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Reid said the permit process allows people to reserve the spot for large pre- planned parties.
Council Member Ray Soleno asked about parking at the splash park when it’s completed. John Robertson, city engi- neer, said parking spaces will be added to the alley way just east of the facility and there will be parking on 8th street and Reed Avenue. There are three planned entrance gates for the splash park — on 8th Street, Reed Avenue and along the alley way. There will be a four-foot fence around the facility, and bicycles are pro- hibited from going inside the park.
Splash park regulations also include the following:
• The splash pad is unsupervised, and patrons participate at their own risk.
• Patrons must shower before using the splash pad.
• Children under 10 years of age must have adult supervision.
• Running, jumping and rough play is prohibited.
• Climbing on or playing with the splash pad features is prohibited.
• Pets are prohibited on the splash pad.
• Soap, detergent or shampoos are prohibited.
• Persons with diarrhea with the previous 14 days, skin irritation or open wounds are not permitted.
• Swim shoes are recommended.
Council Member Bob Beck asked Reid if signs at the property will cover all liabilities. Reid said that Scott Cross, city attorney, made recommendations to include the information on all signs.
Council Member Mary Fast said she was glad the commission recommended keeping the Luke Trimble park name, given his contributions to the city as a teacher and swim coach. Fast said she
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Sarah Reid, Community Services director, talked about the splash pad facility at the Aug. 14 Reedley City Council meeting. She said the park should be completed by Oct. 1, and she still envisioned a ribbon cutting this fall.
was taught to swim as a child by Trimble. Reid said there are plans to have a plaque in the park telling of Trimble’s
contributions to the city.
Meanwhile, work continued last
week at the splash park site. On Aug. 15, workers with Steve Dovali Construc- tion hoisted two parts of a pre-fabricated bathroom building that will be just north of the splash pad. There will be a shower hookup for people to rinse off before us- ing the splash pad.
The restroom building was in place by Aug. 17, and workers now are install- ing the pipe hookups to run the splash pad outlets. Once that construction is completed, city officials will install land- scaping around the facility.
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On Aug. 15, workers with Steve Dovali Construction lowered half of a pre-fabri- cated restroom to its location at a splash pad facility being built at the site of the Luke Trimble Memorial Pool at 8th Street and Reed Avenue.
Hume Lake fall trash clean up day on Sept. 8
County’s
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The Fresno County De- partment of Agriculture’s 2017 Crop and Livestock Report (Crop Report) was presented to the Fresno County Board of Supervi- sors on Aug. 21. Overall, the 2017 agricultural produc- tion value in Fresno County totaled $7.028 billion, show- ing a 13.58 percent increase from 2016’s $6.18 billion.
“Once again, Fres- no County farmers and ranchers have produced an agricultural bounty for the world,” stated Fresno County Agricultural Com- missioner Les Wright.
“Crop values may vary year-to-year based on production, markets and weather conditions, but our farmers and ranchers, their employees and all those who support their efforts work tirelessly year around to bring in the harvest.”
With the great diver- sity of crops in Fresno County and the many vari- ables in agriculture, it’s a given that some crops will be up in value while oth- ers are down. Increases were seen in a majority of the Crop Report segments, including field crops, seed crops, fruit and nut crops, livestock and poultry, live- stock and poultry products, apiary products and pollina- tion services, and industrial crops. Decreases were seen in vegetables and nursery. Surface water supplies were significantly better in 2017, although many West- side federal water contrac- tors received much of that good news too late to ben- efit them with additional annual plantings.
For a copy of the full crop report, contact FCFB at 559-237-0263 or info@ fcfb.org.
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Gas station rebranding
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Hume Lake is hosting is annual fall trash clean up day on Saturday, Sept. 8. Families, clubs, visitors and community members are invited to help clean up the lake’s shores and surround- ing roads and trails.
Volunteers are asked to meet at Powder Can.
California Land Manage- ment — the parent company of Sequoia Recreation — will
provide free lunch, drinks and water to volunteers. Gar- bage bags, gloves and trash bins will be provided by the United States Forest Service Hume Lake Ranger District.
Following lunch, prizes will be drawn from tickets earned for each bag of gar- bage turned in from the day of the event.
For more information, call Sequoia Recreation at (559) 335-2232 or USFS-Hume Lake at (559) 338-2251.
The gas station at 1508 11th St. in Reedley has formally switched from Unocal to Sinclair. The station held a formal grand opening on Aug. 17, giving away prizes and foodin an event hosted by the parent company. Moe Donaldson said the station has been at the location for 47 years.
TOP: Customers stopped in to fill up at the remodeled station.
ABOVE LEFT: Erasmo Garza, left, a Visalia resident who works at the Reedley Library, picked out a gift as Amy Hartt, right, looked on.
ABOVE RIGHT: From left, Tom Martinez, 6, and Oliver Martinez, 4, the grandsons of Moe Donaldson, held stuffed dinosaurs as they stood in front of an inflated Sinclair dinosaur at the open house.
Photos by Jon Earnest / The Exponent
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Valencia said that the chamber is accepting appli- cations for vendors to par- ticipate in the Fiesta, which runs from 4 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13. The cham- ber is accepting applications for food vendors, craft ven- dors, information booths and games/attractions.
Valencia said a quota for funnel cakes, tacos, corn dogs, kettle corn, Frito boats and snow cones already has been met so applications are not be- ing accepted for those items.
Entries to the Fiesta Pa- rade on Oct. 13 are again be- ing provided by the Reedley Rotary Club at reedleyrotary. com or at the chamber office.
Also scheduled is the 10th annual Rabobank Fiesta Walk/ Run on Oct. 13 and the Frog Jump contest later that day. More details on those events will be in future issues of The Exponent.
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