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A special guest to visit Reedley College
Reedley (Fresno County) CA 93654
The View From Here
I would like to take a moment to thank Gary Barsoom for the nice card I received to- day. Gary was thanking me for the article I wrote on the Reedley Com- munity Band
Juanita Adame
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Nikiko Masumoto will make a visit to Reedley College on Jan. 29 at the Forum Hall. The event will begin at 7 p.m.
Nikiko works alongside her fa- ther, David Mas Masumoto on the family farm to grow organic peach- es, nectarines and grapes.
She is a self described "agrar- ian artist" and attended UC Berke- ley where she studied Gender and Women's Studies. In 2011, she com- pleted a Masters in Performance as Public Practice at the University of Texas, Austin.
Her first book was published in 2013 and is called "The Perfect Peach." It was co-authored with
Marcy and David Mas Masumoto. According to Masumoto.com, the book was selected by USA Today as one of the 10 best summer cook- books of 2013 as well as picked by Oprah to be one the best cookbooks of 2013.
Nikiko and her father, Mas Ma- sumoto also co-wrote, Changing Sea- son: A Father, A Daughter, A Family Farm. That book was published in 2016.
Nikiko will be reading portions of her book as well and have a ques- tion and answer session and a book signing. The event is presented by the Reedley College Literary Arts program and is free to the public.
For more information on the event contact 559-638-0300, ext 3423.
members who played in front of Main Street Cafe a few weeks ago. Gary, the pleasure was all mine. We enjoyed everyone's mu- sic and can't wait to hear you all
play again next year.
For those who have stuck to
their new year's resolutions, con- gratulations for making it this far. I know it can be tough to break an old habit and start a new and bet- ter habit.
I read somewhere that it takes 21 days to break, or get rid of an old habit. Not sure how true that is, but maybe it helps to keep track?
If one of your new years reso- lutions is to de-clutter your home, or just be more organized overall, I recommend a new Netflix series called, "Tidying up with Marie Kondo." Marie Kondo is a Japa- nese woman who is a professional organizer.
She comes into the homes of people here in the United States, (mostly in the Los Angeles area) and offers to help them organize and de-clutter their homes.
She talks about organization in terms of categories and not rooms. For example, organizing or down- sizing all of your dress shirts, in- stead of going through each room to de-clutter the room individually.
One of the concepts that Kon- do has talked about that I feel has really caught on with people today is "does it spark joy?"
Kondo said a good way to de- termine if you want to keep an item or not, is to hold it up and ask yourself, does this spark joy? If the answer is yes, then you can keep it, if not, then off to the Good- will it goes.
The reviews on the show are mixed. Some people praise her cleaning theories others are criti- cal of her strict and strategic methods.
Kondo says de-cluttering is a task that won't be easy, but it will be worth it. She tells families to envision the life they want to have when they're at home, and if the items they're holding onto are items they want to "bring into their futures with them."
I watched a few episodes of the show and found that I really liked it. I like Marie's calm de- meanor and approach to the fami- lies is really interesting.
I also realized that we, Ameri- cans sometimes have a lot of "stuff." Either way, the object of the show is to create a space for yourself that will make you feel at peace and happy. She suggests opening some windows, letting some fresh air in, lighting some candles, maybe some incense.
One of my favorite shows on Netflix at the moment.
On another note, school is back in session this week, and I must say, I am happy to be returning to a somewhat normal schedule.
Here at the Exponent, we are going to start a series of stories profiling or highlighting our em- ployees. We felt it would be a good idea to put a face to the names you may see every week in the paper.
For example, Kate Isaak is our receptionist. If you've ever had to call the Exponent for whatever reason, Kate will be the voice at the other end of the line.
Kate welcomes customers into the office, and knows our custom- ers on a first name basis. She also happens to be an Immanuel alum- ni. So, each week we'll run a piece on one of the employees, from the graphic design team, to sales and everyone else.
I'm sure they won't be too hap- py seeing me walking toward the desk with my recorder in hand to interview them, but we will make it work.
The employees here at the Ex- ponent are a good group of people and we feel it's time we highlight- ed them.
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ABOVE: Nikiko Masumoto in a photograph by Gosia Wozniacka.
A year in review, looking back at 2018 July 2018
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ABOVE: From left, Georgia Linscheid, Wendy Rivera, Baby Arthur, Vivian Stern, Marjorie Ratzlaff, Emma Lane, Allen Linscheid, Jody Botello, Frankie Leedy, Betty Erickson, Beverly Goetz. The group of seniors from Sierra View Homes visited the newly renovated Burgess Hotel in early August to tour the rooms and meet the new owners.
ABOVE: Shannon Escobedo brought her two certified therapy dogs from the Won- der Valley area to the Reedley Library to read with children. "Even on slow days, I get to hang out in the library and read with a dog," she said. The program was part of the Fresno County Public Library system called, Read with a Dog. "It's an excellentprogram. Iamveryfondofit,"saidTerranceMcArthur,arepresentative from the Fresno County Public Library.
LEFT: The Discovery Center in Fresno gave an animal science presentation at Pio- neer Park on July 11. The free event was sponsored by the Fresno County Pub- licLibrarysystem. RepresentativesfromTheDiscoveryCentergavechildrena hands-on educational experience with animal skeletons and skulls.
August 2018
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ABOVE: Fourth grader, Deja Reyna hugged her dad, Ricardo Reyna in front of T.L. Reed School on the morning of Aug. 15, the two shared the embrace moments before Deja boarded the school bus to start her first day of school.
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ABOVE: Joseph Gonzalez, director of maintenance and grounds for Kings Canyon Unified School District, showed off the number of days his department had without any acci- dents on Sept. 10. That number grew to 563 as of Sept. 11.
September 2018
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ABOVE: The Reedley High School Marching Band celebrated their second annual "Parent Night" in September. Parents were able to join their kids on the football field during performances to experience the performances up close.
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ABOVE: Reedley firefighter, Jack Hara waved at Immanuel students while hoisted 100 feet in the air on the city's ladder truck.