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Thursday, May 5, 2022
Vol. 3, No. 44
Reedley's Street Faire returns
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Sanger
looking
to tighten
fireworks
ordinance
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
The Sanger City Council this week will consider in- troducing a tweak to its ordi- nance regarding fireworks in the city, one that would allow fire and police to hold "social hosts" (homeowners) respon- sible for the illegal dischragte of illegal fireworks.
The joint council meeting with Sanger Finance Author- ity will begin at 6 p.m. Thurs- day, May 5, in the council chambers, 1700 7th St.
The proposed ordinance update to the city's municipal code would provide for social host liability for illegal fire- works. that would mean that owners or persons in posses- sion of real property, or the host of a gathering on public or private property, would be responsible for any discharge of illegal fireworks at that site.
The ordinance would also be defined that a social host "need not be present at the time il- legal fireworks are possessed, manufactured, stored, sold, handled, used or discharged in order for the city to impose civil money penalties." Prior knowledge is not a prerequisite to a finding of responsibility.
A first offense of the fire-
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Dinuba's 2022 Cinco De Mayo event May 6-7 at Vuich Park
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
A traditional Reedley event that had been absent for the past two years because of CO- VID-19 returned to the down- town area on May 1.
The annual Street Faire & Car Show — hosted by the Greater Reedley Chamber of Commerce and presented by Martens Chevrolet — filled downtown's G Street district within a five-block radius stretching from 8th and 13th streets.
The activity in front of Pioneer Park once again fea- tured the popular Nomad's Car Show, featuring dozens of vehicles lining both side of the street for more than a block. And, once again, food and crafts booth vendors set up business along G Street for a four-block segment that included music, games, train rides for children and fami- lies and bounce house areas for kids at the southern end of the layout.
"I think people were ready to get back to it," said Erik Valencia, executive director for the chamber. The crowds enjoying a sunny Sunday re- flected that, steadily in the hundreds walking the street during the event's six hours.
The return of the Street
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Coronavirus Update
Case numbers continue to increase for a second week
TOP: Crowds turned out on G Street in front of Pioneer Park to look at the custom classic cars on dis- play as part of the Reedley Street Faire's Nomad's Car Show on May 1. Dozens of classic and restored vehicles lined up along G Street and in the park as part of the festivities.
ABOVE LEFT: Jamie Hitchcock crooned out Frank Sinatra tunes as part of the entertainment to those visiting the car show on G Street.
ABOVE RIGHT: Train rides once again were popular activities for families visiting the annual Street Faire & Car Show. The springtime tradition returned in full glory this year after a two-year absence because of COVID-19. The Street Faire stretched along G Street from 8th Street to 13th Street.
Photos by Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
For a second consecutive week, active coronavirus case numbers climbed in both Fresno and Tulare counties. It's uncertain if increasing numbers are connected to the BA.2 variant strain that have hit other areas of the country.
Fresno County's May 3 update showed an additional 265 cases — and an increased 7-day active rate of 125 people — to bring the posi- tivity rate up a half-point for the
week for 2.9 percent of more than 2.67 million tests in the county. The new cases per 100,000 population increased by 1.2 percent, to 4.3 per- cent in the most recent update.
The May 3 update also showed an increase in hospitalizations to 46; 10 patients higher than the April 26 report. Of those, four are in inten- sive care, and there were seven ad- ditional deaths for the week.
Tulare County's active case number climbed for the week by
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Yeretzi Corpus Solis is Dinuba's 2022 Cinco De Mayo Queen
Yaretzi Corpus Solis waved to the audience at the Dinuba High School
Theatre after being crowned Dinuba's 2022 Cinco De Mayo Queen on April 30. The pageant returned to
a live show and audience this year after being a video presentation in 2020 and 2021 because of COVID-19. Denis Gonzalez Reyes was named as first runner up while second runner up was Saffron Sanchez. The Miss Congeniality award went to Patricia Guzman Garcia.
Solis will represent Dinuba as Cinco De Mayo Queen for the next 365 days.
All seven pageant contes- tants and more photos from the event are in a special insert section in this edition of The Times.
Victorio Rojas / Photo Contributed
Sanger HOF awards banquet May 7
MVT Staff Report
Sanger High School's "Return of the Champions" Athletic Hall of Fame awards banquet takes place this Saturday, May 7, at 5:30 p.m. at the Sanger Community Center, 730 Recreation Ave.
Highlighting those being honored
is the legendary 1976 Apache foot- ball team, the only squad to win the Yosemite Division section champi- onship and voted by Cal-Hi Sports as the number one school in the state in Division II. The team went 12-1, outscoring opponents by 323-92.
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Obituaries - A2 Opinion - A4