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Planning
board OKs
day care
expansion
Staff Report
On June 7, the Reed- ley Planning Commission unanimously approved a conditional use permit for the planned expansion of a family day care center in east Reedley.
By a 5-0 vote, the com- mission approved the con- ditional permit to expand the existing small family (up to eight children) day care home in the residence at 630 N. Kady Ave. to a large family (up to 14 chil- dren) day care home.
Property owner Igna- cio Perez said the request was made to have a facil- ity serving more than eight children. He said there are no immediate plans to have 14 children on site.
Also at the meeting, commissioners voted to authorize an encroachment into side and back yard set- backs of a proposed home on North Kingswood Parkway. A public utility easement forced the encroachment, which will be exempt from California Environmental Quality Act guidelines.
Obituaries
Sonny Ball Jr.
Chester “Sonny” Ball Jr. of Squaw Valley died June 4 at his home. He was 82.
Mr. Ball worked in pool gunite construction.
He is survived by his wife, four sons, four daugh- ters, two brothers, one sis- ter and many grandchil- dren.
Graveside services were held June 9 at Dunlap Cemetery.
Roy DeLeon
Roy Richard DeLeon of Parlier died June 3. He was 61.
Mr. DeLeon worked as a self-employed detailer.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter, three brothers and five sisters.
A Rosary was held on
LEFT: Reedley Middle College High School graduate Guillermo Viramontes, left, celebrated with his older brother Peter Vira- montes and parents Norberto and Maria Viramontes. Peter was a member of the school’s first graduating class in 2016.
ABOVE: Graduates Jose Amezcua and Vanessa Torres posed for a photo outside the theatre after graduation.
Photos by Jon Earnest / The Exponent
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Bert Alvin Hoffman, of Canyonville Oregon, died on Sunday, May 13 2018,
he was 93.
Bert was born on August 11, 1924 in Fresno, California. Son of George
Delbert and Florence Lillian (Wentworth) Hoffman. He was the youngest child of three. He attended Fresno Adventist Academy and went on to receive a degree in chemistry from Paci c Union College in Angwin, California in 1949 and Doctor of Medicine from Loma Linda University in 1954. He served his country in the Medical Corps with United States Army from 1944 to 1946 stationed in Hawaii and Japan.
Bert was a physician in the Dinuba/Visalia California area for over 40 years. During his time in private medical practice, Bert delivered over 2,000 babies and performed over 2,220 major surgeries. He served on the Corporate Board of Directors for Blue Shield of California, was a Diplomat to the National Board Medical Examiners, an Aviation Medical Examiner and a member of the American Academy of Family Practice. Bert also served in leadership positions as Vice President and President of both the Tulare County Foundation for Medical Care and Tulare County Medical Society and chaired the Tulare County Medical Association political action committee. Bert was a member of the American Medical Association, the California Medical Association and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Bert had a passion for healing, his family, ying, golf, motorcycles and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. Bert also enjoyed travel and during his life he had the opportunity to see much of the world including Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, most of Europe, the Middle East, Canada, Mexico, Africa and much of the United States.
Bert is survived by his wife, Lana; daughters: Susan and Shari and her husband Steven; Sons: Gary and his wife Lynn, Stephen and his wife Gabriela; stepson Karl Blair and his wife Jill; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his father, George; mother, Florence; Son, Brian; Wives: Helen Claudine Hurley and Florence Ruth Wiebe; and his brothers: John & Merle.
A funeral service will be held at Reedley Cemetery in Reedley Ca. on Friday June 15 at 10am.
GRADUATION Continued from page A1
end of everything.” Viramontes said he has
applied to Fresno State and hopes to major in agriculture, but is leaving his options open.
Also headed to Fresno State is graduate Vanessa Tor- res, who was loudly supported by at least 50 family members and friends who came from as far away as Iowa. The Parlier resident will live in the dor- mitories on campus and will major in early child develop- ment, with a goal of teaching
June 13 at Wallin’s Parlier Funeral Home. A Funeral Mass will be at 9 a.m. on Thursday, June 14, at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Parlier.
Jesse Luna
Jesse Rodriguez Luna of Beavercreek, Ore. died June 5. He was 83.
Mr. Luna worked as a human resource represen- tative specializing in civil rights.
He is survived by his wife, three sons, one daugh- ter, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A Rosary will be held at 9:30 followed by a Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. on Fri- day, June 15, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Dinuba. A graveside service will follow at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
kindergarten.
“The time flew by pretty
fast,” Torres said. “My biggest memory probably is meet- ing and making many new friends.”
The school’s two salutato- rian speakers — Lantz Adams and Anna Sipes — shared em- barrassing memories during their high school days that they turned into positives.
Adams talked about the first day he started driving his pickup truck to school, in January. On the way home, he received a speeding ticket for going 16 miles per hour above the limit.
“I thought my day was going bad, but after about five minutes, it got a whole lot worse,” he said. “I found out when I got home that my
mom was not only fluent in English, but also in French. I was feeling really terrible.” Later, while Lantz and his fa- ther went to court to pay the ticket, the metal in his father’s overalls set off the metal de- tectors.
“My dad took it in stride and we even laugh about it,” Lantz said. “At the end of the day, life comes down to what you make of it. It’s called the journey and not the destina- tion.”
Sipes described how she stepped into her first period class as a freshman and re- alized she had her schedule mixed up — she was in the wrong class.
“I went home, and I told my dad what a catastrophe the day had been,” she said. “I
said that no one was going to like me now. What would I do?” Sipes said she’s remind- ed of the same questions as she heads to college. But she called on the words of the late poet Maya Angelou, who said that “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made
them feel.”
“Truthfully, I will be ask-
ing these questions again be- cause I’m not perfect,” Sipes said. “Because even if they don’t like me, I do. So when you feel like everyone is star- ing at you for walking into your very first class on your very first day – late — I want you to remember that you’ve been in the real world this whole time. You’ve got this.”
During the ceremony, the school announced winners of a number of scholarships. Ruiz Foods scholarships of $1,000 each went to Jose Amezcua and Jasmine Ramos. Reed- ley Rotary Scholarships went to Jeremy Hammond, Jacob Mendoza and Karina Carrillo- Cortez. Carrillo-Cortez also won the Crystal Hernandez Memorial Scholarship in hon- or of the RMCHS student who died in an automobile accident
in 2016.
Juan Garza, the retired
Kings Canyon Unified School District superintendent, pre- sented a $500 scholarship in his name to Amezcua. Garza said the scholarship goes to a student who went through hardships and struggles but still managed to succeed.
The Knights of Columbus, representing St. Isidore Cath- olic Church in Orange Cove, presented a scholarship to Vi- ramontes.
Juarez presented Adams and Amezcua with salutato- rian medallions while Car- rillo-Cortez and Jacob Men- doza were honored as Noble Knights.
Angelica Pardo, RMCHS Career Center coordinator, introduced blue and silver cord members symbolic of a 3.5 grade point average or better for the first or second semesters. Pardo also intro- duced gold stole recipients Adams and Ramirez, who achieved lifetime recognition in the California Scholarship Federation.
Juarez told the graduates to “be humble, but be confi- dent in everything that you do. And above all, continue to be noble.”
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September 18, 1936 ~ May 19, 2018
Ralph went home with Jesus on May 19, 2018.
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Ralph’s family moved to Reedley California in 1938, where he attended grammar school and Reedley High School.
After high school, Ralph enlisted in the Air Force as a military police of cer, serving three years and nine months. Ralph returned to California to join the Reedley Police Department from 1957-1967 and resigned as a Sergeant.
In 1961, Ralph met his beautiful wife Darlene Emery who shared 56 wonderful years of marriage. They started their family with the birth of son Bill Emery in 1965 and their daughter Leann Emery in 1968.
In 1967, Ralph joined the California Highway Patrol. Ralph worked for CHP in East L.A., Monterey of ce, and the Fresno of ce where he retired in 1990 after 24 years of service. After his retirement, Ralph and Darlene opened the North Fresno Traf c School that was taught by all CHP Of cers for eight years before they closed the business in 2000.
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