Page 3 - Mid Valley Times 6-30-22 E-Edition

Dinuba police and fire calls for last week:
Monday, June 20
• Vehicle vandalism was reported at 5:01 a.m. in the 1900 block of East Sierra Way.
• Commercial burglary was reported at 12:15 p.m. in the 100 block of
The Reedley Police Department handled 506 public-initiated and officer-initiated calls for service, with 106 dis- patched as Priority 1 calls. Officers completed 75 police reports, made 17 arrests and issued nine traffic citations. There were five traffic collisions and one DUI case, one fire call and 28 medical aid calls.
Monday, June 20
• A subject check at 8:55
Monday, June 20
There were 115 calls for service and two traf- fic citations were issued. • Officers conducted a field interview for a suspicious person in a vehicle in the 1700 block of 10th Street.
• Officers filed a gener- al incident report in the 300 block of Harrison Avenue.
• A domestic disturbance was reported in the 500 block of 6th Street. An adult male was arrested and transported to the Fresno County Jail.
• A traffic citation was issued in the 800 block of Bethel Avenue.
Tuesday, June 21
There were 113 calls for service and five traf- fic citations were issued. • Officers arrested an adult male for indecent exposure and being un- der the influence after he was running nude in Sanger Park in the 400 block of Academy Av- enue.
• Officers conducted a field interview in the 600 block of Academy Avenue.
• A general incident of harassment was report- ed at the police depart- ment.
• A traffic collision at Church and Academy
Perry Avenue.
• Vehicle vandalism was reported at 3:50 p.m. in the 1400 block of New- ton Drive.
• Officers responding to a vehicle stopped in the 1800 block of East El Monte Way at 7:39 p.m. arrested the driver for suspected DUI.
a.m. in the 1100 block of I Street resulted in an arrest for an outstand- ing warrant.
• A subject check at 3:54 p.m. in the 1100 block of I Street resulted in an arrest for narcotics pos- session.
Tuesday, June 21
• A subject check at 1:43 a.m. at Huntsman and Cyrier avenues resulted in an arrest for an out- standing warrant.
• A disturbance was re-
• An injury traffic colli- sion was reported at 8:20 p.m. in the 200 block of North K Street.
• Illegal fireworks were reported at 9:30 p.m. in the area of Marshall and Johnson avenues.
• A subject was reported starting fires at 9:37 p.m. in the 2100 block of East
El Monte Way.
Tuesday, June 21
• A physical altercation involving two females was reported at 11:41 a.m. at Pamela and Kelly avenues.
• Domestic violence was reported in the 100 block of South Englehart Av-
avenues resulted in the arrest of the driver for suspected DUI.
• Theft was reported in the 1000 block of Faller Avenue.
• Officers issued a tres- pass advisement in the 1900 block of Jensen Avenue.
• A prowler was report- ed in the 2200 block of 3rd Street.
• A traffic collision was reported at Newmark and Rainbow avenues.
Wednesday, June 22
There were 119 calls for service and eight traf- fic citations were issued. • Officers issued a cita- tion at 7th and N streets to an adult male carry- ing an open container of alcohol.
• Officers arrested a man at 9th Street and Bethel Avenue for pos- session of drug para- phernalia.
• A subject check in the 400 block of Academy Avenue resulted in an arrest for multiple out- standing misdemeanor warrants.
• Officers issued a tres- pass advisement in the 2600 block of Jensen Avenue.
• A general incident was reported in the 800 block of West Avenue.
• A general incident re-
port involving a found bicycle was received in the 1700 block of DeWitt Avenue.
• Officers made an ar- rest for domestic vio- lence in the 400 block of Brehler Avenue.
Thursday, June 23
There were 115 calls for service and 10 traffic citations were issued.
• A vehicle stop at 5th
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ported at 7:17 p.m. in the 900 block of East Spring- field Avenue.
• A disturbance was reported at 11:47 p.m. in the 1100 block of C Street.
Wednesday, June 23
• A non-injury traffic collision was reported at 7:38 a.m. in the 1100 block of I Street.
• A non-injury traffic collision was reported at 4:30 p.m. at the intersec- tion of Dinuba and East
avenues.
• A subject check at 6:10 p.m. in the 1300 block of East Manning Avenue resulted in an arrest for an outstanding warrant. • A disturbance was re- ported at 8:44 p.m. at the intersection of Hemlock and Cypress avenues.
• A subject check at 9:39 p.m. in the 700 block of I Street resulted in an ar- rest for an outstanding warrant and narcotics possession.
Street and Faller Avenue resulted in an arrest for a probation violation.
• Officers conducted a general investigation regarding the theft of money from a local busi- ness in the 1800 block of Academy Avenue. Fur- ther followup was to be conducted.
• Officers conducted a
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Raymond Gerawan
November 29, 1933 ~ June 13, 2022
Raymond Michael Gerawan was born November 29th, 1933 and passed away peacefully at his home on
June 13th, 2022. He was 88. Ray’s parents, Michael Gerawan and Emaline Mittry, immigrated from Lebanon in the early 1920’s and later met and married in Oakland, CA in 1930, welcoming first Emile, then Ray. Michael worked with Mittry Brothers Construction, who then traveled to Miramonte to build Highways 180 and 198 for 5 miles in each direction from the Y. The next job was in Los Angeles and then to Oklahoma when Ray was 6. The Gerawans left construction for farming when Ray was 10 and settled on 40 acres on the corner of Alta and Lincoln. The boys
went to Wahtoke school and Reedley High School.
Ray dug into work at a very early age to help support the family. He was known for asking a lot of questions as he worked for different farmers doing any and every job there was. He bought his first 40 acres, “Ranch 2” on Alta Ave. near American, by farming the land and working other jobs to pay
it off.
In 1956 Ray met Star Phillips, a Physics student at UCSF.
Ray convinced her to leave it all behind and they were married later that year. They lived in the house on Ranch 2 that Ray and 2 of his friends built and added 4 kids to it - Lore, Mike, Danny and Matt.
Ray’s first packing shed was behind the house where he worked with his first employee, Abundio Islas and in time, Horacio Aleman from down the street. He later partnered with Herb and Leon Kaprielian to form Rancher’s Fruit Company with a small shed in Reedley on “I” Street. They went on to build the Packing plant and Cold Storage on Dinuba Ave across from the DMV, Plant 1. Ray and Herb later went different directions and Ray began R. M. Gerawan Co. which continued to grow and prosper working with Ed Johnson, Mario Navarro and so many others. He partnered with Randy DeLeon in Central Labor Company, Marvin Gerdts in Western Ag and others as well farming in Maricopa, Yuma, Mexico and Chili. He also learned to fly (in a twin engine) and developed a charter company with Leonard Hall, flying a Barron, King Air and Lear Jet himself. In ‘79 the new cold storage and pack line, Plant 2, was built at Dinuba and Buttonwillow. His sons joined him, Mike in the fields and Dan in the plants. With a work force second to none, Gerawan Farming went on to be the largest and highest quality Grower, Packer and Shipper of Peaches, Plums, Nectarines and Table Grapes in the industry. The company was sold in 2019.
While growing that company over those 70 years, Ray made lots of time to spend with his family going up to the mountains, fishing at the river and the dam, BBQing at Avocado Lake, Dove hunting with the boys and watching Johnny Unitas lead the Colts. They made many trips to San Francisco to see Star’s mom who lived across the street from Luca’s Deli, which he and the kids made a B-line for as soon as they parked. His mother and brother came to the house Every Sunday to watch Wild Kingdom and Disney with the kids. A great many meals were enjoyed with Sity’s Lebanese cooking and Ray was a pretty good cook himself. Through life, Ray’s main concern was the wellbeing of his family, including the grandkids, Annie, Lily and Katie Gerawan and Frances and Elias Callahan and their brother, Michael Callahan.
Ray spent many hours at coffee shops, Clingan’s Junction, The Squaw Valley Restaurant and Main Street Café among them with his cousin, Richard Mittry and a great many friends over the years. He stopped into country stores to see others and at some, stay up on his Arabic which he spoke as a kid. As many know, the list is Long of people he talked with out in the fields. He had a good life in a good place with so many good people.
A small private service was held on June 20th with his good friend, Father Robert Brocato. Ray did not want a large gathering held. We’d like to thank our friend Bob Bergthold with Farewell Funeral Services and invite Remembrances to be shared through that website.
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• A suspicious female subject possibly with a gun in her waistband was reported at 10:37 p.m. in the 300 block of Monte Vista Avenue.
• A vehicle stop at 11:15 p.m. in the 1700 block of North Alta Avenue re- sulted in the arrest of a
Thursday, June 23
• A vehicle stop at 6:28 a.m. in the 1100 block of B Street resulted in the arrest of the driver for
man for driving without a license and possession of methamphetamine and a meth pipe.
Wednesday, June 22
• A non-injury traffic collision involving a car and a semi truck was re-
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suspected DUI.
• Reedley officers, with the assistance of the
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Reedley
Helen Marie Boos
November 5, 1932 ~ June 18, 2022
Helen Marie Boos, 89, of Reedley, CA, died June 18, 2022 at her home surrounded by
Born November 5, 1932 in San Antonio, TX to the late Harold and Frieda Froehmer. She attended Burbank High School,
San Antionio TX graduating in 1949.
She was married to the love of her life, the late August (Gus) Boos on October 4, 1952, relocating to Reedley, CA shortly after, where they resided the remainder of their lives.
Helen and Gus were active members of Christ Lutheran Church in Reedley, past members of Kings River Golf & Country Club in Kingsburg, and together taught numerous 4-H classes while raising their family.
Helen is preceded in death by her husband, Gus in 2006, and her son, Kenny in 2008.
Helen is survived by sons, Roger of Reedley, CA, Wayne of Fresno, CA, Kevin of Reedley, CA, two brothers, Harold, 91, of San Antonio, TX and Victor, 79 of Clovis, CA, 7 grandchildren, six great grandchildren, two dogs, and two cats.
Services were held 6/29/2022 and interment at Reedley District Cemetery.
her family.
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