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Medal of Honor recipient Master Sergeant Leroy Arthur Petry (left) speaking with Vietnam veterans during the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War Commemoration held at the Clovis Veterans Memorial District on March 29, 2022.

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On the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War Commemoration, the Clovis Veterans Memorial District paid its respects to local Vietnam veterans.

Army, Navy, Marines and Air

Force veterans filled the memorial districts’ auditorium for today’s ceremony. Along with the ceremony honoring veterans, vintage cars and informational booths providing resources surrounded the building. “[The Clovis Veterans Memorial District are] commemorative

partners and across the country on March 29, all the commemorative partners come together to host programs dedicated to honoring all our Vietnam veterans and their families,” said the CEO of the Clovis Veterans Memorial District Lorenzo Rios.

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Clovis Mom Wins ‘Mother of the Year’ Award in education serving as a classroom teacher, district administrator for the Clovis Unified School District Clovis Resident Wilma Tom (CUSD), director of Early Care and Hashimoto is the 2022 Fresno Education for Fresno County SuperCounty Mother of the Year. intendent of Schools, assistant superHashimoto is a mother of one intendent for Fresno Unified School but is a mother to many in the District and a research associate for Clovis community. She has been the AIMS Center of Math and Science often called “Mama Hashimoto” or Foundation.

“Wilmama” due to her generosity, For 12 years of her 25 years in edupatience and encouragement with cation, she has been the driving force others. in growing the number of preschool See AWARD, Pg. 5 Hashimoto has spent 25 years MARC ANTHONY LOPEZ @KaptainMarc

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Photo contributed Wilma Tom Hashimoto of Clovis, wins Fresno County Mother of the Year.

On Wednesday March 23rd, a crowd gathered inside the Veteran’s Memorial Building to honor some of the brightest, gifted, and up-andcoming students that Clovis Unified School District’s High School’s have to offer.

Both the 2021 and 2022 Students of Promise were celebrated with a red-carpet walk, candelabra dinner, and presentation ceremony. In a press release by Clovis Unified, the Student’s of Promise scholarship was started as a way of recognizing “at-risk students who have been attending school on a regular basis, showing responsibility and succeeding academically, while at the same time facing challenging life circumstances outside of school.

According to Chairperson for the Foundation of Clovis Schools, Mike Fennacy, some of the students are taking care of siblings, parents, and doing “whatever they can to succeed”. He then went on to state that the students do not nominate themselves but are rather nominated by teachers, counselors, or other staff who observe students day to day and help get students selected without their knowledge. Fennacy described it as a blessing to be able to see students at the event and be recognized.

He was especially excited to honor the two sets of students who were selected for the Students of Promise both from 2021 and 2022, as the foundation could not throw See CUSD, Pg. 7

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CHECK OUT THE BUZZ AROUND TOWN PHOTOS BY RON SUNDQUIST

Tim and Terry Window Graphics Terry is paiting the windows for the upcoming Clovis Rodeo. Tim and Terry has serviced Old Town Clovis businesses since 1989.

“Jake” at Clovis Appliance store in Old Town Clovis is 8 years old and loves reading the Clovis Roundup Newspaper. When you are in Old Town be sure to stop by to say hello and get his autograph.

Gem and Mineral Show

The Gem and Mineral Show took place at the Rodeo Grounds where dozens of merchants and vendors showcase their wonderful items.

Vintage Market

The streets of OId Town Clovis was filled with hundreds of people and antique and collectible vendors on Sunday, March 27.

Antique of the Week: WHAT IS IT? Answer from last week’s feature: It’s a colander!

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The History of the Twin Towers MARC ANTHONY LOPEZ @KaptainMarc

Near the intersection of Dakota and Peach Ave, the California sunset beams down and the U.S. flag drapes over the 1/100th scale Twin Tower sculpture at the California 9/11 memorial.

Names of the fallen surround the sculpture, allowing visitors to never forget the loved ones’ lost on the day America was attacked.

Yet, the twin towers themselves had a rich history before the Sept. 11 attacks. Its rich history also led to why it was one of the places targeted.

Construction on the twin towers began on August 5, 1966, and was completed in July 1971. It was conceived as “one of the most ambitious projects in size and scale”.

The original location for the twin towers was along the East River, between Old Slip and Fulton Street. However, the Port Authority, an agency that manages infrastructure in New Jersey and New York and was in charge of building the complex, moved the site to the lower west side of Manhattan.

This was done to “strengthen the ties” between New Jersey and New York. As time went on, the towers would become the most recognizable buildings in the most popular skyline in the world.

Spanning across a 16-acres complex, the original World Trade Center housed seven buildings and an additional 5-acre plaza. It was nearly 10 million square feet of rentable office space, equivalent to the size of three Disneyland parks.

The World Trade Center housed over

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The twin towers monument at the California 9/11 Memorial is a 1/100th scale replica of the original towers and has the names of victims who’ve died during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

430 businesses from 28 different countries. The twin towers themselves had over 110 floors and stood roughly over 1,360 feet.

The World Trade Center welcomed its first tenants in 1970. From exporters and

imports to the United States and foreign trade agencies.

Although there was enough presence from federal, state and city agencies in the World Trade Center, the number of leases for company office spaces re-

mained low until New York City’s economy boomed in the 1990s.

During the 1990s, there was this new culture that was globally recognized by linking the economic fortunes of distant nations and prompting a new wave of immigration around the world.

Financial transactions were happening 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Tons of diverse workers were in and out of the building.

By this time, the globalization of trade and ideas had become the new normal.

But in some parts of the Middle East, globalization was perceived as an incursion of Western influence, particularly American influence, in Muslim-majority countries.

For al-Qaeda, the extremist group asserted as the ones responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, America’s presence in the Middle East was perceived to be a threat to the religious beliefs and values of the Islamic world.

In 1996, Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda’s founder and leader, declared a religiously-sanctioned war against the United States.

He believed a combination of economic and military attacks would convince the U.S. to withdraw from the Middle East.

Leading al-Qaeda sending a message through the loss of thousands of lives at the World Trade Center, the ultimate symbol of American economic and global power.

For more information on the California 9/11 memorial, contact at (599) 375-3173 or visit www.california911memorial.com.

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City Council Addresses Negligence of Village Square Shopping Center A resolution for the City of Clovis was brought to the attention of the City Council in Monday’s meeting to confirm the assessment for costs of an abatement of a nuisance brought on by one of the city’s commercial business locations.

30 West Shaw, or better known as the Village Square shopping center off of Shaw and Minnewawa houses businesses like Old Town Donuts and VIP Nails and Spa. However, it also houses empty building after empty building.

These empty buildings have experienced break-ins, vandalism, and even a small fire.

Over 67 code enforcement citations have been made on the vacant buildings without response from the property owner.

Assistant City Manager Andy Haussler stated that the city does have a potential buyer for the property and as a part of the resolution the city will be able to negotiate “specific terms” upon a potential deal with a new buyer.

Mayor Pro-Tem Lynne Ashbeck thought there were too many instances in which the city engaged in code enforcement without action. “Either our citation amounts are

not enough, or we give people too many”.

She then went on to say 67 times was “ridiculous”. Ashbeck was mostly concerned with the staff time it took for the Police Department to go to the property and cite the property for code enforcement.

City Attorney Scott Cross assured there is a certain amount of time the city has to allow for the opportunity of the property owner to dispute the code enforcement.

Coming before the City Council is the final step in retrieving “recompense” for the property according to Cross.

Overseer of the Code Enforcement JT Gomez/Clovis Roundup Team of the Police Department, Cor- 30 West Shaw is the location of multiple empty buildings that have been a landing spot for vandalism, break-ins, and fires. All along the south side of the building is the continuation of empty buildings and poral Jesus Santillan addressed the businesses. situation and stated his main concern were the complaints he receives from the the original property owner to which the engulf in flames”. other businesses in the area.

City never received a response.

Cpl. Santillan then went on, “Those Cpl. Santillan says the businesses’ conAccording to Andy Haussler, the only business owners in that area deserve more cerns made it a concern of the department to properly maintain a successful business. contact with the original owner was from to go on site and to formulate a plan for the This is what customers have to stare at now a broker for the new deal with the new safety of the public. property owner. because of an irresponsible owner.”

He mentioned the small fire that took Mayor Flores thanked Cpl. Santillan for Councilmember Drew Bessinger asked place in the location and stated, “It was if there were attempts to contact the owner keeping the businesses together and the fortunate that the entire structure did not vote to confirm the assessment passed 5-0. and was told that there were letters sent to

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programs in the CUSD. When she started, CUSD had only 13 programs. That number has now grown to 30 programs. Allowing all young children to have an even start on their education, despite their family’s financial status.

She has also worked with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, a private foundation that provides grants to non-profits, and school districts across the state to develop and implement pre-school programs.

Hashimoto is also known for her presence with high school students. She is often known for helping students navigate the college application process.

She now is the Executive Director of CASA of Fresno and Madera Counties where she is dedicated to advocating for the best interests of abused and neglected children in the foster care system.

Hashimoto has taken in families and individuals in distress, women and their children who did not feel safe in their homes and needed a place to stay. She has helped those in distress to reflect and be reassured. Often she is providing those who drop in with a fridge full of food and help with purchasing clothing or other necessities.

Hashimoto, along with her fellow nominees, will be honored at the 78th annual Fresno County Mother of the Year luncheon on Friday, May 6. Community members are invited to join in the honoring of all mothers at the luncheon.

March 29 is National Vietnam War Veterans Day and is a relatively new law that was signed by former President Donald Trump in 2017, just five years after former President Barack Obama proclaimed the day a holiday.

March 29 was chosen as the date because, on the same day in 1973, the last of America’s troops left Vietnam and the Military Assistance Command.

More than 58,000 Americans were killed and thousands more wounded, injured or declared missing in the Vietnam war. Over 9 million Americans served in total.

Those who were active in the Vietnam war between Nov. 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975 were recognized with their name read aloud and a roar of applause.

The commemoration designed a Vietnam veteran lapel pin, with the intent of having commemorative partners publicly present one to each veteran who served during the Vietnam War period.

The design featured an eagle’s head that represented courage, honor and dedicated service stripes representing the U.S. flag.

Six stars representing the allies who served sacrificed and fought alongside and the phrase “a grateful nation thinks and honors you.”

“Today what inspired me was seeing so many people coming together to say thank you to our Vietnam veterans, and our Vietnam veterans coming together to celebrate

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Ron Sundquist, a vietnam veteran, receives a certificate and pin from a Blue Star Moms representative, to honor his military service at the Vietnam War Comemmoration ceremony at the Clovis Veterans Memorial District on March 28, 2022.

our country,” Rios said.

Medal of Honor recipient Master Sergeant Leroy Arthur Petry was the keynote speaker for today’s ceremony. Petry is the second living recipient of the Medal of Honor for the war in Afghanistan in 2011.

He remained on active duty in the U.S. army until he was medically retired as Master Sergeant on July 29, 2014.

Petry was in awe of the Memorial District when he first saw it, as this was his first time visiting the city of Clovis.

“I said, Why don’t I have something like this and why doesn’t every community across the country have this,” Petry said. “I think the more and more I see the more and more jealous I get, how well the community

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here in Clovis is supported in looking out for their veterans.”

After speaking with every single veteran in attendance, Petry noticed how much the Clovis community and veterans are all passionate about helping each other. He mentioned the pride Clovis has in everything they do for their veterans “stands out” and doesn’t need to be boasted because it shows no matter what.

“Even though this nation didn’t treat these veterans as well as they should have.

These veterans still know how exceptional this nation is,” Rios said.

Rios added that Clovis knows how to live its values and honor service in a way that “he has never seen elsewhere.”

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City Staff Updates Council on Landmark Square J.T. GOMEZ

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At the March 21st City Council meeting, representatives from the city staff spoke to the city council in order to give an update on the construction of Landmark Square. The site will hold the new location for the Clovis public library as well as a new senior center and a transit hub.

At the meeting, the details for both the senior center and the transit hub were extrapolated over the length of a 3 minute short video that can be found here. Construction has begun on Landmark Square and will be located off Clovis avenue on Third street.

After the video was played for the council, it was explained that the video’s primary use was for “fundraising and to provide the status of the project standing.” City staff then went on to explain that after breaking ground for the construction site in March of 2021, they found soil contamination under the surface of their grounds. In order to manage the soil contamination, the city has been working with the Department of Toxic Substance Control or DTSC since March of 2021 until the current day.

The city then went on to explain that in order to deal with the soil contamination they not only have hired the consultants in addition to the Fresno County Health Department and the County Public Works Department, but have also done extensive soil testing, installed vapor wells and have collected samples from the entire property.

Based on the sampling that the city has done, the city’s own toxicologist determined that there was a low health risk and that “additional building protections were not required.” This ruling from the city

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City staff was present at the March 21 city council meeting to update the councilmembers on the progress of Landmark Square.

came in August of 2021, but a month later a report from the DTSC provided more comments on risk assessment of the site and asked for additional information from the city. In October of 2021 the city provided information to DTSC but as of the current day the city is still waiting for a “complete response” from the agency.

In November of 2021 city staff came to the council with more information and sought approval for a vapor barrier that according to city staff “should conform with DTSC’s requirements.” It is the city’s belief that this vapor barrier will meet the

DTSC’s requirements for additional services upon the land. Instead of waiting for an answer from the DTSC, the city went ahead and installed the vapor barrier in order to “get the project moving”.

Fresno County District 5 Supervisor Nathan Magsig commented on the situation. “This has always been a dream to have the library, the senior center, and the transit center all located in one location and that’s been my dream as well.”

Magsig went on to explain that the contamination slowed down the process at the county in addition to the city, however his

biggest concern stems from the location of the library and his hope to “build on a clean site”. He suggests taking control of the library through Fresno County as he believes he has not seen a report suggesting the location of the library having any toxicity under its grounds.

Magsig maintains his commitment to building “a spectacular library in the city of Clovis” sooner rather than later. In calling the proposed library a “destination point” he believes the worst possible situation would be allegations and the “looming cloud” of legal action if someone were to get sick. “If someone got sick, you know, we could end up with some kind of a lawsuit.” Other than this, Magsig says he’s “not concerned in practical terms of any harm being done.”

The city council expressed their frustration with how long they have waited for the site to be completed as well as their exasperation in waiting for a response from the DTSC. Mayor Pro-Tem Lynne Ashbeck finished the conversation with her thoughts.

“Maybe doing a little bit more of active sampling on the site that is designated for the library. Reaching out to state assembly members or our state senator to see if we can spur on DTSC. And then finalizing a land transfer agreement with indemnity language at least being reviewed in anticipation of that moment [land being transferred from the City of Clovis to Fresno County] occurring.”

Ashbeck stated that the council as well as the city has “very specific tasks” and ended with saying that this was the best location for a “spectacular Clovis library” but remained “who would have thought 20 years later we were still talking about it.”

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Clovis Way of Life: Women of Clovis Pt. 2 MARC ANTHONY LOPEZ @KaptainMarc

As we round out Women’s History Month, we would like to continue to honor outstanding women that have had pivotal roles in the city of Clovis. Let’s continue to shine the spotlight on these influential women.

May Case

During the 1920s and leading into the 1970s, if you saw a 4-foot-9 woman with square heeled shoes, a straw hat, a pencil and a small notebook, you’d meet May Case.

Case was one of the most informed and visible women in Clovis. Case reported on the news and the personal activities that Clovis had to offer.

Born in Comanche County, Texas on Oct. 6, 1873, Case would move to Clovis in 1919. Joined by her husband Spurgeon Case, they would found The Clovis Independent.

The Clovis independent ran for 20 years before it was sold in 1939. However, May would continue to hunt down stories and news in the Clovis community up until her death on Sept. 22, 1967.

In 1963, the Las Vegas Sun Newspaper published an article on May and wrote “Roughly, she is almost as big as a bar of soap after a hard day’s wash on the farm… but she is all woman!”

May would be nationally honored in 1964 as the oldest active newspaperwoman in the world at 75 years of age. Many described her as a “pint-sized, hell-on-wheels reporter.”

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the celebration last year due to Covid-19 concerns.

“This is one of my favorite things I do in the foundation.” Fennacy went on, “It’s wonderful. The thing I really look forward to is we try to honor fifteen to sixteen students a year and the students last year didn’t get celebrated, so we’re doing twice as many tonight.”

“These are kids who understand the value of education, they’re actually having to go through just horrific things in their life.”

Fennacy finished, “They don’t have everything going for them, but they realize, the best thing to have in life is to get a good education.

In speaking with Chief Communications Officer Kelly Avants, she issued “Tonight is one of our favorite nights in Clovis Uni-

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Left to Right: Carmela Delores, Celia Flores, Seferina Herrera Franco, and May Case.

Carmela Delores Liberta

Born on Oct. 5 1938, Carmela Liberta was the matriach of Luna Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant in Old Town Clovis.

Carmela was an emigrate from Italy and fell in love with her husband Franco Liberta.

At first, she and her family lived in New York but in 1969 moved to Clovis.

Camela’s impact has reached far beyond just feeding Clovis residents and visitors.

Many residents learned life skills such as hospitality and service from Carmela through working at Luna’s.

On top of the life skills she taught, Carmela served on the Business Organization of Old Town (B.O.O.T) board. She often hosted the meetings at Luna’s and for 20 years was also in charge of the annual Christmas party at the Clovis Veterans Memorial District.

When her husband Franco passed, Carmela and her friends started a women’s support group for widows and single women called New Beginnings. The group still meets today at Northpark Community Church. Sometimes, Carmela would even open her own doors to her home for women

in need.

Today, the restaurant remains a local favorite and is still family-owned and operated

by Carmela and Franco’s sons Bert and David Liberta.

fied because it really is celebrating the very thing that we’re about, which is helping students unlock the potential that they have within them.” She then went on to illustrate “[A student may] have a health issue, family issue, a loss of a parent or both parents sometimes, yet they’re just persevering and quietly going to school and having such amazing promise which is where the name comes from.”

When asked about the work that Clovis Unified does with the Foundation for Clovis Schools, Avants voiced, “The volunteer directors who are themselves incredibly busy and very influential business people in their own right give up their free time to come alongside us as a school system, recognizing that Clovis Unified is actually one of the lowest funded unified school districts in Fresno County, and that creates funding gaps, that creates challenges of doing things in the classroom that we want to

do. So our Foundation for Clovis Schools has been amazing in coming alongside and flipping both through scholarships like tonights and classroom grants for teachers who have an innovative idea but who’s budget just doesn’t quite meet that need, they’re able to step into that gap.”

One of the promising young students, Pratham Singh from Clovis High School, who was gracious enough to speak with reporters before the event and dinner, spoke about his challenges. “Feeling down because I wasn’t like the normal kids, I never let that stop me, and neither did my friends and neither did my family, and I really appreciate them for that.” He went on to praise Clovis High School, “From the first day I felt like I was wanted, or like they noticed me.” Singh still doesn’t believe that he was lucky enough to be mentioned with the other students as a Student of Promise and to be able to receive the $2000 scholar-

ship that is awarded for their futures.

Singh, asked permission to do a quick shout out to a few of his fans. “I would like to shout out my mom and dad first of all.

They’re my inspiration, they’re my idols. I wanna make them proud and I know with the Student of Promise I’m doing that. I’d also like to shout out Tyler, Aiden, Caleb and Chance. Those four guys made me feel normal, those guys took care of me when I was going through stuff or feeling down.”

The event wore on and the students like Pratham were celebrated for their accomplishments with speeches given by Mike Fennacy, Superintendent of Clovis Schools Dr. Eimear O’Brien, and 2005 Student of Promise recipient Coreen Campos. Each student from the 2021 and 2022 classes were called to the stage at the front of the room where they could be celebrated and commended for their accomplishments.

Celia Flores

Current Clovis mayor Jose Flores has a humbling history that runs throughout Clovis. And it starts with his mother, Celia Flores.

Celia is from the Mexican state of San

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Blueberry Barbecue Sauce

Yield: 4 to 6 servings 2 teaspoons vegetable oil­ 1/4 cup minced Florida onion 1/2 cup ketchup 1/4 cup vinegar 3 tablespoons light brown sugar 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 2 cups fresh Florida blueberries Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper to taste Heat oil in non-reactive saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, stirring until almost translucent, about 3 minutes. Add ketchup, vinegar, sugar and mustard. Bring ingredients to a simmer. Add blueberries. Continue to simmer over low heat, stirring until thickened, about 10 minutes.

Purée sauce in blender or food processor until smooth. Pass through strainer if smoother consistency is desired. Season with salt and pepper.

Keep refrigerated and serve at room temperature.

Kids Can: Help strain sauce after pureed.

Grilled Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts

Yield: 4 servings 4 (6-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste 1 teaspoon vegetable oil Preheat grill to medium high heat. Trim chicken breasts of excess fat. Season both sides with salt and pepper and coat lightly with oil. Place on preheated grill. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until internal temperature reaches 165°F. When done, remove from grill and let rest before serving. Serve with Blueberry Barbecue Sauce.

Chef’s Tip: Always add sauce last. The sugars in BBQ sauce can burn and become bitter if added to food while still on the grill.

Blueberry Cobbler

Yield: 6 servings For filling: 1/2 cup butter 1 teaspoon lemon juice 4 cups fresh Florida blueberries, rinsed and dried 1 cup sugar For topping: 1 cup self-rising flour 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring 1/2 cup of milk To make filling, preheat oven to 375°F. Place butter in 8 x 8-inch square glass baking dish and melt in oven or microwave. In mixing bowl, combine lemon juice and blueberries. Add sugar and mix well. Add blueberry mixture to baking dish with melted butter. Do not stir.

To make topping, combine all topping ingredients in small bowl. Pour mixture over blueberries and bake 45 minutes, or until brown.

Kids Can: Help mix the filling.

Blueberry-Lemon Corn Muffins Yield: 6 servings

Paper muffin cup liners 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon zest Pinch of salt 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted 1/2 cup whole milk 2 large egg yolks 1/2 cup fresh Florida blueberries, divided Preheat oven to 375°F and line six muffin cups with liners.

In large bowl, sift together flour and baking powder. Whisk in cornmeal, 1/2 cup sugar, lemon zest and generous pinch of salt. In separate bowl, whisk together melted butter, milk and yolks. Add to flour mixture with half of blueberries, gently stirring until just combined.

Divide batter evenly among cups. Press remaining blueberries into tops of muffins.

Sprinkle tops evenly with remaining sugar.

Bake muffins on middle rack for about 15 minutes, or until tops are golden and tester comes out clean. Remove muffins from cups and cool on rack. Muffins keep in airtight container at room temperature for 2 days.

Kids Can: Pour batter into pans and press blueberries into tops of muffins.

Blueberry Smoothie

Yield: 2 servings 2 cups fresh Florida blueberries 1 cup low-fat milk 2 cups vanilla low-fat frozen yogurt 8 ice cubes Rinse blueberries under cool water. Place blueberries in blender with half of milk. Make sure lid is tight. Blend on high speed until smooth. Add frozen yogurt, remaining milk and ice cubes; continue to blend until smooth and creamy. Serve immediately. Pour any leftovers into ice cube tray and freeze for later use.

Kids Can: Help blend smoothies with adult supervision.

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Let’s Talk Clovis: Cliff and Mary Steward Clovis Unified School District as carpenter.

He became supervisor of service plant operations at CSU, Fresno in 1969. He would retire from there in 1989.

PEG BOS He was a dedicated community servant.

Historian/Clovis Museum He served on the Clovis Police reserve Sponsor (1954-1957) and received their honorary Cliff and Mary Rosano Steward shared member award in 1954 and their life memthe love they had for each other after 64 ber award in 1974. When the police departyears of marriage with Clovis, the city they ment created a mounted patrol, he rebuilt loved. The David Rosano family migrated corrals at the Clovis rodeo grounds for their from Italy in early 1900s. In 1906, they use. purchased a large home on 60 acres of land Cliff was involved with the Clovis Boys at the intersection of Peach and Shaw. They League from 1958-1976. In addition to planted a grape vineyard and the entire fam- helping maintain the baseball diamond, he ily worked long hours to make their farm built a new concession stand and a booth for successful. the announcer. Mary and their girls would Mary was born on June 8, 1924 at the operate the concession stand. In 1964, Cliff Clovis Sanitarium in Old Town Clovis. received the Rex Phebus Award for his outShe graduated from Clovis High School standing contribution to youth. in 1943. During that era, numerous Clovis He joined the Clovis Rodeo Associapacking sheds provided additional income tion in 1966 and served on their board of for families during seasonal harvests. directors for 25 years, serving as president In 1945, pretty Mary was working as a in 1981 and 1982. He helped build a new packer at the Lamanuzzi and Pantaleo pack- rodeo building, restrooms and rodeo stands. ing shed. She was determined to meet the Their five grandchildren would ride with handsome truck driver, Cliff Steward, who “Papa” while he disked the arena prior to arrived each day to pick up the fruit shipthe opening of the rodeo. ment. The couple began to date.

Mary was a stay at home Mom until Cliff was born in Norman, Okla. in their children were raised. In 1965, she took 1927. His family arrived here in 1937. He a part time job with Theta Chi Fraternity at left Clovis High School in 1945 to join the CSU, Fresno. She was their cook and house Army. Cliff and Mary were married in Jan- mom. uary 1946 when he returned on leave.

The members quickly grew to love While Cliff served in Japan, Mary conand respect her, even when she employed tinued to work and save money for their required disciplinary actions. She retired first home at 219 9th Street. The couple lat- in 1985, but continued to receive thanks er moved to 836 Oxford where they raised and praise from the many young men she their children Doylene, Shirley and Duane. served.

Cliff was a master carpenter. He worked She was always there for her family. Her for Western Homes prior to joining the projects included a garage full of Girl Scout

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Cliff and Mary Rasano Steward were married for 64 years.

cookies and providing homemade cookies as room mother.

Mary coordinated her 1943 class reunions and she became passionately engaged in “save the class stones” at Clovis High School when they were in jeopardy of being displaced. In 1985, she joined the Clovis Hospital Guild and was recognized

as the “oldest active member of the guild” in 1997.

In 1997, Mary and Cliff were inducted into the Clovis Chamber Hall of Fame.

Cliff served as grand marshal of the Clovis Rodeo in 1999.

They are an important part of our rich heritage.

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LOG OF SHAME APRIL BLANKINSHIP AND TONI GARCIA Contributed

March 11th, 2022 At around 8:30 a.m. on Adler Ave, a homeowner went outside to water their plants. When they went to the side of the house to get the hose, they noticed the hose and the hose box was missing. Someone had taken the entire box and hose with them. Who steals a hose? The better question is, why they needed to steal the hose? Emergency car wash? Putting out a fire? What is it? Inquiring minds want to know!

March 12th, 2022 Just before 8 p.m. at a local big box store on Shaw Ave, a man wandered in to do some shopping. The man began acting erratically when he was approached by employees for attempting to walk out of the store without paying for the items in his cart. The police arrive shortly after, and the man became increasing uncooperative. He was eventually arrested and booked into jail. As it turns out, the man was high on meth, and he was attempting to steal an electric razor and a case of beer. Sounds to me like his priorities are in order. Well at least he will be getting a shave in jail, but the beer will just have to wait.

March 13th, 2022 Around 11:30 a.m. on Laverne Ave, a man approached a home and pounded on the door several times with no answer. He began screaming at the door and then kicked it a few times before storming off. When the homeowner reviewed the footage, the visitor was screaming about someone the homeowner did not know. It appears to be a case of mistaken identity and the visitor damaged the wrong person’s screen. Probably should not be kicking people’s doors in if you do not know who lives there because someone might just come out and kick you back!

March 14th, 2022 A man walked into a gas station on Shaw Ave just before 7:30 p.m. and bought some alcohol. He began walking around the gas station sipping on his beer and popping some pills in his pocket. When a patron told the cashier what was happening, they called the police immediately. When police arrived, they found him sitting on a bench with his beer taking a nap. The man had apparently been taking a controlled substance along with his beer while walking around.

He was booked into jail for open container in public and for possession of a controlled substance. He will be able to finish his nap in the drunk tank.

March 15th, 2022 Just after 9 p.m. at a hotel on Clovis Ave, a man turned into a hotel parking lot to get high in his car. A hotel employee noticed the man sneaking around the parking lot when he was outside taking a cigarette break and alerted authorities. As it turns out, the man was up to more than just trying to do drugs. When police arrived, they found tools used to break into cars and drugs on him.

Probably not a good idea to get high before you commit crimes. It makes you less aware of your surroundings, like cameras or people watching you sneak around. You, in fact, were not as sneaky as you thought you were, friend. Off to jail with you, heathen!

March 16th, 2022 Just after 3 p.m. at a clothing store on Shaw Ave, a woman dropped her identification on her way out of the store after stealing clothing. I am guessing that was not her intention to leave behind that but what is she going to do about it now? I have a feeling someone will be in contact with her shortly to discuss her dropped identification, as well as those items she took from the store.

March 17th, 2022 On Renn Ave, just after midnight, a call came into 911 regarding a woman wandering in the streets and had almost been hit by a car. When the police arrived, she was still wandering the street singing about “walking five hundred miles”.

Maybe she was missing someone far away and was on their way to them, but we will never know because she was booked into county jail for drunk in public.

Next time, don’t get drunk and you can drive those five hundred miles a lot faster than walking!

March 18th, 2022 Over on Bullard Ave around 5pm, a vehicle owner reported their car window had been smashed. The only thing stolen out of the car, was a bottle of hand sanitizer. I am not sure who needs hand sanitizer this badly, but you can get them at the store for a dollar. Maybe there was a sanitization emergency none of us are aware of. At least the thief’s hands are germ free for their next felony!

March 19th, 2022 On Gettysburg Ave at 3 p.m. at a convenience store, a man came into the store on his way home to find a last-minute gift for his girlfriend’s birthday. He made his way around the store in search of the perfect gift, and he landed on a pair of teddy bears. He then realized he left his wallet at home, and he decided getting his girlfriend a present for her birthday was more important than paying and he took off out of the store with the cashier chasing after him. Police soon caught the man, and he was arrested for theft of the two bears. It is safe to say the man missed his girlfriend’s birthday. If her birthday wish was for her boyfriend to go to jail, it came true.

March 20th, 2022 A grocery store on Herndon Ave, a woman was shopping in the store when she stepped away from her cart for a moment to grab produce. When she returned, she noticed that her phone and wallet had been taken from her cart! It is depressing that people think they can just steal from other people, especially in a place like the grocery store. The woman was unable to get her groceries afterwards and had to leave empty handed all because of a low life thief.

March 21st, 2022 At 8 o’ clock in the morning, an auto part store on Herndon Ave, reported a vehicle robbery. When police arrived, they found the company vehicle had been vandalized. The thieves took the entire exhaust system from the vehicle, the catalytic converter as well as the car’s battery. What in the heck were these guys doing, building a whole new car from stolen parts? Next time, just get a real job and you can buy them from that store, instead of stealing from it!

March 22nd, 2022 An employee from a store on Shaw Ave came out to head home just before 11 p.m. when they noticed their car was leaning to the side. The employee thought maybe they had a flat tire but when they went to look, the entire tire was missing! Luckily, the employee had a spare tire so they could get home but what a way to end your day. This guy was just trying to do his job and get home, and someone decided to make his day even harder. How about you go get a job and buy your own tire instead of stealing from people, you bum! I hope you get a flat tire! *The above Police Logs are loosely based on actual events. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. The circumstances have been created and embellished for your entertainment.

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MARCH AMERIAN CROWN CIRCUS CIRCO OSORIO Location: Sierra Vista Mall Thursday, Mar. 31 – Monday, Apr. 4 See sierravistamall.com for show times and tickets APRIL 2022 BIG HAT DAYS Location: Old Town Clovis Clovis, CA Saturday, Apr. 2 and Sunday, Apr. 3 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

EASTER BUNNY PHOTOS Location: Sierra Vista Mall 1050 Shaw Ave., Clovis, CA Apr. 1 – Apr. 16 CLOVIS DIVERSITY JOB FAIR Location: Richert Clovis (virtual) Register at DiversityX.net Friday, Apr. 1 and Monday, Apr. 4 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATIONAL MEETING Host: City of Clovis Government

Location: Dry Creek Elementary School 173 N. Armstrong Ave., Clovis, CA Wednesday, Apr. 6 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

CLOVIS BOTANICAL GARDEN 20 YEAR CELEBRATION Location.: 945 North Clovis Ave., Clovis, CA Saturday, April 9 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

CLOVIS BREWFEST 2 Location: Rare Earth. Coffee Roastery 587 Park Creek Dr., Clovis, CA Saturday, Apr. 9 3 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 17 EASTER CELEBRATION AT CLOVIS CHURCH Sunday, April 17 at 2pm.

2080 Tollhouse Road, Clovis Ca Free Philz Coffee & Gifts, Egg Hunt for Kids EASTER LUNCHEON Location: Clovis Senior Activity Center 850 4th St., Clovis, CA Sunday, Apr. 17 CLOVIS JOB FAIR Location: Richert Clovis (virtual) Register at JobfairX.com Tuesday, Apr. 19 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

ARTHOP AT CLOVIS ADULT EDUCATION Location: 1452 David E. Cook Way Clovis, CA Thursday, Apr. 21 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.

108th ANNUAL CLOVIS RODEO Location: Clovis Rodeo Grounds 748 Rodeo Dr., Clovis, CA Friday, Apr. 22 – 9 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Saturday, Apr. 23 – 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Sunday, Apr. 24 – 2 p.m.

AMERICAN LEGION POST 147 SOCIAL BREAKFAST Location: Waffle Country Restaurant 1484 Clovis Ave., Clovis, CA Saturday, Apr. 9 at 8:30 a.m.

CLOVIS HEALTHCARE JOB FAIR Location: Richert Clovis (virtual) Register at HealthcareX.net Tuesday, Apr. 19 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

CLOVIS CHURCH CELEBRATES THEIR 1-YEAR BIRTHDAY PARTY Sunday, April 10 at 2pm.

2080 Tollhouse Road, Clovis, Ca Free Food & Gifts, Fun activities for kids.

CENTRAL VALLEY CLASSIC CAR SHOW Clovis Missionary Baptist Church 854 N. Fowler Ave., Clovis, CA Saturday, Apr. 30 8 a.m. – 3 p.m

THE JIMMY RUN 1 Mile/2 Mile Hosted by Jimmy John’s Location: Clovis Hills Community Church 1363 5th St., Clovis, CA Saturday, Apr. 30 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

FRIDAY NIGHT FARMERS MARKET Location: Old Town Clovis Clovis, CA Friday, Apr. 29 5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.

CENTRAL VALLEY CLASSIC CAR SHOW Clovis Missionary Baptist Church 854 N. Fowler Ave., Clovis, CA Saturday, Apr. 30 8 a.m. – 3 p.m THE JIMMY RUN 1 Mile/2 Mile Hosted by Jimmy John’s Location: Clovis Hills Community Church 1363 5th St., Clovis, CA Saturday, Apr. 30 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

CLOVIS MEMORIAL RUN REGISTRATION Now open for the Clovis Memorial Run at clovismemorialrun.com Location: Clovis Senior Center 850 4th St. Saturday, May 28 MAY CLOVIS TRAILFEST 2022 Location: Old Town and Dry Creek Trails Saturday, May 7 8 a.m. – Noon RUMMAGE SALE

Location: Clovis Senior Activity Center 850 4th St., Clovis, CA Thursday, May 12 SHREDFEST Hosted by Clovis Police Department Location: Clovis Rodeo Grounds 748 Rodeo Dr., Clovis, CA Saturday, May 14 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

CLOVIS MEMORIAL RUN 2022 Location: 4TH St., Clovis, CA Registration now open at clovismemorialrun.com Saturday, May 28 at 7 a.m.

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Money & Finance: Cost of a Mortgage NOBLE CREDIT UNION @NobleCUFresno | Sponsor

A mortgage is likely going to be one of the largest loans you’ll take out in your life.

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Since monthly payments spread the cost of a mortgage loan over an extended period, it’s easy to forget the total expense. For example, if you borrow $200,000 for 30 years at 6% APR (annual percentage rate), your total repayment will be around $431,680, more than two times the original loan.

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Obituary: Ethal Louise Smith Ethal Louise Smith of Clovis passed away March 12, 2022.

Ethal was born November 26, 1929 in Reedley CA where she attended school class of 1949.

She married Daniel M Smith August 2, 1948.They spent 60 years together.

She lived in the Fresno- Clovis area during most of her adult life.

She was a homemaker, she worked for a short time at a factory job, then onto doing catalog party sales.

She was involved with the Clovis High Band Booster, Jolley Times and the Clovis Senior Center. She enjoyed bus trips to the casinos and the sight seeing trip to places of interest across the United States She is preceded by her husband Dan, parents Louie & Mildred Lawrence, siblings Louie Lawrence Jr, Robert Lawrence and Darlene Baker.

Survived by sister Caroline Taft

of Selma, her daughters and families: Pam & Allen Bethal, Son: Stephen Smith, Patsy & Bob Servadio, Sons: Craig Servadio & wife Julie, great grandchildren Bella, Brynlee & Brixton; Marc Servadio, great grandson Hudson.

Nadine & Roger Foreman, Nancy & Steve Christian, and Martha Smith.

Special thanks go out to the staff at Dycora Gateway and Cheryl Ward for taking care of Mom for the last four years.

Graveside service will be at Clovis Cemetery on April 7, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

In Lieu of flowers, rembercence may be made Hinds Hospice, 2490 W. Shaw, Fresno, CA93711

pay more than the amount required by your contract, either by making more payments or paying an extra amount with each regular payment. If you do the latter, be sure to make it clear that the extra amount should be used to reduce principal, not prepay interest.

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A Point Well Taken Lenders might be willing to raise a loan’s interest rate by a fraction (say 1/8 or 1/4 of a percent) and lower the number of points—or the reverse. The advantages of fewer points are lower closing costs and laying out less

money when you’re apt to need it most. But if you plan to keep the house longer than five to seven years, paying more points to get a lower interest rate will reduce your long-term cost.

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There is also the cost of homeowners insurance, which your lender will require to protect its investment and which you should have to protect your equity. You may also be required to have flood or fire insurance, which is separate.

In most cases, your monthly mortgage payment includes all four costs, typically shortened to PITI, for principal, interest, taxes, and insurance.

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Congressman Kevin McCarthy Rounds Up Clovis Supporters at Campaign Office MARC ANTHONY LOPEZ AND J.T. GOMEZ info@clovisroundup.com

Clovis residents showed out Saturday afternoon for U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s new campaign office in Old Town Clovis.

Located inside Saddleback Village, right across from the Clovis Garage, the new campaign office stands as a gateway into the eyes of a new batch of voters for McCarthy following California’s new redistricting maps.

McCarthy represents the current California 23rd district, which covers most of the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley like Kern County and Tulare. But thanks to 2020 census data, he will now be running to represent the Clovis community in this year’s midterm election.

“A lot of this area is new to me,” McCarthy said. “I am listening to constituents, talking to them about their concerns, and looking for ways I can earn their vote and their support.”

A surplus of people gathered inside and outside the office showing their support for the congressmen. The large crowd was treated outside to free food sponsored by the campaign. It was McCarthy’s first time meeting and talking with Clovis constituents.

“This is beyond what I thought would be here,” McCarthy said. “There is a lot of enthusiasm.”

McCarthy took interviews with the chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly, Eulalio Gomez, and representatives from the media. Gomez welcomed McCarthy with open arms and believed McCarthy would bring Clovis values to Washington D.C. “One thing about Congressman McCarthy is he’s pro-law enforcement, pro law and order, which as a retired Sheriff’s employee, I totally support,” Gomez said.

Gomez also mentioned COVID-19 mandates and the fight that has been

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Luis Potosi. She was a schoolteacher in Mexico but had ambitions of owning a business in the United States. Celia had taken a trip to Texas where eventually she became the nanny of a wealthy family in 1954.

This is where she would meet her husband, Jose Guadalupe “Lupe” Flores. Lupe was a farmworker of the family Celia nannied for. They fell in love and stayed in contact with love letters after Celia went back to Mexico.

Lupe left Texas in 1955 after hearing about a job opportunity in Clovis. Once he established himself, he married Celia and brought her back to Clovis.

The couple didn’t have much but still embodied their hard-working spirit. Celia

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Congressman and House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy poses with supporters.

ongoing by both Republicans and parents of the Clovis Unified School District. He hopes that he has for McCarthy to “take the gavel away from Nancy Pelosi.”

“We need to be energy independent and get gasoline prices down. We need to get inflation under control with the Democrats spending too much money creating it. We need to have our streets safe and secure,” McCarthy said.

Clovis City Council Member Vong Mouanoutoua calls the move to the Clovis office by McCarthy exciting and says

that having someone in a high leadership position will allow Clovis residents to have more influence in decisions.

“What I always hope for is always an open line of communication. Should there be any federal issues, we can direct constituents here to this office and there’s staff here that can help,” Mouanoutoua said. “To have an office here in Clovis is definitely a benefit to residents here in this jurisdiction.”

Those in attendance at the event had nothing but positive reinforcement of the

candidate. Many hope that this upcoming election can be the change Republicans need with the party aiming to control the majority of Congress. If elected and Republicans can gain control of Congress, McCarthy could potentially be the speaker of the house of representatives “I’m going to be here to listen. We may not always agree,” McCarthy said. “We will be part of this community.”

The campaign office will remain open until Election Day and is currently looking for volunteers.

Flores became a community organizer in Clovis’ developing Latino immigrant community. She was an active member of the Catholic group known Los Guadalupanos (The Guadalupe Society) and a leader in the local chapter of La Progressiva (The Progressive Society).

Eventually, leading to her dream of owning a business by opening her restaurant, “La Posada.” The restaurant opened in November 1978, served authentic homestyle Mexican and would be a staple for the Clovis community. La Posada would close in 2015.

Seferina was born on Aug. 26, 1916, and passed away in 2018. She was a loving, nurturing matriarch to five generations which extends to more than 300 family members.

Her family moved from Frontenac, Kansas to Clovis when Franco was at the age of three. Seferina left school after the fifth grade because, at the time, young girls needed to prepare for marriage by learning proper manners, cooking and housekeeping.

By the age of 23, Seferina would marry her husband Luis Franco. Traditionally, wives would not enter the workforce but Seferina had the desire to make some money. After working in the fields, the Francos traveled to Gardena, Calif. to manage a small restaurant owned by a cousin that became ill.

When the family returned, Seferina was established as an accomplished cook and

remained determined to fulfilling her dream of opening a restaurant.

After building a home on their property and a 20-by-20-foot structure for their restaurant.

The restaurant, Franco’s Taco House, would finally open on Clovis Day in 1958.

The restaurant was only “take out” since it was located in a residential area. After a few years, the city granted permission to install three tables.

The business grew with Clovis and in 1973 they increased the seating capacity to 85 by expanding into their family living room. They remodeled again in 1991 and increased capacity to 135. The restaurant was famous for its family’s salsa and tamales.

After serving Clovis for 50 years, the oldest Mexican restaurant in Clovis closed in March of 2008.

Seferina Herrera Franco

Seferina Herrera Franco was the first Hispanic woman to receive the honor of being inducted into the 1994 Clovis Hall of Fame.

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Citizen’s Advisory Committee Presents Survey for Police Funding J.T. GOMEZ jt21gomez@gmail.com

At the latest Citizen’s Advisory Committee meeting for the City of Clovis, the committee completed an anonymous five question survey on the advantages and disadvantages of funding the Clovis Police Department.

In a question that asked if the committee believed if there was adequate funding and staffing for Clovis PD, the committee had nineteen “No” answers and three “Yes” answers. The next question asked how many sworn police officers should be employed by the department in order to maintain the “safest city in the valley” status over the next five years.

The committee had seven members vote for 50 sworn officers, the amount of officers that Police Chief Fleming had originally mentioned was a best case scenario.

The other fifteen votes came for “Other” in which fourteen different responses were written in. These responses included suggestions such as “1 per every 1,200 residents”, “30-40 [more officers]”, “7 additional officers over the next five years” with one response even stating “55 (50 plus a safety of 10%)”.

When asked how the city should pay for the proposed additional officers, fourteen survey takers voted for a tax increase ballot measure that would be included in the City of Clovis’ next ballot. Three voters selected “as the city is able to with existing funds” and four selected “cuts in other general funds”, meaning other city services such as fire or parks and recreation services.

As a final question on the survey, the committee was asked “What kind of City do you want to live in?” A ranked list followed in which “Public Safety” came first

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At the last Citizen’s Advisory Committee meeting, the board presented the results of a survey regarding police funding.

in importance, followed by “Economy” and “Community Design”. “Inclusivity and Engagement” and “Natural Environment” ranked ninth and tenth, each in last place of importance for the committee.

Based on survey results, the committee then went on to have a lengthy discussion about what they believed the next steps were. Comments came in mostly about how to pay for the additional officers to which committee members responded by proposing a 1¢ to a 1.5¢ sales tax on all of Clovis.

This comment came with the recognition that a proposed sales tax to the city would be bad timing with inflation and the rise in gas prices.

And this is where the committee stands, as according to John Holt and his comments made at the last committee meeting,

the city cannot afford to cut any services. It was also added that anytime the City of any local government cut services, complaints come in on the basis that city residents don’t receive the same services that they are used to.

However, one committee member again begrudged on the issue of asking current officers to do too much, illustrating that “their heads would explode” if the city asked them to do more work than what they are doing now.

This was reiterated by some committee members who went on ride alongs with police, pointing out that they had seen things they weren’t prepared for and believing that they were in a lot more dangerous of a place than they originally thought.

The next steps for the committee are

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to recap their highlights and the thoughts they have collectively had and provide comments to the City Council. A consensus remains however that a proposed sales tax will not go over well with the public and will not pass. Nevertheless, this is what the committee seems to be leaning towards when they make their report to the council.

It was recommended by City Assistant Manager Andy Haussler that the committee gather their comments, results of the survey, and overall thoughts and try to get those in the hands of the City Council before the committee’s next meeting on April 6th.

This advisement was made with the perception that the council could “get a good sense of direction” for what they will need to look at and consider with steps moving forward.