Dinuba Sentinel 1-10-19 E-edition
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Dinuba Sentinel Serving the communities of Dinuba, Cutler-Orosi and Monson-Sultana
Year in review A look back at 2018, July - December Back Page, A8
Established 1909, Dinuba, California Thursday, January 10, 2019 50 Cents
Most crimes in Dinuba went down in 2018
Emps place 8th at tourney
Cortez, Long win individual titles at Dinuba Invitational Sports, Page B1
By Rick Curiel
Down from 2017:
One of the biggest drops in number from 2017 is the amount of DUI arrests made by the Dinuba Police Department. According to Iriarte, in 2017 the police department made 201 arrests for DUI. That number dropped dramatically in 2018 to just 110, or a 45 percent decrease.
Burglary also went down last year with 77 arrests. That number went down by about 17 percent, as there were 93 cases for burglary the previous year.
Domestic violence misdemeanor batteries arrests also went down, but not by much. This past year, Dinuba Police Department made 48 arrests
for domestic violence batteries. The year prior that number was 50.
Arrests for battery in general did show a substantial decrease, however. In 2017 there were 125 arrests in the city of Dinuba for battery. That number dropped to 90 in 2018.
Aggravated assault arrests, which include stabbings, shootings or any assault with a deadly weapon, also went down. In 2017 the Dinuba Police Department made 30 arrests for aggravated assault. That number dropped to 26 last year.
Most notably, perhaps, are the numbers for attempted murder and homicide. In 2017 there were four arrests in the city of Dinuba for
attempted murder and there was one murder in town. Last year those numbers fell off the chart for attempted murder, as there were zero cases in that category.
As for homicide, though there were no cases for murder within the city of Dinuba, because the motorcyclist who died back in April was a result of vehicular manslaughter, that death counts as a homicide. This means the city’s number for homicides for 2018 was one, equal to 2017’s number, though that number reflects murder in the first degree.
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The Dinuba Police Department wrapped up another year of fighting crime within the city, and some of those crimes, such as some violent crimes, drug possession and driving under the influence crimes are down from 2017, while others such as theft and drive-by shootings are up.
“All in all, it’s been about the same,” said Dinuba Police Lieutenant Abel Iriarte. “Nothing really screams out at us. But there’s a lot of stuff that’s not reported that keeps us busy, such as traffic tickets, close patrols, the little things.”
See Crime, Page A6
Raison service to be held at ADHS White
House
Sentinel staff report
A memorial reception will be held for former Dinuba Sentinel owner Diane Raison on Saturday, Jan. 19, at the White House of the Alta District Historical Society. The reception will be held at 11 a.m.
Raison passed away on Dec. 2, 2018 and was the
granddaughter of John
Raymond Locke, who
purchased the Dinuba Sentinel in 1912.
She graduated from
Dinuba High School
in 1947 and went on to
graduate from Stanford
University in 1951 with
a degree in economics.
She married Bob Raison that same year.
She is remembered for her journalistic mastery of feature stories, namely those found for many years in the Dinuba Sentinel's 'Page Four." The feature page featured hundreds of Dinubans over the many years she wrote for the paper.
Diane and Bob were honored with a Distinguished Service Award from the Dinuba Chamber of Commerce in 2009, honoring them as the Sentinel celebrated its 100th year anniversary.
She also belonged to the Dinuba Womans' Club and the Dinuba Garden Club.
The Alta District Historical Society is located at 289 South K Street in downtown Dinuba.
Valero sworn in as Supervisor
Rick Curiel | The Sentinel
Tuesday morning, Jan. 8, Orosi High grad and former Board President for the Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School Board Eddie Valero was sworn into his new seat as Tulare County Supervisor for District 4. Valero takes over the seat vacated by long-standing supervisor Steve Worthley of Dinuba. In addressing a large audience at the Tulare County Supervisors Board Room, Valero thanked those who helped guide him along the way and said, "I am humbled and honored to be here, sitting before you, as your new Tulare County Supervisor."
In pursuit of leadership
Natalie Gonzalez selected by Dinuba Womans' Club for annual HOBY Leadership Seminar
volleyball season, a sport she is passionate about, and other school activities made it a busy time for her.
Then, the day prior to the application’s due date, Natalie’s mother found the packet on the kitchen counter and asked her what it was. After explaining the seminar to her mother, and adding that she didn’t plan to apply, her mother convinced her otherwise. That night, upon her mother’s request, she applied.
“I guess it was just meant to be,” said Gonzalez of winning the trip to the HOBY Leadership Seminar.
For the past several years, the
Dinuba Womans’ Club has sponsored
a sophomore from Dinuba High School to attend the Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Seminar in Southern California. The HOBY organization is considered the foremost leader in youth leadership development.
Over the course of a three-day summer seminar, sophomores from throughout the state, along with thousands of others in other states, participate in leadership training that focuses on personal, group and societal. The aim of the seminar is to send students back as better leaders in their communities.
“I’m going to be able to meet a whole bunch of kids from
See HOBY, Page A7
Diane Raison
By Rick Curiel
Editor@thedinubasentinel.com
Dinuba High sophomore Natalie Gonzalez may have started her path to leadership last year, after finishing
her reign as 2017 Cinco De Mayo Princess. She may have started it long ago, as she stepped up as a young girl to help her mother with her older sister, who has Down Syndrome.
Given her grades, her extracurricular activities and volunteer service hours, it may be hard
to pinpoint the beginnings of her quest
for leadership. But – people are noticing,
and that road is only getting bigger and will continue as Gonzalez was selected by the Dinuba Womans’ Club chose her out of many applicants to attend the HOBY Leadership Seminar this summer.
“My counselor pulled me from class
and asked me if I had checked my email,” said Gonzalez of the day she found out she was selected for the leadership seminar. “I said ‘no’, and she said, ‘you may want to check it.’ It was then that I read the email from the President of the Dinuba Womans’ Club.”
Gonzalez was sitting in her Honor’s Math
Class a couple of months of ago when she
received a packet for the leadership seminar. Admittedly, at first she didn’t have the intention of filling out the packet. She had a lot on her plate at the time, it was the thick of
Rick Curiel | The Sentinel
“I’m going to
be able to meet a whole bunch of kids from other parts of California who are just me, and who have the same type of ambitions.”
-Natalie Gonzalez
Dinuba High School sophomore Natalie Gonzalez was recently selected by the Dinuba Womans' Club to attend the HOBY Leadership Seminar this summer in Southern California.
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