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The Reedley Exponent A8 Thursday, September 13, 2018
State BMX qualifying held Sept. 1
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The AirTime BMX track north of Reedley recently hosted its biggest bicycle motocross competition of the year, a state qualifier event on Sept. 1.
There were 321 riders, ranging in age from 2 to 63 years, competing at the course, located in the south- western portion of Reedley Municipal Airport property at 5051 S. Frankwood Ave. Paul Huebert with AirTime BMX said the qualifiers at the event went on to compete later this fall at state compe- tition in Northern California.
Class divisions ranged from Novice (beginning) to Intermediate and Expert. Younger riders competed on 20-inch (tire size) bicycles, while Cruiser classes for men and women participated on 24 inch bikes.
There also is a separate girls class on the smaller bikes as well as a class for riders 5 years and younger. Those riders can choose not to ride smaller balance bikes bikes; instead riding a non- pedal bike with no cranks or pedals. Riders move the bike by sitting on a seat and using their feet to propel the cycle.
Huebert said the AirTime BMX hosts races on Tuesday evening after 6 p.m. signups. Riders also can practice Sat- urdays from 9 to 11 a.m.
AirTime BMNX will host the Golden State BMX 4-Star Series Race from Friday through Sunday, Sept. 14 to 16. Riders will practice for two hours onb Friday night and then racing begins on Saturday afternoon following 11:30 a.m. signups. On Sun- day, Sept. 16, signups begin at 8 a.m. followed by racing at 9 o’clock.
Saturday’s schedule in- cludes a special BMX camp out event featuring a water slide for youngsters and an evening movie. Juanito’s will be on hand to sell food, cake and ice cream.
The public can bring RVs, trailers and tents. Camping fee is $20.
REID
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ing the opening [and] getting that first phase completed was a very proud moment.
“I would say one of the benefits of be- ing here for so long is that you know what the priorities are and what’s important to the community. What’s important to our commis- sion and to our council. I know the sports park is one of those projects we would like to see done, at least a couple of more phases, moving forward.”
Reid said the Community Services De- partment has transitioned to online registra- tion for recreation programs in 2018.
“We still are going through that whole learning curve,” she said. “We’ve become really good at the basic functions and evolv- ing our files to being electronic. We’ve gone through this in the last six months and re- ally are starting to get better at using the advance features and all that has to offer.”
Reid said working and mentoring with recreation staff is one of the fulfilling parts of her job.
“I work with a lot of people in which this is their first job when they come to us,” she said. “They’re investing in their town, and
TOP: Novice Class Moto riders awaited the start of their race on at AirTime BMX on Sept. 1. From left to right are Blart Ireland (number 107), Arayah Casper (56), Enzo Climer (156) and Noah Tena (82).
ABOVE: Intermediate Class Moto rider William White (number 45) soared over a bump.
LEFT: From left, Eli Unruh (8), Brandon Walski (num- ber5), andJamesGrippa(18)prepareforthestart of an Expert Class Moto race.
Anthony Jewell / Photos Contributed
Jon Earnest / The Exponent
Signs posted by police to the homeless about cleanup ac- tions were to be removed.
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ing, taxpaying members of the community,” she said.
Garza said the depart- ment plans to continue ef- forts to pick up trash and enforce any trash or drug violations. Any homeless person found in possession of drug paraphernalia or violating trash ordinances can be cited.
“We can still let them know we’re going to come in and we’re going to clean up trash,” Garza said.
The court ruling could be appealed to the U.S. Su- preme Court by Boise of- ficials, Garza said, adding that he doesn’t know what action is planned there.
“My job is to enforce the rights of people about what the law says,” he said. “If the law says they have the right or that is potentially a viola- tion of their Eighth Amend- ment [right], then I have to respect that and respect their rights as citizens.”
In addition to halting enforcement of a camping ban by the river, police are replacing posted signs that said camping by the river was banned. Signs will no- tify homeless about where they can recover any items or trash picked up by police.
“We’re still going to contact folks and let them know if there are any ser- vices that we can provide for them,” Garza said. “Either on a mental health perspective or a health per- spective. We still know that camping in that environ- ment is probably not the healthiest thing in the world for them long term.”
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July’s 55.4, while the import index sank to 44.9 from 49.8 in July. “Almost one in four businesses, or 23.8 percent, indicated that tariffs and trade battles were having negative impacts on sales to, and purchases from, abroad,” Goss said.
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we’re very proud of that. And so I enjoy working with all of our staff. I think there is a lot of pride here in what you do.”
Reid is looking forward to the eventual opening of the splash park facility at the old Trimble Pool side. Construction is expected to be completed by early October, and she hopes to have a grand opening event of some type before the facility opens for the 2019 season next spring. The splash park will be open an- nually from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
“It still will be an open park space. The only thing that won’t be functioning out of season will be the water itself,” Reid said.
A 1996 graduate of Sanger High School, Reid attended Reedley College for one year and then earned her bachelor’s degree from Fresno State in recreation administration.
Reid and her husband, Jerry, live be- tween Clovis and Sanger with their children, 10-year-old son Tyler and 7-year-old daughter Payton.
Reid said she’s honored with the opportu- nity in Reedley.
“I’m learning a lot. After 15 years, you get pretty good at what you’re doing,” she said. “It’s been a nice challenge to have this different role and look at things a little bit different. That’s been very exciting.”
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