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Obituaries
Dalia 'Juanita' DeLeon
Dalia "Juanita" De-
Leon of Dinuba died Oct. 12. She was 65.
Mrs. DeLeon worked as a teacher's aide for Monson-Sulta- na School for 30 years.
She is survived by her husband, Genaro DeLeon, her moth- er, four children, six grandchildren, one brother and two sisters.
A funeral mass was celebrated Oct. 19 at St. Catherine's Catho- lic Church in Dinuba. Burial followed at Smith Mountain Cem- etery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel handled the arrangements.
Oscar P. Espinoza Sr. Oscar P. Espinoza Sr.
of Clovis died Oct. 10 in Clovis. He was 65.
Mr. Espinoza worked as a mechanic.
He is survived by one son, one daughter, seven grandchildren, one great-granddaugh- ter, one sister and two brothers.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, at Dop- kins Dinuba Funeral Chapel. Burial will fol- low at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Esmeralda Marroquin Gonzalez Esmeralda Marro-
quin Gonzalez of Orosi died Oct. 11 in Visalia. She was 78.
Ms. Gonzalez worked as a farm laborer.
She is survived by three sons, two daugh- ters, nine grandchil- dren, two great-grand-
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children, nine sisters and one brother.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thurs- day, Oct. 21, at Iglesia de la Comunidad en Orosi. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Fri- day, Oct. 22, at Iglesia de la Comunidad en Orosi. Burial will fol- low at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel handled the arrangements.
Elisa Garcia
de Madrigal
Elisa Garcia de Mad-
rigal of Orosi died Oct. 8 in Orosi. She was 88.
Mrs. Garcia de Mad- rigal was a homemaker. She is survived by two sons, eight daugh- ters, 38 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren, two sisters and one
brother.
Burial was held Oct.
20 at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel handled the arrangements.
Joanna Janet (Burgess) Tatar Joanna Janet (Bur-
gess) Tatar of Squaw Valley died Sept. 27. She was 74.
Mrs. Tatar worked as a bookkeeper.
She is survived by her husband, Mike Ta- tar, two daughters, two stepdaughters, two stepsons, 18 grand- children and six great- grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, at the Bear Mountain Library and Activity Center in Squaw Valley.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel handled the arrangements.
Reedley's hospital continues to benefit from bond funds
For The Times
A dozen years after a declared bankruptcy at Reedley's hospital, the Sierra Kings Health Care District continues to facilitate hospital improvements with Gen- eral Obligation (GO) bond funds. From parking lot improvements to Birthing Center expansions, funds from Measure H (passed in March 2002) and Measure E (passed in November 2006) con- tinue to offer ongoing benefits to residents who seek healthcare at the hospital, now Adventist Health Reedley.
The Reedley hospital contin- ues to grow its service capacity with 49 staffed beds and care for almost 70,000 patients during 2021. It is projected that the hos- pital’s Rural Health Clinics will have served more than 500,000 patients by the end of 2021. In anticipation of such growth, resi- dents of the District approved almost $26 million in GO Bonds since 2002.
Under the direction of the Sier- ra Kings Health Care District, GO Bond projects included the expan- sion of the Birthing Center, Emer- gency Room, Clinics, Laboratory, MRI and CT buildings, and Radiol- ogy. When the Sierra Kings Health Care District transferred the hos- pital to Adventist Health in 2012, both parties committed to continue to maximize the use of bond funds.
These hospital improvements continue. Representatives from Adventist Health, Reedley hospi- tal, attended the District’s Board meeting on Sept. 28 to check-in on remaining Bond projects. Since assuming operation of the Reed- ley Hospital, Adventist Health has facilitated the Emergency De- partment boiler replacement, the
Sierra Kings Health Care District / Photo Contributed
Susan Chapman, Associate Patient Care Executive and site administrator for Adventist Health Reedley, stood next to some of the Birthing Center tele- health technology with children's hospitals.
Birthing Center boiler replace- ment, replacement of (3) air han- dling units at the Birthing Center, replacement of fan coil units in (3) med-surg rooms, repair of the cooling units in medical rooms, and remodel of the Sterile Pro- cessing Department decontami- nation room.
One of the final Bond fund projects involves the pharmacy. When visiting the hospital, you will notice that the pharmacy is being relocated to a larger space with updated equipment. This new pharmacy will not only ser- vice hospital inpatients and the Emergency Department, but also clinic pharmaceutical needs. At the District's September board meeting, representatives from
Adventist Health stated their in- tention to have expended all re- maining Bond funds by the end of this year.
Kathy Omachi is the longest standing member of the Sierra Kings Health Care District board and currently serves as the Chair.
“I am so pleased and humbled to have been a part of the hospi- tal improvements over the years," she said. "Some of these improve- ments were made during a very difficult time of the hospital’s his- tory.
"Despite the bankruptcy and transition to Adventist Health, District staff and leadership has always remained focused on com- munity needs and the future of the hospital.”
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within the districts. Another attendee, Vin- cent Wall, said that the
best place to start draw- ing lines is down Acade- my Avenue, east and west of the city, cut throughout Jensen Avenue and then create a northwest and southwest district.
The council then closed the public hear-
ing, and a vote on poten- tial redistricting is yet to be scheduled.
The council also unanimously approved a sobriety checkpoint grant program for fis- cal year 2021-22, autho- rizing City Manager Tim
Chapa to execute the grant agreement.
In addition, the coun- cil voted unanimously to approve remote telecon- ference council meetings along with all boards, commissions and stand- ing committees of the city meeting in accordance with Assembly Bill 361.
Before and after the regular Oct. 7 meeting, the Sanger council con- ducted a special meeting to discuss anticipated lit- igation from the U.S. De- partment of Labor and the Sanger Firefighters Association against the city. No action was re- ported taken from the special meeting.
The Sanger City Coun- cil has a regular meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the Council Cham- ber (1700 7th St.). The chamber will be open to the public, and meetings also can be viewed online through Zoom.
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