Page 16 - Mid Valley Times 6-16-22 E-Edition

Thursday, June 16, 2022
Cruise Night in Downtown Dinuba
Downtown Dinuba along South L Street between Kern and Ventura streets was full of classic and restored cars as part of the Cruise Night on June 10. That was followed by the Cars in the Park event on June 11 at Rose Ann Vuich Park, with Jim Trujillo's vehicle winning the Best in Show competition.
Photos by Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
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Reedley Elks / Contributed
The Parlier Police Department honoree is Officer Temujian Bustos.
AWARDS Continued from page A2
Sanchez
• Dinuba Police — Officer Keri
Babcock
• Orange Cove Fire – Capt. Yazil
Iniguez
• Orange Cove Police – Cpl. Daniel
Parra
• Parlier Police — Officer Temu-
Reedley Elks / Contributed
Paramedia Jose Hernandez represented the Sequoia Safety Council.
• Reedley Fire — Firefighter Jar- en Hudson
• Reedley Police — Detective Ed- die Luna, Sgt. Gary Kincaid, Records Specialist Mireya Renteria and Vic- tims Advocate Rosalinda Padilla
• Sanger Fire — Capt. Todd Wilson
• Sanger Police — Officer Menou Thao, School Resource Officer
• Sequoia Safety Council — Para- medic Jose Hernandez.
CEMETERY Continued from page A1
new well, but any drill- ing of less than 1,000 feet is considered only a temporary fix due to the depth of neighbor- ing wells. The cost to drill to 1,000 feet is esti- mated to be more than half a million dollars.
There also are re- strictions of a well be- ing more than 100 feet from interments and 25 feet from the front property boundary which severely limit the district's ability to locate a new well.
Because of these and pending state water re- strictions, the district will receive public input for alternative design ideas that would not in- clude grass.
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Sanger police detec- tives who were in the area spotted the two vehicles speeding into the parking lot of the Sanger Post Of- fice, located at 724 O St.
Detectives, who were in an unmarked car that was equipped with lights and siren, observed the driver — later identified as 27-year-old Jeremiah Lee Nunn — exiting the black SUV and then strike the other vehicle multiple times with a baseball bat. The detectives confronted Nunn and identified them- selves as police officers.
Police said Nunn then got back into his vehicle and rammed the detec- tives' car before fleeing the scene and heading south. Detectives started
jian Bustos
Sanger Police Department / Photo Contributed
A black sports utility vehicle is pictured crashed into a tree near the intersection of N Street and Annadale Avve- nue on June 13 following a road rage incident. A Sanger man was arrested at the scene.
POT GROW Continued from page A1
Upon entering the residence, law enforce- ment found more than 1,000 mature marijuana plants that contained a street value of more than $3 million. Also discovered was equip- ment for growing and cultivating the plants.
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A night later, on June 10, more than 730 graduates accept- ed their diplomas in Sanger High's gradua- tion before a large turn- out at Save Mart Center in Fresno. An impres- sive 74 graduates had grade point averages
The evidence was seized by the FCSO Special Investigations Task Force, and was to be booked or disposed of property.
Police said that no one was contacted at the residents, and no arrests had been made as of June 14. The police de- partment is continuing to investigate the case.
of 4.0 or higher, led by Valedictorian - Summa Cum Laude Ashley Sch- letewitz's 4.57 GPA.
This year's ceremo- ny returned to the Save Mart Center for the first time since 2019. A remote virtual gradu- ation was held in 2020 and a split outdoors event took place at Tom Flores Stadium in 2021.
a pursuit and were joined by other officers. The brief chase ended when the SUV crashed into a tree at the corner of N Street and Annadale Av- enue.
Nunn was treated at a local hospital for a mi- nor injury, and then was
booked into the Fresno County Jail on multiple felony charges. Those charges include felony as- sault for when he drove at the detectives.
There were no other injuries or additional property damage from the incident.
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