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What California’s new gas tax
will cost you, what it will fix
BY JIM MILLER
jmiller@sacbee.com
Now that Gov. Jerry Brown
has signed into law billions of
dollars in higher fuel taxes and
vehicle fees, the state will have
an estimated $52 billion more
money to help cover the state’s
transportation needs for the
next decade.
The money comes largely
from a 12-cent increase in the
base gasoline excise tax and a
new transportation improve-
ment fee based on vehicle
value. Other money will come
Lemoore Navy families worry
about loved ones on Carl Vinson
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson sails the Philippine Sea on Wednesday escorted by Japanese destroyers. The supercarrier was headed
toward the Korean Peninsula for an exercise with South Korea. About 700 sailors from Naval Air Station Lemoore are aboard the ship.
BY LEWIS GRISWOLD
lgriswold@fresnobee.com
W
LEMOORE NAVAL AIR STATION
orld politics in-
truded into this
close-knit military
community this
week when it was reported that
North Korea had threatened to
sink the USS Carl Vinson air-
craft carrier.
The news hit particularly hard
here because so many people
have loved ones on the ship.
About 700 sailors from the
naval air station Lemoore are
aboard the Vinson, serving with
three Super Hornet jet fighter
squadrons.
It was reported Sunday that
an editorial in a state-run news-
paper said North Korea’s mil-
itary could sink “a nuclear
powered aircraft carrier with a
single strike,” a statement
viewed as referring to the Vin-
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from paying off past transporta-
tion loans, Caltrans savings, and
new charges on diesel fuel and
zero-emission vehicles.
The bulk of the revenue
raised will go to various state
and local road programs, as well
as public transit, goods move-
ment and traffic congestion.
The measure, Senate Bill 1,
sets ambitious goals. By the end
of 2027, it says least 98 percent
of state highway pavement
should be in good or fair condi-
tion, at least 90 percent of cul-
verts should be in good or fair
condition and at least 500
bridges must be fixed.
TENSION WITH NORTH KOREA
‘‘
I HAVE THREE CHILDREN … I’M TRYING TO
SHIELD THEM FROM AS MUCH OF THE NEWS
MEDIA AS I CAN.
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In June 2018, meanwhile,
California voters will get to
weigh in on another part of the
package: a constitutional
amendment supporters say will
keep lawmakers from diverting
the money to other purposes.
TAXES AND FEES
Gas taxes
Existing: The base excise tax
is 18 cents a gallon. A price-
based excise tax is currently set
at 9.8 cents a gallon, for a total
rate of 27.8 cents a gallon.
Nov. 1, 2017: The base excise
tax will increase to 30 cents a
gallon.
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excise tax will reset to 17.3 cents
a gallon, about half-a-cent more
than the rate the Brown admin-
istration projects will be in ef-
fect by then anyway.
The 47.3-cent combined ex-
cise tax in effect July 1, 2019
will be adjusted for inflation
beginning July 1, 2020.
Average annual revenue:
$2.4 billion
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Existing: The base excise tax
is 16 cents a gallon. The state
also collects two categories of
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3 held in road rage shooting after
pursuit by Fresno police copter
Three men involved in a
road rage shooting in-
cident were arrested after
they were spotted and
followed by the Fresno
police helicopter.
They were identified as
Ollie Martin, 23, Travis
Griffin, 28, and Derrick
Campler, 36. Allegations
include firing shots at a
vehicle and felony evad-
ing.
The arrests happened
Thursday after officers
were alerted to the in-
cident at East Butler and
South Peach avenues. A
caller reported that he was
being pursued by a white
Ford Expedition, and the
aerial crew spotted both
vehicles speeding west-
bound on East Kings Can-
yon Road at South Chest-
nut Avenue. The Expedi-
tion then turned north on
Chestnut and as the air-
crew followed it turning
onto Highway 180, the
crew learned that shots
were fired from the SUV.
The driver of the vehi-
cle refused to stop and the
helicopter’s light was used
to illuminate the Expedi-
tion. After the driver
stopped at East Princeton
and North First Street,
two passengers ran from
the vehicle as the driver
was taken into custody.
One of the running sus-
pects was quickly cap-
tured and the second was
taken into custody after
he was bitten by a police
dog in the 2800 block of
East Princeton. A gun was
also recovered.
1 DEAD, 2 HURT IN
TULARE ALTERCATION
One man is dead and
two others were wounded
in a physical altercation in
Tulare, police said.
Just after 10:04 p.m.
Thursday, police got a call
about shots fired from
inside a home in the 1600
block of West Santa Bar-
bara Street in southwest
Tulare.
Police found one man
lying on an adjacent drive-
way with severe injuries.
Inside, police found two
men, one suffering a head
wound and the other with
a gunshot wound.
The victims were taken
local hospitals, where one
man died. Detectives are
trying to find his next of
kin, police said Friday
morning.
Detectives do not be-
lieve the homicide is
gang-related or drug-
related and do not know if
the victims knew who
attacked them.
Police are not releasing
a suspect description yet,
Sgt. Andy Garcia said.
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tion should call Detective
Ray Guerrero at
559-684-2149, or leave
anonymous tips at
559-684-4290, during
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FROM PAGE 1A of the Vinson is a secret,

but Foreign Policy maga-

NAVY FAMILIES zine reported Wednesday

that the Vinson is still

mas, director of the Fleet
& Family Support Center,
where counselors special-
ize in deployment issues.
“I know it stresses fam-
ilies out,” Thomas said. “I
know there are moms and
dads on this base who are
very careful about what
comes through their TV.
But you can’t control
everything that the kids
hear about. They hear
about it from other people
at school.”
To help children adjust
to a parent being away for
long stretches, deployment
clubs at two schools on
base meet monthly, he
said. Children make care
packages, for instance.
The threat to the carrier
by North Korea also is
being felt in nearby Le-
moore, where a number of
retired Navy personnel
live.
“I hate to say it, it seems
like we’re getting pretty
close to World War III,”
said Ike Payne, a retired
petty officer first class who
was stationed in the Me-
kong Delta during the
Vietnam War and is now
president of the Fleet
Reserve Association
Branch 216 in Lemoore,
for retired Navy personnel.
Kim Jong-un, North
Korea’s leader, seems to
be asking for trouble,
Payne said.
“I’m hoping he’ll under-
stand if he makes an ag-
gressive move toward us,
he’ll have to deal with us
and Japan and South Ko-
rea, and he knows that he
has no way to win,” Payne
said.
The mood aboard an
aircraft carrier is often
tense, especially on the
flight deck, but the bold
North Korean threat is
certain to make it more so,
said Robert Walecki, a
retired aviation ordnance
warrant officer who has
served on six aircraft carri-
ers, including off the coast
of Vietnam when Saigon
fell.
‘‘
I HATE TO SAY IT,
IT SEEMS LIKE
WE’RE GETTING
PRETTY CLOSE TO
WORLD WAR III.
Ike Payne, retired sailor
Adding to the tension is
that North Korea has nu-
clear weapons. “A conven-
tional weapons threat is
not that big of a deal,” he
said.
Undoubtedly aboard
ship, “some of the planes
are fully loaded and ready
to go,” he said. Under
heightened circumstances,
squadrons often are placed
on “alert 15,” meaning the
planes must be ready to fly
within 15 minutes, he said.
The crews know what is
happening and are mental-
ly ready because that’s
part of the job, he said.
“They’re not scared,” he
said. “They’re thinking
about the North Koreans.
They’re pretty much ready
for anything.”
The latest tensions start-
ed about three weeks ago
when the Vinson an-
nounced it was canceling a
port call in Australia and
would be heading to the
North Pacific, a move
interpreted as a show of
force to North Korea.
About a week later,
North Korea launched a
missile test that failed
when it blew up, news
reports said.
The story of the Vinson
heading toward the Ko-
rean peninsula became
muddled – some
commentators suggested
that the story had spun out
of control unnecessarily –
when it was reported that
the Vinson actually went in
the opposite direction to
engage in joint sea exercis-
es with other countries.
The exact location at sea
working its way north from
the Philippine Sea.
Meanwhile, senators
went Wednesday to the
Eisenhower Executive
Office Building next to the
White House for a
closed-door briefing on
North Korea.
And this week, President
Donald Trump told Reu-
ters news agency, “There’s
a chance that we could end
up having a major, major
conflict with North Korea,
absolutely.”
The families on the base
are proud of their loved
ones and praying for them
to return home safely,
Bratton said.
“Every deployment is
different,” said Bratton,
who is completing her
master’s degree in coun-
seling and has a part-time
job helping sailors write
resumés for civilian jobs.
She had planned to meet
her husband at a port call
but canceled the plane
ticket when the Vinson
changed plans. Other
families that had made
travel plans experienced
the same disappointment,
she said.
“It impacts everybody,”
she said.
Bratton said she and
other spouses keep their
spirits up by sending sup-
portive messages to their
loved ones via email.
“You try and send happy
messages, and make sure
they’re doing their job and
that they’re doing the best
that they can do,” she said,
dabbing at tears with a
tissue.
In her most recent mes-
sage to her husband, “I
told him that I’m proud of
him and I love him,” she
said. “I try to keep things
positive so he can focus on
the mission, so we can
focus on what needs to be
done at home, that the
kids love him and we’re
taking care of everything.”
Lewis Griswold: 559-441
104, @fb_LewGriswold
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An illness common on “wash your hands after

using the restroom” signs
in restaurants.
Mentally ill Fresno
cruise ships is hitting People who are sick
should not prepare food man sentenced
schools and daycare centers to 31 years to life
for others and contam-
inated surfaces should be
cleaned and disinfected.

VIDEO
BY BARBARA ANDERSON Learn more about norovirus,
banderson@fresnobee.com www.fresnobee.com/local
Norovirus, known for surfaces that have been
turning a vacation cruise contaminated. The virus
away.”
If you become infected,
you’ll probably know it.
The symptoms include:
diarrhea, throwing up,
nausea, stomach pain,
Food workers with norovi-
rus should not work until
48 hours after symptoms
for 2012 killing
stop.
Norovirus infection
cannot be treated with McKown knew each other,
antibiotics because it is a BY PABLO LOPEZ but Johnson has never
viral (not a bacterial) in- plopez@fresnobee.com said why he killed him.

A
into days of misery for spreads quickly in places fever, headache, body fection. In order to pre- During the trial, prose-
passengers, has been like cruise ships, daycare aches. vent dehydration, anyone mentally ill cutor Gabriel Brickey said
making children ill in centers, nursing homes The good news is that infected should drink Fresno man was on the night of Jan. 24,
Fresno County. and schools. the illness usually is mild plenty of liquids to replace sentenced 2012, Johnson and
The county health de- “We hear parents still and brief – but it can the fluids lost from vomit- Thursday in McKown walked together
partment said Friday that send kids to school who cause serious health prob- ing and diarrhea, the Fresno County Superior through their east-central
in recent weeks there are still in the process of lems, especially in young health officials said. And Court to 31 years to life Fresno neighborhood, as
have been multiple cases diarrhea or vomiting,” children and older adults. you can contact your doc- behind bars for killing his was their habit, and
of norovirus in schools said David Luchini, assist- Preventing the spread of tor if you suspect you are drinking buddy five years stopped at several liquor
and childcare centers. ant director of the Fresno norovirus is pretty simple: dehydrated. ago. stores along the way. The
Health officials said County Department of wash your hands carefully More information about In an- next morning, McKown
they want people to be Public Health. “We have with soap and water, espe- norovirus can be found by nouncing was found dead in an alley
aware of the nasty virus people going to work who cially after using the toilet visiting the federal Cen- the the behind a nearby grocery
and how to prevent are vomiting, having diar- and changing diapers. ters for Disease Control punish- store near Olive and
spreading it. rhea. This virus is very And wash your hands and Prevention website. ment, Judge Chestnut avenues. He
You can get the virus contagious. If you have before preparing or hand- Timothy suffered 39 stab wounds
from a person who is ill, someone who vomits in a ling food. Barbara Anderson: Kams cited and 11 cutting wounds,
from contaminated food classroom, people are Norovirus is a big rea- 559-441-6310, Paul Allen Paul Allen including on his face and
or water, or by touching going to get exposed right son why customers see @beehealthwriter Johnson Johnson’s neck, Brickey told the
long history jury.
of mental illness and said After the killing, Brickey
he will recommend to said, Johnson used bleach

Visalia man guilty in beating death father tended to him until

he died 11 months later.
prison officials that John-
son be housed in a state
in an attempt to cover up
his crime. But detectives

of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son The District Attorney’s

causing
BY LEWIS GRISWOLD death. The
lgriswold@fresnobee.com jury started
deliberation
A Visalia man was Thursday
found guilty Thursday of and soon
second-degree murder in reached a
the death of his girl- Trevor verdict.
friend’s 3-year-old son, Bishop On
who prosecutors say was March 21,
beaten unconscious and 2013, Bishop, a Visalia
died 11 months later, the resident, was taking care
Tulare County District of his girlfriend’s children,
Attorney’s Office said. Jimmy Horton and a fe-
Trevor Jim Bishop, 34, male toddler, at a home in
was found guilty of sec- Visalia. The couple had
ond-degree murder and been together four
felony assault on a child months, the District At-
torney’s Office said.
The same day, Bishop
took Jimmy to Kaweah
Delta Urgent Care after
allegedly finding him
unconscious in his bed-
room. Doctors transferred
Jimmy to Kaweah Delta
Medical Center and then
Community Regional
Medical Center in Fresno.
The boy had severe
bruising on his torso and
genitals, never regained
consciousness and re-
mained in a vegetative
state, the District At-
torney’s Office said. His
Office said doctors testi-
fied Jimmy received blunt
force trauma to the head
and suffered an acute
subdural hematoma and
severe brain swelling.
Bishop faces 25 years to
life in prison when he is
sentenced May 25.
The boy’s mother, De-
sie Montero Horton, 33,
has been charged with
child abuse and the spe-
cial allegation of willful
harm or injury causing
death.
Lewis Griswold:
559-441-6104,
@fb_LewGriswold
hospital.
Defense attorney Jane
Boulger said a state hospi-
tal is the appropriate place
for Johnson because staff
has the authority to med-
icate Johnson, even if he
doesn’t want to take his
medicine. Those same
rules don’t apply to in-
mates in prison, she said.
“Untreated mental
illness is a horrible exist-
ence,” Boulger told the
judge.
In March, a jury con-
victed Johnson, 50, of
second-degree murder in
the killing Arthur
McKown, 53, in January
2012.
Police say Johnson and
searching Johnson’s home
found headphones and a
plastic wrapper with
McKown's blood on them,
Brickey said. Surveillance
video also captured the
two of them walking to-
gether several times that
night, and police found
Johnson at the scene of
the crime with several
knives, Brickey said.
Johnson did not testify
in his trial. But Boulger
argued that no one saw
Johnson kill McKown;
there were no witnesses or
surveillance footage of the
crime. She also said John-
son has knives because he
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Local
Killer denied parole
in case where victim
tied with duct tape
BY LEWIS GRISWOLD
lgriswold@fresnobee.com
Parole has been denied
for James Ray Carlin, 50,
who murdered a man in
Porterville by tying duct
tape around his mouth,
the Tulare County District
Attorney’s Office said
Thursday.
He is in Corcoran State
Prison and will not be
eligible for parole until
2020.
In April 1993, a neigh-
bor of victim Manuel Vaca
called police because she
had not seen him in a few
days.
Officers found Vaca
lying on the bed with duct
tape around his ankles,
legs, wrists, waist, mouth,
eyes and head, and the
house ransacked. He died
of a heart attack from
struggling to breathe, the
District Attorney’s Office
said.
Carlin and his co-defen-
dant, Starla Richmond,
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SENTENCE
sells them at swap meets
and yard sales to make
extra money.
The case took years to
get to trial because, court
records show, Johnson's
mental capacity to assist
in his defense was called
into question a few
months after his arrest
and again in 2013. Be-
cause doctors found him
mentally incompetent to
stand trial, Johnson was
transferred to Atascadero
had told friends they went
to the victim’s home “to
slap him around a little”
and rob him of money,
drugs and jewelry in retal-
iation for alleged mis-
conduct toward Rich-
mond.
After the crimes, Carlin
and Richmond engaged in
sexual intercourse and
took a shower, the District
Attorney’s Office said.
They left food for the
victim’s dog and took his
car so it would look like he
was not home.
Carlin was found guilty
of murder and first-degree
residential robbery and
was sentenced to 25 years
to life in prison.
Richmond was found
guilty of second-degree
murder and sentenced to
15 years to life in prison.
She was paroled in 2011.
Lewis Griswold:
559-441-6104,
@fb_LewGriswold
State Hospital in April
2013, court records say.
Once Johnson's mental
capabilities were restored
with medication, he re-
turned the the Fresno
County jail later that year.
By law, Johnson will be
eligible for parole once he
reaches age 60 and serves
25 years behind bars.
Pablo Lopez:
559-441-6434, @beecourts
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BY BARBARA ANDERSON
banderson@fresnobee.com
A
proposed Fresno
medical resi-
dency program
got a financial
boost Wednesday with a
$2.2 million commitment
from the locally governed
Medi-Cal managed care
plan for Fresno, Kings and
Madera counties.
CalViva Health said it
has agreed to help Valley
Health Team, a federally
qualified health center,
launch a Teaching Health
Center residency program
to train family doctors in
Fresno.
The program is sched-
uled to begin July 1 to
replace the Sierra Vista
Family Medicine
Residency Program,
which opened four years
ago and will end June 1.
“We’re able to have
significant funds where
we can make some com-
mitments back to the
community,” said Gregory
Hund, the CEO at CalViva
Health. “A residency pro-
gram will increase access
to doctors for the most
underserved areas of our
network,” he said.
The goal of the resi-
dency program is to in-
crease the number of
physicians in the Valley,
which has a shortage of
family doctors and spe-
cialists. Medical residents
tend to stay and practice
medicine where they are
trained.
The medical residents
matched for the new
Teaching Health Center
program will be partly
chosen for the likelihood
of their remaining in the
Valley. “They have some
Tahmina Rahman, right, a second-year resident,
examines Helen Phillips in 2014 at the Fresno-based
Sierra Vista Family Medicine Residency Program, which
will end in June. A new Teaching Health Center program
at Valley Health Team, scheduled to open July 1 in
Fresno, received $2.2 million on Wednesday from CalViva
Health, a locally governed Medi-Cal managed care plan.
roots in the area or some
reason to stay after their
residency,” Hund said.
The Sierra Vista pro-
gram, sponsored by
Fresno Healthy
Communities Access
Partners, a Fresno
nonprofit, had similar
screening criteria for its
residents and had the
same goal of reducing the
doctor shortage in the
Valley. It had operated at
Clinica Sierra Vista, a
federally qualified health
center in Fresno, until last
year. The program, which
relied heavily on federal
funding, lost its
accreditation when it
could not find enough
doctors to teach residents.
Teaching Health Center
programs primarily train
medical residents in com-
munity health centers
rather than in hospitals.
Valley Health Team
agreed to take over the
Sierra Vista program for
its final year to allow resi-
BARBARA ANDERSON Fresno Bee file
dents to complete their
training. At the same
time, Valley Health Team
embarked on its own plan
to create a new Teaching
Health Center program.
Soyla Reyna-Griffin said
Valley Health Team re-
ceived word from the
Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical
Education on Wednesday
that it had given an initial
go-ahead for the new
Teaching Health Center
program, which allows
Valley Health Team to
request that federal
money that had been
assigned to the Sierra
Vista program be trans-
ferred to the new pro-
gram. If Valley Health
Team does not receive the
federal money, the pro-
gram will need about $2.2
million in addition to the
matching funds from
CalViva, Reyna-Griffin
said.
She also is seeking state
Song Brown health care
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workforce funds that are
administered through the
Office of Statewide Health
Planning and Develop-
ment. And, Reyna-Griffin
said “we’re asking other
funders to step up to the
plate as well. We are in
the process of working
with other sponsors.”
But the CalViva spon-
sorship is significant,
Reyna-Griffin said. “The
program would not be
possible without CalViva’s
support, and we are very
grateful.”
Faculty to teach the
residents is in place, she
said. “We still have our
program director and also
the two faculty who are
teaching this year have
agreed to teach the next
program year. And we
have letters of agreement
in place with UCSF (Uni-
versity of California at San
Francisco) and the two
hospitals we will be work-
ing with, Community
Regional Medical Center
and Valley Children’s
Hospital. They will also be
teaching the residents
along with our faculty.”
The new program will
begin with eight residents.
Reyna-Griffin said there
should be no problem
filling the residency slots.
“We’ve already received
quite a bit of interest from
medical students who are
looking for a place for
their graduate medical
education, and we turned
them away because we
were not accredited.”
Valley Health Team has
health centers in San Joa-
quin, Kerman, Kingsburg,
Clovis and Firebaugh. The
new residency program
will be housed at a center
that is under construction
at the southeast corner of
Ashlan and Cornelia ave-
nues west of Highway 99.
It should be completed by
the end of May.
Barbara Anderson:
559-441-6310,
@beehealthwriter
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ON ETHICS story that is too good to be questions: winnowing is liberating

true is likely not true. We A Who is speaking, what and edifying. Critical

Training needed to tell real are often beguiled by our

biases. We want to believe
things that flatter our egos
is the source of their au-
thority, and what biases
do they have?
thinkers make informed
decisions in all aspects of
their lives.

journalism from fake news and reinforce our deepest

beliefs. Psychologists call
this “confirmation bias.”
But wanting something to
be true does not make it
so.
So while technological
solutions can help reduce
the proliferation of fake
news, the real solution is
critical thinking and self-
examination.
BY ANDREW FIALA The most obvious key is
Special to The Bee to seek out multiple sourc-
A Is the story trying to
sell me something or ad-
vance an agenda?
A Who is the intended
audience? What is in-
cluded in the message or
left out?
A How does this story
connect to other things I
already know?
A What more would I
need to know to evaluate
this properly?
These kinds of ques-
Critical thinking is es-
sential for citizens in a
democracy. In order to
effectively participate in
the project of self-govern-
ment, we need to be able
to distinguish between the
phony and the factual.
Let’s hope that the fake-
news furor stimulates a
renewed commitment to
media literacy, objective
reporting, and basic com-
mon sense.

T
he fuss over fake
news continues to
unfold. In Febru-
ary President
Trump accused The New
York Times, NBC, ABC,
CBS, and CNN of being
fake news and the enemy
of the American people.
This week he said the
“fake media” were falsely
reporting that he had
changed his position on
the Mexican border wall.
He also explained away
recent reports about his
low approval ratings as
“fake news.”
President Trump seems
to think that stories he
doesn’t like are phony.
But truth is independent
of our desires. Not liking
something does not make
it false.
Journalists – like every-
one else – have biases and
opinions. But there is an
important difference be-
tween biased stories and
bogus ones. Every story
has an angle. But ob-
jective reporting rests
firmly on the ground of
facts. Legitimate news
organizations avoid lies
and fabrications.
The objective truthful-
ness of real news provides
the template that fake
news imitates. Fake news
stories are counterfeit.
In this April 1, 2017, tweet, President Donald Trump talks
about the news media and what he calls “fake news.”
They look like real news.
They appear to provide
objective facts. But they
do not. Rather, they try to
sell us something.
Infomercials are fake
news. Internet “click bait”
is fake news. Newspaper
advertisements written to
look like news reports are
fake news. The tabloids
lining the grocery store
checkout are fake news.
Political propaganda is
fake news.
Professional journalists
do not produce fake news.
The journalist’s code of
ethics has four guiding
ideas. Seek truth. Mini-
mize harm. Act independ-
ently. And be accountable
and transparent.
Mainstream news or-
ganizations sometimes
exaggerate with attention-
grabbing headlines and
titillating teasers. But real
journalists want to get the
facts right. When they get
things wrong, they admit
it – or get fired.
It is not always easy to
differentiate fake news
from real news. That’s
why we need substantial
training in media literacy.
We need to teach kids
ASSOCIATED PRESS es of information. You tions should guide our
should also compare what reading of books, our Andrew Fiala is a professor
you read or hear against evaluation of scientific of philosophy and director
commonly held back- reports, and our under- of The Ethics Center at
ground knowledge. Crit- standing of speeches, Fresno State:
how to read a newspaper ical media consumers also sermons and sales pitches. @PhilosophyFiala
and how to avoid being ask some of the following The process of sifting and
suckered by online click
bait. Kids need to learn
the difference between
objective news reports,
the opinion page, com-
mercials and outright
propaganda.
We all need to under-
stand that YouTube and
other Internet sources
offer suggestions based
upon what the computer
thinks we want to see.
Some tech firms are pro-
posing a technological fix
for this particular
problem. Google and
Facebook are working to
combat fake news by
changing how search and
news notification func-
tions work.
The technological fix is
good. But the problem of
sorting out fact from fic-
tion will remain with us.
Fake news is an ancient
problem. Socrates was
executed because false
rumors were spread about
him. Charlatans and
quacks have always taken
advantage of the gullible
and the ignorant.
Wisdom teaches skepti-
cism and self-restraint. A
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PUBLIC HEALTH toes. Zika can cause And people should protect
severe birth defects and themselves from mosquito

Kings County man is first this

neurological bites by applying mosqui-
complications in adults. to repellent or wearing
“We are anticipating a longs sleeves and long

year in state with West Nile

did not identify the man,
BY BARBARA ANDERSON for confidentiality rea-
banderson@fresnobee.com sons, but said he was
middle-aged and that he
A Kings County man is had not been hospitalized.
the first person in Cali- Most people who are
fornia to be infected with infected with the virus
West Nile virus this year. have no symptoms or
County health officials mild, flu-like complaints,
said Friday tests complet- but in less than 1 percent
ed at the state laboratory of those infected the virus
on April 26 confirmed the causes serious neurolog-
infection. ical problems and can be
The Health Department fatal. People 50 years of
age and older and people
with diabetes or high
blood pressure have a
higher chance of getting
sick and are more likely to
develop complications.
West Nile affects hun-
dreds of people in Cali-
fornia every year. Since
Kings County’s first hu-
man case in 2005, there
have been a total of 66
cases in the county, in-
cluding four deaths. In
2016, eight people in
Kings County were in-
fected. Statewide in 2016
there were 442 cases and
19 deaths. Fresno County
had 15 cases, Madera had
six and Tulare County 10,
including one death.
This year, the wet win-
ter has health officials in
the central San Joaquin
Valley on alert for West
Nile and Zika, two viruses
that are spread by mosqui-
significant increase in the pants. Window screens
number of (West Nile) and doors should be in
cases because of all the good repair.
rain this year,” said Dr. Kings County residents
Milton Teske, health offi- can report mosquito prob-
cer for Kings County. “It’s lems to the Kings
a perfect combination of a Mosquito Abatement
lot of water and warm District at 559-584-3326.
weather.”
Teske said people Barbara Anderson:
should eliminate any 559-441-6310,
standing water around @beehealthwriter
their homes, no matter
how small. Zika-carrying
mosquitoes, for example,
need only about a tables-
poon of water for laying
and hatching eggs – where
mosquitoes can breed.

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FROM PAGE 1A OTHER REVENUE freeway service patrol features. eled roads.
A $706 million in one- program

GAS TAX
excise tax will increase to
36 cents a gallon. The
36-cent excise tax will be
adjusted for inflation
beginning July 1, 2020.
Nov. 1, 2017: The 1.75
percent diesel fuel sales
tax will increase to 5.75
percent.
Estimated annual
revenue: $1.08 billion
Transportation improve-
ment fee
Existing: The Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles’
base registration fee is
$53.
Jan. 1, 2018: People
will pay a new “trans-
portation improvement
fee” ranging from $25 to
$175, depending on the
value of their vehicle:
time revenue from the
general fund’s repayment
of transportation loans
A $100 million annually
Value Fee
from unspecified Caltrans
Up to $4,999 $25
savings
$5,000-$24,999 $50
$25,000-$34,999 $100
WHERE WILL THE
$35,000-$59,999 $150
MONEY GO?
$60,000 and up $175
Road Maintenance and
The fee will be adjusted Rehabilitation Program –
for inflation beginning $3.24 billion a year on
Jan. 1, 2020. average: Off the top, the
Estimated revenue: program allocates several
$1.6 billion hundred million dollars to
various endeavors:
Zero-emission vehicles A $400 million to main-
Existing: There are no tain and repair state
ZEV-specific charges. bridges and culverts
July 1, 2020: New A $200 million for Sac-
$100 “road improvement ramento and 23 other
fee.” The fee will be ad- counties with local trans-
justed for inflation begin- portation taxes
ning Jan. 1, 2021. A $100 million to in-
Estimated revenue: crease the number of trips
$20 million by bike and on foot
A $25 million for the
State highways – $1.49 Parks, boats: The State
A $25 million for sus-
billion Parks and Recreation
tainable communities
Fund will collect the reve-
planning grants to local Local streets and roads –
nue from the 12-cent gas
governments $1.48 billion
excise tax increase on gas
A $7 million total for
Public transit – $700 purchases for boats and
transportation-related
million: Receives an addi- other off-highway vehi-
research and education at
tional one-time $256 cles. The money will be
UC ($5 million) and CSU
million from the trans- used for state parks, boat-
($2 million)
portation loan payback. ing programs, off-highway
A $5 million in work-
The money will pay for vehicle parks and other
force development grants
local bus and light-rail services.
to local agencies
systems, new equipment
Of the roughly $2.48 OTHER PROVISIONS
and other capital expens-
billion remaining, half A Creates a $30 million
es.
would go to Caltrans for program to reduce the
state highway mainte- Trade – $365 million: burden of transportation
nance and rehabilitation. Pays for projects to im- projects on the environ-
The other half would go to prove movement of goods ment.
cities and counties for from the state’s large A Creates a state trans-
road maintenance and ports and other trade portation inspector gener-
repair projects and rail- facilities. al within a new Caltrans
road grade separations. It Independent Office of
Traffic – $250 million:
also pays for an emphasis Audits and Investigations.
Congested Corridors Pro-
on “complete streets” that A Sets regulations giving
gram is intended to re-
are safer for walkers and commercial truckers more
duce traffic on Califor-
bikers, capture storm- time to comply with pollu-
nia’s most heavily trav-
water, and include other tion-control regulations.
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CHP to honor
school bus driver
for saving girl
SACRAMENTO
The California Highway
Patrol will honor a local
school bus driver Thurs-
day evening for saving an
11-year-old girl last year.
In May, Agustina Lopez
was driving her route for
the River Delta Unified
School District when one
of her students told her
another student wasn’t
breathing at her home,
CHP said. Lopez followed
the student home and saw
the girl turning blue on
the porch. Lopez perform-
ed CPR and the 11-year-
old began breathing.
Lopez, a bus driver for
nearly 25 years, will be
awarded the Northern
Region’s School Bus Driv-
er of the Year.
— THE SACRAMENTO BEE
Fire destroys 2
vacant apartment
buildings in L.A.
LOS ANGELES
A major fire raged
through two vacant apart-
ment buildings in West-
lake and forced the evac-
uation of an adjacent
convalescent hospital
before dawn Thursday.
No one was reported
injured but the ruins were
to be searched to make
sure no one was inside.
Little was left of a two-
story apartment building;
the gutted shell of an old
four-story apartment
building stood next door.
Westlake is an old dis-
trict of the city west of
town.
More than 160 fire-
fighters, some from a fire
station around the corner,
battled the fire for nearly
90 minutes as it posed a
threat to other structures.
Arson investigators
were on the scene.
— THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Marines relocate
929 tortoises to
allow for training
TWENTYNINE PALMS
The Marine Corps has
relocated 929 threatened
desert tortoises from a
section of Southern Cali-
fornia’s Mojave Desert to
allow large-scale military
training.
The Marine Corps Air
Ground Combat Center at
Twentynine Palms says
the two-week effort in-
volving federal wildlife
experts and land manag-
ers was completed April
21.
The tortoises were giv-
en health assessments and
relocated to sites individu-
ally selected based on
habitat factors and to
maintain social connec-
tions with neighbors.
The base plans to close-
ly monitor the relocated
tortoises for the first five
years of a 30-year study.
— THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Earrings ordered
for transgender
state inmates
SAN FRANCISCO
U.S. District Judge Jon
Tigar ordered California
prison officials Friday to
provide transgender in-
mates at men’s prisons
products such as brace-
lets, earrings, hair brushes
and hair clips.
He said the state must
provide compression tops
and binders for free to
transgender inmates at
women’s prisons.
The Department of
Corrections did not imme-
diately comment.
The order is part of a
lawsuit that led California
to provide taxpayer-fund-
ed sex reassignment sur-
gery to an inmate.
— THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Elderly woman slain
fighting man who
was attacking friend
BY DON THOMPSON
The Associated Press
A
NORTH HIGHLANDS
young man was
identified Friday
as the suspect in
the sexual as-
sault and beating death of
an 86-year-old California
woman. She was remem-
bered as a hero by in-
vestigators and neighbors
after she used a walking
stick to try to stop the
alleged assailant from
attacking her friend.
Neven Glen Butler, 18,
was arrested after he was
detained on unrelated
assault and elder abuse
charges stemming from a
separate attack that hap-
pened a few miles away,
MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ The Associated Press
Demonstrators protest at City Hall during a rally for free
speech in Berkeley on Thursday.
Mayor praises cops
for peace in Berkeley
BY JOCELYN GECKER
The Associated Press
BERKELEY
Berkeley officials de-
clared their handling of
protests over Ann Coul-
ter’s canceled appearance
a success thanks to a mas-
sive police presence that
ensured the city did not
also on
Wednes-
day, said
Sacramento
sheriff’s
spokesman
Sgt. Tony
Neven Glen Turnbull.
Butler Homicide
detectives
tied Butler to the scene of
the sexual assaults of
86-year-old Fusako Petrus
and her 61-year-old friend
earlier that day while both
were out for a walk, Turn-
bull said. Petrus died after
she was badly beaten. Her
friend was treated for
injuries.
“I think she’s a hero.
She gave her life to save
her friend,” said Dolores
Hines, who lives down the
block from Petrus and her
become a “fight club,” the
mayor said Friday.
Hundreds of Coulter’s
supporters gathered in a
downtown park Thursday
after the University of
California, Berkeley,
nixed a speech by the
conservative commenta-
tor. Many of them came
dressed for conflict, wear-
ing flak jackets, ballistic
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and tucked into the chain kind of woman she was,”
link fence of Petrus’ neat- said Don Hines, Dolores’
ly manicured one-story husband.
yellow home with meticu- Neighbors considered
lously trimmed shrubs.
Neighbors said they were
not surprised Petrus tried
the high school track a
safe place used by many
in the community, he said.
to stop the assault. “We’re upset at the way
“It sounds like some- she died,” added Dolores
thing she’s probably do. hines. “She doesn’t de-
She’d help anybody,” said serve this.”
Don Brown, who lives Butler, the suspect, is
across the street. being held without bail on
walking companion, who Neighbor Lloyd Miller suspicion of murder. He is
authorities have not iden- said Petrus met her hus- scheduled to make his
tified. band in her native Japan first court appearance
The friend was the after the World War II. Monday in Sacramento
initial target of the sexual She was a clerk at the Superior Court.
assault about 6 a.m. on store of California’s form- Dolores Hines said
the running track of High- er McClellan Air Force Petrus’ friend suffered a
lands High School in the Base until her retirement, swollen lip and scratches
North Highlands suburb he said. and bruises running from
of Sacramento, Turnbull “She walked every day her neck to her chest from
said. but Saturdays,” said Mill- where the attacker tried to
Petrus was killed after er, 88, who usually strip off her clothing. A
she came back to help, watched her leave while man who identified him-
hitting the attacker with eating breakfast by his self as a son of the victim
what he described as “a front window. “I’d always who survived said she is
small walking stick” to try say, ‘Be safe, Fusako’ to recovering from her in-
to fend off the man. myself.” juries.
“She died trying to help Her husband died about Petrus felt safe in the
her friend,” Turnbull said. 15 years ago, Miller re- neighborhood, Hines said,
The attacker used his called, so the neighbors recalling what she told
hands and feet in the
assault, Turnbull said.
helped each other with
routine chores.
people who worried about
her. “I’ve got a friend who
A makeshift shrine with Petrus’ attempt to stop goes with me,” she’d tell
candles and flowers was the attack on her friend friends. “And I’ve got a
erected on the driveway “represented the strong stick.”
helmets adorned with
pro-President Donald
Trump stickers and other
protective gear.
There were tense shout-
ing matches but no major
confrontations between
Coulter’s backers and
opponents, who held a
nearby counter-rally. The
two sides were separated
by riot police, while hun-
dreds of other officers
were deployed around the
city and campus.
“Having a large police
presence definitely helped
yesterday,” Berkeley May-
or Jesse Arreguin told San
Francisco TV station
KTVU on Friday. “What
we saw was people in the
park speaking out, there
were lots of discussions
and debates that hap-
pened, and that’s what we
wanted to facilitate.
“But nobody crossed
the line to violence, and
that’s what we wanted.
We don’t want to turn our
city into a fight club,” the
mayor said.
Coulter, referring to the
peaceful rallies, tweeted:
“Amazing what cops do-
ing their jobs can accom-
plish!”
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Trump: NRA has
‘true friend’ in
White House
President Donald Trump
reaffirmed his support for
gun rights Friday, telling a
National Rifle Association
convention in Atlanta that
“the eight-year assault on
your Second Amendment
freedoms has come to a
crashing end.”
Trump, the first sitting
president to address the
group’s annual convention
in more than 30 years,
assured the audience that
he’ll defend their right to
bear arms.
“You have a true friend
and champion in the White
House,” he said.
After his NRA speech,
the president headed to a
private fundraiser for Re-
publican congressional
candidate Karen Handel.
— ASSOCIATED PRESS
NSA halts one
type of disputed
email collection
The National Security
Agency is stopping one of
the most disputed forms
of its warrantless surveil-
lance program in which it
collects Americans’ emails
and texts to and from
people overseas and that
mention a foreigner under
surveillance, said officials
familiar with the matter.
Security officials had
argued that such surveil-
lance was helpful in iden-
tifying people who might
have links to terrorism.
The NSA made the
change to resolve prob-
lems it was having com-
plying with special rules
imposed by the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance
Court in 2011 to protect
Americans’ privacy.
— NEW YORK TIMES
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, center, and U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, left,
arrive at a ministerial Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters on Friday.
U.S. presses U.N. after
new N. Korea launch
BY MATTHEW PENNINGTON
AND EDITH M. LEDERER
The Associated Press
N
UNITED NATIONS
orth Korea test-
fired a midrange
ballistic missile
from the west-
ern part of its country
early Saturday, but the
launch apparently failed,
officials of South Korea
and the United States
said.
The test is likely to be
condemned by outsiders
as yet another step in
North Korea’s push for a
nuclear-tipped missile that
can strike the U.S. main-
land.
South Korea’s Joint
Chiefs of Staff said in a
statement that the North
fired the unidentified
missile from around Puk-
chang, which is near the
capital Pyongyang, but
provided no other details.
A U.S. official, speaking
on condition of anonymity
to discuss sensitive mat-
ters, said the missile was
likely a medium-range
KN-17 ballistic missile. It
broke up shortly after the
launch.
A South Korean military
official also said without
elaborating that the
launch was believed to be
a failure.
North Korea routinely
test-fires a variety of ballis-
tic missiles, despite United
Nations prohibitions, as
part of its weapons devel-
opment. While shorter-
range missiles are some-
what routine, there is
strong outside worry about
RICHARD DREW The Associated Press
each longer-range North
Korean ballistic test.
At the United Nations
on Friday, the United
States and China offered
starkly different strategies
for addressing North Ko-
rea’s escalating nuclear
threat as President Don-
ald Trump’s top diplomat
demanded full enforce-
ment of economic sanc-
tions on Pyongyang and
urged new penalties.
The range of Secretary
of State Rex Tillerson’s
suggestions, which over a
span of 24 hours included
restarting negotiations,
reflected America’s failure
to halt North Korea’s
nuclear advances despite
decades of U.S.-led sanc-
tions, military threats and
stop-and-go rounds of
diplomatic engagement.
Stepping back from
suggestions of U.S. mil-
itary action, Tillerson
even offered aid to North
Korea if it ends its nuclear
weapons program.
As the North approach-
es the capability to hit the
U.S. mainland with a nu-
clear-tipped missile, the
Trump administration
feels it is running out of
time.
Chairing a ministerial
meeting of the U.N. Secu-
rity Council Friday, Til-
lerson declared that “fail-
ing to act now on the most
pressing security issue in
the world may bring cata-
strophic consequences.”
Tillerson said all options
“must remain the table,”
while emphasizing the
need for diplomatic and
economic pressure on
North Korea.
His ideas included a
ban on North Korean coal
imports and preventing its
overseas guest laborers, a
critical source of govern-
ment revenue, from send-
ing money home. And he
warned of unilateral U.S.
moves against interna-
tional firms conducting
banned businesses with
Pyongyang’s nuclear and
missile programs, which
could ensnare banks in
China, the North’s pri-
mary trade partner.
“We must have full and
complete compliance by
every country,” Tillerson
said.
Yet, illustrating the
international gulf over
how best to tackle North
Korea, several foreign
ministers on the 15-mem-
ber council expressed
fears of a conflict on the
Korean Peninsula, which
has been divided between
the American-backed
South and communist
North since the 1950-53
Korean War. The conflict
ended with no formal
peace treaty.
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One-week
stopgap
spending
bill passes
BY KELSEY SNELL, ROBERT
COSTA AND ED O’KEEFE
Washington Post
WASHINGTON
A short-term spending
agreement to keep the
federal government open
for another week over-
whelmingly passed Con-
gress on Friday.
The House voted 382 to
30 on Friday to approve
the deal and the Senate
unanimously approved it a
short time later. House
and Senate negotiators are
set to work through the
weekend to finalize a
longer-term deal that
would fund the govern-
ment through the end of
the fiscal year in Septem-
ber.
Top staff and leaders on
the appropriations com-
mittees had tried late
Thursday to reach a long-
er agreement but were
unable to resolve differ-
ences on several unrelated
policy measures that have
plagued the process since
the beginning, according
to several congressional
aides familiar with the
talks.
“We’re willing to ex-
tend things for a little bit
more time in hopes that
the same sort of progress
can be made,” Senate
Minority Leader Charles
E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said
Friday morning.
A late push to act on
new health care legisla-
tion had threatened the
bipartisan spending deal
and for now that debate
remains in flux.
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Luxury
festival
turns into
a disaster
BY JOE COSCARELLI
The New York Times
A supposedly opulent
music festival on a private
island in the Bahamas,
which was promoted as an
unprecedented VIP event
by Instagram influencers
including Kendall Jenner
and Emily Ratajkowski,
descended into dysfunc-
tion and disarray as soon
as it began Thursday and
has been postponed indef-
initely, organizers said.
The inaugural Fyre
Festival, founded by the
rapper Ja Rule and the
tech entrepreneur Billy
McFarland, was set to
feature performances by
G.O.O.D. Music,
Blink-182, Migos, Lil
Yachty, Major Lazer and
more – plus “first-class
culinary experiences and a
luxury atmosphere,” with
ticket packages reaching
six-figures for chartered
yachts and private planes.
But when guests arrived
for the first weekend
Thursday, they found
grounds that were woeful-
ly lacking in the promised
amenities and organiza-
tion, according to ac-
counts on social media
that highlighted the soggy
tents, bad food and gener-
al disappointment verging
on panic.
By Friday morning, the
festival was in damage-
control mode as attendees
tried to flee the gathering.
“Due to circumstances out
of our control, the phys-
ical infrastructure was not
in place on time and we
are unable to fulfill on
that vision safely and
enjoyably for our guests,”
the organizers said in a
statement. They said they
were trying to get free
charter flights back to
Miami for all guests.
Eddie James, a repre-
sentative for the festival,
said in a brief interview
that some guests were still
there early Friday after-
noon. “But there are plans
in place to get everybody
off the island safely to-
day,” he said.
Ja Rule later posted a
note on Twitter emphasiz-
ing that he was “heartbro-
ken” about the turn of
events and insisting it was
not meant to be “a scam.”
Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-
Bennett pleaded guilty to corruption charges.
Chicago schools’ former
leader to be sentenced
BY MICHAEL TARM
The Associated Press
CHICAGO
The former head of
Chicago Public Schools is
set to be sentenced Friday
for steering $23 million in
no-bid city contracts to
education firms for a cut
of more than $2 million in
bribes and kickbacks.
Barbara Byrd-Bennett,
who held top education
jobs in Detroit and Cleve-
land before being tapped
to lead the nation’s third-
largest school district,
faces up to 20 years be-
hind bars. Prosecutors will
ask for a 71/ 2-year term,
while the defense would
argue for 31⁄2 years.
“CPS was struggling and
still is,” U.S. District Court
The legal fight over restrictions on coal-burning power stations such as this one in
Omaha, Neb., was put on hold Friday.
Court puts
off ruling on
carbon limits
BY MICHAEL BIESECKER
AND SAM HANANEL
The Associated Press
I
WASHINGTON
n a blow to envi-
ronmental groups, a
federal appeals court
agreed Friday to
postpone a ruling on law-
suits that challenge Oba-
ma-era limits on carbon
emissions.
The limits are part of
the Clean Power Plan, a
centerpiece of President
Barack Obama’s efforts to
reduce emissions from
existing power plants. The
Clean Power Plan was
challenged by a coalition
of states and industry
groups that profit or bene-
fit from the continued
burning of coal, the dirt-
iest of fossil fuels.
The Environmental
Protection Agency asked
the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Colum-
bia Circuit to put the legal
fight on hold after Presi-
dent Donald Trump
signed an executive order
to roll back the plan.
Trump has called climate
change a hoax, disputing
the overwhelming consen-
sus of scientists that the
world is warming and that
man-made carbon emis-
sions are primarily to
blame.
Friday’s order from the
ASHLEE REZIN Chicago Sun-Times file
Judge Edmond Chang said
earlier while sentencing a
co-defendant. “Every dol-
lar that was expected to go
to Byrd-Bennett was a
dollar CPS could have used
for itself.”
Prosecutors allege Byrd-
Bennett, 68, agreed to the
scheme at the start of her
tenure in 2012, knowing
the 400,000-student
district was buckling un-
der major financial strain.
SUPES Academy and
Synesi Associates LLC
owners Gary Solomon and
Thomas Vranas pleaded
guilty to related charges.
Chang sentenced Solo-
mon – who prosecutors
say masterminded the
scheme – to seven years in
prison last month. Vranas
received a 18-month sen-
tence.
court agreed to postpone
the case for 60 days and
asks the parties for guid-
ance on whether the rule
should be sent back to the
EPA to potentially be
revised or repealed.
While not final, the
postponement is a let-
down to environmentalists
who vehemently opposed
the request for delay.
They have urged the court
to rule on the merits of
the case, despite the
change in administration.
“We are in a race
against time to address
the climate crisis,” said
Vickie Patton, a lawyer for
the Environmental De-
fense Fund. “Climate
progress and clean energy
cannot be stopped by the
litigation tactics of pollu-
ters.”
The Supreme Court last
year blocked the Clean
Power Plan from taking
effect while the appeals
court considered whether
it was legal. Ten judges on
the court of appeals in
Washington heard argu-
ments in the case last year
and could have issued a
ruling at any time.
“Today’s decision by
the court is a positive step
toward protecting West
Virginia coal miners and
those who depend upon
their success,” said West
Virginia Attorney General
ACTON — Delbert Dea
Acton, 81, of Porterville
died April 27. He was a
farm laborer. No services
will be held. Arrange-
ments: Myers Funeral
Service & Crematory.
AVALOS MARTINEZ —
Ruben E. Avalos Martinez,
46, of Fresno died April
26. He was a custodian.
Visitation: 3 to 7 p.m. April
29 at The Bridge Church.
Service: 4 p.m. April 29 at
El Puente – Iglesia Even-
gelica Libre. Arrange-
ments: Cherished Memo-
ries Memorial Chapel.
BURNS — Wayne Ferdi-
nand Burns, 80, of Mad-
era died April 25. He
owned a building materi-
als store. Services to be
held at a later date. Ar-
rangements: Farewell
Funeral Service.
BUSTOS — Margaret
Contreras Bustos, 84, of
Madera died April 25. She
was a nursing assistant.
Visitation: 8 to 10 a.m.
May 1 at Jay Chapel. Ros-
ary: 10:30 a.m. May 1 at
St. Joachim Catholic
Church. Mass: 11 a.m.
May 1 at the church. Re-
membrances: American
Diabetes Association, P.O.
Box 11454, Alexandria, VA
22312 or Hinds Hospice,
2490 W. Shaw Ave., Suite
101, Fresno, CA 93711.
DAVIS — Linda Kay Da-
vis, 56, of Fresno died
April 26. She was a home-
maker. Private service.
Arrangements: Affordable
Direct Cremations.
NATI HARNIK The Associated Press
Patrick Morrisey, who was
among those who chal-
lenged the rules. “The
court recognized the land-
scape has changed and
that a decision on the
merits is not appropriate
at this time.”
The Clean Power Plan
sought to reduce carbon
emissions from existing
power plants by about
one-third by 2030, a goal
in line with the United
States’ commitment under
the global climate treaty
signed by nearly 200
countries in Paris in 2015.
About two dozen mostly
coal-friendly states and
more than 100 companies
sued to stop the Clean
Power Plan, calling it an
unconstitutional power
grab. Opponents claim the
plan will kill jobs, slash
demand for coal and in-
crease electricity prices.
Trump has pledged to
reverse decades of decline
in a U.S. coal industry
under threat from such
cleaner sources of energy
as natural gas, wind tur-
bines and solar farms. He
has also said he plans to
renegotiate the Paris ac-
cord.
In a second order issued
Friday, the appeals court
in Washington also post-
poned consideration of a
separate case challenging
an EPA rule capping
greenhouse gas emissions
from new or renovated
power plants.
Under a prior Supreme
Court ruling, EPA is re-
quired to regulate carbon
emissions. But Trump’s
appointees could seek to
dial back the level of re-
ductions mandated under
the Obama-era plan.
OBITUARIES
JENNINGS — Alice Lu-
cille Jennings, 77, of Por-
terville died April 26. She
was a homemaker. Private
service. Arrangements:
Myers Funeral Service &
Crematory.
JONES-WHITTLE —
Genice Jones-Whittle, 77,
of Fresno died April 18.
She was a supervisor for
Fresno County. Service: 1
p.m. April 29 at Jesse E.
Cooley Jr. Funeral Chapel.
LOGAN — Paul S. Logan,
57, of Fowler died April
23. He was an engineer
inspector for the city of
Fresno for 15 years. Me-
morial: 11 a.m. April 29 at
Pella Lutheran Church.
Arrangements: Farewell-
Page Funeral Chapel.
MARTINEZ — Rudy Mar-
tinez, 54, of Porterville
died April 26. He was a
retail store dispatcher.
Visitation: 3 to 7 p.m. May
3 at Myers Chapel. Ros-
ary: 6 p.m. May 3 at the
funeral home. Mass: 9
a.m. May 4 at St. Anne’s
Church. Graveside: 12:30
p.m. May 4 at Bakersfield
National Cemetery in
Arvin.
SIFUENTES — Gus Si-
fuentes, 58, of Fresno died
April 16. He was a garden-
er. Memorial: 11 a.m. May
3 at Reade and Sons Fu-
neral Home.
SNYDER — Ann T. Snyd-
er, 85, of Porterville died
April 20. She was a social
worker. Service: 11 a.m.
May 6 at United Pres-
byterian Church of Terra
Obituaries
When people work
together, they’re on
the same wavelength
BY MELISSA HEALY
Los Angeles Times
Thanks to scientists
who ventured outside the
laboratory, we have
learned that tight-knit
groups of females experi-
ence synchronized men-
strual periods over time,
that cohesive groups en-
gaged in decision-making
discount dissenting view-
points in the interests of
consensus, and that cou-
ples who stay together
long enough begin to look
alike.
Now, in the wilds of a
New York City biology
classroom, a new study
has captured another
group phenomenon
known to exist in labs but
never before chronicled in
humans’ natural habitat:
group brain synchrony.
Psychology researchers
at New York University
equipped each of 12 high
school seniors with a por-
table, low-cost electroen-
cephalogram and gath-
ered the gadgets’ brain-
wave readings over a
semester’s worth of biol-
ogy classes (11 sessions
lasting 50 minutes each).
Writing in the journal
Current Biology, the re-
searchers reported that
when students were most
engaged with each other
and in group learning, the
readings on their elec-
troencephalograms, or
EEGs, tended to show
brain-wave patterns that
rose and dipped in syn-
chrony.
That neural synchrony
was most pronounced
when students reported
they liked their teacher.
Individual students who
reported feeling tied to
their classmates, as well
as those who scored high-
est on the trait of em-
pathy, were most likely to
fall into synchrony with
classmates in the course
of group learning.
These observations are
certainly in line with the
phenomenon of neural
“entrainment.” When
everyone in a group is
paying attention to the
same thing (say, a lectur-
ing teacher or a classroom
video), it makes sense that
their brain waves will be
in sync as a simple func-
tion of their mutual atten-
Bella. Arrangements:
Myers Funeral Service &
Crematory.
SPICER — Ruby Alice
Spicer, 89, of Visalia died
April 28. She was an oper-
ator for the phone compa-
ny. Graveside: 10 a.m.
May 4 at Reedley Ceme-
tery District. Arrange-
ments: Salser and Dillard
Funeral Chapel.
VASQUEZ — Ofelia Vas-
quez, 43, of Porterville
died April 26. She was a
homemaker. Visitation: 4
Tributes | Services | Announcements
SERVICES/ANNOUNCEMENTS
LAVON CYRIL ERICKSON
Lavon Cyril Erickson
was born on August
16, 1929, to Edna
Anna (Hammar) Er-
ickson and Clarence
Victor Erickson in
Brantford, KS. He was
raised in Kansas on a
Farm until 1945, when
the family moved to
Fresno, CA.
Lavon graduated in
1947 from Fresno
Technical High
School. He worked for
Fresno State College
where he was emp-
loyed for 42 years un-
til his retirement. He
spent his time with a
collection of cars and
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tion to a common stimu-
lus.
But the new research
suggests that neural syn-
chrony may also reflect
something more than just
shared attention: It was
evident amid more fluid
social dynamics among
class members as well,
where the give-and-take
of group learning might
have made for a less uni-
form experience, said
cognitive neuroscientist
Suzanne Dikker, who
worked on the study.
For an individual, the
term “entrainment” is
sometimes used to de-
scribe “being in the zone.”
When two or more people
are engaged socially, that,
too, appears to involve
entrainment – or being in
the same zone. Such
shared entrainment shows
up on EEGs as neural
synchrony.
“Brain-to-brain syn-
chrony is a possible neural
marker for dynamic social
interactions, likely driven
by shared attention mech-
anisms,” the group wrote.
Indeed, Dikker noted
that the project itself was
explicitly designed as an
effort to gather data in a
naturalistic setting. (It did
not take measurements of
a comparison group of
disengaged students.)
The researchers first
gave the students a crash
course in neuroscience.
After enlisting their sup-
port in designing the ex-
periment, they helped
students craft a few of
their own.
“They loved it – at least
they said they did,” Dikk-
er said. Except during
troughs of student atten-
tion around college-appli-
cation time and the inevi-
table appearance of “se-
nioritis” toward the end of
the semester, “they really
owned the project,” she
said.
The idea that neural
entrainment in groups can
be detected and measured
with portable EEGs – and
then analyzed to perceive
patterns – opens new ave-
nues for research, Dikker
added.
The researchers are
now designing projects in
which they’ll be able to
record brain data and
other biometrics from up
to 45 people at once.
to 7 p.m. May 4 at Myers
Chapel. Rosary: 6 p.m.
May 4 at the funeral
home. Mass: 11 a.m. May
5 at St. Anne’s Church.
WIENS — Jason C. Wiens,
24, of Clovis died April 23.
He was a United States
Army medic for six years.
Services to be held at a
later date. Remembrance:
Wounded Warriors Pro-
ject, 4899 Belfort Road,
Suite 300, Jacksonville,
FL 32256. Arrangements:
Boice Funeral Home.
many other collecta-
bles.
He was preceded in
death by his wife,
Vanessa, who passed
away in 2010.
He leaves behind
three sons, Craig,
Erick, and Shawn; and
one grandson Bran-
don.
A Funeral Service will
be held at Trinity
Lutheran Church,
3973 N. Cedar Ave.,
Fresno, CA, on Sat-
urday, April 29, 2017,
at 3:00 p.m.
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BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Thumbs-up to
rookie Fresno
firefighter
Rene Gonzales
for receiving a
Medal of Brav-
ery from Fresno Fire officials
Wednesday. The Bee’s Jim Guy
reports that after just two
months on the job Oct. 21 and
while off duty, he spotted a
burning car. He and a good
Samaritan stopped to help a
woman trapped behind the
steering wheel.
Gonzales freed Brooklynn
Banta, of Madera, whose legs
were trapped under the steering
wheel. Then Gonzales and the
other rescuer, (who was never
identified or found, despite
department efforts), carried
Banta to the freeway median.
Banta was so seriously injured
she spent months in rehabil-
itation after the crash learning
basic skills again. She was feel-
ing well enough to dress up and
give Gonzales a huge thanks, at
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when service on the city’s most
highly traveled routes will be
extended until 1 a.m. That’s
great news for night-shift work-
ers and restaurant proprietors
on the bus routes as well.
In addition, more frequent,
30-minute service will be off-
ered on five of the most popular
routes seven days a week.
The kickoff will be celebrated
with free rides after 6 p.m.
Monday to Friday next week
and free weekend service May 6
and 7. Details: fresno.gov.
Thumbs-up to
the five win-
ners of the
Fresno County
schools’ Young
Authors’ Faire,
who will be honored Thursday
CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com from 4-6 p.m. at the Fresno
Fresno firefighter Rene Gonzales receives the Medal of Bravery from Brooklynn Banta of Madera at Fairground Commerce Building.
Fresno City Hall on Wednesday. The winners, their schools and
titles are:
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last. This has all the makings of
a Hallmark movie plot, so Val-
ley screenwriters, take note.
Thumbs-
down to news
of the demise
of some great
traditions this
week like
Clovis Kiwanis’ Freedom Fest
fireworks display, the annual
Future Farmers of America
Convention and Uncle Harry’s
at Fig Garden Village. The an-
nual fireworks display in Clovis
is discontinuing due to lack of
funding. Organizers are willing
to try again next year. July 4
patriots and fund-raising geni-
uses, where are you?
The annual FFA Convention
is a victim of our city’s success.
Folks had such a great time here
that it stayed for 23 years and
grew from 1,500 to 7,000 regis-
trants. That stressed our hotel
Thumbs-up, thumbs-down
availability, so they are moving
on to bigger facilities in Ana-
heim. Attention convention
planners: You want to grow your
event? Come to Fresno!
Uncle Harry’s, a super neigh-
borhood hangout in Fig Garden
is getting bounced in favor of a
chain store by the landlords,
Rouse Properties.
Bad move by the landlords.
They are robbing Fig Garden
Village of a local bagel shop that
attracted lots of foot traffic.
Moreover, they are turning a
blind eye to the “buy local”
movement that invests more
dollars in the Fresno economy.
A couple more dumb decisions
like this one, and the shopping
center at Palm and Shaw ave-
nues will be just another shop-
ping center. So, don’t even think
about touching La Boulangerie.
You’ve seen “Les Miserables,”
right?
Thumbs-up to
CalViva
Health for
agreeing to help
Valley Health
Team, a
federally qualified health cen-
ter, launch a Teaching Health
Center residency program to
train family doctors in Fresno.
CalViva is putting up $2.2 mil-
lion. Residency programs are
especially critical in Fresno
because there is a physician
shortage. Physicians tend to
remain in the regions where
they are trained.
Thumbs-up to the Central
California Women’s Conference
Board of Directors for awarding
65 Valley nonprofits $100,000
in grants. The recipients, which
serve women and children, will
meet for a reception May 17.
The winners cover a wide range
of services from A (Abundant
Life Ranch) to V (Visalia Emer-
gency Aid.) This is its 30th year,
and its nonprofit grants now
total more than $900,000.
Thumbs-up to
Fresno FAX for
joining the par-
ty! Bus users in
need of a ride at
night can grab a
cheap ride beginning Monday,
second-grade class, Sun Empire
Elementary School, Kerman, for
“Peahens on Our Campus.”
• Fiction: Chloe Hamett,
third-grade student at Manches-
ter GATE Elementary School,
for “Saturn’s Vacation.”
• Illustrator: Kary Garcia’s
fourth-grade class, Sun Empire,
for “A Single Difference.”
• Middle School Poem or
Narrative: Soren Jacobsen,
Liddell Elementary School, for
“My Story of Defeating Can-
cer.”
• Honor Book: Elizabeth
Boucher’s Special Day Class,
West Fresno Elementary
School, for “What Makes Us
Different Makes Us Beautiful.”

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

When will Fresno
Unified trustees
act like grown-ups?
The Fresno Unified
School District Board of
Trustees should stop be-
ing embarrassingly chil-
dish and start acting like
the grown-ups and com-
munity leaders that they
are supposed to be.
“The toughest thing will
be the seven of us,” when
speaking about hiring a
new superintendent,
sounds like a kid bragging
about bad behavior.
There are more con-
structive ways to get at-
tention, like finding ways
to compromise even when
you disagree, and making
informed and logical deci-
sions based on solid data,
not individual prejudice.
By the way, this is a
public school district, and
not a sectarian institution,
so please do not use a
candidate’s religious be-
liefs to judge qualifica-
tions for the job.
The constituents in
Fresno who voted for the
trustees should be out-
raged when these leaders
acknowledge that the next
superintendent’s biggest
challenge will be the “se-
ven polarizing figures on
the board.”
Believe me, in Fresno
there are a lot more im-
portant challenges that a
new administration will
have to address, especially
the inequalities that come
with poverty.
Remember, it’s all
about 73,000 students,
not about the school
board.
– Francine Farber, Fresno
High-cost housing
hurts families
What’s wrong with the
economy? Using housing
prices as an index, I made
these calculations:
The last house I bought
was in 1974. I sold it a
couple of years later. It
was a brand new small,
three-bedroom house with
a garage in a nice neigh-
borhood. I bought it for
$24,500. In 1974, the
median income in the U.S,
was $11,446. That same
house today (based on
prices I’ve been looking at
in the Real Estate section
of The Bee over the last
couple of years) would be
about $240,000 in Dinu-
ba.
The median income in
the U.S. in 2016 was
$58,721. So, on a simple
compound-interest basis,
the cost of housing has
risen 5.45 percent each
year in the last 42 years,
while the median income
has risen by only 3.9 per-
cent each year; for every
dollar of income in 1974 it
would cost you $2.14 to
buy a house compared to
$3.88 in 2016.
That means housing
prices have gone up 1.8
times as fast as wages.
Half the country makes
under $58,721 – not
enough now to buy a
$240,000 home.
Remember when they
used to build houses the
average working man
could afford?
– Jim King, Visalia
Appalling silence
on genocide
The United Nations
defines genocide as “any
of acts committed with
intent to destroy … a na-
tional, ethnical, racial or
religious group.” By this
definition it is indisput-
able that the actions com-
mitted by the Ottoman
Empire beginning in 1915
that took the lives of 1.5
million Armenians consti-
tute genocide.
The United States holds
a long history of avoid-
ance when it comes to the
Armenian genocide. The
last U.S. president to use
“genocide” in reference to
it was Ronald Reagan.
Every American president
since then has avoided the
truth by using “Meds
Yeghern.” That translates
to “great tragedy” in Ar-
menian.
By simply standing by
the United States is guilty
of being complicit in the
Armenian genocide. After
all, silence is what allows
genocide to happen.
– Valezka Murillo, Merced
We’re connected
yet isolated
Thomas Friedman’s
lecture at the Save Mart
Center last week was an
inspiration. Among other
issues, Friedman in-
formed us that in 20
years, 46 percent of cur-
rent jobs will no longer
exist.
He also shared one of
the Surgeon General’s
reports: The No. 1 one
condition rapidly killing
Americans is isolation.
Then Friedman expanded
on the irony; despite being
such a technologically,
“connected” people, a
great number of us are
isolated and more of us
are joining this isolation
daily.
We must grow more
intentional, more serious,
about collaborating with
others in everything we
LISA BENSON Washington Post Writers Group
do. We live in a time,
where one person can end
the world as we know it,
but, we have the capacity,
together, all of us, to
make it better for every-
one.
Finally, the key to our
survival is, to be a lifelong
learner. Thank you, Mr.
Friedman.
– Rebeca Rangel, Fresno
Let justice prevail
in Fresno killings
Some unethical lawyers
use a claim of mental
illness to defend and pre-
vent their clients who are
clearly guilty of murder
from taking responsibility
for their crimes.
Sometimes the accused
are truly mentally ill. But
if hate and racism are now
considered a “mental
illness” then Kori Ali
Muhammad is innocent
by reason of insanity.
Otherwise, he is simply
a cold-blooded, racist,
hateful and calculating
murderer and should
suffer the consequences.
Please let justice prevail.
– Joyce Bjerk, Fresno
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Valley Punjabi-speakers
are being shortchanged
A
pril marks the
advent of
Vaisakhi,
celebrated as a
Sikh New Year with the
birth of the Khalsa. Every
year Sikh-Americans take
out their large Nagar Kir-
tans (parades) from Sacra-
mento to San Jose, Selma
to Los Angeles, and Stock-
ton to Bakersfield to enjoy
a day of food, festivities,
and faith.
Sikhs welcome their
neighbors, renew their
friendships, and make
soon-to-be-forgotten reso-
lutions. These celebra-
tions are part of Cali-
fornia’s fabric and have
been celebrated by Sikhs
since their first arrival in
the early 1900s.
The early history of
Sikhs in California was
not always happy. Many
white nationalists feared
the “turban tide” as they
termed the thousands of
Sikhs entering the Golden
BY DAVID ROBERTS
I
am the father of a
second- and fifth-
grader in the Fresno
Unified School Dis-
trict. I coach their soccer
teams and actively partici-
pate in school activities.
We compete on fields
with little to no shade, and
often my kids are indoors
on smog-infused days. I
seek to change this.
A majority of Fresno’s
landscape emphasizes
urbanization and irrigated
turf. We can create a bet-
ter framework for our city
by highlighting our own
endemic valley oak, a tree
emblematic of our region.
Earth Day, 2015, in
partnership with Tree
Fresno, students success-
fully planted 25 valley
oaks at Wawona Middle
School. Last Saturday,
Earth Day 2017, students
again partnered with Tree
Fresno. They gathered
plans, funds and irriga-
tion, planting eight large-
canopy, drought-tolerant
trees at Ruth Gibson
Elementary School.
What’s the point? There
are multiple reasons for
these endeavors:
School tree transition:
Assist Valley schools to
transition from short-lived
mulberry and Modesto
ash trees, to more appro-
priate long lived, drought-
tolerant trees.
A diner’s guide
to people watching
in Morro Bay
T
he sylph-like
hostess sashayed
through the res-
taurant like a
baguette looking to shed a
cold pat of butter as her
shawl slipped, again and
again, from the twist of
her neck. By mid-evening,
artifacts from the menu
were destined to be
dipped, dusted and other-
wise magnetized from the
floor into every fabric
fold.
When it comes to take-
your-time dining, the
ballet and missteps of this
Morro Bay kitchen were
as much a Rubik’s Cube to
patrons as was the indust-
rywide marketing ratio-
nale that inevitably wrap-
ped at least four but never
more than six shrimp in a
$30-ish glaze.
The back shop is predes-
BY DEEP SINGH
State as students at the
University of California,
Berkeley, and as farm-
hands in the San Joaquin
and Imperial valleys.
Racism and exclusion
were common, and both
federal and state legisla-
tures often worked in
sync. The Page Act of
1875 prohibited entry for
Asian women. The Cali-
fornia Alien Land Law of
1913 banned Asian proper-
ty ownership. Finally, the
Asiatic Barred Zone Act of
1917 completely halted
Asian and Sikh immigra-
tion.
While the California of
a bygone era is no longer
Enthusiastic Fresno students, assisted by Dan Dodson, really dig botany lessons
learned in a recent tree-planting project at Ruth Gibson Elementary School.
The giving tree: 13 ways
valley oaks teach us all
School mobilization:
Engage the school com-
munities in all aspects
planning, fundraising,
planting, and supervision.
In the short term, it gener-
ates positive publicity for
schools. For the long term,
it provides an environ-
mental education setting
for generations.
Education: Students en-
gage in hands-on experi-
ential learning through all
stages of development
BY JOHN G. TAYLOR
tined to dwell in the Twi-
light Zone, celebrity chef
Gordon Ramsay be
damned. But the clientele
and the front staff can be
sifted, sampled and given a
Michelin review, welcomed
like the perfume of sautéed
garlic shrimp or scorned
like burned popcorn.
Where the restaurant
bends from its entryway
bottleneck to full flagon
there sat this evening’s
Judge, earning the label
for overall imperiousness
commencing with crook
recognizable, many Sikhs
remain excluded from
fully participating in elec-
toral and civil life, and
receiving the vital re-
sources they need. The
reason for this contempo-
rary exclusion is rather
tragic.
The language of the
Sikhs, and all who come
from the land of Punjab, is
not given proper recog-
nition by the federal and
state government. Punjabi
is the 10th most spoken
language in the world,
with over 100 million
speakers worldwide, also
making it the third most
spoken language in Cana-
da and the fourth most
spoken in the United
Kingdom.
Punjabi is one of only 16
languages in California
with over 100,000 speak-
ers, far higher than more
well-known languages
such as Italian, Hmong
and Portuguese.
from fundraising to in-
stallation. Student partici-
pation will increase pride
and ownership of the
school community. Plant-
ed specimens will provide
a living science lab for
students of all grade levels
for generations. Once
educated on the natural,
cultural, biological and
ecological value, some
students will become
lifelong stewards of our
Valley’s trees.
of his neck. This patron’s
gaze rendered all as mis-
creants or worse – perhaps
potential juror panelists –
as his wife, shoulders
dappled by the Morro
Rock sunset, regaled him
with a Democrat-flavored
judgment of congressional
hearings for then-
Supreme Court Justice
nominee Neil Gorsuch.
What, what? You know I
can’t hear whispers, said
his voice, a megaphone
that invoiced what he
would or wouldn’t have
with his salmon, and how
– bring cruets and shakers
– he would zest it himself
when it debuted. Water
was his beverage, wincing
as his wife reordered a
lemonade.
We early diners were a
weak tide in this off sea-
son, choked by rain and
mudslides. A woman with
a yellow rain smock
cinched around her waist.
A grandmother holstered
in a polished walker, shep-
herded by a benign young
man who wended her to a
perch that espied the
ocean while reviewing a
In numerous Central
Valley cities and counties,
Punjabi is the third most
spoken language,
including Bakersfield,
Kerman, Selma, Madera,
Ceres and Yuba City.
However, improper cate-
gorization of Punjabi by
the U.S. Census and the
California Secretary of
State hinders language
access for matters around
health care access, voting
rights, and other services.
The U.S. Census and
the California Secretary of
State bundle Punjabi with
Bengali, Marathi, and
Romany and names this
grouping “Other Indic
Languages,” which is then
ignored by government
officials. Other languages
are viewed as individual
units, so this clumping by
census officials creates a
situation where the specif-
ic needs of Punjabi-speak-
ing individuals are ne-
glected and overlooked.
DAVID ROBERTS
Shade: Temperature in
the canopy shade is 10
degrees cooler than in
direct sun. Properly locat-
ed on fields, the shade
provides relief for stu-
dents, parents, coaches,
and athletes before, dur-
ing and after play.
Carbon sink: Valley oaks
grow 70 feet wide by 70
feet tall. Throughout their
more than 400 years of
life, they take in massive
amounts of carbon and
menu both knew by heart
and agreeing that selec-
ting an inexpensive red
wine would escape
anyone’s aspersions.
The servers regarded the
regulars as though resum-
ing an interrupted diary
with updates of a wallet
lost, the results of cancer
screenings (the type spec-
ified as “women’s”), how a
co-worker’s pregnancy
leave had left them short-
handed and, only when
asked, a reminder about
the chef’s specials.
This confessional,
mindless of us nearby as
we dropped eaves, on no
occasion led the servers to
provide the irregulars with
their first names or posi-
tion themselves as in-
viting, knowledgeable
resources about prefer-
ences on a blissfully limit-
ed menu that hasn’t need-
ed more than a fresh var-
nishing of plastic over the
decades.
No hard sell, no memo-
rable menu to share with
tourists many of whose
car undercarriages suf-
fered keel-hauling on
Valley Voices
In 1975, the federal
Voting Rights Act was
amended and added
Section 203, which calls
for voting materials –
ballot, voter registration,
candidate qualifying,
polling place notices,
sample ballots, instruc-
tional forms, voter in-
formation pamphlets, and
absentee and regular
ballots – to be provided in
minority languages, where
over 10,000 voting age
citizens or over 5 percent
of the county speak a
single minority-language
group.
The improper cate-
gorization of Punjabi leads
to oversights and omis-
sions. Counties such as
Fresno, Sacramento, Los
Angeles, Santa Clara, and
Alameda each have over
10,000 “Other Indic
Language” speakers, who
are largely Punjabi. Even
San Joaquin County will
soon be approaching the
threshold.
In Sutter County, where
Sikhs have been elected
mayors and make up near-
ly 10 percent of the coun-
ty, the improper desig-
nation by the census and
state has denied the resi-
dents Punjabi language
materials and deters ac-
convert it to oxygen and
biomass through photo-
synthesis.
Endemic: Valley oaks are
distributed throughout the
Valley’s grassland ecosys-
tem. They have evolved
over the eons specifically
to our arid climate and
sandy loam soil.
Drought tolerant: Water
requirements change over
time. During establish-
ment, drought-tolerant
trees need deep-root irri-
gation. After establish-
ment, their tap roots use
ground water, and surface
watering may not be nec-
essary. They use signif-
icantly less water over
their lifetime than irrigat-
ed lawn.
Natural barrier: Mature
trees provide a natural
barrier for wind, dust,
noise, and pollution.
Neighborhoods surround-
ing schools will benefit
once these trees are estab-
lished.
Biological diversity: Val-
ley oak habitats can sup-
port more than a hundred
native species of birds,
amphibians, mammals,
and invertebrates. Similar-
sized species support only
a fraction of this wildlife.
Restoration: Over the
past 200 years, 90 per-
cent of valley oak habitat
has been cleared for agri-
culture and urban devel-
opment. Inadequate nat-
ural regeneration further
impacts the species. The
California Department of
Fish and Wildlife and the
Nature Conservancy con-
sider these trees threat-
ened. Planting in our
community will begin to
reintroduce these trees
humpback streets in arriv-
ing at this 75-year-old
perch above the fuss of
the Embarcadero. This
restaurant, whose name I
spare, rests abundantly
well, thank you, on the
elbows of its reputation,
no need for ruffles about
dining experiences or
special ministrations be-
yond adjusting shades to
accommodate the sun’s
death glare.
As this evening’s first
tables were turned, the
woman in the rain smock
was surprised to find it
diving to her feet, trans-
fixing her like an anchor
dropped and compelling
her husband to drag a leg
like a poorly trained skier
to avoid a cavalcade of
tumbling well-fed, poorly
toned bodies.
Somehow, the Judge
missed this side-chapel
sketch as he slurped his
salmon and moved on to
finish every crust of bread
while his wife elsewhere
was possibly reallocating
her lemonade.
His arms opened to
assess the table’s rem-
15A
cess for many individuals.
California Elections
Code Section 14201,
affirms: “It is the intent of
the Legislature that non-
English speaking citizens,
like all other citizens,
should be encouraged to
vote.” Current state law
designates 10 languages
as meeting language-
access thresholds: Span-
ish, Vietnamese, Chinese,
Korean, Tagalog, Russian,
Armenian, Khmer, Arabic,
and Hmong.
Despite there being
more Punjabi speakers
with limited English profi-
ciency than some of these
languages, its exclusion
limits the access for so
many California residents.
The need for California
and the federal govern-
ment to rectify this matter
is critical for providing
access for all. Punjabi
language speakers will
continue to grow.
Deep Singh of Fresno is the
executive director of the
Jakara Movement, a youth
development nonprofit and
the largest Sikh volunteer
organization in the United
States. Connect with him at
deep@jakara.org.
into our urban landscape.
Cultural heritage: The
acorns from valley oaks
were used as a staple for
native people in the Val-
ley. Europeans settled
near valley oak groves to
feed their pigs with the
acorns and farm the fertile
soil.
Iconic: Valley oaks are the
largest of North American
oaks and showcase the
climax ecosystem for
Central California. Ideally
located in urban land-
scapes, they make a pro-
found statement in terms
of beauty, ecology, and
restoration. Just as sequ-
oias are the icons of the
Sierra and the redwoods
are the icons of the North-
ern California coast, val-
ley oaks are the natural
icons of the Valley.
Economic value: Mature
trees have been shown to
measurably increase the
economic value of a re-
gion. Desirability and
value of nearby properties
increases over time with
trees maturity.
Lets make our commu-
nity beautiful. When
planting a new tree, I urge
you to consider the valley
oak. For future projects in
the Valley involving valley
oaks, donate to Tree Fres-
no — Valley Oak Project.
David Roberts, a general
contractor, owns Carved
Clay, an art studio in
Fresno where he creates
personalized, hand-carved
mosaic tile for homes and
businesses. He is a former
science teacher. Connect
with him at carvedclay.net
or by email at
robertsedavid@gmail.com.
nants, unfurling a scowl.
Well-seasoned or other-
wise, morsels did not
belong ensnared in his
teeth. He grabbed a din-
ner fork and prosecuted
them with four fine tines
before handing a raft of
cash to his server and
softly parading to the door
behind his wife.
A breeze had kicked the
outdoor air cold. There
was no jovial buzz, the
kind spawned by the
warm alcohol of summer.
Off-season tips were less
rich, more dear. Maybe
the hostess caught the
drift. She plastered menus
against her chest, clawing
her shawl to her throat
like a suddenly sacred
scapula as though there
were no etiquette for such
things and certain no one
would ever pay her any
mind anyway.
John G. Taylor, a former
Fresno Bee reporter and
editor, is owner/operator of
The JT Communications
Company LLC. Write to
him at jtcommunicates@
comcast.net.
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Sports
FRESNO STATE FOOTBALL
With spring practice coming to end,
’Dogs hope to stash away key lessons
BY ROBERT KUWADA
rkuwada@fresnobee.com
Fresno State went
through its penultimate
practice of spring football
Friday and a good portion
was spent on … how to
practice.
The idea there, for
coach Jeff Tedford and his
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NFL DRAFT
Anatomy of two trades: How the 49ers got
two of their top prospects and extra picks
BY MATT BARROWS
mbarrows@sacbee.com
SANTA CLARA
The seeds of Thursday’s
trade between the 49ers
and Bears were planted a
week and a half ago when
Chicago general manager
Ryan Pace called San
Francisco general manag-
er John Lynch and the two
agreed to keep each other
abreast of any trade prop-
ositions the teams were
getting.
Pace had a sense San
Francisco wasn’t going to
take the player the Bears
coveted, North Carolina
quarterback Mitch Tru-
bisky, with the second
overall pick. But he was
worried about another
team dealing with the
49ers and grabbing Tru-
bisky one spot ahead of
the Bears, who were pick-
ing at No. 3.
In a subsequent call,
staff, is to make sure play-
ers have the tools to build
on what has been a pro-
ductive month and to
ensure gains do not melt
away in the summer heat
when for the most part
they are working on their
own.
“Why we were in just
helmets is (showing them)
how we can practice
San Francisco general manager John Lynch pulled off a deal with the Chicago Bears to
grab two of his highest-rated players in the NFL draft on Thursday.
Pace asked Lynch if he
was getting other interest
in San Francisco’s No. 2
overall pick? “The answer
was, ‘Yes,’ ” Lynch said.
through the summer with-
out banging,” Tedford
said. “We can still run to
the ball. We can still do
good things without hav-
ing to bang each other. I
have faith that they will
try to work on those
things and we’ll be around
enough to know.
“But we went through
the things that we need to
MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ Associated Press file
The calls from the Bears
kept coming and, accord-
ing to the 49ers, so did
inquiries from other gen-
eral managers.
be practicing, the one-on-
ones, even blitz pickup.
We did blitz pickup, which
is always hard to do with-
out pads on. They have to
work together with that.
They can still have good
fundamentals and tech-
nique. They can’t bull-
rush each other, try to run
people over, they have to
try to move their feet and
ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com
“We were fortunate in
that there were other
teams that were interest-
ed, so it got pretty produc-
tive,” Lynch said of the
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That’s what (Friday) was
all about.”
Tedford and his staff
had them in drills to high-
light that within position
groups and offense
against defense – the re-
ceivers running routes
against corners and safe-
ties, the backs and tight
ends taking on line-
MORE INSIDE
Raiders’ GM makes football only
focus at new DB’s debut, 3B
trade talks. He said if the
Bears deal had fallen
apart, there were other
trades the team could
have made. He did not say
which other teams called.
Said Pace when asked if
the 49ers could have been
bluffing about other in-
terest in the No. 2 pick:
“It’s like in free agency
when the agent tells you
he’s got three other teams
he’s working with. You
never really know. You’ve
just got to trust your con-
viction on it, and if you
want a player you aggres-
sively go get him.”
The Bears and 49ers
ultimately swapped first-
round picks, with Chicago
also throwing in two third-
round selections (one of
them in 2018) and a
fourth-round pick in this
1B
backers, the O-line up
against the D-line.
Fresno State will end its
spring Saturday with its
Spring Showcase, a third
situational scrimmage that
will be open to the public.
Admission and parking
are free for the practice,
which is scheduled to start
at 10:30 a.m. with in-
dividual and team drills.
After that, the Bulldogs
will have individual eval-
uation meetings with
Tedford starting next
week and get through
final exams in their class-
es in in mid-May. There is
a NCAA discretionary
period where there are no
SEE BULLDOGS, 2B
CLOVIS RODEO
Bull rider
grabs
$12,000
by 0.1
seconds
BY BRYANT-JON ANTEOLA
bjanteola@fresnobee.com
A difference of 0.1 sec-
onds placed $12,000 into
Derek Kolbaba’s pocket
during the opening night
of the Clovis Rodeo.
Kolbaba, the sixth-
ranked bull rider in the
world, was victorious in
the PBR Real Time Pain
Relief Velocity Tour on
Thursday night with an
average score of 86.25.
But it was the prema-
ture, close-call fall of bull
rider Joao Ricardo Vieira
during the short round
final that proved to be the
difference.
Vieira, who like Kolbaba
had scored 87 points for
the top score during the
the earlier long round, fell
off his bull in 7.9 seconds
– narrowly missing the
8-second cutoff to register
a score.
And considering the
SEE RODEO, 2B
‘‘
WE WERE
FORTUNATE IN
THAT THERE WERE
OTHER TEAMS
THAT WERE
INTERESTED, SO IT
GOT PRETTY
PRODUCTIVE.
John Lynch,
49ers general manager
year’s draft.
The two teams never
discussed which players
they had targeted at their
new, respective slots. The
49ers, however, didn’t
think the Bears would give
up all those selections to
get Solomon Thomas, the
Stanford defensive line-
man who was atop the
49ers’ draft board at the
time and the player they
ended up grabbing at pick
No. 3.
“This guy (coach Kyle
Shanahan) is pretty bright,
and I think you can see his
SEE DRAFT, 3B
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. says
the pressure is gone, not
only about his future, but
also his results.
“I certainly did feel a lot
more relaxed now,” NAS-
CAR'S most popular driv-
er said Friday at Rich-
mond International Race-
way, where he came back
to work three days after
announcing that this sea-
son will be his last. “I
don’t know whether it’s
because I finally got to tell
everybody and let every-
body know what we’re
doing, get that over with,
but I certainly felt real
relaxed today in the ga-
rage during practice.
“I felt like there was
less pressure from some-
where, and a large
amount,” he said. “A lot
different.”
That doesn’t mean that
Earnhardt won’t be trying
to end a 27-race winless
drought when the green
flag drops Sunday.
“The fans are going to
want you to do as best as
you can, so they’re still
going to have expecta-
tions, per usual,” he said.
“The team, the guys, my-
self, we’d love to win
some races. I’m going to
say a race, but some races
would be great going out
in your last season to get
some victories. We just
want to go to Victory Lane
one more time. Just to get
that experience one more
time would be awesome
for me and I think the
guys would love it.”
Earnhardt has struggled
this season. He’s 24th in
points through eight races
and has finished 30th or
lower four times.
In the past, if his car
was balky in practice,
there was tension.
Now, “I am not going to
get so spun out if some-
thing is just not perfect on
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The Zurich Classic, held
tion won’t jump in there SHARAPOVA KEEPS in Avondale, La., is the
as quickly as it usually ROLLING AFTER BAN PGA Tour’s first official
does,” he said. In her third match fol- team event since the 1981
He compared his sit- lowing a 15-month doping Disney Classic.
uation to that of former ban, Maria Sharapova won A Haru Nomura shot a on the road the past two played because (of) the
crew chief Steve Letarte, again to move into the 6-under 65 on Friday for a seasons as the defending guys they put on the ice in
who knew he was retiring Porsche Grand Prix in two-round total of 133 and Cup champion Penguins certain faceoffs, and then
after the 2014 season. Stuttgart, Germany, semi- a one-shot lead in the at 9-5. Pittsburgh winger the other team has to
Earnhardt and Letarte finals as she beat Anett North Texas LPGA Shoot- Bryan Rust believes the respond to that,” Maple
won four races that sea- Kontaveit of Estonia 6-3, out in Irving, Tex. Ariya key is handling the mo- Leafs forward James van
son, his first multi-win 6-4 on Friday. Jutanugarn is second fol- mentum that an intimi- Riemsdyk said. “It’s that
season in a decade. “I’m really enjoying lowing a 67. dating crowd can feed off fine line.”
“He was more aggres- myself,” Sharapova said. — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS of and swinging it the — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
sive and I think it was The five-time Grand other way.
because he had the free- Slam champion will next NO PLACE LIKE ROAD “It gives us energy to WOLVES SCRIMMAGE
dom to be that way,” face Kristina Mladenovic IN NHL PLAYOFFS take energy from the – IN ROME STADIUM
Earnhardt said, citing of France, who overcame A chorus of boos greet- crowd and from the build- Michigan’s football
strategy calls by Letarte Carla Suarez Navarro of ed the announcement of ing,” Rust said Friday. team tuned up for its final
that allowed the team to Spain 6-3, 6-2. Sidney Crosby’s first goal “That’s something we day together in Italy with
win both races at Pocono Mladenovic ousted in Game 1 of Pittsburgh’s pride ourselves in.” a practice and a chem-
that year. “He was like two-time defending cham- second round playoff Toronto coach Mike istry-building event.
‘What if it doesn’t work?' pion Angelique Kerber on series against Washington Babcock remarked that Jim Harbaugh will allow
And a lot of times it ended Thursday and is one of Thursday night. During there’s nothing like mak- the public to watch the
up working out.” several players who has the announcement of his ing opposing fans sit on Wolverines scrimmage on
Earnhardt has hired an criticized Sharapova for second goal in the Pen- their hands and watch the Saturday at Stadio Olimpi-
agency to assist him in her doping violation, but guins’ 3-2 win, the red- game nervously with long co. The 72,698-seat stadi-
pursuing post-racing op- the Russian said she will rocking Washington faces. But there’s some- um hosted the 1960
tions, and in expanding not use it as added moti- crowd was silent. thing about the road-ice Olympics, 1990 World
his Xfinity Series program, vation in their semifinal There’s no place like the advantage that goes coun- Cup and is shared by
JR Motorsports. on Saturday. road for the Pittsburgh terintuitive to the benefits soccer clubs AS Roma and
A Matt Kenseth won the “I’m not someone that Penguins and other teams of hockey at home. city rival Lazio.
pole position for Sunday’s uses that as part of my in the Stanley Cup play- The home team gets the Harbaugh had his play-
Monster Energy NASCAR comeback,” Sharapova offs. Through early in the last change so the coach ers wear shoulder pads,
Cup Series race at Rich- said of comments against second round, the visiting can get better matchups. helmets and shorts in a
mond International Race- her from her peers, adding team is 26-20 in the play- But that doesn’t always relatively light workout
way. The 2003 series she prefers her tennis do offs, a .565 winning per- work as intended if the Friday. The coach later
champion needed only her talking. centage that hasn’t been home team wants to keep faced one of his assistants,
four laps in three rounds A Rafael Nadal and approached since 2012 its star players away from Tim Drevno, with a small
of qualifying Friday, out- Andy Murray advanced and has as much to do certain forward lines or shield and a dull sword
running final-round qual- together again, reaching with the NHL’s parity as defensive pairings. while surrounded by bois-
ifiers like Joey Logano, the Barcelona Open semi- tactical advantages of “Sometimes ... it’s al- terous players and coach-
who was fastest in each of finals on Friday. playing at home. most the road team that es at gladiator school.
the first two rounds. — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS No one has been better dictates how the game is — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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BULLDOGS
required workouts, and
then in June they will start
a strength-and-condition-
ing program leading into
fall camp.
But there will also be
some football in there,
with players working on
their own, and there are
indications the approach
will be more diligent than
it has been. Those work-
outs have lost some dyna-
mism year by year since
former then-quarterback
Derek Carr was leading a
group that included wide-
outs Davante Adams and
Isaiah Burse and that
season won a second
consecutive Mountain
West Conference cham-
pionship.
“I feel like as a team,
we trust each other more
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Clovis Rodeo
Schedule at Clovis Rodeo
....................................................... Grounds, 748 Rodeo Drive
Key dates A Saturday: Clovis Rodeo
Parade at 9:30 a.m.
A Saturday: Spring Preview (streets of Old Town
at Bulldog Stadium, 10:30 Clovis), opening
a.m.-12:50 p.m., open to ceremonies at 2 p.m. with
the public events to follow
A Saturday, Sept. 2:
(bareback, steer
Home/season opener vs. wrestling, saddle bronc,
Incarnate Word, kickoff mutton busting, team
TBD roping, tie-down roping,
A Saturday, Sept. 9: Game
barrel racing, bull riding)
at Alabama, kickoff TBD A Sunday: Special Kids
A Saturday, Sept. 30:
Rodeo at noon; Rodeo
Mountain West opener Finals Performance at 2
vs. Nevada, kickoff TBD p.m. (bareback, steer
wrestling, saddle bronc,
......................................................
mutton busting, team
roping, Gold Card
Roping Finals, tie-down
our way to do that,” Ted- roping, barrel racing, bull
ford said. “I don’t think SILVIA FLORES sflores@fresnobee.com
riding)
we’re there 100 percent, Ramon Rodrigues rides Hummer’s Gold in the PBR Real Time Velocity Tour at the 103rd
......................................................
but I think we made a lot Clovis Rodeo on Thursday.
of progress. It’s just a

and it’s bringing us closer
and making us stronger,”
cornerback Tank Kelly
said. “Knowing that my
brothers trust me makes
me trust them the same
way. We all have the same
relationship. If we see
someone fall, we pick
them up. If someone is
having a problem, we help
them. If someone needs a
ride to class, we help
them. We want to do
everything we can to stay
a team as much as we can.
That will help us grow on
the field and off the
field.”
Coming out of the
spring and off a 1-11 sea-
son, they need to keep
going. One of the goals
this spring was to set a
standard, particularly for
defensive coordinator
Orlondo Steinauer. There
are steps to that process,
as it turns out.
“I think we’re well on
consistency, doing it on a
consistent basis and un- FROM PAGE 1B
derstanding running to
the football is an all-the-
time thing not an every
other play thing or tack-
RODEO
ling fundamentals we wild movements from
need to be focused on Vieira’s bull bucking, it’s
what we’re doing there. quite possible he would’ve
“I feel good about the outscored Kolbaba with a
progress that we’ve made qualifying ride.
throughout spring ball. “I think so, it would’ve
Hopefully (Saturday) been enough – the bull
we’re able to put to use all
of the fundamentals and
was pretty good,” said
Vieira, the Brazilian who’s
techniques that we’ve ranked 10th in the world.
taught each day in prac- “I wish there would’ve
tice and cut loose and been a review. I thought I
have some fun.” heard the song (and) the
(bell), then I went off.
Robert Kuwada: “It’s OK. I’ll just try to
@rkuwada ride better at the next
rodeo.”
Instead, Kolbaba was
awarded the top payout
from a Clovis Rodeo purse
comprised of $400,000
in prize money.
Kolbaba, who complet-
ed his short round ride
‘‘
IT FEELS GREAT.
THIS IS WHY
WE RIDE BULLS.
PBR Velocity Tour winner
Derek Kolbaba
7.9 SECONDS
How long Joao Ricardo
Vieira rode his bull during
the short round, just
missing the qualifying time
of 8.0 seconds
just before Vieira attempt-
ed his ride, did not watch
the drama.
He instead remained
pacing in the back area
where the cowboys often
warm up, unwind or gath-
er their belongings before
and after their ride.
“It feels great,” Kolbaba
said. “This is why we ride
bulls – to come and com-
pete and have a bunch of
fun.
“You could sit there and
watch and get all nervous
about the other guy’s
performance. But when it
comes down to it, if he
makes a great ride, I’ll be
just as happy for him. Just
go to be happy you did
your job.”
Vieira actually rode
three bulls during the
short round in roughly a
10-minute stretch.
His first bull plowed its
left shoulder area directly
into the dirt out of the
chute, awarding Vieira a
re-ride.
His second bull also
resulted in another re-ride
after failing to buck much.
By his third attempt,
Vieira admitted he was a
bit tired.
“You can’t really pre-
pare for this,” Vieira said.
“One set, two set, three
set so quick.”
On his final ride, Vieira
was bucked off just before
the bell buzzed.
Many from the standing
room-only grand stands
waited in anticipation to
find out if Vieira had re-
corded a qualifying ride.
As it was announced
Vieira fell just short, the
Brazilian cowboy had
already walked to the
back area where Kolbaba
was at and shook his hand
in congratulations.
“Everything,” Kolbaba
said, “worked out.”
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Washington’s Kevin King, left, greets former Green Bay Packer Jim Taylor after King was
selected by the Packers as the first pick of the NFL draft’s second round Thursday.
NFL NOTES
Raiders’ GM makes
football only focus
at new DB’s debut
East Bay Times
G
ALAMEDA
areon Conley
was drafted by
the Raiders to
play defense, but
he found out first-hand
Friday what it meant to
have a formidable lead
blocker.
That job fell to general
manager Reggie McKen-
zie, who outlined the
ground rules at the outset
of the 10-minute press
conference at the club
facility.
“We addressed the
issue regarding Gareon
last night ... so let’s just
talk football, all right?
Thanks,” McKenzie said.
The “issue” is a recent
rape allegation in Cleve-
land, with both Conley in
a conference call and
McKenzie following the
DRAFT PROSPECTS
Will Peck,
Glass get
a call
from NFL
teams?
BY ANTHONY GALAVIZ
agalaviz@fresnobee.com
Former Fresno State
standouts Aaron Peck and
Tyquwan Glass are hoping
for an opportunity to play
in the NFL.
That could Saturday as
the NFL Draft closes its
three-day run in Philadel-
phia with rounds four
through seven.
Peck and Glass will wait
to see if they are chosen in
the draft or earn an in-
vitation to a tryout or
camp as an undrafted free
agent.
Regardless of how it
plays out, they just want a
chance.
“I’m more anxious and
excited,” Peck said. “I’m
ready for my opportuni-
ty.”
Peck, listed at 6 feet, 2
inches and 239 pounds,
fits best in the NFL as a
tight end. He’s OK with
the switch.
“Working more with a
three-point stance,” said
Peck, who met with the
Oakland Raiders after
Fresno State’s Pro Day
‘‘
THEY’VE SHOWN
ME SO MUCH LOVE
ALREADY AND
I HAVEN’T EVEN
BEEN HERE YET,
IT’S JUST AN
HONOR TO BE
HERE.
Raiders first-round pick
Gareon Conley
salutes the team’s fans
Day 1 selection believing
the situation would be
resolved in Conley’s favor.
McKenzie said on
Thursday that his staff did
extensive research on
Conley before selecting
him with the 24th pick.
workouts wrapped up
March 22. “Get used to
more tight end mechanic
stuff. Working on my feet
and blocking. I feel like
my route running is pretty
good. For me, the position
switch, it’s about getting
more to a three-point
stance.”
Since Pro Day, which
allowed Peck, Glass and a
handful of others Bulldogs
players to work out for
scouts, Peck has made a
visit to Green Bay and met
briefly with coach Mike
McCarthy.
Peck talked with Pack-
ers tight end coach Brian
Angelichio for an hour,
going over video of his
workout and him in action
during games.
Last season, Peck fin-
ished with 46 receptions
for 630 yards and three
touchdowns.
Glass met with and
worked out for the Los
Angeles Rams. He was
listed at 5-11 and 190
pounds at Pro Day.
“Rams workout went
well,” said Glass, who had
57 tackles, two intercep-
tions and one forced fum-
ble as a cornerback last
season “Talked to the
defensive backs coach
after and he said he liked
what he saw from me.
Hopefully I hear some-
thing from them.
“I’m ready to see what’s
going to happen because
there is a lot of good de-
fensive backs in this draft,
including myself, but I just
can’t wait to get that call
and be on my way to
camp.”
ATT ROURKE The Associated Press
“We’ve done miles and
miles of research to make
sure we were totally com-
fortable with our decision,
which we were,” McKen-
zie said.
With that topic off lim-
its on Friday, Conley dis-
cussed his high school and
college career and his
feelings about the Raiders.
“I was captain (at Ohio
State) this past year and
the leader of the second-
ary and I feel like I earned
that through experience
and just how I handled
myself on and off the
field,” Conley said.”
Conley said he slept
about four hours since
being picked and has
already felt the love of his
new fan base.
“They’ve shown me so
much love already and I
haven’t even been here
yet, it’s just an honor to be
here,” Conley said.
FROM PAGE 1B
DRAFT
offensive bias,” Lynch
said. “He said, ‘That’s not
for a defensive lineman.
That kind of a trade, that’s
for a quarterback.’ And he
was right.”
Chicago giving up three
selections to move ahead
one slot in the draft for a
quarterback the Bears
clearly stated would begin
his career behind Mike
Glennon has drawn crit-
icism. Lynch, however,
credited Pace with a
“courageous move.”
“Kudos to the Bears,”
Lynch said. “They saw a
player they wanted at a
really important position.
I’m sure a lot of people
are going to give them
heat because (Trubisky)
only started 13 (college)
games, but he’s a guy we
frankly liked, and so I give
Ryan Pace and (Bears
coach) John Fox a lot of
credit for making a cour-
ageous move and we’re
thrilled with what we got
out of it.”
Armed with extra draft
picks, the 49ers then start-
ed making plans for trad-
ing back into the first
round and taking Alabama
linebacker Reuben Foster,
a player they had rated
right behind Thomas. In
fact, if the Bears had
fooled the 49ers and tak-
en Thomas at No. 2, the
49ers “very likely” could
have taken Foster at pick
No. 3, Lynch said.
The 49ers began calling
teams picking in the early
NFL Draft, Round 2 – The
most popular group in the
second round of the NFL
draft was nearly 3,000
miles away from Philadel-
phia: the Washington
Huskies secondary.
Three members – cor-
nerbacks Kevin King and
Sidney Jones, safety Bud-
da Baker – were taken in
the first 11 picks Friday
night.
None of those choices
drew the attention that
Cincinnati’s pick at No. 48
overall did: Oklahoma
running back Joe Mixon,
who was uninvited to the
scouting combine because
he was videotaped punch-
ing a woman in the face,
breaking bones.
He punched Amelia
Molitor during the alterca-
tion, and was suspended
from the team for a year.
He came back and had
two strong seasons.
Fans in the draft theater
booed lustily when Ben-
gals Hall of Famer Antho-
ny Munoz announced the
choice. Cincinnati has a
history of bringing players
with off-field problems.
“For some of our fans,
probably (they'll) pause
for a second,” Bengals
coach Marvin Lewis said.
“But this thing’s got to
move forward, and he’s
got to move on. He’s lived
with this since the day it’s
occurred.”
Earlier, Kevin King’s
extra-long stay at the draft
turned out to be a short
stint. The Washington
cornerback was taken by
Green Bay as the first
selection in the second
round. One of five players
who were on hand and
were not taken in the
opening round, the 6-
foot-3 former safety isn’t
particularly speedy, but
has the size and aggres-
siveness pro teams seek.
King was joined by
secondary mate Baker on
Friday night when Arizona
took the Washington safe-
ty.
Then the Eagles added
yet another Huskies de-
fensive back, selecting
Jones. Jones tore his
Achilles tendon at his pro
day and might not be
healthy for the 2017 sea-
son.
Through 58 selections,
17 defensive backs had
gone, already the most for
two rounds of any draft.
Cleveland was expected
to add a quarterback at
some point and did so at
No. 52 with Notre Dame’s
DeShone Kizer.
teens about a possible
trade that would have
landed them Foster there.
There was a call to the
Lions, who had pick No.
21.
“I think we called ev-
erybody in the league,”
Lynch said.
None of the 49ers’
trade proposals material-
ized as the teens turned
into the 20s and then the
30s. The 49ers, however,
knew they had to jump in
ahead of the Saints who
were at pick No. 32 and
who were looking to im-
prove their defense with
someone like Foster.
In New Orleans, Saints
coach Sean Payton ac-
knowledged his team
would have considered
Foster at pick No. 32. “We
spent a lot of time in his
evaluation,” Payton told
New Orleans area report-
ers. “He was in a few
weeks ago. We spent a lot
of time with him and yet
he was one of the higher
graded players, obviously
I think, for a lot of people.
He was definitely some-
one that would have been
(considered).”
In fact, when Lynch
called Foster, who was in
Miami, to tell him the
49ers were about to draft
him, the linebacker was
on the phone with the
Saints, who were telling
him the same thing.
Foster, not knowing the
49ers had traded from
pick No. 34 to 31, told
Lynch he was sorry but
that he was heading to
New Orleans instead.
“And I said, ‘No, we’re
taking you,’ ” Lynch said.
Seattle ace Felix Hernandez, pitching in Detroit on Tuesday,
likely will miss three to four weeks because of shoulder
bursitis. He lasted only two innings against the Tigers.
BASEBALL NOTES
Scully will join
Dodger legends
in Ring of Honor
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES
Retired Los Angeles
Dodgers broadcaster Vin
Scully will be inducted
into the team’s Ring of
Honor.
The ceremony will be
May 3 before a game
against the San Francisco
Giants.
Scully will join Roy
Campanella, Don Drys-
dale, Junior Gilliam,
Sandy Koufax, Pee Wee
Reese, Jackie Robinson,
Duke Snider, Don Sutton
and former managers
Walter Alston and Tom
Lasorda in the Ring of
Honor.
The Dodgers will give
away a commemorative
microphone statue to the
first 40,000 ticketed fans
in attendance.
The 89-year-old Hall of
Fame broadcaster retired
in October after 67 years
of calling Dodgers games
in Brooklyn and Los An-
geles.
Scully made his first
appearance at the stadium
since retiring on April 15
to speak at the unveiling
of a statue of Robinson,
but it was by invitation
only.
Cubs – Theo Epstein
hadn’t returned to his old
office since he left in
2012, and he’d been itch-
ing to come back.
Boston, after all, will
always be his home.
Or at least one of them.
“I’m definitely still a
Bostonian. I’m just lucky
to have a great second
home in Chicago. I con-
sider them both home,”
Epstein said at Fenway
Park before Friday night’s
game. “How lucky is
that?”
Epstein, now the presi-
dent of baseball oper-
ations for the Chicago
Cubs, is back at Fenway
this weekend for the first
time since leaving his
childhood dream job as
general manager of the
Boston Red Sox. His ten-
ure with Boston was his-
toric – he helped build the
team that ended an 86-
year World Series cham-
pionship drought in 2004,
then won another title
three years later.
He left in 2012 to pur-
sue another daunting
challenge – ending an
even longer curse on Chi-
cago’s North Side.
The 43-year-old ac-
complished that feat last
season, when Chicago
topped Cleveland in seven
games to win its first
World Series in 108 years.
Chicago is playing in
Boston for the second
time since Epstein took
over at Wrigley Field, but
he was unable to attend
the series in 2014 because
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his wife, Marie Whitney,
was giving birth to their
second son.
Epstein gave his 2004
Red Sox ring to his father,
who keeps it in a safe at
home. He did bring his
Cubs’ ring with him on
the trip, but only so his
father could take a picture
while wearing both rings.
Mets – New York placed
outfielder Yoenis Ces-
pedes on the 10-day dis-
abled list because of a
strained left hamstring.
His absence is another
blow to a team that had
lost six straight and nine
of 10 entering Friday
night’s game at Washing-
ton and fallen into last
place in the National
League East. He is hitting
.270 with six homers and
10 RBIs.
Pitcher Noah Synder-
gaard tossed Friday after-
noon and could pitch
Sunday if the right-hander
reports no discomfort.
Syndergaard was
scratched from his start
Thursday because of bi-
ceps and shoulder discom-
fort.
Mariners – Ace Felix Her-
nandez is expected to
miss three to four weeks
because of bursitis in his
right shoulder.
Hernandez was placed
on the 10-day disabled list
Wednesday after he
pitched only two innings
in his start at Detroit the
previous night. He al-
lowed four runs and threw
48 pitches. Hernandez is
2-2 with a 4.73 ERA in five
starts this season.
Brewers – Eric Thames,
who leads the majors with
11 homers, was back in the
starting lineup Friday
night after leaving
Wednesday’s game with
left hamstring tightness.
White Sox – Jose Abreu
was out of the starting
lineup with a strained
right hip flexor as Chicago
opened a 10-game trip in
Detroit. He said he could
pinch hit and hopes to
return to the lineup Sat-
urday.
LATE THURSDAY
Angels 2, A’s 1 in Anaheim
– Ricky Nolasco had extra
days between starts to
work on mechanical is-
sues, and it paid off as he
led Los Angeles over Oak-
land to earn a series
sweep.
Nolasco (2-2) threw 52⁄3
innings, allowing one run
and three hits. The Angels
(12-12) have won four
consecutive games.
The Chicago Tribune
contributed to this report.
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120.144. 9. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford,
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Baltimore 14 6 .700 —
New York 13 7 .650 1 LSU and (No. 91). 20-238 Denver 11. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 119.090.
Salt Lake (Angels) 14 7 .667 — EAST YOSEMITE LEAGUE
Boston 11 10 .524 31⁄2 3. Cleveland traded its first- (No. 12) and 21-239 New England from Detroit 12. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet,
Albuquerque 10 10 .500 31⁄2
Tampa Bay 11 12 .478 4 ⁄2 to Houston for the Texans’ first-round (No. 22-240 Jacksonville from Miami 119.000. 13. (31) Ryan Newman, Tulare Western 7, Mission Oak 1
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Toronto 6 16 .273 9 Las Vegas (Mets) 10 11 .476 4 25) pick and the 2018 first-round pick. 23-241 New York Giants Chevrolet, 119.697. 14. (24) Chase
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Central W L Pct GB El Paso (Padres) 9 12 .429 5 Houston selected Deshaun Watson, qb, Elliott, Chevrolet, 119.670. 15. (2) Brad Tulare Western 005 020 x — 7 7 1
Thursday Clemson. Cleveland selected Jabrill 25-243 Houston Keselowski, Ford, 119.670. 16. (11)
Cleveland 12 9 .571 — Peppers, lb, Michigan. 26-244 Oakland from Seattle Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 119.665. 17. (48) WP: Wyatt Gilbert. LP: Jacob Bustos. MO,
Nashville 9, New Orleans 2
Chicago 11 9 .550 1
⁄2 Oklahoma City 3, Omaha 2, 12 innings 4. Seattle traded its first-round (No. 26) 27-245 Kansas City Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 119.638. 18. William Thompson 2-2. TW, David Alcantar
Detroit 11 10 .524 1 Iowa 9, Colorado Springs 7 pick to Atlanta for the Falcons’ first- (No. 28-246 Dallas (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 119.379. 19. 2-2, 2B, RBI; Elijah Parks 3B, 2RBI.
Minnesota 10 11 .476 2 Round Rock 9, Memphis 7 31), third- (No. 95) and seventh-round 29-247 Green Bay (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 119.226. 20.
30-248 Pittsburgh WEST SEQUOIA LEAGUE
Kansas City 7 14 .333 5 Salt Lake 13, El Paso 5 (No. 249) picks. Atlanta selected Takkarist (77) Erik Jones, Toyota, 118.948.
West W L Pct GB Reno 8, Fresno 1 McKinley, de, UCLA. Seattle traded (No. 31-249 Atlanta 21. (10) Danica Patrick, Ford, 118.896. Riverdale 9, Fresno Christian 8
Albuquerque 11, Las Vegas 7 31) to San Francisco, (No. 95) and (No. 32-250 Detroit from New England 22. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, FC 104 000 100 020 — 8 114
Houston 14 8 .636 — 249). 33-251 Cincinnati (Compensatory Riverdale 201 300 000 021 — 9 173
Tacoma 4, Sacramento 0 118.640. 23. (37) Chris Buescher,
Los Angeles 12 12 .500 3 5. Green Bay traded its first- (No. 29) pick Selection)
Oakland 10 12 .455 4 Friday Chevrolet, 118.437. 24. (13) Ty Dillon, WP: Solorio. LP: Castro. F, Brogan 3R;
New Orleans at Nashville, late to Cleveland for the Browns’ second- (No. 34-252 Denver (Compensatory Selection) Chevrolet, 117.025. 25. (43) Aric
Texas 10 12 .455 4 35-253 Denver (Compensatory Selection) Villines RBI; Peterson 3-5, 2 2B, 2RBI; G.
Oklahoma City at Omaha, late 33) and fourth-round (No. 108) picks. Almirola, Ford, 119.079. 26. (27) Paul Castro RBI; C. Castro RBI; Martin RBI;
Seattle 10 13 .435 4 ⁄2 1
Cleveland selected David Njoku, te, Miami.
Round Rock at Memphis, late Menard, Chevrolet, 119.011. 27. (95) Endecott 2-5; ; Lacroix 2B. R, Ibarra 4-6,
Thursday Colorado Springs at Iowa, late Green Bay selected (No. 33) and (No. Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 118.917.
Seattle 2, Detroit 1 2B; Solorio 3-6, 3B, 2R, 2RBI; Rangel 3-7,
El Paso at Salt Lake, late 108). 28. (34) Landon Cassill, Ford, 118.864. 2RBI; Chavez 2-6, 2B, 2R; Colvin 3-7,
Cleveland 4, Houston 3
N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 0
Fresno at Reno, late
Albuquerque at Las Vegas, late
6. Seattle traded its first- (No. 31) pick to
San Francisco for the 49ers’ second- (No. NBA 29. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 118.796. 30.
(38) David Ragan, Ford, 118.369.
3RBI; Gonzalez RBI; Musgrave 2B.
L.A. Angels 2, Oakland 1 Sacramento at Tacoma, late 34) and fourth-round (No. 111) picks. San 31. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 118.131. NONLEAGUE
Friday Saturday Francisco selected Reuben Foster, lb, PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE 32. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford,
Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, late UCLA. Seattle selected (No. 34) and (No. 117.940. 33. (15) Reed Sorenson, Memorial 7, Fowler 2
New Orleans at Nashville, 4:35 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Toronto, late Round Rock at Memphis, 4:35 p.m. 111). FIRST ROUND Chevrolet, 117.386. 34. (83) Corey Memorial 000 006 1 — 7 8 4
Chicago White Sox at Detroit, late Oklahoma City at Omaha, 5:05 p.m. Best of 7; x-if necessary LaJoie, Toyota, 117.096. 35. (33) Jeffrey Fowler 002 000 0 — 2 2 5
Seattle at Cleveland, late Sacramento at Tacoma, 5:05 p.m. DRAFT ORDER Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 116.995. 36. (72) WP: Matthew Alvarez. LP: Johnny Nalban-
L.A. Angels at Texas, late WESTERN CONFERENCE
Colorado Springs at Iowa, 5:08 p.m. Saturday Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 116.939. 37. (51) dian. M, Brett Carrell 2-4, 2R; Michael
Oakland at Houston, late El Paso at Salt Lake, 5:35 p.m. Golden State 4, Portland 0 Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 116.189. 38. (3) Alvarez 2-4, RBI; Matthew Alvarez 2RBI;
Rounds 4-7
Minnesota at Kansas City, late Fresno at Reno, 6:35 p.m. Golden State wins series Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 82.792. Luke Carr 2-3, RBI. F, JT Hammer 2B,
(Round pick and overall)
Saturday Albuquerque at Las Vegas, 7:05 p.m. April 16: Golden State 121, Portland 109 2RBI.
Baltimore (Jimenez 1-0) at N.Y. Yankees Round 4 April 19: Golden State 110, Portland 81 NHRA
(Pineda 2-1), 10:05 a.m. Thursday’s game 1-108 Cleveland April 22: Golden State 119, Portland 113 SOFTBALL
Tampa Bay (Andriese 1-0) at Toronto 2-109 San Francisco Monday: Golden State 123, Portland 108 Four-Wide Nationals
(Liriano 1-2), 10:07 a.m. 3-110 Jacksonville In Concord, N.C. WEST SEQUOIA LEAGUE
Chicago White Sox (Holland 2-2) at Detroit ACES 8, GRIZZLIES 1 4-111 Chicago San Antonio 4, Memphis 2 Qualifying will continue Saturday for
(Fulmer 2-1), 10:10 a.m. Grizzlies AB R H BI BB SO Avg 5-112 Los Angeles Rams San Antonio wins series Sunday’s final eliminations. Fowler 13, Minarets 3
Seattle (Gallardo 1-2) at Cleveland (Salazar Fisher cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .288 6-113 Los Angeles Chargers April 15: San Antonio 111, Memphis 82 Top Fuel: 1. Clay Millican, 3.716 seconds, Minarets 020 10 — 3 4 4
1-2), 1:10 p.m. Tucker lf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .377 7-114 Washington from New York Jets April 17: San Antonio 96, Memphis 82 325.77 mph. 2. Doug Kalitta, 3.718, Fowler 501 61 — 13 11 1
Oakland (Triggs 3-1) at Houston (Mus- White 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .267 8-115 Carolina April 20: Memphis 105, San Antonio 94 322.73. 3. Antron Brown, 3.720, 328.06. WP: Alyiah Cervantes. LP: T. Rousey F,
grove 1-1), 4:10 p.m. Reed 1b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .229 9-116 Cincinnati April 22: Memphis 110, San Ant. 108 (OT) 4. Steve Torrence, 3.723, 329.10. 5. Troy Victoria de Leon 2-3, 2R, RBI; Jocelyn
Minnesota (Hughes 3-1) at Kansas City Kemmer dh 3 0 0 0 1 3 .250 10-117 Chicago from Buffalo Tuesday: San Antonio 116, Memphis 103 Coughlin Jr., 3.729, 321.73. 6. Tony Prieto 2-3, 2R, 2RBI;, Lizette Gonzales
(Hammel 0-2), 4:15 p.m. Brignac ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .258 11- Choice Forfeited – New England from Thursday: San Antonio 103, Memphis 96 Schumacher, 3.740, 324.51. 7. Brittany 2-3, 2R.
L.A. Angels (Chavez 2-3) at Texas (Darvish Centeno c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .316 New Orleans Force, 3.745, 324.75. 8. Shawn Langdon,
2-2), 5:05 p.m. Mayfield 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Houston 4, Oklahoma City 1 WEST YOSEMITE LEAGUE
12-118 Philadelphia Houston wins series 3.760, 318.84. 9. Leah Pritchett, 3.770,
Aplin rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .242 13-119 Arizona 322.73. 10. Terry McMillen, 3.797,
Thursday’s game Totals 34 1 7 0 6 11 April 16: Houston 118, Oklahoma City 87 Golden West 14, Lemoore 4
14-120 Minnesota April 19: Houston 115, Okla. City 111 323.81. 11. Pat Dakin, 3.828, 317.12.
Reno AB R H BI BB SO Avg 15-121 Indianapolis 12. Scott Palmer, 3.841, 322.27. 13. Lemoore 000 31 — 4 7 5
April 21: Okla. City 115, Houston 113 Golden West 060 71 — 14 5 0
ANGELS 2, ATHLETICS 1 I.Vargas 3b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .294 16-122 Baltimore Sunday: Houston 113, Oklahoma City 109 Dom Lagana, 3.883, 311.63. 14. Ike
K.Marte ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 .435 17-123 Washington Tuesday: Houston 105, Oklahoma City 99 Maier, 3.959, 301.47. 15. Chris Karame- WP: Bella Felix. LP: Ashtyn Lucas. L,
Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 18-124 Tennessee Megan Ambriz 2-3; Susannah Campos HR,
C.Walker 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .291 sines, 4.059, 291.57. 16. Smax Smith,
Decker cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Os.Arcia lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .367 19-125 Tampa Bay Utah 3, L.A. Clippers 2 8.043, 74.68. Not Qualified: 17. Luigi 3RBI. GW, Amanda Ojeda 2RBI; Felix RBI;
LaMarre ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 C.Rivero dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .364 20-126 Denver April 15: Utah 97, L.A. Clippers 95 Novelli, 10.172, 83.65. Angel Geston RBI; Sierra Loya 2R, RBI;
Joyce rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .169 Reinheimer 2b 3 2 2 1 1 0 .271 21-127 Detroit April 18: L.A. Clippers 99, Utah 91 Funny Car: 1. Courtney Force, Chevy Emily Geston HR, 3RBI.
Lowrie 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .286 Fuentes cf 4 2 2 1 0 2 .325 22-128 Minnesota from Miami April 21: L.A. Clippers 111, Utah 106 Camaro, 3.851, 323.27. 2. Robert Hight,
Davis lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .264 Negron rf 2 1 1 2 1 1 .231 23-129 Oakland Sunday: Utah 105, L.A. Clippers 98 NONLEAGUE
Camaro, 3.873, 333.91. 3. John Force,
Alonso 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .288 Freeman c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .229 24-130 Houston Tuesday: Utah 96, L.A. Clippers 92 Camaro, 3.889, 328.54. 4. Matt Hagan, Fresno 11, Hoover 0
Healy 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Totals 33 8 12 6 4 6 25-131 New England from Seattle
Plouffe dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .211 Friday: L.A. Clippers at Utah, late Dodge Charger, 3.898, 331.28. 5. Tim Hoover 000 00 — 0 2 6
Grizzlies 000 001 000 – 1 7 2 26-132 Kansas City x-April 30: Utah at L.A. Clippers, TBA Wilkerson, Ford Mustang, 3.903, 319.07. Fresno 128 0x — 11 12 1
Vogt ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .218 27-133 Dallas
Phegley c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Reno 020 011 13x – 8 12 1 6. Ron Capps, Charger, 3.904, 324.12. 7.
28-134 Green Bay EASTERN CONFERENCE Tommy Johnson Jr., Charger, 3.922, WP: Domineek Martinez. LP: Gabby
Rosales ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .277 E–West (1); I.Vargas (1). LOB–Grizzlies Saldana. F, Ximena Ramos 4-4; Vanessa
29-135 Pittsburgh Boston 3, Chicago 2 319.52. 8. J.R. Todd, Toyota Camry,
Totals 31 1 3 1 3 8 12; Reno 7. 2B–Brignac (2); Fuentes (6). Moffat 2-3; Kayla Blue 2-3; Denise
30-136 Atlanta April 16: Chicago 106, Boston 102 3.956, 321.19. 9. Bob Tasca III, Mustang,
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg. RBIs–Fuentes (8); Negron 2 (9); I.Vargas 31-137 Indianapolis from New England 3.962, 323.35. 10. Jack Beckman, Resendez 2B, 3RBI; Lily Huynh 2-3, 3RBI.
April 18: Chicago 111, Boston 97
Escobar 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .237 (7); Reinheimer (13); C.Walker (22). 32-138 Cincinnati (Compensatory Charger, 3.970, 323.12. 11. Del Wor-
April 21: Boston 104, Chicago 87 BOYS GOLF
Calhoun rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .227 SB–Negron (1) 2B. SF–C.Walker; Negron. Selection) sham, Camry, 3.981, 320.51. 12. Bob
Sunday: Boston 104, Chicago 95
Trout cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .337 RISP–Grizzlies 0-for-12; Reno 5-for-13. 33-139 Philadelphia from Cleveland Bode, Charger, 4.027, 294.69. 13. Chad
Wednesday: Boston 108, Chicago 97 TRI-RIVER ATHLETIC
Pujols dh 3 1 1 1 0 1 .250 Runners left in scoring position–Kemmer; (Compensatory Selection) Head, Camry, 4.030, 292.90. 14. Jim
Friday: Boston at Chicago, late CONFERENCE
Cron 1b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .232 Fisher; Mayfield; Reed 4; Negron; Os.Arcia; 34-140 New York Giants Campbell, Charger, 4.083, 309.20. 15.
x-April 30: Chicago at Boston, TBA
Simmons ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .289 C.Walker. GIDP–Reed. DP–Reno 1. 35-141 Los Angeles Rams (Compensatory Jeff Diehl, Toyota Solara, 4.232, 277.09. Clovis North 6, Clovis East 0
Revere lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .176 Grizzlies IP H R ER BB SO ERA Selection) Washington 3, Atlanta 2 16. Dale Creasy Jr., Chevy Impala, 5.644, At Fort Washington CC front 9
Pennington 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .176 B.Holmes L,0-1 5 3 3 3 4 2 6.87 36-142 Houston from Cleveland (Compen- April 16: Washington 114, Atlanta 107 128.81. Not Qualified: 17. Dave Richards, Peter Faragia, CN, d Michael Hobie, 5 and
Graterol c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .125 West 2 5 2 1 0 3 5.73 satory Selection) April 19: Washington 109, Atlanta 101 6.387, 99.54. 18. Cruz Pedregon, 7.771, 4.
Totals 29 2 7 2 0 4 Comer 1 4 3 1 0 1 0.90 37-143 San Francisco (Compensatory April 22: Atlanta 116, Washington 98 86.80. 19. Jonnie Lindberg, 7.936, 80.61. Alexander Asmar, CN, d Dillon Wiemiller, 3
Reno IP H R ER BB SO ERA Selection) Monday: Atlanta 111, Washington 108 Pro Stock: 1. Jeg Coughlin, Chevy Camaro,
Oakland 000 100 000 — 1 3 0 and 1.
Los Angeles 200 000 00x — 2 7 1 Sampson W,2-1 5 2 0 0 6 7 4.96 38-144 Indianapolis (Compensatory Wednesday: Washington 103, Atlanta 99 6.578, 210.24. 2. Erica Enders, Camaro, Jack Sperling, CN, d Christian Bawdon, 3
Fleck H,1 1 1 1 0 0 1 6.17 Selection) Friday: Washington at Atlanta, late 6.583, 210.37. 3. Greg Anderson, and 2.
E—Pennington (1). LOB—Oakland 6, Los Matusz H,1 2 2 0 0 0 3 4.91 x-April 30: Atlanta at Washington, TBA Camaro, 6.587, 209.79. 4. Chris McGaha,
Angeles 3. 2B—Lowrie (7), Escobar (4), Round 5 Tyler Paboojian, CN, d Cody Lehnick, 3 and
Sherfy 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.13 Camaro, 6.591, 209.95. 5. Jason Line, 2.
Trout (8), Cron (2). RBIs—Alonso (14), GS–B.Holmes 49; Sampson 61. Pitches- 1-145 Cleveland Toronto 4, Milwaukee 2
Toronto wins series Camaro, 6.593, 210.31. 6. Bo Butner, Bryce Loosigian, CN, d Kenneth Robinson,
Pujols (18), Cron (3). DP—Oakland 2. strikes–B.Holmes 84-45; West 33-24; 2-146 San Francisco
April 15: Milwaukee 97, Toronto 83 Camaro, 6.594, 209.98. 7. Tanner Gray, 5 and 3.
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO ERA Comer 36-27; Sampson 94-55; Fleck 3-147 Chicago
April 18: Toronto 106, Milwaukee 100 Camaro, 6.595, 209.85. 8. Drew Skillman, Blair Loosigian, CN, d Matt White, 2 and 1.
Graveman, L, 13-11; Matusz 34-24; Sherfy 20-9. 4-148 Jacksonville
6 6 2 2 0 4 2.25 April 20: Milwaukee 104, Toronto 77 Camaro, 6.612, 209.59. 9. Vincent Nobile,
2-1 WP–West; Sampson. 5-149 Los Angeles Rams Buchanan 3.5, Central 2.5
April 22: Toronto 87, Milwaukee 76 Camaro, 6.617, 209.14. 10. Alex Laugh-
Madson 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.00 T–3:11. A–3,237. 6-150 New York Jets At Fig Garden
Monday: Toronto 118, Milwaukee 93 lin, Camaro, 6.617, 208.68. 11. Shane
Coulombe 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.24 7-151 Los Angeles Chargers I. Oehlschlager, B, d. M. Hoover, 2 and 1
Gray, Camaro, 6.631, 208.91. 12. Alan
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA CALIFORNIA LEAGUE 8-152 Carolina Thursday: Toronto 92, Milwaukee 89
Prusiensky, Dodge Dart, 6.651, 208.59. X. Corenom, C, d. H Selling, 2 and 1
North W L Pct. GB 9-153 Cincinnati M. Vuicich, B, d. H Odenwelder, 1-up
Nolasco, W, Cleveland 4, Indiana 0 13. Allen Johnson, Dart, 6.657, 208.23.
52⁄3 3 1 1 2 4 4.13 10-154 Washington from New Orleans T Ashman, B, d. N. Hawkins, 4 and 2
2-2 Cleveland wins series 14. Deric Kramer, Dart, 6.704, 207.91.
Modesto (Mariners) 13 8 .619 — 11-155 Philadelphia C Aguilar, C, d. R Massicci, 3 and 2
Parker, H, 3 1
⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 2.53 April 15: Cleveland 109, Indiana 108 15. Shane Tucker, Camaro, 6.803, 202.27.
Stockton (Athletics) 11 10 .524 2 12-156 Buffalo R. Silva, C, vs. J. Hendrix, all square
Hernandez, H, 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 April 17: Cleveland 117, Indiana 111 16. John Gaydosh Jr, Chevrolet Camaro,
Visalia (Diamond- 13-157 Arizona
2 11 10 .524 2 April 20: Cleveland 119, Indiana 114 6.853, 203.00. Not Qualified: 17. Wally
backs) 14-158 Indianapolis BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Alvarez, H, 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.35 Sunday: Cleveland 106, Indiana 102 Stroupe, 7.185, 192.85.
San Jose (Giants) 10 11 .476 3 15-159 Baltimore
Norris, S, 4-5 1 0 0 0 1 1 2.84 South W L Pct. GB Pro Stock Motorcycle: 1. Jerry Savoie,
16-160 Minnesota SECOND ROUND TRI-RIVER ATHLETIC
Inherited runners-scored—Parker 3-0. Suzuki, 6.824, 196.24. 2. Eddie Krawiec,
17-161 San Francisco from Washington CONFERENCE
T—2:30. A—37,603 (43,250). Rancho Cucamonga 13 8 .619 — EASTERN CONFERENCE Harley-Davidson, 6.835, 196.93. 3. Chip
18-162 Tampa Bay
(Dodgers) Ellis, Buell, 6.852, 194.69. 4. Joey Clovis 3, Central 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE 19-163 New England from Denver Cleveland vs. Toronto
Lancaster (Rockies) 9 12 .429 4 Gladstone, Suzuki, 6.869, 194.69. 5. 25-18, 25-19, 25-13. C, Justin Lee 5
20-164 Tennessee Monday, May 1: Toronto at Cleveland, 4
East W L Pct GB Lake Elsinore 9 12 .429 4 Hector Arana Jr, Buell, 6.879, 194.52. 6. kills; Kar Ying Moua 9 assists; Steven Lee 7
21-165 Detroit p.m.
(Padres) LE Tonglet, Suzuki, 6.880, 194.83. 7. kills; Chenlen Lee 12 assists; Boonhieng
Washington 16 6 .727 — 22-166 Miami Wednesday, May 3: Toronto at Cleveland,
Inland Empire 8 13 .381 5 Hector Arana, Buell, 6.886, 195.45. 8. Lee 12 kills. Records: Clovis 24-7, 8-0;
Philadelphia 11 9 .550 4 23-167 New York Giants 4 p.m.
(Angels) Scotty Pollacheck, Suzuki, 6.899, 192.49. Central 16-15, 1-7.
Miami 10 10 .500 5 24-168 Oakland Friday, May 5: Cleveland at Toronto, 4
Thursday 9. Matt Smith, Victory, 6.913, 193.90.
Atlanta 8 12 .400 7 25-169 Houston p.m.
Visalia 7, Lake Elsinore 4 10. Andrew Hines, Harley-Davidson, GIRLS LACROSSE
New York 8 13 .381 7 ⁄2
1 26- Choice Forfeited – Seattle Sunday, May 7: Cleveland at Toronto,
Modesto 6, Inland Empire 0 6.915, 195.22. 11. Karen Stoffer, Suzuki,
Central W L Pct GB 27-170 Kansas City 12:30 p.m.
San Jose 5, Rancho Cucamonga 2 6.916, 193.60. 12. Angie Smith, Buell, FRESNO UNIFIED LEAGUE
28-171 Buffalo from Dallas Rest of series TBD
Chicago 12 9 .571 — Lancaster 7, Stockton 0 6.917, 192.80. 13. Cory Reed, Victory,
29-172 Green Bay McLane 10, Roosevelt 9
Milwaukee 12 11 .522 1 Friday 6.928, 192.14. 14. Shawn Gann, Buell,
30-173 Pittsburgh WESTERN CONFERENCE M: Paola Reyes 3, Merly Monroy, Lizbeth
St. Louis 11 11 .500 11⁄2 Rancho Cucamonga at Lancaster, late 6.952, 192.44. 15. Steve Johnson, Suzuki,
31-174 Atlanta Briseno, Nancy Del Real 3, Becky Martinez,
Cincinnati 10 12 .455 21⁄2 Stockton at San Jose, late Houston vs. San Antonio 6.972, 193.16. 16. Melissa Surber, Buell,
32-175 Cleveland from New England Team.
Pittsburgh 9 12 .429 3 Lake Elsinore at Inland Empire, late Monday, May 1: Houston at San Antonio, 6.982, 191.62. Not Qualified: 17. Joe
33-176 Cincinnati (Compensatory R: Alexiz Molina 2, Maria Abrica 3, Daisy
Visalia at Modesto, late 6:30 p.m. DeSantis, 7.018, 188.83. 18. Gunner
West W L Pct GB Selection) Haro 3, Silvia Gonzalez.
Saturday Wednesday, May 3: Houston at San Courtney, 7.092, 183.74. 19. John Hall,
34-177 Denver (Compensatory Selection)
Arizona 15 9 .625 — Stockton at San Jose, 6 p.m. Antonio, 6:30 p.m. 7.233, 183.34. 20. James Surber, 7.334,
35-178 Miami (Compensatory Selection) Hoover 10, Edison 6
Colorado 14 9 .609 1
⁄2 Lake Elsinore at Inland Empire, 6:05 p.m. Friday, May 5: San Antonio at Houston, 181.52. 21. Angelle Sampey, 10.155,
36-179 Arizona (Compensatory Selection) E: Samantha Hernandez 4, Taylor Ounesa-
Los Angeles 11 12 .478 31⁄2 Rancho Cucamonga at Lancaster, 6:05 6:30 p.m. 80.88. 22. Andy Simon, 16.113, 44.73.
37-180 Kansas City (Compensatory vath, Elizabeth Romero.
San Diego 9 15 .375 6 p.m. Sunday, May 7: San Antonio at Houston, 5
Selection) H: Megan Carey 4, Amy Altschuler 4,
San Francisco 8 15 .348 61⁄2 Visalia at Modesto, 7:05 p.m. p.m.
38-181 Cleveland (Compensatory Selec- Jasmine Cuevas, Tristan Henson.
Thursday tion) x-Tuesday, May 9: Houston at San
Antonio, TBD
Philadelphia 3, Miami 2
Atlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 5
39-182 Green Bay (Compensatory
Selection) x-Thursday, May 11: San Antonio at TRANSACTIONS Tuesday

Houston, TBD Hoover 10, McLane 5

Washington 16, Colorado 5
L.A. Dodgers 5, San Francisco 1, 10 NFL 40-183 New England (Compensatory
Selection) x-Sunday, May 14: Houston at San MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL M: Paola Reyes 3, Nancy Del Real 2.
innings Antonio, TBD ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Recalled LHP H: Megan Carey 4, Amy Altschuler 2,
41-184 Miami (Compensatory Selection) T.J.McFarland from Reno (PCL). Trans- Stephanie Perea 2, Tristan Henson, Tatiana
Arizona 6, San Diego 2 DRAFT SELECTIONS
Friday Round 6 ferred RHP Shelby Miller to the 60-day DL. Howard.
N.Y. Mets at Washington, late First Round 1-185 Cleveland BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned LHP Robbie
Pittsburgh at Miami, late 1. Cleveland, Myles Garrett, de, Texas 2-186 Baltimore from San Francisco Ross Jr. and OF/INF Steve Selsky to
Atlanta at Milwaukee, late A&M. 3-187 Jacksonville NHL Pawtucket (IL). Recalled RHP Ben Taylor
from Pawtucket.
Cincinnati at St. Louis, late
Colorado at Arizona, late
2. Chicago (from San Francisco), Mitchell
Trubisky, qb, North Carolina.
4-188 Cleveland from Chicago through
Houston STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS NEW YORK METS — Placed OF Yoenis GOLF
Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, late 3. San Francisco (from Chicago), Solomon 5-189 Los Angeles Rams Cespedes on the 10-day DL. Recalled LHP
San Diego at San Francisco, late Thomas, de, Stanford. 6-190 Los Angeles Chargers Second round Sean Gilmartin from Las Vegas (PCL). PGA TOUR
Saturday 4. Jacksonville, Leonard Fournette, rb, LSU. 7-191 New York Jets NEW YORK YANKEES — Designated INF
N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 1-2) at Washington 5. Tennessee (from LA Rams), Corey Davis, 8-192 Carolina WESTERN CONFERENCE Pete Kozma for assignment. Reinstated SS Zurich Classic
(Strasburg 2-0), 10:05 a.m. wr, Western Michigan. 9-193 Cincinnati Best of 7; x-if necessary Didi Gregorius from the 10-day DL. Purse: $7.1 million
Cincinnati (Arroyo 2-2) at St. Louis (Leake 6. New York Jets, Jamal Adams, db, LSU. 10-194 Philadelphia ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled RHP Second Round in Avondale, LA
Nashville 1, St. Louis 0 Sam Tuivailala from Memphis (PCL). TPC Louisiana (7,425 yards, par 72)
3-1), 11:15 a.m. 7. Los Angeles Chargers, Mike Williams, 11-195 Buffalo Wednesday: Nashville 4, St. Louis 3
Atlanta (Garcia 0-1) at Milwaukee (Nelson wr, Clemson. 12-196 New Orleans SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Assigned INF Blixt and Smith........................67-62—129
Friday: Nashville at St. Louis, late Chris Marrero outright to Sacramento Reed and Cantlay.....................68-62—130
1-1), 4:10 p.m. 8. Carolina, Christian McCaffrey, rb, 13-197 Arizona April 30: St. Louis at Nashville, Noon
Pittsburgh (Nova 2-2) at Miami (Straily Stanford. 14-198 San Francisco from Baltimore (PCL). Choi and Wi .............................67-64—131
May 2: St. Louis at Nashville, 6:30 p.m. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned OF Mallex Merritt and Streb.....................69-62—131
1-1), 4:10 p.m. 9. Cincinnati, John Ross, wr, Washington. 15-199 Minnesota x-May 5: Nashville at St. Louis, TBD
Colorado (Anderson 1-3) at Arizona 10. Kansas City (from Buffalo), Patrick 16-200 New England from Indianapolis Smith to Durham (IL). Stuard and Stroud ...................68-64—132
x-May 7: St. Louis at Nashville, TBD TEXAS RANGERS — Optoned RHP Anthony Cejka and Kjeldsen...................70-62—132
(Greinke 2-2), 5:10 p.m. Mahomes, qb, Texas Tech. 17-201 Washington x-May 9: Nashville at St. Louis, TBD
San Diego (Chacin 2-3) at San Francisco 11. New Orleans, Marshon Lattimore, db, 18-202 San Francisco from Denver Bass to Round Rock (PCL). Reinstated RHP C. Hoffman and Watney...........67-65—132
(Cain 2-0), 6:05 p.m. Ohio State. 19-203 Denver from Tennessee Edmonton 1, Anaheim 0 Sam Dyson and C Brett Nicholas from the Spieth and Palmer ...................66-66—132
Philadelphia (Eflin 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers 12. Houston (from Philadelphia through 20-204 Tampa Bay Wednesday: Edmonton 5, Anaheim 3 10-day DL and optioned Nicholas to Round Schauffele and Ridings ............68-64—132
(McCarthy 3-0), 6:10 p.m. Cleveland), Deshaun Watson, qb, Clemson. 21-205 Detroit Friday: Edmonton at Anaheim, late Rock. Sent RHP A.J. Griffin to Round Rock Stanley and Ruffels..................66-66—132
13. Arizona, Haason Reddick, lb, Temple. 22-206 Los Angeles Rams from Miami April 30: Anaheim at Edmonton, 4 p.m. for a rehab assignment. Cabrera and Etulain .................70-63—133
INTERLEAGUE 14. Philadelphia (from Minnesota), Derek 23-207 New York Giants May 3: Anaheim at Edmonton, 7 p.m. NFL Van Aswegen and Goosen ........73-60—133
Barnett, de, Tennessee. 24-208 Oakland x-May 5: Edmonton at Anaheim, TBD CLEVELAND BROWNS — Released TE Gary Dufner and Kizzire ...................69-64—133
Thursday M. Hoffmann and Villegas........72-62—134
15. Indianapolis, Malik Hooker, s, Ohio 25-209 Washington from Houston x-May 7: Anaheim at Edmonton, TBD Barnidge.
St. Louis 8, Toronto 4, 1st game, 11 Lingmerth and Lee...................72-62—134
State. 26-210 Seattle x-May 10: Edmonton at Anaheim, TBD
innings Thomas and Cauley..................70-64—134
16. Baltimore, Marlon Humphrey, db, 27- Choice Forfeited – Kansas City
St. Louis 6, Toronto 4, 2nd game EASTERN CONFERENCE Stricker and Kelly.....................68-66—134
Alabama. 28-211 Dallas
Friday Jacobson and Wilcox................71-63—134
17. Washington, Jonathan Allen, de, 29-212 Green Bay Ottawa 1, N.Y. Rangers 0
Chicago Cubs at Boston, late
Saturday Alabama. 30-213 Pittsburgh
31-214 Tennessee from Atlanta
Thursday: Ottawa 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 BETTING LINE B. Koepka and C. Koepka .........69-65—134
Kisner and Brown ....................70-64—134
Chicago Cubs (Lackey 1-3) at Boston 18. Tennessee, Adoree’ Jackson, db, Saturday: N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, Noon
Southern Cal. 32-215 Detroit from New England Home team in CAPS Martin and Crane.....................67-67—134
(Wright 1-2), 1:05 p.m. May 2: Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.
19. Tampa Bay, O.J. Howard, te, Alabama. 33-216 Kansas City (Compensatory May 4: Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m. MLB Kraft and Tway ........................71-63—134
20. Denver, Garett Bolles, ot, Utah. Selection) x-May 6: N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, TBD Saturday Harman and Wagner................71-64—135
21. Detroit, Jarrad Davis, lb, Florida. 34-217 Cincinnati (Compensatory x-May 9: Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, TBD National League Ogilvy and Poulter ...................69-66—135
22. Miami, Charles Harris, de, Missouri. Selection) x-May 11: N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, TBD Favorite Line Underdog Line Matsuyama and Tanihara .........69-66—135
MINOR LEAGUE 23. Evan Engram, te, Mississippi.
24. Oakland, Gareon Conley, cb, Ohio
35-218 Kansas City (Compensatory
Selection) Pittsburgh 1, Washington 0
ST. LOUIS -171 Cincinnati +159 Loupe and Peterson.................71-64—135
M. Kim and Hagy .....................72-64—136
WASHINGTON -230 New York +210
BASEBALL State.
Round 7
Thursday: Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2 MIAMI -110 Pittsburgh +100 Hubbard and Randolph ............69-67—136
25. Cleveland, Jabrill Peppers, s, Michigan. Saturday: Pittsburgh at Wash., 5 p.m. MILWAUKEE -115 Atlanta +105 Henry and Hoge.......................69-67—136
1-219 San Francisco from Cleveland May 1: Wash. at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Bryan and Blaum .....................71-65—136
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE 26. Atlanta, Takkarist McKinley, de, UCLA.
2-220 Washington from San Francisco May 3: Wash. at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m.
ARIZONA -148 Colorado +138
Bozzelli and Poston..................70-66—136
27. Buffalo, Tre’Davious White, cb, LSU. SAN FRANCISCO -140 San Diego +130
American North W L Pct. GB 28. Dallas, Taco Charlton, de, Michigan. 3-221 Chicago x-May 6: Pittsburgh at Washington, TBD Barnes and Jones.....................70-67—137
Los Angeles -215 Phila. +195
29. Cleveland, David Njoku, te, Miami. 4-222 Jacksonville x-May 8: Washington at Pittsburgh, TBD American League Reavie and Glover ....................69-68—137
Colorado Springs 12 6 .667 — 5-223 Miami from Los Angeles Rams
(Brewers) 30. Pittsburgh, T.J. Watt, olb, Wisconsin. x-May 10: Pittsburgh at Washington, TBD NEW YORK -164 Baltimore +154 Hearn and DeLaet....................71-66—137
31. San Francisco, Reuben Foster, ilb, 6-224 New York Jets TORONTO -120 Tampa Bay +110 Watson and Holmes.................73-64—137
Omaha (Royals) 11 9 .550 2 7-225 Los Angeles Chargers
Oklahoma City Alabama. DETROIT -160 Chicago +150 Swafford and English ...............70-67—137
11 9 .550 2 32. New Orleans, Ryan Ramcyzk, ot, 8-226 Seattle from Carolina TEXAS -165 Los Angeles +155 Thompson and Wilkinson .........71-66—137
(Dodgers) 9-227 Cincinnati
Wisconsin. KANSAS CITY -113 Minnesota +103 Schniederjans and Werenski ....70-67—137
Iowa (Cubs)
American South
10 11 .476 31⁄2
W L Pct. GB 10-228 Dallas from Buffalo MOTOR SPORTS HOUSTON -142 Oakland +132 Flores and Fdez-Castano ..........72-65—137
Draft Trades List 11-229 New Orleans CLEVELAND -180 Seattle +165 Grace and Oosthuizen ..............70-67—137
Round Rock Thursday, April 27 12-230 Philadelphia MONSTER ENERGY CUP Interleague Murray and Percy.....................70-67—137
11 10 .524 —
(Rangers) 1. San Francisco traded its first-round (No. 13-231 Arizona Chicago Cubs -113 at BOSTON +103 Reifers and Johnston ...............71-66—137
Memphis (Cardinals) 10 11 .476 1 2) to Chicago for the Bears’ first- (No. 3), 14-232 Minnesota
Toyoto Owners 400
Nashville (Athletics) 7 11 .389 21⁄2 third- (No. 67), fourth-round (No. 111) 15-233 Carolina from Indianapolis
In Richmond, Va.
picks and the 2018 third-round pick. through Cleveland
SATURDAY APRIL 29 2017
FRESNOBEE.COM
NBA NOTES
In a stunner, Bird done with Pacers
The Associated Press
L
arry Bird started
the week by driv-
ing an IndyCar
down Fifth Ave-
nue in Manhattan to
stump for the NBA’s All-
Star weekend returning to
Indiana.
He ended it by stepping
down as president of bas-
ketball operations for the
Pacers, a stunningly
abrupt decision that has
become a hallmark of the
NBA great’s post-playing
career.
Bird made the call Fri-
day and general manager
Kevin Pritchard will be
elevated to take his place,
a person with knowledge
of the situation told The
Associated Press. The
person spoke on condition
of anonymity because the
team has not announced
the move, which was first
reported by Yahoo! Sports.
Bird leaves the Pacers
ahead of a pivotal summer
in which the franchise will
have to decide what to do
with star forward Paul
George. The former Fres-
no State star can become
a free agent after next
season and there is wide
speculation he would
COACH OF THE YEAR
CRAIG CAMPBELL
School: Clovis West
He’s qualified because: A
frequent flier to this platform,
he arrives more distinguished
than ever after the 34-2 Golden
Eagles defeated Archbishop
Mitty-San Jose 44-40 for the
CIF State Open Division
championship at Sacramento’s
Golden 1 Center and finished
top-ranked nationally by ESPN.
Winning the Open Division is
generally considered the crown-
ing achievement for girls bas-
ketball nationally because it
combines 16 of the best teams,
regardless of enrollment or
division, in a state with nearly
1,600 schools. Cal-Hi Sports
named him State Coach of the
Year and Clovis West the State
Team of the Year. Campbell is
298-73 (.803) with eight Central
Section Division I titles and 12
OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE PLAYER
JANELLE SUMILONG
School: Hanford
Grade: Senior
Position: Point guard
Next: Nevada
She’s qualified because:
There was a recent day when
Bee Players of the Year Brooke
Johnson, Bayli McClard, Madi-
son Parrish and Shawntinice
Polk – particularly the last three
– were complemented with Bee
All-Star depth. Not so with
Sumilong, while inviting her
partnership and double-teaming
defense with Bee All-Star junior
Kate McClard this season and
the past two. Sumilong will have
her college education check
OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER
SARAH BATES
School: Clovis West
Grade: Senior
Position: Guard
Next: UC Santa Barbara
She’s qualified because:
Ironically, what may be lost
forever in her defensive skills
will be her 11 consecutive points,
reversing a 37-30 deficit to
Archbishop Mitty-San Jose to a
41-37 lead and, ultimately, a
44-40 win for the CIF State
Open Division championship at
Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center.
She was the Golden Eagles’ best
on-ball defender for a team that
gave up an average of 38 points
in the postseason.
From the CEO: “People look
at steals and stats and don’t take
enough pride in what did your
THE BEE’S PRETTY 30 GIRLS BASKETBALL ALL-STARS
Jaiden Jones, Buchanan
Shay Gibbons, Bullard
Felisha Ramirez, Caruthers
Ramani Parker, Central
Imani Lacy, Central
Taylor Pilot, Clovis North
Tess Amundsen, Clovis West
Megan Anderson, Clovis West
Madison Campbell, Clovis
Larry Bird is stepping down as president of the Indiana Pacers. Kevin Pritchard is being
elevated from general manager to the team's new president of basketball operations.
prefer to play for the Los role with the Pacers for a
Angeles Lakers. The Pac- third time.
ers will have to decide His quick exit follows a
whether to try to persuade pattern for Bird. When the
him to stay long term or Hall of Famer makes up
trade him. his mind, that’s it.
With that potentially “Larry is very special,
franchise-changing scena- tremendous integrity,”
rio pending, Bird is step- Pacers owner Herb Simon
ping down from a major told The Indianapolis Star
O’Dowd-Oakland, St. Mary’s-
Stockton and Chaminade-West
Hills) and the fourth by Long
Beach Poly, which has 5,000
Tri-River
students. A concept enormously
Athletic Con-
competitive and imperfect had
ference cham-
Clovis West elevated into the
pionships in 12
Open Division in 2014 and ’15,
years at the
when the Eagles didn’t belong,
school. He’s
Campbell says. That resulted in
538-176 (.754)
losses of 69-40 to Etiwanda and
overall, in-
79-40 to Chaminade in seasons
Craig cluding 11
in which they likely could have
Campbell years at Reno
competed for state D-I titles.
High, where
“I’m thinking, ‘We can’t compete
he won eight
at this level.’”
section crowns and a state title.
But wait a minute or year or
Now it’s a matter of how long
so: A deflating picture shifted
can the Eagles hang onto Camp-
considerably when the Eagles,
bell, and that appears secure for
again returning to the Open
at least two more seasons while
Division, routed Sierra Canyon-
his daughter, national-recruit
Chatsworth 82-55 and went
Madison, completes her career
toe-to-toe with Long Beach Poly
at the school.
in a 53-44 loss in the 2016
There was doubt, not long
Southern California Regional.
ago: In the first four years of the
“We turned the corner,” Camp-
CIF’s Open Division competi-
bell says. And then the booster
tion, from 2013-16, three were
blast – a 15-1 start this season
won by private schools (Bishop
against a nonleague schedule
SMALL-DIVISION COACH OF THE YEAR
cleared by AMY BUSH
Nevada after School: Sierra Pacific
departing the She’s qualified because: Led
Bullpups with the Golden Bears to a 29-5
2,301 career record, the Central Section
points, sixth- Division IV title and into the
best in section Southern D-IV Regional semi-
history. She finals in her second season as
Janelle averaged 22.3 coach. Further, the former UCLA
Sumilong points, 4.6 and Gonzaga player did this
assists and 4.3 with six juniors and three fresh-
assists this men. Balance was the key for
season for the Bullpups, who Hanford’s newest high school as
went 22-9 overall and 12-0 in the Sierra Pacific had six players
West Yosemite League. They average 7.6 to 11.1 points. After
went 92-28 overall and 46-2 with going 23-6 and reaching the
four league titles in her career. section D-IV semis last year, the
Bears are likely headed for a
D-III promotion.
OUTSTANDING SMALL-DIVISION
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
kid do against
me. We held
HALEY BETTENCOURT
three All-
School: Sierra Pacific
Americans as a
Grade: Junior
team to sea-
Position: Guard
son lows. And
She’s qualified because: The
what Sarah
most all-around player on a 29-5
brought, as an
team that won the Central
Sarah Bates elite defender, Section Division IV title and
was, first, reached the Southern Regional
mental tough-
D-IV semifinals in the program’s
ness, and,
sixth year without a senior. She
second, a little swag. Defensive
made all three of her shots – all
kids have to love defense and
3-pointers – and delivered nine
she flourished at that. She had a
rebounds and four assists in a
competitive swagger that, ‘I’m
60-46 win over Strathmore for
going to break your spirit
the section championship at
tonight.’ When she saw blood in
Selland Arena. She averaged 11.1
the water, she put the kill on.” –
points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.4 assists
Clovis West coach Craig Camp-
and 1.7 steals.
bell
From the CEO: “She was a
West Lucy Parks, Memorial
Rachel Berry, Clovis Jada Shakoor, Memorial
Serena Ybarra, Coalinga Emily Mendoza, McLane
Kate McClard, Hanford Kristen Berry, Minarets
Krystale Gutierrez, Immanuel Rhegan Fernandez, Mission
Breana Hurt, Kerman Oak
Katelyn Cole, Lemoore Kambrayia Elzy, Mission Oak
Alyssa Burton, Madera Samantha Navarro, Redwood
Ashley Hansen, Madera Vanessa Hernandez, Sanger
DARRON CUMMINGS Associated Press file
this month. “His word
means something.”
Bird coached the Pacers
from 1997-2000, leading
them to the NBA Finals in
2000 before walking
away from the job after
applying a long-held
theory that a coach’s ef-
fectiveness is diminished
that featured nine games
against eight national-class
teams who went a combined
219-28, including state titles by
St. John’s-Washington D.C.,
Centennial-Las Vegas and Miami
Country Day. Clovis West beat
them all while leaping atop USA
TODAY’s national computer
rankings.
The final word: “All season
long, we didn’t talk state cham-
pionship. The goal was to win
league, get to Valley, not stum-
ble and set the best path we
could for the state playoffs. It
was really about setting the best
path for state and once that
started happening, the girls
started to believe. This was a
tremendous, tremendous run
that validates the hard work and
what a special program Clovis
West is.” – Campbell
From the
CEO: I’m
extremely
excited about
next year. We
have great
players who
are funda-
Amy Bush mentally
strong, unself-
ish and ded-
icated.” – Bush
great team
captain. She
came into her
junior season
focused,
having worked
all summer on
her shot. She
Haley became an
Bettencourt offensive
threat while,
defensively,
making us a difference on the
court” – Sierra Pacific coach
Amy Bush
Hailey Leslie Sierra Pacific
Celeste Lewis, Sierra Pacific
Mariah Hernandez, Strath-
more
Zavia Barlow, Washington
Grace Fries, Yosemite
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after three or four years
on the job.
He returned as team
president in 2003, helping
construct a club that was
among the best in the
league, won 61 games and
advanced to the Eastern
Conference finals in
2003-04. That team fell
apart the following season
after the “Malice at the
Palace,” the ugly scene in
Detroit in which players
Ron Artest, Stephen Jack-
son and Jermaine O'Neal
fought with Pistons fans.
The French Lick, Indi-
ana, native methodically
reshaped the team into a
contender again, building
a promising core around
George and Danny Gran-
ger and helping to mold
Lance Stephenson from a
troublemaker into a force.
He was named NBA exec-
utive of the year in 2012,
then stepped down a few
months later.
Bird hinted at the time
that health played a role
in his decision then, and
he stayed away for a year
before returning as the
THE BEE’S WINTER ALL-STARS: CO-GIRLS
BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
DANAE MARQUEZ
School: Clovis West
Grade: Senior
Position: Point guard
She’s qualified because: No
one player from the Golden
Eagles’ program had a greater
impact on the past three sea-
sons as it soared from un-
beatable Tri-River Athletic
Conference team, to one with-
out match in the Central Sec-
tion, to one with relevance in
the state to, ultimately, the elite
team of the nation’s most pow-
erful state in girls basketball. A
fearless facilitator, leader, out-
standing perimeter and free-
throw shooter and defender –
all at 5-feet, 4 inches – she was a
four-year varsity player and
three-year starter for Clovis
West teams that went 117-15
overall, including 34-2 this
season, and 40-0 in the TRAC
with four consecutive section
Division I titles and the pinnacle
– the CIF State Open Division
title at Sacramento’s Golden 1
Center a month ago. The Gold-
en Eagles, as the highest
achievement of all in section
girls basketball – if not any
section team, regardless of
gender or sport – finished
top-ranked nationally by ESPN
and were Cal-Hi Sports State
Team of the Year. She finished
with 979 career points and more
than 400 assists.
Most memorable free throws
of all: Marquez, also The Bee’s
Player of the Year as a junior,
has long supported, with re-
markable success, her simplistic
stance on free throws: “They’re
free – you can’t miss them.” She
made 4 of 4 in the final 12
seconds to help top-seeded
Clovis West escape, 68-61,
against No. 8 Troy-Fullerton in
the quarterfinals of the South-
ern California Open Division
Regional. Eight days later, she
was 6 for 6 in a 53-44 conquest
of five-time state champion
Long Beach Poly for the region-
al championship at Walter
Pyramid at Long Beach State.
Then the two most historical,
with 5.4 seconds remaining and
securing a 44-40 win over
six-time state queen Archbishop
Mitty-San Jose for the state
Open Division title, her only
free-throw attempts of the night
and in the face of a euphoric
Eagles student body behind the
north basket.
Reality, San Jose State-
bound player says: “I probably
will not make any more mea-
ningful free throws just because
I’ve got to be realistic and
probably won’t be playing for a
national championship (in
college). Those are the two
biggest free throws I’ll ever
shoot.”
From the CEO: “So many
colleges get caught up in the
measurables; so many want a
5-9 or bigger point guard. There
are a lot of people who are
going to regret not going after
Danae. I don’t care what the
height is; can you play? You
can’t measure heart and in-
tangibles, those leadership
qualities, that mental toughness.
And, while tremendously skilled,
Danae has those intangibles to
take her to the next level. She’s
a winner.” – Clovis West coach
Craig Campbell.
Sports 5B
Pacers’ top executive.
With Frank Vogel as his
coach, the Pacers reached
the conference finals in
2013 and 2014 with a new
core of George, Stephen-
son and Roy Hibbert.
Bird did not renew
Vogel’s contract after last
season and installed Nate
McMillan as his coach.
The Pacers were swept
out of the first round this
season by the Cleveland
Cavaliers, a major point of
frustration for George,
one of the league’s most
versatile stars.
George has not hesitat-
ed to make his displeasure
known regarding the di-
rection of the franchise.
That sets up for what is
sure to be a tense summer
of talks and decisions.
And the two also did not
see eye to eye on the
court, with George resist-
ing Bird’s preference of
playing him at power
forward as part of a sleek-
er, faster lineup with
Myles Turner at center.
Wizards 115, Hawks 99 in
Atlanta – John Wall scored
42 points, Bradley Beal
added 31 and Washington
withstood a furious Atlan-
ta comeback to close out
the Hawks with Friday
night, winning the open-
ing-round playoff series
4-2. The Hawks fell be-
hind by 22 early in the
third quarter before mak-
ing a game of it down the
stretch. But the home
team never led.
BRE’YANNA SANDERS
School: Clovis West
Grade: Senior
Position: Center/forward
She’s qualified because: For
all of the odds against the
Eagles winning 89 percent of
their games in her four years –
94 percent this season while
conquering multiple nationally
ranked teams – they did so sans
a true center. Meaning, the
5-foot-11 Sanders made it hap-
pen while banging inside, re-
gardless of foe, such as Long
Beach Poly’s USC-bound 6-4
Ayanna Clark, whom she dom-
inated in two wins this season.
She scored 25 in a 70-67 win
over Poly in December at Hono-
lulu and outrebounded Clark
12-3 in a 53-44 victory at Long
Beach State for the Southern
California Open Division Re-
gional title.
Turning point: Sanders,
signed with Arizona State,
rescued Clovis West in arguably
the turning point of its season –
a 62-58 homecourt win over
Central on Jan. 18. The Eagles
had been throttled, 70-46, by
Centennial-Las Vegas at the
MLK Showcase in Stockton two
days earlier. And then, having
gone 108-3 with 41 straight wins
in the TRAC in 12 seasons, they
found themselves down eight
late in the third quarter and by
five early in the fourth to Cen-
tral a year after beating the
Grizzlies by 51 and 55. Sanders
took over in the final minutes
with three steals, a layup and
clinching free throw to close a
24-point performance. “It was
super scary, I can’t lie,” she said
that night. Clovis West would
crush Buchanan 83-33 two
nights later and finish with an
18-game winning streak as
McDonald’s All-American Game
nominee Sanders finished with
1,258 career points and nearly
1,000 rebounds. Her four steals
against Mitty in the state final
were critical.
From the CEO: “Bre has
always been a tremendous
defensive player with great
instincts. What’s taken her
game, personally, and our team,
to the next level was her offen-
sive skill development. As a
freshman, we didn’t want her to
shoot anything but a 4-footer.
By her senior year, she was
making 25 points and three 3’s
against Poly and a McDonald’s
All-American (Clark) who didn’t
come out and guard her. Now
she’s going to the Pac-12, the
best conference in the country.
ASU is a very defensive-oriented
program and they also like the
upside of where Bre’s offensive
game has gone. That’s where
she’s turned the corner.” – Clovis
West coach Craig Campbell
Andy Boogaard: 559-441-6400,
@beepreps
Historical data provided by
Bob Barnett.
SATURDAY APRIL 29 2017
Sports Extra 1

BASEBALL STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE

ALL TIMES PACIFIC YANKEES 14, ORIOLES 11 RAYS 7, BLUE JAYS 4 WHITE SOX 7, TIGERS 3
Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
AMERICAN LEAGUE Rickard lf
Jones cf
5 2 2 0 1 0
5 2 2 0 1 2
.182
.286
Dickerson dh
Kiermaier cf
5
5
2 2 1 0 1
0 1 0 0 1
.329
.231
Saladino dh
Anderson ss
5
5
1 2 0 0 0
2 2 2 0 2
.233
.224
Machado 3b 5 2 3 3 1 0 .231 Longoria 3b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .226 Cabrera lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .250
WEST W L Pct GB L10 Str Hm Aw Trumbo dh 6 1 3 4 0 0 .212 Miller 2b 3 1 0 0 2 1 .217 Frazier 3b 5 2 1 1 0 2 .167
Davis 1b 5 1 0 0 0 3 .247 Souza Jr. rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .326 A.Garcia rf 5 2 3 2 0 0 .388
Houston 15 8 .652 — 6-4 W1 8-4 7-4 Castillo c 4 2 1 2 1 0 .297 Morrison 1b 4 1 1 2 0 2 .243 Davidson 1b 3 0 0 0 2 1 .292
Mancini rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .256 Beckham ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 .282 Sanchez 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .231
Los Angeles 13 12 .520 3 6-4 W5 9-4 4-8 Gentry pr-rf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .154 Peterson lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .294 Soto c 4 0 1 2 0 1 .207
Seattle 11 13 .458 41⁄2 5-5 W3 6-3 5-10 Schoop 2b 5 0 1 2 0 1 .288 Bourjos lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 L.Garcia cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .314
Hardy ss 5 0 2 0 0 1 .214 Norris c 4 1 2 2 0 1 .185 Totals 39 7 12 7 3 7
Oakland 10 13 .435 5 5-5 L5 7-6 3-7 Totals 45 11 15 11 4 10 Totals 37 7 10 6 3 11
Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Texas 10 13 .435 5 5-5 L1 7-7 3-6 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Kinsler 2b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .221
Gardner lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .188 Pillar cf 4 3 4 1 1 0 .326 Collins cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .300
CENTRAL W L Pct GB L10 Str Hm Aw Higashioka c 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Barney 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .326 Castellanos 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .233
Headley 3b 4 2 1 0 2 1 .324 Coghlan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .240 Martinez dh 3 0 1 1 1 0 .218
Chicago 12 9 .571 — 6-4 W5 6-5 6-4 Holliday dh 5 3 3 3 1 2 .263 Bautista rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .167 Upton lf 4 0 1 2 0 2 .270
Cleveland 12 10 .545 1
⁄2 7-3 L1 4-6 8-4 Ellsbury cf 5 2 1 5 0 0 .295 Morales dh 5 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Avila c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .344
Castro 2b 5 2 3 2 0 0 .361 Smoak 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .243 Adduci rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .412
Detroit 11 11 .500 11⁄2 3-7 L3 6-5 5-6 Gregorius ss 5 0 2 1 0 0 .400 Pearce lf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .176 Hicks 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .444
Minnesota 11 11 .500 11⁄2 4-6 W1 5-7 6-4 Judge rf 4 2 2 3 1 2 .282 Carrera ph-lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .305 Iglesias ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Bird 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .109 Travis 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .137 Totals 33 3 7 3 4 7
Kansas City 7 15 .318 51⁄2 1-9 L8 5-4 2-11 Romine c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .277 Maile c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Hicks ph-lf 1 1 0 0 1 0 .316 Goins ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Chicago 021 000 022 — 7 12 0
EAST W L Pct GB L10 Str Hm Aw Totals 41 14 14 14 7 7 Totals 37 4 11 3 3 5 Detroit 200 010 000 — 3 7 3
E—Castellanos 3 (5). LOB—Chicago 8, Detroit 7.
New York 14 7 .667 — 7-3 W3 9-1 5-6 Baltimore 002 214 200 0 — 11 15 0 Tampa Bay 010 000 042 — 7 10 1 2B—Saladino (3), Anderson (3). HR—Frazier (2), off
New York 000 013 403 3 — 14 14 0 Toronto 000 020 101 — 4 11 2 Boyd; A.Garcia (5), off Boyd; Anderson (2), off
Baltimore 14 7 .667 — 6-4 L1 8-3 6-4 One out when winning run scored. LOB—Balti- E—Beckham (3), Travis 2 (2). LOB—Tampa Bay 6, Jimenez. RBIs—Anderson 2 (6), Frazier (8), A.Garcia
Boston 12 10 .545 21⁄2 5-5 W1 8-4 4-6 more 9, New York 6. 2B—Machado (4), Mancini (2), Toronto 10. 2B—Dickerson (9), Pillar 2 (7), Travis 2 (19), Soto 2 (7), Martinez (10), Upton 2 (13).
Headley (7), Holliday (3), Gregorius (1). HR—Castillo (2). 3B—Beckham (2). HR—Dickerson (6), off SB—Adduci (1), Iglesias (3). CS—Saladino (3),
Tampa Bay 12 12 .500 31⁄2 6-4 W1 9-4 3-8 (1), off Sabathia; Machado (4), off Sabathia; Stroman; Longoria (4), off Grilli; Morrison (5), off Sanchez (1). DP—Chicago 1, Detroit 1.
Toronto 6 17 .261 9 4-6 L3 2-8 4-9 Trumbo (2), off Mitchell; Judge (8), off Gausman; Leone; Norris (1), off Leone; Pillar (4), off Pruitt. Chicago IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Judge (9), off Gausman; Ellsbury (3), off Nuno; RBIs—Dickerson (10), Longoria (13), Morrison 2 Pelfrey 42⁄3 6 3 3 4 2 5.00
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS Castro (5), off Brach; Holliday (3), off Aquino. (14), Norris 2 (8), Pillar (8), Barney (5), Bautista Jennings 1
⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 0.93
Chi. White Sox 5, Kansas City 2 Cleveland 7, Houston 6 RBIs—Machado 3 (13), Trumbo 4 (10), Castillo 2 (6). SF—Bautista. DP—Tampa Bay 1, Toronto 2. Swarzak, W, 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 4, 11 innings N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 1 (5), Schoop 2 (15), Holliday 3 (13), Ellsbury 5 (9), Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO ERA Jones, H, 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.31
Castro 2 (16), Gregorius (1), Judge 3 (18). DP— Snell 5 6 2 2 3 3 3.42 Kahnle 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.12
Seattle 8, Detroit 0 Texas 14, Minnesota 3 Baltimore 1. Pruitt, W, 3-0 3 3 1 1 0 1 5.71 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO ERA
L.A. Angels 8, Oakland 5 Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO ERA Diaz 1
⁄3 2 1 1 0 0 4.09 Boyd 7 7 3 3 2 5 3.86
Gausman 6 8 5 5 2 3 7.50 Whitley, S, 1-1 2
⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Wilson, L, 0-1 1 2 2 0 1 0 2.89
THURSDAY’S RESULTS Nuno 1
⁄3 2 3 3 1 0 6.00 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO ERA Jimenez 1 3 2 2 0 2 12.46
Seattle 2, Detroit 1 Cleveland 4, Houston 3 Givens, H, 4 2
⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 1.50 Stroman 71⁄3 5 2 2 2 10 2.97 Jennings pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. Inherited
N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 0 L.A. Angels 2, Oakland 1 O’Day, H, 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.66 Grilli, L, 1-3, BS, runners-scored—Jennings 2-0, Swarzak 1-0.
Brach, BS, 1-5 1 2 3 3 2 1 2.08
1
⁄3 1 2 2 1 1 7.27
1-2 T—3:25. A—26,049 (41,681).
FRIDAY’S RESULTS Aquino, L, 1-1 1
⁄3 1 3 3 2 1 7.11 Leone 1
⁄3 4 3 3 0 0 5.06
N.Y. Yankees 14, Baltimore 11, 10 innings Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 4 New York IP H R ER BB SO ERA Howell 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.25 ASTROS 9, ATHLETICS 4
Chi. White Sox 7, Detroit 3 Seattle 3, Cleveland 1 Sabathia 5 ⁄3 9 7 7 2 6 4.34
2
Leone pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. Inherited
L.A. Angels 6, Texas 3 Houston 9, Oakland 4 Mitchell 2
⁄3 5 4 4 2 1 4.82 runners-scored—Whitley 1-0, Leone 1-1, Howell 1-1. Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Holder 12⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 2.57 WP—Howell. T—3:16. A—36,256 (49,282). Decker cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .211
Minnesota 6, Kansas City 4 Clippard 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.08 Joyce rf 3 1 0 0 0 2 .161
Chapman, W, 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.08 ANGELS 6, RANGERS 3 Lowrie 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .296
TODAY’S GAMES Gausman pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Inherited Davis lf 4 2 2 4 0 1 .276
Baltimore (Jimenez, 1-0, 5.95) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda, 2-1, 3.86)............10:05 a.m. runners-scored—Nuno 1-1, Mitchell 2-2, Holder 3-0. Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Alonso 1b 4 0 1 0 0 3 .286
Tampa Bay (Andriese, 1-0, 3.86) at Toronto (Liriano, 1-2, 4.58).................10:07 a.m. HBP—Sabathia (Davis). T—3:41. A—36,912 Escobar 3b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .235 Healy dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .244
Chi. White Sox (Holland, 2-2, 1.99) at Detroit (Fulmer, 2-1, 2.88)..............10:10 a.m. (49,642). Calhoun rf 5 2 2 0 0 1 .237 Vogt c 4 0 0 0 0 3 .203
Trout cf 4 2 3 2 1 1 .355 Plouffe 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .213
Seattle (Gallardo, 1-2, 4.84) at Cleveland (Salazar, 1-2, 4.37) ......................1:10 p.m. MARINERS 3, INDIANS 1 Pujols dh 5 1 1 3 0 2 .247 Rosales ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .265
Oakland (Triggs, 3-1, 2.42) at Houston (Musgrove, 1-1, 5.91) ......................4:10 p.m. Cron 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .233 Pinder ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182
L.A. Angels (Chavez, 2-3, 4.13) at Texas (Darvish, 2-2, 3.03)........................4:15 p.m. Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Marte pr-1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .163 Totals 35 4 7 4 0 14
Segura ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .346 Simmons ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .287
Minnesota (P. Hughes, 3-1, 4.71) at Kansas City (Hammel, 0-2, 5.30)..........4:15 p.m. Gamel rf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .333 Maybin lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .219 Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Cano 2b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .253 Espinosa 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .188 Springer cf 4 2 2 1 1 1 .228
SUNDAY’S GAMES Motter 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .235 Maldonado c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Reddick rf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .309
Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Seager 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Totals 37 6 10 6 3 7 Altuve 2b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .305
Chi. White Sox at Detroit, 10:10 a.m. Seattle at Cleveland, 10:10 a.m. Heredia lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .310 Correa ss 5 0 2 2 0 2 .231
Vogelbach dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .167 Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Beltran dh 5 2 1 1 0 0 .238
Oakland at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 11:15 a.m. DeShields lf 4 2 2 0 0 1 .280
Zunino c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .177 Gurriel 1b 4 2 3 2 0 0 .347
L.A. Angels at Texas, 12:05 p.m. Dyson cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Andrus ss 4 1 2 1 0 2 .284 Gattis c 4 1 3 2 0 0 .327
Totals 31 3 6 3 0 8 Gomez cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .205 Bregman 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .247
MONDAY’S GAMES Odor 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .191 Aoki lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .321
Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Napoli dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .155 Totals 36 9 14 9 2 5
Cleveland at Detroit, 4:10 p.m. Texas at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Santana 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Mazara rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .236
Lindor ss 3 0 2 0 1 0 .314 Rua 1b 3 0 1 0 0 2 .189 Oakland 301 000 000 — 4 7 3
Chi. White Sox at Kansas City, 5:15 p.m. Guyer lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .121 Gallo 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Houston 300 120 12x — 9 14 2
Encarnacion dh 3 0 0 0 1 3 .205 Lucroy c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .203 E—Lowrie (1), Vogt 2 (3), Altuve (2), Giles (1).
Ramirez 3b 4 1 1 1 0 3 .337
NATIONAL LEAGUE Kipnis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .174
Totals
Los Angeles
32 3 7 3 0 11
100 002 030 — 6 10 1
LOB—Oakland 6, Houston 8. 2B—Healy (7), Correa
(3), Gurriel (6), Gattis 2 (4). HR—Davis (8), off
Jackson cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .267 Morton; Davis (9), off Morton; Gurriel (2), off
WEST W L Pct GB L10 Str Hm Aw Chisenhall ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .297 Texas 100 002 000 — 3 7 2
Valdez. RBIs—Davis 4 (16), Springer (14), Correa 2
Almonte rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .240 E—Petit (1), Gallo 2 (3). LOB—Los Angeles 7, (7), Beltran (8), Gurriel 2 (7), Gattis 2 (13),
Colorado 15 9 .625 — 6-4 W1 7-6 8-3 Gomes c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .188 Texas 3. 2B—Andrus (5), Rua (1). HR—Escobar (2), Bregman (6). CS—Bregman (2). SF—Bregman.
Totals 32 1 4 1 2 14 off Martinez; Trout (7), off Martinez; Pujols (3), off DP—Oakland 2.
Arizona 15 10 .600 1
⁄2 5-5 L1 11-4 4-6 Jeffress. RBIs—Escobar (7), Trout 2 (17), Pujols 3
Seattle 000 201 000 — 3 6 1 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Los Angeles 12 12 .500 3 5-5 W2 7-4 5-8 Cleveland 000 100 000 — 1 4 0 (21), Andrus (9), Gomez (8), Napoli (9). SF—Gomez.
Cotton, L, 2-3 41⁄3 10 6 3 1 4 5.00
San Francisco 9 15 .375 6 4-6 W1 6-6 3-9 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA Dull 2
⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 4.82
E—Seager (4). LOB—Seattle 1, Cleveland 6. Skaggs 5 4 1 1 0 6 3.99
2B—Segura (2), Gamel (1), Lindor (7). HR—Cano Valdez 3 4 3 3 1 0 6.48
San Diego 9 16 .360 61⁄2 4-6 L2 5-4 4-12 Petit, BS, 1-1 1 3 2 2 0 1 3.14
(4), off Carrasco; Gamel (1), off Carrasco; Ramirez Houston IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Guerra, W, 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6.75
CENTRAL W L Pct GB L10 Str Hm Aw (6), off Miranda. RBIs—Gamel (3), Cano 2 (17), Hernandez, H, 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Morton, W, 2-2 7 5 4 4 0 12 4.50
Ramirez (19). CS—Dyson (2). DP—Cleveland 1. Alvarez, S, 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.08 Gregerson, H, 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 5.23
Chicago 12 10 .545 — 6-4 L2 4-5 8-5 Seattle IP H R ER BB SO ERA Giles 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
Texas IP H R ER BB SO ERA Inherited runners-scored—Dull 2-1. HBP—Morton
Miranda, W, 2-2 51⁄3 2 1 1 2 7 3.81 Martinez 6 5 3 3 0 7 2.77
St. Louis 12 11 .522 1
⁄2 8-2 W3 8-5 4-6 Pazos, H, 1 21⁄3 2 0 0 0 4 1.64 2 (Joyce,Rosales). T—2:58. A—28,472 (42,060).
Barnette 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.38
Milwaukee 12 12 .500 1 4-6 L1 6-9 6-3 Diaz, S, 4-5 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 3 3.60 Jeffress, L, 0-2 1 4 3 3 2 0 5.59
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO ERA Dyson 1 1 0 0 0 0 21.94
Pittsburgh 10 12 .455 2 4-6 W2 6-6 4-6
Cincinnati 10 13 .435 21⁄2 2-8 L4 5-8 5-5
Carrasco, L, 2-2
Otero
8 6 3 3 0 7 2.04
1 0 0 0 0 1 4.32
T—3:12. A—28,968 (48,114).
AL LEADERS
Inherited runners-scored—Pazos 1-0, Diaz 1-0.
EAST W L Pct GB L10 Str Hm Aw WP—Miranda. T—2:36. A—20,842 (35,051). TWINS 6, ROYALS 4
Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg. American League Leaders
Washington 16 7 .696 — 8-2 L1 6-4 10-3 Dozier 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .233 BATTING—Garcia, Chicago, .388; Castro, New York,
Philadelphia 11 10 .524 4 7-3 L1 7-4 4-6 Kepler rf 3 2 1 0 1 1 .278 .361; Haniger, Seattle, .338; Ramirez, Cleveland,
.337; Trout, Los Angeles, .337; Dickerson, Tampa
Miami 10 11 .476 5 4-6 L3 4-3 6-8 INTERLEAGUE Sano 3b
Mauer 1b
4
4
2 2 4 0 2
0 1 2 0 0
.297
.237 Bay, .329; Pillar, Toronto, .326; Souza Jr., Tampa
Bay, .326; Benintendi, Boston, .325; Headley, New
Atlanta 9 12 .429 6 4-6 W3 4-3 5-9 Grossman dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .267
Castro c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .200 York, .324; 1 tied at .324.
New York 9 13 .409 61⁄2 2-8 W1 4-10 5-3 RED SOX 5, CUBS 4 Polanco ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .243 RUNS—Haniger, Seattle, 20; Judge, New York, 18;
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Rosario lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .260 Headley, New York, 17; Kinsler, Detroit, 17; Lindor,
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS Schwarber dh 5 0 1 0 0 4 .212 Buxton cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .138 Cleveland, 17; Gallo, Texas, 16; Castellanos, Detroit,
Milwaukee 9, Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 6, Chi. Cubs 5 Bryant 3b 4 1 1 1 1 2 .281 Totals 34 6 6 6 3 10 15; Davis, Oakland, 15; Garcia, Chicago, 15; Trout,
Philadelphia 7, Miami 4 Atlanta 8, N.Y. Mets 2 Rizzo 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .273 Los Angeles, 15; 2 tied at 14.
Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg. RBI—Cruz, Seattle, 19; Garcia, Chicago, 19;
Washington 11, Colorado 4 San Diego 8, Arizona 5 Zobrist lf-2b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .215 Merrifield 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .233
Russell ss 5 0 2 0 0 2 .281 Ramirez, Cleveland, 19; Judge, New York, 18;
San Francisco 4, L.A. Dodgers 3, 10 Contreras c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254
Moustakas 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Pujols, Los Angeles, 18; Cano, Seattle, 17; Mazara,
innings Cain cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .276 Texas, 17; Souza Jr., Tampa Bay, 17; 5 tied at 16.
Heyward rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .282 Hosmer 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .224
Baez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .203 HITS—Garcia, Chicago, 31; Pillar, Toronto, 31;
THURSDAY’S RESULTS Perez c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .247 Castro, New York, 30; Souza Jr., Tampa Bay, 30;
Jay ph-lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .394 Gordon lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .181
Philadelphia 3, Miami 2 Atlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 5 Almora cf 2 2 1 1 1 0 .282 Escobar ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Trout, Los Angeles, 30; Ramirez, Cleveland, 28;
Washington 16, Colorado 5 L.A. Dodgers 5, San Francisco 1, 10 Montero ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .379 Benintendi, Boston, 27; Dickerson, Tampa Bay, 27;
Moss dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .143 Haniger, Seattle, 27; Lindor, Cleveland, 27; 2 tied at
Szczur ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .182
innings Totals 38 4 11 3 3 14
Bonifacio rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .300 25.
Arizona 6, San Diego 2 Totals 34 4 8 4 3 2
DOUBLES—Moreland, Boston, 12; Dickerson, Tampa
Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Minnesota 000 200 040 — 6 6 0 Bay, 9; Trout, Los Angeles, 8; Haniger, Seattle, 7;
FRIDAY’S RESULTS Bogaerts ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .313 Kansas City 021 000 100 — 4 8 1 Headley, New York, 7; Lindor, Cleveland, 7; Lowrie,
N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 5 Pittsburgh 12, Miami 2 Benintendi lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .325 Oakland, 7; Motter, Seattle, 7; Pillar, Toronto, 7;
Betts rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .307 E—Bonifacio (1). LOB—Minnesota 4, Kansas City
Atlanta 10, Milwaukee 8 St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 5 6. 2B—Sano (6), Mauer (4), Perez (2). HR—Sano CSantana, Cleveland, 7; 6 tied at 6.
Ramirez dh 4 1 2 1 0 1 .250 TRIPLES—Castellanos, Detroit, 3; Miller, Tampa Bay,
Colorado 3, Arizona 1 L.A. Dodgers 5, Philadelphia 3 Moreland 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .296 (6), off Kennedy; Perez (6), off Gibson; Moss (4), off
Boshers. RBIs—Sano 4 (20), Mauer 2 (8), Hosmer 3; Beckham, Tampa Bay, 2; Trout, Los Angeles, 2;
San Francisco 4, San Diego 3 Pedroia 2b 3 1 2 0 1 1 .261 21 tied at 1.
Bradley Jr. cf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .229 (6), Perez 2 (11), Moss (6). DP—Minnesota 1.
TODAY’S GAMES HOME RUNS—Judge, New York, 9; Davis, Oakland,
Vazquez c 4 0 2 1 0 1 .481 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7; Gallo, Texas, 7; Moustakas, Kansas City, 7;
N.Y. Mets (Z. Wheeler, 1-2, 5.40) at Washington (Strasburg, 2-0, 2.89).....10:05 a.m. Hernandez 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .289 Gibson 51⁄3 5 3 3 3 1 8.06
Totals 33 5 13 5 3 10 Springer, Houston, 7; Dickerson, Tampa Bay, 6;
Cincinnati (B. Arroyo, 2-2, 6.86) at St. Louis (Leake, 3-1, 1.32) ..................11:15 a.m. Boshers 2
⁄3 1 1 1 0 0 3.00 Lindor, Cleveland, 6; Ramirez, Cleveland, 6; Trout,
Chicago 101 000 200 — 4 11 0 Pressly 2
⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 8.31 Los Angeles, 6; 10 tied at 5.
Atlanta (J. Garcia, 0-1, 4.24) at Milwaukee (Nelson, 1-1, 4.56).....................4:10 p.m. Breslow, W, 1-0 1
⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2.45
Pittsburgh (Nova, 2-2, 2.00) at Miami (Straily, 1-1, 3.92) .............................4:10 p.m. Boston 500 000 00x — 5 13 2 STOLEN BASES—Dyson, Seattle, 8; Altuve, Houston,
Belisle, H, 4 2
⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 6.52 7; Cain, Kansas City, 6; Ellsbury, New York, 6;
Colorado (T. Anderson, 1-3, 7.11) at Arizona (Greinke, 2-2, 2.93) ................5:10 p.m. E—Pomeranz (1), Moreland (2). LOB—Chicago 10, Rogers, H, 5 1
⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 5.40
Boston 7. 2B—Zobrist (3), Betts (6), Moreland (12). Andrus, Texas, 5; Dozier, Minnesota, 5; Gardner,
San Diego (Chacin, 2-3, 5.90) at San Francisco (M. Cain, 2-0, 2.42) .............6:05 p.m. Kintzler, S, 6-6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
HR—Bryant (3), off Pomeranz; Almora (2), off New York, 5; Mondesi, Kansas City, 5; Trout, Los
Philadelphia (Eflin, 0-0, 1.50) at L.A. Dodgers (McCarthy, 3-0, 2.25) ...........6:10 p.m. Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO ERA Angeles, 5; 5 tied at 4.
Pomeranz; Benintendi (2), off Arrieta. RBIs—Bryant Kennedy 51⁄3 2 2 2 2 6 2.30
(13), Zobrist (9), Almora (8), Benintendi (12), PITCHING—Keuchel, Houston, 4-0; ESantana,
SUNDAY’S GAMES Moylan, H, 2 1
⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 5.59 Minnesota, 4-0; 10 tied at 3-0.
Ramirez (8), Moreland (10), Bradley Jr. (5), Vazquez Strahm, H, 1 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 15.75
Pittsburgh at Miami, 10:10 a.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington, 10:35 a.m. (4). CS—Ramirez (2). DP—Chicago 3, Boston 1. ERA—ESantana, Minnesota, 0.77; Sale, Boston,
Soria, L, 1-1, BS, 2
⁄3 3 4 3 1 1 2.53 1.20; Keuchel, Houston, 1.22; Paxton, Seattle,
Atlanta at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. Cincinnati at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. Chicago IP H R ER BB SO ERA 2-2 1.39; Vargas, Kansas City, 1.40; Bundy, Baltimore,
San Diego at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. Colorado at Arizona, 1:10 p.m. Arrieta, L, 3-1 41⁄3 10 5 5 3 5 4.66 Alexander 11⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 1.74 1.65; Holland, Chicago, 1.99; Gonzalez, Chicago,
Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. Montgomery 12⁄3 2 0 0 0 0 1.88 Boshers pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Inherited 2.00; Carrasco, Cleveland, 2.04; 3 tied at 2.08.
Strop 1 0 0 0 0 2 4.70 runners-scored—Rogers 1-0, Moylan 1-0, Strahm STRIKEOUTS—Sale, Boston, 52; Paxton, Seattle, 39;
MONDAY’S GAMES Edwards 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.00 1-0, Alexander 1-0. T—3:20. A—27,911 (37,903). Kluber, Cleveland, 37; McCullers, Houston, 36;
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m. Boston IP H R ER BB SO ERA Salazar, Cleveland, 36; Carrasco, Cleveland, 34;
Philadelphia at Chi. Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Pomeranz, W, 2-1 6 6 2 2 2 7 4.15 Estrada, Toronto, 33; Severino, New York, 33; 4 tied
Scott, H, 3 1
⁄3 0 1 1 1 1 2.08 at 32.
San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Kelly, H, 1 2
⁄3 2 1 1 0 1 2.13
Hembree, H, 6 1
⁄3 2 0 0 0 0 1.42
Abad, H, 1 2
⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 3.86
INTERLEAGUE Kimbrel, S, 8-9 1 1 0 0 0 3 1.74
Inherited runners-scored—Montgomery 2-0, Kelly
WEDNESDAY’S RESULT 1-1, Abad 2-0. WP—Arrieta 2, Kelly. T—3:28.
Toronto at St. Louis, ppd., rain A—37,054 (37,499).

THURSDAY’S RESULTS
St. Louis 8, Toronto 4, 11 innings St. Louis 6, Toronto 4, 2nd game
FRIDAY’S RESULT
Boston 5, Chi. Cubs 4
TODAY’S GAME
Chi. Cubs (Lackey, 1-3, 4.88) at Boston (S. Wright, 1-2, 8.66).......................1:05 p.m.
SUNDAY’S GAME
Chi. Cubs at Boston, 5:05 p.m.
MONDAY’S GAME
Tampa Bay at Miami, 4:10 p.m.

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

1918 — Center fielder Tris Speaker executed the
fourth unassisted double play of his career in the
Cleveland Indians’ 8-4 loss to the Chicago White
Sox.
1922 — The New York Giants hit four inside-the-
park home runs at Braves Field in Boston. George
Kelly hit two and Ross Youngs and Dave Bancroft hit
the others.
1931 — Wes Ferrell of the Cleveland Indians pitched
a 7-0 no-hitter over the St. Louis Browns, including
his brother Rick. Wes also knocked in four runs with
a homer and a double.
1933 — In a strange play at home plate, catcher
Luke Sewell of the Washington Senators tagged out
two Yankees runners on the same play. Lou Gehrig
had held up, thinking a fly ball would be caught.
Dixie Walker closed up on him, and both were
tagged out trying to score.
1986 — Roger Clemens set a major league record by
striking out 20 batters as the Boston Red Sox
defeated the Seattle Mariners 3-1.
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Best-of-7; x-if necessary
METS 7, NATIONALS 5 PIRATES 12, MARLINS 2 BRAVES 10, BREWERS 8 FIRST ROUND
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Atlanta AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Conforto lf 4 0 1 1 1 3 .298 Harrison 3b 5 1 3 2 0 0 .329 Inciarte cf 5 2 2 3 0 2 .217
Cabrera ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 .256 LeBlanc p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garcia 3b 4 2 2 1 1 0 .222 EASTERN WESTERN
Bruce rf
Walker 2b
5
4
0 1 0 0 2
0 0 0 1 1
.284
.215
Mercer ss
Barbato p
3 2 1 2 1 0
1 0 0 0 0 0
.216
.000
Freeman 1b
Kemp lf
5 1 1 2 0 0
5 0 1 3 0 2
.368
.298 CONFERENCE CONFERENCE
Granderson cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .138 Gosselin ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .150 Markakis rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .291 Golden State 4, Portland 0
Familia p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- McCutchen cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .263 Flowers c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .341 Boston 4, Chicago 2
Edgin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Jaso ph-rf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .111 Teheran pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 Game 1: Chicago 106, Boston 102 Game 1: Golden State 121, Portland 109
Reyes 3b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .156 Polanco lf-cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .225 Ramirez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Game 2: Chicago 111, Boston 97 Game 2: Golden State 110, Portland 81
Rivera 1b 4 3 2 0 1 0 .176 Cervelli c 5 2 2 3 1 2 .211 Bonifacio ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .105 Game 3: Boston 104, Chicago 87 Game 3: Golden State 119, Portland 113
d’Arnaud c 3 2 2 5 1 1 .240 Osuna rf-lf 5 2 4 1 1 0 .333 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Game 4: Golden State 128, Portland 103
deGrom p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .091 Bell 1b 3 1 1 0 2 1 .242 Peterson 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .261 Game 4: Boston 104, Chicago 95
Plawecki ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Ngoepe 2b-ss 3 2 3 1 2 0 .800 Swanson ss 2 2 0 0 2 1 .134 Game 5: Boston 108, Chicago 97 San Antonio 4, Memphis 2
Blevins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Taillon p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .111 Colon p 2 1 0 0 0 1 .000 Game 6: Boston 105, Chicago 83 Game 1: San Antonio 111, Memphis 82
Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Hanson ph-2b-3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .176 Motte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Washington 4, Atlanta 2 Game 2: San Antonio 96, Memphis 82
Lagares cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Totals 41 12 18 12 8 6 Adams ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500
Totals 38 7 12 7 5 9 Collmenter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Game 1: Washington 114, Atlanta 107 Game 3: Memphis 105, San Antonio 94
Miami AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Suzuki ph-c 1 0 1 1 0 0 .207 Game 2: Washington 109, Atlanta 101 Game 4: Mmphis. 110, San Ant. 108 (OT)
Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Realmuto c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .356 Totals 38 10 12 10 4 8 Game 5:San Antonio 116, Memphis 103
Eaton cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .297 McGowan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Game 3: Atlanta 116, Washington 98
Heisey pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Gordon ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Game 4: Atlanta 111, Washington 101 Game 6: San Antonio 103, Memphis 96
T.Turner ss 5 1 2 0 0 2 .352 Prado 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .290 Villar 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .200 Game 5: Washington 103, Atlanta 99 Houston 4, Oklahoma City 1
Harper rf 5 0 1 0 0 3 .405 Rojas 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Thames 1b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .364 Game 6: Washington 105, Atlanta 99 Game 1: Houston 118, Okla. City 87
Zimmerman 1b 4 2 2 3 0 1 .392 Yelich cf 5 1 4 0 0 0 .303 Braun lf 5 1 3 2 0 1 .309 Game 2: Houston 115, Okla. City 111
Murphy 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .347 Stanton rf 4 0 1 1 1 1 .284 Shaw 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .258
Toronto 4, Milwaukee 2
Rendon 3b 3 1 1 0 1 2 .235 Bour 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .178 Perez rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .296 Game 1: Milwaukee 97, Toronto 83 Game 3: Okla. City 115, Houston 113
Werth lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .266 Ozuna lf 1 0 0 0 2 0 .272 Bandy c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .348 Game 2: Toronto 106, Milwaukee 100 Game 4: Houston 113, Okla. City 109
Wieters c 4 1 2 2 0 1 .279 Tazawa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Broxton cf 4 1 1 1 0 3 .175 Game 3: Milwaukee 104, Toronto 77 Game 5: Houston 105, Okla. City 99
Ross pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barraclough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Arcia ss 4 2 2 3 0 1 .243 Utah 3, L.A. Clippers 3
Scherzer p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .091 Ellis c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Anderson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Game 4: Toronto 87, Milwaukee 76
Perez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Dietrich 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .227 Santana ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .182 Game 5: Toronto 118, Milwaukee 93 Game 1: Utah 97, L.A. Clippers 95
Difo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Hechavarria ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .268 Barnes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Game 6: Toronto 92, Milwaukee 89 Game 2: L.A. Clippers 99, Utah 91
J.Turner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Conley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Knebel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Cleveland 4, Indiana 0 Game 3: L.A. Clippers 111, Utah 106
Romero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Urena p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Torres p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Game 4: Utah 105, L.A. Clippers 98
Lind ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Suzuki lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Aguilar ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Game 1: Cleveland 109, Indiana 108
Taylor pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 Totals 37 2 10 2 3 8 Feliz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Game 2: Cleveland 117, Indiana 111 Game 5: Utah 96, L.A. Clippers, 92
Totals 38 5 13 5 1 15 Totals 38 8 13 8 2 11 Game 3: Cleveland 119, Indiana 114 Game 6: L.A. Clippers 98, Utah 93
Pittsburgh 180 101 010 — 12 18 0
New York 020 300 020 — 7 12 0 Miami 001 000 010 — 2 10 0 Atlanta 004 000 312 — 10 12 0 Game 4: Cleveland 106, Indiana 102 Sunday: at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m.
Washington 030 000 020 — 5 13 2 LOB—Pittsburgh 12, Miami 11. 2B—Yelich (1). Milwaukee 040 022 000 — 8 13 1
E—Zimmerman 2 (4). LOB—New York 9, Washing- 3B—Cervelli (1), Ngoepe (1), Hanson (1), Hechavar- E—Arcia (3). LOB—Atlanta 5, Milwaukee 5. CELTICS 105, BULLS 83
ton 7. 2B—Bruce (4), Reyes (3), Rivera (1). HR— ria (1). HR—Mercer (2), off Conley. RBIs—Harrison 2 2B—Inciarte (4), Garcia (2), Kemp (5), Markakis (5), Boston Min FG-A FT-A R A F Pt
d’Arnaud (3), off Scherzer; d’Arnaud (4), off (6), Mercer 2 (8), McCutchen 2 (12), Cervelli 3 (10), Peterson (3), Villar (3), Perez 2 (5), Broxton (4), Crowder 27:53 4-8 1-2 5 1 0 12
Scherzer; Zimmerman (9), off deGrom; Wieters (2), Osuna (2), Ngoepe (1), Hanson (1), Prado (3), Arcia (3). HR—Freeman (8), off Feliz; Arcia (3), off WIZARDS 115, HAWKS 99 Green 27:23 6-13 1-1 2 3 1 16
off deGrom; Zimmerman (10), off Reed. RBIs— Stanton (16). SF—Harrison. DP—Miami 3. Colon; Braun (7), off Colon; Santana (3), off Motte. Washington Min FG-A FT-A R A F Pt Horford 26:57 5-5 1-2 6 7 1 12
Conforto (9), d’Arnaud 5 (15), Plawecki (1), Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO ERA RBIs—Inciarte 3 (11), Garcia (7), Freeman 2 (12), Morris 39:56 7-14 1-3 8 1 2 17 Bradley 30:31 9-12 2-4 5 3 2 23
Zimmerman 3 (24), Wieters 2 (8). SB—Cabrera 2 Taillon, W, 2-0 5 5 1 1 2 4 2.08 Kemp 3 (10), Suzuki (8), Braun 2 (18), Broxton (3), Porter 27:51 3-5 0-0 8 3 4 8 Thomas 25:40 4-11 3-4 5 6 3 12
(3), Reyes (3), Rivera (1). DP—New York 2, Wash- Barbato 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Arcia 3 (9), Santana 2 (7). SB—Swanson (1), Adams Gortat 18:23 1-4 0-0 7 3 4 2 Smart 24:44 2-6 0-0 4 2 1 6
ington 2. LeBlanc 2 5 1 1 0 4 3.38 (1), Perez (2), Bandy (1). DP—Atlanta 2, Milwaukee Beal 34:19 11-17 7-8 3 3 4 31 Rozier 22:20 2-4 3-4 2 2 1 9
New York IP H R ER BB SO ERA Miami IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1. Wall 43:56 16-25 9-10 1 8 1 42 Olynyk 19:04 3-8 0-0 6 0 3 6
deGrom, W, 1-1 7 6 3 3 1 12 2.84 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO ERA Bogdanovic 24:55 3-6 2-2 2 0 0 10 Jerebko 19:02 1-4 0-0 4 4 1 3
Conley, L, 1-2 12⁄3 5 9 9 3 2 6.86
Blevins 2
⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 1.04 Colon 5 10 6 6 2 5 5.59 Oubre 20:57 1-4 2-2 1 1 3 5 Brown 7:28 3-7 0-1 2 0 0 6
Urena 41⁄3 12 2 2 1 1 2.92
Reed 1
⁄3 3 1 1 0 1 3.75 Motte 1 3 2 2 0 0 18.00 Jennings 16:14 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 Zeller 5:09 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0
Tazawa 1 0 0 0 1 1 5.87
Familia, H, 1 1
⁄3 3 0 0 0 1 2.25 Collmenter 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.57 Smith 11:20 0-1 0-0 2 0 3 0 Young 3:49 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0
Barraclough 2
⁄3 1 1 1 2 0 1.69
Edgin, S, 1-1 2
⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2.79 Ramirez, W, 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1.50 Satoransky 0:54 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 240:00 39-80 11-18 43 28 14 105
McGowan 11⁄3 0 0 0 1 2 4.50
Washington IP H R ER BB SO ERA Johnson, S, 4-6 1 0 0 0 0 2 4.66 Ochefu 0:38 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 Percentages: FG .488, FT .611. 3-Point Goals:
Inherited runners-scored—Urena 1-1, McGowan Mac 0:38 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Scherzer, L, 3-2 6 9 5 5 1 7 2.94 2-0. HBP—Conley (Polanco). T—3:31. A—19,690 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO ERA 16-39, .410 (Bradley 3-4, Crowder 3-6, Green 3-8,
Totals 240:00 42-78 21-25 33 21 22 115 Rozier 2-2, Smart 2-3, Horford 1-1, Jerebko 1-3,
Perez 1 1 0 0 1 1 4.50 (36,742). Anderson 6 4 4 4 3 2 2.10
J.Turner 1 2 2 1 2 0 5.14 Barnes 1
⁄3 3 3 3 1 1 2.13 Percentages: FG .538, FT .840. 3-Point Goals: Thomas 1-7, Young 0-1, Brown 0-2, Olynyk 0-2).
Romero 1 0 0 0 1 1 5.40 ROCKIES 3, DIAMONDBACKS 1 Knebel, H, 6 2
⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 1.64 10-24, .417 (Beal 2-3, Morris 2-4, Porter 2-4, Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 9 (13 PTS).
Inherited runners-scored—Reed 1-1, Edgin 3-0. Torres, BS, 2-2 1 3 1 1 0 3 4.20 Bogdanovic 2-5, Oubre 1-2, Wall 1-4, Jennings 0-1, Blocked Shots: 5 (Olynyk 2, Jerebko, Rozier, Smart).
WP—deGrom. T—3:24. A—34,562 (41,418). Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Feliz, L, 0-3 1 2 2 2 0 1 6.52 Smith 0-1). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 16 Turnovers: 9 (Green 2, Jerebko 2, Brown, Crowder,
Blackmon cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .302 Inherited runners-scored—Knebel 1-0. T—3:18. (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Morris 3, Wall 2, Beal, Olynyk, Smart, Thomas). Steals: 7 (Smart 3,
Story ss 4 1 1 1 0 3 .179 A—26,453 (41,900). Bogdanovic). Turnovers: 16 (Wall 7, Beal 3, Gortat Crowder, Jerebko, Rozier, Thomas). Technical Fouls:
CARDINALS 7, REDS 5 Arenado 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .315 2, Bogdanovic, Jennings, Morris, Porter). Steals: 16 Defensive three second, 5:26 first; team, 5:26 first;
Gonzalez rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .225 (Oubre 5, Wall 4, Beal 3, Porter 2, Bogdanovic, Crowder, 7:00 third.
Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Reynolds 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .306 Morris). Technical Fouls: Smith, 00:52 first; Beal, Chicago Min FG-A FT-A R A F Pt
Hamilton cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .211
GIANTS 4, PADRES 3
Parra lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .294 00:52 first. Mirotic 19:55 2-4 0-0 2 1 1 5
Cozart ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .379 Valaika 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .333 San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Atlanta Min FG-A FT-A R A F Pt Lopez 24:15 5-9 0-0 5 0 3 10
Votto 1b 5 1 2 2 0 2 .247 Garneau c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .171 Margot cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Millsap 46:11 13-23 4-4 10 7 5 31 Butler 31:23 9-17 5-5 7 0 1 23
Duvall lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Freeland p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Aybar ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .205 Prince 32:50 2-5 0-0 5 2 2 4 Canaan 25:03 3-5 2-2 0 1 1 9
Suarez 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .333 LeMahieu ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Myers 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .304 Howard 22:31 3-4 3-3 7 1 3 9 Wade 19:12 1-10 0-0 3 3 1 2
Schebler rf 3 2 2 1 1 0 .221 Rusin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Solarte 2b 2 1 0 0 0 0 .289 Hardaway Jr. 40:10 5-18 1-2 3 1 2 13 Portis 29:58 2-7 0-0 11 2 4 5
Mesoraco c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .333 Ottavino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Schimpf 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .132 Schroder 40:10 8-18 7-8 1 10 3 26 Zipser 28:16 3-9 0-0 5 1 2 7
Gennett 2b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .286 Adames ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Spangenberg lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .286 Bazemore 29:46 4-6 0-0 6 3 4 9 Valentine 15:43 1-5 0-0 4 1 1 2
Adleman p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Holland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Hedges c 3 0 1 1 0 1 .188 Calderon 15:40 2-4 0-0 1 2 1 6 Lauvergne 15:03 1-4 6-6 5 2 0 8
Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Totals 32 3 6 3 3 12 Blash rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .059 Muscala 6:30 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 Carter-
Alcantara ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Perdomo p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Ilyasova 5:02 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 1 13:30 3-6 2-4 0 2 1 8
Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Williams
Peralta p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Hand p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Dunleavy 1:11 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Morrow 7:54 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0
Kivlehan ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .300 Pollock cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .316 Sanchez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Totals 240:00 37-78 16-19 35 26 22 99 Grant 5:09 2-3 0-0 1 0 0 4
Iglesias p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Owings ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .325 Buchter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Felicio 4:39 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0
Percentages: FG .474, FT .842. 3-Point Goals:
Totals 35 5 10 5 4 7 Goldschmidt 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .321 Totals 30 3 5 3 1 6 Totals 240:00 32-81 15-17 45 13 16 83
Tomas lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .293 9-32, .281 (Schroder 3-8, Calderon 2-3, Hardaway
St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Drury 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .307 San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Jr. 2-11, Bazemore 1-2, Millsap 1-5, Prince 0-3). Percentages: FG .395, FT .882. 3-Point Goals:
Fowler cf 4 1 2 2 1 1 .236 Peralta rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .326 Panik 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .320 Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 22 (27 PTS). 4-19, .211 (Canaan 1-2, Portis 1-2, Mirotic 1-3,
Diaz ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .227 Iannetta c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Belt lf-1b 3 2 3 0 1 0 .265 Blocked Shots: 4 (Bazemore, Calderon, Millsap, Zipser 1-3, Carter-Williams 0-1, Grant 0-1, Butler
Carpenter 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Descalso 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .128 Pence rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .281 Prince). Turnovers: 22 (Bazemore 7, Millsap 6, 0-2, Wade 0-2, Valentine 0-3). Team Rebounds: 4.
Gyorko 3b 4 2 2 1 0 1 .321 Ray p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .500 Morse 1b 3 0 0 1 0 2 .250 Howard 5, Prince 2, Schroder 2). Steals: 9 (Millsap Team Turnovers: 13 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2
Piscotty rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .235 Delgado p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Law p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 4, Howard 2, Schroder 2, Prince). Technical Fouls: (Lopez, Valentine). Turnovers: 13 (Butler 3, Lopez 3,
Molina c 3 1 1 1 0 0 .284 Herrmann ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .171 Melancon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Bazemore, 00:52 first; Hardaway Jr., 00:52 first. Canaan, Carter-Williams, Felicio, Grant, Lauvergne,
Socolovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Wilhelmsen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Arroyo ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Washington 30 35 24 26 — 115 Portis, Valentine). Steals: 5 (Butler 3, Portis, Wade).
Siegrist p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- McFarland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Gillaspie 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .154 Atlanta 23 23 36 17 — 99 Technical Fouls: Mirotic, 7:00 third.
Oh p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Totals 32 1 6 1 3 6 Hundley c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Boston 30 24 34 17 — 105
Grichuk lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .250 Stubbs cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .083 Att.—18,849 (18,118). T—2:25.
Colorado 101 000 100 — 3 6 1 Officials—Bill Spooner, John Goble, Dan Crawford Chicago 23 18 18 24 — 83
Wong 2b 2 1 1 1 2 0 .258 Samardzija p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lynn p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .111 Arizona 001 000 000 — 1 6 0 Tomlinson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Att.—21,682 (20,917). T—2:12.
Adams ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .242 E—Ottavino (1). LOB—Colorado 6, Arizona 7. Hernandez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Officials—James Williams, Mike Callahan, Bill
Cecil p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 2B—Arenado (8), Gonzalez (5), Garneau (4). Totals 32 4 8 3 1 7 Kennedy
Fryer c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 HR—Story (5), off Ray. RBIs—Blackmon (24), Story
Totals 32 7 11 7 4 4 San Diego 000 030 000 — 3 5 1
(12), Gonzalez (6), Goldschmidt (19). SB—Pollock 2 San Francisco 200 010 01x — 4 8 2
Cincinnati 010 000 040 — 5 10 1 (9), Owings (7). S—Garneau. DP—Colorado 1. CLIPPERS 98, JAZZ 93
St. Louis 003 003 10x — 7 11 0 Colorado IP H R ER BB SO ERA E—Aybar (1), Belt (2), Hundley (1). LOB—San
Diego 3, San Francisco 7. 2B—Spangenberg (1), Belt L.A. Clippers Min FG-A FT-A R A F Pt Utah Min FG-A FT-A R A F Pt
E—Suarez (1). LOB—Cincinnati 8, St. Louis 7. Freeland, W, 3-1 6 6 1 1 2 2 2.93 Mbah a Moute 28:43 5-8 2-4 6 1 4 13 Hayward 42:08 9-20 10-11 7 4 1 31
Rusin, H, 1 2
⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 4.50 (6). HR—Schimpf (6), off Samardzija; Arroyo (2), off
2B—Gennett (4), Piscotty (4), Wong (6). HR— Buchter. RBIs—Schimpf 2 (12), Hedges (14), Morse Jordan 38:20 5-8 3-11 18 1 5 13 Ingles 32:22 0-4 0-0 2 3 5 0
Schebler (8), off Lynn; Votto (8), off Socolovich; Ottavino, H, 10 11⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 1.69 Paul 37:53 10-20 7-8 3 8 4 29 Diaw 14:15 2-2 0-0 2 1 1 5
Holland, S, 10-10 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.64 (2), Arroyo (4), Gillaspie (3). SB—Aybar (3).
Fowler (4), off Adleman; Gyorko (4), off Adleman. SF—Morse. DP—San Francisco 1. Redick 20:31 1-4 1-1 1 1 1 4 Gobert 33:27 5-10 5-10 9 2 3 15
RBIs—Votto 2 (18), Schebler (16), Gennett 2 (12), Arizona IP H R ER BB SO ERA Rivers 34:34 5-10 0-0 4 1 3 13 Hill 31:31 8-13 5-9 5 3 3 22
Ray, L, 2-1 62⁄3 5 3 3 3 9 3.56 San Diego IP H R ER BB SO ERA J.Johnson 33:45 3-9 2-3 3 3 1 9
Fowler 2 (7), Gyorko (8), Molina (8), Grichuk (12), Crawford 29:03 5-12 2-2 1 3 1 12
Delgado 1
⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 7.82 Perdomo 6 6 3 1 0 5 4.96 Hood 24:26 2-10 0-0 3 0 3 4
Wong (9), Adams (5). CS—Piscotty (3). SF—Molina, Pierce 21:43 1-3 0-0 3 1 3 3
Wilhelmsen 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.66 Hand 1 1 0 0 1 2 0.82 Favors 14:33 1-6 0-0 7 2 2 2
Adams. S—Adleman. DP—Cincinnati 1. Felton 19:33 1-4 0-0 3 1 2 2
McFarland 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 Buchter, L, 1-1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3.72 Neto 13:33 2-4 0-0 0 0 1 5
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO ERA Speights 9:40 4-6 0-0 2 0 1 9
Inherited runners-scored—Delgado 1-0. WP— San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO ERA W.Johnson 0:00 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 240:00 32-78 22-33 38 18 20 93
Adleman, L, 0-1 51⁄3 8 6 5 1 3 4.70 Samardzija 7 4 3 2 1 5 6.32
Delgado. T—2:53. A—19,300 (48,633). Totals 240:00 37-75 15-26 41 17 24 98 Percentages: FG .410, FT .667. 3-Point Goals:
Wood 2
⁄3 1 0 0 2 0 5.23 Law, W, 3-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.18
Peralta 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.69 Percentages: FG .493, FT .577. 3-Point Goals: 7-28, .250 (Hayward 3-9, Diaw 1-1, Neto 1-1, Hill
Melancon, S, 5-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.08 9-21, .429 (Rivers 3-7, Paul 2-6, Mbah a Moute 1-2, J.Johnson 1-4, Favors 0-2, Ingles 0-3, Hood
Iglesias 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.46 HBP—Perdomo (Pence), Samardzija 2 (Solarte,So- 1-1, Speights 1-1, Pierce 1-2, Redick 1-2, Crawford 0-6). Team Rebounds: 13. Team Turnovers: 7 (9
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO ERA larte). WP—Perdomo. T—2:26. A—41,436 (41,915). PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Gobert 3, Favors, Hill).
0-1, Felton 0-1). Team Rebounds: 15. Team
Lynn, W, 3-1 6 6 1 1 2 5 2.45 Turnovers: 7 (J.Johnson 3, Hayward 2, Gobert,
Cecil 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.66 Turnovers: 16 (23 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Rivers,
Speights). Turnovers: 16 (Jordan 7, Paul 4, Craw- Hood). Steals: 8 (Favors 2, Gobert 2, Hayward 2,
Socolovich 2
⁄3 3 4 4 1 0 8.71
Siegrist 0 1 0 0 1 0 7.56 NFL DRAFT ford, Felton, Pierce, Redick, Rivers). Steals: 5 (Paul Ingles 2). Technical Fouls: Ingles, 4:47 second.
Oh, S, 6-7 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 4.50
1 2, Crawford, Felton, Mbah a Moute). L.A. Clippers 20 27 31 20 — 98
Siegrist pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Inherited Utah 22 23 25 23 — 93
runners-scored—Wood 2-2, Siegrist 2-2, Oh 2-0. Arizona 3 (71) Dan Feeney, g, Indiana Att.—19,911 (19,911). T—2:40.
T—3:08. A—42,722 (43,975). 1 (13) Haason Reddick, lb, Temple Los Angeles Rams Officials—Tom Washington, James Capers, Monty
2 (36) Chicago Budda Baker, s, Washington 2 (44) Gerald Everett, te, South Alabama McCutchen
DODGERS 5, PHILLIES 3 3 (98) Chad Williams, wr, Grambling State 3 (69) Cooper Kupp, wr, Eastern Washington
Atlanta 3 (91) John Johnson, s, Boston College
Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 1 (26) Takkarist McKinley, de, UCLA Miami
C.Hernandez 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .318 3 (75) Duke Riley, lb, LSU 1 (22) Charles Harris, de, Missouri
Galvis ss 4 1 2 2 0 0 .269 Baltimore 2 (54) Raekwon McMillan, lb, Ohio State
Herrera cf
Franco 3b
4
3
0 1 0 0 1
0 0 1 0 0
.256
.213
1 (16) Marlon Humphrey, db, Alabama
2 (47) Tyus Bowser, lb, Houston
3 (97) Cordrea Tankersley, cb, Clemson
Minnesota NHL PLAYOFFS
Saunders rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .261 3 (74) Chris Wormley, de, Michigan 2 (41) CincinnatiDalvin Cook, rb, Florida State
Gomez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 3 (78) Tim Williams, lb, Alabama 3 (70) Pat Elflein, c, Ohio State
Altherr lf-rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .317 Buffalo New England Best of seven; x-if necessary
Joseph 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .190 1 (27) Tre’Davious White, db, LSU 3 (83) Derek Rivers, de, Youngstown State SECOND ROUND
Rupp c 3 0 1 0 1 1 .180 2 (37) Zay Jones, wr, East Carolina 3 (85) Antonio Garcia, ot, Troy
Eickhoff p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .111 2 (63) Dion Dawkins, g, Temple New Orleans
Garcia p
Kelly ph
0
1
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1
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.000
Carolina 1 (11) Marshon Lattimore, db, Ohio State EASTERN WESTERN
1 (8) Christian McCaffrey, rb, Stanford 1 (32) Ryan Ramczyk, ot, Wisconsin
Leiter Jr. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 2 (40) Curtis Samuel, rb, Ohio State 2 (42) Marcus Williams, s, Utah CONFERENCE CONFERENCE
Nava lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346 2 (64) Carolina (from New England) 3 (67) Alvin Kamara, rb, Tennessee
Totals 33 3 7 3 1 12 Washington vs. Pittsburgh Anaheim vs. Edmonton
3 (77) Daeshon Hall, de, Texas A&M 3 (76) Alex Anzalone, lb, Florida
Chicago 3 (103) Trey Hendrickson, lb, FAU Penguins lead series 1-0 Oilers lead series 2-0
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Toles cf 5 2 2 0 0 1 .222 1 (2) Mitchell Trubisky, qb, North Carolina New York Giants Game 1: Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2 Game 1: Edmonton 5, Anaheim 3
Seager ss 2 2 0 0 2 0 .310 2 (45) Adam Shaheen, te, Ashland 1 (23) Evan Engram, te, Mississippi Today: at Washington, 5 p.m. Game 2: Edmonton 2, Anaheim 1
Turner 3b 4 0 3 2 0 0 .381 4 (117) Chicago (from Buffalo) 2 (55) Dalvin Tomlinson, dt, Alabama Monday: at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Sunday: at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Gonzalez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Cincinnati 3 (87) Davis Webb, qb, California
1 (9) John Ross, wr, Washington New York Jets Wednesday: at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday: at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Grandal c 3 0 0 1 0 1 .206
Utley 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .105 2 (48) Joe Mixon, rb, Oklahoma 1 (6) Jamal Adams, db, LSU x-May 6: at Washington, TBA x-May 5: at Anaheim, TBA
Bellinger lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .231 3 (73) Jordan Willis, lb, Kansas State 2 (39) Marcus Maye, s, Florida x-May 8: at Pittsburgh, TBA x-May 7: at Edmonton, TBA
K.Hernandez rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .238 Cleveland 3 (79) ArDarius Stewart, wr, Alabama x-May 10: at Washington, TBA x-May 10: at Anaheim, TBA
Maeda p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 (1) Myles Garrett, de, Texas A&M Oakland
Fields p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 1 (25) Jabrill Peppers, lb, Michigan 1 (24) Gareon Conley, cb, Ohio State Ottawa vs. N.Y. Rangers St. Louis vs. Nashville
Avilan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 (29) David Njoku, te, Miami 2 (56) Obi Melifonwu, s, UConn Senators lead series 1-0 Series tied 1-1
Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .368 2 (52) DeShone Kizer, qb, Notre Dame 3 (88) Eddie Vanderdoes, dt, UCLA Game 1: Ottawa 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Game 1: Nashville 4, St. Louis 3
Jansen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 3 (65) Larry Ogunjobi, dt, Charlotte Philadelphia
Dallas 1 (14) Derek Barnett, de, Tennessee Today: at Ottawa, noon Game 2: St. Louis 3, Nashville 2
Totals 33 5 10 4 3 5
1 (28) Taco Charlton, de, Michigan 2 (43) Sidney Jones, cb, Washington Tuesday: at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Sunday: at Nashville, noon
Philadelphia 002 000 010 — 3 7 1 2 (60) Chidobe Awuzie, cb, Colorado 3 (99) Rasul Douglas, cb, West Virginia Thursday: at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday: at Nashville, 6:30 p.m.
Los Angeles 001 112 00x — 5 10 0 3 (92) Jourdan Lewis, cb, Michigan Pittsburgh x-May 6: at Ottawa, TBA x-May 5: at St. Louis, TBA
E—Galvis (1). LOB—Philadelphia 5, Los Angeles 8. Denver 1 (30) T.J. Watt, lb, Wisconsin x-May 7: at Nashville, TBA
2B—Galvis (4), Rupp (5), Turner (10), K.Hernandez 1 (20) Garett Bolles, ot, Utah 2 (62) JuJu Smith-Schuster, wr, Southern Cal x-May 9: at N.Y. Rangers, TBA
(5). RBIs—Galvis 2 (12), Franco (21), Turner 2 (10), 2 (51) DeMarcus Walker, de, Florida State 3 (94) Cameron Sutton, cb, Tennesee x-May 11: at Ottawa, TBA x-May 9: at St. Louis, TBA
Grandal (7), K.Hernandez (7). SF—Franco, Grandal. 3 (82) Carlos Henderson, wr, Louisiana Tech 3 (105) James Conner, rb, Pittsburgh
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO ERA 3 (101) Brendan Langley, cb, Lamar San Francisco
Eickhoff, L, 0-2 52⁄3 9 5 5 3 3 3.56 Detroit 1 (3) Solomon Thomas, de, Stanford BLUES 3, PREDATORS 2
Garcia 1
⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 (21) Jarrad Davis, lb, Florida 1 (31) Reuben Foster, lb, UCLA Nashville 1 0 1 — 2
Leiter Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 (53) Jalen Tabor, cb, Florida 3 (66) Ahkello Witherspoon, cb, Colorado St. Louis 1 0 2 — 3 OILERS 2, DUCKS 1
Gomez 1 0 0 0 0 2 8.59 3 (96) Kenny Golladay, wr, Northern Illinois 3 (104) C.J. Beathard, qb, Iowa
Green Bay Seattle First Period—1, Nashville, Neal 1 (Ellis, Sissons), Edmonton 1 1 0 — 2
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7:49. 2, St. Louis, Tarasenko 2 (Steen, Pietrangelo), Anaheim 0 1 0 — 1
Maeda, W, 2-2 7 5 2 2 1 8 6.58 2 (33) Kenny King, db, Washington 2 (35) Malik McDowell, dt, Michigan State
2 (61) Josh Jones, s, NC State 2 (58) Ethan Pocic, c, LSU 19:40 (pp). Penalties—Johansen, NSH, (high First Period—1, Edmonton, Sekera 1, 1:05.
Fields, H, 2 2
⁄3 2 1 1 0 0 1.29 sticking), 8:42; Fiddler, NSH, served by Salomaki,
Avilan, H, 5 1
⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 2.45 3 (93) Montravius Adams, dt, Auburn 3 (90) Shaquill Griffin, db, UCF Penalties—Manson, ANA, (holding), 6:18; Letestu,
Houston 3 (95) Delano Hill, s, Michigan Major (kneeing), 18:28; Fiddler, NSH, Misconduct EDM, (interference), 17:11.
Jansen, S, 6-6 1 0 0 0 0 3 1.93 (misconduct), 18:28.
Inherited runners-scored—Garcia 2-2, Avilan 1-0. 1 (12) Deshaun Watson, qb, Clemson 3 (102) Nazir Jones, dt, North Carolina Second Period—2, Edmonton, Maroon 2 (Eberle,
2 (57) Zach Cunningham, lb, Vanderbilt 3 (106) Amara Darboh, wr, Michigan Second Period—None. Penalties—Johansen, NSH, Nugent-hopkins), 3:41 (pp). 3, Anaheim, Silfverberg
WP—Eickhoff 2, Fields. PB—Grandal (3). T—3:02. (tripping), 9:14.
A—46,729 (56,000). 3 (89) D’Onta Foreman, rb, Texas Tampa Bay 4 (Kesler, Fowler), 15:34 (pp). Penalties—Holzer,
Indianapolis 1 (19) O.J. Howard, te, Alabama Third Period—3, Nashville, Ellis 2, 3:07. 4, St. ANA, (holding), 1:58; Kassian, EDM, (holding),
1 (15) Malik Hooker, s, Ohio State 2 (50) Justin Evans, s, Texas A&M Louis, Lehtera 1 (Berglund, Parayko), 7:39. 5, St. 12:42; Nurse, EDM, (high sticking), 15:14; Theo-
2 (46) Quincy Wilson, cb, Florida 3 (84) Chris Godwin, wr, Penn State Louis, Tarasenko 3 (Edmundson, Schwartz), 16:09. dore, ANA, (high sticking), 17:50.
3 (80) Tarell Basham, de, Ohio 3 (107) Kendell Beckwith, lb, LSU Penalties—Forsberg, NSH, (unsportsmanlike Third Period—None. Penalties—Russell, EDM,
Jacksonville Tennessee conduct), 5:31; Berglund, STL, (interference), (holding stick), 6:18; Montour, ANA, (interference),
1 (4) Leonard Fournette, rb, LSU 1 (5) Corey Davis, wr, Western Michigan 13:55; Ellis, NSH, (unsportsmanlike conduct), 14:45.
2 (34) Cam Robinson, ot, Alabama 1 (18) Adoree’ Jackson, db, Southern Cal 13:55. Shots on Goal—Edmonton 3-9-11—23. Anaheim
3 (68) Dawuane Smoot, de, Illinois 3 (72) Taywan Taylor, wr, Western Kentucky Shots on Goal—Nashville 3-6-15—24. St. Louis 12-12-16—40.
Kansas City 3 (100) Jonnu Smith, te, FIU 6-8-6—20. Power-play opportunities—Edmonton 1 of 4;
1 (10) Patrick Mahomes, qb, Texas Tech Washington Power-play opportunities—Nashville 0 of 0; St. Anaheim 1 of 4.
2 (59) Tanoh Kpassagnon, de, Villanova 1 (17) Jonathan Allen, de, Alabama Louis 1 of 5. Goalies—Edmonton, Talbot 6-2 (40 shots-39
3 (86) Kareem Hunt, rb, Toledo 2 (49) Ryan Anderson, lb, Alabama Goalies—Nashville, Rinne 5-1 (20 shots-17 saves). saves). Anaheim, Gibson 3-2 (23-21).
Los Angeles Chargers 3 (81) Fabian Noreau, cb, UCLA St. Louis, Allen 5-2 (24-22). A—17,174 (17,174). T—2:37.
1 (7) Mike Williams, wr, Clemson A—19,506 (19,150). T—2:31. Referees—Steve Referees—Francis Charron, Wes McCauley.
2 (38) Forrest Lamp, g, Western Kentucky Kozari, Kelly Sutherland. Linesmen—Matt Mac- Linesmen—Steve Barton, Jonny Murray.
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Family donates $1M

to Valley Children’s
for chair, residency
Valley Childlren's Healthcare
is being given $1 million from a
Fresno family to create an en-
dowed chair for pediatrics and
to create a pediatric residency
program.
The hospital has also been
honored with one of four grants
being given by the American
Academy of Pediatrics for ad-
vocacy training.
The $1 million gift is from the
Richard Berberian Family of
Fresno, and it establishes the
Richard and John Berberian
chief of pediatrics endowed
chair and the pediatric resi-
dency program endowment.
The endowed chair will lead
Valley Children’s medical edu-
cation program. The gift will
also fund Valley Children’s
residency program; 13 residents
will begin in June.
The training grant given by
the Academy of Pediatrics rec-
ognizes Valley Children’s com-
mitment to advocate for under-
served children in the Central
Valley.
— THE FRESNO BEE
Fresno-based banking firm estimated total assets of about
$1.7 billion, officials said.
This marks CVCB’s second
to acquire Folsom Lake Bank recent acquisition of a Folsom
banking firm. In October, CVCB
finalized its acquisition of Fol-
som-based Sierra Vista Bank.
The transaction is subject to Lake Bank share. CVCB will Sierra’s branches in Folsom,
BY MARK GLOVER standard closing conditions, assume the stock option plan Cameron Park and Fair Oaks
mglover@sacbee.com including regulatory approvals and outstanding stock options became Central Valley Commu-
and approval by Folsom Lake of Folsom Lake Bank. nity Bank branches.
Fresno-based Central Valley Bank shareholders. CVCB antic- Officials said the deal’s value There are 22 Central Valley
Community Bancorp an- ipates finalizing the deal in this will fluctuate with changes in Community Bank offices
nounced that it will acquire year’s fourth quarter. CVCB’s stock price through the throughout the greater Sacra-
Folsom Lake Bank under a Under terms of the agree- actual closing date. mento region and San Joaquin
merger deal signed by both ment, CVCB will acquire the CVCB said Robert Flautt, Valley.
parties. local banking company in a president and CEO of Folsom
Folsom Lake Bank, founded stock merger in which Folsom Lake Bank, will join Central Mark Glover: 916-321-1184,
in 2007, operates three full- Lake Bank shareholders will be Valley Community Bank @markhglover
service branches in Folsom, entitled to receive 0.80 shares through the transition period.
Rancho Cordova and Roseville. of CVCB stock for each Folsom The combined banks have
Farming’s
future could
be filled with
robot pickers
BY NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
Associated Press

Apple ceases its SPOKANE, WASH.

iPhone payments
to Qualcomm
Apple is refusing to pay any
royalties owed to mobile chip
maker Qualcomm for some of
the features in the iPhone, esca-
lating a patent feud that has
turned the former business
partners into bitter adversaries.
The latest twist in the dispute
represents a major blow for
Qualcomm, which depends on
licensing fees for a large portion
Harvesting Washington
state’s vast fruit orchards each
year requires thousands of
farmworkers, and many of them
work illegally in the United
States.
That system eventually could
change dramatically as at least
two companies are rushing to
get robotic fruit-picking ma-
MATT ROURKE Associated Press chines to market.
A view of the Comcast Innovation and Technology Center under construction, middle, and the Comcast The robotic pickers don’t get
Center, center right, in Philadelphia last month. tired and can work 24 hours a
day.
“Human pickers are getting

of its revenue.
Apple’s decision to withhold
royalties will cost Qualcomm up
to $500 million in the current
quarter alone, based on revised
revenue estimates that Qual-
comm released Friday.
Economy grows
3 percent or better growth, not
the kind of news it was looking
for to cap its first 100 days in
office,” Guatieri said in a note
at weakest pace to clients.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur
Ross, one of the administra-
scarce,” said Gad Kober, a co-
founder of Israel-based FFRo-
botics. “Young people do not
want to work in farms, and
elderly pickers are slowly retir-
ing.”
FFRobotics and Abundant

in three years
— ASSOCIATED PRESS tion’s top economic policymak- Robotics of Hayward are racing
ers, said that the weak first to get their mechanical pickers
quarter performance showed to market within the next cou-
Court upholds the need for the new policies
Trump is offering.
ple of years.
Harvest has been mechanized
decision to block “We need the president’s tax for large portions of the agricul-
bid for Cigna BY MARTIN CRUTSINGER
of the year appear solid. Growth
is expected to be fueled by a
plan, regulatory relief, trade
negotiations and the unleashing
ture industry such as wheat,
corn, green beans and tomatoes
A federal appeals court on Associated Press revival in consumer spending, of (the) American energy sector for some time. But for more
Friday left in place a decision supported by continued strong to overcome the dismal econo- fragile commodities like apples,

blocking Blue Cross-Blue Shield
insurer Anthem’s bid to buy
rival Cigna, saying that a bigger
company is not better for con-
sumers.
The 2-1 decision upholds a
federal judge’s ruling in Febru-
ary that said the proposed
$48 billion acquisition would
further reduce competition in
the already concentrated health
insurance market.
Anthem argued the combina-
tion would save $2.4 billion in
medical costs and lead to lower
premiums. But the Justice De-
partment said Anthem had no
real plan to reach those savings.
— ASSOCIATED PRESS
Local banks traded
OTC: April 28
Central San Joaquin Valley
bank stocks traded over the
counter.
Company Last Chng
Communities First 14.05 +.30
CVB Financial Corp. 21.53 +.26
Suncrest Bank 9.95
T
WASHINGTON
he U.S. economy turned
in the weakest perform-
ance in three years in
the January-March
quarter as consumers sharply
slowed their spending.
The result fell far short of
President Donald Trump’s am-
bitious growth targets and un-
derscores the challenges of
accelerating economic expan-
sion.
The gross domestic product,
the total output of goods and
services, grew by just 0.7 per-
cent in the first quarter follow-
ing a gain of 2.1 percent in the
fourth quarter, the Commerce
Department reported Friday.
The slowdown primarily re-
flected slower consumer spend-
ing, which grew at a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of 0.3
percent after a growth rate of
3.5 percent in the fourth quar-
ter. It was the poorest quarterly
showing in more than seven
years.
Despite the anemic first-
n/c quarter performance, the U.S.
economy’s prospects for the rest
job growth, accelerating wage
gains and record stock levels.
Weakness in the first quarter
followed by a stronger expan-
sion in the spring has become a
pattern in recent years. The
government’s difficulty with
seasonal adjustments for the
first quarter has been a chronic
problem and may have shaved
as much as 1 percentage point
off growth this year.
The sharp slowdown in con-
sumer spending in the first
quarter was attributed to a col-
lection of temporary factors:
warmer weather, which shrank
spending on heating bills, a
drop-off in auto sales after a
strong fourth quarter and a
delay in sending out tax refund
checks, which also dampened
spending.
Sal Guatieri, senior economist
at BMO Capital Markets, said
he expected consumer and
government spending to bounce
back, leading to a much stron-
ger second quarter.
“Still, the report will mark a
rough start to the administra-
tion’s high hopes of achieving
my inherited by the Trump
administration,” Ross said in a
statement.
He said that strong business
and consumer sentiment “must
be released from the regulatory
and tax shackles constraining
economic growth.”
Averaging the two quarters,
they forecast growth of around
2 percent for the first half of this
year. That would be in line with
the mediocre performance of
the eight-year economic expan-
sion, when growth has averaged
just 2.1 percent, the poorest
showing for any recovery in the
post-World War II period.
Trump had repeatedly at-
tacked the weak GDP rates
during the campaign as an ex-
ample of the Obama adminis-
tration’s failed economic pol-
icies. He said his program of tax
cuts for individuals and busi-
nesses, deregulation and tough-
er enforcement of trade agree-
ments would double growth to 4
percent or better.
berries, table grapes and lettuce
– where the crop’s appearance is
especially important – harvest is
still done by hand.
Members of Washington’s
$7.5 billion annual agriculture
industry have long grappled
with labor shortages, and de-
pend on workers coming up
from Mexico each year to har-
vest many crops.
But President Donald
Trump’s hard line against im-
migrants in the U.S. illegally has
many farmers in the country
looking for alternative harvest
methods. Some have purchased
new equipment to try to reduce
the number of workers they'll
need, while others have lobbied
politicians to get them to deal
with immigration in a way that
minimizes harm to their live-
lihoods.
“Who knows what this ad-
ministration will do or not do?”
said Jim McFerson, head of the
Washington State Tree Fruit
Research Center in Wenatchee.
For farmers, “it’s a question of
survival.”

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“What Remains of Edith Finch” asks players to explore an increasingly creepy house. As Edith enters her deceased relatives’ rooms, a short vignette reveals how that person died.
BY RORY APPLETON
rappleton@fresnobee.com
T best game of the year?
his week, a fancy
magazine – I
won’t name
names, but it’s
the opposite of The Pacific
– published an article
saying that video games
are better without stories.
Books, TV shows and
films tell better tales, so
why does the medium
even try?
This hot garbage take is
made worse by the fact
the article was written in
reference to “What
Remains of Edith Finch,”
an independent game
released Tuesday.
The piece is laughable
Details on the life of Captain America are first on the
tour.
PHOTOS FROM OUR READERS
VIDEO GAMES
It’s a video game about
death. So why is it the
because it answers its own
question in the first few
paragraphs. “Edith Finch”
is precisely why video
games tell stories. The
player’s quick, macabre
journey into six gener-
ations of a cursed family
is made all the more pow-
erful by the interactivity
only possible through
video games.
“Edith Finch” is the
gaming equivalent of
Edgar Allen Poe’s “The
THE FRESNO BEE Rick Bentley
KIMBERLY SALAZAR Special to The Bee
Raven.” Some would call
it too short, but it’s exactly
as long as it needed to be.
It’s dark but not gory. It
invokes fear without jump
scares – a gothic master-
piece that surpasses
“Don’t Starve” and
“Limbo.”
I had a feeling about
“Edith Finch.” It was odd
– something that happens
maybe once or twice a
year during my 30+
reviews. I looked at a
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Interactive exhibit puts fans to the
test on comic book superheroes
BY RICK BENTLEY
rbentley@fresnobee.com
LAS VEGAS
If you’ve just seen
“Guardians of the Galaxy
Vol. 2” and want more of
the Marvel Comics experi-
ence, then head to
Treasure Island Hotel &
Casino in Las Vegas.
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press release and a trailer,
and I just knew it was
going to be something
special. It seemed unique
but somehow familiar,
bringing in elements from
narrative-heavy games
like “Gone Home” and
“Life is Strange” to tell a
fantastically dark tale.
Players assume the role
of Edith Finch, a teenager
returning to her ancestral
home as the last surviving
member of – basically the
One of the newest at-
tractions at the hotel is
“Avengers S.T.A-
.T.I.O.N.,” an interactive
exhibit that puts visitors
face to face with some of
the biggest heroes in the
Marvel universe. The
massive exhibit offers a
look at the history, sci-
ence, engineering, genet-
ics, technology and pro-
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worst family to ever live.
As she enters her de-
ceased relatives’ rooms, a
short vignette tells the
story of that person’s final
days.
Yes, “What Remains of
Edith Finch” is entirely
about death. That can be
tough to stomach, partic-
ularly the demise of Ed-
ith’s 1-year-old uncle.
Despite the subject mat-
ter, this system creates a
game that lives and
files of Captain America,
Hulk, Thor, Iron Man and
other heroes.
If you want a little guid-
ance, there is a handheld
device that provides new
tests in each area. Don’t
worry if you aren’t a Mar-
vel True Believer, the
answers are in the exhibit.
Not to brag, but I ended
up with a perfect score for
7B
Giant Sparrow
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What Remains
of Edith Finch
Video game review
EEEE
A Rated teen for blood,
violence and a drug
reference
A Developer: Giant Sparrow
A Publisher: Annapurna
Interactive
A Out now for the
PlayStation 4, PC and Mac
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breathes unlike any other.
Because each vignette is
so different than the
others, you feel as if you
are playing a dozen differ-
ent games blended into
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the trivia tests, which
makes me an agent of
S.H.I.E.L.D. in good
standing.
Prefer to go it on your
own? Then after a briefing
by agent Maria Hill (Cobie
Smulders), visitors can
make their way through
the winding rooms of
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MY PET WORLD
Managing your
high-energy dog
BY CATHY ROSENTHAL
Tribune Content Agency
Q: We have a 3-year-old
Q:
Chiweenie (Chihuahua/
Dachshund mix). As a
puppy, she was abused
and kept in a small cage.
We brought her home at 8
months old. When we put
her down on the floor, she
took off running around
the house and was so
excited she ran until she
collapsed. We are still
having trouble keeping
her from bolting out of
the yard every time the
gate opens and are afraid
she will get hit or hurt.
What can we do to get her
to stop? We have other
dogs, but they don’t try to
leave the yard; only Mollie
does this.
A: Mollie’s confinement
A:
as a puppy might have
contributed to her initial
need to run around your
house, but I don’t think
her current energy levels
are related to her confined
puppyhood. My guess is
her previous owners had a
hard time managing her
energy, too, and may have
kept her confined because
of it. It’s not uncommon
for pet owners to give up
on high-energy dogs.
These dogs need people,
like you, who are willing
to find gentle ways to
manage their enthusiastic
personalities.
Here are a few things
that might help.
First, high-energy dogs
Here is a list of local shelters
and animal adoption agencies
that serve the area. All numbers
are in the 559 area code unless
otherwise noted.
Animal Compassion Team,
animalcompassionteam.com,
559-299-6364
Animal Rescue of Fresno,
4545 E. Dakota Ave., 559-225-
5715, www.arf-fresno.com.
Bandit’s Buddies Rescue,
559-349-8168, banditsbuddies-
rescue@gmail.com; Facebook at
BanditsBuddiesRescue.
Basset Rescue of Central
California, 3443 N. Parkway
Drive, Box 31, 800-273-2513
(push code 03), bassetcentra-
l.org.
The Cat House on the Kings,
7120 S. Kings River Road, Parlier,
559-638-8696, cathouseonthe-
kings.com.
Central California Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, 103 S. Hughes Ave.;
serves Fresno County. To report
dead, injured or lost-and-found
animals, call 559-233-7722. For
info on educational events, call
559-233-0115. For info on shots,
call 559-237-1125.
Central Valley Coalition for
Animals, 619 Woodworth Ave.,
Clovis, 559-297-9245, valleyani-
malcoalition.org.
Deerbrook Guinea Pig and
Rabbit Haven, P.O. Box 176, Fish
Camp, CA 93623, 559-692-2869,
deerbrookhaven.org.
Dobie Heaven, P.O. Box 745,
Clovis, CA 93613, 559-298-1821,
dogworks.org.
PETS FOR ADOPTION
Darling Trudy’s future changed when she was seen
being thrown out of a car near Parlier. She is available
through the Cat House on the Kings Adoption Center at
Petco, 4144 N. Blackstone in Fresno, open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
daily (6 p.m. Wednesdays). Call 559-222-0228 for more
information.
need a lot of exercise.
Backyard time does not
count. In a multi-dog
home, dogs might play
with each other — but
they often don’t expend
enough of their reserves.
You can learn to play
games with Mollie, like
fetch, or take her to the
dog park. The simplest
thing, however, almost
any pet owner can do for
their dog is take them for
a walk twice a day for at
least 20 minutes each
time.
Second, begin shaping
calming behaviors by
rewarding your dog for
standing still, sitting and
laying down. Use a train-
ing clicker (available at
pet stores) to “click” and
mark the behavior as soon
as it happens, then give
your dog a treat. Mollie
may get a little excited at
first and break her calm
behavior when you click,
but eventually, she will
learn the “click” means a
reward is coming for the
calm behavior. Once Mol-
lie understands, you can
pair words like “calm
down” with the behavior
so you can control when
the behaviors occur.
Finally, begin training
“wait,” which is also a
calming behavior. Put
food on the floor in front
of Mollie and ask her to
“wait” or “leave it.” Hold
a treat in your hand,
which will make her sit
still in anticipation. When
she “sits” and “waits,”
click and give her the treat
from your hand. Then
pick up the food from the
floor. (Never let her eat
food off the floor.)
“Wait” training with
food can shape other
behaviors, like waiting at
PET AGENCIES
Eastern Madera County
SPCA, Cat’s Meow, P.O. Box 1314,
Oakhurst, CA 93644, 559-683-
1266, emcspca.org.
Feral Paws Rescue Group,
Cat Adoption Center, 5887 W.
McKinley, Fresno, CA 93722.
559-412-7226. fprg.org
For The Sake Of Dogs – A
No Kill Pet Rescue, P.O. Box
17016 Fresno, CA 93744 559-275-
3769 forthesakeofdogs.web-
s.com.
Fresno Bully Rescue, 8547 W.
Herndon Ave., Fresno, CA 93723,
559-276-7611, fresnobullyrescue-
.org.
Fresno Humane Animal
Services, 760 W. Nielsen Ave.,
Fresno, CA 93706, 559-600-
PETS (dog adoption fee, $100)
www.fresnohumane.org.
German Shepherd Rescue,
866-728-3473, gsrnc.org.
Greyhound Adoption Cen-
ter, 877-478-8364, hound-
savers.org.
Greyt Retired Racers Inc.,
866-304-2171, GreySave, greysa-
ve.org.
Homeward Bound Golden
Retriever Rescue, deb-
bie@homewardboundgol-
dens.org
H.O.P.E. Animal Foundation
Spay/Neuter and Vaccine
Clinic, 5490 W. Spruce Ave.,
559-271-0209, hopeaf.com.
Kings SPCA, 9071 16 1/2
Avenue, Lemoore, CA 559-925-
1630.
Kings Canyon Veterinary
Foundation, 4696 E. Kings
Canyon Road, Fresno, CA 93702,
a door or gate. Put a leash
on Mollie and ask her to
sit as you open a door or
gate. If she breaks the sit
command, close the door/
gate. Repeat this training
until you can open a door,
walk through it, and she
remains sitting on the
original side.
If you are committed,
you can re-shape her be-
havior over time. Until
then, supervise her out-
side and make sure she
has an ID tag and micro-
chip.
Q: Here is another sug-
Q:
gestion for Wendy Rut-
land in Pensacola, Fla., for
handling a cat pooping in
her yard. She might try
putting some coffee
grounds or some other
scented substance in the
garden areas. We have
feral cats in our neigh-
borhood that like to poop
in our mulch, and these
scents seem to distract
them.
A: While Wendy’s
A:
problem was a cat pooping
in her yard, your suggesti-
ons for keeping cats out of
garden beds are very
good. One scent that cats
don’t like is citrus, so
some people will put
orange or lemon peels in
their garden beds.
You also can install
motion-detector sprin-
klers, spread pinecones
over the mulch or push
popsicle sticks into the soil
roughly two to three inch-
es apart, so they stick out
an inch or two above
ground. These humane
solutions create undesir-
able areas for outdoor cats
to walk in and relieve
themselves.
Cathy M. Rosenthal is a
longtime animal advocate,
author, columnist and pet
expert. Send your pet
questions, stories and tips
to cathy@petpundit.com.
Please include your name,
city, and state. You can
follow her
@cathymrosenthal.
559-251-8482, KCVF.org
Labrador Retriever Rescue
of Fresno, cclabrescuecvc.org.
Madera County Animal
Shelter, 14269 Road 28, Madera,
559-675-7891.
Miss Winkles Pet Adoption
Center, Clovis, 85 Temperance
Ave., Clovis 559-324-2465.
misswinklesclovispetadoptio-
n.org
NorCal Collie Rescue, calcol-
lierescue.org, 650-851-9227.
PROUD, 13570 S. Academy
St., Kingsburg, 559-897-7478,
prouddogs.org.
Second Chance Animal
Shelter, 2831 W. Front Street,
Selma, CA, 93662. 559-896-
SCAS, email SCAS.Sel-
ma@gmail.com. 2ndChanceAni-
malShelter.org
Sierra Cares Animal Ad-
vocates, P.O. Box 488, Oakhurst,
CA 93644, 559-683-1214, sierra-
cares.org.
Tulare County Animal Shel-
ter, 14131 Avenue 256, Visalia,
559-636-3647, lostpets.tularehh-
sa.org.
Valley Animal Center, 3934
N. Hayston Ave., 559-233-8690,
valleyanimal.org.
Valley Animal Haven, 990 E.
D. St., Lemoore. 559-997-3601.
www.valleyanimalhaven.org
Valley Animal Haven &
Adoption Center, 990 E D St,
Lemoore, CA 93245 559-997-
3601. www.valleyanimal-
haven.org/
Valley Oak SPCA, 29016
Highway 99, Visalia, 559-651-
1111, vospca.org.
Photos Special to The Bee
Macy is a 2-year old, female, tan and
white, terrier blend available at 10
a.m. Sunday through the CCSPCA,
103 S. Hughes Ave., Fresno, open 10
a.m.-5 p.m. daily (6 p.m.
Wednesdays). For more information,
call 559-233-7722, ext. 119 or email
adoptions@ccspca.com.
Players assume the roles of various Finch family members as Edith explores the home.
FROM PAGE 7B
VIDEO GAMES
one.
Developer Giant Spar-
row experiments with
these tiny tales to great
effect.
One of my favorites
tells the story of Edith’s
scream queen great-aunt
through a cheesy horror
comic book clearly pat-
terned after “Tales from
the Crypt.” The theme
from John Carpenter’s
“Halloween” plays at
exactly the right moment
– cementing a time stamp
on the vignette perfectly.
The longest and most
powerful tells the story of
Edith’s older brother,
whose mundane job at a
fish cannery causes him to
spiral into madness. The
player’s right hand con-
trols his actual work,
while the left hand navi-
gates his imagination.
This scheme creates the
video game equivalent of
patting your head and
rubbing your belly at the
same time, as my brain
had to juggle two separate
motions on the same con-
troller.
Remarkable storytelling
and innovative control/
perspective changes like
this are the hallmarks of
“Edith Finch.” Not every
experiment works. The
hungry little girl was a bit
much. But I loved the
willingness to try all kinds
of gameplay and storytell-
ing techniques within one
five-hour game.
A fantastic musical
score enhances the power
of each tale and the over-
all story. Every choice was
perfect.
A lot of the reviews I
read after finishing “Ed-
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MARVEL
displays that feature props
and tests of knowledge
and strength. Trainees
also face tests, which
includes an opportunity to
fight Ultron.
More than 80 percent of
the items in the exhibit
are actual movie props,
such as one of the shields
used by Captain America.
There are also actual cos-
tumes worn by Falcon,
Black Widow, Agent Coul-
son, Captain America,
Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch
and Ant-Man. A herd of
ants travel with visitors as
Josie will make someone a lovable
little companion. She is just as sweet
as she can be! A good fence is a must
because she is smart enough to
figure out how to climb chain link.
She is available through Animal
Compassion Team, 2789 S. Orange
Ave. Fresno. Call 559-299-6364 or go
to www.animalcompassionteam.com.
ith” criticized the game’s
lack of interactivity. And I
get that. It is something
that is watched far more
often than it is played.
But I have never faulted
a game for that, nor have I
lobbied to strip it of its
gamehood because it
doesn’t have enough but-
ton prompts. If something
– anything – tells a great
tale, then how you con-
sume it or what you call it
doesn’t matter. It’s worth
your time.
It’s difficult to put into
words why the story is so
good – especially without
spoiling it. But I think it’s
the narrative’s dance on a
tightrope.
On the one side, you
have what the player ac-
tually sees, which is often
impossible and fantastic.
On the other is what really
happened – at least, what
you think really happened.
Each vignette seems to
have a plausible explana-
tion for the horrific death
depicted, but the game
never tells you which is
real. The cannery employ-
ee either ascended to a
magical world or died
from a psychosis-induced
industrial accident.
The family is cursed,
but what does that mean?
Is there a supernatural
force at work? There must
be. Most Finches die in
some insane accident.
And if that’s true, then
perhaps what I saw while
playing is what actually
occurred. The logical
explanations were only
put there to trick me.
Or perhaps the realistic
elements were real, and
the Finch family was done
they head toward the
Ant-Man part of the ex-
hibit.
Each section of the
exhibit is devoted to one
of the costumed heroes.
Your mission is to use the
information provided to
answer a series of ques-
tions. Get a high enough
score, and you earn a spot
with “S.H.I.E.L.D.”
The first “Avengers
S.T.A.T.I.O.N.” opened in
2014 in New York City.
There were also displays
in Paris and Korea before
the one in Las Vegas
Guilia is an adult Bully mix female
looking for her happily-ever-after.
Can you grant her wish? She is
available for free through Fresno
Human Animal Services, 760 W.
Nielsen Ave. in Fresno. To view more
adorable adoptables visit
www.fresnohumane.org.
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YES, “WHAT
REMAINS OF
EDITH FINCH” IS
ENTIRELY ABOUT
DEATH. ... DESPITE
THE SUBJECT
MATTER, THIS
SYSTEM CREATES A
GAME THAT LIVES
AND BREATHES
UNLIKE ANY
OTHER. BECAUSE
EACH VIGNETTE IS
SO DIFFERENT
THAN THE
OTHERS, YOU FEEL
AS IF YOU ARE
PLAYING A DOZEN
DIFFERENT GAMES
BLENDED INTO
ONE.
in by nothing more than
deeply rooted mental
illness and horrible par-
enting. How many fam-
ilies in Victorian literature
suffered the same fate for
the same reasons?
I played through “What
Remains of Edith Finch”
twice in two days, and I
still don’t really know
what the game is about.
The lines between reality
and fantasy blur, as if I am
watching sound waves
wobble on a monitor.
I do know this: Games
that leave that kind of
effect on us – especially
given its brevity – are
something to treasure.
Rory Appleton:
559-441-6015,
@RoryDoesPhonics
opened.
And as with all themed
exhibits, there is a mas-
sive gift shop selling
everything from signed
comic books to action
figures.
The exhibit is open
daily from 10 a.m. to 10
p.m. Tickets are $34 for
adults, $24 for children
(ages 4-11) and free for
children 3 and younger.
Go to http://www.station
attraction.com/ for more
information or to buy
tickets.
Rick Bentley:
559-441-6355,
@RickBentley1
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with good educations and 191 7.2 KAIL
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Highway to Heaven Heartland: Secrets
Burgers Burgers rior (TVPG)
Heartland (TVPG)
Job (TVPG)
Cross Creek (PG, ‘83) HHH Mary Steen- Paisley shot
movie so fans
(TVPG) and Lies (TVPG) burgen, Rip Torn, Alfre Woodard.
good relationships. I feel The Lawrence Welk Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop: Mu- Pink Floyd Show Rock Rewind: 1969
we have a good relation- 8 18.1 KVPT
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ship, and when we are 396 18.3 KVPT
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Greener A Taste of Rudy
World Louis Maxa
Mexican Nick Stel-
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together we seem to have
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Brad Paisley will do
My husband travels NHL Hockey: Pen- HallOates Travis Sports Just for Dateline NBC (HD) News at SNL anything to get fans to
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me to go out to grab a bite Jeopardy! Wheel of Dreamgirls (PG-13, ‘06) HHH Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles. News (N) Scandal Cash song.
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to eat, or even to visit. Food Mexico/ Family Let’s Dish Deals Deals OMG! I Want This Lisa Knock It The Grammy-winning
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alone. They are perfectly 77 39.1 KMSG
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happy to let me come to Ring Semana than a month shooting
Johnny Carson Joey Joey Joey Good Good Johnny Carson
them and treat them to a 10 43.5 KGMC
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sequences for each one of PALTROW CREATING
meal, but they never reci- 375 43.6 KGMC Incredible Hulk Wonder Woman Star Trek (TVPG) Svengoolie (N) (TVPG) the 15 songs on his new MAGAZINE WITH
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friends, but my family is It Takes a It Takes a The FBI Files: Cat and The FBI Files (TV14) The FBI Files (TVPG) The FBI Files (TVPG) the first visual album in Vogue editor Anna Win-
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released last week). publisher Conde Nast.
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rent that whines to their 27 A&E Live PD (5) (TV14) PD: Rewind (N) Live PD: Live PD -- 04.29.17 (N Same-day Tape) (TV14) Paisley said during an Nast, says that through
kids about not spending 62 AMC The Taking of Pelham 123 (6:30) HH The Son (N) (TV14) The Son (TV14) Shawshank interview Wednesday at the Goop brand, Paltrow
enough time with me. I 57 ANPL My Cat From Hell Cat From Hell (N) My Cat Hell (N) The Vet Life (N) My Cat From Hell the Country Music Hall of has built a “thoroughly
want it to be their choice 162 BBCA Class (N) (TV14) Graham Norton (N) Doctor Who Class (TV14) Jurassic Park III Fame and Museum in modern take on how we
to be with me. How do I 43 BET Takers (5:30) (‘10) HH Training Day (R, ‘01) HHH Denzel Washington. The Players Club Nashville, Tenn., where he live today.”
63 BRAV What to Expect When Bridesmaids (8:20) (R, ‘11) HHH Kristen Wiig. Bridesmaids (‘11)
reverse what I am starting screened the visual album The first issue of Goop
31 CMDY The Wedding Ringer (6:30) (‘15) HH Kevin Hart: Let South Park (TV14) Presi
to feel is a one-sided rela- for the first time for fans. “I magazine is slated for a
45 CMT Twister (5:30) (‘96) Where the Heart Is (‘00) HH Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd. Because I Said So
tionship, where I am a The White House Anthony Bourd. Anthony Bourd. Anthony Bourd. Anthony Bourd.
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20 CNN
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— DISAPPOINTED MOM
56 DSC Street Outlaws Street Outlaws Street Outlaws (N) (TV14) Street Outlaws Paisley is not aiming to be published quarterly
28 E! The Best of Me (6:30) (PG-13, ‘14) H The Last Song (‘10) HH Miley Cyrus. The Arrangement compete with Beyoncé’s and will revolve around
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Telling your children you 33 ESPN2 SEC Storied 30 for 30 SportsCenter 30 for 30 which combined songs on Goop.com.
want to see them more 19 FNC Greg Gutfeld (N) Watters’ World Justice Judge Greg Gutfeld Watters’ World and videos into a visually — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
often doesn’t make you 59 FOOD Kids BBQ Kids BBQ Kids BBQ Kids BBQ Kids BBQ stunning and complex
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a person not yet capable 35 FS1 Boxing Premier Boxing Champions. (N) Drag Racing NASCAR Racing Paisley said he hasn’t OWN AFTERNOON
29 FX Hangover III Dumb and Dumber To (‘14) HH Jim Carrey. Dumb and Dumber To HH
of telepathy. even watched in its entire- SHOW ON MSNBC
40 FXDEP Boxeo Carlos Zambrano vs. Claudio La Última Palabra Central Fox (N) La Última Palabra
You can’t assume that WW Z World War Z (‘13) HHH Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos. Archer Archer Archer Archer
ty. After finishing his Nicolle Wallace has left
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record, Paisley thought he “The View,” but she’s
for your kids that they will 36 GOLF PGA Golf PGA Tour Golf Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Third Round. could create a story line staying in daytime televi-
automatically know exact- 161 GSN Cash Cash Cash Cash Fam Fam Fam Fam Baggage Baggage out of his song sequence. sion.
ly what you want and 47 HALL The Good Witch’s Destiny (NR, ‘13) The Good Witch’s Wonder (NR, ‘14) Golden Golden “Basically we used the MSNBC said Friday that
need. There’s a good 58 HGTV Fixer Upper (TVG) Property Brothers Lakefront (N) House Hunters Moun Moun album as a script,” Paisley Wallace, the former White
chance that they have no 60 HIST Cnt. Cnt. Cnt. Cnt. Cars (N) Cnt. Cnt. Cnt. Cnt. Cnt. said. “There’s chapters. House communications
idea of the real impact of 217 ION Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU There’s couplets.” director to President
your husband’s frequent 49 LIFE In Suburbia Manny Dearest (NR, ‘16) Ashley Scott. Woman on the Run (10:02) (NR, ‘17) — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS George W. Bush, will host
travel, because you’ve 17 MSNBC MSNBC Live: Lockup: Colorado Lockup: Colorado Lockup: Colorado Lockup Corcoran an hour-long weekday
44 MTV Friends Friends The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (‘06) HH The Fast and the Furious
always managed so well. COSBY JURY CAN HEAR program premiering next
37 NBCSBA MLB Baseball: Padres at Giants Giants Postgame G-Mag Giants Giants Giants
Basically, they don’t ABOUT QUAALUDES, month. The New York-
34 NBCSCA A’s Postgame Live MLS Soccer MLB Baseball: Athletics at Astros
know what it’s like to be IndyCar IndyCar World Mixed Doubles Curling Champ Auto Auctions
NOT SPANISH FLY based show will air at 4
38 NBCSP
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more proactive about 48 OXY Snapped (TVPG) Snapped (TVPG) Snapped (TVPG) Snapped (TVPG) Snapped (TVPG) sex assault trial in Phila- nacki will stay in that hour
asking for what you want. 39 SPIKE Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops delphia can hear his ex- as an analyst for Wallace.
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like I’m carrying the ball, 230 TBN Pathway Graham Last Brickmaker Stranger Juce Live L.A. (N) JUCE TV We Love mony about quaaludes but ue to appear as a political
here. I’d really appreciate 24 TBS Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Full Frontal (N) Full Frontal not his references to the analyst on NBC’s “Today”
it if you would check in 501 TCM Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Wild Rovers (9:15) (‘71) HHH William Holden. Lady supposed aphrodisiac show.
more often.” 55 TLC Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes, Dress (N) Nate/Jeremiah (N) Nate & Jeremiah Say Yes, Dress Spanish fly, a judge ruled — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Remind your children 25 TNT Man Tip-Off NBA Basketball First Round: Teams TBA. Inside the NBA Basket Friday.
52 TOON Charlie and... Dragon Burgers Rick Rick Fam Guy Fam Guy Samur. Dragon
when your husband is The 79-year-old Cosby
61 TRAV Ghost Adventures Ghost Adventures Ghost Adventures Ghost Adventures Ghost Adventures
going to be out of town. is accused of drugging and
Stop enabling them, and
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NCIS (TV14)
Golden Golden
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ask for – and expect more 46 VH-1 Titanic (6) (PG-13, ‘97) HHHH Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet. Titanic (PG-13, ‘97) HHHH versity employee Andrea Actor Keith Baxter is 84. Blues-
– from them. 23 WGN-A Underground Mother Mother Mother Mother Mother Mother Rules Rules Constand at his suburban man Otis Rush is 82. Singer Bob
Philadelphia home in Miranda of The Happenings is
DEAR AMY: Thank you 2004. He calls the en- 75. Country singer Duane Allen
for your compassion and counter consensual. of The Oak Ridge Boys is 74.
Singer Tommy James is 70.
practical advice to “Sad In the decade-old depo-
Mama,” the widowed VALLEY RADIO sition, Cosby said he got
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is 63.
Actress Kate Mulgrew is 62.
mother who was looking KABX, 97.5 Rock oldies KMJ, 580 Talk seven prescriptions for Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is 60.
for good male influences Here is a list of local radio KMGV, 97.9 Old school R&B KIGS, 620 Spanish/Portu- quaaludes in the 1970s, Actress Michelle Pfeiffer is 59.
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that you suggest theater rary KFPT, 790 Sports himself but to give them Phillips is 49. Actress Uma
KJWL, 99.3 Variety KBIF, 900 Hmong/Asian Thurman is 47. Rapper Master P
and music as important to women he was pursuing is 47. Actress Darby Stanchfield
KIOO, 99.7 Classic rock KWRU, 1300 News/talk
outlets for children – and FM STATIONS KCIV, 99.9 Christian KHTY, 970 Spanish/talk
for sex. The powerful is 46. Country singer James
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— A FAN KDKL, 88.5 Contemp Chris- KMQA, 100.5 Spanish KCHJ, 1010 Spanish 1983, and Cosby said he Hogan of The Cranberries is 44.
tian KWYE, 101.1 Adult contempo- KTNS, 1060 Adult contempo- no longer had them when Singer Amy Heidemann of
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children. Unfortunately, KUFW, 90.5 Spanish KHGE, 102.7 Country KJOP, 1240 Catholic
arts parents don’t always KFSR, 90.7 Jazz/eclectic KAAT, 103.1 Spanish KHOT, 1250 Catholic
yell as loudly as sports KLVY, 91.1 Contemp. Christian KZPO, 103.3 Pop classics KJUG, 1270 Classic country
parents, and these pro- KSJV, 91.5 Radio Bilingüe KFBT, 103.7 Rhythmic adult KFIG, 940 Sports FIVE THINGS TO DO TODAY
grams are always at risk of KOND, 92.1 Mexican regional contemporary KLBS, 1330 Portuguese/
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10B
Fun & Games
RUBES SPEED BUMP ACES ON BRIDGE
NON SEQUITUR
As West, you lead the diamond
queen against four spades, part-
ner discouraging with the four.
Declarer wins the ace, plays the
spade ace-king, dropping your
queen, and crosses to the spade
jack, your partner following with
the nine, six and 10.
Now the club queen is run
around to your king as your part-
ner plays the five, and declarer
the seven. Plan the defense.
South has 18 points outside
BALDO of hearts (the club ace, plus the
top diamonds and spades). He
must hold either the heart king
or queen. Your partner’s small
club suggests an original three-
card holding. The fact that he did
not play the spade 10 on the first
round of trumps suggests he has
the heart queen — given that his
signal in trumps should be suit
preference, not count.
So it cannot be right to switch
to hearts, hoping that East holds
the king. If declarer has four
TUNDRA clubs, then he surely either has
doubleton hearts or doubleton
diamonds; to have any hope of
beating the hand, you must play
him for the latter.
Exit with a club or diamond.
Declarer will cash his minor-suit
winners ending in dummy, then
lead a heart from dummy, hop-
ing the ace is right or that he can
duck the trick to you. But provid-
ed your partner is awake, he will
rise with the queen or 10 when
MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM a heart is led from dummy. The
defenders will score three heart
tricks to defeat the game.
By Bobby Wolff
SUDOKU
BLONDIE
JUMPSTART JUMBLE
THE MIDDLETONS
FAMILY CIRCUS
THE ARGYLE SWEATER Find the 7 words to match the 7 clues. The numbers in parentheses
represent the number of letters in each solution. Each letter
combination can be used only once, but all letter combinations
will be necessary to complete the puzzle.
CLUES
1 Indiegogo contributors (7)
2 tapenade base (6)
3 old home movies’ medium (9) ___________
4 wide receiver Marshall (7)
5 day hiker’s bag (8)
6 lightning rods attract them (5) ___________
7 lightning rods attract it (11) ___________
APE BA ON
BO KN ERS
CK TR LTS
CON OLI APS
Friday’s Answers: 1. STANDPIPE 2. SIPHONED 3. SHRUBLAND
4. SEMIS 5. NOMINEES 6. MCCAIN 7. JERKY
SATURDAY APRIL 29 2017
FRESNOBEE.COM
HOROSCOPE
IF YOUR BIRTHDAY IS
SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2017:
Keep secrets. Sharing too much
information will ruin your chanc-
es of getting ahead financially.
Don’t trust anyone to take care
of your personal affairs for you.
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Be open, but question anyone
who hypes something. Common
sense will help you stay on the
right path. 4 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
You will come up with a great
plan, but if you don’t share it
with others, you may not get it up
and running. 3 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
You’ll have all the right answers
and solutions. Get involved in
causes or events where you can
make a difference. 3 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
You’ll be torn between what you
want to do and what you are obli-
gated to. Don’t make a big deal
out of a trivial matter. 3 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You
can bring about change if you
offer to help someone. Social
events are recommended. 4 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Look for ways to raise your
income without causing prob-
lems with someone who depends
on you. 2 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Personal relationships will
help you find the solutions to
any problems that surfaced.
Romance is encouraged. 5 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Take better care of your emo-
tional, physical and financial
well-being. 3 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21): Personal problems will esca-
late, causing stress. Rise above
any conflict you face and offer
solutions. 3 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19): A short trip may be inviting,
but check out the costs involved
before you commit. Look for
alternate ways to bring joy to
your life. 3 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18): Share your feelings with
someone you love. You can bring
about positive changes to your
current living. 5 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Emotional manipulation will end
in disaster, whether it’s you or
someone else using guilt tactics
to get ahead. 2 stars
By Eugenia Last
Directions: Complete the
grid so that every row,
column and 3x3 box
contains every digit from
1 to 9 inclusively.
PREVIOUS
SOLUTION
WORD GAME
Directions: 1. Words
must be of four or more
letters. 2. Words that
acquire four letters by
the addition of “s,” such
as “bats” are not allowed.
3. Additional words made
by adding a “d” or an “s”
may not be used. For ex-
ample, if “bake” is used,
“baked” is not allowed,
but “bake” and “baking”
are admissible. 4. Proper
nouns, slang words, or
vulgar or sexually explicit
words are not allowed.
Today’s word:
BLUNDERS
(BLUNDERS:
BLUN-ders: Serious
mistakes often
caused by ignorance
or confusion.)
Average mark 34
words. Time limit 45
minutes.
© 2017 Blue Ox Technologies Ltd., Dist. by Andrews McMeel Syndication
Can you find 50
or more words in
BLUNDERS?
SOLUTIONS The list will be
___________ published Monday.
___________
Yesterday’s word:
REGALES
___________
rage erase leaser
___________ rale gale leer
rase gear lees
real glare sage
reel glee sager
regal grease sale
VES ACK resale ager seal
reseal agree sealer
RSY BRA eager alee sear
eagle lager seer
earl large sere
ND VID ease lase serge
easel laser slag
EOT OVE else lease
©2017, Distributed by Andrews
4/29 McMeel Syndication for UFS
SATURDAY APRIL 29 2017
FRESNOBEE.COM Fun & Games 11B

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

ACROSS fitting 13 Admirals, cap- hours club
1 Streakerinspace 49 Ring great Joe tains, generals 41 Wave or shoul-
6 Skewered food 50 Not completely and such der shrug, e.g.
11 It covers plenty vertical 18 Expires 43 One Manning
of road 52 Thing that can 22 Pod dweller of the NFL
14 Beyond’s serve quite a bit 23 Drive-in restau- 44 What many
partner of coffee rant company bars contain
15 French school 53 If he gets the 24 Texas shrine 45 Removable
16 A first lady’s first slightest ache, (with “The”) throat tissue
30-Across Tylenol sends 25 He’s such a great 46 Less cloudy,
17 He’s such a him ... tipper, restau- as the sky
great boss, all his 58 Abbr. for a per- rants designated 47 Main artery
workers earn ... son running out noon as ... from the heart
19 Hr. fragment of list space 26 Uptight, stuffy 48 Any vast plain of
20 One seeking a 59 Its floor is sort South America
date never dry 28 They may be 50 MasterCard ZITS
21 Sneak ___ (steal 60 Ryan of eaten, counted alternative,
a glimpse) “The Beverly or spilled informally
23 Literary spoofs Hillbillies” 29 Apartment, to a 51 Jazz singing style
26 Solar ___ (stom- 61 Simple cheer- landlord 54 Surface that’s
ach nerves) leading cry 31 Feature of a difficult to
27 Martini 62 Quinto follower crossword stop on
garnishes 63 Narrow shelf of 33 Buenos ___ 55 What any
28 Sack material, a building 34 “In God We ___” first-place
sometimes 36 Hazardous finisher did
30 Place a title on DOWN construction 56 Famous twin
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court prevention DILBERT
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39 Pigeon murmur 6 Poet John
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46 Played hoops his camera
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Fresno Today Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Almanac

Stats are for Fresno Yosemite International
Airport through 5 p.m. yesterday.
Sunny. Northeast wind Temperature
5-10 mph becoming High 76°
northwest. Low 51°
Normal high 79°
Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny Normal low 52°
Record high 98° in 2007
Temperature and humidity today in Fresno Record low 36° in 1970
6 a.m. 9 a.m. Noon 3 p.m. 6 p.m. 9 p.m. Midnight
49° 58° 71° 78° 78° 69° 60° 81 85 83 85 85 89 83 Atmosphere
Barometer 29.88"
82% 74% 43% 25% 20% 60% 60% 54 56 59 61 58 58 59 Humidity 15%

Stockton Rainfall
Clear How to read this map
Regional Lee Vining 18 17.08"
78/53 City 16
San Francisco 49 Yosemite Village Clear Today’s forecast
77/46 0.00" Clear 56/38 14 11.5"
A warming trend is Clear 12 10.62"
580 63/40 52/28 0.00" Today’s temps 10
expected. Highs will 74/52 Modesto Yesterday’s hi/lo precip. 8
reach the middle 80s 67/51 0.00" 75/38 0.00" 6
Clear Merced
by Sunday, with more Clear Mariposa
41 4
of the same expected 78/55 395 2
77/55 0.00" 80/50 Clear 0 Normal Normal Season
through at least 280 Oakhurst Huntington Lake for full season to date
San Jose 76/51 0.00" 72/47 Clear Clear season to date
Thursday. 66/48 0.00"
Clear 61/33
74/45 As of 4 p.m. yesterday 0.00
80/52 Chowchilla 69/39 0.00" 49/29 0.00" Month to date 3.42
Santa Cruz 74/49 0.00" MERCED Last year season to date 13.94
Clear COUNTY Clear
79/52 MADERA Shaver Lake Data for Fresno as of 5 p.m. Friday.
76/47 152 COUNTY Clear Season is October 1 - September 30
74/47 0.00" 74/51 0.00"
Los Banos 64/38 Temperature trend
5-day forecast Gilroy Clear
Madera 168
56/30 0.00"
Clear Fresno 100
Pismo Beach Visalia Oakhurst Clear 79/52 82/51 99 Giant Forest
Clear 90
H/L Sky H/L Sky H/L Sky 81/47 73/56 0.00" 79/52 0.00" Clear
74/45 0.00" 81/54 180 80
Today 74/50 s 81/53 s 74/45 s 76/51 0.00" 57/43 70
Sunday 77/50 s 86/56 s 77/47 s FRESNO 48/38 0.00" 60
COUNTY Hanford
Monday 76/52 s 85/58 s 77/49 s Monterey Clear 50
Clear 5 82/52 40
Tuesday 76/54 s 86/59 s 77/50 s
66/49 79/52 0.00" 198 S SMTWT F S SMTWT
Wednesday 76/52 s 88/59 s 79/52 s 63/48 0.00" 101
Lemoore Visalia Past 7 days Forecast
Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, r-rain, sh-showers,
c-cloudy, sn-snow, t-trace Clear Clear 30-year average high/low
82/52 81/53 TULARE
1 Coalinga 79/52 0.00"
Tulare 75/50 0.00" COUNTY Allergy forecast
Clear Clear 10
By county 81/53 190 Porterville
83/54 Very high
75/50 0.00" Clear
Very 78/52 0.00"
Unhealthy KINGS 82/50 5
High
200 COUNTY 77/43 0.00" Moderate
Unhealthy Paso Robles Delano 65 Low
150 Clear Clear 0
Unhealthy Mold Pollen
for sensitive 83/47 81/52
Morro Bay 81/47 0.00" 46 Main pollens:
100 groups 72/47 0.00" 178 grass, olive, birch, juniper, pine
Clear
64 67 61 58 58 Moderate Baz Allergy, Asthma & Sinus Center
70/50 Bakersfield www.bazallergy.com
50 60/45 0.00" San Luis Obispo
Clear Clear
Good UV index
Pismo Beach 82/53 84/56
0 78/48 0.00" 58
The higher
Ext.
Fresno Kings Madera Merced Tulare Clear 73/51 0.00" the 10
74/50 I-5 Grapevine road forecast: Clear number,
For road conditions call: 1-800-427-7623 the quicker Very high
For more information, visit www.valleyair.org or call (800) SMOG-INFO
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77/55 0.00" ultraviolet
light can
5 High
cause
FIRE DANGER California Nation World sunburn,
possible
skin cancer
Moderate
Forecast The entire state will see plenty of Seattle
Seattle and eye Low
Yesterday Today Sun.
Extreme sunshine Saturday, as skies will be 59/47
59/47 H/L H/L Sky H/L Sky irritation 0
mostly clear. It will continue to be Today
Very high Acapulco
New York
New 84/73 84/73 pc 85/72 s
a bit breezy, especially in the Billings
Billings Minneapolis
Minneapolis Number of minutes a fair-skinned
High morning. Temperatures will be H 56/37
56/37 553/38
3/38
Detroit
Detroit
53/44
883/57
3/57
Amsterdam 51/39 57/40 pc 66/50 pc
Ankara, Trky 75/33 76/45 s 77/49 s
15 person can stay in the sun from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. before unprotected
Moderate warmer, and the warming trend Athens 80/48 79/57 pc 80/56 pc
Low
San Francisco
San H Auckland 71/53 67/62 r 65/52 ts
skin is damaged.
will continue into next week. 74/52
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Baghdad na/na 100/71 s 100/75 s
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H/L H/L Sky
Sun.
H/L Sky Denver
Denver
Chicago
Chicago
Washington
Washington Bangkok 95/80 92/79 ts 94/81 pc Reservoirs acre feet capacity
Service 447/43
7/43
Anaheim 85/60 88/58 s 83/56 s 37/25
37/25 91/69
91/69
Beijing 89/51 95/62 s 86/51 s Eastman Lake 136,391 91%
Cosmos Auburn 69/39 73/51 s 76/53 s Los Angeles
Los Kansas City
Kansas Bogota 64/50 68/53 r 68/54 ts Hensley Lake 64,206 71%
Today is Astronomy Day - amateur Bakersfield 78/48 84/56 s 88/59 s 89/60
89/60 L
554°/47
4°/47 Brussels 51/39 58/40 pc 67/47 pc
Buenos Aires 78/59 74/57 s 75/58 s
Huntington Lake** 30,528 34%
astronomers are celebrating Barstow 77/53 77/52 s 85/59 s Lake Kaweah 80,285 43%
Beaumont 73/52 76/50 s 81/50 s Atlanta
Atlanta Cabo S. Lucas 82/66 84/64 s 83/63 s
(weather-permitting) by setting up Big Bear 59/37 54/32 s 63/36 s Cairo 87/64 90/63 s 92/71 pc Lake Success 64,490 78%
El Paso
El 886/69
6/69
telescopes to observe the Moon and Mammoth Pool Res.** 120,206 98%
7/43 L
Bishop 66/44 73/39 s 82/45 s Cold fronts Calgary 46/28 53/33 s 53/30 r
67/43
6 McClure 668,730 65%
Jupiter, which are currently visible in Blythe 86/72 86/58 s 92/59 s Copenhagen 50/42 47/38 r 49/39 s
Warm fronts Dublin 50/42 53/47 pc 53/43 r
the early evening sky. Catalina 72/59 83/63 s 77/58 s Millerton Lake 264,530 51%
– Morrison Planetarium Chico 73/44 79/53 s 82/56 s Stationary L Houston
Houston
Miami
Miami Frankfurt 55/32 58/38 pc 67/45 s Pine Flat Reservoir 500,337 50%
86/65
86/65 Geneva 50/35 61/38 s 65/40 pc
May 2 May 18 Day of year Death Valley 87/70 90/67 s 94/72 s 84/76
84/76 San Luis Reservoir* 1,989,587 97%
First Q Escondido 78/48 88/54 s 85/54 s Hanoi 80/69 83/70 pc 85/75 pc
Last Q
119 Showers Rain T-storms Snow Helsinki 48/30 42/33 sn 40/34 sn Shaver Lake** 64,472 48%
Eureka 56/42 61/45 s 63/45 pc
Daylight Fort Bragg 56/50 63/47 s 63/45 s Hong Kong 77/68 78/70 pc 79/72 s Wishon Reservoir 52,996 41%
May 10 May 25 Bass Lake** 34,901 77%
Full New 13:42 Lake Shasta 58/34 68/41 s 70/40 pc -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s Jakarta na/na 90/76 pc 90/76 pc
Lancaster 74/48 78/48 s 84/55 s Jerusalem 77/57 78/57 s 82/56 pc *Total state and federal storage
Today Sunday Johannesburg 69/55 67/47 s 68/48 s
Rises/sets Rises/sets Livermore 74/43 77/50 s 78/51 s **Levels measured once a month
Lone Pine 66/44 70/47 s 79/52 s Yesterday Today Sun. Yesterday Today Sun. La Paz, Blivia 59/35 51/35 r 51/32 r
Sun 6:05 a / 7:47 p 6:04 a / 7:47 p Long Beach 83/60 88/58 s 82/56 s H/L H/L Sky H/L Sky H/L H/L Sky H/L Sky Lima na/na 76/67 pc 76/67 pc Rivers Cubic feet per second
Los Angeles 85/69 89/60 s 84/58 s Lisbon 71/53 67/53 pc 64/49 r
Moon 9:05 a /11:38 p 10:03 a / No Set Albany 81/61 75/45 ts 63/50 ts Milwaukee 54/39 44/39 sh 45/44 ts London 57/44 60/48 pc 61/45 r
Mammoth Lks 52/26 58/32 s 68/38 pc Albuquerque 52/39 45/32 sh 60/41 pc Minneapolis 51/35 53/38 pc 43/36 sn Madrid Kings
Marysville 73/50 79/52 s 83/56 s 64/37 57/46 r 60/39 pc
Amarillo 75/42 42/30 sn 48/33 sn Nashville 84/52 88/70 pc 85/57 ts Managua 98/77 97/77 pc 97/78 pc 9,386
Modesto 77/55 78/55 s 83/60 s
Water rules Mojave 71/50 75/52 s 82/57 s
Anchorage 54/39 50/37 pc 50/35 sh New Orleans 84/75 84/74 ts 82/60 ts Manila 93/82 94/81 ts 93/81 ts Actual release 8,146.4
Atlanta 84/67 86/69 ts 85/66 pc New York 85/58 83/57 ts 63/53 ts Mazatlan 82/64 83/63 s 83/62 s
Monterey 63/48 66/49 s 65/52 s San Joaquin
Fresno (no watering 9 a.m.-6 p.m.) Napa 78/42 79/48 s 78/50 s
Baltimore 84/60 89/66 pc 77/63 ts Oklahoma City 78/53 61/43 ts 54/41 pc Mexico City
Bismarck, ND 58/22 59/32 pc 61/35 pc Omaha 49/38 44/39 r 44/37 r
84/62 85/57 s 87/56 s
No outdoor watering allowed on Monday Needles 81/70 84/62 s 91/62 s Boise, ID 58/35 61/45 pc 64/40 pc Orlando
Montreal
94/67 92/71 pc 90/70 pc Moscow
69/50 63/36 pc 52/43 r 677
through Friday. Newhall 72/59 83/59 s 83/54 s 44/35 69/47 pc 69/48 pc 8,327
Boston 82/51 79/50 ts 57/47 sh Philadelphia 84/64 87/62 ts 71/59 ts Munich 41/32 52/33 pc 62/38 s
Odd-numbered addresses may water Newport Bch. 75/54 79/56 s 76/54 s Buffalo 59/48 61/43 sh 67/54 ts Phoenix 87/73 82/59 s 87/62 s
Saturdays only. Oakland 73/50 76/52 s 74/52 s Nassau 86/80 87/76 pc 86/76 pc Average Millerton release
Casper, WY 33/31 41/22 pc 52/32 c Pittsburgh 73/47 74/60 ts 83/65 ts New Delhi 102/78 102/78 s 101/76 r
Even-numbered addresses may water Ontario 82/54 88/55 s 87/55 s Charlotte, NC 85/68 89/68 pc 83/67 ts Portland, ME 66/47 71/43 pc 56/43 pc Oslo San Joaquin 6,010
Sundays only. Palm Springs 90/70 92/62 s 95/64 s 42/24 48/28 pc 52/31 s
Pasadena 82/56 90/56 s 86/54 s
Chicago 60/40 47/43 sh 52/50 ts Portland, OR 60/40 63/48 pc 59/43 sh Paris 57/39 62/45 pc 66/43 r Friant-Kern Canal 2,518
Fresno Water Division,621-5480 Chrlston, SC 86/72 87/71 c 86/71 pc Rapid City, SD 47/35 51/29 pc 57/36 pc Rio De Janeiro 73/68 74/67 r 77/64 pc Madera 872
Redding 74/45 80/52 s 83/54 s Cincinnati 72/45 81/66 ts 84/60 ts Reno 56/37 67/42 s 76/45 pc Rome 60/51 72/46 s 70/47 s
Clovis (no time restrictions) Riverside 79/50 83/47 s 86/48 s Cleveland 64/47 61/50 ts 77/64 ts Salt Lake City 46/36 56/39 pc 63/43 pc S. Jose, C.R. 87/68 83/68 ts 82/68 ts Sources: Kings River Water Association;
S. Bernardino 78/63 85/56 s 88/56 s Dallas 88/66 81/52 ts 67/49 pc San Antonio 92/70 90/57 pc 76/51 pc San Juan U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; State
No outdoor water use on Mondays. 86/78 83/75 ts 83/75 ts
S. Lake Tahoe 47/28 57/31 s 66/33 pc Denver 54/34 37/25 sn 51/34 pc Santa Fe, NM 45/32 41/27 sn 55/35 pc Santiago Department of Water Resources
S.L. Obispo 73/51 82/53 s 83/53 s 82/41 83/52 s 82/50 s
Odd-numbered addresses may water Des Moines 44/38 46/40 sh 48/41 sh Seattle 59/43 59/47 pc 58/45 sh Seoul 66/46 73/51 s 74/48 s
Sacramento 70/53 79/52 s 83/56 s
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only. Salinas 68/50 74/49 s 73/52 s
Detroit
Duluth, MN
64/44 53/44 r 67/57 ts Sioux Falls
49/28 48/28 pc 40/30 pc Spokane
49/24 51/36 c 43/33 r Shanghai
56/36 57/43 pc 58/38 sh Singapore
77/51 83/58 s 84/60 s Tides First Second
Even-numbered addresses may water San Diego 75/61 83/58 s 79/56 s na/na 89/77 ts 88/77 ts
Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays only. San Francisco 67/51 74/52 s 70/52 s
El Paso 86/66 67/43 pc 75/53 pc St. Louis 60/55 73/65 ts 76/49 ts Stockholm 50/30 46/32 sn 52/34 pc Monterey
Helena 55/34 57/39 pc 58/37 sh Tampa 93/75 91/73 pc 89/73 pc Sydney 66/51 71/58 s 69/54 pc Low 07:48 a.m. 07:19 p.m.
Clovis Water Division, 324-2600 San Rafael 67/49 79/49 s 76/49 s Honolulu 82/72 79/68 ts 79/68 ts Tucson 82/68 74/48 s 83/54 s
Santa Barbara 85/56 81/54 s 76/54 s Taipei 73/60 76/63 s 78/66 s High 12:35 a.m. 02:30 p.m.
Houston 90/74 86/65 ts 76/54 ts Wichita 75/50 52/41 ts 49/38 r
Visalia (no watering 8 a.m.-6 p.m.) Santa Maria 70/46 76/50 s 78/50 s Indianapolis 63/45 75/64 ts 80/56 ts Wshngtn, DC 84/65 91/69 pc 82/66 ts Tokyo
Tehran 73/59 73/60 r 80/63 r
Morro Bay
Odd-numbered addresses may water Santa Monica 82/66 84/58 s 76/56 s 68/55 71/54 pc 71/59 pc
Juneau 45/41 55/35 pc 52/39 r
Tuesdays and/or Saturdays. Santa Rosa 77/47 81/46 s 80/48 s Kansas City
Toronto
64/51 54°/47 ts 58°/41 sh Yesterday’s natl. extremes (outside of Calif.): Vienna
57/48 56/41 pc 43/42 ts Low 07:19 a.m. 06:48 p.m.
Stockton 77/46 78/53 s 83/57 s 42/39 57/38 pc 61/42 s High 12:06 a.m. 02:00 p.m.
Even-numbered addresses may water on Las Vegas 72/60 77/58 s 83/62 s 102 in Alice, Texas;
Susanville 53/26 63/38 s 72/38 s Warsaw 44/39 55/36 r 54/39 pc
Wednesdays and/or Sundays. Little Rock 82/54 81/65 ts 73/48 ts 9 in Leadville, Colo. Pismo Beach
Tahoe City 45/31 54/34 s 59/36 s Louisville 79/51 87/70 ts 87/60 ts Yesterday’s world extremes (outside of U.S.):
City of Visalia, 713-4531 Yesterday’s state extremes: Memphis 85/56 87/71 ts 77/52 ts Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, r-rain 116 in Jacobabad, Pakistan; Low 07:19 a.m. 06:48 p.m.
91 in Thermal; 23 in Truckee Miami 88/79 84/76 pc 83/76 pc sh-showers, c-cloudy, sn-snow, ts-thunder -28 in Summit, Greenland High 12:06 a.m. 02:00 p.m.
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
By Scott Biehl

Local dealers
driven to
support our
community in
driving out
hunger 2017 MASERATI GHIBLI

O
ne in three children in our
Valley struggle with hunger
every day; but you can help
Timeless design,
more customization
drive out hunger. Join the
member dealers of the Fresno Clovis New
Car Dealers Association to drive out hun-
ger in our community. Donate canned
food at your local participating member

dealer and the FCNCDA will match your
donation can for can, up to $5,000. We
know the importance of keeping dollars
local, both by buying local and support-
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through May 31, we are partnering with
the Community Food Bank to help drive
out hunger.
The Community Food Bank is the re-
gion’s largest community-based, non-
profit agency dedicated solely to ending
hunger in the Central Valley. Since its
beginning in 1992, Community Food Bank
has experienced tremendous growth and
now serves at the center of a vast network
of nearly 200 nonprofit agencies, includ-
ing schools, churches, community kitch-
ens and more. In addition to agency dis-
tributions, Community Food Bank oper-
ates several food distribution and out-
SEE BIEHL, PAGE 2
T
Luxury and Sport he 2017 Maserati Ghibli adopts
additional high-tech content in
packages will enhance the area of on-board comfort
the standard features and driver assistance while
of every Maserati offering an even higher degree of cus-
tomization thanks to the new Luxury and
Maserati Assistance
The Sport package gives the 2017 Maserati Ghibli an even sportier appearance and includes 20-inch Urano machine
polished wheels, red brake calipers, Skyhook Adaptive Suspension and 12-Way Power Sport Seats.
Sport packages.
For the 2017 upgrade, the Maserati
Ghibli range remains faithful to its DNA
while offering unmistakable class, top-
quality performance and a thrilling yet
comfortable driving experience in a pre-
mium saloon that is more desirable than
ever before.
All versions of the Ghibli are now
equipped with Air Quality Sensor, a fea-
ture that substantially improves the com-
fort of occupants on-board.
The system combines an intelligent
sensor and a signal analysis system that
calculates the external pollution levels
and prevents polluted air and toxic gases
from entering the cabin.
A new package of Advanced Driver
Systems is available as an
SEE MASERATI, PAGE 2
2C
Drive SATURDAY APRIL 29 2017
FRESNOBEE.COM

CAR TALK

Cold clutch doesn’t want to work properly

By Ray Magliozzi and Doug Berman
Dear Car Talk:
I have a 2013 Hyundai Accent
with a six-speed manual trans-
mission. When the temperature
drops below 40 degrees over-
night, the next morning, my
clutch doesn’t respond proper-
ly. After starting and shifting
into reverse, I can have my
clutch to the floor and I still
can’t shift out of gear or stop
my car from moving backward.
If I stop the car using the
brakes, it kills the engine, just
as if I had tried to stop with the
clutch completely out.
If after stalling I pump the
clutch three or four times, the
car runs perfectly for the rest of
the day. I have only 2,000 (yes,
two thousand) miles on the car.
I’m 75 years old and have never
a manual transmission.
The service department at the
Hyundai dealership where I
purchased the car new can’t
find the problem and correct it.
Do you have any ideas? Thanks.
— Hugh
Sure. Years ago, a customer
came into the shop with a simi-
lar complaint. After running up
his repair bill for a few hours, we
finally discovered that he had
two sets of floor mats in the car.
Because they were bunching up
behind the pedals, they prevent-
ed him from pushing the clutch
all the way to the floor. So we
tossed them in his trunk,
charged him $300 and sent him
away happy.
Not really. We only charged
him $280.
Since you have so many years
If your floor mats are not
guilty, and if you’re not actually
leaking hydraulic fluid, I’d ask
your dealer to swap out your
clutch master cylinder. There
may even be a technical service
bulletin on it by now.
Clutch master cylinders often
fail this way in cold weather. If
the seals around the plunger are
failing, they can shrink a little bit
in cold weather and allow the
hydraulic fluid to bypass the
plunger. That creates insufficient
pressure to disengage the clutch.
Once everything warms up, the
seals expand enough to do their
job, and the clutch works fine
again — until the next cold start.
Since you’re under warranty, I
think you should politely insist
that they replace the clutch mas-
ter cylinder. They owe it to you
If that doesn’t fix it, then un-
fortunately — for the dealer —
the problem is the clutch itself,
and they’ll owe you one of those,
too.
You don’t say whether the
dealership has actually wit-
nessed the problem, Hugh. It
might be that they don’t believe
you.
You don’t wear your tinfoil hat
to the dealership, do you?
Since it’s a predictable
problem, I would advise you to
leave it with them overnight on a
night when the temperatures will
be low enough to make the
clutch fail. You might even come
back in the morning when they
open so that everyone can wit-
ness the clutch failure together.
Once they’ve experienced the
failure themselves, they’ll be
overnight, Hugh. Good luck.
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cle that I didn’t have to shift Hugh, I’m going to guess that’s my first guess. Plus, it’s the Just remind them not to store visiting the Car Talk website at
manually, so I know how to use not your problem. But check. cheapest thing for them to try. your car in their heated garage www.cartalk.com.

Maserati
CONTINUED, FROM PAGE 1
option. It includes Adaptive Cruise
Control with Stop & Go, Blind Spot
Alert, Lane Departure Warning,
Forward Collision Warning with
advanced Brake Assist and Auto-
mated Emergency Braking.
An additional Surround View
Camera is available as an option in
combination with the ADAS pack-
age.
In terms of engines, both versions
of the petrol range, the Ghibli and
Ghibli S, feature the acclaimed,
Ferrari built, Euro 6 homologated
Twin Turbo-charged 3.0-litre V-6
engine with the 8-speed ZF auto-
matic transmission, which now
features the Start&Stop function.
The Ghibli now delivers 350 hp,
20 hp more than in the previous
model year, an increased top speed
of 267 km/h and accelerates from 0
to 100 km/h in just 5.5 seconds.
The Ghibli S, with its power out-
put of 410 hp, accelerates from
0-100 km/h in 5.0 seconds and
reaches a top speed of 285 km/h.
The Ghibli S is also available with
the Q4 All Wheel Drive system.
The Ghibli SQ4 accelerates from
0-100 km/h in just 4.8 seconds, up
to a top speed of 284 km/h.
The Ghibli Diesel with its Euro 6,
3.0-litre V-6 engine, which is exclu-
sively developed by Maserati to-
gether with VM Motori, produces a
power output of 275 hp, amongst
the best in its class.
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Center, Palm and Nees avenues, Registration 6:30-9:30 a.m. Details:
With the adoption of the Luxury lash integrated headrests ensure Fresno. Registration: $5/Hot Rod www.visaliabreakfastlions.org or
package, the Ghibli’s cabin is even better body retention in any driving Coalition members, (559) 697-3762
more refined thanks to the Zegna situation while offering the same $10/non-members. Details: Madera Classic Cars Car Show: 6-9
edition Silk & Premium Leather safety standard as before. They are www.hotrodcoalition.com p.m., Fri., May 26 at Walgreens at
upholstery, which is exclusively available in three colours — black, The Pontiacs of Central California the Fairgrounds, 2020 W. Cleveland
Present the 19th Annual Pontiac, Ave., Madera. All special interest
available in the specific pack in red and tan — and in two different Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac and autos welcome. Awards at 8:30 p.m.
combination with premium leather, leather textures. GMC Car Show: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sat., Cost: Free. Details: Catfish, (559)
Alcantara headliner and upgradable The new sport steering wheel has May 6 at Bicentennial Park, 84 N. 706-1699
wood trim and leather steering a sportier shape and is covered by Sunnyside Ave., Clovis. Registration:
wheel with wooden inserts. The full drilled leather. It comes in black $40 ($50 day of show). Friday night CALIFORNIA AUTOMOBILE
barbecue for pre-registered MUSEUM
steering wheel comes in three col- and offers better grip, especially for participants. Details: (559) 298-4527
ors (black, beige and brown) and is performance driving. It is also avail- The following events are held at
Kerman Almond Festival and Car
California Automobile Museum,
also available with a heating func- able with a carbon fiber finish (in Show: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat., May 6 at
2200 Front St., Sacramento.
tion as an option. combination with the interior Car- Kerckhoff Park, 15061 W. G St.,
Details: (916) 442-6802,
The Luxury pack also includes a bon pack) and a heating function. Kerman. Registration: $10 by Fri.,
April 28. Details: (559) 846-9324, www.calautomuseum.org.
900 W Harman Kardon Premium The Interior Carbon package To The Rescue! the Fire Trucks
avillarreal@cityofkerman.org
Audio System, power adjustable (also available in combination with Madera Classic Cars Car Show: 6-9 and People that Saved Our Cities:
foot pedals and rear armrest with the Sport package) enhances the p.m., Fri., May 12 at Walgreens at the Through May 29. Alarms, engines
illuminated cup-holder. Luxury sporty nature of the Ghibli interior, Fairgrounds, 2020 W. Cleveland Ave., roaring, people shouting ... the
Madera. All special interest autos chaotic scenes of a fire were a
Package contents may vary accord- making it feel like an exclusive and stressful place. Fires causes significant
welcome. Awards at 8:30 p.m. Cost:
ing to the market. lightweight racing cockpit. The damage in urban area prior to
Free. Details: Catfish, (559) 706-1699
The Sport package reflects the optional carbon package includes The 7th Annual Jefferson modern infrastructure, regulations
legendary racing heritage of every sport steering wheel with carbon Elementary Car Show: 9 a.m.-2:30 and fire departments with motorized
Maserati. The sport-oriented in- inserts plus carbon gear shift pad- p.m., Sat., May 13 at Jefferson fire apparatuses. Since the invention
terior transmits a sense of passion dles and carbon trims and door Elementary School, 1880 Fowler Ave., of the automobile, fire fighters have
Clovis. Goody bags, dash plaques and used that technology to improve the
and is immediately recognizable sills.
a special gift to the first 50 speed and how they are able to fight
thanks to the new sport seats and MSRP: From $71,600 pre-registered entries. Proceeds fires. Explore all sorts of fire-fighting
sport steering wheel, fitted with MPG: Up to 17 city / 24 highway benefit Jefferson Elementary School. vehicles, equipment and stories in
aluminium gear shift paddles. — Maserati Details: Gloria Lacy, (559) 824-8256 this exhibit.

Biehl
CONTINUED, FROM PAGE 1
reach programs
throughout a five-county
area, including Fresno,
Madera, Kings, Tulare and
Kern counties. Through
these combined distribu-
tions, food is provided to
nearly 300,000 people each
month, of which approxi-
mately 100,000 are chil-
dren.
“The Community Food
Bank relies daily on com-
munity partners to assist
us in achieving our mis-
sion,” says Andy Souza,
president and CEO. “We
are excited to be working
with the Fresno-Clovis
New Car Dealers Associ-
ation and greatly appre-
ciate their hard work and
dedication. Through part-
nerships like this one, we
are able to take a strong
stand in the fight against
hunger. We are proud to
welcome the association
into our ‘family’ of those
who strive for a hunger-
free Central Valley. Togeth-
er, we will know a day
when no one goes to sleep
hungry. We are grateful.”
Involvement with local
organizations like the
Community Food Bank is
nothing new for the
FCNCDA. We also support
the Leukemia & Lympho-
ma Society as a sponsor of
its Man & Woman of the
Year Grand Finale Cele-
bration in May.
Every dollar raised on
behalf of a candidate or
team member is a vote for
that candidate as Man or
Woman of the Year, and
helps the LLS find cures
and provide access to treat-
ments for blood cancer
patients.
“Whether it’s finding a
cure for cancer or feeding
the hungry, the Fresno
Clovis New Car Dealers
Association is driven to
help here in our communi-
ty,” says Brett Hedrick,
owner and general manag-
er of Hedrick’s Chrevrolet
in Clovis, and secretary/
treasurer of the FCNCDA.
“Everyone must be in-
volved. That’s why the
association is proud to
partner with organizations
like the Community Food
Bank and the Lukemia &
Lymphoma Society, with
the goal of making our
Valley a better place for all
of us.”
So bring a can — or
several — or a cash dona-
tion to your participating
member dealer to donate
to the Community Food
Bank.
Every $1 you give pro-
vides food for seven meals
for a hungry child. Yes, we
can drive out hunger.
For more information
visit FresnoClovisCars.com
or on Facebook at Fresno-
Clovis New Car Dealers
Association.
Fresno Clovis New Car
Dealers Association Mem-
bers: Fresno Lexus – Haron
Jaguar/Land Rover – Lithia
Nissan of Clovis – Fresno
Infiniti – Kitahara Buick/
GMC – Toyota of Clovis/
Scion of Clovis – Clawson
Honda – Lithia Mazda/
Volvo – BMW Fresno –
Fresno Acura Porsche/Audi
of Fresno – Future Ford/Kia
of Clovis – Hedrick’s Chev-
rolet – Honda North in
Clovis – Mercedes Benz of
Fresno – Fresno Chrysler
Dodge Jeep Ram – Fiat/Alfa
Romeo of Fresno – Lithia
Ford/Lincoln – Clovis
Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram –
Lithia Nissan/Hyundai.
Scott Biehl is the president of the
Fresno-Clovis New Car Dealers
Association and the owner/operator
of Mercedes-Benz of Fresno.

SUVs & 4-Wheel Drives Autos Autos

Automotive SATURN VUE 2002, CHEVROLET El Camino 1979 New TOYOTA 2005 Camry Elderly Owner,
well maintained. $4,500. Paint & Upholstery 28,528mi $6,500 115K mi., all power, all svc records, ga-
For Details Call 559-323-0533 Bill 559-495-0474 rage kept, xlnt cond., $5,900 231-7158
Antique, Classic & KIA 2007 RIO 1 Owner, 82k miles,
auto air, 40 MPG, runs xlnt., $3,950
Custom Cars & Parts Autos 559-289-9093
AUSTIN Healey Replica Custom 1962, MERCEDES BENZ 250 Sports 2013
383 cu. inch., 400 HP, V8, 4spd, Like new, 6K miles, $23,000.
$26,000. 559-673-5035 559-229-5992

Pickups & Vans

TOYOTA Tacoma 2004 ex cond. low BMW 328I 2015, clean title, no acci-
mileage new tires & timing belt one dents, perfect. cond. Approx. 39K/mi.
owner 19,552mi $9,800 291-4264 $28,500 firm. 559-805-2369
SATURDAY APRIL 29 2017
Announcements
Found
FOUND White Small Fem Dog
Possibly blind 5592592709
SMALL male black beagle mix. w/white
chin. Highland & Ashlan 559-575-4130
Homes, S.E.
SUNNYSIDE Estate 3br/3ba Pool land-
scaped $340k/obo Don 559.385.4470
Homes, Hanford/Lemoore
1879 W. Hopkins Dr.
mimihess7@gmail.com 805-444-9410
Homes, South Valley
2240 Chardonnay Place, 3100 sq. ft.
4/2.5, 4 car gar, solar panels, pool,
shop, .75 ac. $699K. 661-805-3471
Manufactured Housing
$38,500. Call 559- 243-1377
A newly remodeled 2/2 1,440 sf beauty
located in premier Senior gated park.
Must see. $60,000. 559-246-1377
AN Immaculate maintained 1,488 SF
2/2 beauty loc. in premier Senior gated
park. Must see @ $49K 559.246.1377
Apts/Condos, General
1 BR $595+, 2 BR $695+, 3/2 $895+
Good or Bad Credit. $0 Dep OAC, Job
Open. 559-255-4800, 510-282-4801
CALWA HOTEL & APTS Studio/Kit
$440-$525 Util included & Free WIFI.
(559) 403-6081 (559) 940-3306
Apts/Condos, N.E.
HERNDON/MAPLE 2bd &Townhouses
Starting @$1,020. W/D, gar. Move-in
Special $200off 2nd mo rent.322.0777
Apts/Condos, S.E.
MOVE In Special! First month
FREE 1,2,3 Bedrooms.
OPEN 7DAYS #559-251-4554
Property Management
WANTED Farm Land for lease Thomp-
son vineyard, almond, open land & tree
fruit. Short Term or Long Term. Also
looking to purchase. (559) 891-7824
Employment
Help Wanted, General
CLASS A, CALIFORNIA ONLY
Year round work, Good pay/benefits
55 9-237-1686 press ext. 1
ing/909733
CLASS A TRUCK DRIVERS Wanted
Call 559-816-0025
NOW HIRING TRUCK DRIVERS,
OWNER OPERATORS
DRIVER TRAINERS & DISPATCH
FOR OUR 2017 TOMATO SEASON
800-289-1639 - WWW.YCTINC.COM
Garage/
Yard Sales
N.W. Yard Sales
93705 1337 W. Normal ave. Saturday
7 AM - 4 PM Block Sale, Furniture,
electronics, games, Normal ave, West
st bet McKinley & Clinton
93711 3383 W. Spruce Saturday 8am
- noon Bicycles, Golf, Ping Pong,
Household Goods, Sports, PS2, Wii,
Movie Posters, Books, Misc.
ESTATE SALE SAT. & SUN 8:30-3:30
6201 N. LaFayette, 93711.
Home, Yard & Garage Items.
HERNDON/BRAWLEY Sat. 4/29 7 am
Hshld and decorative items / Wmn’s
Schwinn Cruiser $85 7229 N. Dewey
OUTSTANDING YARD SALE - Sat. 4/29
8am-noon. 5267 N. Sequoia Ave.,
93711, Everything like New.
N.E. Yard Sales
BIGGEST ESTATE SALE EVER - Fri. -
Sun. 7am - 2pm. @ Wildwood Mobile
Home Park 8701 Hwy. 41, space 66.
Antiques, yard art, furn, & much more.
YARD SALE - Sun. 7am -11am. 9785
N. Woodrow, off Summerville btwn
Perrin/Behymer, antique items/hswrs
Clovis Area Yard Sales
2396 Fallbrook, Clovis 93611
Saturday 8AM - 2PM MOVING SALE,
Many Misc. Items
93611 1880 Fowler Ave. Sat. 4/29
6-11am Clovis East Drama Rummage
Sale - Jefferson Elem. Parking Lot
BLOCK SALE SAT. 4/29,
136 West Warwick Avenue, Clovis.
(North of Buchanan High School)
camping,
Outlying Area Yard Sales
VISALIA Estate - Tools, Ammo, Shop
306 N. Simon Street Visalia 93292
Sat/Sun 9a/3p. for pics & info visit
www.leftovertreasures.com
Merchandise
Appliances
CRAFTSMAN 190cc vacum shredder/
chipper/blower 24" $350 436 1328
COFFEE maker brand new $24 559-
960-0265
DOWN Comfortr king or Queen both
xlnt cost $585 221-8577 sell $195
DRYER: FREE- NEEDS TIMER! $0
janemickelson@att.net 559-229-3783
GEORGE foreman huge XXL grilling
mach cost $225 221-8577 sell $95
KIRBY vac mint used 2x all extras
cost $2655 221-8577 sell $395
COFFEE maker BRAND NEW (Mr.
Coffee $24) 559-960-0265
BRAND new Eureka VACUUMS (
$79.00) 559-960-0265
BRAND New Microwave on SALE
($49.00) 559-960-0265
BRAND New Porch Lights ($12.00)
559-960-0265
LED Security Light (new $29) 559-
960-0265
MW Oven Emerson/Owner’s Manual.
900Watts.X/Cdn.$20.2851314
SODA/SPARKLING water machine as
new cost $365 221-8577 sell $95
WASHER/DRYER set $150 Washer/
dryer 559-558-2114
Antiques, Art &
Collectibles
CAR trunk Old Wahl car trunk 559-
251-3276
HP 45 Adv Scientific Pocket Calc, w/
manual & case $50 559-226-0178
HUTCH / bookcase vint. mahogany
6’hx3’w can del. $235 559-447-1078
PRAYER Rug (Nepal)$299.570-0984
Blue,Red,Gold,White,2dragondesign.
SETH Thomas mantle clock, 1800’s,
eagle on top, chimes $300 226-0178
TY COBB Seagrams 7 $200 17x21
must see & . Baseballs (3)
autographed by Jim Thorp, Duke Snyder
& Ron Marshall, $100 559-416-1192
Baby/Children’s Items
BABY carrier Evenflo Snugli carrier
$20 o2busy@att.net 559-266-6059
Building Materials
CARPET tan 38ft.X75 used good
cond.&padding 559 487-1065 $150
MINUTEMAN portable cement mixer
5cuft never used $300 436-1328
Business/Office Equip.
ROOLTOP solid oak desk & swivel chair US COINS WANTED call or text John
and 4 dreawer filing cabinet.
$600. 559-431-2428
Computer/Electronics
2 Stereo Speakers (W/New 15"
Woofers) $300 David 559-473-5566
DELL 14" Laptop fast w7 pro wifi dvd
office xint $145 559-313-9542
DELL Desktop fast 4cor w7 pro dvd
office 2010 $115 559-313-9542
HP 15.6" laptop fast i7cor wifi dvd
office loaded xint $199 559-313-9542
DELL Printer, copy,scan works needs
ribbon $25 281-5900
LENOVO 12" Laptop fast w7 cam wifi
office2010 $110 559-313-9542
NETBOOK, Aspire One , xlnt condition
$115 559-360-2977
SAMSUNGS Galaxy Note4 cell verizon
Att wifi pen xint $245 559-313-9542
Fine Art
PAINTINGS: Italian Seascapes 3 to
choose.$39-$69-$99.call 570-9874
Firearms
BB GUN PISTOL, AMAZING, LOOK
ALIKE BERETTA, $25 974-2728
BB GUN PISTOL, DAISY 200 SHOT,
SPEEDLOADER CLIP, $25 974-2728
STAR Loader 357,$550,432-2568
ardickharris1@sbcglobal.net for pics
THE FRESNO BEE ........................................................................................ 3C
Fitness/Sporting Equip. Medical Equipment/ Miscellaneous
BACKPACK/CAMP equip. rei msr
Supplies Merchandise for Sale/Rent
comp. set up 221-8577 sell $295 BACK Pain No more machine used 2x BB GUN PISTOL, DAISY 200 SHOT,
BIKE BMX Tony Hawk Jargon new cost $385 221-8577 sell $175 SPEEDLOADER CLIP, $25 974-2728
extrs cost $375 221-8577 sell $155
MACHETE By Compass (Brand New)
CANE, 4 point, , adjustable, xlnt
condition $25 559-360-2977
BIKE womans Schwinn 7-speed
cruiser type call 264-9471 $160
$20 David 559-473-5566 BLOWER/VAC Echo handheld used
CANE, compact, folding, red print
DRIVER KING COBRA 454 COMP $25 559-360-2977 1x mint 221-8577 sell $145
Reg Flex 9 Deg $20 299-8018
CPAP Xlnt case & extrs cost $2125 BREADMAKER Breadman TR333+5
FISHING Boat/float tube new 7comp 221-8577 sell $395 recipe bks Wrks Great $25 367-6870
cost $385 221-8577 sell $155 CAR CREEPER LIKE/NEW has 6
FISHING trolling motor front or rear CRUTCHES or Walker new cost $184
221-8577 sell $45 wheels $20 559 250-3203
new xlnt 221-8577 sell $95-245
PREVAIL UNDERWEAR 2XL 48 Adult CARD table, 4 chairs, Cosco, blue ,
FITNESS/SPORTING equip. excellent cond $95 559-360-2977
Taylordmade M1 golf driver $280.00 diapers(4 packs)$30 299-5480
(559)799-8465 QUICKIE light sports wheelchr whelie CARPET tan 38ft.X75 used &
scarface5309@aol.com 559-799-8465 bar cost $2855 221-8577 sell $585 stainmaster pad. 559 487-1065 $150
MINI Pit bike 2cyc disc brk 0 miles CAR security CLUB, good condition
QUICKIE wheelchr lite all adjustable $20 559-360-2977
cost $2455 221-8577 sell $765 cost $2585 221-8577 sell $575
PRO FORM XP 550 Series, Treadmill, in CAR STEREO ALPINE,D/FACE,RMTE
SHOWER chair, Nova, small, CNTRL xlnt $50 559 250-3203
great condition. $700. 559-485-1272 adjustable. $25 559-360-2977
RAIDERS new NFL sweatshirt lg or CHAINSAW, Ryobi 18" electric with
xlg cost $195 221-8577 sell $65
SHOWER chair, Nova, small,
adjustable $35 559-360-2977
case, xlnt cond $110 559-360-2977
TACKLE Box (New) 3 Tier Large $10 HONDA powered pressure washer
559-942-3743 VPAP top of line heat/humid w/xtras never used $150. 436 1328
cost $2655 221-8577 sell $495
WESLO CADENCE 1005 ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION Belt Buckles, 4 @
TREADMILL FOLDS 175.00 477-2375 WALKER With Seat and Brakes $50 $3 ea or all for $10 559-226-0178
994-0153
DAISY BB GUN PISITOL, 200 SHOT,
WALKER, aluminum, adjustable, no SPEEDLOADER CLIP $25 974-2728
Furniture seat or brakes $20 559-360-2977 SNAP-ON 3/8" Dr. Sockets#208EFAY
WALKER, no seat or brakes, $140 David 559-473-5566
BUFFED / Dresser vintage 4 drawers aluminum, $20 559-360-2977 AST#6300 New (4) V.W, Porsche,
very nice can del $175 559-447-1078 Audi $80 David 559-473-5566
WHEELCHAIR in good cond, chrome,
CARPET tan 38ft.X75 used good black vynil $125 559-360-2977 SIR Tools#ST9020-KIT (Like New)
cond.&padding 559 487-1065 $150
COFFEE Table Oct/37".$40.Oak/
Glass/Brass.X/cdn.2851314
WHEELCHR Air/Dry flotation cushion
new cost $585 221-8577 sell $185
$165 David 559-473-5566
ATD Disconnect Set#3400 $20 David
559-473-5566
DOWN comfortr king or queen both
Xlnt cost $585 221-8577 sell $195 Miscellaneous TIE Rod Tool W/3 Sizes Of Sockets
$90 David 559-473-5566
FLOOR Lamp - Swivel Top - Brushed
Nickle -Like New $40 559-942-3743
Merchandise for Sale/Rent K-D Pully Puller#K-D2897 $55 David
559-473-5566
FORMAL DINING TABLE & CHINA 4-6 lug tires/rims mint B F goodrich
HUTCH LIKE NEW $900 908-2321 BLUE Point Tool#BT27 (New) $40
Chev/Toy 221-8577 sell $445 David 559-473-5566
HUTCH Hutch and dresser in excellent
4-6 lug tires/rims mint B F goodrich WOMENS Motorcycle Helmet (Like
condition $400 obo 559 706 3737 Chev/Toy 221-8577 sell $445
New) $50 David 559-473-5566
LEATHER RECLIN COUCH($625) &
MATCH LOVESEAT($325) 908-2321
8X10 Portable Performance DJ Folding
Stage $250 559-573-6055
MATCO Tools Die Grinder Set#
RL305K $90 David 559-473-5566
MIRROR 36"Wide x 46"Tall.Very AT&T MOTOROLA RAZR FLP PH NEW
Sturdy.X/Cdn.$25.559-285-1314. MATCO Tools Master Rethreder Set#
m/crd/hldr,asking $85 559 250-3203 SR20K $100 David 559-473-5566
OAK ENT. CENTER LIKE NEW $150
PAID $600 559-875-4480 BB GUN, AMAZING LOOK ALIKE MATCO Tools Wheel Lock Removal
BERETTA PISTOL, $25 974-2728 Kit#WL9K $90 David 559-473-5566
PATIO set 54" dia glass top table 4
BB GUN, DAISY PISTOL, 200 SHOT, MAC Tools Hub Installer Set#
chairs $135 559-225-1633
SPEEDLOADER CLIP $25 974-2728 FHI7135M $75 David 559-473-5566
PORCELAIN Table Lamp - White and
Blue Like New $40 559-942-3743
QUEEN Bed Frame- Head and Foot
Board Walnut $150 559-942-3743
TABLE brown table $50 559-960-
0265
THOMAS Kinkade Plates Cert of Auth
Calls Only! $35.00 559-512-9306
Air Conditioning,
Cooling, Heating
SOLAR Panels (60) Ex. Cond. $200
access/warr. Call/text 559-285-2624
Stamps, Coins, Hobbies
1000 WHEAT PENNIES call or text
John $38 417-8875
BUSTER HUGS BOBBLEHEAD
NEW IN BOX $45 299-8018
COLLECTORS Knife W/Certificate $50
David 559-473-5566
SNAP-ON Petete Pedal Car Series (3
Cars) $75 David 559-473-5566
CAMEL Ashtrays Collectable (3) $25
David 559-473-5566
LIBERTY Silver Dollar, 2002, brilliant,
uncirculated $50 559-226-0178
PENNIES, 1960’s, all mints, 2 rolls
$10 ea 559-226-0178
PENNIES, 1960 only, all mints, 1 roll
$10 559-226-0178
417-8875
Lawn & Garden Supplies
ALL yard equip Stihl-Husky-Echo trim-
mow-edge 221-8577 sell $99-299
BLOWER, Craftsman 25 cc, 2 cycle
xlnt cond $85, 559-360-2977
BLOWR/VAC Echo handheld used 1x
mint 221-8577 sell $145
CHAINSAW Stihl or echo cost $785
221-8577 sell $355
DROP spreader, Scott's 1000 in good
condition $25 559-360-2977
DROP spreader, Scott's large, xlnt
cond $35 559-360-2977
EDGER McLane Clean in Very Good
Cond. $140 994-0153
LAWN Equipment Elec Hedger Blower
BlackDecker xint $25ea 559-3139542
LAWNMOWER 21"Rotary RearBagger
Runs/Cuts Good $75 994-0153
NEW mini roto tiller 1hr on it cost
$475 221-8577 sell $245
POLE saw or hedge trimmer cost
$585 221-8577 sell $275
POND/WATER plants elephant ears
and horsetail $5 & up 645-1080
SCOTS broadcast spreader in good
condition $25 559-360-2977
TRIMMER 20"Chain Drive Clean in
Great Cond. $275 994-0153
TRIMMER 7blade mower cost 975
221-8577 sell $295
WEED eater 2 hr on it cost $535
221-8577 sell $255
4C ...............................................................................................THE FRESNO BEE SATURDAY APRIL 29 2017

Miscellaneous
Merchandise for Sale/Rent
Pets for Sale Entertainment/ Utility Trailers Misc. Recreation

MAC Tools Punch Set#PP60KSS $80

QUEENSLAND PUPPIES
1M/2F, $200
Travel 2009 Jayco 32’,light, ex cond,1 slide,
queen,$12,550, 559-805-4453
David 559-473-5566 (559) 275-7096, (559) 287-8078
MAC Tools Axle Nut Socket#RLT2800
$55 David 559-473-5566
SIBERIAN Husky puppies 4 male. 9
weeks old. $400. 559-403-8956
Phone Talk
MAC Tools Stud Installer Kit#WIS700
$100 David 559-473-5566 SIBERIAN Husky Pups CONNECT Instantly with Sexy
9Wk,Red&White Blue Eyes M/F Local Singles FREE Trial! Call
MAC Tools Stud Installer Kit#WIS900 First Shots $400 559-301-2129 559-451-3160 or 800-926-6000
$100 David 559-473-5566 www.livelinks.com 18+
CENTRAL Tools#6450 Dial Indicator
(Like New) $75 David 559-473-5566
Farm &
CENTRAL Tools Digital Micrometers
(2) $400 David 559-473-5566
SNAP-ON Rethreding Set#RTD42 Equipment Recreation
$115 David 559-473-5566
SNAP-ON 3/8" Dr. Rachet (Short) $40
David 559-473-5566 Misc. Farm & Equipment Motorhome, Travel
EDGER McLane Serviced and in Very
Good Cond.$140 994-0153 WANTED FORD/MF Tractor any condi-
Trailers & Campers
GARDEN wheelbarrow, antique, tion, 3 PT Disc, L.H. Terracer Blade,
Rear/Front Tractor Tires 559-676-1788 2001 23ft. Aljo Lite, sleeps 4, xlnt.
good, cond $25 559-360-2977 cond. $6000 OBO,
559-787-3303 or 559-970-8479

Funeral Services
JIGSAW, Craftsman, scrolling HD, $ $ $ CASH CASH CASH $ $ $
xlnt cond $55 559-360-2977 Cemetery Lots Motorhomes,TravelTrailers, Cars,Trucks
JUICER Big Boss, 750W, Model Beat Any Price! Top $$$ 559.790-1582
8123SLFE, Like New, $20 367-6870 CEMETERY LOTS (3 together) @ Fres-
no Memorial Gardens $2500 each. HOLIDAY Rambler 2001 Presidential
VACUMN Hoover 12 amp motor 559-307-3907 Suite Travel Trlr 2 slides, 1 owner, hard-
windtunnel works good $65 281-5900 ly used, like new, $9,900 250-3205
KOHLER sink w / pedestal & handles LEXINGTON 2004 Motor Home
white, nice cond. $190 559-349-5937 Place your own ad, 24/7
Class C, 24 ft, 1 owner, 27k miles, 1
L Formal Gown new black stones and fresnobee.com/placead slide, xlnt cond., $17,900. 260-4225
beaded sz 4 $100 281-5900
LADDER, 14 ft aluminum extension
ladder $60 559-360-2977
LADDER, 8 ft aluminum good working
condition $65 559-360-2977
LAWNMOWER Rotary 21" RearBagger
Runs/Cuts Good $75 994-0153
LEATHER Jacket - Womens - Med.
Perfect Condition $25 559-942-3743
PATIO set Lg Round glass top table 4
chairs $135 OBO 559-225-1633
PIER 1 Framed Mirror - 30 x 20
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030817 3M/2F Red/Rust&Black/

incredible blood lines. $1200ea.

(559)358-0226
GOLDENDOODLES F1-B small
standard non-allergenic, no shed,
white/apricot shots,wormed,dews.
$1500.00ea. 559-358-0226
LABRADOR PUPS AKC/OFA, yellow
choc/blk, shots, wormed, dews,
$800ea.O.B.O. (559)358-0226
POODLES TOY apricot & black, shots,
wormed, dews (M)$600 (F)$800
(559)358-0226
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shots.. mcgrawmikey30@gmail.com
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Located just 15 minutes north of Fresno, The Groves community is nestled

among established neighborhoods, so you can enjoy the instant
neighborhood atmosphere.

Benchmark offers
special incentives
at The Groves
L!V Loma Vista is another Wilson Homes favorite with urban style in a prime suburban setting for those seeking home that’s ready for living at the turn of a key.
in Madera
Priced from the mid-$260,000 range, L!V homes range in size from 1,440 to 2,753 square feet and up to five bedrooms and 31⁄2 baths. By Carole Grosch closing costs on a special-

H
SPECIAL TO REAL ESTATE ly priced move-in-ready
WILSON HOMES omebuyers are home that closes before
thrilled when mid-June 2017.

It’s all included at L!V

they see for
themselves just MOVE-IN-READY HOMES
what Benchmark Com- A Home site 161, 701 Ma-

Loma Vista in Clovis

munities offers when they cadamia Ave., is a beauti-
visit The Groves in West ful, one-level home, with
Madera. 2,010 square feet of living
Don’t delay. Along with space, four bedrooms, two

L
!V Loma Vista
continues to draw
new homebuyers
seeking an urban
lifestyle with a suburban
location. L!V keeps the
promise of Wilson quality,
value and distinctive de-
tails with added attention
to smart space planning
and appliances included.
One look and you know
they couldn’t be by anyone
other than the Wilson
Homes team.
These low-maintenance
single-family homes pre-
sent Wilson quality and
value in yet another form
popular with first time
homebuyers, those down-
sizing and those looking to
invest wisely in a home
rather than continuing to
pay rent. Homebuyers
appreciate the attention to
interior details, such as
master baths with 12-inch-
by-12-inch tile shower and
tub, full tile kitchen back-
splashes and granite in all
bathrooms and kitchen
too. Stainless appliances
are included, as are win-
dow coverings.
Located within the Loma
Vista Clovis master-
planned community, L!V
SEE WILSON, PAGE 2
the exceptional value, low
monthly payments and
great location, Benchmark
is offering extra incentives
to homebuyers at this
impressive community.
Now, for a limited time,
those who qualify can
take advantage of a 3.75
percent interest rate and
up to $5,000 towards
bathrooms and a two-car
garage.
The maple cabinets
throughout the home are
in espresso finish with
satin nickel hardware.
Granite kitchen counter-
tops grace the open kitch-
en, which is easily acces-
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includes neighborhood
walking trails and is right
across from the Reagan
Education Center in the
acclaimed Clovis Unified
School District. Home-
buyers drawn to the Wilson
Homes name are pleased
to discover well-thought-
out floor plans, distinctive
exterior finishes and flex-
ible interior appointments,
as well as a full list of stan-
dard features.
All L!V homes come with
an impressive list of cus-
tom amenities and feature
packages. This all-new
neighborhood is located
diagonally across from the
Clovis Unified Reagan
Education Center at Ashlan
and Leonard avenues.
Priced from the mid-
$260,000 range, L!V homes
range in size from 1,440 to
2,753 square feet and up to
five bedrooms and 31⁄2
baths. For more informa-
tion, contact sales associ-
ate, Ryan Pottorff at (559)
681-9397 or join the in-
terest list on line at
www.livlomavista.com.
REGENT PARK AT LOMA
VISTA
Along with the latest lot
release, buyers will want to
see the early move-in
home being slated for
May/June completion. This
beautiful Ivy Plan boasts a
five-bedroom, three-bath
layout with an enormous
bonus room perfect for a
home theater/media room,
game room or even an
extra-large playroom for
the kids. The numerous
upgrades included in this
3,024-square-foot plan
make this potential dream
home an incredible oppor-
tunity. There is granite in
all three baths, upgraded
cabinetry and fixtures, and
the large lot offers 4,794
square feet — all priced at
only $392,290.
A traditional neigh-
borhood setting, Regent
Park includes walking
trails, green belts and close
proximity to the Reagan
Education Center. This
quiet neighborhood feels
like the edge of town, but
is just minutes from shop-
ping, business districts and
entertainment offerings.
These beautifully appoint-
ed homes include many
features found in the semi-
custom Wilson plans. The
open floor plans include
gourmet kitchens with
pantries, laundry rooms
and multi-generation plans
with double master suites
for extended family and
guests.
Regent Park homes in-
clude the Wilson Designer
Ready package of thought-
ful features included at no
additional charge, using
the latest color palettes to
coordinate a look, which
represent your personal
taste. The extensive list
includes, but is not limited
to, gourmet kitchen ap-
pointments with granite
countertops and custom
full tile backsplashes,
stainless-steel appliances,
gas cooktops, premium
18-inch-by-18-inch floor
tile and luxurious master
suites with premium tile
shower and granite coun-
ter baths. On the outside,
you’ll find covered patios,
full rain gutters and down-
spouts and so much more.
Regent Park has private
front and backyards and
there is no homeowner
association, which means
no monthly dues. Discover
something for just about
every lifestyle with one-
and two-story homes in
varying sizes and finishes
to accommodate singles,
couples, growing families
or empty-nesters. Priced
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All L!V homes come with an impressive list of custom amenities and feature packages. desirable Loma Vista Clo-
vis community. Priced
This all-new neighborhood is located diagonally across from the Clovis Unified from the mid-$220,000
Reagan Education Center at Ashlan and Leonard avenues.Priced from the mid-$260,000 range, homes go from 1,212
range, L!V homes range in size from 1,440 to 2,753 square feet... to 1,660 square feet with up
to four bedrooms, 21⁄2 baths
and one- to two-car ga-
from the $280,000 range, follow current project in- buyers seeking the ulti- in” design of these single- rages. The four standard
these plans range in size formation and offerings. mate urban-style neigh- family homes with all ap- floor plans are offered in
from 1,580 to 3,024 square Priced from the low- borhood with the quiet of pliances in place and noth- three exterior finish choic-
feet. All six floor plans and $400,000 range, the com- suburbia in these low- ing to add but your furni- es providing a selection of
18 elevations may be plete offering ranges from maintenance turnkey ture and groceries. 12 possible homes to
viewed online at the Wil- 2,277 to 3,912 square feet homes. These plans are Front yard landscaping is choose from.
son Homes website. Drop with three-car garages. perfect for folks on the go, taken care of and interior For more information,
by the sales center on For more information, first-time buyers or those designs incorporate a call Gail Hewett at (559)
DeWolf Avenue between call sales associate Ron downsizing, but still want- space-saving design tech- 301-0904 or visit
Ashlan and Dakota ave- Pottorff at (559) 307-3366 ing Wilson quality and nique created to preserve a www.elev8ions.com and
nues. Interested buyers or Nancy Vartanian at value. sense of spacious living, sign on to the interest list
may also call Susan at (559) 213-3400. The sales Within walking distance with large bedrooms, walk- to receive the latest news.
(559) 355-0428 or Lexi at office is open from 11 a.m. of parks, just minutes from in closets and kitchens All new home shoppers
(559) 978-4725. to 6 p.m. daily. shopping, Clovis schools with islands, plus well- are invited to find out
and the Clovis Community thought-out storage op- more online including
THE WINDSOR ESTATE ELEV8IONS Medical Center, Elev8ions tions. plans, elevations and in-
SERIES Elev8ions in Loma Vista has been a runaway hit for And when you buy terest list sign-ups at
Wilson Homes’ top semi- Clovis shows off all-new Wilson Homes since the through the builder-pre- www.wilson-homes.com,
custom offering on large models and is compiling very first model opened. ferred lender, Wilson even www.elev8ions.com and
lots at Harlan Creek deliv- an interest list for the next Homeowners also enjoy pays the closing costs. www.livlomavista.com.
ers on the promise of luxu- release as many of the the community pool and Elev8ions is located on All pricing is as stated at
ry to high-end buyers with present offerings are being walking trails. Buyers love Barstow Avenue, just west press time and subject to
equally high standards and snapped up by eager the complete, “just move of Leonard Avenue in the change.
expectations. Many are
move-up buyers, as well as
repeat and second-gener-
ation Wilson homeowners
returning to the most trust-
ed name in Clovis new-
home construction. These
fabulous customizable
open floor plans, distinc-
tive architectural details
and numerous Wilson
custom features, set Wind-
sor apart from any other
location in north Clovis.
Ranging from 2,700 to
4,200 square feet, Windsor
pricing starts in the mid-
$400,000 range. Buyers are
attracted to the Wilson
custom-style features in-
cluding arched 8-foot tall
interior doors, spacious
interior living areas and
outdoor living spaces that
allow greater opportunities
for entertaining and pri-
vate relaxation.
All Windsor Estate Series
homes include large lots
and Wilson Homes’ cus-
tom features. The elegantly
furnished Windsor model
center is located at Tem-
perance and Shepherd
avenues. Seller pays clos-
ing costs if buyer uses
builder-preferred lender.
The model center is open
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
Take 168 to the Temper-
ance Avenue exit and it
will be on the corner of
Shepherd and Temper-
ance; look for the flags.
Call sales associate Robin
Germain at (559) 246-4644
or Joe Sasaki at (559) 999-
6176. The full selection of
floor plans and elevations
is available for viewing
online at www.wilson-
homes.com.
CHADWICK II AT LOMA
VISTA CLOVIS
Sales continue to exceed
expectations as Wilson
adds early move-in homes
to meet demand. These
homes are under construc-
tion, but interested buyers
can still choose colors/
finishes. Both single- and
two-story plans are under-
way from 2,277 to 2,399
square feet, and priced
from $399,950. Buyers love
the three-car garages in
each plan and that the
seller pays the closing costs
if they go through the
builder’s preferred lender,
so don’t wait.
The extensive list of
standard features and
custom Chadwick options
is presented by friendly
and expert sales associates
at the on-site sales center.
The on-site model center
is on Leonard Avenue,
south of Ashlan Avenue,
and near the Reagan Edu-
cation Center in Loma
Vista Clovis. There is also
an Instagram handle,
@WilsonHomes_Chad-
wick, for those wishing to
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sible to the large family
room, dining room and
covered patio.
This home is offered at
$252,160.
A Home site 207 is a two-

story home with 2,636

square feet of living space,
five bedrooms, 21⁄2 bath-
rooms and a two-car ga-
rage, which contains addi-
tional storage. Granite
countertops are in the
charming open kitchen that
leads to a private dining
room. Roomy maple cabi-
nets are throughout the
home. This home is offered
at $281,870.
A Home site 209 is a two-

story home with 2,398

square feet of living space
with five bedrooms, three
bathrooms and a two-car
garage.
The 12-inch-by-12-inch
tile at the entry area adds
interest. Upgraded cabinets
are throughout the home
and a cozy den adds versa-
tility and privacy. This
home is offered at $276,630.
Located just 15 minutes
north of Fresno, The Groves Above and below: The limited collection of oversized home sites at The Groves, ranging from 6,000 to 9,000 square feet, showcases the most sought-after plans at Benchmark’s popular Cantera
community is nestled neighborhood.
among established neigh-
borhoods, so you can enjoy
the instant neighborhood
atmosphere. Whatever you
need is nearby — schools,
shopping, businesses and
easy freeway access.
There are no HOA dues.
The limited collection of
oversized home sites, rang-
ing from 6,000 to 9,000
square feet, showcases the
most sought-after plans at
Benchmark’s popular Can-
tera neighborhood. Visit
Cantera and see the beauti-
fully decorated model
homes.
Homebuyers can take
advantage of the opportu-
nity to choose from three
individual single- and two-
story designs ranging from
2,010 to more than 2,600
square feet, with up to six
bedrooms, up to 21⁄2 bath-
rooms and two-bay ga-
rages.
Kitchens are open and
flow to common areas,
making entertaining easy ing tub, per plan, and sep- homebuying experience treat you like a priority and says Benchmark Communi- utes away at 122 Rancho
and fun. Walk-in closets are arate water closet with was definitely the people it ends up feeling like ties better than its out- Mirage Road, Madera, CA
large and roomy. door. we worked with, from the you’re friends.” standing customer service. 93638. For additional in-
The luxurious owner’s Home pricing at The sales office to the final walk With a remarkable atten- The Groves is being sold formation, call James Cole-
suite has an adjoining pri- Groves starts in the mid- through,” writes new tion to detail, expertly craft- out of the Cantera commu- man at (559) 674-7000 or
vate bath with dual vanities, $200,000 range. Benchmark homeowner, ed floor plans and highly nity. Stop by the Cantera visit benchmarkcommuni-
shower and separate soak- “The best part about the Brianne Fidalgo. “They desired locations, nothing Sales Office just a few min- ties.com.

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HOT PROPERTY
A ‘Bachelor’ pad in LA’s Hidden Hills
By Neal J. Leitereg
LOS ANGELES TIMES
N
ick Carter of the
Backstreet Boys
has found a
match for his
Hidden Hills home, selling
the estate in the gated
equestrian community to
“The Bachelor” director
Ken Fuchs for $4.075 mil-
lion.
Reached by a private
road, the knoll-top site
includes a traditional-style
home and a newly built
guesthouse. A chicken coop
built to resemble the main
house also lies on the acre-
plus property.
The two-story home,
built in 1956 and recently
updated, features wide-
plank hardwood floors,
beamed ceilings and Cal-
cutta marble countertops in
the kitchen and bathrooms.
Living spaces include an
open-plan great room, a
den/office and a game/
family room with an aquar-
ium.
The master suite has two
walk-in closets and a balco- built-ins and a center-
ny that overlooks the back-
yard. Including the gues-
thouse, there are five bed-
rooms and 6.5 bathrooms
in slightly more than 5,500
square feet of living space.
Sliding glass doors off thedual closets and custom
main level open to a cov-
ered patio with a fire-pit
feature. Stone steps lead
down to a swimming pool
and spa.
Carter, 37, has released
eight studio albums with
the Backstreet Boys as well
as three solo albums.
Among the bestselling
artists worldwide, the vocal property. A motor court sits
group has hits that include
“I Want It That Way” and
“Everybody.”
Fuchs is the longtime
director of “The Bachelor”
and “The Bachelorette.” His
other credits include the
shows “Shark Tank” and
“Family Feud.”
TRADITIONAL, WITH A FEW mated shows as “The Real
GO-GO GADGETS
Andy Heyward, producer, Moon.”
writer and chief executive
of the entertainment com-
pany Genius Brands In-
ternational, has listed his
updated home in Bel-Air
for sale for $10.495 million. coaching staff, but he’s
Heyward bought the
traditional-style home two
years ago from Penske
Media Corp. founder Jay
Penske for $7.25 million
and added a range of new
features during his owner-
ship. Among them is a
custom screening room, a
fully equipped gym and TV features pocketing glass
nook/sitting room. A new
audiovisual system can be
enjoyed in every room.
Ken Fuchs, director of such shows as “Shark Tank” and “The Bachelor,” bought the traditional-style home in Hidden Hills from Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter for $4.075 million. The updated 1950s home
sits on more than an acre of grounds with a guest house, a swimming pool and a chicken coop.
The shake-sided two-
story, built in 2011, also
includes a step-down living
room, a library with custom
island kitchen. Wraparound
terraces and a screened sun
porch provide space for
indoor-outdoor living and
entertaining.
The master suite, with its
bathroom, takes in city and
canyon views from a pri-
vate balcony. In all, there
are five bedrooms and 5.5
bathrooms in more than
5,000 square feet of living
space.
Outdoors, a long infinity-
edge swimming pool lies
on the edge of the acre-plus
at the end of the home’s
gated driveway.
Heyward formerly head-
ed the animation produc-
tion company DiC Enter-
tainment, which was sold
nine years ago. He is the
co-creator of the cartoon
“Inspector Gadget,” as well
as producer of such ani-
Ghostbusters” and “Sailor
AN ENCINO SCORE FOR
RAMS COACH
Sean McVay may be a
new addition to the Rams’
wasting no time make
himself at home in L.A. The
31-year-old head coach has
bought a home in Encino
for $2.71 million.
Set on a corner lot, the
contemporary-style home
was designed for indoor-
outdoor entertaining and
doors, a swimming pool
and a covered patio. A row
of built-in benches lines a
pavilion above the swim-
ming pool.
Inside, the roughly 4,700
square feet of open-concept
living space includes a
chef’s kitchen with an 8-
foot-long island, a great
room, a dining room, six
bedrooms and 5.5 bath-
rooms. The master suite,
with two walk-in closets
and a sitting area, takes in
canyon and mountain
views.
There’s also a three-car
garage.
The house was listed at
$2.749 million prior to the
sale, records show.
McVay in January be-
came the youngest head
coach in NFL history when
he was hired by the Rams.
He previously spent seven
seasons with the Washing-
ton Redskins as the tight
ends coach and, more
recently, the offensive coor-
dinator.
A QUICK PLAY IN
DOWNTOWN L.A.
Professional baseball
player Ichiro Suzuki has
recorded another hit of
sorts, selling his condomi-
nium in downtown L.A.’s
Arts District for more than
$100,000 over the asking
price.
The property came to
market in early March for
$2.349 million and sold in
less than a month, records
show. The sale price was
$2,450,777, or about $1,207
per square foot.
“The speed at which the
sale was completed truly
underscores the ongoing
resurgence of downtown
Los Angeles and the area’s
attractiveness to a new
generation of luxury
buyers,” Mercer Vine agent
Real Estate 7D
Keller Williams Realty
Dominic Labriola said. Spears, then 22 and nine door. A Juliet balcony and
Labriola co-listed the prop- months removed from her Palladian-style window sit
erty with agent Tara Hotch- first marriage to childhood above the entry.
kis, also with Mercer Vine. friend Jason Alexander, The 3,898 square feet of
Frank Bruno of Keller Wil- married Federline in a living space inside includes
liams Realty represented surprise ceremony at the a center hall that opens to a
the buyer, e-sports pioneer Colfax Meadows property. formal living room and a
Alexander Garfield. The nuptials, witnessed by dining room reached
The 2,030-square-foot a handful of family and through French doors.
unit, in the Biscuit Co. Lofts friends, came a month Custom molding, mul-
building, retains the indust- before the couple’s planned lioned windows and oak
rial vibe of the onetime wedding in Santa Barbara. floors are among the ap-
1920s factory. Brick walls, They would divorce three pointments.
steel-case windows and years later. The family room adjoins
exposed ductwork are “All the neighbors keep an eat-in kitchen with a
among details of the loft- coming in and asking me if broad island and a full-size
style space. A steel staircase I knew (Spears) was mar- wine refrigerator. The mas-
connects each floor. ried there,” said listing ter suite _ one of five bed-
Living areas include a agent Steve Shrager of rooms and four bathrooms
large common room with a Coldwell Banker Resi- _ has a veranda overlooking
galley-style kitchen, one dential Brokerage. the leafy backyard. There’s
bedroom and 2.5 bath- The Georgian traditional- also a powder room.
rooms. A 1,000-square-foot style home, built in 1941 The house has changed
private rooftop patio tops and renovated by architect hands a few times since the
the residence and takes in Richard Olander, has clas- Spears-Federline wedding,
city-to-ocean views. sic curb appeal. The clap- including in 2006 for $2.087
Suzuki, 43, became the board-sided front of the million and, in 2008, for
30th player in Major house is reached by a walk- $1.925 million. More recent-
League Baseball history to way that passes under a ly, it sold four years ago for
reach 3,000 hits last year vine-wrapped arbor and $1.812 million, records
with the Miami Marlins. ends at the dark-hued front show.
The Japanese-born player
has twice won the Amer-
ican League batting title
and has earned All-Star
nods in 10 of his 16 major
league seasons.
Garfield founded Good-
Game Agency, a talent
management and content
agency for competitive
gaming players and teams.
The company was acquired
in 2014 by the live-stream-
ing video game platform
Twitch.
THE SITE OF SPEARS’
WEDDING NO. 2
The Studio City home
where pop singer Britney
Spears said “I do” to back-
up dancer Kevin Federline
in 2004 is on the market for
$2.295 million.
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Chaffee Zoo’s first lady

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Jean Chaffee has a longstanding
relationship with our local zoo.
After all, her name is on its signs.

Puppy paradise

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Elaine’s Pet Resort is just that — a spa
and a getaway for the Valley’s dogs and

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cats.

Adopt a furry friend

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If you’ve been thinking of adding an
animal to your life, you’re in good com-
pany. Adopt one. Or two. Now. 8 Sneak Peek
Hungry? It’s a zoo out there 9 Believe It

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Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo is a culinary
adventure, for animals and humans
alike. Grab a fork and enjoy.
Take a walk on the wild side
10 Pastimes
14 Don’t Miss Calendar
16 Two Degrees of Separation
18 25 Things You Didn’t

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California has some great zoos — like Know About...
ours! — and a handful of others you just 22 Valley Gems
have to check out.
26-45 Our Pets
47 Eat, Drink, Be Merry
51 Get Up & Go
56 Snapshots

Petra House of Labrador Retriever

Rescue of Fresno is shown with
Bebe. She and other foster pet
parents make possible the work of
animal agencies in the Valley, of-
fering homes to pets when shelters

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are at capacity, or when animals are
very young, past traditional adop-
tion age or have special needs.

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Pets make our lives complete

Y
ou might have noticed that my photo has been
replaced this month with three of the most
beautiful cats you’ve probably ever seen. OK,
maybe I’m a bit biased, but
what can I say? It’s a pet
mom’s right to be a little
biased when it comes to the
cats who own her.
Yes, you read that right. I’m
property of these three little
treasures. They wake me up
at 5 a.m. They walk all over
me and shed fur all over my
favorite chair. They demand
attention. They’re loud and quirky and they’re
mine. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
They each came to me via The Cat House on the
Kings, and from foster families that gave them a
good start. Animal foster families give of them-
selves so people like me can one day adopt the
animals in their care.
They give homes to animals when they are tiny,
helpless creatures requiring round-the-clock attention. Or, in
some cases, when they are older or have special needs. They
make it possible for many of the animal agencies in our Valley
to do the phenomenal work they do.
Read about animal fostering in writer Katie Fries’ story on
pages 32 to 35.
Katie’s story is just one of the many we’ve dedicated to ani-
mals this month. You’ll find stories about the zoo, Saint Agnes
Medical Center’s Heavenly Hounds and a student project de-
signed to help shelter animals.
But one of my favorite things in this edition of Central Valley
is a series of snapshots displayed on pages 26 to 29. Your pets
are the stars on these pages. Thanks, readers, for responding to
our call to send us pictures of your cats and dogs — and a turtle!
Editor

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Take a respite
Everyone needs a little down time,
especially in the middle of a busy
week. The San Joaquin River Park-
way & Conservation Trust Inc. can
help you with that.
Now through October, the non-
profit is hosting Respite by the River
events at the Ranch House in Fresno.
Each free, two-hour program
features live dinner music followed
by a reading by a local author.
Guests are invited to bring blankets, lawn chairs
and picnic dinners. Wine, beer and dessert are avail-
able for purchase. Finn Telles, director of business
development, says that since the program’s debut in
2002, it’s “grown to be a popular free community
event with high caliber writers and musicians.”
This month, the featured artists are students from
the McLane High School ArtVenture Academy. The
program integrates the arts into core academic class-
es like science, history and language arts.
Other featured artists in this season’s lineup in-
clude writer Tim Hernandez (“All They Will Call
You”), writer Randa Jarrar (“Him, Me, Muhammad
Ali”) and U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.
Details: www.riverparkway.org/index.php/things-
to-do/respite-by-the-river
Ahoy, matey! If the shoe fits
The Fresno Pirate Festival returns to Kearney Park on A contemporary take on the classic story
Saturday, May 20 and Sunday, May 21. of Cinderella will come to Fresno’s Saroyan
The themed event, held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., fea- Theatre this month.
tures hundreds of pirates recreating New Providence, a “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” a
thriving pirate community. Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, is
The residents of sure to delight audiences with the story’s
New Providence will memorable moments — the pumpkin, the
have wares for sale, glass slipper and the masquerade ball —
live cannon demon- with a few extra twists.
strations, a pirate Beloved songs “Impossible/It’s Possible,”
ship for the kids to “In My Own Little Corner” and “Ten Minutes
board, fine food and Ago” help tell the tale that is both funny and
ales, dancing gypsies, romantic, where impossible things happen
stage shows, mer- every day.
maids and a whole Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
weekend of fun — all May 16 and Wednesday, May 17 in Saroyan
while reenacting a Theatre, 730 M St., Fresno.
bit of history in Tickets cost from $33 to $63 and can be
swashbuckling style. purchased at ticketmaster.com.
Kearney Park is at 7160 W. Kearney Blvd., Fresno. Details: www.broadwayinfresno.com/
Details: www.twofayreladies.com/piratesfestival.html shows/cinderella
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Socially conscious
cups of coffee
A coffeehouse or cafe is a special space,
functioning for many as a place to enjoy a
casual meet-up with friends or family, a tempo-
rary office for the on-the-go or the spot for a
spontaneous connection — human or other-
wise.
Two Los Angeles-based businesses, Crumbs
& Whiskers and The Dog Cafe, are using this
idea of a communal, everyday area and turning
it on its head in hopes of revolutionizing the cat
and dog adoption process. That’s right — with
these businesses, you get both a cup of joe and
an encounter with a furry pal.
Crumbs & Whiskers is the brainchild of
Kanchan Singh who decided to embrace her
love of animals and conscious businesses in
2014, leaving behind a cushy corporate career
for a from-the-ground-up project that was
inspired by Catmosphere Cat Café in Chiang
Mai, Thailand.
The objective is simple: improve the lives of
shelter cats by acting as a foster home where
they can remain until they find a forever home.
The comfortable, fun environment helps
reinvent the way people typically connect with
rescue cats, and creates more space in over-
crowded area shelters.
The Dog Cafe functions in a similar way,
Enter a new realm
Who knew the Central Valley
would become a mecca for reptile
lovers?
Lost Realms Pets opened at Cedar
and Nees avenues in April to the
delight of local lizard, snake and frog
lovers. More than 200 tanks display a
stock of dozens of species ranging from a $3.50
brown anole to a Bells phase lace monitor
valued at $10,000.
Beyond the retail side of the store is a 3,700-
square-foot zoo featuring the 52-species private
collection of owners Nick Crawford and Patric
Fournier. Reptile experts are on-hand at all
times to give educational tours of the zoo and
share their knowledge of the animals and their
c e n t ra lv a lle y. c o m
acting as a halfway home for rescues to rehabil-
itate and properly showcase their personalities
before meeting their future owners.
Both Crumbs & Whiskers and The Dog Cafe
have a fee for visitors and require advanced
reservations, which can be booked online.
Details: www.crumbsandwhiskers.com,
www.thedogcafela.com
habitats with customers hoping to create their
own terrariums for their pets.
Admission to the zoo portion of the building
costs $4 for children older than 2, $6 for adults
and $5 for seniors.
Guests can purchase annual memberships to
visit as often as they want for $40 (individual) or
$70 per family.
Details: www.lostrealmsreptiles.com
A helping paw
It’s a pretty uncontroversial belief that Fresno
Chaffee Zoo is a valuable asset to our commu-
nity, no matter what your age or background.
And it’s probably even less disputed that
spending more time in its wild habitat is always
a good idea.
Well, now is your chance — and you can
learn a lot along the way, too.
Fresno Chaffee Zoo is constantly on the hunt
for more community volunteers to donate their
time to being what the zoo dubs as the core of
its educational programming: docents.
These folks conduct tours of the grounds
and its various exhibits, as well as carry out
public talks for visiting guests — representing
the Fresno Chaffee Zoo and its efforts at its
most visible level.
But you’ve got to know your stuff.
All interested parties must complete a 12-
week training program, which takes place each
fall, and the classes are typically held once a
week at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo’s Education
Complex by the education staff.
Training costs $100 per individual, and
includes a docent shirt, Fresno Chaffee Zoo
membership and a docent manual.
An application must be submitted by all
candidates, and is only open to those who are
ages 18 and older.
A similar opportunity is through the zoo’s
module docent program, which focuses on a
specific area of the grounds: the African Savan-
na, Ocean, Rainforest/Wetlands and Desert/
Valley Farm.
Volunteers are expected to interact with zoo
attendees by sharing animal know-how with
hands-on experiences, with each module
consisting of 12 hours of training at a cost of
$25 per person.
Fresno Chaffee Zoo even has more animal-
centered programs like its zookeeper assistant
opportunity.
For people ages 18 and older, you can get a
direct line with resident zookeepers and assist
in caring for the animals in a variety of ways.
An application and negative TB test must be
submitted for consideration.
Contact the volunteer coordinator at (559)
498-5945 or volunteer@fresnochaffeezoo.org
for additional information or an application.
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Pastimes
Janice Stevens is the
author of seven books on
California history:
Fresno’s Architectural
Past, Vol. I and II, William
Saroyan: Places in Time;
Remembering the
California Missions; and
An Artist and a Writer
Travel Highway 1,
collaborations with her
business partner,
watercolorist Pat Hunter,
and two volumes of
Stories of Service,
compilations of Valley
veterans’ military
memoirs. Ask Janice a
Fresno history question
by emailing custom@
fresnobee.com or posting
your question on the
Central Valley magazine
facebook page,
www.facebook.
com/CentralValleyMag.
10 MAY 2017 | Central Valley Magazine
Tarpey Depot, a
former train depot, is
now a visitors center
BY: Janice Stevens | ILLUSTRATIONS: Pat Hunter |
PHOTOGRAPHY: Clovis-Big Dry Creek Historical
Society, Fresno Bee archives
A
significant remnant of early Clovis history,
the Tarpey Depot at the corner of Clovis
Avenue and Fourth Street in downtown
Clovis, continues to serve the community as the
Clovis Tourist Information and Visitors Center. Once
one of three depots on the failed San Joaquin Valley
Railroad, to the Southern Pacific Railroad, the Tar-
pey Depot is a repository of memories, replete with
photographs and memorabilia depicting the evolu-
tion of a town.
During the blaze of the Gold Rush Era, sheepher-
ders and cattle ranchers discovered the Central
Valley beneath the Sierra Nevada mountain range,
long occupied by Yokut, Mono and other Indian
tribes. Perhaps a poster touting the benefits of the
Valley led brothers Jacob and Stephen Cole to mi-
grate from Indiana in hopes of discovering the all-
American Dream.
Finding a lush land burgeoning with potential for
farming, in 1873 the brothers homesteaded and
bought hundreds of acres in the Red Bank District of
Fresno County.
Stephen’s 17-year-old son, Clovis, accompanying
his father and uncle to the untamed west, found
work hauling lumber down to the Valley from the
mountains on a rough and treacherous road now
known as Tollhouse Road. However, by the time
Clovis turned 24, he would make his mark in agri-
culture, buying up 480 acres for $4 an acre near
what would become Old Town 100 years later. In 10
years’ time, by the 1890s, Clovis reigned as “Wheat
Farmer of the United States,” farming wheat and
barley on a vast empire of 40,000 acres.
Traveling from the East Coast in search of land to
promote and finance the San Joaquin Valley Rail-
road, businessman Marcus Pollasky approached
Clovis Cole in 1891 to negotiate a sale from Clovis’
land. Clovis, aware of the need to transport crops in
a more efficient and profitable manner than by
aThe iconic image of the Tarpey Depot introduces
visitors to the Old Town Trail.
horse and buggy, embraced the idea of bringing the
rail to town.
The Clovis-Dry Creek Historical Society Museum
in Clovis displays the original bill of sale for “$4,000
gold coin” exchanging 1 square mile “for the pur-
pose of plotting and laying out a town site.” The
rectangular piece of land is bounded by what is
today First and Fifth streets and Hughes and Pol-
lasky avenues. An apparent visionary who antici-
pated a thriving township, Clovis Cole donated an
additional plot of land for the train depot at what
would become the corner of Ashlan and Clovis
avenues in 1891. Railroad officials honored Clovis by
naming the town site after him.
The Tarpey Depot is named for Malcom F. Tarpey,
owner of the Tarpey Ranch. In the book, “Images of
an Age: Clovis,” Arthur Tarpey, grandson of the
patriarch M. F. Tarpey, wrote of his grandfather’s
influence in the early development of Clovis. “M. F.
Tarpey acquired 600 acres of what became the
Tarpey Ranch shortly before 1880. Part of the acqui-
sition was already a producing vineyard, but my
grandfather was intent on expansion. With the
addition of the 80-acre Torik property, the total rose
to 1,360 acres by 1920.” Arthur Tarpey’s remem-
brance notes his grandfather’s intention of owning
nothing but the best for his ranch. “He owned
c e n t r a lva lle y.c o m
 matched teams of Clydesdale and Percheron horses,
and a prize Missouri jackass from which was bred
powerful Missouri mules. Tarpey, of course, was the
first president of the Fresno Irrigation District as well
as a founder of that association.”
Pollasky built three depots in the area as part of the
aThe Tarpey
Trans-Sierra Railroad running from Fresno to Truckee.
Depot was one of
Although Pollasky was believed to have absconded three depots on the
with the money invested to build the rest of the rail- San Joaquin Valley
road, Researcher Russ Stolling disputes the legend Railroad and the
after researching the history of Pollasky. “It seems it Southern Pacific
was [Thomas] Hughes who initiated the railroad Railroad.
project and contracted with Pollasky to build it. The
eThe fully
railroad was largely financed by Chicago and New
restored Tarpey
York capitalists. Investors locally were not Clovis Depot is now the
farmers, but Fresno bankers and businessmen. (There Clovis Tourist
was no Clovis in 1891, only thousands of acres of Information and
wheat, grain and fruit.) That Pollasky vanished with Visitor Center in
other people’s money never to be seen again seems Clovis.
unlikely, particularly as it is known that he sued the
Southern Pacific in 1896 to recover his own invest-
ment in the railroad, said to be approximately
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aThe Tarpey Depot train
station sat empty at Kearney
Park for more than 30 years
before historians were able to
relocate the Clovis building
back home.
continued ...
$374,000.”
Although the People’s Railroad, as
Pollasky called it, began operation in late
1891 and terminated at Hamptonville,
now known as Friant, in 1892, the original
plan of extending the rail 100 miles into
the Sierra failed.
“The San Joaquin Valley Railroad used
a railroad car for its station until it went
broke and was absorbed by the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company. The Southern Pacific built a
two-story station with a platform in 1892 on the east
side of the railroad track at the corner of Fourth Street
and Clovis Avenue. Southern Pacific built similar
stations at Tarpey and Pollasky, or Friant, except that
the Clovis depot had living quarters for its station
master, a Mr. Matthews, who lived upstairs,” writes an
author in “Images of an Age: Clovis.”
“The quaint little building (650 square feet) was one
of three depots on the ill-fated San Joaquin Valley
Railroad built by a group of local investors headed by
Marcus Pollasky. The 26-mile rail line ran from Tulare
Avenue and First Street near downtown Fresno to
Friant, then known as Hamptonville, with intermediate
stops at the Tarpey Depot and at an isolated freight
station called Clovis,” a Fresno Bee story notes.
By 1911, the Tarpey Depot was no longer used by
the Southern Pacific. The building was used for several
purposes until it was eventually abandoned and fell
into disrepair. The Fresno Historical Society acquired
the building and moved it to Fresno’s Kearney Park in
anticipation of creating a pioneer village in the 1960s.
The village never materialized, and the depot contin-
ued to deteriorate.
Susie Osterberg, born and raised in Clovis and
owner of Osterberg Mercantile, is credited with the
return of the Tarpey Depot to Clovis.
“Susie Osterberg, chair of the Tarpey restoration
committee, helped spearhead the drive to return the
landmark to its new home at Fourth and Clovis ave-
nues,” writes a Clovis Independent staff writer.
In 1998, the fragile depot was transported from
Kearney Park by flatbed truck to its location at Clovis
Avenue and Fourth Street in the heart of Downtown
Clovis. A labor of love, focused on fundraising and
back-breaking labor, restored the depot to not only
preserve a historical building, but to an active and
necessary component for a vibrant community.
Pam Nelson, Tarpey Depot manager, says, “It’s a
happy place to be, a fun job. I’ve learned a lot about
the depot and Clovis, and met people that used to
work in it when it was used as an office for the vine-
yards. They would eat in the depot. Some come in
whose parents worked for the railroad.”
In a brick-lined courtyard adjacent to the historical
building, a plaque attached to a large 38,000-pound
granite rock, known by the locals as “the Climbing
Rock,” details the history of the Tarpey Depot.
The plaque erected by the Jim Savage Chapter 1852
E Clampus Vitus, dedicated Jan. 9, 2000, states, “Built
in 1892 as one of the three depots along the line of the
San Joaquin Valley Railroad, this structure was origi-
nally located on the Tarpey Ranch just southeast of
what would become Ashlan and Clovis avenues. In the
span of its existence it has served as a freight and
passenger depot, the Paloma Winery office, a post
office, a polling place, and as the office of Billings and
Fine, real estate agents for the Tarpey Village devel-
opment. It is the last remnant of the San Joaquin Valley
Railroad, a 26-mile route from Fresno to present-day
Friant, built in 1891 and sold to Southern Pacific Rail-
road in 1893. The combination of the railroad and the
42-mile lumber flume from Shaver Lake, built by the
Fresno Flume and Irrigation Company and completed
in 1894, provided the impetus for the founding of the
City of Clovis.”
Another plaque placed in front of a tree in the center
of the courtyard states, “This Tree Blooms in Loving
Memory of Effie ‘Susie’ Osterberg who brought the
Tarpey Depot back home.” CV

Book Launch at ArtHop

4 to 8 p.m.
Third Thursday, May 18
Gallery II, 1490 W. Shaw Ave., Suite G, Fresno
Special feature: A mini-documentary of traveling Highway 1 South with behind-
the-scenes information on certain locations along the route by producers Steve
and Ace Manelski, Community Media Access Collaborative (CMAC) television
station.
The author and artist for Central Valley’s Pastimes column document the best
loved and most spectacular drive in California in a beautifully illustrated artistic
and literary journey. A fantastic drive comes to a stunning conclusion in “An Artist
and a Writer Travel Highway 1 South.” Completing the trilogy started in “An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 North” and
continued in “An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 Central,” “An Artist and a Writer Travel Highway 1 South” is illustrated with
more than 130 original full-color watercolors by Hunter depicting gorgeous landscapes and architectural treasures.
Additional events:
+ 1 to 4 p.m. May 21 at Tower Theater, 815 E. Olive Ave., Fresno
+ 5 to 8 p.m. June 1 at CMAC (former Fresno Metropolitan Museum) ArtHop, 1555 Van Ness Ave., Fresno
Details: (559) 222-4443, www.gallery2fresno.com, janicemstevens@cs.com

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May2017

Summer may not be Run for your tacos Remember the fallen
here yet, but you can
tell it’s on the way. 05.05 Will you run
faster if tacos, churros and cerveza
05.28 Each year, the
Fresno Community Concert Band
This month, you can await you at the finish line? The observes Memorial Day with a
only way to find out is to sign up concert. In “Lest We Forget,” guest
hit the trails and pet for the Olé 5-Que, Fresno’s own soloist Brian Lummis will join the
some cats, and still Cinco de Mayo-themed race. Not 80-piece band in their tribute to
a runner? No our country’s fallen soldiers.
have time to take in problem. You A purr-fect Saturday Details: www.fresnocommun-
a show or two. can still pur- ityband.org
chase a ticket to
enjoy the post-
race fiesta.
05.06 You’ve heard
about the amazing work The Cat
Details: House on the Kings does to save
www.cincode- homeless cats (and dogs), but
mayorace.com have you been to the 12-acre
facility in Parlier? Its spring open
Hit the trail house is your chance to see it for

05.06 If you haven’t

yet explored Clovis via its trail
system, there’s no better day. At
Clovis Trail Fest you can walk, run
or ride 3 miles of the Old Town
and Dry Creek trails between 5th
Street and Dry Creek Park. A range
of activities, snacks, live entertain-
ment and demonstrations will be
For more
complete calendar
available at 20 stations along the
route.
Details: www.visitclovis.com
listings, go to
planitfresno.com
yourself. Take a guided tour, play
with kittens and participate in the
silent auction — who knows,
maybe you’ll even find your new-
est family member. Admission is
free with a donation to the facility.
Details: www.facebook.com/
events/1858226237790433
A taste of Vegas
05.25 New Wrinkles’
talented cast of age 55-and-over
performers puts on a
show every spring.
This year, the singing
and dancing seniors
will strut their stuff in
“Viva Las Vegas,” a
Vegas-style revue.
Details: www.new-
wrinklesfresno.com
The right stuff
05.31 If you know
what NKOTB stands for, if you
once vowed to name your first-
born Joey, if you still know all the
steps in “Step by Step,” you may
already have tickets for the Total
Package Tour. New Kids on the
Block will be joined by fellow ’90s
icons Boyz II Men and Paula
Abdul when their tour takes them
to the Save Mart Center this
month. Bonus: This time around,
you won’t have to rely on Mom or
Dad for a ride to the show.
Details: www.savemartcenter-
.com

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TwoDegreesofSeparation

Hip hip hooray for

modern medicine
I
never heard another word. label made me giggle! I know, we can be sixth-graders.
“I am going to need a hip replacement,” Mom Taking a sip from a crystal flute, I said that no one
said. “Blalbalalbhabll blahbla bhhall hblall [Febru- tells you when you build a house to start saving money
ary].” immediately because the whole thing will need to be
The words just floated through the blivityblip and replaced — it’s the oven, then new faucets, window
refused to register. It’s months away. Think about it coverings, the air conditioning, even new toilets over
tomorrow. time.
Mom, ever organized, was more mature and laser “Like ourselves!” said the always-insightful Susan.
focused weeks ahead. She lined up her family care- “Exactly!” We all laughed.
givers and details like jets flying in and out of Fresno- It’s so true about our body parts, but it’s just wrong.
Yosemite International Airport. Mom, for example, is in her 80s. She was coming up
A few days before the big day, I was whining over on her third joint replacement; this time a hip. Before,
wine about how afraid I was about this surgery to my it was two shoulders. It’s great that we have these
girlfriends Gina, Susan and Carolyn at what we call a surgical miracles that add quality years to our lives, but
Stitch and B-word session. They brought their embroi- it’s just wrong that we would have to go through them
dery and needlepoint. Carolyn supplied the bagels and at that stage of life.
challah. I just brought a bottle of B-word wine, a spar- It was time for me to put on my big girl panties, as
kling rose for no reason other than it was pink and the my refrigerator magnet says, and take my place on the
family’s Olympic caregiving team. Everyone
wants to help Mom, because she’s always
the first one there for us. And, well, we just
love her. Everyone loves her.
The night of her surgery, I slept in the
window seat at the hospital. The nurses
brought me pillows, sheets and blankets.
The room was illuminated via indirect
Gail Marshall is the lighting above her bed. She was sedated and
associate editor for the sleeping well, seemingly not hearing the
Opinion pages of The annoying beep of the machines surround-
Fresno Bee. She also is a ing her.
freelance writer and Still groggy from surgical anesthesia and
editor who has her own pain medication, she nibbled now and then
company, Marshall Arts
to calm a queasy tummy. She was getting a
Communications Consul-
boost of a popular street drug on a regular
tants. A co-author of
basis. Party on, Mom!
"Kidnapped at Chow-
chilla: The School Bus In the night shift, you listen to every
Hijacking," she is married breath. If there is a whimper, you ask,
and the mother of a son, “Mom, I’m here, you OK?”
Scott, who lives in heav- Infection prevention is a big deal in
en. Contact her at gail- hospitals, as it should be. There was an
mailmarshall@gmail.com, emphasis on antibacterial soap, yellow
on Facebook or paper gowns — I even slept in one. Blue
@gailmarshall on Twitter. latex gloves were required for everyone who
came in the room.
I’m always fascinated with the nurses.
Checking and double checking everything,
changing IVs, turning off alarms, bringing in
ice chips and saltines. Would you like a

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 damp cloth for your forehead? (Watch out for Mom’s
hair.) And so the caretaking goes throughout the heal-
ing process.
We have a couple of nurses in the family — thank
heavens for Tina Ulam — and people who are just
natural caregivers. I asked Tina for her best tips and
some of her friends also answered a call for advice.
This time we are fortunate enough to be the caretakers
in the family rather than the one who needs the care-
taking. Here are their gems:
Denise: Be joyful and encouraging. To bring light to
dire times, one must be a delightful person to be
around and be able to uplift the patient.
Lisha: Be attentive and understanding and very
patient.
Kelley: For recovery after surgery, walk! Start with
small goals even if it’s just down the hall to the kitchen.
Walking will make the lungs breathe deeper than the
shallow breathing they do sitting or lying down to help
prevent pneumonia.
Karen: After surgery, don’t let them overdo it. Pain
meds mask the pain so they won’t know they have
done too much until it’s too late.
Very nice, ladies. And just from watching Tina, the
other pros and my naturally nurturing family mem-
bers, here are some more tips:
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+ Write everything down: The first thing Tina did
was record medications and organize them into a days-
of-the-week box. She kept track of everything going in,
going out and exercises.
+ Nights matter: Keep someone sleeping nearby to
maintain the med schedule and even get the patient
up and walking around a bit.
+ Get help: Check with your insurance and with the
hospital to find out what home nursing services might
be available to you, often at little or no cost.
+ Lean in and lean back: Borrow, rent or buy a
recliner chair. It’s often more comfortable than a bed in
the early days.
+ Face the unthinkable: The hospital will ask for an
advanced directive. That means your wishes in case
things take a serious turn. Don’t face it cold on surgery
day. Have it privately decided and be prepared. Hospi-
tals can provide simple forms.
So now you’re all prepared. I may be calling you up
when it’s my turn to get replacement parts. If we are
lucky, our time will come.
Former First Lady Rosalyn Carter puts it this way:
“There are only four kinds of people in the world:
Those who have been caregivers, those who are cur-
rently caregivers, those who will be caregivers and
those who will need a caregiver.” CV
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PeopleProfile

faJean Chaffee holds a

Ball Python from the Fresno
Chaffee Zoo. She’s an active
Rain Forest Ranger and has
written a series of children’s
books about animal adventures
at the zoo that bears the name
of her late husband, Dr. Paul
Chaffee.

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 ANIMAL E NTHUSIAST AND AUTHOR

Jean Chaffee
BY: Doug Hoagland | PHOTOGRAPHY: Wayne Hutchison

J
ean Chaffee treasures the trips she made with her
late husband, Paul, to see the world’s wondrous
creatures.
Paul Chaffee — a veterinarian and longtime director
of the Fresno zoo — remains vivid and vital in her
memory.
“I never really trusted anyone before him,” she says.
“He was kind and encouraging and he never over-
whelmed you. I credit him for changing my life.”
The zoo was renamed in Paul’s honor a few months
before his death in 1990. Twenty-seven years later, Jean
remains active at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo. Here are
some of the highlights of her life:

1
Jean didn’t know much about the zoo before
she met Paul. He quickly changed that. She
discovered that he had a relationship with every
animal. The rhinoceros would see him and stick up its
head to be rubbed. The hippopotamus would open its
mouth, waiting for its jaw to be rubbed. “The most fun
was the ostrich,” Jean says. “The ostrich saw him, and it

immediately went into this mating dance.” She can —
and does — imitate what the ostrich did. It’s best
described as a shimmy with plenty of shaking and
swaying.
5
Jean had a big white horse named Captain. Her
father made her ride bareback for a year to
make sure she was comfortable and wouldn’t
fall off. Finally, she got a saddle, which was her “most

2
Paul would love the zoo’s 13-acre African Ad- exciting Christmas present ever.” She was 12 or 13. She
venture, Jean says: “Every time he went to would be gone on Captain for the entire day and loved
Africa, he’d come back and change the zoo — the freedom.

to make it more realistic. For him, the African Ad-
venture would be a dream come true.” Jean calls her-
self an activist for the zoo — and sometimes an out-
spoken one. “It’s a passion for me to see his vision
carried out.”
6
Jean, 76, attended Fresno State and studied to
become a teacher. “I only had two choices:
teaching or nursing. You either liked blood or
you didn’t like blood,” she says, laughing. “My father
was very conservative, and those were the two things

3
Jean’s roots are in the Valley. She was born in
Fresno, attended Madera High School and
graduated from Tranquillity High School in
western Fresno County. Her father, Robert Bruce, was
an accountant, and her mother, Lorain, earned a mas-
ter’s degree in education from the University of Cali-
you could do.” After graduation, she married an Air
Force officer. They had two children and divorced after
10 years. Jean’s daughter, Lynette Hergenroeder, lives in
Fresno and her son, Bruce Panttaja, lives in Visalia. She
has four grandchildren, plus grandchildren and great-
grandchildren on Paul’s side.

7
fornia, Berkeley, in the 1930s. Jean has one brother, A “backward” career is how Jean describes her
Richard, who lives in Fresno. years in education. In Madera, she was a princi- aJean Chaffee has written

4
She grew up loving the outdoors. Her parents pal for 10 years, followed by seven years as a seven children’s books based
had a 20-acre ranch near Madera, and Jean classroom teacher (fifth grade). Then, she worked as a on zoo life. Read No. 17 on the
would get up at 4 a.m. to accompany her father principal/grant writer in Chowchilla. She tried to next page for details about
Moja’s toothache.
to feed their cattle. She drove the tractor on the ranch, broaden her students’ experiences by taking them to a
and like her father, enjoyed getting her hands dirty. She variety of activities — Town Hall lectures, overnight aTop: Jean Chaffee feeds
would take a jar to a ditch to collect tadpoles. “I lived campouts at the zoo, field trips to San Francisco and Jabari, a giraffe at Fresno
in the ditch. Today, kids don’t know what a ditch is,” more. Chaffee Zoo.
she says. “I feel very lucky to have experienced all that.”
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aIn this photo from 1982, with Fresno Zoo elephant
specialist Paul Barkman leading the way, Nosey the
elephant strolls into her new pachyderm parlor from the
quarters she had occupied since 1949. This move became
the subject of Jean Chaffee’s first book.
aThe cover art of the book 'Nosey's Big Move' is
shown in this undated handout graphic from Jean Chaffee.
The book is illustrated by Ernie (Hergie) Hergenroeder.
aIn this photo from April 2004, Jean Chaffee, former
principal of Ripperdan Elementary in Madera and the
widow of Dr. Paul Chaffee, reads her book to students at
La Vina Elementary School, in a rural area south of
Madera.
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8
Jean met Paul in January 1986 at a Fresno restaurant where she and her girl-
friends regularly went on Friday nights. One evening, he walked in, and one of
her girlfriends — an acquaintance of Paul’s — invited him to sit down.
“I was a little offended because we had never done that before,” Jean says. “I didn’t
know who he was.” Her girlfriend soon left, and, as Jean puts it: “I was stuck with this
man.” But, he was so interesting. They talked for a couple of hours.
9
At the end of the evening, he told her: “If you ever want to go out to dinner
sometime, give me a call.” Her response: “I don’t call men. Here’s my card if
you want to call me.” And then, she says with a laugh, “I went home and sat
by the phone.” He soon called, and they went to dinner at the high-end Ripe Tomato
in Fig Garden Village. “I thought, ‘At last, I found a rich man,’ ” Jean says with more
laughter. She learned later that he wasn’t rich. It didn’t matter. “He was absolutely
fascinating.”
10
Paul asked Jean to join a safari trip he was leading to Botswana and
Zimbabwe for people interested in Africa. “Africa was where his heart
was, and it regenerated him,” she says. “Looking back, I realize that was
a test. If I liked Africa, then our relationship would move forward. If I didn’t, it was
over.” She remembers standing on a plateau in Zimbabwe, scanning the horizon and
not seeing or hearing anything that represented mankind. “I thought, ‘Now I can
understand how Abraham could have a conversation with God. There was nothing in
the way.’ ” She loved the trip.
11
They married in 1987 and made trips to Australia and South America
and returned to Africa. “Going anywhere with him was an adventure.
He knew everything,” Jean says.
12
Paul was in the hospital receiving treatment for melanoma skin cancer
when the zoo held a ceremony to mark its renaming in his honor. He
managed to attend because his doctor accompanied him. “He was
embarrassed and humbled” to have his name on the zoo, Jean says. “I still feel like
he’s right there. I’m at the zoo all the time, and I feel close to him there. Talking about
him also keeps him alive for me. He’s still a prominent part of my life.”
13
Seven years after Paul died, Jean felt a void. People would tell her sto-
ries about him, and she had her memories. But, she says, “I wanted to
know everything about him.” So, she took a year’s leave of absence from
teaching and started researching the zoo and Paul’s connection to it. As part of the
project, she made family trees for many of the zoo animals.
14
When the year was up, Jean retired and started writing children’s books
based on Paul’s stories about the zoo. Ernie Hergenroeder, her son-in-
law’s cousin and a professional illustrator, did the pictures for the books.
“Interviewing the zookeepers was very emotional as they described working with
‘Doc Chaffee,’ a man they loved and admired,” Jean says.
15
Jean eventually wrote seven children’s books. One is entitled “Nosey’s
Big Move,” and it’s about the zoo’s beloved elephant moving into a new,
modern exhibit in 1982. Nosey had come to Fresno in 1949. Paul timed
the move so he could borrow a circus elephant when Ringling Bros. was in town.
That elephant would calm Nosey and restrain her — they were chained together — if
she panicked and bolted. Luckily, everything went fine.
16
Nosey got to her new quarters and was frightened until a zookeeper
retrieved a rooster from her old exhibit, Jean says: “Every other rooster
she squashed, but this rooster, they had a true friendship. They got the
rooster, and she was calm.” Nosey died at age 47 in 1993. “I was shocked,” Jean says.
“She was more than an elephant. She was the zoo. She was the city’s mascot. She was
our friend. We fed her, rubbed her trunk and we laughed when she grabbed some-
one’s hat or sweater and threw it around before eating it.”
17
Jean’s other books are about Longo, the giraffe; Azak, the orangutan;
Bubbles and Bulgy, the hippos; Bosco, the chimp; and Moja, the lion.
One day, Moja developed a toothache and needed to see a local dentist.
Jean was told that a sedated Moja momentarily woke up in the dentist’s office, raised
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 his head and yawned — frightening the dentist and his assistant,
who ran screaming from the room. The dentist denied that ever
happened. “Well, I told him, I like the other version better, and I’m
putting it in the book,” she says laughing.

18
Jean has served as a docent and tour guide at the zoo
for more than 20 years. She also made presentations
to school groups, telling about zoo animals and
showing bone skulls, teeth and fur of animals. Now, she speaks
mostly to adult groups and teaches one-hour classes about ani-
mals and the environment to students touring the zoo. Jean’s also
involved in a program in which docents voluntarily provide a
three-day zoo camp for children in the Edison High School area. A
day at the zoo follows.

19
Elephants are her favorite animals. “They’re very
intelligent, have a sense of humor, grieve their lost
ones and have lasting friendships,” Jean says. The zoo
has three African elephants: Amy and her daughter Betts, and
Musi, a male; and two Asian elephants: Kara and Shaunzi, both
females.

20
Jean also has a favorite “unusual” animal — the
wildebeest, a type of antelope. She says it’s thrilling
to watch wildebeests partner with zebras to lead a
migration run of animals in Africa. The wildebeests have a keen
sense of smell, and the zebras have excellent eyesight. “They work
together so well,” she says. The zoo’s four male wildebeests are
Bantu, Kongo, Tsonga and Zulu.

21
Her favorite movie is “Out of Africa.” (Of course.) A
favorite book is “The Cowboy and His Elephant” by
Malcolm McPherson. Published in 2001, it tells the
story of an American cowboy who adopted Amy (see No. 19)
before she came to the Fresno zoo in 2015. In the last year, Jean
has read biographies of Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor
and Ruth Bader Ginsburg and television broadcaster Megyn Kelly.
“There appears to be a theme here — strong women,” she says.

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Besides San Francisco, Jean’s favorite place to visit is
Denali National Park in Alaska. While on tour there,
she learned how animals survive the harsh winters.
Moose, for example, eat nonstop as long as it’s light outside. Jean
was excited when she found moose poop, which she took apart to
study their diet.

23
For several years, Jean helped with a summer Bible
camp for children who live near downtown Fresno.
She also helps with a free monthly dinner that her
church — First Presbyterian — hosts for residents in the down-
town area. Jean grew up attending Madera’s First Methodist
Church, where she played the organ as a teenager. She’s comforted
by the fact that Paul experienced a renewal of his faith toward the
end of his life.

24
Jean has a passion for women’s education and is
scholarship chairman of a local chapter of Philan-
thropic Education Organization. The chapter holds a
chocolate tea every year to raise money. “We focus on local girls
who have overcome great obstacles to achieve their goals,” she
says.

25
Jean has learned from her travels — mostly in poor,
third-world countries — not to fear people who are
different from her. As she says: “I found we all have
the desire to build a better life for our children.” CV

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ValleyGems

Animal people
aIn the beginning, Elaine Nestell
just cared for pets like she would
in her own home. Now, pets at
Elaine’s Pet Resorts get treated to
overnight lodging, dog parks, water
parks, afternoon walks and more.

Elaine’s Pet Resorts finds success by loving our four-legged friends

BY: Doug Hoagland | PHOTOGRAPHY: Wayne Hutchison extra (wading) pool time. Cats are treated well, too,

D
ogs and cats are way more than critters at
Elaine’s Pet Resorts.
“Elaine figured out that this is a trust busi-
ness,” says Howard Nestell, chief executive officer and
son of company founder Elaine Nestell. “Who do you
trust to take care of your four-legged family member?”
For almost 30 years, Elaine’s has answered that
question by offering overnight lodging, day care and
other services while guided by this truth: Pets occupy a
special place in the hearts of their owners.
Hence, employees read to some dogs at night to
help soothe them. The staff chooses from the children’s
book series about Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Other options for dogs include special bedding and
beginning with accommodations in individual “kitty
condos.”
Elaine’s Fresno location at 3912 N. Hayston Ave. —
near Dakota and Cedar avenues — opened in 1989.
The Madera location at 40373 Brickyard Drive — near
Valley Children’s Hospital — followed in 2000.
In the beginning, Elaine says with a laugh, she fed
her animal guests, cleaned up their poop and got them
ready to return home with their human “moms.”
“I just took care of them like they were my own,” she
says.
Hiring good staff is how the business maintains that
ideal. General manager Debbie Eichenberger has
devoted 20 years to Elaine’s, and other staff members

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 have worked there for 10 years or more.
The key is finding pet lovers. “Animal people are
born, not made,” Elaine says.
They understand the pet owners who don’t like
leaving their animals alone during the day while
they’re at work. That concern makes day care a pop-
ular service at Elaine’s.
Dogs in day care get two sessions in the water parks
at Elaine’s. Both locations feature two parks; each park
has a shallow pool with sloped, beach-style entry and a
large expanse of artificial turf.
Staff members disinfect the turf every day, and dogs
with water restrictions can still play in one of the “dry
yards,” says Kristine Wolverton, marketing coordinator. aaTop: Dogs in day care get two
Most dogs play in groups with similar size canines, sessions in the water parks at
but one-on-one sessions with staff members are avail- Elaine’s Pet Resorts.
able to dogs that don’t do well in crowds. aAbove: Oliver relaxes at Elaine’s
Pet Resorts.
Dogs staying for the day also get an afternoon walk
and a gourmet treat. The standard treat is mashed eStaff members Liz Olvera and
potatoes with a meatball in an ice cream cone, but the Alicia Abell, with dog Charlie.
menu changes on some holidays. At Thanksgiving, for
example, turkey and mashed potatoes are served, but
only after staff members check about any dietary
restrictions.
Dogs staying overnight get the same perks and
privileges — and more. Five activity packages are
available for lodging dogs: the Celebrity, the Party Dog,
the Beach Dog, the Tender Care (for older dogs) and
the Puppy.
The Celebrity, for example, provides three group
play sessions in the water park every day as well as
orthopedic-style foam bedding. The Tender Care
package provides the same bedding and one-on-one
“mobility breaks” with staff members. Unlimited medi-
cation also is dispensed at no extra charge. However,
injections are not given.
The Party Dog — the most popular package at
Elaine’s — includes a 10-minute tuck-in at night when

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a staff member reads about the adventures of Clifford.
To keep traveling owners connected with their
animals, Elaine’s posts photos and videos to Facebook
daily. Some owners also call and ask staff members to
bring their dogs to the lobby to
hear their voices over the phone.
Elaine’s happily accommo-
dates those requests, says Wol-
verton: “It gives people peace of
mind.”
As a memento of holiday or
seasonal events, dogs are pho-
tographed in outfits. In the sum-
mer, for example, a dog may wear
a bikini and lei while posing on a
surfboard mounted on a stand as
part of Elaine’s annual Surf
Camp.
Other services for dogs include
“Lodge and Learn” (five-day and
10-day packages, including over-
night stays). Dogs get one hour of
aEach Elaine’s location has a cat
training each day, and trainers meet with owners so
room — in a dog-free zone. The
rooms have toys and a cat tree for
lessons can continue at home.
felines that like to climb and perch. Elaine’s will bathe dogs, trim their nails and clean
their ears, but haircuts are not offered.
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Care for cats is, by necessity, different. Each Elaine’s
location has a cat room in a dog-free zone. The rooms
feature plenty of natural light, toys and a cat tree for
felines that like to climb and perch. “We provide a nice
quiet environment for them to interact with one anoth-
er or simply lounge around like they do at home.”
Wolverton says.
Cats get considerable time outside their “condos,”
which are roomy, custom-designed enclosures with
multiple levels to accommodate each cat’s private litter
box plus food and water bowls.
The idea for Elaine’s came from Elaine Nestell’s
deep-seated love of animals. As a girl, she would bring
home neighborhood dogs that appeared to be home-
less, and her mother would return them to their own-
ers with an explanation about her tenderhearted
daughter.
Then in high school, Elaine invited her girlfriends to
watch a cat give birth in her bedroom closet. “My
friends were horrified,” she says, laughing.
The years passed, but Elaine’s concern for animals
remained. She didn’t believe her dogs got proper care
when she left them at a kennel in Fresno.
So, when it was time for family vacations, she would
drive her canines to a Sacramento kennel that met her
standards.
One year, the trip to Sacramento fell to her husband,
Bud, and son Howard. As they drove north with Amour
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 and Faust, two German shepherds, Bud and Howard Elaine is often joined in her office by her two dogs,
talked about a business opportunity. Perhaps they Jackson the Havanese and Bob the Bouvier, plus her
could build the kind of kennel in Fresno that would cat, Simba.
satisfy Elaine — and others like her. Elaine finds great satisfaction that she and her son
Elaine liked the idea but took her time gathering co-own the business and that he runs it. cWater areas are a hit. The
information. For two years, she traveled the country as “Howard’s doing a great job,” she says. “It’s a dream shallow water allows dogs to
part of her hobby of showing dogs in competitions. On come true to have him love it as much as I do.” CV splash and play.
her trips, she visited kennels, eventually compiling the
best of what she saw into a plan.
Bud and Howard oversaw construction of Elaine’s
first kennel on 3 acres at the Fresno location. The
Madera location has the same acreage. “The business
took off,” Howard says. “In less than 18 months, it was
in the black. But I don’t think Elaine cared about that.
She paid attention to the customers and the dogs,
while Dad and I paid the bills.”
Elaine says she’s “flabbergasted” by the success of
the business.
Originally, it was called Elaine’s Animal Inn. “But we
outgrew that name,” Howard says. “We were providing
entertainment for these dogs.” After all, how many
kennels play smooth jazz in the buildings where dogs
stay?
Over the years, Elaine, now 83, has turned the day-
to-day operation over to Howard, though she remains
the face and voice of the business. She also has an
office at the Fresno location where she goes every day.
“She beats me to work,” Howard says.

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 Pet perfection
More than ever before,
the Central Valley is
embracing the joy that
comes with owning pets
BY: Carey Norton | PHOTOGRAPHY: Aida Abrahamian, Emily
Cameron, Karen Conrad, Matthew Drake, Eric Fries, Karen
Garcia, Michelle Serna Garcia, Cristina Garvin, Begered Ghazi,
Katie Higley, James and Nicole Howard, Tracy Linney, Farin
Montañez, Carey Norton, Lavon Ortega, Sarah Papazian,
Jazmin Rivers, Harvie Schreiber, Melissa Stacey, Janice
Stevens, Janessa Tyler, Nikki Tyler and Candie Wasson
I
t appears dogs are winning the contest for
the most beloved pet in the United States,
with 60.2 million households owning a pup,
compared to the 47.1 million of us who are
owned by cats.
I understand the American Pet Products
Association knows things, but I just can’t believe
it. I, for one, think all you dog lovers are missing
the boat. Cats are tops in my book, but statistics
don’t lie. Here are a few more for you from the
American Veterinary Medical Foundation:
+ The average number of dogs per household:
1.6
+ The average number of cats per household:
2.1
The APPA reports the total number of pets
owned in the United States:
+ Dogs: 89.7 million
+ Cats: 94.2 million
+ Birds: 20.3 million
+ Freshwater fish: 139.3 million
+ Reptiles: 9.4 million
That’s a lot of pets, but shelters are still full.
The American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals estimate 6.5 million compan-
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ion animals enter animal shelters every year. Of
those, approximately 3.3 million are dogs and 3.2
million are cats. The ASPCA estimates the num-
ber of dogs and cats entering U.S. shelters an-
nually has declined from approximately 7.2
million in 2011. The biggest decline was in dogs
(from 3.9 million to 3.3 million). While that’s
encouraging, it is sobering that the Humane
Society of the United States estimates that each
year, approximately 2.7 million adoptable dogs
and cats are euthanized in the United States,
simply because too many pets come into shelters
and too few people consider adoption when
looking for a pet.
We live in a community where no-kill shelters
have thankfully made an impact, but more is
needed to stop pet-overpopulation in the Central
Valley and beyond. Pets should be spayed or
neutered and if you’re wanting a pet, adopt,
don’t shop. The ASPCA reports that nationally,
approximately 3.2 million shelter animals are
adopted each year (1.6 million dogs and 1.6
million cats).
The American Pet Products Association re-
ports from its 2017-2018 National Pet Owners
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 survey that pet ownership is up: 68 percent of
American households now own a pet, accounting
for 84.6 million pet-owning households, up from
79.7 million pet-owning households in 2015.
The survey shows a new generation of pet
owners contributing to that growth. Gen Y/
millennial pet ownership has officially surpassed
baby-boomer ownership by 3 percentage points
to now account for 35 percent of all pet owners.
“Millennials may be the largest generation
segment of pet owners in general, but they also
account for more than half of reptile, small ani-
mal and saltwater fish owners,” says Bob Vetere,
president and CEO of APPA. “This is a very pas-
sionate, active and connected group, and it’s
been very exciting to see.”
Vetere also reported the 2017-2018 APPA Na-
tional Pet Owners Survey shows what all pet
owners know. We love our pets. Take a look:
+ 85 percent of owners believe pets are a good
source of affection
+ 82 percent agree that interacting with a pet
can help them relax
+ 81 percent are aware that owning a pet can
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be beneficial to their own health
+ 81 percent feel unconditional love for their
pet
We also aren’t afraid to spend money on Fido
and Fluffy. Pet industry spending is at an all-time
high, up by more than $6 billion. Pet industry
spending for 2016 came in at a record high $66.75
billion, up from $60.28 billion in 2015, or a 10.7
percent growth. Americans spend $28.23 billion
on pet food alone.
Other services such as grooming, boarding,
walking, training, pet sitting and yard services
saw significant growth. It is even estimated to
grow another 6 percent in 2017 — higher than
expected growth percentage for any other spend-
ing segment.
“Now that millennials have taken the reins as
the primary demographic of pet owners, they
stand to further develop the humanization of pets
trend,” Vetere says. “We’ve been eager to see how
this new group of pet owners will affect the in-
dustry, and now that they’re here and the indust-
ry spending is higher than ever, it’s a promising
sign that our country’s pets are in good hands.”
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 A push with a purpose
BY: Dani Villalobos and Janessa Tyler

W
hen it comes to issues that affect our furry
pals, pet overpopulation isn’t exactly the
most fluffy of topics — but that doesn’t make
it any less important.
In fact, for organizations like Fresno’s Valley Animal
Center, the local problem pushes past mere awareness
to being at the heart of the nonprofit’s overarching
mission. Founder Christine Morykwas was one of the
first to establish the concept of a no-kill shelter in the
Central Valley in 1992, then named the California
Feline Foundation, working to combat the high num-
ber of animals brought in and euthanized at shelters
through education, adoptions and spaying and neutering of cats and dogs.
Its 25,000-square-foot center houses the Mardene G. Morykwas Memorial Veterinary Clinic to help perform
low-cost spaying and neutering surgeries, vaccines and wellness exams, and the Dr. James W. Thornton Dog Park
is a place for both shelter and public dogs to play and train in the area’s grassy grounds, agility yard and 2,000-
gallon wading pool.
Just this past year, Valley Animal Center racked up some impressive numbers in its efforts to address the pet
overpopulation in our community. A total of 382 dogs and 388 cats were adopted from its center, while 360 dogs
and 329 cats were rescued from eight animal control facilities. On the clinical side, 3,228 spay and neuter surgeries
and 483 exams were performed, and a whopping 10,090 vaccines were given in 2016.
The well-known mantra of “adopt, don’t shop” also rings true for groups like Fresno Bully Rescue, which focus-
es on promoting responsible ownership of bully breeds like the American Pit Bull Terrier, the American Stafford-
shire Terrier and the English Bulldog. In 2016, thanks to the generous efforts of more than 650 volunteers, 181
dogs were rescued through Fresno Bully Rescue.
The Cat House on the Kings is responsible for spaying and neutering more than 50,000 cats and kittens (and a
few dogs) since being founded by Lynea Lattanzio in 1992. The world-renowned no-cage facility, located on the
Kings River in Parlier, aims to place cats and kittens into loving forever homes and prevent pet overpopulation
through spaying and neutering. Today, hundreds of cats and kittens roam around the 12-acre, sanctuary.
Want more information? Check out the list to the right.

6 top reasons animals did anything wrong. Many are

to adopt a pet
You will save a life.
The number of euthanized animals
could be reduced dramatically if more
people adopted pets instead of buying
them. When you adopt, you save a
loving animal by making them part of
your family and open up shelter space
for another animal who might
desperately need it.
You will get a great animal.
Animal shelters and rescue groups are
brimming with happy, healthy pets just
waiting for someone to take them
home. Most shelter pets wound up
there because of a human problem like
a move or a divorce, not because the
already house-trained and used to
living with families.
It will cost you less.
Usually when you adopt a pet, the
cost of spay/neuter, first vaccinations
(and sometimes even microchipping) is
included in the adoption price, which
can save you some of the up front costs
of adding a new member to your family.
Depending on the animal, you may also
save on housebreaking and training
expenses.
It is good for you.
Not only do animals give you
unconditional love, but they have been
shown to be psychologically,
emotionally and physically beneficial to
their companions. Caring for a pet can
provide a sense of purpose and
fulfillment and lessen feelings of
loneliness. And when you adopt, you
can also feel proud about helping an
animal in need.
It is one way to fight puppy mills.
Puppy mills are factory-style
breeding facilities that put profit above
the welfare of dogs. Animals from
puppy mills are housed in shockingly
poor conditions with improper medical
care, and are often very sick and
behaviorally troubled as a result.
These puppy mills continue to
operate until people stop supporting
them.
You will change an animal’s whole
world
And, you will get a new best friend in
the process. What could be better than
that?
Source: The Humane
Society of the United States

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 Animal Compassion Team (ACT)
2789 S. Orange Ave., Fresno
(559) 266-6364
www.animalcompassionteam.com

Animal Rescue of Fresno (ARF)

4545 E. Dakota Ave., Fresno
(559) 225-5715
www.arf-fresno.com

Bandit’s
Buddies
Rescue
www.facebook.com/
banditsbuddies

Central
California
SPCA
(CCSPCA)
103 S. Hughes Ave.,
Fresno
(559) 233-7722
www.ccspca.com

Feral Paws Rescue Group

(559) 412-7226
www.feralpawsrescuegroup.org

Fresno Bully Rescue

8547 W. Herndon Ave., Fresno
(559) 276-7611
www.fresnobullyrescue.org

Fresno Humane
Animal Services
760 W. Nielsen Ave., Fresno
(559) 600-7387
www.fresnohumane.org

Miss Winkles Pet

Adoption Center
85 Temperance Ave., Clovis
(559) 324-2465
www.misswinkles.com

Pawsitive
Connections
(559) 393-1946
www.pawsitiveconnections.org

The Cat House on the Kings

7120 S. Kings River Road, Parlier
(559) 638-8696
www.cathouseonthekings.com

Valley Animal Center

3934 N. Hayston Ave., Fresno
(559) 233-8690
www.valleyanimal.org
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aJulius gets his bottle from
Cheryl Krauter.
aPercy and Alfie are the third
set of foster kittens fostered by
Charlie and Cheryl Krauter.
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Finding families
BY: Katie Fries | PHOTOGRAPHY: Gary Kazanjian,
Cheryl Krauter, Katie Fries
C
heryl Krauter had no idea what she was getting
into the day her daughter, Caitlyn Hemman,
asked her to run a simple errand. The instruc-
tions: Pick up four Manx kittens from the Clovis animal
shelter. Hemman, a volunteer for The Cat House on
the Kings in Parlier, had committed to fostering the
kittens but wasn’t able to get to the shelter that day.
“While I was there,” Cheryl recalls, “I saw these two
little kittens and said, ‘What about them?’ I called the
adoption center and said, ‘I’m here to get the kittens
but there’s these two ... I just can’t leave them.’ ”
Volunteer foster coordinator Kathy Scheer suggested
she foster them herself. Cheryl, already a regular vol-
unteer at The Cat House’s adoption center inside
Petco, admits she had never thought of fostering but,
she says, “I wasn’t leaving them.”
That was three years and more than 100 cats ago.
The Central Valley is home to many no-kill animal
shelters, but its pet-overpopulation problem persists,
eLabrador Retriever Rescue of
Fresno owner Petra House is
shown with a rescue at the home
of Susan Arthur in Clovis.
and shelters frequently turn animals away. Many rely
on fosters to open their homes to rescued animals on a
temporary basis — until they can be permanently
adopted — in order to free up shelter space.
“The more foster homes we have, the more cats and
kittens we can save or take from the community that
will eventually be put up for adoption,” says Tammy
Barker, assistant shelter director and president of the
board at The Cat House on the Kings.
Barker also manages the rescue’s Petco adoption
center. Felines come to these centers through The Cat
House’s Fresno Foster Care program, which depends
on volunteers to care for young kittens until they’re
around 6 weeks old — the age at which they can be
spayed and neutered. At that point they’re put up for
adoption in the center.
“Ninety-five percent of Petco adoption center’s
adoptable cats come from Fresno Foster Care,” Barker
says. The Krauters and Hemman are among the Cat
House’s most reliable fosters.
Hemman prefers the youngest kittens, which require
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aMark and Judy Steubner are fosters for Elder Paws
Senior Dog Rescue.
bottle feeding. It’s a labor of love that requires a lot of
time and patience.
“When they’re teeny, you have to get up in the
middle of the night at least once, sometimes twice” to
feed them, she says. Other responsibilities include
mixing formula, preparing the bottles, keeping track of
how much the kittens eat and making sure they’re kept
warm. Some lessons are learned with time.
But after nearly four years, Hemman has become
something of an expert. She’s mentored her parents
and others who have taken on the daunting challenge
of caring for newborn kittens.
Bottle-fed kittens, who need around-the-clock care
at first but are almost certain to be adopted, represent
one fostering extreme. Older dogs are the other. Senior
animals often spend more time in shelters than their
younger counterparts, particularly if they have special
needs.
“She’s a very sweet little girl,” says Mark Steubner of
Sadie, the 15-pound Pomeranian mix who is attempt-
ing to climb into his lap. Despite her winning person-
ality, Sadie is 9 years old and deaf — two character-
istics that make adoption a challenge.
Sadie is the second dog Mark and his wife, Judy,
have fostered for Elder Paws Senior Dog Rescue, which
specializes in saving the lives of older dogs. Sadie, they
say, was rescued after her original owner passed away.
Although it recently discontinued its fostering pro-
gram to focus on its other objectives, says founder
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aLarry Sumner with Trixie, Jackie Dick, Cindy Clark with Gonzo, Jacqueline Villicana and Daisy
Villicana with Huckleberry. All have fostered animals through Fresno’s Valley Animal Center.
Cathie Garnier, fosters like the Steubners will continue
to foster the dogs who remain in Elder Paws’ care until
they’re adopted.
Elder Paws helps its fosters by covering the dogs’
expenses. In Sadie’s case, because she’s on a special diet,
Elder Paws pays for prescription dog food. Her vet bills,
like one for a recent ear infection, are covered as well.
“All fosters are different,” says The Cat House’s Bark-
er. “Some fosters want to pay for everything because
that’s their contribution. Other fosters need our help
with food. And we always provide vet care on our
dime.”
Valley Animal Center’s perpetual care program often
seeks fosters for older dogs left in its care. “If someone
passes or goes into a [care] home and can’t have their
pets, they can have them here,” says volunteer coor-
dinator Shannon Escobedo. These people have provid-
ed for the pets’ continued care by leaving planned gifts
to the shelter in their wills and trusts.
The shelter has an on-site sanctuary for cats in the
program, but dogs have different needs. They’re used
to being walked, and eating and going outside on a set
schedule. So the center tries to match these dogs with
qualified fosters. It’s one of many types of fostering
available to VAC’s volunteers.
Larry Sumner was introduced to his current foster,
Trixie, via the perpetual care program. The 15-year-old
Chihuahua had bounced between family members
after her original owner passed away. He is now Trix-
ie’s permanent foster.
Other folks, like Jackie Dick, have specialized in aBixby, Belle, Bonnie, Betsy,
fostering more challenging animals, including feral Barney, Baxter and Buster enjoy a
dogs and cats found in abandoned buildings, sick and community buffet.
aaAbove: Richie, from The Cat
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chair.
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aAnnie, Joonie, Pierre and
Dulcie pose on top of their
favorite cat tree.
fCharlie Krauter is shown
with Jackson, a foster cat
he and his wife Cheryl are
taking care of until a forever
family can be found.
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injured dogs and bottle-fed kittens. In many of these
cases, her efforts to rehabilitate and socialize the ani-
mals allowed them to move into shelters, where they
were then adopted.
Sisters Jacqueline and Daisy Villicana began foster-
ing kittens for Valley Animal Center when it was still
known as California Feline Foundation. Eventually,
they ran the shelter’s foster committee. They were
instrumental in developing the shelter’s “doggy slum-
ber party” program, which gives volunteers an oppor-
tunity to host a dog for an overnight or weekend visit.
“We had heard of shelters that tried it,” Jacqueline says,
“and they were successful in getting the dogs out of the
shelter for a while, specifically those who were starting
to have failure-to-thrive syndrome because they were
in the shelters for so long.”
Dogs are sent to their host’s home with a leash and
everything else they might need for the weekend,
including food and bowls. The overnight visits are a
way for potential fosters to get their feet wet if they’re
on the fence about making a long-term commitment.
Some slumber party hosts, says Jacqueline, have even
ended up adopting their overnight guests.
The slumber parties serve another purpose, says
Escobedo. They allow hosts to see how the dog acts
outside of the shelter — their feedback helps other
volunteers craft the stories that accompany the dogs’
photos when they’re put up for adoption. These are
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used across social media, which has been a huge boon
for animal rescue.
“I hated it,” Dick confesses. “Hashtagging! Tagging!
Re-posting! Trying to keep track of how to do it.” She
pauses dramatically. “It works. It really does work.” She
recalls how one of her foster kittens was adopted by a
dog-owning family after they viewed a video she post-
ed of the kitten crawling through her Australian shep-
herd’s mouth “like it was nothing.”
Cheryl Krauter has written more than 1,000 biog-
raphies for The Cat House on the Kings; thanks to its
large social media following, they’re seen all over the
world.
“People fall in love with a picture and they’ll call us
and say, ‘OK, the adopters are coming tomorrow,’ ” she
says. One family even flew in from Alaska, she says.
Social media is an especially valuable tool for small-
er rescues. Small rescues that don’t have staffed facil-
ities often rely on their online presence and public
appearances to get the word out about adoptable dogs
and attract donors.
Petra House, of Labrador Retriever Rescue of Fresno,
got involved in rescue after moving to the Central
Valley from the Bay Area. “I saw so many stray dogs
running around and I was shocked,” she says. “I visited
the shelters a few times and it was very sad.”
She volunteered with Animal Rescue of Fresno
before starting Labrador Retriever Rescue of Fresno,
which focuses on rescuing and placing Labrador Re-
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starting of Labrador Retriever Rescue of Fresno, which focuses solely on rescuing and placing Labrador
Retrievers in forever homes.
trievers in forever homes.
They’re one of the most popular dogs in the
world, she notes, but often wind up stray or
abandoned because their owners “don’t do their
homework.”
House and her team remain in contact with
local animal shelters, many of which notify her
when a lab comes in. From there, the foster
network takes over. Volunteers take the dogs in
until a qualified adoptive family can be found. In
the meantime, they help the dogs with basic
training and socialization.
“Labs can be pretty easy to adopt out — to the
right party,” House says. “We do home visits, we
screen the people to make sure they know what
they’re getting into because we want the dog to
have a home for life.”
Almost all shelters and veteran fosters agree
that new fosters should have prior experience
owning the type of animal they wish to foster.
Although each shelter or rescue handles new
foster applicants a little differently, most have
requirements, which most pet owners are al-
ready familiar with.
Even after receiving approval to foster, long-
time fosters say, newbies should proceed with
caution. Introducing a new member of the
family to the rest of the pack can be tricky for
everyone, animal and human alike.
“The biggest thing with fosters, especially with
older fosters, is a sense of identity,” says Dick.
“They can’t always be thrown into the pack.
Certain dogs will have a conflict no matter what
you do. Cats can take up to three months to
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accept a new feline member.”
One common misconception, Sumner says, is
that older dogs don’t need to be trained. “You
have to remember that [with] a dog that’s come
from a shelter, he might have been potty trained,
but he’s lost some of that. You have to work with
him and be extremely patient.”
Occasionally, an animal will find a permanent
home with its foster family. This is what is
known as “failure” in the fostering world. Many
are happy to claim the label.
“It happens to almost all of them at some
point,” House acknowledges. “You get certain
dogs that are just really special to you.” Her
fosters, she says, are required to foster at least
three before they foster fail.
“After the first foster, you learn to let go be-
cause you know they’re going to get adopted,”
says Daisy Villicana.
Escobedo recalls her first foster, Snow, who
arrived at Valley Animal Center feral and full of
energy. “Her first day, she got out and ran all the
way down Dakota ... We couldn’t catch her. She
was trying to bite everybody and they said, ‘You
take her home ... tame her down ... Otherwise,
we’re going to have to turn her over to the au-
thorities and she’ll probably be euthanised.’ ”
After about three months in Escobedo’s care,
Snow went to live with a trainer, who continued
to work with her. “She’s graduated from that
program,” Escobedo says.
“She’s now a service dog for someone with
epilepsy. So it really does work. It changes the
dogs’ lives.” CV
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GrowIt
Create a dog-friendly garden
BY: Robbie Cranch | ILLUSTRATIONS: Chris Ware
A
t a Respite by the River this past July, David Mas
Masumoto read a reflection on the value of farm
dogs in a farmer’s life. He described how the
most stoic of farmers will often talk to a dog with great
affection and emotion. He reflected that when a farm
dog dies, burying it on the farm creates another tie to
the land. Whether city or farm, many dog owners
consider their dogs a part of family life with ties to
other family members, memories, daily routines … and
gardens.
There are few pleasures equal to creating a happy
environment in which a beloved dog lives, works and
plays. But unless your dog is the size of a teacup and
your garden is 5 acres off of Dinkey Creek Road, you
probably struggle with designing, creating and main-
taining a dog-friendly garden. One of the simplest rules
of thumb is to fit the garden to your dog’s habits as
much as possible, rather than try to fit your dog to the
garden.
Here is a checklist of things to consider when cre-
ating or remodeling a garden to share with Fang:
+ Lay out walking/running paths along routes the
dog has
already
chosen.
+ Use
soft shred-
ded bark to
keep coat tangling to a
minimum.
+ Create physical bor-
ders or boundaries in front
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of newly planted materials using fencing sections,
driftwood or temporary branches — and go ahead, buy
gallon pots rather than smaller plants to give your new
materials a fighting chance.
+ Buy sturdy varieties and be sure to check that the
plants aren’t toxic for dogs.
+ Set up a “pee post” — driftwood or log — for the
comfort and pleasure of your male dogs.
+ Let your dog do its main job — looking out for
you and your home — by creating a “lookout point”
such as a porch, rock or mound.
+ If your dog is a hardcore digger, consider building
a digging area similar to a sandbox, filled with loose
soil and sand. Digging along fences? Line the inside of
the fence with river rocks, bricks, chunks of broken
concrete. In extreme cases, consider investing in an
electric fence if dogs insist on going over or under an
existing fence. (Our e-fence has taught even our hyper-
active Aussies where boundaries are. While not my first
choice, an electric fence is far preferable to an injured
or deceased dog.)
+ Keep your dog out of compost bins, and do not
compost dog or cat feces.
+ Most importantly: Supply shade/shelter and water
at all times. Allow for the daily and seasonal shifts in
shade location. Supply water in large buckets, not
small, tippy bowls. Be particularly alert to your dog’s
special heat needs if you have a dog such as a pug,
Pekingese, boxer or Boston terrier. Their shortened
snouts make it more difficult to breathe in situations of
exercise, stress or heat. This leads to distress and furth-
er increases respiratory rate and heart rate, creating a
vicious circle that can quickly lead to a life-threatening
situation.
Your garden won’t be perfect. Neither will your
dog. But they can be in your life together,
bringing you so much pleasure. CV
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aTeam POP members, Alexa
Tran, Nicole Chien, Kyleen Lin,
Kaitlyn Fontanilla and Samaya
Katikireddy, don the animal hats
the team wears during their
FIRST LEGO League project
presentation.
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Young allies of the animals
The Fugman Elementary School robotics team earns bid to
FIRST LEGO League World Festival, and hopes to develop
an app that will benefit local animals
BY: Dani Villalobos | PHOTOGRAPHY: Wayne Hutchison
T
here are thousands of dogs and cats residing in
shelters throughout the Valley. For a group of
five students from Fugman Elementary School,
well, that’s a problem they’re setting out to fix.
The students are a part of the school’s FIRST LEGO
League robotics team. The group, called Team POP, or
Protectors Of Pets, has a project named HOPE, Help
Our Pets Everywhere. The project is lofty — especially
for an elementary school team — but it is advanced
thinking that earned the girls a spot at the FIRST LEGO
League World Festival in Houston, Texas, last month.
The team’s goal is to develop an app that would help
connect area shelters, reunite owners with their lost
pets, allow the community to adopt or sponsor a local
rescue animal and educate people on how to properly
care for their pet — all from the convenience of a
smart device.
The app is just one component of this year’s animal-
themed robotics challenge. FIRST (For Inspiration &
Recognition of Science & Technology) and LEGO
partnered to create a robotics program to engage 9- to
16-year-olds in science and technology and stresses
the value of team-building, problem-solving and com-
munication skills imperative to success later in life.
FIRST LEGO League teams are given the Global
Challenge each fall, dictating the overall direction and
focus of the experience’s three elements: the project,
robot game and core values.
With the real-life problem theme of “Animal Allies,”
Team POP needed to develop an innovative solution to
a topical problem the local animal population is facing,
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 and program and design an autonomous robot to Silvia Suarly, Team POP’s coach and mom of Kyleen,
score points on a thematic playing board — remem- is a seasoned FIRST LEGO League coach and has
bering to exhibit strong character along the way, of established a working multi-step problem-solving
course. process that aims to get the students on track to find-
The eight core values are the cornerstone of the ing and addressing the year’s challenge head-on. With
program, according to the Central Valley Robotics a few girls in the know early on, they set to work on
website, and encourage participants to “learn that tackling issues that impact our regional animals.
friendly competition and mutual gain are not separate The project was the first item on the agenda for
goals, and that helping one another is the foundation Team POP — understanding the time and research
of teamwork.” that goes into successfully preparing a presentation
“When you’re in robotics, you’ll learn that the robot and developing an original project far outweighs the
isn’t the whole thing of robotics — it’s just about your construction of a robot. But there were a couple of false
ranking and point value,” says sixth-grader Nicole starts.
Chien. “You get judged on how good your project is, Each team member is saddled with additional
and how well you work together.” homework outside of their regular classes, relying on
YouTube videos, online articles and good old-fash-
The project ioned books to narrow down a topic that they can
Upon meeting at Central California SPCA, Team present. A few weeks into one subject, however, and
POP transformed from the shy elementary students of the team realized the scope was too large for their
minutes before into the professional, first-place quintet
that outperformed 112 teams in January as they indi-
vidually introduced themselves at the start of their
presentation with a line of firm handshakes.
The five-minute demonstration addressed a problem
the girls had found within the community, what their
proposed solution is and how it would be implement-
ed.
“The problem we see today is that there are too
many stray and abandoned animals who need our
help. They’re brought straight to the shelter without
proper intervention. Today, we bring them HOPE,”
Team POP stated at the start of the demonstration,
slipping on assorted animal hats to help act out their
findings.
A pair of dogs, a cat, an elephant and a pig each
detailed their own personal stories, ranging from being
involved in an illegal dog fight and living in a hoarder’s
home to more wild situations of a runaway circus
performer and a farm animal whose family abandoned
them after a fire burned down their home.
“Why are humans so cruel to us? Our owners should
know how to take care of us properly, and what to do
in case of an emergency,” they explain. “We need to
educate our owners, so we don’t get abandoned and
killed when we’re brought to kill-shelters. We need
hope!”
aNicole Chien and Samaya
The call-to-arms skit was written by the members of time-frame. And so, it was back to the drawing board. Katikireddy start the team’s robot
Team POP — a go-to method Kyleen Lin, Alexa Tran “We came up with the idea of stray animals because game practice with a “ready, set,
and Nicole have adopted within their three-year histo- we watched a lot of videos, and felt really bad for LEGO!”
ry in robotics. This year, the girls immediately took them,” Nicole says. “We originally sought to have a
charge at the start of the season and helped in bringing reuniting page where if people lose their animals, they
the two newbies, Kaitlyn Fontanilla and Samaya Katiki- can contact anyone if they see them and be brought
reddy, into the fray with an ease and camaraderie that back to them. But we realized there’s something al-
has only strengthened as they head into worlds. ready similar to that, so we decided to combine all the
“Because three of them are veterans, they already problems we found together and create this really
knew what they had to get done,” says Renee Chien, awesome app.”
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cTeammates Alexa Tran, Nicole
Chien, Kyleen Lin, Kaitlyn
Fontanilla and Samaya Katikireddy
placed first out of 112 teams at 2017
FIRST LEGO League Central
California Championships in January.
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Team POP enlisted the resources of area shelters
and rescue facilities, and conducted surveys with
CCSPCA, Central California Animal Disaster Team,
Valley Animal Center, Fresno Humane Animal Services
and Sierra View Animal Hospital to deduce the com-
mon problems found at each. Their conclusion: over-
population is still a growing trend and pet education is
the best way to prevent and combat it.
In other words, meet HOPE.
The app
When prompted about why the girls felt an app was
the product of choice to pitch, Alexa’s off-the-cuff
response only proved they’d truly grown up in a digital
world.
“We thought the app was convenient because a lot
of people nowadays have smartphones,” she says. “It
was the easiest way to get the word out.”
OK, Team POP — noted.
The group succinctly laid out the plans for HOPE
during the presentation, highlighting its four elements
that address different approaches to the problem of
overpopulation. The app will provide users with an
opportunity to sponsor or adopt a local pet from a
shelter, become a one-stop station for all pet organiza-
tions and owners to connect, reunite owners with their
lost pets and plays host to a fun, interactive game that
educates both children and adults on how to properly
care for their simulated pets.
Certain actions will result in either rewards or conse-
quences, with coins given or taken away if a player, say,
chooses to feed or neglects to clean up after their
virtual pet. Coins assist with the customization of the
pet, including the addition of a name, clothing and
more.
The game is the app’s trickiest component, requiring
the team to rely on the guidance of Kyleen’s software
developer-father to assist with its construction. But
they’ve already begun its early stages, pulling up a few
images that Team POP has designed through a collage
app that showcases the adoption and sponsor page,
font, layout and overall look of the characters.
“If you go through the collage app, you’ll see many
different stages of the same thing because we kept
adding and removing things to make them better,”
Alexa explains. “This part didn’t take long because we
already knew what we wanted to put on there, so it
took just a couple of weeks to put the pages together.”
The impact
The demands of being a part of a robotics team are
vast — requiring students and their families to juggle
outside schedules for additional meetings as the com-
petition draws nearer, parents to step up with snacks
and additional support to keep the girls fueled on the
go and a tenacity to participate in fundraising events
and sponsorship drives to ensure the success of the
team before, during and after competitions.
The cost for traveling to Texas with five girls and two
coaches is $10,000 on its own, and doesn’t include the
expenses of Team POP’s supplies, costumes and more
that have accumulated over the season. Nor does it
cover the fees for having HOPE properly developed.
Still, it’s hard to put a price on the growth the girls’
parents have witnessed in the group firsthand — some-
thing that was on full display at the most recent fund-
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playing board is made up of various
tasks for the robot to tackle, all
ranging in points and difficulty.

cTeam POP’s app, HOPE, needs

additional support and financial
backing to be properly developed.

raising events held at KoJa Kitchen and Rocket Dog Gourmet Brats and Brew.
“We’re making them do these fundraising things where they have to be at these restaurants
and speak to strangers, and they’re very comfortable because they’re so used to it,” says Jessica
Nguyen, mom of Alexa. “They probably don’t realize how much they’ve grown … but because
of the components that are involved through robotics — having to work together, showing
respect, team work and having to speak in front of strangers — I think that’s where we’ve seen
the biggest improvement.”
Public speaking seems to be the largest takeaway for the majority of the group, with many of
them seeing a new-found confidence in their ability to communicate and desire to continue
developing this skill.
“Public speaking is hard for me,” Kaitlyn says. “I sometimes mispronounce words, and would
like to improve my vocabulary. I use very common words that don’t really explain what I’m
talking about.”
Making it to the FIRST LEGO League World Festival was something the girls hadn’t antici-
pated, and while the competition took place after time of publication, the road doesn’t end in
Texas for Team POP. These girls have plans.
“We really want our app to be developed so people can use it properly, and I hope it helps
the animals,” Samaya says.
“I like the thought that they were able to create something from scratch and be able to bring
it to implementation,” Nguyen echoes. “A lot of times, we come up with ideas, but abandon it
or don’t see it through to completion. I think it will be very rewarding for them to say this is
what they accomplished together and [it’ll] be cool to watch.”
Team POP is still in need of a local sponsor and additional support to get HOPE developed.
For all inquiries on how to support the group, contact Suarly at teampop2017@gmail.com or
visit Team POP’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/TeamPoP2017. CV

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aCoral, a new member of Heavenly

Hounds, visits Art Rahn at Saint
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 eDale Sano and his
dog, Tucker, are two
peas in a pod.

Heaven on earth
Saint Agnes Medical Center’s
Heavenly Hounds therapy dogs
provide comfort — and cuteness
BY: Janessa Tyler | PHOTOGRAPHY: Gary Kazanjian

I
magine seeing a parade of pooches roaming the halls of Saint Agnes Medical Center.
The sight brings peace and comfort to patients, visitors and staff members of the 436-
bed hospital.
The four-legged companions are known as Heavenly Hounds, a volunteer group of 23
therapy dogs and their owners. The group was founded in 2007 when Saint Agnes Medical
Center recognized a need for therapy dogs.
The canines travel to various areas of the hospital, including the emergency department,
hospice and private rooms.
Heavenly Hounds also works closely with members of the Center for Spiritual Care. Lo-
cated inside of Saint Agnes Medical Center, the Frank Diener Family Chapel of Christ the
Healer is a common place for the group to be found before visiting patients.
Today, gathered in a circle, there are 12 therapy dogs — registered by Therapy Dogs In-
ternational, which requires up-to-date tests and vaccinations. They need to be evaluated by
a behavioral therapist — no growling, barking or biting is permitted — before being certified
with TDI.
TDI is dedicated to regulating, testing and registering therapy dogs and their owners for
the purpose of providing support at hospitals, hospices, retirement communities, schools,
libraries and areas affected by tragedy and natural disaster (Disaster Stress Relief Dogs).
Teams of DSRD have offered support at dozens of catastrophic events like the Oklahoma
City bombing, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the
Boston Marathon bombing and the West Fertilizer Company explosion.
According to TDI, therapy dogs are known to help relieve tension and stress, decrease
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emergency department, hospice and private rooms to visit with patients and visitors. The dogs are
registered by Therapy Dogs International, which requires up-to-date tests and vaccinations and good
behavior — no growling, barking or biting is permitted.
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blood pressure and cortisol levels, reduce
anxiety and increase serotonin levels.
A handful of therapy dogs in the group are
members of the Fresno chapter, No. 220. In
addition to Saint Agnes Medical Center, the
local chapter visits Valley Children’s Hospital
on a regular basis, and makes bi-annual trips to
University of California, Merced.
More than 20 therapy dogs arrived at UC
Merced shortly after the stabbing of two stu-
dents and two employees on Nov. 4, 2015.
TDI also includes Tail Waggin’ Tutors, a
reading program that allows children to gain
confidence by reading to therapy dogs at local
libraries. The group includes small and large
breeds of dogs of various ages.
Before Heavenly Hounds, 5-year-old Vincent
was part of Tail Waggin’ Tutors at Sanger
Branch Library. Owned by Gina Paul, the 165-
pound Great Dane rolls onto his side to expose
his belly.
“He enjoys strolling the halls, getting lots of
attention,” Paul says.
“He’s very popular in the emergency depart-
ment,” adds Cathy Mayer, manager of public
relations.
Like Vincent, 6-year-old Tucker is a member
of TDI. The gray-and-white schnauzer sits on
the lap of his owner, Dale Sano, as he receives a
massage on the top of his head. The youngest
pup of the group is Jake. The 21⁄2 year-old stan-
dard poodle is glued to the side of his owner,
Rita Molina, as she guides him along the halls
of Saint Agnes Medical Center.
Cary Smart owns three therapy dogs: Min-
now, a cream-and-white labradoodle; Bella, a
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dark-gray miniature poodle; and Chanel, a toy
poodle.
Smart — along with Susie Kuszmar, Nancy
Jane Mazi and Joanne Wood — is a charter
member of Heavenly Hounds. Kuszmar owns
two therapy dogs, Wally and Raisin. Her devo-
tion to Heavenly Hounds is evident when asked
about the impact and response of the group.
Not only do patients benefit from Heavenly
Hounds, she says, but so do staff members.
Kuszmar says she frequently hears, “You made
my day!”
With nearly two dozen therapy dogs on the
roster, you would reckon the group isn’t taking
applications. Think again.
Coral is the newest canine to join the group.
The 3-year-old golden retriever, owned by
Nadine Stover, started her duties in early
March. The group also includes Shiloh, Luna,
Sasha, Aachen and O’Neil.
Dr. Stephen Avalos, owner of Luna, was
inspired by Paul to join Heavenly Hounds. The
forensic pathologist says the group is “exactly
what I had envisioned.”
Heavenly Hounds seeks donations to pay for
identification badges and grooming. The Saint
Agnes Men’s Club has been a donor and sup-
porter since the inception of Heavenly Hounds,
Mayer says. And last year, she adds, staff mem-
bers raised nearly $20,000 to benefit Heavenly
Hounds.
Typically, Heavenly Hounds visit patients by
appointment. To schedule a visit, call (559)
450-PUPS.
Details: www.samc.com/heavenly-hounds-
pet-therapy
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Feeding the animals

at Fresno Chaffee
Zoo requires
a wild amount of
coordinated
effort
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t takes a village to
feed a zoo. Or at least it
seems that way.
In a teeny, cramped commissary at the
Fresno Chaffee Zoo, staff members and
volunteers work efficiently every day to plan
and assemble meals for hundreds of mam-
mals, herps, birds and more.
Just like in your family, not everyone eats
the same diet or at the same time. So it’s
complicated.
Helping direct this culinary orchestra is
Brooke Stowell, lead commissary keeper
and the kind of dedicated worker who
sampled the large brownish pellets
served to some of her grain-loving
customers. (“They’re very, very
dry,” she says. “I would equate it to very dry
cereal.”)
So what do the animals eat? Turns out,
most don’t eat meat, according to Renee
Tindall, curator of life support and
commissary.
“We have many more vegetarians
than carnivores,” she says. Ele-
phants (by far the biggest eaters),
giraffes and rhinos are among
the herbivores, or animals that
graze and munch on plant
material.
The zoo’s produce bill is
substantial — about
$2,000 a week for loads of
fruits and vegetables
like apples, grapes,
tomatoes, oranges,
zucchini and let-
tuce. That’s in
addition to
countless bales
of hay and

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aZookeeper
aZookeeper Karissa
Karissa Bilbo
Bilbo
prepares
prepares food
food for
for the
the animals
animals at
at
the
the Fresno
Fresno Chaffee
Chaffee Zoo.
Zoo.
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bags of nutritional supplements for herbivores.

On a daily basis, workers and volunteers
carefully prepare and parcel out meals using
color-coded equipment (like green knives and
other equipment for vegetables, blue for fish
and red for meat). Zookeepers who best know
their animals mainly distribute the food.
There’s little cooking aside from boiling eggs
and making rice; frozen meat is defrosted
before being served. Each meal is geared to an
animal’s nutritional needs and can vary
throughout the week.
For example, a chart switches up produce
options on a daily basis. The changes “give
them variety and keep their diet interesting,”

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 Stowell says.
Carnivores eat meat such as cow
bones, bison and horse; snakes are
good with rats and mice. A small
freezer stores about two weeks of fish
(a sea lion favorite) and four to six
weeks of meat.
On a daily basis, for example, the
zoo’s male lion eats about 10 pounds of
meat while the male tiger eats about 12
pounds. Though smaller in size, the
tiger eats more because he has a faster
metabolism. All animals are monitored
by keepers to ensure they’re at a suit-
able weight.
Sea lions might eat several times a
day while a snake may have a meal
once every week or two, Stowell says.
Plans are in the works to build a
new, much larger commissary to
manage the current kitchen crunch
and handle future growth at the zoo.
The new space likely also will include a
staff area and break room.
“It’s kind of like the kitchen in your
home, Tindall says. “Everyone hangs
out there.” CV

eaZookeeper Shayna
Kramb gives training
commands during lion
feeding time at the Fresno
Chaffee Zoo.

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t the Fresno Chaffee Zoo, animals aren’t the only ones
who have something delicious to eat.
The Kopje Lodge — part of the African Adventure
expansion that opened in 2015 — is serving up a new, fresh
take on zoo food for people. Here, you can order grass-fed
beef burgers, veggie pizzas, homemade soups and much
more. Walk a few paces and you can find a seat in the vast
open-air dining area overlooking the mixed-species exhibit.
You might lunch with Tim the rhino (he’s been known to
sidle up to the see-through barrier) and watch any of the
other giraffes or elephants that roam the exhibit modeled
after African plains and savannas. (Note: Please don’t give
your food to the animals. They have their own.)
The new food options have been welcomed by visitors,
says executive chef Robert Ortiz III. He’s even seen people
ditch their coolers and pre-made snacks/meals in favor of
eating at the Kopje Lodge.
“It’s definitely different than what people are expecting
when they come to the zoo,” he says. “I’ve heard people say
that they didn’t expect to see a pizza made fresh in front of
them.”
Fresh is one of those words you’ll hear a lot at Kopje
Lodge. (Translated, “kopje,” pronounced “copy,” means a
rocky hill.) This sprawling architectural stunner is centrally
located in the new 13-acre, state-of-the-art African Adventure
featuring lions, cheetahs, wildebeests and more in a natural-
istic setting.
The entire lodge, including the outdoor dining space,
reflects the African theme with soaring ceilings and strong
design elements of wood, stone and thatch. A hefty stone
fireplace dominates the large dining area where sturdy tables
and chairs offer room for several hundred people to chow
down.
The zoo notched an attendance record in 2016 with close
to 965,000 visitors. Chaffee officials attribute the nearly 20
percent growth to new exhibits like African Adventure as well
as Roo Walkabout and Sea Lion Cove.
Kopje Lodge is part of the African Adventure package. It’s
pretty much open for business when the zoo is open, so you
can start the morning at the coffee station with a pick-me-up
house coffee, espresso or latte paired with a homemade
cinnamon roll or a fresh scone such as mandarin orange or
blueberry.
At the cafeteria-style restaurant, visitors order from one of
several stations — grill, pizza or market, for example. The grill
station turns out cheeseburgers, chicken tenders and black
bean burgers. This also is where you stock up on regular or
garlic fries (“heavy on the garlic,” Ortiz says).
At the pizzeria station, customers select from options
ranging from cheese to “rustica” (sausage, pepperoni, mozza-
rella and shaved jalapeños) — all cooked in an honest-to-
goodness pizza oven. One of the restaurant’s biggest hits is
Gilroy garlic rolls served with a house-made marinara.
Across the way, the market station ladles out a signature
homemade mac and cheese and the soup of the day (made
from scratch).
“There’s never a canned soup,” Ortiz says. “We wanted to
get away from going into the kitchen and opening a can.”
Also at the market station, you can build your own salad
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from a variety of seasonal ingre-
dients or choose from a few options
(couscous and quinoa power salad
anyone?). A chef’s special that runs
Monday through Thursday could be
anything from a tri-tip sandwich to
clams linguine to marinated prawns.
All of this is a departure from the
traditional zoo-food vibe, and it’s
deliberate. Ortiz says the restaurant
practices sustainability, with eco-
friendly products, and tries to an-
swer a few basic questions.
What do kids want to eat? And
what would their parents want to
eat?
“We try to entice them with some-
thing a little different,” he says. For
example, the salad bar goes beyond the norm
with seasonal choices such as roasted carrots
and house-made honey vinaigrette.
Ortiz, whose father was a culinary in-
structor, has a lengthy and varied background
in the food industry. He’s worked in Las Vegas
and Fresno as well as at the Sacramento Zoo
in jobs ranging from dishwasher to executive
chef.
At the Chaffee Zoo, Ortiz and the staff
might serve as many as 7,000 to 8,000 people
a day. Beer and wine is available to adults, and most entrees
run about $7 or $8. aTop: Chef Rob
“We want to make sure you’re getting a good meal at a fair Ortiz III prepares a
price,” he says. park favorite, pizza,
One goal is to offer a hearty variety of fresh, tasty food at the Fresno
along with healthy options such as fruit and juices. But you Chaffee Zoo.
can also grab “muddy buddies” at the cash register — a blend
aChildren eat
of gluten-free Chex corn cereal, chocolate ganache, soy nut
snacks and play at
butter and powdered sugar. And if you’re truly craving a corn the Kopje Lodge.
dog, you can satisfy that yearning at the zoo’s classic Safari
Café.
All the new food choices at Kopje Lodge, along with the
sprawling views of the animals, have been a hit with visitors.
During one recent mid-week lunch, Susana Gomas and her
two daughters, Molly, 7, and Audrey, 6, watched Tim the
rhino graze in the exhibit as they sat near the front of the
dining area.
Gomas says she frequently brings her girls to the zoo both
for enjoyment and science education.
“It’s been great for our home-school lesson plans,” she
says. “And we love this new seating area. It really doesn’t feel
like we’re in Fresno any more — it’s like we’re in Africa.”
At another table nearby, the Flores family — Christy and
her daughter Jordan, 7, and auntie Ariana — kept their eyes
mainly on the exhibit area as they dunked French fries into
chocolate ice cream. Jordan says that’s her favorite meal (her
favorite animal is the lion cub), while mom Christy singled
out the pizza and Gilroy garlic rolls.
“The zoo has really stepped up its game in the food depart-
ment,” Christy says. CV
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GetUp&Go

aAt Safari West, guests can explore the grounds in an

authentic African safari vehicle. Each guided tour takes
about a dozen people into the bush, where “you’ll experience it
as if you were on a safari.”

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California is home to zoos, wildlife parks
and safari-like experiences
BY: Cyndee Fontana-Ott | PHOTOGRAPHY: Bailey Berendsen,
Brian Cross, California Living Museum, Oakland Zoo, San Diego
Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Safari West and San Francisco
Zoo
R
eady for a walk on the wild side? Don’t worry
about leaving the continent — in fact, you don’t
even have to leave California to get an up-close
look at hundreds of native, exotic and rare species from
all corners of the world.
Our state is packed with big and small zoos as well
as wildlife parks and even safari-style experiences. The
options range from the iconic San Diego Zoo, home to
more than 3,500 rare and endangered animals, to
Northern California wine country’s Safari West, where
visitors can board an authentic African safari vehicle
and even “glamp” to the sounds of the Sonoma Se-
rengeti.
Let’s start with the San Diego Zoo (www.sand-
iegozoo.org), one of the California’s best-known animal
attractions. The 100-acre property in Balboa Park is
home to more than 650 species and subspecies —
many on the brink of extinction, like the fierce-looking
Tasmanian devil, the mammoth Galapagos tortoise
and the distinctive African penguin.
The zoo features a variety of special experiences
such as Early Morning with Pandas (a small group tour
c e n t r a lva lle y.c o m
aSan Francisco Zoo and Gardens is an urban oasis,
established in 1929. The zoo houses more than 2,000 exotic,
endangered and rescued animals. The African Savanna is a
multi-species exhibit with giraffes, zebras, gorillas, ostriches
and more.
eThe San Diego Zoo is one of
the California’s best-known
animal attractions. The 100-acre
property in Balboa Park is home to
more than 650 species and
subspecies — many on the brink of
extinction. Its companinon, the San
Diego Zoo Safari Park, is more than
1,800 acres in Escondido and
houses more than 3,000 animals
representing more than 300
species.
to watch pandas have breakfast), and the Inside Look
Tour (behind-the-scenes views and information about
caring for the animals) and the Discovery Tour (an
enhanced version of the guided bus tour taken by
expedition cart).
Opening this summer is the Conrad Prebys Africa
Rocks, a $68 million project transforming 8 acres and
replacing 1930s grottos and enclosures with new hab-
itats for African plant and animal species. A one-day
pass to the zoo costs $52 for adults and $42 for chil-
dren ages 3 to 11; the younger set is free.
San Diego Zoo Global, a nonprofit organization,
operates both the zoo and its companion San Diego
Zoo Safari Park (www.sdzsafaripark.org) with a mission
of conservation. For example, the Safari Park includes
the off-exhibit Nikita Khan Rhino Rescue Center, ded-
icated to the preservation of white rhinos, and a chee-
tah breeding station east of the property.
Safari Park rolls out over 1,800 acres in Escondido
and houses more than 3,000 animals representing
more than 300 species. Admission pricing mirrors that
of the zoo.
The “Africa Tram” takes visitors on an open-air tour
around 2.5 miles of African field habitats to see herds
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aSan Diego Zoo Safari Park
welcomed a baby girl gorilla in October.
aThe San Diego Zoo Safari
Park includes the off-exhibit
Nikita Khan Rhino Rescue Center,
dedicated to the preservation of
white rhinos, and a cheetah
breeding station east of the
property.
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of elephants, flocks of
exotic birds and crashes of
rhinos. Other tour options
include a behind-the
scenes safari (a guided
peek into off-exhibit ar-
eas), a cart safari (a more
relaxed and intimate
guided tour) and “Flight-
line Safari” (a zip-line
adventure that soars over
the Asian and African field
exhibits). For the kids, the
park includes a Samburu
Jungle Gym, Conservation Carousel and Village Play-
ground (an interactive play area designed as an African
village).
A different kind of African experience awaits at Safari
West, located in the woods and rolling hills of Northern
California’s Sonoma County. This 400-acre wilderness
features more than 900 animals representing 90 differ-
ent species. The private facility — known as the Sono-
ma Serengeti — aims to inspire advocates who can aid
in its mission to protect and preserve often-endan-
gered animals.
Here, you can explore the grounds in an authentic
African safari vehicle. Each guided tour takes about a
eSafari West
offers guests
an opportunity
to experience
“glamping.”
At Safari
West, guests
can dine out on
the Sonoma
Serengeti.
dozen people out into the bush, where “you’ll experi-
ence it as if you were on a safari,” says Aphrodite Case-
rta, a spokeswoman for Safari West.
Visitors will see herds or groups of rhinos, wilde-
beests, zebra, ostrich and more. There may be “nothing
more exciting as getting really face-to-face with a
giraffe,” she says.
Off the safari truck, guides show visitors the massive
open-air aviary and lower grounds with species like
cheetahs, lemurs and monkeys.
You can stay overnight on the property (outside the
animal compounds, of course). Safari West (www.safa-
riwest.com) has several dozen upscale tents — “like
hotel rooms with canvas walls,” Caserta says — for a
“glamping” experience set to the sounds (and some-
times within sight) of the animals.
Overnight accommodations start at about $260
(double occupancy). Safari pricing changes with the
season and is different on weekdays and weekends, but
ranges from about $83 to $115 for adults. Reservations
are a must, according to Caserta, and you may need to
book two to three months in advance during the busy
season.
In the Bay Area, the nearly century-old Oakland Zoo
in the Oakland Hills is preparing to more than double
in size. Situated in 500-acre Knowland Park, the zoo
(www.oaklandzoo.org) tends more than 700 native and
exotic animals including African elephants, lions and
the second largest troop of baboons in the country.
c e n t r a lva lle y.c o m
 fOakland Zoo’s
California Trail
Center, when
complete, will
feature 20 acres of
new animal
enclosures and
views of the San
Francisco Bay.

cThe nearly century-old Oakland Zoo Now underway is an expansion

tends to more than 700 native and exotic that emphasizes California native
animals. wildlife such as the grey wolf,
grizzly bear, mountain lion and
bald eagle. Opening in 2018, the
California Trail will feature 20
acres for new animal enclosures,
an overlook with views of the San
Francisco Bay, a children’s play
area, an interpretive center and a
camping area with tents for over-
night experiences.
One singular aspect of the
expansion is a gondola system,
scheduled for completion this year,
to bridge the distance between attractions. Visitors will take a roughly four-minute ride from the
current zoo to the new area, which also reflects the zoo’s commitment to humane treatment of
animals and wildlife conservation.
“It’s something that no other zoo has,” spokeswoman Erin Harrison says of the gondola system.
Admission costs $18.75 for adults; tickets are cheaper for children, the military and seniors.
Another Bay Area option is the venerable San Francisco Zoo and Gardens (www.sfzoo.org). This
urban oasis, established in 1929, sits at the edge of the Pacific Ocean and helps connect people to
wildlife, inspire care for nature and advance conservation.
Deputy Director Joe Fitting says the cool ocean breezes may be especially inviting for Central
Valley residents during the hot summer months.
“If we hit 75 or 80 degrees, we’re in a heatwave,” he says. Admission costs $19 for adults, with
lower rates for children and seniors.
The zoo houses more than 2,000 exotic, endangered and rescued animals such as grizzly sisters
Kachina and Kiona and the largest colony of Magellanic penguins outside the wild. The African
Savanna is a multi-species exhibit with giraffes, zebras, gorillas, ostriches and more; the Lipman
Lemur Forest provides the largest outdoor lemur habitat in the country.
Finally, the California Living Museum (www.calmzoo.org) brings specific attention to the state’s
native wildlife along with plants, fossils and artifacts. This 14-acre property, located about 15 miles
east of downtown Bakersfield, houses non-releasable animals such as black bears, owls, foxes
(including the San Joaquin kit fox), desert bighorn sheep and a Cats of California exhibit.
“One of the favorites is always the mountain lion,” says zoo manager Lena Fain. Kids also are
delighted by a bobcat that appears to play a game of tag with visitors behind the viewing glass.
A new exhibit is the California Coast Room, which features a 10-foot aquatic touch tank with a
variety of sea creatures and a separate moon jelly (jellyfish) aquarium.
Only animals that are injured, or who cannot survive in their native habitat, are housed at the
museum known as CALM. That includes several California condors, an endangered species and
the largest flying bird in North America.
These supersized vultures have a wingspan of close to 10 feet. “Nobody really understands how
big they are until they see them,” Fain says.
Admission to CALM costs $9 for adults and less for children and seniors. CV

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OutAndAbout
6

Red Heart Ball

3
The 10th annual Red Heart Ball, held Feb. 18,
benefited Ronald McDonald House Charities
Central Valley. The nonprofit provides lodging,

7
meals and other services for families of hospital-
ized children in the Central Valley.

1 4
1 Andy Ruiz, Ronald McDonald, Katrina and Mi-
chael Rojas and Jojo Alexander 2 Mirza Munawer
and Jim and Maleeta Munawer 3 Lyndsay and
Chad McCullum 4 Veronica and Joel Campbell
5 Judy and Darrell Fifield and Patty and Stell
Manfredi 6 Jasmin Mann, Nancy Rodriguez and
Kellye Moran 7 Maricela Bernal and Michael

2 5
Dotson 8 Blanca and Alex Santana
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jessica Rogozinski

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Red Carpet Rescue

Supporters celebrated Valley Animal Center’s

6
25th anniversary at Red Carpet Rescue, a Holly-
wood-themed fundraiser held Feb. 24, the same
weekend as the Academy Awards. Guests en-
joyed food pairings by Pardini’s Catering, a wine
tasting courtesy of Stefanelli Distributing and live
and silent auctions. All proceeds benefited the
nonprofit, no-kill dog and cat shelter.

4 7

5 8
1 Christine (founder) and Mike Morykwas 2 Christian and Priscilla Heidgerd 3 Rosa and Kenia

2
Fourlines 4 Ed Caz and Rayma Ellison 5 Greg Pena and Evelyne Pena 6 Camala Siebeneicher
and Greg Pena 7 Lindsey, John and Michelle Roman 8 The Vince Warner Trio
PHOTOGRAPHY: Matthew Drake

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The George F. Gruner Awards for
Meritorious Public Service in
Journalism

3
Several San Joaquin Valley-based journalists
were honored at the George F. Gruner Awards
for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism
Banquet, held Feb. 23. The awards, given annual-
ly, honor outstanding community service in
newspaper journalism.

4 8
5 1 George F. Gruner and Gary Rice 2 Bill McEwen,
Gruner and Dick Sheppard 3 Gruner and Ed Galdri-
kian 4 Visalia Times Delta’s Jim Houck
5 Eric Woomer of the Visalia Times-Delta
6 Craig Kohlruss of The Fresno Bee, his wife
Donna and Nancy Price 7 Jenny McGill of the
Hanford Sentinel 8 Rory Appleton, Aleksandra

1
Konstantinovic and Nancy Price
PHOTOGRAPHY: Gary Kazanjian

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1 3
Girls World Expo

Girls World Expo stopped in Fresno on March

5. The one-day event, part of a series held
throughout the country, was created to inspire
8
and empower teenage girls to reach their full
potential.
4

9
1 Naandee, Annie, Aaliyah, Katrina and

5
Chong Moua 2 Samantha Boehm and Lupita
Gutierrez 3 Heart Smart American Ambu-
lance CPR demo 4 Veronica Flores, Angelina
Ortiz, Shyanne Sanchez and Jeci Sanchez
5 Kim Black, Torella McAlister and Lisa
Fletcher with Mollies House booth 6 Ariana
Martinez, Megan Dawes and Lashawn Rivers
7 Sophie Pham, Genny Church, Jaylene
Haugland and Laura Vandiveer with Sanger
High Robotics 8 Susan Nguyen, Sarah
Nguyen-Ikuma, Libby Donkor, Erica Jaramillo

2 6
and Vanesa Marquez 9 Elisha and Evonne
Henderson and Sienna and Aisha Curry
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jessica Rogozinski

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