Sanger Herald 2-14-19 E-edition

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K-5 schools within City of Sanger may become K-6 schools
School district looks for classroom space for new students from outside city By Dick Sheppard
sangerherald@gmail.com
Where will Sanger Unified put all the new el- ementary school students coming into the district from outside the City of Sanger?
Probably in elementary schools inside Sanger which still have room for new classrooms. That, at least, is the current option being seriously con- sidered by the school board.
The massive Sanger Unified School District covers 180 square miles. Within its boundaries are the city of Sanger and the communities of Centerville, Del Rey, Fairmont, Lone Star, Tivy Valley and portions of the Sunnyside area of met- ropolitan Fresno.
The greatest population growth within the dis- trict is not in Sanger.
See SUSD GROWTH, page 6A
Wind gust blows part of the roof off the main building at WAMS.
Photos and story on page 8A
Four year instead of two year terms for future mayors By Dick Sheppard
sangerherald@gmail.com
The city council wants to change at least one part of Sanger's Measure L, but not until the November 2020 election.
When Measure L was approved by voters in 2010, it made major changes in the way the mayor and other councilmembers were elected.
The mayor who had been selected by the city council at its reorganization meeting following every city council election would, under Measure L, be elected at large and was given a two-year term of office. Four other councilmembers, who had been elected at large, were, under Measure L, elected from within four newly created districts and were given four-year terms.
It has been generally conceded by all but the original framers of Measure L that the two year term for the mayor made little sense.
That was the unanimous opinion of the city council at its Feb. 7 meeting.
The council asked staff to begin the process
See CITY COUNCIL, page 6A State of the City Address
Mayor Frank Gonzalez will review the state of the City at 6 p.m. on Feb. 26 at city hall, 1700 7th St.
The public is invited.
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Standing, L-R, Lionel Moreno, Robert Heinrich, Lambert Sikkema and Keith Ritter, representing the four chaplains in the photos, L-R, Rev. George L. Fox, Rabbi Alexander D. Goode, Rev. Clark C. Poling and Fr. John P. Washington. The four chaplains in February of 1943 stood with arms linked on the deck of the U.S. Troop Transport Dorchester as it sank in the icy seas off Greenland. They had given their lifejackts to soldiers aboard the ship. The historic event was part of the Four Chaplains' Day interfaith service on Feb. 9 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sanger.
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Karamdeep 'Kam' Dhaliwal of Sanger dies of injuries
By Dick Sheppard
sangerherald@gmail.com
Another popular member of the school district family has died as the result of an auto accident.
Karamdeep "Kam" Dhaliwal, 30, died on Feb. 9 from injuries suffered in an auto accident on Feb. 1 at the intersection of Jensen and Del Rey avenues.
Dhaliwal was driving west on Jensen Avenue, when
a car driven by a Sanger High student, going north
on Del Rey Avenue appar- ently drove into Dhaliwal's path, said CHP officer Victor Taylor. The other driver had moderate injuries. Her name is not being released because she is a juvenile, said Taylor.
Theaccidentisstillunder investigation.
A celebration of life for Sequoia Elementary School's Terry Peyton - another recent auto accident victim - was held just last Saturday.
Dhaliwal was part of Sanger Unified's after school LEAP program. (LEAP stands for Literacy Enrichment Afterschool Program.)
So, technically, she was not a district employee because LEAP staff are hired through the California Teaching Fellows Foundation, said Sanger Unified's Mandy Chacon who oversees the LEAP program.
"Dhaliwal had worked for LEAP for four plus years. She was a leader, with a class of 20 students first at Reagan, then at Quail Lake. Then last year she was pro- moted to be the Madison
Kam Dhaliwal
coordinator, in charge of the whole program at Madison," said Chacon.
In just a day after post- ing the story of Dhaliwal's death on the Sanger Herald Facebook page the story had been viewed more than 7,000 times and more than 50 com- ments had been left on the page.
Here are a few of the typical comments from the Facebook page:
• "Mysonanddaughter were in her LEAP class at Madison. She always had a smile on her face every time I picked up my kids. She
will definitely be missed. I'm seriously crying as I write this because she was such
a sweet person. I only knew her from my kids school but that's how much she touched people. She took such good care of the kids and I know she loved each and every one of them. RIP Miss Kam."
- Kristie Martinez
• "She was always so kind
when others were not. She could see the good in every- one."
- Yvonne Correia • "One of the nicest hu-
mans I’ve ever met. May her beautiful soul Rest In Peace."
- Lydia Medina
• "She was one kind soul.
Beyond sad."
- Karen Gaines
Toxicology report may take up to two months
By Dick Sheppard
sangerherald@gmail.com
It may take up to two months for the release of a toxi- cology report that would determine whether Cameron Pryor was under the influence of drugs or alcohol when he collided head-on with off-duty Fresno police officer Phia Vang, said Tony Botti, spokesman for the Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner.
Both Vang and Pryor were killed in the Feb. 4 acci- dent on Highway 180 near McCall Avenue.
Both men were from Sanger.
By Dick Sheppard
sangerherald@gmail.com
The Four Chaplains’ Day interfaith service at St. Mary's Catholic Church on Feb. 9 marked the 76th anniversa- ry of when four heroic chaplains died after giving up their life jackets so others might live.
It was the 54th anniversary of what has become an annual tribute by the American Legion to one of the most touching stories of the Second World War and the legacy of the "Four Chap- lains."
Early on the morning of Feb. 3, 1943, the U.S. Dorchester, once a pas- senger ship that had been converted to a troop transport, was steaming through icy seas off Greenland. Most of those aboard were asleep when a torpedo from the German submarine U-223 smashed into the ship’s flank.
The four Army chaplains aboard – all first lieutenants - Clark V. Poling, George L. Fox (both Protestant min- isters), Alexander D. Goode (a rabbi) and John P. Washington (a Catholic
• Feb. 21- City council meeting, 6 p.m. at city hall, 1700 7th St.
See FOUR CHAPLAINS, page 7A
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• Feb. 26 - School board meeting, 7 p.m. at the district office, 1905 7th St.
THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
VOL 130 NO. 7
2 sections, 14 pages
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