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Promotions,
graduations
kick o Friday
Dinuba Uni ed
• Washington Intermediate School promotion ceremony — 9 a.m. Friday, May 25 - WIS
• Dinuba Unified Alternative Education — 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 29 — Claud Hebert Field
• Dinuba High School — 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 30 — Claud Hebert Field — Gates open at 6 p.m.
Cutler-Orosi Joint Uni ed
• Cutler-Orosi Adult School, Lovell and Esperanza’s Alternative Education Schools — 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 5 — at Orosi High School
• El Monte Middle School promotion ceremony — 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 6 — Orosi High School Gym
• Orosi High School — 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 7 — OHS JV softball/baseball field
Suspect leads Dinuba Police on high-speed chase
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The Dinuba Sentinel
Sentinel staff report
A Dinuba man was arrested Monday evening after a pursuit through the city.
Jose Francisco Ruiz, 41, allegedly led Dinuba Police on a high-speed chase after officers attempted to contact him on a traffic violation in the area of Ventura and P streets, a report from the Dinuba Police said. During the chase, officers identified the vehicle as stolen.
The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office set spike strips in the area of Road 112 and Avenue 340, where the vehicle pursuit ended. Ruiz reportedly swerved off a dirt shoulder and struck a power pole in an attempt
to drive around the spike strips. He allegedly attempted to flee on foot while three passengers remained in the vehicle.
Ruiz was arrested and transported to a local area hospital for treatment of his injuries sustained in the collision. He faces “several felony charges for possessing the stolen vehicle, felony evading and fleeing from the scene of an injury traffic collision,” the
Dinuba Police report said.
Valdez Continued from Page A1
• Retired Educational Leader of the Year: Rebecca Ramirez
• Protecting our Environment Award: Pena’s Disposal
difference for him? It was a teacher. So I tell my teachers about the power they have. Every day we work at building the world that we want to live in, that we want our kids to live in. When you retire you want as many people working as possible. We cannot fail in our job.”
The story of Jose is just one reason why Valdez continues to put in the hard work to make sure others in her community also have the opportunity to live their dreams.
“I promised him a job teaching math,” said Valdez. “But he’s going to work for NASA.”
Mono Street at 6:40 p.m.
• A man down report was made for a man in the middle of the road bleeding from his head in the 1600 block of East Sierra Way
at 9:55 p.m.
• Gunshots or fireworks were
reported in the area of South Greene Avenue and Kamm Avenue at 11:15 p.m.
Sunday, May 20
• Thirteen noise complaints were made overnight.
• A small fire was reported in the area of Sierra Way and Road 74 at 3:05 a.m.
• A person was reported for going into a homeowner’s backyard and crawling under the fence at 8 p.m.
• A person was witnessed throwing an object at a window that reportedly popped and created a fire in the 1800 block of South First Avenue at 8:50 p.m.
Monday, May 21
• A verbal altercation was reported at Roosevelt Park at 12:50 a.m.
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James Edward Wilson
James Edward Wilson, a resident of Reedley, died May 16, 2018. He was 68.
He was a forklift driver.
Services have been held. Burial took place at Smith Mountain Cemetery.
Surviving family members include his spouse, two daughters, one brother and two sisters, six grandchildren and three
great grandchildren. Dopkins Funeral Chapel is
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Douglas Halstead
Douglas Halstead, a resident of Dinuba, died May 6, 2018. He was 75.
He was a grocery clerk.
Surviving family members include his wife.
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the 400 block of North L Street at 8:35 p.m.
Wednesday, May 16
• A broken hydrant was reported in the 700 block of North Alta Avenue at 5:15 a.m.
• A gas leak was reported in the 800 block of North Pacific Circle at 9:20 a.m.
• A vacant business building was vandalized in the 500 block of West El Monte Way at 9:35 a.m.
• A phone was stolen in the 1300 block of Euclid Avenue at 2:25 p.m.
• A vehicle was stolen in the 1100 block of Golden Way. It was reported at 7:10 p.m.
Thursday, May 17
• Lumber was stolen in the 600 block of Jade Avenue at 7:20 a.m.
• A person was reported for breaking windows and throwing items in the 100 block of West Ventura Street at 10:40 a.m.
• A person was reported for smoking drugs in front of a preschool in the 900 block of South College Avenue at 2:10
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Jose Francisco Ruiz
position in 2014.
“I’ve always been so passionate
about my work,” said Valdez. “Who has the power to positively affect the future? I think educators do. You see kids who maybe didn’t have a future. Maybe they felt lost. If you could just reach that child their life could be completely different.”
Valdez told the story of a young man named Jose who, though bright, was lost in a world of gangs just a few years ago. Jose had been kicked out of every school he had been to and found himself in independent studies during his high school years.
Pictured are the winners of the 2018 Cutler-Orosi Loins Club's 69th Annual Community Awards Night.
Awards
Continued from Page A1
cultures, languages, and to love each other, and for everyone to protect our environment.”
Other award winners, pictured above, were:
• Business of the Year: Prince
J’s Creations
• Community Organization of
the Year - Nuevo Comienzo
• Public Service Award: Family
Education Center
• Senior Citizen of the Year:
Jesus Quevedo
• Health Professional of the
Year: Dr. Alma Sanchez
• Educational Leader of the
Year: Krystal Poloka
• Junior Achievers: Angel
But then his independent studies teacher saw something in him and recognized that Jose was gifted in mathematics. She worked with him and realized the math she was teaching him was not enough for him.
She advocated for him and got him back into Orosi High School. Jose, after being in and out of jail and even having been stabbed, is now graduating from College of the Sequoias, where he is the president of MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) and will
be going off to UCLA in the fall. Said Valdez, “Who made a
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and then moved on to become the Dean of Students at Orosi High School in 1994. A few years later Valdez became the Assistant Principal at Dinuba High School and then took over the principal’s position at Washington Intermediate School in 2000.
After four years at Washington she became the principal at Dinuba High School, where she spent the next seven years.
In 2011 she went back to her hometown of Orosi to become the assistant superintendent under Dr. Carolyn Kherli, and then assumed the superintendent’s
Sentinel staff report
Dinuba Police incident calls in the last week.
Monday, May 14
• Multiple people were reported for riding all-terrain- vehicles on the sidewalk in the area of Magnolia Way and Crawford Avenue at 11:50 a.m.
• A homeless encampment was reported in the 2200 block of East El Monte Way at 1:55 p.m.
• A fence board was removed at a home in the 1900 block of South Greene Avenue at 7:15 p.m.
• A home was burglarized in the 1500 block of East Nebraska Avenue. It was reported at 10:15 p.m.
Tuesday, May 15
• Mail was stolen within city limits at 6:35 p.m.
• A homeowner found property in their personal shed that belonged to a homeless person in the 200 block of North H Street at 6:40 p.m.
• A trespasser was witnessed with a flashlight in a building in
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• A person was reported for attempting to start a fire near the railroad tracks on North Englehart Avenue at 5:55 a.m.
• Two people were reported for racing all-terrain-vehicles in the area of Short Avenue at 9:10 a.m.
• An ambulance was requested for a vehicle-versus-pedestrian accident in the 2200 block of East El Monte Way at 7 p.m.
• Multiple People were reported for riding motorcycles on the grass at the dog park at 7:50 p.m.
Saturday, May 19
• A bike was stolen from outside of Carl’s Junior at 3:05 a.m.
• A power pole was reportedly down in the area of El Monte Way and Bates Avenue at 6:45 a.m.
• A vehicle was burglarized in the 300 block of Red Robin Drive. It was reported at 9:10 a.m.
• A person was reported for selling fake gold jewelry door to door in the 400 block of West
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