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Sanger
schools
student,
Sanger
High
graduate
Mallory
Scott
spent
four
years in student govern- ment, Interact Club, CSF and varsity basketball. She was 2021-22 Senior Class president and In- teract president and was sports editor of the school newspaper.
Scott worked closely with the Hi-Lights edi- torial board and wrote
good for Pfizer vaccines ages 6 months through 4 years) and Moderna (ag- es 6 months to 5 years).
Cheryl Senn, Sanger Scene / Photo Contributed
Dawn Pearson, career technical educational instructor who handles Sanger High's digital photography and jour- nalism program, is the 2022 Educator of the Year.
Munoz is a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician who helps ed- ucate caregivers on how to properly install their child restraint systems.
The happily-married mother of three chil- dren spends her free time going to the mov- ies with her husband and trying out new res- taurants.
RECYCLER OF THE YEAR Wallin's Funeral Home
The longtime Sanger funeral home is being honored this year for its recycling program disposing landscap- ing waste. The annual award is presented by Mid Valley Disposal.
back to campus some- day to continue his out- standing work with our student-athletes. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family dur- ing this extremely dif- ficult time.”
four adult and teen-aged children.
LeBeau replaces Joe Vasquez, who posted a 12-21 record in 2021-22 as the Eagles reached the Central Section Di- vision V finals.
Mallory Scott
stories for all sections, which received na- tional recognition this year. She was awarded the prestigious George Gruner Award for meri- torious community jour- nalism for one of her teacher stories.
Scott, who carried a stellar 4.208 grade point average, has been accepted to the Wal- ter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication pro- gram at Arizona State University.
The Fresno County Department of Public Health began distribut- ing the infant and tod-
FIRE PERSONNEL OF THE YEAR Capt. Todd Wilson
Sanger Fire Depart- ment peers selected Capt. Todd Wilson for the 2022 Fire Personnel honor.
Wilson — who started with SFD in July 200 is the department’s train- ing officer, and has been able to completely rein- vent and implement the department’s training program for both new recruits and veterans. He has taken on the re-
dler vaccines to physi- cians and clinics, who began administering vaccines on June 20.
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ber of the Italian Church Federation; She served as President of Sanger Women’s Club from 2014-2016, establishing a scholarship fund for SHS students. EDUCATOR OF
THE YEAR Dawn Pearson
Former Sanger High student Dawn Pearson is employed as a teach- er through the Valley Regional Occupational Program (VROP), but exclusively serves the Sanger High population. She is a career techni- cal educational instruc- tor with sections in both digital photography and journalism, and has been an influential adviser for 11 years for the award- winning Hi-Lights stu- dent newspaper,’
Pearson weathered personal tragedy dur- ing the pandemic, hav- ing dealt with the un- expected deaths of two close students during the 2020-21 school year as well as the deaths of
VIRUS
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(actually a slight dip for the week) and 11.1 per- cent positivity.
On June 19, the U.D. Food and Drug Admin- istration and the Cen- ters for Disease Control and Prevention granted emergency use authori- zation for infant and tod- dler COVID-19 vaccines after comprehensive clinical trials on children as young as six months.
The authorization is
her father, a cousin and a bridesmaid in her wed- ding.
“Although Dawn in- stills a competitive edge in her students, she does not seek out personal ac- colades,” her nominat- ing letter stated. “She is motivated by a sense of duty combined with a nurturing soul.”
ROTARY YOUTH SERVICE AWARD
Mallory Scott
A lifelong
sponsibility of devel- oping an entire rookie academy, where new employees are immedi- ately trained over sever- al weeks to become pro- fessional firefighters.
Wilson also is in charge of the depart- ment’s training cadre, where he and his crew develop department- wide training schedules, monthly lesson plans and coordinates instructors for monthly training. He is the officer-in charge of the “C” shift, and main- tains a position within the training officers’ section of the California Fire Chiefs Association.
At Sanger, Wilson was promoted to engineer in April 2003, lieutenant in February 2009 and cap- tain in 2010.
POLICE PERSONNEL OF THE YEAR Bertha Munoz
Records clerk Bertha Munoz began with the Sanger Police Depart- ment in 2014 as a Police Explorer, and did an in- ternship with the depart- ment in 2019 before be- coming a records clerk
COACH
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Jerry Buckley said. "His time spent with us was priceless, and we looked forward to him possibly coming
LeBEAU Continued from page A9
beyond grateful to teach at a school where Christ is the foundation.”
LeBeau and his wife of 28 years, Sarah, have
in 2020. She has a bach- elor's degree in Crimi- nology, with an empha-
Bertha Munoz
sis in law enforce- ment, and a Victim Servic- es Cer- tificate from Fresno State.
As of the Tuesday, June 21 update, there were 244,129 total cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) out of 2,811,912 tests in Fresno County, with 2,772 deaths and 116 people hospitalized (16 in ICU).
county website is providing sporadic updates on 30-day case averages for each zip code in Fresno County.
Mid Valley Times cities and other Fresno County cities have not been updated for weeks as part of the Fresno County COVID-19 data hub. The
In Tulare County, there were 110,768 confirmed cases (874 on 7-day active average, an increase of 111 for the week) of COVID-19 with 1,496 deaths and 32 people hospitalized (none in ICU) as of Tuesday, June 21.
COVID-19 update
ALTA CEMETERY DISTRICT
Office of
SMITH MOUNTAIN CEMETERY
42088 ROAD 100
DINUBA, CALIFORNIA 93618 PHONE (559) 591-3348 / FAX (559) 591-1008
PUBLIC STATEMENT REGARDING WATER
As many people are aware, the appearance of Smith Mountain Cemetery is not what the community is accustomed to seeing. Due to the drought in the State of California, combined with the geography of the land surrounding the cemetery and other factors, we are no longer able to obtain sufficient water pressure to maintain the cemetery grounds as they used to be. We currently have one working well. The other two wells are dry because of their shallow depth.
Smith Mountain Cemetery is located at the base of a mountain, which is formed of rock. There are neighboring wells that have been drilled to a depth of one thousand feet pumping hundreds of gallons of water per minute to agricultural land. The drought, combined with these factors, have had a severe impact on cemetery water pressure and available water.
The District has contacted several Well Drillers for advice and for quotes for drilling a new well. We have been advised that drilling anything less than a one thousand foot well may only be a temporary fix due to the depth of neighboring wells. Additionally, not all well drillers have the equipment to be able to drill through the granite at a depth the cemetery may require. The cost of a well drilled to one thousand feet is estimated to be more than half a million dollars. The District does not have the financial reserves for such an estimate.
When selecting a site for placement of a well, there are Health Department requirements that must be followed. A well must not be placed within one hundred feet from interments, twenty-five feet from the front boundary and five feet from all other boundaries of the property. We must also consider future development of the cemetery so that we stay in compliance of the requirements well into the future. These restrictions severely limit our ability to locate a new well.
State regulations also continue to restrict the use of water. On May 24, 2022, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted emergency water conservation regulations in response to the Governor’s March Executive Order and voted unanimously to implement a statewide ban on watering of non-functional grass in the commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors, as well as regulations requiring local agencies to implement water use restrictions. The new restriction banning the watering of non- functional grass is proposed to take effect June 10, 2022. The regulations are a work in progress and not clearly defined at this time. However, what is known is that the State will continue to impose restrictions as the water crisis continues.
Considering State regulations, the cost of a new well, and the ongoing drought, the District will be looking into alternative landscape designs that do not include grass. Before any new landscape design is implemented, the District will present the designs to the public for input at its regular meetings. Please keep an eye on our agendas for discussions on alternative landscaping.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
The Board of Directors of Alta Cemetery District
6/10/2022
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