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Musical Christmas spirit
The Reedley Christmas Band brought the spirit of the season to downtown Reedley on Dec. 18. The band performed an hour-long concert in front of the entrance to the Mainstreet Cafe on G Street, performing a number of traditional Christ- mas songs and carols. Pictured in the above photo clockwise from left are Randy Morris, tenor sax; Toni Lopez, alto sax; Gary Barsoom, percussion; Rodger Lopez, trumpet; John Heathcote, trumpet; Eric Kangas, trumpet; and Mario Tor- res, tuba. The band of local musicians has put on a seasonal Christmas concert for the past 10 to 15 years.
RIGHT: Eric Kangas on the trumpet and Mario Torres on the tuba play their parts during an early number at the concert. The band gathered together shortly before 10 a.m., tuned up their instruments and put on the concert before apprecia- tive cafe customers and shoppers walking along G Street.
Photos by Jon Earnest /Mid Valley Times
Second Sanger DUI checkpoint nets pair of arrests
TCSO / Contributed
Trash is pictured inside the mail- box of the Iglesia Christiana Fuente de Vida church in Dinuba. A Dinuba man was arrested on Dec. 27 on suspicion of a felony hate crime in the vandalizing of the church.
Dinuba
man facing
hate crime
charge in
vandalism
MVT Staff Report
A Dinuba man was arrested on felony hate crime charges on Dec. 27 after Tulare Coun- ty Sher-
iff’s depu-
ties say he
vandalized
a Dinuba
church
with feces,
eggs and
trash.
MVT Staff Report
Just one week after the Sanger Police Department conducted a DUI and license checkpoint that netted two arrests and multiple citations, a second saturation joint effort a resulted in several cita- tions and two arrests for driving under the influence.
On Dec. 27, Sanger police — with the assistance of Parlier, Reedley, Selma and Kingsburg police — conducted a
citywide DUI saturation that resulted in 90 vehicle stops.
Of those stops, officers were able to cite six drivers for driving without a valid driver’s license and two for driving with a suspended license. In addition, of- ficers arrested two subjects for driving under the influence.
Nine vehicles were towed during the operation and four additional citations were issued for a total of 13 traffic ci- tations.
Drivers caught driving while im- paired can expect jail time, license sus- pension, insurance increases as well as fines. DUI classes and other expenses can exceed $10,000.
The Sanger Police Department reminds those who chose to drink to do so responsi- bly. Designate a driver or make arrange- ments for someone to get you home.
Said Sanger Police Sgt. Joshua John- son, “For your safety and the safety of others, please don’t drink and drive.”
On Dec. 17, depu- ties with
Danny Lee Terpin
Kathy Sullivan served 25 years at her hometown Reedley branch
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
When the Reedley branch li- brary makes its eventual move into a new building, longtime librarian Kathy Sullivan will proudly watch the process as an outside observer.
Sullivan, who's worked for the Fresno County Public Li- brary system for 30 years with 25 of them at Reedley, formally retired effective the end of the year. She was honored by co- workers past and present and Friends of the Library at an af- ternoon reception on Dec. 27.
Sullivan moved into the librar-
ian position in 1995, when former librarian Shirley Jennings retired after 27 years in Reedley. She's been a fixture at the Reedley branch since that time.
"I actually started here in [1989] as extra help, then I was hired [by the county library] in July 1990, and was at the old Sunnyside library [in Fresno]," Sullivan said. After two-plus years there, she worked another 2 1/2 years at the Clovis library before coming to Reedley.
All this time, she worked at the library's present building on E Street. Working with the
See SULLIVAN on page A6
Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
Kathy Sullivan stood next to the Reedley branch library sign on Dec. 27. Sullivan, who has worked for 30 years with the Fresno County Public Library system and 25 years with Reedley, has retired.
the Tulare County Sheriff's Office were called to the Igle- sia Christiana Fuente de Vida church in Dinuba for a report of vandalism to a church prop- erty.
See VANDALISM on page A2
Reedley librarian retires after 30 years with county
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