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The Reedley Exponent B8 Thursday, July 19, 2018 Sunrise Kiwanis Club awards bikes
to students with perfect attendance
Washington Elementary School winner Valerie Ochoa.
T.L. Reed K-8 School winner McKensey Osborne.
away since the last Obon sea- son. Families lit lanterns to honor their loved ones.
Several Buddhist temples in Central California host
For example, in one activity, students held plastic pipes and stood in a line to create a passageway for a golf ball to travel through. Students
"I like how we got to interact with other students that we didn't know before."
– Allison Tristan, 10 GATE student
rotated to the end of the line to keep the golf ball in motion. “Everyone had to do their part. If one piece fell apart,
Obon festivals in July. Obon will be celebrated at the Bud- dhist Church of Fowler on July 21 and at the Buddhist Church of Parlier on July 28.
the entire structure fell apart,” Agavo said.
Another activity involved students working together to make letters and shapes out of a large plastic tarp.
“We don’t get to do many sports in school,” said Elena Meza, 9. “But here, we get to do sports every morning.”
Allison Tristan, 10, is a stu- dent from Silas Bartsch K-8 School. She enjoyed spend- ing her summer break in the GATE program.
“I like how we got to inter- act with other students that we didn’t know before,” she said. “It was a fun experience because we can’t do stuff like this in normal school.”
T.L. Reed K-8 School winner Makayla Mendez.
Great Western School winner Natalie Mejia Lumus.
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The Sunrise Kiwanis Club of Reedley presented 12 new bikes to winners of a drawing held for students in Kings Canyon Unified School District who had perfect attendance
in May and June. The Sunrise Kiwanis Club gave away almost 20 bikes during the 2017-18 school year.
LEFT: LincolnElementary School winner Lizbeth DeLa Cruz(center). Alsopicturedis Principal Gabriela Cazares and the school mascot, "Shadow" the panther.
NOTPICTURED: GeneralGrant Middle School outstanding citizenship award winners Jaimie Estrella and Roberto Gutierrez.
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The musical group Fresno Gumyo Taiko performed at the Obon festival held at the Reedley Buddhist Church on July 7. They played songs on Japanese taiko drums.
Hundreds attend Obon celebration
Staff Report
The Reedley Buddhist Church held its annual Obon festival on Saturday, July 7.
“We had between 200 and 300 people attend,” said Judy Kobayashi, church mem- ber. “Some danced, others watched from the audience.”
The celebration was held at the Reedley Buddhist Church on 15th Street, and included food and traditional Odori dancing. The festival has taken place at the church for almost 70 years.
“Obon is a Japanese Bud- dhist custom to honor the spirits of one’s ancestors,” Kobayashi said. “It is be- lieved that each year during Obon, the ancestors’ spirits return to this world in order to visit their relatives.”
At the Obon celebration, the musical group Fresno Gu- myo Taiko performed songs on the Japanese taiko drums.
A Hatsubon service was held on Sunday, July 8, to celebrate the lives of family members who have passed
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vorite part of GATE was using vegetables to create art. She also liked learning about the solar system.
Of the GATE program, Sarah said: “I like that we got to get to know other people.”
Most students looked for- ward to fitness class where they learned about non-tradi- tional games such as German dodgeball.
The class was taught by Gisela Olvera and Jesse Aga- vo. Agavo said the games fos- tered critical thinking skills, teamwork, and character.
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Charlotte and Allegra Lacey participated in Obon Odori dancing at the annual Obon festival held at the Reedlely Buddhist Church on July 7. The girls traveled from their home in Indiana to attend the Obon festival and visit their grandparents, Ron & Kathy Nishinaka, of Reedley.
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