Dinuba Sentinel 12-6-18 E-edition

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Former Dinuba Sentinel owner dies
Home victory
Lady Emps beat Corcoran in home opener
Sports, Page B1
Thomas Locke Hobbs
Sentinel staff report
The Dinuba Sentinel regrets to announce that former owner and co-publisher of the Sentinel Diane Raison passed away on Sunday, Dec. 2. She was 89.
Raison was born in 1929, during the Great Depression. At the time her grandparents J.R. and Gertrude Locke owned and operated the Dinuba Sentinel. They took over the newspaper in July of 1914.
From early childhood, Raison was immersed in the newspaper industry and spent many years in her young life working for the paper in various
capacities.
In 1952, Diane married Bob Raison
and shortly after, when Bob had finished serving in the U.S. Navy, the two began working full-time for the paper.
When J.R. Locke passed away in 1972, Diane’s uncle, Bill Locke, took over the business. But when Bill died in 1977, the business was handed over to Diane and Bob, who ran the Dinuba Sentinel as co-publishers.
In a 2009 the Dinuba Sentinel was recognized by the Dinuba Chamber of Commerce as the Large Business of the Year. That year the Sentinel was celebrating its 100th anniversary, and
in an article by Bob Raison, he wrote the following of Diane.
“Diane, who grew up in the business, has been my constant helpmate, advisor, and co-worker. I would not have made it without her never-failing support.”
Diane was well known for feature articles in the Dinuba Sentinel. It was an honor anyone during her time at the Sentinel to be featured on Page Four.
In 2010, after celebrating 100 years in business, Diane and Bob sold the business to Mid Valley Publishing. Before selling the business, their nephew, Thomas Lock Hobbs, a photographer stopped by to document
the family’s century old business.
In February of that year, the Raison’s gave Hobbs permission to use a large process camera, once used to make lithographic offset plates to print newspapers, to photograph the Raisons and Dinuba Sentinel staff. Because the camera is only set up to take photos on a 1-to-1 scale, each
photo was life size.
The photo of Diane Raison, left, was
taken by her nephew.
Mrs. Raison is survived by her
husband Bob Raison; a son, Charles, and daughter, Margo, and three grandchildren. Services for Raison are still pending.
Diane Raison 1929-2018
McMaryion's crowning victory
Facilities
District
City forms
Community
By Rick Curiel
Editor@thedinubasentinel.com
In an effort to streamline costs for future city expansion, the Dinuba City Council approved the formation of a Community Facilities District at the Nov. 27 meeting.
The new Community Facilities District will provide funding necessary to operate and maintain new public services and facilities created by new residential development by levying a special tax on homeowners in newly developed subdivisions.
In his report to the city council, city of Dinuba’s Business Manager George Avila explained how the cost of developing new public facilities, along with the current process of levying the expense, was becoming too costly for the city, especially considering its current revenue.
In the past, when a new subdivision was proposed the city of Dinuba would set up what were referred to as Landscape and Lighting Districts, or LLDs. Through the LLDs, the city would create cost assessments that were then passed on annually to the homeowners. But according to Avila, that process became very time consuming and costly.
Avila said the new CFD serves the same purpose of a LLD, but in a much simpler way.
“These are new to the city of Dinuba,” Avila told the council last Tuesday. “But many agencies across the state have started created these districts.”
The new CFD incorporates a map of newly developed land along with a future annexation area and will apply to new and current housing developments Laurabrook, Quail Run South and Tierra Vista. Only residents of the new
See District, Page A7
Photo by Jackson Moore | Special to the Sentinel
Election
Two votes separate Reynosa, Rojas in city council race
Recent rains keep city workers busy
Dinuba received nearly 1.5 inches of rain last week. That combined with fallen leaves kept Dinuba city maintanence workers clearing gutters. More rain is expected this week. (Rain totals on page A3)
Dinuba's own Marcus McMaryion found himself atop the Mountain West Conference on Saturday, Dec. 1, after leading the Fresno State Bulldogs football team to a title victory over host Boise State. For Fresno State, it was a historic victory for the program. This was the first time the Bulldogs beat the Broncos on the infamous blue turf. Many feel the blue turf gives Boise State an unfair advantage as the Broncos home uniforms are the same color. That turf, however, was nullified midway through the MWC championship game as snow turned the field white. Fresno State wore white.
Fresno State, led my McMaryion at quarterback, won the game in a dramatic overtime finish. They will next play Arizona State on Dec. 15 in the Las Vegas Bowl. More on the Bulldog's victory in today's sports section, B1.
2018
Sentinel staff report
Today is the deadline for all election results to be finalized. Tuesday, the Tulare County Registrar released what may be as close to final numbers as possible.
And again, those numbers revealed a tight race between Dinuba City Council incumbent Maribel Reynosa and challenger Victor Rojas. If Reynosa is to retain her seat on the council, she will do so by the smallest margin. Tuesday’s numbers had Reynosa leading Rojas in the race for Ward 2 by merely two votes.
With a total of 215 votes, compared to Rojas’ 213, Reynosa needs only to survive the last of the no-signature match statements.
According to Tulare County Elections
Coordinator Emily Olivera, a dramatic change of the numbers is unlikely. “We’ve been getting maybe 15 statements a day,” said Olivera of the remaining no-signature match statements. “And that’s for the whole county.”
The race between Reynosa and Rojas has been one of the closest, if not the closest, in Dinuba City Council history. They have been tied vote-for-vote multiple times during the course of the election count process.
In what turned into a tighter race expected, the race for Ward 4 looks to be well in the hands of incumbent Kuldip Thusu. Challenger Tish Perez at one point drew as close as 14 votes to
See Election, Page A2
Dinuba City Council race
Current results by votes*
• Maribel Reynosa 215 • Victor Rojas 213
• Armando Longoria 349 • Sal Medina Jr. 220
• Kuldip Thusu 482 • Tish Perez 408
*As of Dec. 4
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