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get a new fire engine
ABOVE: A sample model of the new fire truck that the city of Reedley will be purchasing after receiving fund- ing approval from the Reedley City Council.
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LEFT: Reedley Fire Chief Jerry Isaak addressed the Reedley City Council at the Sept. 28 meeting.
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Obituaries
Rosa Centeno
Rosa Centeno of Dinuba died Sept. 2 in Visalia. She was 70.
Mrs. Centeno was a homemaker.
She is survived by her husband, Modesto Centeno of Dinuba, one son, two daughters, one brother, one sister and many grandchildren and great-grandchil- dren.
Services were held Oct. 1 at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Di- nuba.
Sterling & Smith Fu- neral Home in Dinuba handled the arrange- ments.
Linda Kay Jost
Linda Kay Jost of Dinuba died Sept. 25 in Fresno. She was 77.
Mrs. Jost was a homemaker.
She is survived by three sons and and a daughter.
Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday. Oct. 8, at Dopkins Dinuba Funer- al Chapel. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, at Smith Mountain Cem- etery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Funeral Chapel is handling the arrange- ments.
JW (Jay) Lowrance
JW (Jay) Lowrance
of Reedley died Sept. 24 in Reedley. He was 86.
Mr. Lowrance worked as a bowling center manager for 37 years.
He is survived by his wife Myrna Low-
rance of Reedley, two sons, one grandson, one sister, one niece and one nephew.
Cremation is planned, and an Ar- my Honors Service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, at Fort Ord Military Cemetery.
Dopkins Reed- ley Funeral Chapel is handling the arrange- ments.
Edward McClure
Edward McClure of Dinuba died Sept. 29 at his home. He was 91.
Mr. McClure worked as a mechanic.
He is survived by his wife, Janie McClure of Dinuba, one son and three daughters.
A graveside service was scheduled for Oct. 6 at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel handled the arrangements.
James William Rodriguez
James William Ro-
driguez of Sanger died Sept. 20. He was 50.
Mr. Rodriguez worked as a baker for The Brownie Baker.
He is survived by his partner, Teresa Riuz of Sanger, one son, one stepson, one stepdaugh- ter and four brothers. He was preceded in death by his parents Luis and Minerva Ro- driguez.
Services were held Oct. 1 at Bethel Com- munity Church in Sanger.
Wallin's Sanger Fu- neral Home handled the arrangements.
MVT Staff Report
The Reedley City Council unan- imously approved the purchase of a new fire engine “pumper” for the Reedley Fire Department on the evening of Sept. 28.
The fire engine described by the department as a Rosenbauer model “fire pumper” will be cus- tomized to fit the needs of the city and is scheduled to arrive some- time in the next year.
“Just to give you a bit of back- ground, discussions for replacing fire engines have been going on for a lot of years,” said Jerry Isaak, Reedley fire chief. “We identified the current fire pumper to be taken out of service on the 2019 schedule and that was back in 2014.”
The new engine will cost more than $746,000 and will be pur- chased through funding from the Fire Development Impact Fee Ac- count, the Public Safety Tax and Measure B funding.
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bad enough where some outdoor school activities, practices and scheduled events even indoors were postponed or canceled. That included Dinuba High's sched- uled home girls volleyball match against Selma on Oct. 4. Postpone- ments also included girls tennis and golf matches.
The good news is that air qual- ity was expected to improve with shifting wind. The smoke that was visible throughout the weekend and most days since late September has been wafting from the KNP fire in Sequoia and Kings Canyon Nation- al Parks. Early this week, the fire remained barely above 10 percent containment and had burned more than 76,000 acres.
The air quality was in the unhealthy for sensitive groups range when Dinuba High hosted Central Valley Christian for its football homecoming game on Oct. 1. There were no instances
Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
The sky at dusk during Dinuba High School's homecoming night on Oct. 1 showed the smoky conditions brought on by the KNP Complex Fire. Air qual- ity deteriorated on Oct. 4 and 4 to the point that outdoor school activities were suspended or canceled.
of threatened postponements or relocated football games as there had been a week previous, when Orosi High was forced to move its game with Caruthers from home
to Caruthers High.
The extended weather fore-
cast showed no real threats of heavy smoke, but conditions are subject to change.
THANK YOU
The Family of Francisco Villagomez would like to thank you all for the beautiful flowers, meals, memorial contributions, and support during a very difficult time. As we mourn the loss of
our beloved husband, father, and grandpa( Francisco Villagomez) We appreciate your sympathy. He will be deeply missed.
With lots of love,
The Villagomez Family
FIESTA
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opera house).
Vendor booths in Pio-
neer Park will be open for
attendees at 9 a.m., and theparadealongGStreet begins at 10 a.m. The pop- ular Frog Jump Contest, which during COVID-19 moved to the grounds
outside the Wakehouse, returntotheirtraditional spot in front of the Reed- ley Police Department and will run from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Parade entries will include traditional marching bands, includ- ing Reedley High's Big Green Marching Ma- chine. The emcee for the Fiesta Parade will be Liz Gonzalez of KMPH-26.
Main sponsor for this year's Reedley Fiesta is Jaber Motors. There are 10 additional sponsors: Magallon's Roofing, Trin- ity Fruit Company, Yanez Construction, United Health Centers, Martens Chevrolet, Reedley Rota- ry Club, The Wakehouse, Adventist Health, Lee's Service and Chevron.
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