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Mulligan — a tutorial coordinator at Reedley Col- lege for 11 years — now will run unopposed in District 3. Other KCUSD trustees who are unopposed this fall are Noel Remick
in District 1 and Sarah Rola in Dis- trict 2.
Soleno said he de- cided in early
July to run
for another
term after
he learned
the city was
planning to
try and se-
cure grant
funding to
help com-
plete the
Reedley
Sports Park.
Soleno was involved with youth sports in Reedley for about 35 years beginning in the late 1960s, and still has strong support for local ath- letic programs.
“I wanted to be involved some way with the comple- tion of the sports park, and want to help as much as pos- sible,” he said.
Soleno said the contro- versy in the last year sur- rounding his support of the Faith House temporary shel- ter for needy families in his district in southwest Reedley and not meeting with constit- uents about the issue — un- happy residents took initial steps to recall the council member but later abandoned the plan — ultimately was not a major factor in his de- ciding to run again.
Ky, whose business expe- rience includes eight years managing the family-owned Doughnuts to Go, has been active in the community through the Reedley Down- town Association and the Reedley Rotary Club. She said her service with Rotary has given her the outlet to reach out to the community.
“I feel I have an ability to communicate with people in
the community. I would like to utilize that ability,” she said.
One other contested race involving local candidates is for District 4 trustee in the State Center Community College District. Incumbent Ron Nishinaka, a longtime Reedley College instructor who has served as a trustee since 2010 including a one- year stint as president, is being challenged by Mag- dalena Gomez. The longtime Selma resident runs her own business.
In other nearby commu- nities, Parlier has four con- tested races for all its major offices. There will be seven candidates vying for three open seats on the Parlier Unified School District board — appointed incumbent Elizabeth Lopez-Tienda and challengers Maria Trini Be- tancourt, Margaret Cepeda, Rick Maldonado, Azalea San- doval, Daniel Pena Santos and Joe Vasquez.
Incumbent Mayor Alma M. Beltran has two challeng- ers in Fernando Banuelos and Jose Escoto, a current council member. Appointed incumbent Trinidad Pimen- tel is running against chal- lengers Armando Lopez and Presiliano Cervantes in District 2 while incumbent Diane Maldonado is being challenged by Diego Garza in District 4.
In Orange Cove, incum- bent Victor Lopez is running for another term against challengers James Lee Ham- ilton and Gilbert Garcia. Three people — Roy Gonza- lez, Esperanza “Hope” Rodri- guez and Manuel Ferreira — are running for two spots on the Orange Cove City Coun- cil. Appointed incumbents Ferreira and James McKin- ney are on the ballot for the two spots in the Orange Cove Fire District.
Reedley voters also will choose between candidates in the 22nd Congressional District (incumbent Devin Nunes and challenger An- drew Janz) and state 31st Assembly District (incum- bent Joaquin Arambula and challenger Lupe Espinoza).
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us close to you as we grow in knowledge this year.”
The monsignor called each student and their class year “unique.” He said each class and grade level is called to do a specific task or mission at the start of the school year.
Esquivel encouraged the school’s eighth grade stu- dents to not be afraid or shy because they are the student leaders of the school. Four of those eighth graders — Ari- anna Arias, Kelly Fernandez, Charlotte Burks and Rose- mary Wallace — did scrip- ture-based readings during the ceremony.
Esquivel outlined each grade’s task or mission for 2018-19:
• Seventh grade — Now in junior high, they will come to know Jesus more clearly.
• Sixth grade — Will study the ancient world.
• Fifth grade — Will learn more about the sacraments of the Church.
• Fourth grade — Will learn about fractions and the Ten Commandments.
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St. La Salle Catholic School student Kelly Fernandez does a reading during the ceremony while fellow eighth-graders Charlotte Burks and Rosemary Wallace look on. Arianna Arias, not pictured, also read.
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• Third grade — Will per- fect their handwriting and learn the creeds.
• Second grade — Will come to the Lord’s table in holy communion.
• First grade — Will learn printing and reading.
• Kindergarten — Will learn that God is good and the
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“Apply yourself a hundred
percent. We pray that at the end of the year you know an awful lot more than you know today.”
Near the end of the cere- mony, Cassarino began one of the day’s rituals — recogniz- ing birthdays. In this case, it
was a mix of current student, former student and parent.
Fourth-grader Uziel Chavez, current high-school- er Adan Florence and parent Enrique Torres all acknowl- edged their Aug. 13 birthday. Cassarino led everyone in
attendance to sing “Happy Birthday” to the trio.
Before dismissing all chil- dren to walk with parents and families to their classrooms, Cassarino let them know that they would be fed their favor- ite meal for lunch — pizza.
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Reedley College began its Fall 2018 semester on Aug. 13. More than 250 students took ad- vantage of the college’s Extreme Registration events on Aug. 10-11. Information booths were set up on campus the first day of class to assist new and returning students.
ABOVE: Sophomores Ivan Rua (foreground) and Juan Villasenor (in New York cap) select textbooks for the fall semester in the col- lege bookstore. Rua, from London in Tulare County, and Dinuba resident Villasenor both are majoring in criminology.
LEFT: Bernice Lopez, a sophomore from Orosi, checks the Reedley College directory near the east parking lot as she looks for her classroom number. Lopez, a criminology ma- jor, said her goal is to become a police officer.
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Sister Lucy Cassarino, left, recognized Aug. 13 birthdays at the opening day event with (from left) fourth- grader Uziel Chavez, high-schooler and St. La Salle alumnus Adan Florence, and parent Enrique Torres.
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