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The Reedley Exponent A2 Thursday, March 15, 2018
City recognizes Quiring Corporation’s 70th anniversary
The Reedley College Safe Space program is hosting the inaugural Tiger Pageant on Friday, March 16, in the school cafeteria.
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RC Tiger Pageant will be held on March 16
Railfest set for March 17-18
Weather permitting, the annual Reedley Railfest will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, March 17 and 18, at Hillcrest Tree Farm, 6943 S. Reed Ave. The facility’s live steam narrow gauge railroad will be open for rides at a cost of $5 per person. Children 2 years or under ride free with an adult, and there will be food vendors on site.
ABOVE: This railroad turntable is part of remodeling that’s going on at the Hillcrest Tree Farm. Once installed, it will allow operators to switch engines and cars from the maintenance shed to the rail spur line.
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LEFT: The Glenwood, South Park & Pacific #7 will be one of the engines in operation at the Railfest.
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AVID club raises money for Valley Children’s
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The public is invited to the inaugural Reedley Col- lege Tiger Pageant from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 16, in the college cafeteria.
There will be 16 contes- tants in the non-gendered pageant, which is being hosted by the Reedley Col-
Obituaries
Esperanza Campos
Esperanza Cervantes Campos of Selma died March 8 in Fresno. She was 68.
Mrs. Campos worked as an interpreter.
She is survived by her husband, one son, one daugh- ter, five brothers, one sister, and two grandchildren.
Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. with a Rosary at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, at Dopkins Funeral Chapel in Dinuba. A Mass will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 16, at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Dinuba. Burial will be at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
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lege Safe Space program for members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgen- dered and Queer or Ques- tioning (LGBTQ) commu- nity.
Deb Borofka, faculty adviser for RC Safe Space, said the pageant consists of
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March 7, 1926 - March 4, 2018
Phyllis, a resident of Reedley, was born March 7, 1926, in Southern California. With family at her side, she peacefully passed away March 4, 2018, three days before
her 92nd birthday.
She was preceded in death by husband Hugo Padilla, Sr. son Earnest
Padilla, and grandsons Dionisio and Franky De La Vega.
She is survived by her son Hugo Padilla Jr. (Ruth), two brothers, ve sisters, four grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, and one great, great grandchild, and numerous nephews and nieces.
A Rosary will be held on Monday, March 19th, 2018, 9:30 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, 1060 F Street, Reedley, mass will follow with internment, at Reedley District Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Cairns Funeral Home in Reedley. Special thank you to the sta of Golden Living Center in Reedley for the care
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nuba died March 9 in Reed- ley. She was 98.
Mrs. Debuskey was a homemaker.
She is survived by two sons and one daughter.
No services were scheduled.
Maria Morelos
Maria De Jesus More- los of Dinuba died March 1 in Visalia. She was 84.
Ms. Morelos was a busi- ness owner.
She is survived by her husband, six sons, nine daughters, 27 grandchil- dren and five great-grand- children.
A Rosary and Funeral Mass were held March 12 at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Dinuba.
By Jan Balallo
For The Exponent
Students with Reedley High School’s AVID (Ad- vancement Via Individual De- termination) program were among the many who volun- teered for Kids Day on March 6 to benefit Valley Children’s Hospital.
The 14 AVID students were part of more than 8,000 people in the Central Valley who vol- unteered to get up early in the
morning to participate in the annual fundraiser.
Vincent Martinez, Lauren Cuevas, Vanesa Perez, Teresa Alvarez, Stephanie Gonza- lez, Natalie Reyes, Madison Holmes, Marissa Zuniga, Sbeidy Faburrieta, Melanie Mestre, Arecci Carreon, Bry- an Solis, Alfredo Cervantes, and Dylan Luther came to- gether and took turns selling newspapers to passing motor- ists at the intersection of Man- ning and Reed avenues.
Joining club members was their AVID elective teacher, Victor Blocker, who also teaches U.S. and world history at Reedley High.
The mission for Kids Day is to raise money to help chil- dren in need, such as those who are being treated at Val- ley Children’s Hospital. In the past three decades, the event has raised more than $8.6 mil- lion for the hospital.
“Selling newspapers for Kids Day was a blast. I’m grateful I had the opportuni- ty to help the kids,” Holmes said. “I wish the AVID pro- gram did stay longer to help out.”
“For Kids Day, we sold newspapers to fundraise for kids who have diseases. Pretty much all the money we fundraised went to the children’s hospital,” said Martinez. “Overall, that day was very successful.
“I was able to raise about $30 while some of my friends were able to raise about $20 to $40. We were out there for about an hour and a half, and
it was a good turnout.” Luther said that the fun- draiser was very beneficial. With the money they have raised, they were able to help contribute to the community. He discussed how the AVID students came together to help the children who were
sick.
“The fundraising was
fun. We woke up, met up at Reedley College, and [were] then assigned to a spot where we’ll be standing for the day to sell the paper, and I was assigned with my friend so that made the experience even more fun,” said Mestre. “I enjoyed selling the papers, because we knew it was for a good cause.”
Reedley High’s AVID pro- gram played a small part in the big picture that was Kids Day 2018. However, with their contribution, dedication, and effort they said they learned valuable lifelong lessons above and beyond academics.
Jan Balallo is a sophomore at Reedley High School and member of the AVID program.
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Paul Quiring, right, presi- dent of Quiring Corpora- tion construction company, presents a $5,000 check
to Anthony Jewell of the Reedley Historical Society- during the Jan. 13 Reedley City Council meeting. In the background is Reedley City Manager Nicole Zieba. Dur- ing the meeting, the city issued a proclamation to honor the Fresno company — which was founded in Reedley — on its 70th an- niversary of business.
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The city honored Quiring Corporation — a construction company founded in Reedley — at the Reedley City Council’s Jan. 13 meeting with a special proclamation recognizing the company’s 70th anniversary.
At the same meeting, Quiring officials gave back to the community by presenting the Reedley Historical Society with a $5,000 check. Historical Society officials plan to use the donation for special projects and to purchase a flat bed scanner to digitally copy maps and large paper documents.
City Manager Nicole Zieba said it was a privilege for the city to honor the company, formed by Ben Quiring in 1947 and renowned as one of the largest builders of healthcare fa- cilities and senior housing in Central California.
“In this day and age, in this economy, it’s hard to see a business come to its 70th anniver- sary,” Zieba said. “Harder if you want to come from a small little rural community like Reed- ley. And even harder if you want to become a big statewide, and even nationwide name, like Quiring. So, wow. What a company.”
Paul Quiring, president of the Fresno-based company and Ben Quiring’s son, said his lone regret was that his father wasn’t present for the recognition. Ben Quiring died in 2002.
“The values that my dad and our family brought with them to California and Reedley didn’t pass with my dad. They live on,” he said while acknowledging current company leaders in attendance. “These are folks younger than I am, mercifully, and are carrying on the same vision
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