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Sanger Chamber postpones
awards banquet until May
Obituaries
Susan Arnold
Susan Gail Arnold of Dinuba died March 10. She was 63.
Mrs. Arnold was an accountant.
Surviving family members include her husband Gregory Ar- nold, two sons, one daughter, one brother and five grandchildren.
Sterling & Smith Fu- neral Home is handling the arrangements.
Julio Botello
Julio Vicente Botello of Sanger died March 11. He was 47.
Mr. Botello worked as a contractor for vari- ous employers.
He survived by one son, two daughters, one brother, two sisters and one aunt.
Visitation will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 20, at Wallin’s Sanger Funeral Home.
Maryanne Couch
Maryanne Couch of Visalia died March 7. She was 41.
Mrs. Couch is sur- vived by her husband, Jeremiah Couch, and two sisters.
A viewing will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Thurs- day, March 19, at Dop- kins Dinuba Funeral Chapel. A memorial services will be 9 a.m. Thursday, March 26, at Dopkins Dinuba Funer- al Chapel.
Mike Ekizian
Mike Ekizian of Di- nuba died March 9 in Visalia. He was 89.
Mr. Ekizian worked as a school teacher.
He is survived by his wife Lesta Mae Ekizian, one son, one daughter and five grandchildren.
A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thurs- day, March 19, at St. Mary Armenian Apos- tolic Church in Yettem. Burial will be at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel is handling the services.
Shigekazu J. 'Chop' Hayashi Shigekazu J. “Chop”
Hayashi of Parlier died March 13. He was 80.
Mr. Hayashi was a maintenance man for the city of Parlier.
He survived by his wife, Dore Reyes Hayashi of Parlier, two sons, three daughters, two brothers, three sis- ters, 16 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchil- dren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister.
A funeral mass will beheldat9a.m.on Thursday, March 19, at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Parlier.
Wallin’s Parlier Fu- neral Home is handling funeral arrangements.
Rosendo S.
Lopez III
Rosendo S. Lopez III
of Sanger died March 9 in Sanger. He was 48.
Mr. Lopez worked as a forklift driver.
He is survived by his mother Rosie S. Lopez, four daughters, three brothers, one sister and 11 grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. with service at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 20, at the new St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sanger. Burial will fol- low at Sanger Cemetery.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel is handling the services.
Roberto Hernandez Olivarez
Roberto Hernandez
Olivarez of Orosi died March 2 in Mexico. He was 55.
Mr. Olivarez is sur- vived by his wife Tarci- sia Arvizo Camacho, three sons and one grandchild.
A mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 13, at St. Mary's Catho- lic Church in Cutler. Burial will be at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel will be
handling the services.
Thelma D. Roberts
Thelma D. Roberts of Dinuba died March 11 in Reedley. She was 101.
Mrs. Roberts worked as a packer/grader.
She is survived by two sons, one daughter, one brother, one sister, nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great- grandchild.
A graveside service was held March 17 at Smith Mountain Cem- etery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel is handling funeral services.
Gustavo
Trevino Jr. Gustavo Trevino, Jr.
of Clovis died March 10. He was 58.
Mr. Trevino was a project estimator for Air Control Balancing.
He survived by his wife, Maria Estela Tre- vino, of Clovis, three brothers, one sister and his parents, Gustavo and Natividad Trevino of Fowler.
A funeral mass was held March 17, at St. Lucy’s Catholic Church in Fowler.
Wallin’s Fowler Fu- neral Home handled fu- neral arrangements.
Alberta Valdivia de Torres
Alberta Valdivia de
Torres of Parlier died March 9. She was 65.
Mrs. Valdivia de Tor- res was a packer for Mission Foods.
She is survived by her husband, Jose De Jesus Torres Barrientos of Parlier, two sons, four daughters, one sister, 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
A funeral mass was held March 18 at Our Lady of Sorrows Catho- lic Church in Parlier.
Wallin’s Parlier Fu- neral Home handled fu- neral arrangements.
By Rick Curiel
Mid Valley Times
On top of Sanger Unified schools being closed until April 13, and possi- bly longer, upcoming events in the city of Sanger have also either been can- celed or postponed due to the current health crisis regarding the Covid-19 Coronavirus.
One of the biggest events to be ef- fected was the Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards banquet that was sched- uled for the end of this month.
“Due to the escalating and uneasy nature of the Coronavirus outbreak, along with a press release from our governor, the Sanger Chamber has made the difficult decision to post- pone our 96th Annual Awards Ban- quet, scheduled for March 27,” said CEO for the Sanger District Chamber of Commerce, Tammy Wolfe.
The event has tentatively been rescheduled for Friday, May 15, but may be pushed further back as more information on the current health cri-
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"Now I recognize right now we are unaware of any cases in the city of Reedley for coronavirus," she said. "We have limited cases in Fresno County as of right now compared to the rest of the state. But the declaration can be called with the threatened existence of a condition, not simply that we are in the midst of the disaster."
Zieba said the main reason a prompt emer- gency declaration was beneficial is because cer- tain provisions of the code concerning timelines for making a decision are waived. But more im- portant, any costs associ-
sis comes in.
“We will be monitoring the Fresno
County CDC reports on a weekly ba- sis,” said Wolfe. “Based on informa- tion received, if we need to reassess the date scheduled.”
The event, according to Karen Pearson of the Sanger Chamber, the event historically draws as many as 300 people. At the time of the cham- ber’s announcement on March 12, Cali- fornia Gov. Gavin Newsom had put a ban on gatherings of more than 250 people.
By the beginning of this week, that number had gone down to 50 and then 10 on March 16.
A St. Patrick’s Day chamber mixer that was scheduled for March 17 was also cancelled as a precaution, prior to the national recommendation that all bars be closed to help curtail the spread of the virus.
The Sanger Chamber also noted that all pre-purchased tickets, along with sponsorships, will be honored at the future date of the awards banquet.
Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
On March 17, the Reedley City Council unanimously ap- proved a proclamation to recognize the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency (COVID-19).
ated with preparing for or dealing with the corona- virus may be reimbursed by the state and federal government. Zieba then used an example.
"We have had to cancel swim events at the com- munity center. Those are costs that we might be
able to get reimbursed by the state and federal government because it was caused by the coro- navirus," she said. "So as those costs add up more and more, we may have an opportunity to have
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