The Lemoore Advance from Lemoore, California • 3

The Lemoore Advance Thursday November 13 2003 Pages 2004 Festa According to Carol Rodrigues past president of the association and currently a board member for the state's organization irreplaceable historical items went up in the flames including statues of St NEW PASTOR AND FAMILY Kimberly Jacob and Terry Riley will lead Grace Baptist Church Lemoore New pastor at Grace Baptist hall will be rebuilt said Ed Rodrigues CORRECTION In a story which ran last week concerning the blood drive at Lemoore High School we erred in printing the drive would be Nov A quick glance at the calendar would show Friday is Nov 14 the correct day for the drive We hope this error is forgiven Leaf pick up begins Special to 77m Advance The City of Lemoore will begin leaf pick up on Monday Nov 17 Residents should rake their leaves into the street 2 feet away from the curb no more than 12 inches high Shirley Sopp city spokesperson said that only leaves no branches rocks bark or anything else should be included since the leaf machine is designed to vacuum up only leaves The pick up will continue until Jan 4 2004 Call 924-6744 (Continued from page 1) Council 145 Brio Terceirense was established in 1915 by 21 Portuguese men The Stratford Hall was one of the oldest Holy Ghost Halls in the Valley Its name reflects the fact that most of the Portuguese settlers around Stratford immigrated from the Terceira an island in the Azores The first hall was built in 1914 by the IOOF behind the Costa Brothers Market about four blocks from where the current one stood In the early 1920s property was purchased and the building was moved to its Current site at 19617 Empire St on the eastern edge of Stratford In 1957 an eating pavilion and kitchen were added Religious ceremonies were always conducted at St Catholic Church Today to become a member of the Stratford group a person must join the fraternal council Stratford IDES Hall which owns all the most lost in the fire The first Festa was probably held in city park in 1916 with a barbecue which was replaced in the 1920s with sopas according to an article in The Holy GhoSt Festas The Festa has been held every year since its inception except during World War and in 1969 during the Tulare Lake flood The festa is always held on the sixth Sunday after Easter Originally girls dressed in white and carried the crown it would be several years before a queen was appointed probably around 1925 Ed Rodrigues said that members were still being contacted so that several meetings to hear what the insurance company has to say can be held Then the group will decide on the particulars of rebuilding hall will be said Ed Rodrigues But what it will look like is still up for debate meet and then added Ed Rodrigues know if it will be of wood steel or what but we will continue the Isabella and Lady of Fatima photographs the original charter plaques honoring the group and those in it and the old altar from the Stratford church Sacred Heart statue was singed so we are going to place it in a case for all to explained Carol Rodrigues The crown was not kept in the hall so it is undamaged Jacob They moved here from the Valley Bible Church of Lancaster where he led a large college age ministry Riley according to Schiewe has said that his goal and ministry objective is to invest my life in serving foe Lord by pestering teaching and training diuich members in biblical truth for God's glory I look forward with keen anticipation to the fulfillment of this objective at Grace Baptist Grace Baptist is on Daphne Drive just off Cinnamon Avenue near Hanford-Armona Road in Lemoore The church provides a capably staffed nursery and ministry to small children during its worship services added Schiewe Worship services are at 10:45 am and 6 pun every Sunday Bible study for all ages is at 930 am The public is invited to hear Riley and attend services Call Schiewe at 924-1767 at the church at 9240543 Terry Riley is foe new senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church of Lemoore and will assume his duties Sunday Nov 23 preaching in the lft45 am morning worship service according to Dallas Schiewe board chair for foe church Riley earned his master of divinity degree from the Seminary in NewhaU where Dr John McArthur noted pastor scholar author and theologian is the founder and president Schiewe said David Fraley chair of the church pulpit search committee reported the light of his experience and educational background Pastor Riley is imminently qualified to lead Grace Baptist in an outstanding pulpit and leadership ministry' Fraley added Riley is the fruitful result of an intensive 14 month search fix: a new pastor" Riley is married to Kimberly and foe couple has one child 'Citizen of the Year' nominees accepted by Lemoore Chamber CountyTachis (Continued from page 1) Friday Jan 16 2004 A selection committee will judge the nominees on civic and community involvement work on behalf of charitable organizations or causes business andor professional leadership growth and innovation other awards received advocacy outside of Lemoore on behalf of the community and a mjor or one-time achievement of particular significance Business nominees must be a member in good standing of the Lemoore Chamber of Commerce Contact 924-6401 Forms can be picked up at the chamber office 218 St Special to The Advance The Lemoore Chamber of Commerce will accept nominations for the citizen business and organization of the year through Friday Dec 12 according to chamber CEO Kim Hogue Steve Froberg Lemoore city manager was named citizen of the year at last banquet and business of the year was Lemoore Hardware and organization of the year went to Lemoore Little League The 46th annual citizenbusinessorganizaton of year and installation of 2004 officers banquet is scheduled for the Lemoore Trinity Hall on this agreement Tribal officials added the tribe would pay for consultants and if need be attorney fees incurred by the county to have independent third-party experts review the proposal added Rosette will set aside money in case down the road there comes a time when problems arise and the county needs to have attorneys to go to IRS audits or The tribe will also waive sovereignty for this agreement which would allow it to be sued if it meet the provisions of this contract The supervisors directed staff to hire expert consultants to consider the proposal and report back Gaming Center general manager is very willing to enter into discussions about them with the The local tribe annually pays into a fund at the state level to provide money to finance county impact issues That money has never been released by the state to the counties Gonzales also asked the board to consider the good relations with the area and its commitment to work with local vendors and contractors in construction and staffing the facility Oliveira Brann and Rosette agreed that here would be no drain on county coffers because of SBA small business nominations sought during National Small 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