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Thursday, March 3, 2022
The View From Here
During my career, I’ve mainly worked for two compa-
nies.
One of
“Five years, that’s unheard of, I worked for Fresno Uni- fied, I’ve talked to other su- perintendents, they can’t go five minutes without an ac- cident.”
Campbell told the crew that he is especially proud of them for the work they’ve put through especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The last couple of years especially we’ve been asking a lot of you guys,” Cambell said.
“You guys are out there working on the soccer field, you got the softball field look- ing really good right now.”
The goal to create a safe- ty driven environment was started with Joseph Gonzalez the Maintenance Director for the district.
Todd Caufield has re- cently joined the team and said some of his jobs include painting and miscellaneous work around campus.
“This job is an absolute blessing I found that out the moment I interviewed with Joseph,” Caufield said. “He told me about their safety re- cord and he told me about the department, and to be honest, the culture here is just abso- lutely amazing.”
“Good people,” he contin- ued. “Great human beings, great management and I feel so blessed to be here.”
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broadcast company that owns several news stations across the country includ- ing the two in Fresno that I currently work at. The president of the company is named Perry Sook.
I have never met Perry. I’ve only read about him in articles and have glanced over the quarterly reports posted online. The other place I’ve spent most of my adult life is the Mid Valley Publishing, first with the Sanger Herald and then in Reedley with the Exponent and Mid Val- ley Times.
The boss here, his name was Fred Hall. Unlike Per- ry, and up until last week, Fred was someone I would see on a daily basis.
Fred walked in every day and said "hi" to each of us. He made sure we were doing okay. I remem- ber meeting Fred for the first time I noticed how he spoke with a southern accent. Fred was a kind person. Some of the last memories I have of Fred was him walking in and of- fering to buy us pizza for lunch. During Christmas, he thanked us for the work we do for the surrounding communities. Little did we know then that would be our last Christmas with Fred.
I can’t describe the feeling that’s been hover- ing over our office the last few days. It goes back and forth from laughter to si- lence. At moments its som- ber, all of us are genuinely still in shock that Fred is no longer here.
I hear the back door open and expect to see Fred walk in and say “Hello Juanita,” I expect to walk by his office and see him deep in thought writing his column or re- searching something on the internet, or hearing his cell phone ring loudly an- nouncing the phone num- ber that was calling.
There is something spe- cial about working for a lo- cal newspaper. Something about knowing we are a tight knit group, and we are doing our best to make a difference in our commu- nity. Fred was our mentor. All we can do now is con- tinue to carry on his legacy and put for the quality of work that he expected and trusted us with.
Juanita Adame
KCUSD celebrates five year goal
Juanita Adame / Mid Valley Times
KCUSD Superintendent, John Campbell addressed the maintenance and grounds departments during their luncheon on Friday, Feb. 25 and told them how proud he was of them for their safety record.
Juanita Adame / Mid Valley Times
Electronic record trackers are posted in the KCUSD building. There have been 1827 days for the Maintenance Department with no ac- cidents and 416 for the Grounds Department.
Panthers hold memorial game for Parlier High student
Juanita Adame / Mid Valley Times
The parents of Ricardo Chavana joined his baseball coaches on the afternoon of Feb. 25 as the school held a 23-second moment of silence to honor the life of the slain 16-year-old.
By Juanita Adame
Mid Valley Times
The smell of barbeque was coming from behind the Kings Canyon Unified School District’s Maintenance De- partment on the afternoon of Feb. 25 as the team gathered for a special celebratory lun- cheon to recognize their five year landmark with no work related accidents.
“I tell the truth up here, I did not believe it, but you know what, you guys pulled it together,” said John Camp- bell, KCUSD Superintenent.
By Juanita Adame
Mid Valley Times
Dozens of family and friends of Ricardo Chavan-- the Parlier High School stu- dent who was shot and killed inside his home on the night of Feb. 20-- gathered at the school’s baseball field on the afternoon of Feb. 25 to hold a remembrance before the team's first game of the sea- son.
“Starting last season which was the first one back and my understanding is that he was really looking forward to it,” said Gracie Guerrero, the Parlier Super-
intendent. “He was getting in really good shape and he was really excited about starting now.”
The team was able to put the memorial game together a few days before the start of the season and it included a 23 second moment of si- lence which was Chavana’s jersey number, as well as poster with his photo in the outfield.
The team also presented Chavana’s jersey to his par- ents.
Anyone with information on the Chavana case is asked to call the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.
A 'snow day' for Dunlap students
Contributed/ KCUSD
Temperatures dropped to below freezing in the Dunlap area on Feb. 23. "This is recess, Dunlap style." Stacy Sharp, the learning director said. Snow blanketed the Dunlap campus and during recess, students made snowballs and cleared trails through the powder.
Photo of the Week
This photo of beautiful almond blossoms near Buttonwillow and Lincoln Avenues was taken on Feb. 22, and was sent in by Dixie Akin. Thank you Dixie! Have a photo you'd like featured? Email juanita@midvalleypublishing.com
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