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“It has been said that character is what you are when no one is looking. The more we look into the goings on surrounding this transition- al housing scheme, the more disappointed we become in you and the way you run things,” Unruh told the council.
Unruh said in the statement that the city made an “obvious attempt” to circumvent the Reedley Municipal Code and California Govern- ment Code by drawing a 350-foot circle from the center of the Huntsman house rather than from the edge of the property line. He said that because of this, two-thirds of the property own- ers did not receive notification of any scheduled meetings between residents and city officials.
Organizers ultimately pulled the initial
conditional use permit passed by the Planning Commission in September, and later submitted an amended permit and environmental report request to the commission in February.
Unruh said that the council’s refusal to meet with residents was the reason they sought the recall of Council Member Ray Soleno, whose district includes the shelter. Residents initially submitted a petition with the intent to recall Soleno, but didn’t follow up by the deadline to submit a draft petition for general circulation.
Unruh said steps to recall council members remain an option. He told the council on Feb. 27 that Soleno’s response and actions brings to light the need for changes in the council body and perhaps a complete restructuring of how council members are elected.
The council meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 845 G St.
The Reedley Exponent A3 Thursday, March 8, 2018 SHELTER
Thursday, Feb. 22
• Commercial robbery, 900 block of I Street, 12:07 p.m. • Drug/narcotic violations, East Manning Avenue and South Mendocino Avenue, Parlier (Parlier Police De- partment), 8:35 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 23
• Drug equipment violations, 2200 block of East North Av- enue, 5:41 a.m.
• Residential burglary, 5900 block of South Academy Ave- nue (Fresno County Sheriff’s Department), 11:29 a.m.
Saturday, Feb. 24
• Destruction/damage/van- dalism of property, 600 block of Stanislaus Street, Parlier (Parlier Police Department), 1:25 a.m.
• Vehicle burglary, 500 block of Indepencia Avenue, Parli- er (Parlier Police Depart- ment), 3:16 a.m.
• Vehicle burglary, 8300 block of South Mendocino Avenue, Parlier (Parlier Police De- partment), 4 p.m.
• Residential burglary, 100 block of East Manning Av- enue, 8:59 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 25
• Vehicle theft, 100 block of 10th Street, Orange Cove (Orange Cove Police Depart- ment), 6:17 a.m.
• Drug equipment violations, 100 block of North East Av- enue, 11:31 a.m.
• Aggravated assault (gun), 300 block of I Street, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 26
• Larceny, North East Avenue and East Kip Patrick Drive, 4:19 a.m.
• Larceny, 1500 block of Ce- dar Avenue, 7:08 a.m.
• Destruction/damage/van- dalism of property, 500 block of Park Boulevard, Orange Cove (Orange Cove Police Department), 7:45 a.m.
• Drug/narcotic violations, Dinuba Avenue at Rails to Trails, 11:54 a.m.
• Aggravated assault, South Mendocino Avenue and East Young Avenue, Parlier (Parli-
er Police Department), 2 p.m. • Impersonation, 800 block of East Ann Drive, 2:19 p.m.
• Commercial burglary, 1300 block of East Manning Av- enue, 2:28 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 27
• Credit card/ATM fraud, 400 block of East Shoemake Av- enue, 11:51 a.m.
• Larceny, 700 block of 8th Street, Orange Cove (Orange Cove Police Department), 2:27 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 28
• Destruction/damage/van- dalism of property, 1200 block of East Manning Av- enue, 10 a.m.
• Counterfeiting/forgery, 13600 block of East Manning Avenue, Parlier (Parlier Po- lice Department), 6:54 p.m.
(Crime reports are listed for the Reedley, Parlier and Orange Cove areas and are available online at crimere- ports.com. Unless noted, the Reedley Police Department handled the calls.)
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heavy cash expenditures in contributions to the city’s California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) pension plan.
“There’s a pretty signifi- cant ramp up in CalPERS pen- sion contributions that the city as well as hundreds of other public agencies throughout the state will face the next five or six years,” Meliki- an said. “They are going to roughly double, so we have to plan for that. We would be very irresponsible to not do that. We need to make some financial decisions to enable us to continue balancing our budget in the coming years.”
Also in his report, Meliki- an said that overall revenue for the first part of 2017-18 is at 44 percent of the budget.
That’s up 6 percent from the same point in 2016-17. Expen- ditures were at 48 percent, 2 percent down from year. He said that’s 2 percent in either direction isn’t a concern.
Melikian said sales tax has increased by 1.6 percent this year while property tax revenue also has increased. He said a concern is police department overtime that is
tied to a shortage in staffing because of injuries or illness. Another concern is the volatil- ity of gas tax revenue.
During the report, City Manager Nicole Zieba called the gas tax a “two-way sword” because any additional reve- nue from higher fuel prices is offset by increased operating cost of city vehicles, in par- ticular maintenance vehicles.
Community Life Garden workshop
Jean Gerdes with the Fresno County Master Gardener program speaks March 3 during a Community Life Garden gardening workshop at the Reedley Commu- nity Center. The workshop provided tips and advice to attendees on how to plant and maintain a spring and summer garden. The Community Life Garden will host a Family Gardening Day from 7:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 24, at the community garden at 22899 E. Manning Ave., at the southwest intersection of Crawford Avenue. Volunteers will prepare garden plots and plant spring and summer vegetables.
Church of the Good Shepherd 1249 F Street Reedley, CA 93654
In Loving Memory of
Deacon Melinda Barrow
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Reedley. For the rest of his life, that was his hometown and he carried it with him ev- erywhere he went.”
However, Wager said there was the one time Mitch- ell spoke up. It was when his mother and stepfather moved to a farm south of Clovis his senior year of high school. When his mother went to pick him up, he said “I’m not go- ing.”
The problem was resolved when the school arranged for Mitchell to ride a community college bus to north Reedley. He was able to ride the bus to school from Clovis and com- plete his studies at Reedley High.
“That meant more to him than anything else,” she said.
The other scheduled speakers were longtime friend Dick Richardson and Eddie Jimenez, a former stu- dent who played baseball for Mitchell at RHS.
“Paul was a philatelist.
That is, he was a stamp collec- tor, as I am,” said Richardson. “He had a huge stamp collec- tion, amassed over who knows how many years. Possibly go- ing back to his childhood. He had stamp albums that took up four feet of shelf space.”
Richardson said his friend also owned many box- es of stamps that never made it onto the shelves. Mitchell continued collecting stamps until his death, buying the latest stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service. He was a longtime member of the Fresno Philatelist Society and one of its staunchest sup- porters.
Jimenez told the audi- ence about Mitchell’s pinna- cle achievement in coaching when he directed Reedley High to the 1971 Valley base- ball championship. He also described how Mitchell was best known as the “Voice of the Tigers,” but those weren’t his biggest goals in life.
“What he always put across to me, and what he would always point out, was that he was a teacher first and
foremost,” Jimenez said. “And it was in the classroom where he prided himself on doing his most important work. As all of us who played for coach know, that teaching extended on to athletics.”
Michael Mitchell thanked his grandfather for his legacy
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of leaving a large family with the values that he taught. And he used one of Paul Mitchell’s favorite sayings.
“Onward, and always up- ward to a man who certainly covered a lot of ground. Thank you, Grandpa Paul, for a life well lived,” he said.
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Worship Time 10:00 AM Sundays
Mission: “To proclaim Jesus as the way, the truth and the life; to know Him and make Him known.”
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FULL GOSPEL TABERNACLE 519 E. 11th Street, Reedley
Pastor: Ron Robertson
Sunday Growth Classes: 9:30am Children’s and Youth programs
Sunday Worship: 10:30am – Service; Children’s Church, ages 4-11 5:30pm Prayer – Evening Service 6:00pm
Wednesday Dinner served at 6:00pm
Wed. Family Night at 7:00pm (Adults, Youth Children) Food Give away – the third Saturday of the Month at 9:00am Basketball – Monday 7:00pm; Wednesday 8:00pm
For more information, call the church at 559-638-2739 All are welcome to attend www.reedleyfullgospel.com
FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH 314 W. Manning Avenue • Reedley, CA 93654 638-2730
Pastor: Dr. Ernie Williams Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m. Children’s Church for ages 3 thru 3rd grade Nursery available
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH
729 E. Manning Ave. (Corner of Manning & Sunset) (559) 638-3881
Sunday Bible Study 9:30 AM, Worship service 10:30 AM
Wednesday Prayer @ 6:30 PM, Choir practice @ 7:30 PM
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In Loving
Memory of
Reyes Joseph Trujillo, Jr.
Dec. 8, 1973 – Mar. 1, 2016
Mijo,
2 years have gone by and you are most de nitely
missed, as you were loved by all of us.
Sweetheart,
The memories and cherished moments we as a
family shared are never forgotten.
We Smile, Laugh and Cry.
When we remember, things you said and did. We miss your presence.
But your Spirit is always here with us all.
We miss you,
We love you,
Always in our dreams and prayers.
Mom, Tricia, Cindy, Sam, Nick, Jocelyn, Madison, Michael and Iveri
June 7, 1924 ~ February 14, 2018
Patricia Redding Danielson, 93, died Wednesday February 14, 2018 at Mark Twain Hospital in San Andreas. She was preceded in death by her husband Donald “Babe” Danielson. Patricia was born and and raised in Murphys CA. She attended Murphys Grammar School where she and her sisters and brother were taught by their father William L. Redding. She graduated from Bret Harte High School and received her BA in social work from U.C. Berkeley. She worked as a social worker in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Later, a er she and Babe moved to Reedley, she earned her masters degree from Fresno State. She worked for Kings Canyon Uni ed School District while raising her three children, Lesley Dodson, Kent Danielson and Tricia Danielson. She and Babe retired to Murphys in 1983 to be closer to her sisters, Annable Shankel, Virginia Tuechert, Rosemary Dunbar and her brother, Marion Redding. Pat loved working in her garden, reading and her grand children - Chaz and Lissa Danielson, Amber Stewart, Amber’s husband Jon and her great-granddaughter Eleanor Stewart.
A private family celebration of life will be held at the Murphys Cemetery on Sunday March 2nth at 12 pm.
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