Best wishes to the Sprague and Lamb families! Rex and JulieBeth Lamb welcomed their sixth grandchild last week. Xander Sarrada Sprague weighed 8 lbs., 13 oz. and was welcomed home by proud parents, Savannah and Austin and by brother, Caden.

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We are excited to report that Ceres Fire Chief, Kevin Wise will be participating in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society stair climb on March 10th in Seattle! He will be joining over 2,000 other firefighters from across the country to climb 69 flights of stairs in full gear to help raise money for the LLS. Chief Wise is a former Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Department member. We are very grateful to Kevin for his many visits to Valley Home over the past years!

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Please be aware that the bridge over the SSJID Canal on Pleasant Valley Road between Pioneer and Victory Avenue is closed for now. Public Works closed the Pleasant Valley bridge for safety reasons. Detour signs are posted in the area. We are looking forward to having Stanislaus County Public Works staff at our April “MAC” meeting to talk about the closure.

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Please remember the regular meeting of our fire department will be held on March 14th. The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. at the Valley Home fire station. There was also a special fire board meeting on March 5th at the Valley Home station at 4:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend the fire board meetings to hear important information!

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Thursday, March 7th there is a Parent Teacher meeting. The meeting will be held on the Texas campus at 4 p.m. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. There are many ways to help our students ... please get involved! Your help is very much appreciated.

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As always, you may reach me at winniemullins51@gmail.com or by phone at 985-5233. Until next time, Happy trails to all!