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Blossom Bike Rides on March 3 at RC
The Reedley Exponent A2 Thursday, March 1, 2018
College to Parkway Run/Walk
Staff Report
Between 350 and 400 rid- ers are expected to partici- pate in the 29th annual Blos- som Bike Ride on Saturday, March 3. All rides start and finish at the north entrance to the Reedley College east parking lot.
Organizer Bobby Ike- miya said 300 riders had pre-registered. Recent cold
weather and a weekend fore- cast of possible rain could af- fect the total rider turnout. All rides will take place rain or shine.
The event begins at 7:30 a.m. with the 60-mile ride that travels north into the foothills past Piedra, loops east through Squaw Valley and returns to the Valley
See BLOSSOM on page A3
Obituaries
Marina Cayabo
Marina G. Cayabo of Visalia died Feb. 22 in Visa- lia. She was 87.
Mrs. Cayabo was a homemaker.
She is survived by two sons, four daughters, three brothers, one sister, 16 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation was held Feb. 28 at Sterling & Smith Fu- neral Home in Dinuba. A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 1, at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Dinuba. Burial will follow at Smith Moun- tain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Irma Garcia
Irma Alicia Garcia of Fowler died Feb. 12 in Fowler. She was 62.
Mrs. Garcia was a homemaker.
She is survived by one son, two daughters, one brother, one sister and two grandchildren.
Visitation was held Feb. 25 at Sterling & Smith Fu- neral Home in Dinuba. Ser- vices were already held.
Joe Lara
Joe C. Lara of Orosi died Feb. 24 in Visalia. He was 88.
Mr. Lara worked as a farm laborer.
He is survived by one son, two daughters, 10 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
Visitation starts at 11 a.m. followed by a com- bined Rosary/Mass at noon Friday, March 2, at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Dinuba. Burial will follow at Smith Moun- tain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Shirley Pippett
Shirley Pippett of Dinu- ba died Feb. 13 in Dinuba. She was 91.
Mrs. Pippett was a homemaker.
She is survived by nu- merous nieces and nephews. A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Sat- urday, March 10, at Dinuba
Nazarene Church.
Ma Trinidad
Rodriguez
Ma Trinidad O Rodri- guez of Reedley died Feb. 20 in Reedley. She was 87.
Mrs. Rodriguez was a homemaker.
She is survived by two sons.
Visitation was held Feb. 27 at Sterling & Smith Funeral Home in Dinuba. A combined Rosary and Mass were held Feb. 28 at St. Isidore the Farmer Catholic Church in Orange Cove. Burial was at Reed- ley Cemetery District.
Luis Zavala
Luis Salvador Zavala of Reedley died Feb. 24 in Reedley. He was 88.
Mr. Zavala worked as a farm laborer.
He is survived by three sons, one daughter, eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchil- dren.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. with a Rosary at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 1, at the old St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Reedley. A Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 2, at St. Anthony old Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Reedley Cemetery.
Runners and walkers came to Reedley College on Feb. 24 to participate in the third annual College to Park- way Run/Walk event. Entrants ran and walked from the Reedley College track to the parkway along the Kings River next to the college. Event organizer Dale Melville said about 100 people pre-registered for the run and walk, and participants decreased slightly this year.
ABOVE: Dale Melville greets one of the competitors with a hand slap as she finishes her run.
LEFT: From left, Sofia Lemus, Luz Cazarez, Carolina Lemus, Catherine Martinez, Alexandro Villegas and Liliana Martinez earned medals. They represented Adventist Health’s Creation health group team.
Leticia Lopez / Photos Contributed
Reedley College hosts ‘Day of Action’
Staff Report
Students concerned about a loom- ing deadline to decide the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) received assistance from ex- perts on Feb. 21 during a “Day of Action” event at Reedley College.
The program — called “Know Your Rights” (Conozca Sus Derechos) — was sponsored by the Reedley College As- sociated Student Government, student equity and student activities. Officials with Centro La Familia Family Services and other social programs were present to answer questions and provide assis- tance.
On Feb. 26, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the DACA case for now, saying the program’s legal merits first needed to be heard before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California.
Activities began with a call-a-thon where students and volunteers called Congressional representatives to push for legislation that would protect “Dream- ers” — children brought to the United States with their families as undocument- ed immigrants.
That was followed by an afternoon “Know Your Rights” workshop featur- ing three social representatives — Ariela
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Jennifer Rojas, right, with the Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network answers questions during a “Know Your Rights” workshop as part of the Feb. 22 Day of Action event at Reedley College. Looking on is Ariela Melchor, left, of Centro La Familia Advocacy Services and Martin Vazquez of the Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaboration.
Melchor, victim advocate for immigration services with Fresno-based Centro La Fa- milia Advocacy Services; Martin Vazquez, fellow with the Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative; and Jennifer Rojas, community organizer and outreach
representative for the Fresno chapter of the Services, Immigrant Rights & Educa- tion Network.
“We want Congress to step up and
See ‘ACTION’ on page A3
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December 23, 1927 ~ February 17, 2018
John Yoshio Matsuno was born on December 23, 1927 in Glendale, AZ. John passed away peacefully, on February 17, 2018, surrounded by family. At the age of 2, due to the death of his father, the family moved back to Hiroshima, Japan. A er the war, John returned back to the United States, where he worked several jobs, until establishing John’s Cafe, in 1964 in Dinuba, CA. John returned to Japan, and met his future wife, Emiko “Emi” Tamai. ey were married in 1959. During his 35 years as a restaurant owner, John and Emiko raised three daughters, Iris, Judy and Grace.
In 1999, John’s Cafe closed, due to ill health of Emi, much to the sadness of many of his loyal customers.
John is preceded in death by his wife, Emiko and survived by his three daughters and their spouses, Iris and Kli Justesen of Sanger, Judy and David Nakashima of Whittier, Grace and Art Sasaki of Fresno, and seven grandchildren.
Memorial Services will be held at the Dinuba Buddhist Church on ursday, February 22, 2018 at 10:00 am.
Omar Bejar, speaking on behalf of the Bejar family, talks about his older brother, Javier Bejar, during a Feb. 26 flag-lowering ceremony. Pictured at right is Reedley police Lt. Marc Ediger.
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had an honor unit of Capt. Victor Perez, Lt. Angel Mon- dragon, Sgt. Marc Rodriguez and Cpl. Adan Zamora raise the American and California flags up the flagpole in front of the police department. The unit then lowered the flags to half-staff, where they were to remain through Thursday, March 1, in accordance with the city proclamation.
The Explorers participa- tion in the ceremony was fit- ting. Bejar began his law en- forcement career as a Reed- ley Police Explorer when he
was 15 years old. Bejar later served in the U.S. Marines Corps before joining the po- lice department.
“He knew the service he wanted to make to his com- munity and country,” Garza said. “He is a true hero. He embodies everything. Patrio- tism, service and honor.”
Ken Baker, a chaplain with the police department, led an opening prayer and a benedic- tion. After the event, a short ceremony was held at the me- morial in Minkler.
This year’s ceremony was held on Feb. 26 because the Feb. 25 anniversary fell on a Sunday.
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