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LUNAFEST – FILMS BY AND ABOUT WOMEN Location: Mercedes Edwards Theatre 902 5th St., Clovis, CA Sunday, July 10 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.
VETERAN CLOVIS VIRTUAL JOB FAIR Location: Richert Clovis, Clovis, CA Online at HireX or MilitaryX Tuesday, July 12 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
INAUGURAL CLOVIS LEADERSHIP SUMMIT Location: Mercedes Edwards Theatre 902 5th St., Clovis, CA Speaker: Doug Lipp – Former Head of Training at Walt Disney University Wednesday, July 13 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
FRIDAY NIGHT FARMER’S MARKET PEACH PARTY Friday, July 15
TRI-TIP DINNER AND DANCE FUNDRAISER Location: Clovis Senior Activity Center 850 4th St., Clovis, CA Saturday, July 16 @ 5:30 p.m.
CLOVIS 80’S ARCADE PUB CRAWL Location: Ruby’s 748 Polasky Ave., Clovis, CA Saturday, July 16 4:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
CLOVIS PARK IN THE PARK CAR SHOW Location: Treasure Ingmire Park 36 Clovis Ave., Clovis, CA Saturday, July 16 at 4 p.m.
MOBILE FOOD ACADEMY FOOD ON THE GO – WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Location: Clovis Community College (Herndon Campus) Bldg. B, Room 308 390 W. Fir Ave., Clovis, CA Tuesday, July 19 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
JOLLY TIMES Top Dollar Band – Free Country Location: Clovis Senior Activity Center 850 4th St., Clovis, CA July 21 – 9 a.m.
14th ANNUAL RED CARPET EVENT Event for the positive uplifting of youth via Film, Performances and Surprises Location: Sierra Vista Mall Cinema 16 1300 Shaw Ave., Clovis, CA Saturday, July 23 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
HOME OF THE BRAVE INDOOR PUB CRAWL Location: Clovis Veterans Memorial District 808 4th St., Clovis, CA Saturday, July 23 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.
ENTRY-LEVEL CLOVIS VIRTUAL JOB FAIR Location: Richert Clovis, Clovis, CA Online at HireX Tuesday, July 19 and Monday, July 25 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
CLOVIS PARK IN THE PARK CAR SHOW Location: Treasure Ingmire Park 36 Clovis Ave., Clovis, CA Tuesday, July 26 at 4 p.m.
HEALTHCARE CLOVIS VIRTUAL JOB FAIR Location: Richert Clovis, Clovis, CA Online at HireX or HealthcareX Tuesday, July 26 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. DIVERSITY CLOVIS VIRTUAL JOB FAIR Location: Richert Clovis, Clovis, CA Online at HireX or DiversityX Monday, Aug. 8 and Monday, Aug. 22 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
VETERAN CLOVIS VIRTUAL JOB FAIR Location: Richert Clovis, Clovis, CA Online at HireX or MilitaryX Friday, Aug. 12 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
2022 CLOVIS INTERNATIONAL WEDDING FESTIVAL Location: Regency Event Center 1600 Willow Ave., Clovis, CA Sunday, Aug. 14 at 11 a.m.
CLOVIS PARK IN THE PARK CAR SHOW Location: Treasure Ingmire Park 36 Clovis Ave., Clovis, CA Saturday, Aug. 20 at 4 p.m.
BACK TO THE 50’S SOCK HOP SENIOR PROM Location: Clovis Senior Activity Center 850 4th St., Clovis, CA Saturday, Aug. 20 5 p.m.- 8 p.m.
HEALTHCARE CLOVIS VIRTUAL JOB FAIR Location: Richert Clovis, Clovis, CA Online at HireX or HealthcareX Friday, Aug. 26 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. CALIFORNIA 911 MEMORIAL Location: 3485 Never Forget Ln., Clovis, CA Open 365 days a year
COMMUNITY HERITAGE CENTER Location: 3rd and Veterans Parkway OPEN Tuesday thru Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
CLOVIS MUSEUM Location: 4th & Pollasky, Clovis, CA Open Tuesday thru Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
CLOVIS FARMERS’ MARKETS
FRIDAY NIGHT FARMERS’ MARKET Location: Old Town Clovis Friday, April 29 - Friday, Oct. 28 5:30 p.m. – 8 :30 p.m.
CLOVIS OLD TOWN FARMERS’ MARKET Location: Old Town Clovis Every Saturday Year-Round 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (weather permitting)
HARLAN RANCH FARMERS’ MARKET Location: 1620 N. Leonard Ave., Clovis, CA Every Wednesday YearRound 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. (weather permitting)
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Local Water Polo Clubs Qualify for Junior Olympics National Finals
J.T. Gomez
jt21gomez@gmail.com
Several local water polo teams participated this last weekend in Merced at a Junior Olympics Qualification tournament.
The teams, the Royal 559 Water Polo Club, the Bulldog Water Polo Club, and the Praetorian Water Polo Club all held combinations of CUSD athletes as well as surrounding areas including Fresno, Sanger, and Reedley athletes.
All three clubs ended up qualifying multiple teams from each. They will now move on to the National Finals Tournament July 21st-July 24th in San Jose.
Club Royal 559 finished 1st in 12u Girls, 2nd in 14u Girls-All Champ, 1st in 16u Girls, and 1st in 18u Girls. Club Royal also had B teams that finished 6th in 14u Girls-All Champ, and 5th in 16u Girls.
The Bulldog Water Polo Club had teams placed 3rd in 12u Mixed, 5th in 14u GirlsAll Champ, 2nd in 16u Girls, and 8th in 18u Girls Classic.
Finally, the Praetorian Water Polo Club placed 4th in 10u Mixed, 3rd in 16u Girls, and 9th in 18u Girls Classic. The Praetorian Water Polo Club also had a B team that finished 16th in the 16u Girls Classic.
All three clubs look forward to competing in the National Finals Tournament in July.
Buchanan High Hires New Basketball Coach
J.T. Gomez
jt21gomez@gmail.com
Buchanan High School recently hired its newest Director of Sport for Men’s Basketball.
Ed Madec, the former Fresno City College Head Basketball coach will be taking over duties for the Buchanan Bears this upcoming season.
Madec was relieved of his responsibilities at Fresno City College when he was put on administrative leave by the school during the 2020 season.
The administrative leave was handed down after a 13 month investigation into potential violations of the California Community College Athletic Association regulations.
Madec, during his time at Fresno City, won fourteen straight conference titles and holds more than 400 career wins as a junior college coach.
Cybersecurity – How to Protect Yourself
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It’s almost impossible to imagine life without electronic devices. How would you keep in touch with your friends, listen to music, watch movies, buy tickets, make payments, or find the information you need without your phone, tablet, or computer? But as essential as your devices are to the way you live, using them can also expose you to serious problems if you’re not following some basic security rules.
Using the Right Tools
To stop hackers, thieves, and others who’d love to benefit by accessing your personal and financial information, you can establish a line of defense by using tools and best practices of online safety.
First, make sure your devices have up-to-date antivirus software to protect you from malware. (Note: Viruses are actually not the real problem—it’s thieves after your money and your data.) At the very least, make sure that you’ve installed free antivirus protection from a reputable provider, and that you run the software’s updates when they are available.
Virtual Private Networks
You may want to go even further to protect your online activity and download a virtual private network (VPN). When you have a VPN service, your data is encrypted by the software, and then is sent through the VPN server before it goes to your online destination. That means it’s extremely difficult to trace that data back to you.
A VPN may be important if you frequently connect to the internet using public Wi-Fi networks, which are notoriously vulnerable to hackers. Choosing the right VPN can be a little overwhelming. But there are a few practical guidelines that can help you in your search. Choose a provider that’s been around for a while, has a good track record, and offers a money-back guarantee. Most importantly, keep in mind why you want a VPN: to protect your privacy. Choose a VPN that doesn’t track your internet traffic or sell your data to third parties, which many free VPN services do. It also helps to choose a service with a user-friendly, simple interface and that offers good customer service, preferably with a 24/7 live chat option.
Social Media Privacy
The first line of defense against cyber threats is strictly limiting the personal information you share online. You also want to be cautious about social media comments that reflect your personal thoughts or that go into detail about your private life.
On social media, you can help protect yourself by making full use of the privacy options. Read the descriptions of each option carefully and turn off access to your identity in as many ways as you can.
Password Protection
You should be using strong, unique passwords for each site you’re registered on, especially for sites that provide access to your personal, financial, or other confidential information. If your password is too obvious, it will provide no protection at all. And don’t make the mistake of using the same password over and over. Once an online thief cracks one account, the next step is to try that password for every single account connected with your email address.
To keep multiple accounts secure, you might want to try a password manager. Password managers create complex passwords for your accounts, encrypt them, store them in a vault, and access the one you need to log in to your account.
Go Phish
Phishing happens when scammers try to install malware on your device so they can steal your information. This practice is widespread and getting more sophisticated. The best protection is to not open any attachments or click on any links that you don’t know for sure are legitimate. When emails contain urgent calls to action, such as a threat that an account will be cancelled or a bill sent to a collection agency, this is another tip-off that you’re dealing with a scammer.
Buying Online
While it’s completely commonplace to make purchases on your computer or phone, security can still be an issue. You’ll want to look for the security padlock symbol in the URL bar, to the left of the company’s name. To make sure it’s legitimate, click on it to make sure it takes you to a site security certificate. You should also
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The Noble Credit Union Clovis branch is located on 175 N Clovis Ave. between Sierra and Herndon Ave.
double-check that the URL begins with “HTTPS,” which means the data you send and receive from the site is encrypted.
For more information on how to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your money, visit Noble Credit Union’s website at www.NobleCU.com and click on the “Security” tab located in the footer. Noble Credit Union, a Forbes Best-in-State Credit Union, has been treating each member with kindness, dignity, and honor while helping members make sound financial decisions for 81 years. The Credit Union offers members full access to a wide range of financial education and services, including low-rate auto loans, MyRewards Visa credit card, mortgage and equity loans, online and mobile banking, and more. For more information about membership at Noble Credit Union, call (559) 252-5000 or visit NobleCU.com.
Fresno Street Eats Continues Its Business in Clovis
J.T. Gomez
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“The best food events in the 559” came to Clovis as it has continued to do so for the past two years plus according to Event Manager Arturo Breceda. Arturo works with the Fresno Street Eats, officially listed as an “event” that hosts food trucks throughout the Valley.
These food trucks congregate and move towards breweries, festivals, street fairs, or even empty parking lots such as in Clovis behind the Sierra Vista Mall. The food trucks themselves are from all sorts of different cuisines for all sorts of different appetites.
In Clovis alone, there were trucks serving baked potatoes (Get Baked), donuts (Rolling Donut), or even philly cheesesteak sandwiches (Real Philly). And yes, of course, a main staple of food trucks and familiar to the minds of many Central Valley residents, tacos (Tacos Sinaloa, Mariscos Las Brisas, Yasss Fish Tacos) were also present.
Along with the trucks, Fresno Street Eats attracts paying customers to multiple other businesses such as Clovis vendors selling plants, minerals, and other gemstones.
On Saturday the 25th, Fresno Street Eats was also hosted at the Pride Market in Fresno at the “Illuminate Our Pride” Block Party as well as in Sanger at House of Pendragon Brewing Company. House of Pendragon Brewing Company housed five different food trucks and is no stranger to them, hosting trucks at their Sanger location throughout the summer almost
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Food Trucks from across the Valley congregate behind the Sierra Vista Mall to sell their foods to paying Clovis customers.
every Friday and Saturday. House of Pendragon Brewing Company also has a location in Clovis.
One food truck operator was able to spare a few words in the middle of taking orders and fulfilling them.
Keith Felton, part-owner of Wing Your Bell, a one stop shop for chicken wings, sliders, chicken sandwiches and even burgers claimed that Fresno Street Eats asked Wing Your Bell to make the trip to Clovis that Saturday. “[The heat] does definitely affect it. [When] It’s a lot cooler temperatures, it’s a lot busier.”
Felton made the observation that people “coming and going” is about the norm for the summer business of Fresno Street Eats.
Keith Felton claims his wanting to own a food truck had always been a passion of his, having quit his day job to pursue the venture. You can read more about Wing Your Bell on the “FresYes” blog.
Event Manager for the Clovis area, Arturo Breceda was also asked about the heat and how that affects business in the summer. “The heat is always a deterrent for people coming to events, Usually they’ll start coming before peak hours. So it does slow business down, but it picks right up, people like coming outdoors and eating outdoors.”
Breceda mentions that “you still get the restaurant type of food” without having to actually go to a restaurant. And this of course is not to mention the variety of foods that would be beneficial for a family of “picky” eaters. “We try to get as many choices as possible…That way no one’s fighting ‘Well we wanna go to this restaurant.’ Basically we have twelve different restaurants in one spot.”
Breceda spoke about the types of partnerships that the Fresno Street Eats has with its vendors. “They reach out to us and we’ll try to see the best that we can to fill them in the lineup. We try to give them as many opportunities to come in and new vendors as well.”
He summarized the way that Fresno Street Eats has been gaining traction throughout the Valley, “We’re starting to grow to our sister cities like Clovis, expanding into Kingsburg and [Sanger]...I’ve been promoting the community for about twenty years, and this is just another thing to add on to our community which is exposed to a few things that individual mom and pops [food trucks] are doing.”
While Breceda explained that the local vendors have these events to go to throughout the year, the summer heat pushed people away from the asphalt parking lot.
However, it was difficult to not notice that different groups of friends and families kept piling in as the day went on, trying different foods or partaking in their favorites. No matter the temperatures or the different styles of events, these smalltime vendors love the hustle and flow that is the busy food service industry. Sticking to a group such as Fresno Street Eats just makes them all the stronger.
You can follow Fresno Street Eats on their Instagram page @fresnostreeteats. Here you will be able to find pictures of their delicious eats, as well as future event dates and a link to their website.
American Grown: Women in Agriculture
Adam Ricardo Solis
@Adamsoliss
A new episode of American Grown: My Job Depends on Ag highlighted women in agriculture on Wednesday, June 29.
Women in agriculture was the focus of Wednesday’s episode and the two women highlighted in the episode were a dairy farmer named Stephanie Nash and Christine Gemperle, an almond grower in Turlock who advocates to bridge the gap between environmentalism and agriculture.
Closing the gap between environmentalism and agriculture through the process of regenerative agriculture practices, which is the practice of applying management techniques to restore systems to improve productivity more specifically to improve the soil used in crop land and livestock pastures according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is a goal Gemperle achieved on her ranch in Turclok and hopes other producers will implement.
Gemperle’s background in agriculture started when her father immigrated from Switzerland in the early 1960’s when they started growing almonds and poultry farming.
In the episode, Gemperle recalled an occasion when a member of the California water boards state resources control board was speaking to her and during the conversation Gemperle said she felt he was coming from a “metropolitan standpoint” according to Gemperle. Gemperle said her initial reaction was that the representative wasn’t understanding that they needed to “work together”.
“The whole idea is working together or allowing each other to coexist,”Gemperle said.
In an attempt to bridge the gap between environmentalism and agriculture Gemperle was inspired by the bumper stickers that use different religious symbols to spell out coexist, Gemperle did the same but using symbols that were meaningful for agriculture.
“We can have ag, we can have environmentalism, we can do this together. We just have to want to, we just have to listen to each other and we have to be able to give as much as we want. We need to be able to give, and that goes for both sides. Let me reiterate, both sides.” Gemperle said
In hopes of bridging the gap, Gemperle has implemented the practice she calls “agrimentalism”, a blend of environmentalism and agricultural practices.
“The new buzz word now is regenerative ag and it’s all about putting things back into the soil and keeping the soil really healthy. It’s about all the microbial organisms in the soils and how that benefits what you’re growing there,” Gemperle said.
An example of how Gemperle has implemented regenerative practices on her ranch is providing a cover crop that serves an alternative purpose.
Cover crops, according to the USDA, are crops that have the potential to prevent soil and wind erosion, improve soil’s physical and biological properties, supply nutrients, suppress weeds, improve the availability of soil water, and break pest cycles with various other benefits. But Gemperle wanted her cover crop to serve another role.
“When I originally put [the cover crop] in, I specifically put it in to benefit my beekeeper and his bees,” Gemperle said.
Bees are often used to increase our nation’s crop value each year by $15 billion dollars according to the USDA, however bees have been in serious decline for more than three decades in the United States.
The decision behind using a cover crop that would benefit the bees is a decision that Gemperle said helps keep the pollinators strong and will also allow the bees to pollinate her crops well.
“It ended up having all these other benefits to it. I mean first of all, all the bees did love it, they did do great. The bees had great pollination this year, no competition.” Gemperle said.
Nash was one of the two women of agriculture highlighted in Wednesday’s episode. Nash’s story of being a third generation dairy farmer from the Central Valley was unique because of her family’s decision to leave California because of the cost to farm.
Growing up with a singing background and learning about the advocacy side of agriculture while attending college and while living in Nashville, Nash started making country music that advocated for agriculture.
Her first single was “Time Changes”, which Nash said was inspired from her time in California during the construction of the high speed rail.
“I actually recorded it because of the bullet train going through California and I saw that a lot of farmers were not getting paid for the land that was being taken up,” Nash said.
Nash’s family relocated to Tennessee and said that the decision to move wasn’t easy.
“It was a big change because growing up I showed cattle at the Fresno Fair and I was a part of everything agriculture growing up and I really loved the richness of the valley,” Nash said.
Nash’s father Steve, said that the idea to relocate came to be because of constraints from regulations and fees in California that made it hard to be sustainable.
“As I continued to watch the bills come out of the legislature that became laws and all the licenses and fees that changed when they couldn’t add any new taxes, it just became obvious that it was going to be very difficult for my kids to make a living in the dairy business in California,” Steve said.
Going forward good policy is what is going to make or break farmers, Gemperle said.
“The question is what’s good policy, and who is it good policy [for]. Again, you’re talking about people in metropolitan areas, you’re talking about environmentalists, you’re talking about agriculture. We’re all on different pages and at some point we need to get united and figure this thing out together,” Gemperle said.
Nash said since moving to Tennessee, they have built a creamery and established a community around their diary that they are proud of.
Nash has established opportunities for internships on the dairy and currently has three young women interning for her where they help Nash with advocacy work and tours.
“They will come on to my dairy farm and they will learn what I do, my advocacy, selling cheese at the farmers market, [work] events at the creamery, and at the end of their internship I will write a letter to the job or college of their choice in furthering their education in agriculture.” Nash said.
To watch more episodes of American Grown: My Job Depends on Ag, visit their Youtube Page at American Grown Youtube channel.
New Child Welfare Services Building Officially Opened in Clovis
J.T. Gomez
jt21gomez@gmail.com
At the former Costco on 380 W. Ashlan, a new building has been transitioned to open a Department of Social Services building that will operate for child welfare in Clovis on Thursday June 23rd.
The project was granted to Cook Land Co., the Fresno-based contracting company, and Jerry Cook, Partner of Cook Land and 23 year President & CEO of Grundfos Pumps Corporation was present at the opening to voice his pleasure in the partnership with the County of Fresno.
“What the big deal is here, with the purpose and passion for us as real estate developers, to get to do something that creates an environment that does serve our children. That’s the big story here, it’s not about converting the building. The building is only as good as the program and people that are dedicated to fulfill the mission.”
“Nothing can be more important for us as a developer, with that passion and the ability to do something that will be here for generations and make sure that we got it absolutely right the first time.”
Supervisor of District 5 of Fresno County, Nathan Magsig called Cook the “patriarch” of the project, and while denying this claim, Cook exclaimed that a project of this magnitude “takes a whole team, to make something like this happen,” calling it a “very complicated project.”
Magsig then went on to state that it was about five years ago when he was told that the different divisions of the Department of Social Services were too far spread apart throughout Fresno County. “[At the time] Many people did not know which building
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Fresno County Director of Social Services, Sanja Bugay is surrounded by members who helped see the opening of the new DSS building come to fruition on Thursday, June 23rd. The building was officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
to go to.”
Magsig explained that this was the reasoning as to why it was believed they should create a one stop campus that could house all divisions of the Department of Social Services. “This campus, now is one location where we can have thousands of our workers right here and people know that they can come to a safe environment, not only for our employees but individuals can come here safely and get the care and the services that they deserve and need.”
Mayor Pro-Tem Lynne Ashbeck of the City of Clovis was present for the ribbon-cutting and expressed her thoughts on how the new building was beneficial to the community. She thought about the question for a beat.
“I’m thinking about the question, because I think what you’ve heard [today] it’s really about the kids. All the things that were identified, reusing a really big empty space, bringing jobs, people that can shop on their lunch hour…But I think the ability to say to our community broadly, that kids matter in Fresno County, and kids matter in Clovis, is really what this building says.
Ashbeck mentioned that employees can shop on their lunch hour because of the grocery store that stands less than 500 feet west of the building. She also reiterated Jerry Cook’s words stating that he was “exactly right”.
“Yes he redid it, and yes it’s 140,000 square feet in jobs and parking and break rooms, that’s all right, but if we don’t get our kids better service in this building it won’t matter, I think this county is committed to making social services better. “
Ashbeck finished by sharing her thoughts on the significance of the day. “I think today is really about the kids, certainly our kids who get served here. We want to be a welcoming place for kids.”
Fresno County Director of Social Services Sanja Bugay spoke at the podium to the gathered crowd, and stated “Every decision we’ve made was based on what was best for our kids. And to achieve their wellbeing and safety.”
Bugay extrapolated that whether it be asking themselves to do more, the board to do more, or even the state to do more, it becomes “easy because we are all here for the same reason. To help support our kids.”
Yes the building also stands as the nation’s first instance in which a Costco has been converted into a Class A Office, but what stands more important can be found in the words of Sanja Bugay, or Jerry Cook, “the kids”. The children are the most important aspect of any story, and in any instance of history. Future generations will now have the opportunity to have this building as a refuge in perhaps their most trying of times.
Paul Nerland, County of Fresno Administrative Officer, opened the ribbon cutting with a quote from author Steve Pemberton and his book, A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past & How He Found a Place Called Home.
“Once the attention fades and the crowd stops cheering his name and his accomplishments are little more than fine print in a history book, the only thing that truly survives him is his child. That is his legacy, that is what defines him, all else is a footnote.”
Safe Disposal of Medical Sharps
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