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Thursday, June 10, 2021
SHS Senior Baccalaureate
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COVID-19 update
As of the most recent update on Tuesday, June 8, there had been 102,659 confirmed cases (1.2 percent positive rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) out of 1,287,613 tests in Fresno County, with 1,717 deaths and 67 hospitalizations.
Sanger High School held its Senior Baccalaureate service for Class of 2021 students on June 6 in the SHS Activities Center. The service was coor- dinated by Amanda Monte- longo Guerra. Guest speaker was professional boxer Marc Castro, pictured above in the middle with graduating SHS students. Sanger High School's graduation ceremo- ny will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 11, at Tom Flores Stadium. Attendance is limit- ed, with four tickets allowed per graduate.
Photos courtesy of Sanger High School
Free soccer-volleyball sports camp this weekend in Reedley
In Tulare County, there was an adjusted total of 49,813 confirmed cases (144 active, down 43 for the week) of COVID-19 with 848 deaths and 10 people hospitalized as of Tuesday, June 8. Breakdowns by cities/regions through June 8 show 4,260 cases (just 7 in the past three weeks) in Dinuba, 1,483 in Orosi, 753 in Cutler, 273 in Traver, 61 in the rural area south of Reedley and 24 in the rural area southeast of Orange Cove.
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A free soccer-volleyball sports camp this weekend for students grades 4 through 8 still is accepting early signups.
The camps are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, June 12-13, in Reedley.
The camp, sponsored by the Fel- lowship of Christian Athletes and Cornerstone Community Church in Reedley, will be held at Washington Elementary School, 1250 K St. Camp runs from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 12, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sun- day, June 13. There will be coaches working with players along with food and fun.
There will be a strong contingent of outstanding coaches participating in the clinics. Instructors for volley- ball include Ken Tatami, head coach at Reedley High; Taylor Slover, for-
mer Tulare Union and Fresno State standout who is on the European Pro Volleyball circuit; Aaron Samarin, former national champion and as- sistant coach at Merced University; Thalia Arajeda, San Jose State indoor and sand volleyball; Franc Chavas, Dynamite Volleyball Club; and Chris- tina Carlson, Travecca University.
In soccer, former Reedley High coach Stan Kanawyer will employ 40 years of football, soccer and track coaching experience. Other instruc- tors include Gabe Rivas, former col- lege All-American at Fresno Pacific; Maria Magana, UC Irvine, and Pro Soccer Europe; and Hiemi Camargo, coach of Reedley Youth and former Mexican Pro League.
Early registration is available is available at Cornerstone Community Church, 2160 11th St. in Reedley, or register at the event. For more infor- mation, call (559) 967-0485.
by 43 for the week, and county health officials also adjusted the overall positive case numbers down by more than 100, As of the same date, more than 310,000 people had received at least one shot of the COVID vaccine.
Fresno County's lat- est vaccination data re- leased on June 8 showed that just more than 51 percent of the popula- tion had received at least one shot, and more than 350,000 had received final doses. California has joined some other states across the nation in providing financial in-
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neighborhood where we are doing this spe- cific treatment we are going through and ana- lyzing the ramps and get them upgraded so we break the projects out into separate con- tracts.”
The contractor
awarded the project was JT2, Inc., doing business as Todd Com- panies, and the total cost for the projects will be $85,700.
After the contractor receives the Notice to Proceed approval, they will have 15 working days to complete the project.
The next Sanger
City Council meeting is scheduled for Thurs- day, June 17, as 6 p.m.
The council con- tinues to meet live at the chambers, but the public is limited to watching and partici- pating by videoconfer- ence.
one-year extension for receiving a Bu- ratovich Estates tentative subdivision map.
In department reports, the Dinuba Council also received an update on the status of the Tulare County Regional Transit Agency Joint Powers Agreement from Richard Tree, executive director for the agency.
During the presentation, Vice Mayor Maribel Reynosa stressed the impor- tance of transit. She said the city's Di- al-a-Ride service has been extensively used by school children, and noted that children are using the service unaccom- panied.
Reynosa said students attending Reedley College need the service, and she wants to ensure that the system is left in place so students are able to get to the college.
Presentations at the meeting includ- ed a recognition to Sandy Sills, executive director of the Dinuba Chamber of Com- merce. Sills was presented with a plaque from Reynosa recognizing her work in the city since her arrival in 1987. She thanks the council for its ongoing sup- port of the chamber.
The Dinuba council also had a regu- lar meeting on June 8. The council's next scheduled meeting this month will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 23.
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Among Mid Valley Times cities in the county through June 8 (Fresno County's new dashboard surveillance is providing updates for regions rather than cities; and not updates have been given for about a month), the Sanger region remains with the most total overall positive cases with 6,102 (4,500 in the city proper) and 63 deaths with no recent updates from the FCDPH website. Through the June 8 update, Reedley (including immediate surrounding rural areas) still showed 4,454 cases (3,500 in the city proper) and 72 deaths; Parlier was at 2,970 (2,500 in city) cases with 37 deaths and Orange Cove had 1,500 (2,820 regional)
cases and 13 deaths. Del Rey was at 307 cases (900 in region) while Fowler had 1,256 cases (1,000 in the city) and 21 deaths through June 8. The region that includes Squaw Valley, Dunlap and Miramonte had 316 total cases on the new data surveillance website through June 8. The county no longer lists recoveries in its surveillance data.
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drop in COVID cases to improve the regions' tier level, the encouraging sign is that there also is no spike in new cases or hospitalizations. Fresno County's hospitalizations increased by four during the week, with 11 new deaths, but intensive care cases remained low.
Tulare County, mean- while, had 10 people hospitalized and no one intheICUasofJune8, and there were just two deaths during the week. Active cases dropped
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approved Thusu's motion, City Clerk Linda Barkley asked Mayor Linda Launer to revisit the item to allow for a public hearing, which is required to extend the moratorium. Launer opened the public hearing, but no comments were brought forward and Launer closed the hearing.
The council's extension of the mora- torium was one of two action items tak- en at the May 25 meeting. The council also voted to review and approve the warrant register for the weeks of May 14 and 21, In addition, the council ap- proved an extensive consent calendar that included acquisition of public street easement for the Alta/Nebraska Avenue roundabout. That resolution included ap- proving a stipulated judgment involving the Guadalupe M. Guerrero Living Trust of 2019; and accepting the right-of-way dedication for public street, utility and temporary construction purposes at the same property.
Other items approved in the con- sent agenda included: extending the abandoned vehicle abatement program through April 2032; amending a portion of the Dinuba Municipal Code relating to business licenses and regulations; and a
centives in the form of a vaccine "lottery."
While that offer is available for Valley resi- dents as well, there also are local-based incen- tives. Now through Tues- day, June 22, Adventist Health in the Central Val- ley is teaming with the Class A baseball team Visalia Rawhide, offer- ing two free tickets to the June 22 home game against the Fresno Griz- zlies to anyone who gets the shot.
Ticket vouchers are available at participat- ing Adventist medical offices.
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