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First Baptist Church lives to glorify God by leading people to Christ, helping them grow in Christ, and training them to minister for Christ.
Dinuba Presbyterian Church
1250 E. Nebraska Ave. (at Hayes Ave.) Phone: 591-6610
Ladies’ Bible Study: Monday 9:30-11:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship Service at 10 a.m. Men’s Bible Study: Friday 6:00-7:30 a.m.
We will begin ESL classes
Jan 21-Feb 25 from 7-8pm.
For more info contact Isa Irvine 595-4296.
Welcome!! We are just ordinary folks with an extraordinary God.
We are Christ-followers, who love the Lord Jesus and want to bless this community and see the Kingdom of God come here in Dinuba. Come, join us!
First Lutheran Church an LCMS congregation
961 E. Elizabeth Way, Dinuba, CA 93618 • Phone: (559) 591-0375
9:45 Bible Study • 11:00 Worship
Jesus said, “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit...fruit that lasts” (John 15:16) In response, First Lutheran Church holds values of Bible Centered Preaching and Teaching, Strong Families, and Godly Servant Leadership. A church where God gives and we receive.
SANGER
CHURCH OF CHRIST
1518 Cherry Street (Corner of “P” Street) Sanger, CA 93657
SUNDAY - Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday - Bible Study 7 p.m. CLASES EN ESPANOL - 9:30 a.m. Call 875-8270 / 960-8982 Para Espanol
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Sanger First Southern Baptist Church 1116 ‘O’ St. (On the corner of ‘O’ and 11th)
Give us 30 days. If you still want to go elsewhere, go.
Sunday Morning Worship Celebration @ 10:45 a.m. / Sunday School @ 9:30 a.m. Watch for our TV Ministry on KJEO 32.3 Wed./Fri. @ 7:30 p.m.
Holy Cross Anglican Church
Sunday Holy Eucharist at 9:30am Sunday School at 9:15am
O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness
We meet at “Old St. Mary’s” Catholic Church at 828 O Street in Sanger. All are welcome! • www.HolyCrossAC.org 559-255-4883
You may list your Church Announcement on this page for $15 per week. Including Church name, address, phone and service times with additional 50 words for announcement. Deadline for Church News is 12 p.m. Friday.
For more information call, Reedley 638-2244, Dinuba 591-4632, Sanger 875-2511.
Emad Marcos (Marc)
Owner/Pharmacist in Charge
Thursday, May 14, 2020
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Juanita Adame / Mid Valley Times
A large police and fire response lined the crime scene in the area of 4th and O streets Sanger on the evening of May 11 following a fatal shooting.
PARLIER Continued from page A1
"It was a do-or-die situation," Hall said. "They needed to open, because they're still having to pay the rent on their building. The money coming in to them, for some of the barbers that's the only way for them to sup- porttheirfamily.There was no money com- ing in. So we just said they could open and we came up with some healthy safety rules."
On May 7, the Parli- er City Council also passed a resolution to adopt the executive or- der requiring the sepa- ration of six feet to practice proper social distancing for busi- nesses.
Beltran said they pushed to establish the social distancing requirements for the open businesses to help get the businesses back on their collec- tive feet. She used De- lia's Fashion as a prime example, so the owner
cautioning people to not gather.
Where those hangers have been distributed may also be an indicator as to where the most af- fected areas of the city are, as city staff based those distributions off a heat map by Fresno County Health and Hu- man Services, showing where the majority of cases were.
Mayor Frank Gonza- lez shared Chapa’s con- cern of opening too fast and under uncertain guidelines.
“We need to step up and make our own guidelines,” Gonzalez said. “I really just don’t want to run rogue and start opening businesses (without a plan).”
One citizen was also concerned with citizen’s lack of due diligence.
“People in Sanger are not taking it seri- ous,” said Sanger citizen Kevin Carter. “It makes no sense that the county is talking about opening back up with the num- bers still going up.”
Another citizen, a mi- crobiologist by trade, en- couraged the city to keep the public informed as a matter of public health.
“I just want to remind the city to drive the mes- sage home that shelter- ing-in-place saves lives,” said Jerry Valadez.
Councilmember Eli
faced a $5,000 monthly rent payment and utili- ties needed to be paid along with personal mortgage and utilities begging owed — with no income.
"She's trying to stay afloat and she's been waiting for the gover- nor, but it's been two months of no income," she said. "And I can't even imagine one month — or one week, having zero income. Can you imagine two months?"
Hall and Beltran said nearly all businesses in Parlier are smaller shops with very little foot traffic.
"Here, they're lucky if they get 10 people a day without [the CO- VID-19 situation]," Hall said.
The salons and bar- bershops have returned to business with styl- ists wearing masks and practicing social distanc- ing as much as possible. The city's hairstylists have expressed grati- tude at the opportunity to be working again.
Ontiveros went as far as to recommend an ordi- nance requiring all citi- zens in Sanger to wear a face mask when go- ing out. Chapa said he hopes it doesn’t have to come to that and will be closely monitoring the numbers and people’s behavior over the next few weeks.
Other council news
The council approved a first reading of an or- dinance that will estab- lish a $250 permit fee for massage establish- ment permits within the city. The ordinance was introduced to combat the potential for illegal activities at such estab- lishments.
Over the past seven years, there have been two cases in which in- vestigations led to the arrest of massage parlor employees for soliciting prostitution. The first case was in 2013 and in- volved a massage parlor in the 1300 block of 7th Street. The other case occurred in the 2500 block of Jensen Avenue last year.
The permit fee will be used to conduct back- ground checks of appli- cants.
“Without the ordi- nance, all they would havetodoiscomeinan get a business license,” said city attorney Hilda Cantu Montoy.
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from the crime scene said that normally the neighborhood is safe.
She did not want to
be identified but said she heard the multiple gunshots fired just out- side her doorstep.
“This makes me con- cerned about the safety of my children and my
neighbors,” she said. “We don’t want our kids grow- ing up around this kind of atmosphere it just makes us realize that we got to look out for one an- other, report something
suspicious quickly and it’s just nerve wracking, that’s what this is.”
The May 11 fatal shooting was the city of Sanger's first homicide in 2020.
Anyone with informa- tion is asked to call the Sanger Police Depart- ment at 559-875-8521.
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at the meeting that one of the nine COVID-19 deaths in the county was a resident of Sanger.
But Chapa also high- lighted some good news in the fight against the pandemic, such as the testing center at the Sanger Community Cen- ter. According to Chapa, the testing center will be conducting tests over the next three months and he hopes people in the city take advantage of it.
“I am strongly en- couraging all citizens to get tested,” Chapa added.
The testing is intend- ed to monitor asymptom- atic people, giving them vital information to help curb further infection.
“If five people out of 100 test positive, I believe that those five people will self-isolate,” explained Chapa.
He said 57 tests were done at the test center on its first day, May 7, including his own.
But another concern he had was people not taking social distancing and sheltering-in-place serious enough. As an added measure, city staff has placed bill- boards in various city locations with health warnings and have dis- tributed door hangers
REEDLEY
FULL GOSPEL TABERNACLE 519 E. 11th Street, Reedley
Not meeting at the church facilities for now but our messages will be posted on our website: www.reedleyfullgospel.com If you need prayer or assistance, call 559-643-6208.
We welcome you to join us
For more information: www.reedleyfullgospel.com Pastor Ron Robertson • Pastor Frank Pinon
Christ Lutheran Church
1254 N Frankwood Ave. Reedley | 559-638-2112 | www.clcreedley.org We are closed right now due to COVID-19. | All are welcome! Pastor Virgil Miller is Preaching | Musicians: Aarne Kela & Jason Awbrey Facebook: Christ Lutheran Church ELCA
DINUBA
First Baptist Church of Dinuba
A church for people on the grow!
600 E. Nebraska Avenue, Dinuba • Phone: 591-0234
Website: rstbaptistchurchdinuba.org Facebook: DinubaFirst Baptist
Senior Pastor: Dr. Tom Carter Associate Pastor: Rev. Rick Foddrill Youth Pastor: Nick Gomez
Director of Children’s Ministry: Natalie Zuniga
Ministerio en Español : Sunday: 9 a.m. Contemporary Worship: Sunday: 9 a.m. Contemporary Worship: Sunday: 10:45 a.m. Traditional Worship: Sunday: 6 p.m. Awana Children’s Ministry:
Wednesday: 6:15 p.m.
We Accept All Insurances: Medicare & Medical Acceptamos Todas Sugaros incluynendo:
Medicare y Medical
Mon - Fri: 9am - 6pm Sat: 10am - 1pm
06267
005815
OPEN
172 N. L Street–Downtown Dinuba 559.725.4525