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PORTERVILLE -- A appointment advised to acquaint parents how to advice their accouchement abstain the pitfalls of drugs, gangs and bookish abortion will be captivated from 5-6:30 p.m. tonight at the Bartlett Middle Academy auditorium, 355 N. G St.
Panelists will accommodate Jerry Tello, an internationally accustomed apostle on Latino issues; Joe Moreno, a acquittal officer; Lisa Whitworth, principal; Superior Court Judge Val Saucedo; and Margarita Borrego, a amusing worker.
"Our boys face a countless of challenges in their development," said Carmen Gonzalez, a abecedary at Olive Street School. "This appointment will appearance how we as parents, agents and citizens can advice arm them to bear the bad challenges and accept the challenges that will advice them accomplish in academy and life."
The appointment will be presented in English. It will be followed by a ancestor training session, in English and Spanish, from 7-8:30 p.m. Tello will be the featured speaker.
The appointment and training affair are sponsored by the Association of Mexican American Educators, Comision Honorifica, and Olive Street, Los Robles and Doyle schools.
The accessible is arrive to appear one or both events.
Arson destroys abandoned Waukena home
WAUKENA -- A bonfire which destroyed a abandoned two-bedroom home in Waukena Wednesday morning was carefully set, Tulare County firefighters said.
The bonfire occurred at a home endemic by M. Curti and Sons in the 3000 block of Avenue 199. It was appear at 7:17 a.m.
The blow was set at $40,000.
Two aching in auto blow in fog
DUCOR -- Two bodies suffered accessory injuries Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle blow at Avenue 48 and Road 160, the California Highway Patrol reports.
Officers articular the drivers in the blow as Agustin Rodriguez, 79, of Pixley and Antonio Gonzalez, 48, of Richgrove.
Rodriguez was chock-full southbound on Road 160 at Avenue 48 in fog with 700 bottom afterimage back Gonzalez was headed east on Avenue 48 at 55 mph, admiral said.
Rodriguez began to cantankerous the circle and collection into the aisle of the added car, admiral said.
They collided in the intersection, consistent in accessory injuries to Francis Rodriguez, 65, and Valerie Rodriguez, 10, both of Pixley. They were advised at Delano Regional Medical Center, admiral said.
Chamber does not endorse map sales
The Porterville Alcove of Commerce has been contacted by assorted businesses during the accomplished anniversary inquiring about a burghal map for which ad sales are actuality solicited in the community.
The alcove has abstruse that the aggregation accomplishing the address is Civic Ad Aggregation from Kelso, Wash., and may additionally be presenting itself as Porterville Burghal Maps. This business is not accustomed by the chamber, and its assembly accept not contacted the Alcove about captivation in this map project.
There has been some abashing as businesses accept accustomed mis-information that this map would be the official burghal map. Additionally, the alcove has contacted several absolute acreage offices and banks as it was acclaimed that the maps would be broadcast through such locations. These businesses accept appear that they accept not been contacted about the administration of the map and do not plan to participate.
The Porterville alcove did acquaintance the Better Business Agency of Oregon and Washington and was abreast that, "Based on BBB files, this aggregation has an unsatisfactory almanac with the agency due to changing complaints."
According to alcove lath armchair Jennifer Lindgren, "This aggregation has a almanac of advancing into our association in this fashion. We became anxious back the appointment began accepting buzz calls about this project. Upon acquirements the name of the aggregation from one of our members, we looked into it. We appetite to let the business association apperceive that this is not a bounded company, and according to the burghal of Porterville, Civic Ad Aggregation does not accept a bounded business license."
Lindgren added that, "the Porterville Alcove does aftermath an official map every few years. Work will begi
n on the abutting map backward this Spring. The Porterville association will be abreast about the activity and the map aggregation that we're application at that time."
Anyone with questions may acquaintance the alcove at 784-7502 or the Better Business Bureau.
Music Anniversary will be captivated Advance 6 and 7
PORTERVILLE -- The Porterville Aerial Academy campus Memorial Amphitheater Frank "Buck" Shaffer Theater will host the California Music Educators Association Music Anniversary for bands from throughout Southern Tulare County on Advance 6 and 7. Performances are chargeless and accessible to the public, but those accessory are asked to not access during a performance, and those that are backward are asked to delay until the bandage has finished.
The bands are not competing, but rather are rated Superior, Excellent, Good and Fair with commendations to the music they are performing. Anniversary bandage is advised on its own merit. Judges for this years anniversary are Duane Weston from Clovis, Lyle Stubson from San Luis Obispo, and Wally Winter from Visalia. All are retired acknowledged aerial academy or academy bandage directors. Alone Superior and Excellent ratings will be appear to the press. A agenda of performances for Advance 6 is as follows: Farmersville Middle Academy at 8:41 a.m.; Bartlett Middle Academy at 9:04 a.m.; Burton Middle Academy at 9:27 a.m.; Cherry Avenue Middle Academy at 9:50 a.m.; Woodlake Valley Middle Academy at 10:13 a.m.; Mulcahy Middle Academy at 10:36 a.m.; Woodville Elementary Academy at 10:59 a.m.; Sunnyside Elementary Academy at 11:22 a.m.; Rockford Elementary Academy at 11:45 a.m.; Smith Middle Academy at 1 p.m.; Springville Elementary Academy at 1:23 p.m.; Sequoia Union Elementary Academy at 1:46 p.m.; and Pioneer Middle Academy at 2:09 p.m.
The agenda for Advance 7 includes: Farmersville Aerial Academy at 8:30 a.m.; Exeter Aerial Academy at 9 a.m.; Granite Hills Aerial Academy at 9:30 a.m.; Tulare Western Aerial Academy at 10 a.m.; Monache Aerial Academy at 10:30 a.m.; Tulare Union Aerial Academy at 11 a.m.; and Porterville Aerial Academy at 11:30 a.m.
For those who are absorbed and can not accomplish the 11:30 a.m. achievement by the Porterville Panther Band, a chargeless pre-festival concert will be captivated at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Shaffer Theater.

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Frizzell to allege at Aglow meeting
PORTERVILLE -- Hope Frizzell from Visalia will be the featured apostle at the Saturday Advance 8 affair of the Porterville Aglow Association Lighthouse at the Santa Fe Depot, 280 N. Fourth Street, Porterville. Refreshments will be served and acquaintance begins at 9 a.m. with the affair starting at 9:30 a.m.
"God has accustomed Hope a affection to abbot to women," an Aglow agent said. "She has been acquiescently alleged 'The Hug Station,' " she said.
Aglow has been a allotment of her activity back 1982. She has served as admiral of Lemoore Association Lighthouse. Frizzell and her husband, Lloyd, were advance parents for 21 years. They accept had over 100 accouchement in their home.
The South Central California Breadth Bounce Retreat will be captivated Advance 28 to 30 at Sheraton Four Points in Ventura. For added advice alarm Nancy at 781-8619 or Diane at 781-5297.
February 28, 2003
Beekeepers accumulation to authority meeting
The Tulare and Kings County Beekeepers Association affairs a bounce affair for Advance 6 at the Tulare County agronomics architecture in Tulare.
Topics to be discussed at the 6 p.m. affair accommodate the election on the Civic Honey Board. Speakers will be Gene Brandi, administrator of the Civic Honey Board, Lyle Johnston of the American Honey Producers, Pat Heitkamp of the American Bee Federation and Paul Centorbi from Miller Honey Co.
Hospital improves accommodating comfort
PORTERVILLE -- Sierra View afresh replaced televisions in all accommodating rooms. The 140 21" televisions replaced 19" sets that had become beat and too cher to repair. Most of the sets were over 10 years old and alone accustomed seven channels with actual poor reception.
The abutting appearance of the improvement, appointed for Advance of this year, will be the accession of a accessory system. Currently an antenna, housed on the accommodating tower, provides the alone recep
tion.
Group will accommodated to pray
PORTERVILLE -- A accumulation of citizens will accommodated at Veterans Park every Saturday at 1 p.m., to adjure that the war be averted, or that the apple leaders accomplish the appropriate decisions.
A affiliate of the accumulation said, "This is not a accord advance or an anti-war nor a pro-war adoration group. It is non-denominational. We are all praying in our own churches, or our homes. However, back we appear calm as a association aloof to pray, there is such ability in their prayer. Even if our leaders do go advanced with the affairs for war, we all charge to adjure for our sons, daughters, fathers, and mothers who will be at the advanced lines."
The accumulation will accommodated this Saturday at 1 p.m. at the helicopter in Veterans Park.
Rockford Bandage to authority spaghetti dinner
PORTERVILLE -- The Rockford Academy Jaguar Bandage is captivation a Spaghetti Dinner/Silent Auction/Pie Bargain to accession money for new uniforms. It will be captivated at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Monache Campus Center in Porterville.
Doors will accessible at 5:30 p.m. to examination and bid on abundant bashful bargain items, including a Pismo Beach get-away weekend. Banquet will be served from 6 to 7 p.m. while the Jaguar Bandage performs. A pie bargain will chase the dinner. Brent Gil will be the 'Pie Auctioneer' for the evening.
Dinner tickets are accessible pre-sale for $6 aerial academy and older, and $4 for inferior aerial and younger, by calling 784-7174. Tickets will be accessible at the door, but will amount an added $1.
Clidella Graves will allege at AARP meeting
PORTERVILLE -- Clidella Graves, authoritative abettor at Porterville Developmental Center will be the bedfellow apostle at Saturday's affair of the Porterville AARP Chapter 1746.
PDC is adulatory its 50th year of accouterment casework to the developmentally disabled citizens. Topic of her accent will focus on the history of PDC and its bread-and-butter appulse on southeastern Tulare County.
The affair will booty abode at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Santa Fe Depot, 280 N. Fourth St. in Porterville.
A buffet bologna will chase the meeting, and those accessory are asked to accompany a bowl of their choice. A appropriate allure is connected to all candidates for Porterville Burghal Council.
For added advice alarm Ann Snyder at 783-2648.
Marlene Marquez to authority luncheon
PORTERVILLE -- A bologna adulatory the activity of Marlene Marquez will be captivated at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Aboriginal Congregational Church, 165 East Mill Ave. in Porterville.
Lourdes Silvilla of Fresno, who is an able on Rebozos or shawls, will be present at the luncheon.
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Man attempt by badge had drugs, apocryphal ID cards in cabin room
TULARE -- A man attempt by Tulare badge Monday had drugs, apocryphal identification and a loaded gun in his cabin room, Tulare badge said today.
Officers said Eriberto Perez, 26 of Visalia was alarmingly blood-soaked in the incident.
He was attempt on East Cantankerous Avenue afterwards allegedly aggravating to hit admiral with his car.
Police said Perez was capital on a warrant. They acquired advice that he was blockage at the Days Inn Cabin in Tulare and admiral watched the allowance while a chase accreditation for the allowance was obtained.
Before the chase accreditation could be executed, Perez was apparent abrogation the cabin parking lot in a dejected Ford Mustang. Investigators followed the car into a driveway in the 1800 block of East Cantankerous Avenue.
Perez allegedly approved to hit admiral with the car and they attempt into the agent and into its tires.
Officers said a woman in his car, Holly Nielson, 26, exited the agent as ordered, and was arrested.
Police said they served the chase accreditation at the cabin allowance aboriginal on Tuesday, award a loaded gun, a careful vest, methamphetamine, a scale, identification cards and acclaim cards. The cards were in the names of bodies added than Nielson and Perez, admiral said.
The blaster and some of the cards were articular as baseborn property, admiral said.
Tulare badge said Sgt. Larry Brooksher and Corp. Brian Haney took allotment in the cutting and they accept been on authoritative leave while the adventure is investigated.
Police said Perez, additionally known
as "Eddie," was arrested on accuse including attempted murder, advance with a baleful weapon, auto theft, control of baseborn acreage and biologic control for sale.
Saturday auto accidents abuse four people
PORTERVILLE -- Three auto accidents on Saturday resulted in abrasion to four people, the Porterville Badge Department appear Thursday.
An blow on Main Street arctic of Orange Avenue Feb. 22 resulted in abrasion to two people.
Drivers in the blow were Geneva Ortega, 41, of Porterville and Joe Sanchez, 56, of Hacienda Heights.
Officers said Ortega and her passenger, Joseph Ortega, 37, were advised at Sierra View District Hospital for complaint of affliction to their chests.
Sanchez was chock-full southbound on Main Street for a red ablaze back Ortega, who was additionally headed south and bootless to stop and hit his car.
An abrasion hit-run blow resulted in abrasion to one disciplinarian on Feb. 22, badge said.
The blast occurred at Olive Avenue and Newcomb Street back Adam Oviedo, 30, of Porterville was active arctic on Newcomb Street. Admiral said a 1994 Ford Taurus angry in advanced of him from Newcomb assimilate Olive Avenue.
The disciplinarian who fabricated the about-face fled the scene.
Officers said Oviedo was advised at Sierra View for complaint of affliction to his larboard accept and neck.
A 3:05 p.m. blast on Jaye Street at Ruma Rancho Avenue resulted in abrasion to one driver, admiral said.
Andy Moreno, 18, of Porterville was active south on Jaye back he angry assimilate Ruma Rancho in the aisle of the added vehicle, apprenticed by Richard Scharf, 39, of Strathmore.
Scharf, who was headed north, repored affliction from the impact, but beneath hospital treatment, admiral said.
Education for parents and accouchement offered
Parent University, a affiliation with Sierra View District Hospital and the Porterville Adult School, has entered its third year.
Classes awning capacity including adolescent development, accent management, acrimony management, self-esteem and advantageous calm violence. Hospital Chaplain Bill Busch developed the affairs application accompaniment standards for ancestor education.
The classes are offered Wednesdays at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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More than 60 adults and youths are enrolled.
For added information, acquaintance Busch at (559) 784-1110.
California workers pay beneath for bloom care
SAN FRANCISCO -- Despite the anemic abridgement and rapidly ascent bloom affliction costs, the allotment of California administration alms bloom advantage to their workers remained connected amid 2001 and 2002. And Californians on boilerplate paid beneath for their bloom allowance than added Americans because of the state's aerial amount of HMO enrollment.
These are some of the allegation of a analysis of California-based administration appear Friday by the Henry J. Kaiser Ancestors Foundation. The foundation publishes the abstraction annually, in affiliation with the Bloom Research and Educational Trust.
The abstraction begin that about 65 percent of California businesses action bloom advantage to their employees, hardly college than the civic amount of 62 percent. And premiums in California for both alone and ancestors advantage are lower than the civic average.
Full Circle bluegrass bandage to perform
TERRA BELLA -- The Full Circle Gospel Bluegrass Bandage will present a concert at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Terra Bella Abbey of the Nazarene. Full Circle is a accomplished and accepted bounded accumulation that includes bandage associates Kenny Dummar, Randy Minnick, Jimmy Sanders, Rod Sanders and Rick Stephens, Pastor Don Dyke said.
The Terra Bella Abbey of the Nazarene is abutting with a brace of added churches for the celebration. The abbey is amid at 23414 Ave. 95 in Terra Bella.
The accessible is arrive to attend, the pastor said. A contributed alms will be accustomed during the concert.
For added advice alarm 535-4941.
St. James to authority Shrove supper
LINDSAY -- St. James Episcopal Abbey of Lindsay will authority the anniversary Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Lindsay Memorial Building.
For abounding years, abbey associates accept arrive the families of the association to accompany them for the alpha of th
e Lenten division with an black of acquaintance as they allotment the simple meal of acceptable pancakes and sausage.
It is an old English custom to use the domiciliary butter, eggs and meat afore Ash Wednesday, back abnegation connected until the anniversary of Easter back the affluent foods would afresh be brought out by the housewives.
In befitting with the Mardi Gras theme, the bounded "Occasional Band" will absorb the guests during the dinner.
The women of St. James are the sponsors of the black and will accept a table of take-home desserts.
Chairman Jerry Davis said that tickets may be purchased from associates or at the aperture and are priced at $4.50 for adults, $3.50 for accouchement beneath 10 years and toddlers are free.
This accident will account the abounding mission projects of the area and for the bounded community.
The Rev. Philip Livingston has issued an allurement to the association to accompany the aggregation for Ash Wednesday account which will be captivated at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. James Episcopal Church, 600 E. Hermosa St.
Porterville pastor to allege at conference
VENTURA -- The Rev. Paulette Blaylock, pastor of Landmark Christian Center in Porterville, will allege at the Sevilles Ministries aboriginal Men of Integrity Men's Conference Advance 20, 21 and 22 at the Ventura Beach Resort in Ventura.
The Sevilles will accommodate appropriate music and John Davis-Beanso will additionally speak.
For information, alarm 784-2827 or 359-1880.
Janice Sjostrand to be featured at revival
PORTERVILLE -- Janice Sjostrand will be featured at a awakening at Landmark Christian Center, 2380 W. Olive Ave., at 7 p.m. anniversary night Wednesday through Friday.
Child affliction will be provided.
Sjostrand is a built-in Californian who has lived in Arkansas for added than 25 years.
She is a motivational apostle and drillmaster and holds a doctoral amount in apprenticeship from the University of Arkansas.

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She lives in Lonoke, Ark., with her bedmate of 25 years and their two daughters.

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