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A8| Thursday, January 11, 2018
Teenage Citizen of the Year nominee
Jillian Miller
Back Page The Dinuba Sentinel Open Gate has annual soup
lunch fundraiser Feb. 7
By Keven J. Geaney
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one pot each of the other soups. Some of the soups are prepared a day earlier and others are made that day. Clifton stated that her committee will be starting at 6 a.m. the day of the luncheon. The soup lunch committee members are Frances Baerg, Martha Lukens, Carol Harland, Ron and Jean Gerstenberg, Jim and Becky Brown, Shirley Stormont, Twyla Pauls, Kathleen Kelley, Frances Stoner, Toni Gerbrandt, Donna Ethridge, Caroline Neufeld, Aiko Takeda, Diana Domingo, Rod Clifton, Victor and Debbie Rojas, Patti Harmse and Norma del Toro. A lot of people at Palm Church help set up the tables and chairs before the lunch.
Besides the soup, homemade pies will be available for $2 a slice or $8 for a whole pie. Six churches are making pies for the event. They are Dinuba Presbyterian Church, Mennonite Brethren Church, First Baptist Church, Church of Christ, Wellsping Christian Center and Delft Colony Church of God. Clifton stated that Deft's church donates the most pies.
Abe-El Produce in Orosi donates the salads and rolls are bought from Costco. Side salads only cost $1.
Take-outs are available and centerpieces and boutique items made by Aiko Takeda will be available for purchase.
Dinuba High School senior Jillian Miller hopes to follow in
her grandfathers footsteps as “Citizen of the Year” except he was named Senior Citizen of the Year and she is one of three finalist for Teenage Citizen of the Year.
“I was surprised and super excited,” Jillian said about finding out last Thursday that she was a finalist. “I know
my grandfather would be happy for me. My mom and grandmother had tears in their eyes. I am very blessed to even be a finalist.”
The daughter of Jeff and Tricia Miller looked up to
her grandfather, John Vetter, who passed away a few years ago. She said that he was a dedicated Lions Club member doing a lot for his community. She knows that as a finalist for Teenage Citizen of the Year it shows that she is also helping out her community.
Jillian and finalists Jaifreen Bhangu and Calista Domingcil will find out during the Dinuba Chamber of Commerce's annual banquet on Friday, Jan. 25 who the winner of the title of Teenage Citizen of the Year will be. The winner will also receive a $1,000 scholarship. Second place receives a
$500 scholarship and third place gets $250. The award is sponsored by the Dinuba Woman's Club.
In her application for Teenage Citizen of the Year, Jillian was asked why she should be chosen for this
title and she answered, “I have a strong passion, and an immense amount of respect for Dinuba, and I want to see it grow to its fullest potential. This community is where I found my love for leadership and services, and has helped shape me into the young woman I am today.”
Jillian stated that at school she is heavily involved in ASB [Associated Student Body] and leadership. Because of this she has been able to plan and set up many events, such as rallies, dances and club fairs. She also helped with the school's annual canned food drive, where they collected cans of food and distributed them to Open Gate in Dinuba.
Jillian currently holds a 3.79 grade point average at Dinuba High. She has received four Green Chevrons [3.5-3.9 GPA] and two White Chevrons [4.0 or higher GPA]. She was also on the honor roll for eight semesters.
On campus Jillian has been involved with choir and
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Homemade soup, salad and a slice of pie lunch has been a regular fundraiser by Open Gate Ministries for 40 years. The annual event is upon us as the hot soup will be served on Feb. 7from11a.m.to1p.m.atPalm United Methodist Church, corner of West Tulare and P streets in downtown Dinuba.
This is the 44th year Open Gate has been serving Tulare County with emergency food, shelter, clothing, job training, financial aid, spiritual encouragement and counseling.
The soup luncheon is one of the top fundraisers put on by Open Gate. Last year it brought in almost $3,000.
The luncheon will have six to eight soups available, including albondigas [Mexican meatball soup], clam chowder, vegetable soup, corn chowder, chicken noodle, bean with ham and broccoli cheddar.
“Albondigas and clam chowder are our top two sellers,” Marian Clifton, who is in charge of the event, said. “We have a special ingredient that makes the clam chowder so good.”
Clifton wasn't able to divulge the secret ingredient, instead she recommended trying the soup. She said that they make two large roaster pots of the albondigas and clam chowder. They make
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cheerleading for four years. This year she is the finance officer for ASB and has been on the student council for two years.
Around the community Jillian has volunteered at many events. She has assisted with elementary school carnivals, the annual Dinuba Car Show, Fourth of July Fireworks Show, Pull For a Cure and Relay for Life. She also helps out at her church by serving dinners
and being a leader at Vacation Bible School.
In September Miller ran
for Miss Dinuba and a month later she ran for Homecoming Queen and her school and won the title.
In an essay for her application Jillian said about the pageant, “Although I didn't win, the experiences and skills I gained from the pageant
were amazing. I was able to promote my platform, 'Healthy Life, Happy Life' to the youth in our community by going to Roosevelt Elementary School and speaking about a healthy lifestyle, and also doing a fun workout routine with them.
I would love to continue
to promote my platform throughout the rest of the Dinuba elementary schools.”
After graduating from Dinuba High this year Jillian plans to attend San Jose
State University and major in Forensic Science – Chemistry. Her dad is a detective and she loves the idea of doing crime scene investigation [CSI] work.
“I went to this CSI workshop in Tulare and saw how they can figure out so much about
a crime scene by the blood splatter on a wall. It was so cool,” Jillian said.
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