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'Big Green Marching Machine'
Obituaries
Celia Aparicio
Celia Aparicio of Fresno died Nov. 27. She was 59.
Mrs. Aparicio worked as a packer for various employers.
She is survived by her husband, Alejandro Aparicio of Fresno; two sons and two daughters.
Visitation will be from 2to6p.m.tonoonwitha rosary at 5 p.m. Satur- day, Dec. 11, at Wallin's Sanger Funeral Home. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 13, at Sanger Cemetery.
Arthur Cardona
Arthur Cardona of Orange Cove died Oct. 27. He was 73.
Mr. Cardona worked as a diesel mechanic.
He is survived by his wife, Yolanda Cardona of Orange Cove; three sons, three daughters, two brothers, two sisters, 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life service will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Dec. 10, at Sterling & Smith Funeral Home in Dinuba. Burial will fol- low at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Helen
Dela Torre
Helen Dela Torre
of Sanger died Nov. 23. She was 89.
Mrs. Dela Torre was a homemaker.
She is survived by two daughters and two brothers.
A rosary will be 12:30 p.m. followed by a mass at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, at St. Mary's New Catholic Church in Sanger.
Wallin's Sanger Fu- neral Home is handling the arrangements.
Juanita DePriest
Juanita DePriest of Reedley died Nov. 20. She was 94.
Mrs. DePriese was a homemaker.
She is survived by two daughters, 23 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
A graveside ser- vice was held Dec. 8 at Smith Mountain Ceme- tery in Dinuba. Dopkins Dinuba Funeral Chapel handled the arrange- ments.
Gail Diane Harder
Gail Diane Harder of Reedley died Nov. 26 in Reedley. She was 70.
Mrs. Harder was a longtime teacher/educa- tor with Kings Canyon Unified School District.
She is survived by her husband, Larry Harder of Reedley; two sons, her mother, two brothers and four grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Thurs- day, Dec. 9, at Dopkins Reedley Funeral Chapel. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 10, at Reedley Cemetery. A memorial service will follow at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, at Redeemer's Church ib Reedley.
Dopkins Reedley Fu- neral Chapel is handling the arrangements.
Alfonso Macias
Lemus
Alfonso Macias Le- mus of Reedley died Nov. 26 in Reedley. He was 75.
Mr. Lemus worked in field labor.
He is survived by his wife, Maria Lemus de Macias of Reedley; five daughters, four brothers, six sisters, 20 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation and ser- vices were held Dec. 8 at Dopkins Reedley Funeral Chapel. A mass will take place at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, at St. Anthony of Padua Cath- olic Church in Reedley.
Burial will be at Reed- ley Cemetery.
Linda Lee Riffel
Linda Lee Riffel of Miramonte died Nov. 23 at her home. She was 72.
Mrs. Riffel worked as a healthcare tran- scriptionist.
She is survived by her husband, Paul Riffel of Miramonte; five sons, one sister and six grandchildren.
Services are pend- ing. Dopkins Reedley Funeral Chapel is han- dling the arrangements.
wraps up stellar 2021-22 season
ABOVE: The Reedley High School Marching Band put on a final dazzling local performance at the Reed- ley Electrical Farm Equip- ment Parade on Dec. 3.
RIGHT: Band members en- joyed a trip to Knotts Berry Farm on Dec. 4 before their performance that night in the Covina Christmas Pa- rade.
Reedley High School Band Boosters / Photos Contributed
Electrical Parade, SoCal show and trip to Knotts Berry Farm cap fall that included Selma Band title
MVT Staff Report
t was a hectic and fun-filled fi- nal week and finish to the Fall 2021 marching band season for Reedley High School's "Big Green Marching Machine."
The band — whose highlight for this year was capturing prestigious Sweepstakes award at the Selma Band Review in late October — got the fi- nal week started with a stirring per-
formance of Christmas music at the Reedley Electrica Farm Equipment Parade,
Band members, staff and sup- porters then woke up at 3 a.m. and departed to Southern California to spend part of Dec. 4 running around Knotts Berry Farm before marching in Saturday night's Covina Christmas Parade.
On its Facebook page, the Reedley High School Band Boosters congratu- lated members and staff with words of praise: "You have become part of a Reedley Hometown Tradition that will live in youf heart for always. We thank the band directors for their guidance in keeping Reedley tradition alive!"
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PARADES Continued from page A1
trical Farm Equipment Parade, which drew throngs of people along G Street from 8th Street at Pioneer Park south to
13th Street. The parade returned to a live event for 2021, and came a day after the city's tree lighting in Pioneer Park on Dec. 2.
Sanger's daytime pa- rade on Dec. 4 attracted
more than 90 entries, many of them floats, traveling down Acad- emy Avenue and then on 7th Street through downtown. That evening, downtown Dinuba came alive with the returning Dinuba Christmas Pa- rade down Tulare Street and then on L Street.
Finally, Parlier re- turned to its annual pa- rade on Dec 6, proceed- ing west along Fresno Street through the downtown region and ending just past Heri- tage Park.
More photos of the tree lighting events are on page A17.
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start in 1895. We are proud to announce the opening of our Reedley Funeral Chapel and Crematory, so we can better serve our
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