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Obituaries
Leopoldo Rodrigues Flores Leopolo Rodrigues
Flores of Dinuba died Feb. 9. He was 85.
Mr. Flores was born in Guadalajara, Mexi- co, and worked in Di- nuba agriculture for 40 years.
He is survived by his wife, Maria Rodri- guez; one daughter, two grandchildren, two sis- ters and one brother.
Visitation and ro- sary were held Feb. 16, at Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel. A mass will be at 2 p.m. Thurs- day, Feb. 17, at St. Cath- erine's Catholic Church in Dinuba. Burial will take place in Mexico.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel is handling the arrangements.
Bartolo Delgadillo Perez Bartolo Delgadillo
Perez of Orosi died Feb. 9 in Visalia. He was 69.
Mr. Perez worked as a farmer for 51 years.
He is survived by his wife, Evangelina Z. Delgadillo; four sons, one daughter, 16 grand- children, three-great- grandchildren and two brothers.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. with ro- sary at 5:30 p.m. Thurs- day, Feb. 24, at Dopkins Dinuba Funeral Cha- pel. A mass will be at noon Friday, Feb. 25,
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Dinuba Chamber to honor its
at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Cutler. Burial will take place at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel is handling the arrangements.
Jesse Reyes
Jesse Reyes of Di- nuba died Jan. 21 in Di- nuba. He was 64.
Mr. Reyes is sur- vived by two sons, three brothers, three sisters and three grandchil- dren.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. with rosary at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, at Sterling & Smith Fu- neral home in Dinuba. Amasswillbeat10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18, at St. Catherine's Catho- lic Church in Dinuba. Burial will be at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Sterling & Smith Fu- neral Home is handling the arrangements.
Graciela Villalobos Graciela Villalobos
of Fresno died Feb. 9. She was 53.
Mrs. Villalobos worked as a laborer for various employers.
She is survived by her husband, Joe Vil- lalobos of Fresno.
Services were held Feb. 16 at Wallin's Fowl- er Funeral Home.
top citizens at Feb. 18 event
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cipient will be New Life Community Church of Dinuba.
In addition, the Dinu- ba Teenage Citizen of the Year will be announced at the banquet by the host Dinuba Women's
roles as Class Presi- dent, Activities Direc- tor. "Through these ex- periences, I was able to serve the students on campus and be there for those who didn't have any support just like I was at one point," he said.
Those leadership skills then shampooed with Santana's involve- ment in the California Association of Student Leaders. He said the program has allowed him to flourish into the leader he is today. He has served as State Pres- ident, Northern Director, Director of Operations
Club. This year's final- ists from Dinuba High are (in alphabetical or- der) Yaritssa Araujo, Ar- ielle Orozco, Emily Rico and Andrew Santana.
Tickets for the awards banquet still can
and Northern Freshman Director.
Andrew has served four years as a class officer and leader, and spent four years on the Student Council/ASB and as member of CSF. He's also been a leader with ACCEPT.
Class positions dur- ing his high school ca- reer has been Freshman Class President, Video Technician (sophomore), Activities Commissioner (junior) and Director of Activities (senior).
Other notable non- school related involve- ment is with the Na- tional Student Council
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For more informa- tion, contact the Dinuba Chamber of Commerce at (559) 591-2707.
Conference as a repre- sentative, an intern for #ICANHELP (which pro- moted responsible and positive social media ac- tivity), and an election poll worker in the com- munity.
Academic awards for Santana include a first place at the Math Field Day, and spot on the Principal Honor Roll. He has six semesters on the honor roll, and also has been received the Emperor./Student of the Month awards.
"Now, as I'm reach- ing the closing of my high school career, I am grateful for those who told me that I couldn't reach my aspirations," he said. "I chose to use those words of discour- agement to add fuel to my dreams. I have been so lucky to have had the opportunities I have now and use them to not only help me, but those around me."
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The city of Dinuba is honoring its top citi- zens from 2021-22 in its return to a live event in 2022.
The "Night of Heroes" Chamber of Commerce annual banquet takes place Friday, Feb. 18, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the new Rose Event Ven- ue in downtown Dinuba.
This year's theme is "Community Heroes" and there will be eight categories of honorees, highlighted by Senior Citiezn of the Year Ger- aldine Gerbrandt and Junior Citizen of the Year James Susee. In addition, Robert Roc- ca is being recognized and remembered with the Community Hero Award.
This year's Legacy Award will go to Richard Tomanjan from Don's Shoes, the iconic down- town Dinuba business that is closing its doors this year after 90 years in the community.
Businesses of the Year also will be recog- nized in United Health Centers (Large Busi- ness of the Year) and Baskin Robbins (Small Business of the Year). Being honored with the New IMage Pride Award is the Dinuba futbol Club.
This year brings a new award, the Non- profit of the Year Gold Star award. The first re-
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ing his goals and build his leadership skills.
Starting at DHS, San- tana took on leadership
ABOVE: Geraldine Gerbrant, lower right, with the Dinuba Women's Club was surprised on Feb. 11 with the announcement that she is the Dinuba Senior Citizen of the Year for 2022. Gerbrandt will be hon- ored at the annual Night of Heroes banquet on Friday, Feb. 18.
LEFT: New Life Community Church of Dinuba will be the first recipient of the new Nonprofit Gold Star Award for 2022.
Photos Courtesy of Dinuba Chamber of Commerce
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