Sanger Herald 4-4-19 E-edition

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WWII and Korean
War veteran Ada
Fisher has died
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Memorial Day service will remember D Day this year
USAF Major Katherine Corliss who will be the featured speaker at this year's Memorial Day service.
By Dick Sheppard
sangerherald@gmail.com
Memorial Day is a holiday, ob- served on the last Monday of May, honoring men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.
This year's May 27 Memorial Day service is being organized by mem- bers of Sanger's Edward Kuhlman VFW Post 7168.
The 11 a.m. ceremony at Sanger Cemetery will take place just a week and a half before the 75th anniver- sary of D Day.
"We thought it would be appropri- ate to especially remember the men and women who lost their lives on D Day," said VFW Post 7168 commander Johnny Perez.
D Day is sometimes called "The Longest Day." It marked the turning point in WWII - some say in human history. D Day came on June 6, 1944 when the Allied Forces, under the
Practice for 'real world' interviews
Mike Nemeth/Sanger Herald
Senior Ray Gamino is going to join the US Navy when he graduates from Sanger High.
By Mike Nemeth
Sanger Herald
Sanger High School senior Ray Gamino wore his NJROTC dress blues to the exit interview that officially marks his and his 712 fellow classmates' entry into the next phase of their lives.
Interviewing Gamino was Richard Sepulveda, former school district of- ficial.
Gamino said he's heading into the Navy after high school.
Allison Gomez, another senior inter- viewing on the other side of the small gym from Gamino, said she's planning to pursue a career in nursing after at- tending Fresno State.
Thomas Soto, Sanger High deputy
principal, said this year's class required 18 rounds of 15-minute interviews on Tuesday.
"It's the biggest we've had," he
said. Last year, there were 17 rounds. Members of the community, district officials and people like Sanger police chief Silver Rodriguez interviewed the departing students.
An exit interview is a requirement for all graduating seniors, and they work diligently to put together their presentations.
What started many years ago as a joint project of Sanger High School
and the Sanger Rotary Club has now expanded to include community leaders,
See EXIT INTERVIEWS, page 8A
Ada Fisher
By Dick Sheppard
sangerherald@gmail.com
Ada Fisher who served her country during WWII and the Korean War would have been 100 years old on July 6.
She died last Friday, March 29, at her home in the Vista Del Monte mobile home park.
Fisher was grand marshal of the 2012 Sanger Veterans Day Parade and received recognition for her service from then California State Assemblyman Henry T. Perea.
In 2016 Fisher was hon- ored by the city council and presented with a plaque at her home by then mayor pro tem Raul Cantu and city councilmember Eli Ontive- ros.
Fisher's friend Doris Knowlton sat beside Fisher, who had a top secret clear- anceduringbothwars, and read Knowlton's own list of reasons to appreciate Fisher - her activities no longer top secret.
"Ada takes an interest in all the people she's around and never forgets a name. She's fun to be with and
is a great pool player. I'm here representing her many friends, the veteran's organi- zations and the Sanger senior exercise class which she attended loyally until about three years ago.
"Now I could just say Ada is a lovely and gracious lady but there is so much more. She has a very tender heart for animals and saves as many as she can through donations and feeding stray kitty cats.
"She moved to Sanger
in the 1980s to be with
her military buddy, Betty Kellogg. As they became older she helped with Betty's convalescence and it became a difficult job towards the end of Betty's life, but Ada persevered.
"She doesn't shirk her duty. When the city put out the call to preserve water, Ada saved her shower water and carried it to the yard at 94 years of age.
"That is why Tom Brokaw
See FISHER, page 7A
See MEMORIAL DAY, page 7A Sanger High School Athletic Hall of Fame banquet is one month away
Get on the waiting list for tickets
By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
It didn't take long for the annual Sanger High School Athletic Hall of Fame Ban- quet to take its place among the city's premier seasonal attractions.
The inaugural event last year with 20 inductees was sold out a week before the banquet.
The second annual ban-
Willie Garcia
quet on May 4 at the com- munity center has sold out a month before the first of 10 new inductees steps on the stage.
Each year the new in- ductees are given the early option to buy tickets for their family and fans. Even though all 32 tables already appear to be filled, a ticket waiting list has been created in case
See HALL OF FAME, page 7A
Cole Herron
Chris Wallin
1950 Valley Champion Apache baseball team
Ron Blackwood
Dave Dodson
Ted Torosian
• April 25 - Planning commission meeting, 6 p.m. at city hall, 1700 7th St
Chuck Shidan
Cindy Weibert
Roy Tanimoto
• April 4 - City council meeting, 6 p.m. at city hall, 1700 7th St.
• April 15 - Rescheduled Measure S Oversight meeting, 6 p.m. at city hall, 1700 7th St.
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