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Reynosa, Thusu extend leads in latest rsuslts
Maribel Reynosa
Kuldip Thusu
2018
Sentinel staff report
Only three votes separated Dinuba City Council Ward 2 incumbent Maribel Reynosa from challenger Victor Rojas in the latest post-election results, prior to publication. In one of the closest races in Dinuba City Council history, if the Reynosa and Rojas numbers remain as close as they are, the votes may be going to a second count, as all election numbers within one percent are subject to a recount.
From the get-go, the numbers for Reynosa and former Dinuba Unified
School Board trustee Rojas have been neck-and-neck, at times even locked in a vote-for-vote tie. Reynosa experienced her biggest lead in the race last week when the second and third post-election results were released. In both results, Reynosa held an 11-vote lead over Rojas, the largest gap between the two candidates.
But in the latest numbers, that gap shrank down to just three with Reynosa receiving 193 of the votes with 190 going to Rojas.
The Tulare County Registrar has until Dec. 6 to release final numbers for the
November’s primary elections. If at that time Reynosa and Rojas end up tied, then a second runoff election will be held. Based on California Election Code, a runoff election would be held sometime in January or February.
And in another hotly contested council race, after last week’s second post-election results revealed only a 12-vote gap, Dr. Kuldip Thusu, the seats incumbent, looks to running away with the votes in the latest numbers.
Last week Thusu had collected 287 of the votes compared to challenger Tish Perez’ 275 votes. This came after Thusu
jumped out on election night with a sizable lead, collecting approximately 60 percent of the votes. Now, after seeing that lead shrink to just one percentage point, the numbers appear to be swinging Thusu’s way.
The most recent election results have Thusu leading by 68 votes, with the incumbent receiving 436 votes to the 368 votes of Perez, for just over 54 percent of the vote.
In the race for Ward 3, Armando Longoria received 312 of the votes in resent results. Sal Medina received 201 votes.
Dinuba High's HOSA joins Judi's ght
After receiving a tattoo to raise funds for seven-year old Judith Marie Figueroa, Dinuba High School Principal Dr. Michael Roberts poses with the four members of the school's HOSA club who organized a blood and bone marrow drive for the Dinuba girl.
The students are (left to right) Jason Bhangu, Fernando Diaz, Kaitlyn Ngai and Joshua Corrales.
(Top Right) There was a continuous line of people giving blood at Saturday's event.
(Bottom Right) Rosellia Cordova, Sierra Aguilar, Jacob Rojas and Susie Medina sold shirts to help Judi's Journey. The students raised money to print the shirts and then sold them at Saturday's blood and bone marrow drive, with proceeds going to help support Judi's Journey.
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By Rick Curiel
“It has nothing to do with blood type,” said Faerber.
“Stem cell has to do with a specific part of your DNA that is your ethnic diversity.”
Unlike blood transfusions that require a blood match from just a handful of options, stem cell, according to Faerber, is much more difficult to find a match.
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student organization that promotes career opportunities in the health care industry. Four particular students from Dinuba High’s HOSA were behind the drive.
Dinuba High’s Kaitlyn Ngai, Joshua Corrales, Jason Bhangu and Fernando Diaz were the ones who came up with the idea after hearing the story of Judith Marie from one of their HOSA advisers.
“We listened to her story,” said Corrales. “About how she’s needing blood transfusions every three
days and how she’s in desperate need of bone marrow. With Ms. Pennebaker we all came together and thought it would be a perfect idea to have a blood and marrow drive.”
In addition to those who came to donate blood, a representative from City of Hope’s Be The Match program was also on hand taking registrations for stem cell matches. The process, said Zachery Faerber, serves as a way of re-booting a patient’s immune system.
Grateful for indoor plumbing and roads
“He was able to tell me what to eat and what not to eat,” Roberts explained. “And I didn’t get sick so I was thankful forthat.”
He said the trip really humbled him.
“When we think of this time of year, it certainly is a time for humbling,” added Roberts. “We have so many things to be thankful for. We have so many things that we take for granted that many other people in other countries, they don’t have the same opportunities.”
Roberts said that sometimes it takes, at least in his case, a radical experience to be able to realize those things. The experience, he said, he was very grateful for.
One of the things that struck Roberts while on his trip was the lack of infrastructure. Striking him even more, however, was how much they had in common with the rest of us back home.
“The people there are the same as the
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A blood/bone marrow drive was held in the West Gym of Dinuba High School on Saturday, bringing together students and the community to help seven- year old Judith Marie Figueroa, who is battling a rare form of Leukemia.
The event was put on by the school’s Medical Pathway Academy’s HOSA club, an international
Pastor Chris Roberts of Dinuba's Church of Christ tells Dinuba Lions members about his recent missionary trip to India. The trip, Roberts said, was a humbling experience that left him with a new found appreciation for many of the things we take for granted.
By Rick Curiel
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After just coming back from a missionary trip to India, Reverend Chris Roberts of Dinuba’s Church of Christ has a new found appreciation for things such as indoor plumbing, landfills and paved roads.
Rev. Roberts was the guest speaker at Dinuba Lions Club’s Thanksgiving meeting last Thursday. His visit to the Lions was one of his first stops, having just flown back into the states on Wednesday, and having just arrived back in Dinuba not two hours prior.
Roberts spent two and a half weeks in a “developing” part of India and shared his experience with Dinuba Lions in the banquet room of the Dinuba Memorial Hall.
His story of gratitude began with being thankful for the other pastor he traveled with, someone he said has been going to India since 1982.
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