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One dead, 1 wounded in Dinuba shooting on Aug. 6
By Rick Curiel
Mid Valley Times
One man was killed and another man was sent to the hospital with stab wounds in a deadly encounter the evening of Aug. 6 in Dinuba.
According to the Dinuba Police Department, officers re- sponded to the intersection of East Yale Avenue and O Street for a report of shots fired. It was reported that there were possibly two gunshot victims at the location.
Upon arrival, officers locat- ed one victim lying on the west
Obituaries
Rex Clark
Rex Wayne Clark of Dinuba died Aug. 9 in Visalia. He was 84.
Mr. Clark worked as a teacher.
He is survived by two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, one sister and three brothers.
Private services were scheduled.
Lois Horton
Lois Belle Horton of Fresno died Aug. 8. She was 98.
Mrs. Horton was a homemaker.
She is survived by three sons, two daugh- ters, 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchil- dren.
A funeral service was held Aug. 14 at Calvary Fellowship Church in Sanger.
Daniel Maldonado
Daniel Maldonado of Sanger died Aug. 8. He was 84.
Mr. Maldonado worked as a custodian for the Sanger Unified School District.
He is survived by his wife Velen Maldo- nado, two sons, three sisters and two grand- children.
A funeral mass will be at 9 a.m. Thursday,
side of O Street, just south of East Yale Avenue with a gun- shot wound to his upper torso. Dinuba fire personnel per- formed live saving measures on the victim, later identified as 35-year-old Antonio Lo- pez, but he succumbed to his wound at the scene.
A witness at the scene stat- ed he had observed two men sitting behind a pickup truck near the intersection prior to the incident. Soon after, ac- cording to police, the two men were confronted by two other men and, for unknown reasons,
an exchange escalated and one man produced a handgun and fired upon the two victims.
The second victim on the scene received several stab wounds and was transported to a nearby hospital. Police say his stab wounds were not life- threatening and he is expected to make a full recovery.
As for Lopez, police say he may not have been the intend- ed target in the shooting.
Reports on the scene in- dicate that Lopez may have
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Rick Curiel / Mid Valley Times
Crime tape surrounded the scene Aug. 6 at the intersection of East Yale Avenue and O Street. A shooting there claimed the life of 35-year- old Antonio Lopez, and a second victim suffered stab wounds.
Aug. 15, at St. Mary's New Catholic Church in Sanger.
Herbert Merk
Herbert Lloyd Merk of Sanger died Aug. 9. He was 90.
Mr. Merk worked as a farm equipment salesman for Farm Ma- chinery Center.
He is survived by three sons, one daugh- ter, eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchil- dren.
A graveside service was held Aug. 13 at Sanger Cemetery.
Marcelina Rodriguez Marcelina C. Rodri-
guez of Orange Cove died Aug. 7 in Selma. She was 93.
Mrs. Rodriguez worked as a field la- borer.
She is survived by one son and one daugh- ter.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. with a rosary at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at St. Isidore's Catho- lic Church in Orange Cove. A mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at St. Isidore's Catholic Church. Burial will fol- low at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Juanita Adame / Mid Valley Times
Flames burned from a backyard property in the 100 block of 9th Street in Orange Cove on Aug. 12. The fire burned brush and vehicles on the property before being extinguished by Orange Cove fire and Cal Fire personnel.
Another fire in Orange Cove burns backyard
By Juanita Adame
Mid Valley Times
The flames billowing from a backyard proper- ty in the 100 block of 9th Street in Orange Cove on the afternoon of Aug. 12 were nearly 15 feet tall and moving quickly due to the thick brush, de-
bris, and vehicles fueling them and at one point be- came too dangerous even for the fire personnel on scene.
"We did have to stand by for a while," said Ed- ward Hernandez, Battal- ion Chief with the Orange Cove Fire Department. "There was a power line
burning up, it was arch- ing in the back yard, so we had to wait for PG&E to turn off the line so we could get in there."
Hernandez said the call initially came in as a reported grass fire, how- ever, when firefighters arrived they found a fully involved debris fire inside a property moving quick- ly toward a residence.
"It was threatening two structures, it was burning very hot be- cause there was lots of debris and brush in the backyard," said Her- nandez. "There were no structures on fire, and
we were able to contain the fire to vehicles, some sheds, and debris in the backyard."
Frank Rodriguez lives nearby and at first thought it was a home on fire due to the amount of smoke.
"We were inside the house and one of my grandkids looked out the window," he said. "He told us to look outside the win- dow and that's when we seen all the smoke."
"We were on 11th Street, so I started walk- ingthisway,anditlooked
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In the Aug. 8 issue of The Times, the new principal at Jefferson Elementary School in Dinuba was incorrect- ly identified as Robert
Rodriguez. His name is Robert Valenzuela. Va- lenzuela is one of three new principals in the Dinuba Unified School District for 2019-2020.
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