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SANGER HERALD 7A THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018
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winner is ...
Open House Schedule SAVE THE DATE
Date
School
Time
March 22
Sequoia Elementary
5:30 p.m.
March 22
Kings River/Taft high schools
6 p.m.
April 5
WAMS Elementary
5:30 p.m.
April 9
Sanger High School
6 p.m.
April 11
Sanger Academy Charter
6 p.m.
April 12
Jackson Elementary
6 p.m.
April 17
Community Day School
5:30 p.m.
April 19
Del Rey Elementary
6 p.m.
April 19
Jefferson Elementary
6 p.m.
April 19
Lone Star Elementary
6 p.m.
April 25
Quail Lake Charter
6 p.m.
April 26
Lincoln Elementary
5:30 p.m.
April 26
Reagan Elementary
6 p.m.
May 16
Fairmont Elementary
6 p.m.
May 16
John Wash Elementary
6 p.m.
Some schools have additional activities prior to the welcome and classroom visitations. Check with the school for more details.
Kevin Narang
The Central California Regional Science Fair competition is once again dominated by smart Sanger students
Photo contributed
L-R: 8th grade sweepstakes winner Ryann Flach from WAMS; andSweepstakerunner-upAshleySchletewitz fromQuailLake Environmental Charter School. Ryann's project was "Investigat- ing the effectiveness of hydrophobic soil in increasing water capacity in reservoirs," and Ashley's was, "Determining the ef- fects of Equisetum hyemale on the growth rate of Penicillin italicum."
Blood Drive
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Herald staff report
Sanger celebrated another successful year at the 2018 Central California Regional Science Fair held last week at the county fair grounds.
Sanger had 49 students at the award ceremony and 23 students qualify to go on to the California State Science Fair.
Four Sanger students were top award winers.
• 8th Grade Sweepstakes winner Ryann Flach from WAMS. Her project was, "Investigating the effective- ness of hydrophobic soil in increasing water capacity in reservoirs."
• 8th Grade Sweepstakes runner-up Ashley Schletewitz from Quail Lake Environ- mental Charter School. Her project was, "Determining the effects of Equisetum hyemale on the growth rate of Penicillin italicum."
• 7th Grade Sweepstakes runner-up Colin Manfredo from Quail Lake Environ- mental Charter School with a project entitled, "Can an inline hydroelectric turbine save homeowners money on
their electric bill?"
• 6th Grade Sweepstakes
runner-up Graham Luckin from Quail Lake Environ- mental Charter School with "The effect of different golf ball dimple patterns on travel time in a fluid."
The following students received top honors in their science category and will compete at the State Science Fair competition.
Quail Lake
Derek Nasalroad, Michael Bedrosian, Colin Manfredo, Anterjot Jaj, Mason Dough- erty, Ashley Schletewitz, Graham Luckin, Isabella Worley and Zachary Patton
WAMS
Cameron Steagall, Ryann Flach, Tristan Conway, Trent Navo, Nate Cantu and Jaden Luna
SACS
Aria Delgado, Saman-
tha Salazar, Luis Luperico, Liliana Torres and Gursimar Virk
Fairmont
Jason Poole
Sanger High
HaidynWashburn and Atticus Humphrey.
AMVETS Post 98 and VFW Post 7168 are cospon- soring a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 21 at the AMVETS Hall, 812 K Street in Sanger.
Blood donation takes less than one hour to complete. Donors must be in good general health, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds
and be at least 17 years old (16 years old with written parental consent). Senior citizens are encouraged to donate, as there is no upper age limit. Donors should eat a good meal and drink plenty of water within 4 hours prior to their donation. Donors can give blood every eight weeks. Photo ID and Social Security number are required at do- nor registration.
The Central California
Kevin Narang from Sanger Academy Charter School was the winner of the Fresno County Spelling Bee elementary school competition. Kevin will go on to state competition. The winning word was "protege."The annual Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools’ Fresno County Scripps Spelling Bee competition, in partnership with The Fresno Bee, was held on March 14 at Fresno State. Sponsors of the 2018 Scripps Spelling Bee are the Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, The Fresno Bee, Founda- tion @ FCOE, Fresno State, Chevron, Educational Employees Credit Union and Educational Resource Consultants.
Library closed for maintenance
Blood Center is the sole provider of blood and blood products for 31 hospitals
in Fresno, Tulare, Madera, Kings and Mariposa counties. It must collect between 5,000 and 6,000 pints of blood a month to meet the needs of our Valley community.
Contributed
The Sanger library is closed for maintenance. The renovation will include up- grades to the doors, flooring and restrooms.
While it's closed, the Fres- no County Public Library will continue service to Sanger with visits by the Bookmobile or Pop-up Library collection on Fridays and intermittent visits of the Digibus (mobile computer lab) as well. For a schedule of dates, times and locations, please visit www. fresnolibrary.org/branch/ sang.html.
All current holds will be available at the Sunnyside Regional Library for pickup. All fines and fees for the Sanger Branch Library will be waived during the closure.
The county library orga- nization apologizes for any inconvenience this causes customers and thanks them for their patience and under- standing.
For more information about library programs, services, and specific branch hours, please go to www. fresnolibrary.org or contact Rocky Vang at (559) 600- 6274.
Weather for Apache Country
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Tuesday was the first day of spring.
Hope you enjoyed the spring rain because after Saturday there's no more in the forecast until April 11 when there might be a light shower or two.
Daytime temperatures will stay pretty much in the low 70s and the nights will be in the mid to high 40s.
Daily temperatures are courtesy of the Weather Channel.
▼ Manning & Mendonico ▼ S. Mendocino & E. Young ▼ Fresno & Newmark
DAY
DATE
HI
LO
Rain%
Thurs
Mar 22
63
46
100%
Fri
Mar 23
61
44
70%
Sat
Mar 24
61
41
20%
Sun
Mar 25
61
41
0%
Mon
Mar 26
65
42
0%
Tues
Mar 27
68
44
0%
Wed
Mar 28
70
47
0%
NOTICE OF HEARING REGARDING PROPOSED ADOPTION OF A DEVELOPER FEE STUDY AND THE INCREASE OF THE STATUTORY SCHOOL FEE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Governing Board of the Fowler Uni ed School District will hold a hearing and consider input from the public on the proposed adoption of a Developer Fee Justi cation Study for the District and an increase in the statutory school facility fee (“Level I Fee”) on new residential and commercial/industrial develop- ments as approved by the State Allocation Board on Janu- ary 24, 2018. The adoption of the Study and the increase of the Level I Fee are necessary to fund the construction of needed school facilities to accommodate students due to development.
Members of the public are invited to comment in writing, on or before April 11, 2018, or appear in person at the hearing at 7:30 p.m. on April 11, 2018, at the following location:
Malaga Elementary School
3910 S. Ward
Fresno, CA 93725
Materials regarding the Study and the Level I Fee are on le and are available for public review at the District Of ce located at 658 E. Adams Ave., Fowler, CA.
Dated: March 15, March 22
American
Legion Post 23 Fund raising Dinner
Friday, april 6th — 3pm to 7pm
1601 7th Street
Sanger, CA
Pre-tickets available at the American Legion Department of California (Corner of 7th and “P” Streets) or from Post 23 members.
Catered Chile Verde Plates
$10.00 each EAT IN or TAKE OUT
Proceeds from this fund raiser will go towards repairing the building and improvements. Please help support this important cause so Post 23 can continue to support our VETERANS! This event is co-sponsored by Sarita’s Taco Catering, 559-451-6503. For more information please call JD Bennett, 559-280-3173 or the American Legion Depart- ment of California 559-875-8387.
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