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Thursday, November 5, 2020 | A18 | Mid Valley TiMes Stuffed Koala bear drive a success in Sanger
Manning
Avenue
roadwork
under way
in Reedley
MVT Staff Report
Roadwork began Nov. 2 on the first phase of the Manning Avenue Improvement project, designed to resurface the roadway of the major east-west arterial from Reed Avenue to Manning Avenue.
This initial phase will include installa- tion of a new water main and concrete improvements on the north side of the road- way, according to the city's engineering de- partment. Two-way traffic already has been rivered to the south side of Manning just east of Reed.
A detour is in place to encourage vehicles to take an alternate route if possible. All driveways will remain accessible during con- struction.
MVT Staff Report
More than 300 stuffed Koala bears were distrib- uted to the city of Sanger Fire and Police Depart- ment at a fundraiser held on Oct. 21 at Hysell Chi- ropractic and Acupunc- ture in Sanger.
The stuffed Koalas will now travel with lo- cal responders and can be given out to children who may need comfort in crisis situations.
In addition to the 307 Koala bears sponsored by local citizens, about 200 barbecue meals were also sold during the fun- draiser, a sell out for the event.
“It was a great suc- cess,” said Tevy Hysell, who with her husband
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Sanger Fire and Sanger Police received more than 300 stuffed Koala bears during an Oct. 21 fundraiser at Hysell Chiropractic and Acupuncture in Sanger. The bears eventually will be given out to children in crisis situations.
Roman, put on the fund- raiser event.
The money raised
Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
through the selling of the meals will be used to help first responders
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airports into multi-mod- al zero-emission trans- portation hubs and re- invigorate underutilized airports here in the San Joaquin Valley, across the state and across the U.S."
Oldham envisioned
receive discounted chi- ropractic care.
The Koala Bears were
smaller regional airports along Highway 99 and Valley routes with mobile charging stations to allow for electric flights up to Sacramento in the future.
Desmond Wheatley, CEO for Beam Global, was on the scene to watch the flight. He said this was the first electric flight mobile powered by
made possible by a fun- draising service offered through OnTrak.
the company — which provides the majority of electric vehicle services in New York and other large regions back east.
Also present to watch the charging and flight was Nicole Zieba, Reed- ley city manager who helped arrange the part- nership with the Sustain- able Aviation Project.
The Pipestrel Alpha electric airplane, piloted by Joseph Oldham, took off from Reedley Airport on Oct. 29.
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ing, “But don’t worry. We have everything under control.”
Noah went on to tell his father that his 89-year-old grandma, Donna Reyes, had a fall in the kitchen and was unable to move.
But Noah didn’t panic. In- stead, he reacted and moved
his grandma to a safer place. “I didn’t want to pull her from the legs because that would hurt her more,” said Noah of the incident. “And I didn’t want to pull her from the neck because that would choke her. So I pulled her from the armpits and dragged
her to the couch.”
Propped up against the
couch, Noah then called his
father and provided a full up- date. But when Javier asked his son to point the camera at his grandma’s leg, it became evident that Reyes would need medical attention.
“Her foot was completely flopped over,” said Zarate.
They then contacted fam- ily friend and neighbor Elea- nor Cantu, who immediately went to the Zarates’ home
and found both Noah and his grandma in the living room.
Soon after, Sanger para- medics arrived on the scene and transported Reyes to Fres- no Community Medical Center, where doctors performed sur- gery on her for a broken fe- mur while Noah went to stay with friends of the family.
Reyes was released on the morning of Oct. 27, to the joy
of all three Zarates.
“It could have been much
worse,” said Javier of the in- cident. “But Noah’s a good kid. He didn’t panic. He stayed calm and did what he had to do.”
Asked what he wants to do when he grows up, Noah re- sponded, “Work at a hospital.”
He may have a long career ahead of him.
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