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National Night Out
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Cpl. Brandon Coles and his police dog Blitz attack a suspect Tuesday evening at Sanger's National Night Out celebration in Sanger Park. The suspect, dressed in a relatively new "bite" suit, is officer Julian Rodriguez, who despite the look on his face in this photo, endured the exercise with absolute professionalism. The event was the big draw of the night as hundreds gathered to see what Sanger's K-9 unit could do.
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City finally agrees
with the grand jury -
oversight committee
was indeed bypassed
Official response to grand jury criticism is approved by council
Dick Sheppard/Sanger Herald
City manager Tim Chapa looks on as Sue Simpson, immediate past chairperson of the Measure S Citizens Oversight Commit- tee, tells the city council that the oversight committee knew nothing about an across the board pay raise for public safety employees, funded by Measure S, until after the council ap- proved the raise.
Pedestrian hit by car at 5th and Bethel intersection
Ready for school
Dick Sheppard/Sanger Herald
Four-year-old Tony Castillo was one of a couple doz- en youngsters who got a free back to school haircut at the St. Mary's Festival from barber Bobby Iniguez of Phat Bobby's Cuts in Parlier.
By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
The city council has agreed on a response to the June 15 grand jury report that criti- cized the city for its handling of Measure S funds.
The lengthy response ap- proved at the Aug. 2 council meeting seems to concur with a grand jury finding that the Citizen's Oversight Committee was bypassed in its review of proposed Measure S spending including 2017's across-the- board pay increase for public safety employees.
"Seems to concur" because the response is written in such a way and is so long, more than 1,100 words, that city at- torney, Hilda Cantu Montoy, appeared to feel it necessary to assure the council that the second paragraph does ac- knowledge that the oversight committee was bypassed.
Montoy told the council it had the option of accepting the lengthy and complex re- sponse prepared by city staff, writing a shorter and more to the point response that simply said the oversight committee was bypassed or putting to- gether something in between the long and the shorter ver-
sion.
The council decided to ac-
cept the longer, more complex response.
Before the council voted on the response, it heard from the past three oversight committee chairpersons, Sue Simpson, Jeanne Adams and Joe Villalobos.
Jeanne Adams
The three recounted ways they felt the committee had been incrementally marginal- ized to the point of total irrel- evance by the current admin- istration.
By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
An elderly resident of
the Elderberry apartment complex was injured Monday afternoon when she was hit by a car as she was walking across Bethel Avenue, said police Sgt. Joshua Johnson.
She was transported to
a hospital where she was reported to be in stable con- dition.
The apartment complex is on the southeast corner of the Bethel and 5th Street intersection, which was the focus of a discussion about traffic safety at the Aug. 2 city council meeting.
"The vehicle made a left turn onto southbound Bethel and the driver did not see the pedestrian who was within the crosswalk, walking east. The vehicle collided with
the pedestrian in the south cross walk on Bethel at 5th. Alcohol was ruled out as a factor in this collision," said Johnson.
The council agreed last Thursday to make numerous traffic control improvements at the intersection.
The reporter can be contacted by email at sang- erherald@gmail.com or by phone at the Herald at (559) 875-2511.
Filing deadline for candidates is Friday
By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
With only one more day for candidates to file, here's how our local races shape up.
So far no one is listed on the county elections website to run against either mayor Frank Gonzalez or district No. 2 councilmember Hum-
berto Garza.
Retired fire captain David
Sulenta is challenging mayor pro tem Eli Ontiveros in council district No. 4.
School board incumbents Peter Filippi in district No. 2 and Jesse Vasquez in district No. 7 are, so far, unopposed.
Two, Gina Lynn Olson-
Cuevas and Jesse Solorio, are vying for the district No. 6 seat being vacated by retir- ing Kenneth Marcantonio.
Many candidates prefer to wait until the last minute to turn in their papers. So things could change between now and the filing deadline on Friday at 5 p.m.
The reporter can be contacted by email at sang- erherald@gmail.com or by phone at the Herald at (559) 875-2511.
See COUNCIL, page 7A Sanger Womans Club rummage sale has almost every-
THURSDAY
AUGUST 9, 2018
VOL 129 NO. 32
2 sections, 14 pages
CLASSIFIED 3B LEGALS 4,5B BUSINESS DIRECTORY 6B LIFE STYLES 2B OBITUARIES 2A OPINION 3A SPORTS 1B POLICE LOG 2A WEATHER 8A
• Aug. 11 and 12 - Sanger Womans Club rummage sale at the clubhouse at 7th and P streets
• Aug. 14 - School board meeting, 7 p.m. at school district office 1905 7th St.
• Aug. 16 - First day of school
• Aug. 16 - City council meeting, 6 p.m. at city hall, 1700
7th St.
By Mike Nemeth
Sanger Herald
On Tuesday just before noon, vol- unteers putting together the annual Sanger Woman's Club Rummage Sale had already loaded up all the tables and categorized and hung many of the clothes.
But the volume of goods — high- lighted by things like a Google Home assistant still in its box, a mint record player with a surprisingly sophisticated selection of show tune albums and a
Playstation 2 Guitar Hero — appeared vast. Doris Knowlton, who heads up the event, confirmed that the club received a lot of donations over the past year.
"We have people still bringing stuff in," she said.
Club president Jeanne Adams added, "And it's only Tuesday."
Indeed. This year's may be the biggest yet. Doors open to the public at from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the club, 1602 Seventh St.
Knowlton said she normally stuffs
her garage every year with donations until it's so full even Fibber McGee would think twice about opening the door. Fibber was always talking about getting his closet organized. He and Molly staged one of the most popular radio shows from 1935 to 1956.
This year, Knowlton got some strategic help in getting all that gear delivered. Gibbs Construction loaded up a trailer and brought it all over in one load. She said normally multiple
thing, from a Google Home assistant to school clothes
See RUMMAGE SALE, page 7A SANGER HERALD: A MID VALLEY PUBLISHING NEWSPAPER • (559) 875-2511 • www.thesangerherald.com