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Our Mission:
Kingsburg is committed to leadership that inspires, professionalism that ensures excellence in service, and partnership that fosters community collaboration.
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The Crayfish Festival is just around the corner. Join us on September 21, 2024, from 5:00pm-10:00pm in Downtown Kingsburg. Crayfish season is very popular in Sweden and includes Kraftshiva, a crayfish party! Friends and family gather to eat crayfish and celebrate the arrival of fall.
Event Includes:
- Crayfish boil dinner
- Chowder cook-off
- Crayfish eating contest
- Crayfish dishes
- Kids Zone
- Local breweries
- Cornhole contest
Bring your family and friends to enjoy this spectacular event! Try new foods, play games, and enjoy the evening welcoming the fall season.
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Did you know that Kingsburg CAPS provides free tutoring throughout the school year? Beginning on September 3, the tutoring center is open Tuesday-Thursday from 2pm - 5pm.
The center offers in-person homework help and all-subjects enrichment for students K-12th grade. Most students will be eligible for one hour of tutoring per week. If your child needs tutoring, please call 559-207-3030 and be prepared to commit to a weekday and specific time to bring your child for services.
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Work is underway at Heritage Park!
Work at Heritage Park is ongoing and improvements will be made throughout the month of September. The new shade structure has been installed. The existing soft fall material will be removed and replaced with a poured-in-place rubber. The rubberized surface is scheduled to be installed in Mid September.
The project is being funded through a Caltrans Clean California grant. Please note the playground may be closed periodically throughout construction. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Daniel Galvez, Public Works Director at 559-897-1066.
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Head down to Coffee Pot Park this Saturday, September 7, there will be a Walk 'N' Roll and Disability Resource Fair event from 9:00am-12:00pm. Nearly 1 billion people around the world live with disabilities. Many of these individuals and their families are unaware of services and support available to them. The Joni and Friends Disability Resource Fair & Walk ‘N’ Roll is an opportunity to bring together people living with disabilities, their families, friends, vendors, service providers and community partners to raise awareness and transform the lives of individuals affected by disability. There will be resource tables providing valuable information, an accessible playground, food vendors, and opportunities to connect with others impacted by disability. We will also be collecting non-powered wheelchairs to support Wheels for the World.
The walk will begin at 9:30am where you will take a stroll around town. Once the walk concludes there will be a free disability vendor fair for families and community members. The Walk-n-Roll has a registration fee which includes a lunch voucher, shirt and a SWAG bag. The Disability Resource Fair is free to everyone.
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It's almost time! Construction at the Laurel Dog Park is set to begin on Monday, September 9, 2024, and expected to be completed by the end of November, 2024. The park will remain closed during construction.
The project, which includes the addition of new turf, restrooms, lighting, dog park play amenities, waking path, additional landscaping is being funded through a $1.24m grant via Prop. 68, a California State grant. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Daniel Galvez, Public Works Director at 559-897-1066.
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Senior Meal Program
Did you know our Senior Center provides hot meals every Monday through Friday? Call the Senior Center at 559-897-3013 by 10:30 AM the day before you plan to visit so a meal can be reserved for you. Donations are accepted, but if you're 60 or over, we're happy to serve you whether or not you choose to donate. Suggested donation is $2.50. We also welcome other guests for a small fee to cover the cost of the meal. Persons under the age of 60 can dine at the Senior Center for a fee of $5.70 per person.
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FireMed
FireMed is a subscription-based membership program, offering financial assistance for emergency ambulance transport and assessment services. The membership protects insured members from any out-of-pocket expenses related to paramedic treatment and emergency 911 ambulance transportation for situations that occur in the City of Kingsburg, Selma, and Dinuba region(s). Apply for the FireMed Progam today by completing the FireMed Application and dropping it off at Fire Station 1 (1460 Marion St, Kingsburg CA, 93631) or City Hall.
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Pavement Markings Coming
Draper St. will have periodic closures on Friday (9/6) and Monday (9/9) from 5am – 1pm to complete pavement markings. The contractor will be completing parking stall marking on Friday (9/6), and center line and crosswalk work on Monday (9/9). On Friday, we anticipate that only parking will be impacted – meaning the travel lanes will remain open. The contractor will open parking up as soon as the paint is dried. On Monday, travel may be impacted as they complete crosswalk work. We ask residents to be aware that they may need to use alternate routes, especially during school drop off. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Next City Council Meeting:
The next meeting will be Wednesday, September 18th, at
6:00pm in the Council Chamber.
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This Week in History
On September 5, 2006, Katie Couric makes headlines—and TV history—with her highly publicized debut as the first female solo anchor of a weekday network evening news broadcast, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. Couric, who served as co-anchor of The Today Show from 1991 to 2006, replaced Dan Rather, who anchored CBS Evening News from 1981 until his retirement on March 9, 2005, in the aftermath of a controversial story about the military record of President George W. Bush. Barbara Walters was the first woman to co-anchor the network evening news, when she was paired up with Harry Reasoner on the ABC Evening News from 1976 to 1978.
Couric was born on January 7, 1957, in Arlington, Virginia, and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1979. That same year, she began her career in journalism as a desk assistant at ABC News in Washington, D.C. During the 1980s, she was a TV reporter in Miami and Washington, eventually becoming a Pentagon correspondent for NBC. On April 5, 1991, Couric became the permanent co-host, alongside Bryant Gumbel, of The Today Show, where she was known for her perky on-air personality as well as her hard-hitting interview style with politicians and other newsmakers. On April 5, 2006, after months of speculation in the media, Couric announced she would leave Today. That same day, CBS officially confirmed that Couric would become the anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News. Her salary of $15 million per year–which made her TV’s highest-paid news anchor–reportedly remained the same.
Couric said farewell to Today Show viewers on May 31, 2006. Meredith Vieira, a former co-host of Walters’ daytime chat fest The View, replaced Couric on Today.
Couric’s heavily hyped September 5, 2006, debut on the CBS Evening News attracted large numbers of viewers, but the show’s ratings later dropped below those of competitors NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson. She held the position until May 2011.
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