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Vol. 129, No. 35 | Thursday, August 30, 2018
RHS prevails in home opener
Fast for
latest term
By Jon Earnest
jon@midvalleypublishing.com
It may have been the quickest meeting the Reedley City Council ever had.
In a special meeting on Aug. 22 lasting less than four minutes, the council voted 4-0 to formally ap- point current District 2 representa- tive Mary Fast to another four-year term starting in
January. Fast was the only candidate filing in her dis- trict by the Aug. 10 deadline, and would have been unopposed on the November ballot.
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City will
appoint
City Manager
Nicole Zieba said
appointing an un-
opposed candidate is an option that a council can take.
“The benefit of that, obviously, is that the city saves several thousands of dollars in election costs that we normally would have to pay to the county,” she said.
But Zieba said the city was dili- gent in determining if any candidate may be interested in entering the race as a write-in candidate. A vote to appoint a single candidate would prevent that opportunity.
“However, we have not been contacted by any [potential write-in
See FAST on page A2
Voting for
Fiesta mascot
ends Aug. 31
Staff Report
Voting to name the 53rd annual Reedley Fiesta’s new frog mascot ends at 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 31.
The public has a final opportu- nity to vote on a one of these names for the mascot: “Buddy,” “Reed” and “Ribberto.” Those were the top three names submitted by the public and selected by the Fiesta Committee as finalists.
Votes can be submitted online at surveymonkey.com/r/fiestafrog, or submitted in person at the
See FIESTA on page A2
Mary Fast
ItwasasuccessfulhomeopenerAug. 24fortheReedleyHighSchoolvarsityfootballteam,whichralliedfroma6-0halftimedeficittodefeatvisitingSierraPacific from Hanford by a 21-12 score. The Pirates (1-1), who bounced back strong from a season-opening loss at Sanger on Aug. 17, host Dinuba High School in a non-league game Friday, Aug. 31, at Sal Gonzalez Field. More details on the win over Sierra Pacific are in Sports on Page B3.
TOP: Senior Jairo Aguilar (4) carried the Pirates flag as he led the varsity team out on the field along with junior Max Alvarez (2) and senior Alex Echaniz (42). ABOVE LEFT: Senior lineman Devin Magana (75) delivered a pregame pep talk to his varsity teammates just before kickoff.
ABOVE RIGHT: Daniel Cortez (22) followed the block of teammate Devin Decker (82) to pick up short yardage in the first quarter.
Zieba lauds tax measure funds
Nicole Zieba, Reedley’s city manager, said the city’s half- cent public safety sales tax passed in 2008 has made the city a safer community than it was a decade ago.
Read Zieba’s guest column in the Opinion section on page A4.
Milestone day for RC Flight Science program
ABOVE: It was a milestone day for Reedley College on Aug. 27, when the college’s Flight Sciences program had its first day of flying lessons at Fresno Yosemite International Airport. Fresh- man Jhonathan Flores was the first of 17 students in the program to fly under the guidance of instructor Emilio Rosales of JB Aeronautics. All students in the program were scheduled to get their first flying experience this week, and will do solo flights by the end of the fall semester.
RIGHT: Reedley College freshman Jhonathan Flores, foreground, and instructor Emilio Rosales gave the thumbs up before their first joint flight in Fresno on Aug. 27.
George Takata, Reedley College / Photos Contributed
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