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Cinco de Mayo Queen candidate
Contributed Bianca Villanueva
Bianca Villanueva is the 17-year-old daughter of Aurora and Fernando Villanueva. She is a senior at Dinuba High School. Bianca has been involved in Med Pathway and HOSA for the past four years. She is a JV captain on the Varsity water polo team. She enjoys participating in many community services through Med pathway all while maintaining a 4.0 GPA.
Her hobbies include reading, writing, drawing, playing musical instruments and researching things she wants to learn more about. She would like to be Cinco De Mayo Queen because she wants to be an example to young Hispanic/ Latina girls to prove that the statistics are wrong and that stepping out of the confines of the stereotype is possible.
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(Left) Some of the players featured in the book, Mexican American Baseball in Sacramento, gathered in the Alta District Historical Society patio area on Saturday for the book signing. They also joined current baseball players for a group photo. The photo, according to author Richard Santillan, may be published in an upcoming book on baseball in the Central Valley.
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Lucero Garcia is the 17-year- old daughter of Guillermina and Gaston Garcia. She is a Junior at Dinuba High School. She is involved in soccer, track, Ignite Club and FFA.
She speaks three languages and would like to continue learning other languages to break the language barrier between all people. She enjoys dancing and spending time with her family and friends. Her future goals are to attend Reedley College and then transfer to San Diego State University to study Law.
She would like to be Cinco De Mayo Queen to represent her Mexican American roots. Lucero would like to be closer to the community and encourage the youth to be proud of who they are and where the come from.
Photos by Rick Curiel | The Sentinel
(Left) Mike Estrada, who is also featured in the book, made the trip out from San Jose to attend Saturday's book signing.
(Right) Cat Hernandez takes a moment to speak with co-author of Mexican American Baseball in Sacramento Mark Ocegueda at Saturday's book signing. Once a scout for the Houston Astros, Hernandez has been a long staple in local baseball.
Lucero Garcia
the family’s patriarch and first to settle in Dinuba, started one of the first Mexican American baseball teams in town.
His son, Felix, coached for 30 plus years and brought home a Valley Championship in the early 1960’s. The field formerly known as Tortilla Flats in Dinuba’s historic Chinatown, is name named in his honor, Felix Delgado Park.
On hand at Saturday’s book signing event were many members of the Delgado family, including Anita Bettencourt, who was busy selling copies of the book featuring her family’s legacy
to the sport. She also made calls over the past few weeks to invite those who were in the book to attend the event.
Also attending the event were a few current baseball players from Dinuba High School, who joined former players for a group photo with the town's former players.
A portion of the proceeds, 25 percent, went to the Alta
District Historical Society. According to ADHS Board
member Roy Cotton, the event brought in $300 for the society, accounting for at least 60 books sold.
The authors of the book were Richard Santillan, Mark Ocegueda and Chris Doctor. All three were in attendance on Saturday, signing copies of their book for the many who patronized the event.
For Doctor, it was his second time in Dinuba and
at the Alta District Historical Society. He traveled to Dinuba in August of 2017 to meet with local contributors, including the Delgados and Rudy Trejo.
The book is currently available through the publisher’s website, arcadiapublishing.com.
Santillan, the book’s lead author, is planning on making another book in the near future, and is looking to find more contributors from the Central Valley.
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