man was charged with two suspended li- cense-DUI warrants and two felony warrants.
• A person was reported to be apparently break- ing into a shack at 11:53 a.m. at West Sierra Av- enue and Road 74.
• A non-injury hit and
• Officers responded to the 1200 block of South Church Avenue at 3:57 p.m. and arrested a per- son for an outstanding warrant.
• Officers responded to the 900 block of I Street at 11:34 p.m. for report- ed vehicle theft. During the investigation, offi- cers located the vehicle
May 30, 1935 ~ February 6, 2022
run traffic collision was reported at 12:38 p.m. at West El Monte Way and Road 68.
• Vehicle vandalism in- volving slashed tires was reported at 1:48 p.m. in the 1000 block of Ea- ton Avenue.
• An attempted vehicle theft was reported at 7:46 p.m. in the 700 block of Whitney Avenue.
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and arrested one person for possession of a stolen vehicle.
Wednesday, February 23
• A subject check at 2:10 a.m. at Flora and Reed avenues resulted in an arrest for an outstand-
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