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The Reedley Exponent A2 Thursday, May 16, 2019
Gar Tootelian given ag business award from Tulare County
Reedley company is honored on May 7
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Reedley company Gar Tootelian, Inc. (GAR) was named Tulare County Farm Bu- reau’s 2019 Agricultural Business of the Year for its dedicated service to the agricultural community and philanthropic support of ma- ny organizations, including the Farm Bureau.
The award was presented to company of- ficials at the Farm Bureau’s 102nd Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on May 7 at at the Heritage Complex in Tulare.
“We are honored to be recognized by the Tulare County Farm Bureau,” said Greg Mus- son, GAR President/CEO. “GAR’s mission for the last 70 years has been to help grower’s feed the world and we hope to continue do- ing so through the great people we work with and the experience they provide.”
Karen Musson, managing partner with GAR, accepted the award and gave a speech on behalf of the company.
Several other awards also were presented to the following honorees: Agriculturist of the Year, Ben Curti; Service to Farm Bureau, Joey Airoso; Outstanding Educator, Dave Caetano; and 24 high school students will receive $18,500 in scholarships. The Tulare County Farm Bureau’s 34th youth leadership team will be graduating as well in 2019.
Karen Musson, managing part- ner and CEO of Gar Tootelian, Inc., accepts an award from Tulare County on behalf of the company. Looking on from left is Greg Musson, president/CEO; Ralph Rendon, Kerman Grower Service Center manager; Christina Rendon-Musson, board member/owner; and Linda Tootelian-Salwasser, vice president-owner.
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Obituaries
Esaul Guerrero
Esaul Guerrero of Cut- ler died May 6 in Fresno. He was 64.
Mr. Guerrero worked as a baker.
He is survived by his wife, three sons, four daughters, three sisters, 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. with a rosary at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at Dopkins Funeral Chapel in Dinuba. A mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 17, at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Dinu-
ba. Burial will be at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Di- nuba.
Rosa Maria Moya
Rosa Maria Moya of Sanger died May 6. She was 61.
Mrs. Moya was a home- maker.
She is survived by her husband, one son, two daughters, her father, three brothers, one sister and eight grandchildren.
A rosary was held May 9 and a funeral mass onMay10atthenewSt. Mary’s Catholic Church in Sanger.
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a new police officer, Tyson Loewen, and new records specialist, Kristina Olsen. It actually was the second swearing in for Loewen, who had been ceremonially sworn in a day earlier on April 30 in Fresno. That ceremony was conducted at Clovis Community Medical Center so Ruben Perez, Loewen’s grandfather and a longtime Reedley police officer, could view the ceremony. Perez was hospitalized, and would have been unable to witness the swearing in.
ABOVE: Ruthie Greenwood, Reedley deputy city clerk, administered the oath to Kristina Olsen, left, new records specialist for the Reedley PD, and new police Officer Tyson Loewen. The ceremony took place May 1 in the Reedley City Council Chambers.
LEFT: Kristina Olsen shared a hug with her mother, Heather Peters, after Peters presented Olsen with her badge. Erin Mariucci, Loewen’s girlfriend of six years, pinned on his badge after the swearing in.
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“For Citizens Park, we know how well-used that park is. We are also looking for fund- ing sources, particularly the walking path but also just to upgrade the facilities, and there are worse parks here than Citizens Park. So we want to make sure we can spread the wealth and fix our community.”
Paul Melikian, assistant city manager, also went over topics like the city budget, tax revenue, and who the of- ficials in city hall are, as well as what roles they perform.
“For a city of 25,000 peo- ple, your city management team is fairly small. Howev- er, we like to think of it like a small-but mighty-team,” he said. “I truly feel we have
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John (Jack) Ellis
John (Jack) Fletcher Ellis, died on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at age 82. A memorial service will be held at 11 am on Saturday, May 18th at First United Methodist Church, 1461 11th Street, Reedley. The family will greet friends in the Fellowship Hall after the service. Son of Andrew and Bessie Ellis, he was a native of Laurel, Delaware. He al- ways enjoyed sports, playing baseball, football and lacrosse in high school and college, and later tennis and golf. He received his undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Delaware and his masters and PhD in Weed Science from Rutgers University. He served his country in the Army before taking a position at Ciba-Geigy. Eventu- ally, he became the director of Biological Research at Ciba- Geigy before retiring and moving to California. He re- mained active in his church and in the Reedley California Rotary club. He is survived by his wife Barbara Kutzner, their daughter Sarah and stepson Justin of Fresno, CA,
his daughter Karen Ellis Joslin of Hendersonville, NC, his son Clark Ellis and his wife Kathy of Cary, NC, daughter Trisha Tran of Centreville, VA, daughter Gang Xu and her husband Ling Wong of Germantown, VA, his grandchil- dren Laura and Beth Joslin of Hendersonville, Cassidy and Jake Ellis of Cary, Justin and Anna Nguyen of Centreville, VA and his nephew Jon Davis and his wife Courtenay, of Atlanta GA. In lieu of flowers contributions may be given to the Reedley Rotary Club at https://www.reedleyrotary. com/ or the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America at https:// alzfdn.org/support-us/donate/
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DonalD nolen
After a short illness, Donald Nolen, 82, passed peacefully from this earth to be with his Lord on March 17, 2019. Donald’s childhood home was in Reedley, California.
Donald is survived by his wife June, son John, grandson Joshua and sisters Sue Hudgins and Nina Suttles.
He was a man who seemed to bring joy and happiness to all who knew him during his life in Reedley, including a regular coffee group at Uncle Harry’s Restaurant which met each afternoon.
Donald was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and one brother.
Services have been held.
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