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The Reedley Exponent A6 Thursday, April 25, 2019
More than 250 attend eighth annual ‘Spring Fling on the Kings’
Jon Earnest / The Exponent
Reedley College student Anali Jaramillo, left, tied a purple ribbon around a telephone pole along Manning Avenue next to St. La Salle Catholic School while Brighten Tompkins, also a Reedley College student, looked on April 18. Jaramillo and Tompkins are volunteers with Reedley Relay for Life and worked putting up purple ribbons along the north side of Manning Avenue.
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The Kings River Conser- vancy held its 8th Annual Spring Fling on the Kings on April 13 at the Lapp Riv- erHouse in Sanger. The riv- er was high, the hills were green, and the wildflowers were in rare form.
More than 250 people attended this free event on the banks of the Kings River. Proceeds from the sale of lunch, drinks, and a raffle will benefit projects such as trail and park maintenance, new access to recreation in places that are safe and le- gal, and new education pro- grams partnering with the Kings River Conservation District, Cowell Foundation, Central Valley Community Foundation, Army Corps of Engineers, Kings River Wa- ter Users, and Fresno Coun- ty Fish and Wildlife.
The Spring Fling on the Kings featured live music from QPOP Radio through- out the day. Fresno Wildlife brought rescued raptors; Fresno Master Gardeners connected with garden en- thusiasts; Diana Ratchford from Ideaworks spun yarn. Clovis Botanical Garden and Sequoia Chapter California Native Plant Society distrib- uted information and seeds. Entomologist Richard Gill explained the insect life and discussed fly-tying, Fresno Fly fishers demonstrated fly-casting, and John and Gail Gray shared their kay- aking knowledge. Burleigh Lockwood from Chaffee Zoo instructed guests about bats. Several local artists showed their work, and donated to the raffle, and Paul Buxman demonstrated plein air paint- ing from the river bank.
Reedley College Green Team and Griffin Magill from Reedley College Hon- ors Program volunteered along with the KRC board, staff, and volunteers to
make the day a success. Los Cabañas provided a taco lunch, and Greg Lapp featured homebrewed beer, wine, and kombucha. Home- made brownies and baklava
completed the meal. Attendees listened to
music, played volleyball and other lawn games, toured Arthur Dyson’s Lapp River- House, took a nature hike to see this year’s wildflowers, and just relaxed along the river. Mary Morris, educa- tion director for the Kings River Conservancy, made newspaper butterflies with children and their families.
“The Spring Fling — ev- ery April — is a great way to meet new people and enjoy the river on a beautiful day!” said Deborah Lapp, board president of the Kings River Conservancy. “More people than ever came down to the river to play. Thank you for supporting your Kings River.”
The Kings River Con- servancy is a non-profit or- ganization dedicated to en- couraging public safety and sound public conservation practices along the Kings River corridor from Pine Flat Dam to Highway 99. Besides safe and legal river access points, invasive plant species removal, assisting in the trout program and war- den patrols, this year, the youth education program has expanded with Morris, leading field trips and river clean-up projects for chil- dren and teens.
The next trail volunteer day is Saturday, April 27 from 9 a.m. to noon at North Riverside Park: take Trim- mer Springs to Pine Flat Road to the Pine Flat Bridge just below Pine Flat Dam.
For more information about the clean-up day or the Kings River Conservancy contact the Kings River Con- servancy at (559) 787-9500 or go online to kingsrivercon- servancy.org.
TINCUP Continued from page A1
In 2014 Kori was expe- riencing pain in her hip and after some testing it was discovered that her breast cancer from 2002 had re- turned and spread to her hip bone. Her new diagno- sis was Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer or MBC. She will be on some form of che- motherapy for her lifetime.
Throughout her many battles against cancer, Kori has maintained her sense of humor and her kindness. While many hear her story and think of how strong she is, her family and friends see her as our inspiration.
She is someone who’s best gift to others is show- ing them that when you get a life altering diagnoses it does not have to define you from that moment on. You let it make you stronger.
Relay for Life events are a major fundraiser for the American Cancer
Society, which helps fund patient services as well as research and development of new treatment protocols. In addition to the fundrais- ing aspect, the people you meet at Relay become your Relay family, provid- ing support and friendship as one negotiates what life has to offer.
Sharon Agrifoglio is a Reedley resident and vol- unteer with Relay for Life.
ABOVE: Zulemia Renteria, left, and Anastasia Derfelt, psychology students at Reedley College, took a brief break after running out of purple ribbon on April 18.
Jon Earnest / The Exponent
LEFT: Lupe Chavez Bonds placed
a ribbon around a traffic sign in downtown Reedley on April 18. The Exponent will post some pho- tos of the ribbon-tying event on its Facebook page.
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SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS
Volunteers and team members participating in this weekend’s annual Reedley Relay for Life event — along with the public — are encouraged to submit photos from the event. Send your images to Jon Earnest, editor, at jon@ midvalleypublishing. com.
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