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SANGER HERALD 7A THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2018 2017 YEAR IN REVIEW - July-December
Animal shelter upgrade
Dick Sheppard/Sanger Herald
Sanger Animal Control volunteer Kim Reed was all smiles Tuesday morning when a new washer and dryer were delivered to the animal shelter from Lowes Home Improvement Store. Kathy Miranda donated the washer and dryer after Kim mentioned in the Herald and posted on Facebook that the shelter needed a way to keep blankets and sweaters, donated to help shelter dogs through cold winter nights in an unheated metal building, clean. Lowes donated the hoses and hardware to get the appliances hooked up. Kim said the shelter has been blessed with donations lately, including volunteer help. "Stephanie Meadows with Fresno Bully Resuce has done a wonderful job working with Jojo and some of our other dogs that need excercise and loving attention," said Kim. What's next on her wish list? How about a grooming table and bath tub? "Some of our strays really need to be cleaned up when they come in. They're so much more adoptable when they're all clean and smell nice," said Kim.
for the audit," said Miser. "It wasn't what the city council agreed to do," said commit- tee member Tony Gonzales, reading out loud from min- utes of a city council meeting where a "compliance audit" was approved.
ing. "It's a matter of trust," said Gonzales. "Maybe we've misplaced that trust."
Parade winners
Best Overall Veterans Parade entry, Sanger High School NJROTC Unit; Best Military Theme, American Indian Veterans Association/ Color Guard/Soccer Team; Best School, Del Rey El- ementary 6th Graders; and Best Band, Sounds of Sanger.
Tarjian Bedoian who served as a radar man aboard the USS Toledo dur- ing the Korean War was the grand marshal.
Navo will leave
The school board, without discussion or comment unanimously approved, as a routine item on the agenda, an addendum that shaved two years off superinten- dent Matt Navo's contract with the district. The action confirmed an agreement between Navo and the board, reached at a special closed door meeting on Oct. 27 when the board honored Navo's request to modify his contract. It will now termi- nate at the end of this school year, on June 30, 2018.
Military banners
WWII veteran Alex Ruiz, 94, posed beside his banner while daughter Aurora Ruiz Casillas took pictures at the Nov. 27 ceremony turn-
ing military banners which
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had been displayed along Academy Avenue over to family members. More than 100 came to the community center to witness or be a part of the ceremony and to hear John "Doc" Bart, adjutant for the American Legion, De- partment of California, say how lucky Sanger veterans are to receive such respect from the community.
"They are indeed an honored part of one town, one tribe and one team," said Bart. "We need to take that concept all over the country.
December
Christmas parade
There were 100 entries in this year's Christmas parade. That's 22 entries more than last year. The police estimate that more than 5,000 specta- tors lined the streets to watch this year's parade. That's the biggest crowd in years. The sweepstakes winner was Sanger M & E Flowers Gen- eral Grant Gallery. Judges' choice winner was "Its time to SEA – lebrate with your Lone Star Eagles." Peoples' choice winner was Wilson Elementa- ry PTA. Band award went to: Sanger High School, 1st place; WAMS, 2nd place; and Sounds of Sanger, 3rd place. Float award winners were: Chuck Wagon, division 1; Apache Closet, division 2; Centerville Elementary, division 3; Quail Lake Environmental Charter School, division 4; Sequoia Elementary School, division 5; and Lincoln Elementary School, division 6. Chuck Shi- dan was the grand marshal.
Measure S
The December Measure S Citizens Oversight Committee
meeting was the most conten- tious of the year. The commit- tee was incensed over issues related to a failed compliance audit and what they perceived to be inaccurate minutes.
By the end of the mara- thon meeting even grand jury members huddled in the back of the room were looking per- plexed and puzzled.
Home for the holidays
The engine crew and the firefighter/paramedic from Sanger were released by Cal- Fire so they could come home for the holidays. They had been in southern California helping fight the Thomas Fire for 15 days.
City manager pay bump
City manager Tim Chapa was given a 3.64 percent sal- ary increase based on his per- formance evaluation of 3.64 on a scale of 1-5. City attorney Hilda Cantu Montoy made the announcement when the coun- cil came out of its closed door performance evaluation ses- sion on Dec. 7. Montoy also said she had been asked to announce, for the record, that mayor pro tem Eli Ontiveros does not have confidence in Chapa.
Holiday tragedy
Police suspect the hus- band may have shot his
wife and then himself. The bodies were discovered by the couple's adult son a little after 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 8 in their home in the 900 block of 2nd Court, just around the corner from Wilson Elemen- tary School.m Neighbors said the dead are Sara Segura and Ramon Segura Rodriguez.
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Lola, a 4-5 year old chihuahua, above, has only been at the shelter since last Friday when she was picked up wandering around the AM/PM Market area. She obviously has belonged to someone and she misses her
The rain predicted for the start of the new year should finally show up today, accord- ing to the Weather Channel. Then, we could have rain and showers off and on for the next several days.
In between showers we could have some long overdue night and morning tule fog.
Day and night tempera- tures will be slightly above normal with low to mid 60s
family.
Other shelter sweethearts
are:
• Buster Brown, a 1-2
year old happy, energetic pitbull mix who likes cook- ies, playing, walking and hugging.
• Misty is a playful, high energy young lady lab mix about 2 years old who loves to walk and go for car rides.
• Blaze is a young pitbull mix who loves to play and gets along well with every- one.
• Doc is a sweet, friendly, gentle and mature pitbull mix who has been in the shelter for awhile and would really like to be your new best friend. He's maybe 6-7 years old, weighs about 50 pounds and loves to walk.
during the day and high 30s to mid 40s at night. Still cold enough some nights to trig- ger the nearby noisy wind machines.
February, according to the long range forecast, will be a rainy month.
Temperatures are likely going to remain a little above normal for at least the next two weeks.
• Red Fox was found run- ning loose near a senior care facility on 9th Street. He's probably a setter mix, about 2 years old. He gets along well with other dogs and enjoys walking on a leash.
Call Sanger animal con- trol officer Mario Irazoqui at (559) 618-9071 to make an appointment to meet Lola, Buster, Misty, Doc, Red Fox or any of the other dogs hop- ing for a forever home. To get to the shelter take North Avenue east, toward the mountains, cross Newmark Avenue and follow the signs.
Adoption requires spay- ing/neutering and bringing the rabies shot up to date.
The only charge is to the veterinarian, Gregory Saiki DVM.
Daily temperatures are courtesy of the Weather Channel.
Weather for Apache Country
Today 700/490
DAY
DATE
HI
LO
Rain%
Thurs
Jan. 4
70
49
30%
Fri
Jan. 5
67
47
20%
Sat
Jan. 6
60
41
20%
Sun
Jan. 7
60
39
10%
Mon
Jan. 8
61
42
10%
Tues
Jan. 9
63
43
40%
Wed
Jan. 10
60
39
40%