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Obituaries
Graciela
Fuentes de Garcia
Graciela Fuentes de Garcia of Dinuba died June 23 in Visalia. She was 73.
Mrs. Fuentes de Garcia worked as a hairdresser.
She is survived by her husband, Alfredo Garcia, three sons, three daughters, one brother, one sister, 18 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tues- day, July 7, at Sterling & Smith Funeral Home in Dinuba. Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Dinuba. Buri- al will follow at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Terryann Galvan
Terryann (Pinedo) Galvan of Clovis died June 22. She was 60.
Mrs. Galvan was an executive assistant for the city of Los Altos.
She is survived by one daughter, Cynthia T. Galvan of Sanger, two brothers, three sis- ters, her mother, Rachel Caldera of Sanger, four grandchildren and ma- ny nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father, John Manuel Pinedo II.
A private service was held.
Emilia Rauda
Emilia Rauda of Di- nuba died June 20. She was 68.
Mrs. Rauda was a re- tired production worker. She is survived
by her husband, two daughters, two sons and three grandchildren.
Services were held June 27 at Dopkins Di- nuba Funeral Chapel and one Family Church. Burial was at Reedley Cemetery.
Ornaldo Saldivar
Ornaldo Saldivar of Sanger died June 21 in Sanger. He was 62.
Mr. Saldivar worked in general labor.
He is survived by four sons, three daugh- ters, his mother, one brother and three sisters.
A chapel service was held July 1 at Dop- kins Dinuba Funeral Chapel. A graveside service was held July 1 at Sanger Cemetery.
John Lee Tarbell
John Lee Tarbell of Dinuba died June 20 in Dinuba. He was 32.
Mr. Tarbell worked as an auto mechanic.
He is survived by his fiancée, one son and one daughter.
A service will be held at 9 a.m. Thurs- day, July 2 at Dopkins Dinuba Funeral Chapel. A graveside service will be at 12:30 p.m. at Smith Mountain Cem- etery in Dinuba.
Raymond Williams
A graveside service for Raymond Wayne Williams of Fresno will be held at 1 p.m. Fri- day, July 10, at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Mr. Williams was the son of Vera Williams, formerly of Reedley.
Thursday, July 2, 2020 | A2 | Mid Valley TiMes
Reedley Council OKs beer-wine
sales permit for City Market
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
Three years after its first attempt was de- nied by the Reedley City Council, City Market in Reedley now is able to sell beer and wine at its business.
By a 4-1 vote (Coun- cil Member Anita Be- tancourt voted "No"), the council approved a con- ditional use application allowing the mini-mar- ket to sell beer and wine for off-site consumption. The action was taken in front of a crowd of near- ly 30 people, with 14 ad- dressing the council in public comment. A slight majority of those speak- ing were opposed to is- suing the permit, which makes City Market the ninth business within a three-quarters mile ra- dius along Manning Av- enue with the ability to sell beer and wine.
The 5,664-square-foot store at 1060 E. Manning Ave., was initially denied its bid to sell those spirits when the store opened in late 2017. At that time, the business received approval from the Reed- ley Planning Commission but was denied a permit by a 4-1 council vote.
Earlier this year, the owners made another attempt to obtain a con-
Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
Reedley City Council members study their notes and listen to public comment during the June 23 regular meeting.
ditional use permit. The market against received Planning Commission approval, again by a 3-2 vote, on May 21. The meeting drew a large crowd during the CO- VID-19 crisis, prompt- ing the city to establish strong distancing mea- sures for the June 23 council meeting.
Speakers on the is- sue waited outside until the item was discussed about a half hour into the meeting. After a brief presentation from Rob Terry, community de- velopment director, and some council discussion and speakers had their say. The first speak- ers lent their support to the market's permit bid while most of the re-
maining speakers voiced a variety of reasons why the permit shouldn't be approved.
Some speakers who said they were nearby residents of the neigh- borhood cited exam- ples of blight, loitering, homelessness and drug use.
When the council gave final remarks be- fore voting, Ray Soleno said many of the public nuisances were present before City Market even attempted to get its per- mit. He said those con- cerns weren't sufficient to prevent the business from its opportunity to compete with other busi- nesses.
Bob Beck later said that the argument that
the market was too close to adjoining residences is an argument for the Alcoholic Beverage Con- trol agency to consider, not the council. Beck said the noise and blight issues that the neighbor- hood has dealt with are a problem, but one that shouldn't prevent the market from an opportu- nity with competing for business.
After Mayor Frank Pinon said that the coun- cil needed to "take a look at the big picture," they opened the issue to a motion. Soleno, who had been the only member to support the permit re- quest in 2017, was joined by Beck, Pinon and Mary Fast in approving the resolution.
DUI arrest after pedestrian struck, killed on Highway 180
MVT Staff Report
A 32-year-old Fire- baugh woman is facing
felony DUI and hit and run charges after the vehicle she was driv- ing struck and killed a pedestrian on Highway 180 northeast of Sanger on June 28.
Kenia Rodriguez was booked into the Fresno County Jail in connec- tion to the 2:30 a.m. inci- dent on the highway east of North Piedra Road. The California Highway Patrol reported that Rodriguez was driving a 2000 Toyota east on the highway when she hit 42-year-old Heather
Martinez of Fresno. Rodriguez then drove from the scene and was stopped a short time later by a Fresno County
son stopped her vehicle on the right shoulder, and was walking within the shoulder and in the roadway when she was struck by Rodriguez driving the Toyota.
Rodriguez was booked on suspicion of hit and run resulting in death or injury, DUI while causing injury or death to other than self, and DUI at .08 percent alcohol, causing death or injury. She was released on $32,000 bail.
The investigation is ongoing, according to the CHP.
Kenia Rodriguez
Sheriff's Office deputy who then notified CHP officers.
Further investigation of the accident scene showed that Martinez had been in a vehicle and for an unknown rea-
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Our Dad, Jesse Carlton Lawton was born on October 21, 1936 in Copenhagen, New York to Jesse M. and Evelina Lawton. He passed from this life on May 10, 2020 near Sacramento, California. Jesse, along with his siblings Kenneth, Gale and Shirlene lived in New York State until 1947 when the family moved to Southern California. Always a wit, when Dad was asked about his favorite activity while growing up in New York, he replied,”Staying warm!” In 1954 Jesse enlisted in the Army at the age of 17. During his years of service, Jesse was stationed in Korea and there began lifelong friendships with Tom Morris and Joe Schneider. Using his
G.I.Bill, Jesse had a great time obtaining his pilot’s license.
In 1960 Jesse met and married our mother and the love of his life, Alice Handley Lawton. At the time of Alice’s passing in 2012, they had been married for nearly 52 years. In 1962 the couple’s rst child, Lorena Louise was born. After moving to Fresno, California in 1965, Jesse began his career with PPG Industries. In 1968 another daughter, Ellen Ann was born. In 1972 the family moved to their “Pea Patch” outside of Reedley, California. After nearly 48 years in Reedley, Jesse moved to Lodi, California to live with his daughter Ellen and her family. Always an adventurer, Jesse greatly enjoyed exploring Northern California during the last year of his life with his son in law, Brian Wiens. At the time of his passing, Jesse was survived by his daughter Lorena Davis and her husband Bryan, Ellen Wiens and her husband Brian, Stepson Scott Neville,9 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Services will be privately held.
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