McKellar Family Farms is a non-profit organization in Ivanhoe, CA, offering group wagon tours of its 182-acre working citrus farm. Since 2015, they have hosted thousands of visitors on their farm—including tourists, local students, and community members—and they aim to reach thousands more through the development of a Self-Guided Walking Tour, set to open in […]
Two well-written non-fiction books, each crafted by an acclaimed author make for absorbing reading. Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle: A Memoir following its initial publication in 2005 appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list for an incredible 261 weeks. Wall’s non-fiction account recently reemerged as a best seller in the wake of the […]
Jack Lavers has announced his candidacy for the 26th District of the California State Assembly. Lavers was introduced and endorsed by Randy Baxley, the Owner and Operator of the Visalia Livestock Market. “Jack is honest, willing to go the extra mile, and will always do what he says he will do,” Baxley said. Alongside family […]
The Tulare Local Healthcare District Board of Directors announces that recruitment for hospital employees is underway in preparation for the reopening of Tulare Regional Medical Center (TRMC) in the near future. “We are excited that we are moving forward with the recruitment and interview process to staff TRMC, bringing us to our goal of creating […]
A hospital emergency department may not seem the most likely place to perform a clinical trial. Loud, stressful and chaotic, the American emergency room offers a tried-and-true backdrop for television and motion picture productions but is not typically considered the domain of painstaking academic research. However, physicians will attest that important life-saving research can take […]
The Joint Commission has recognized Sierra View Medical Center as a 2017 Pioneers in Quality™ Data Contributor for its contributions to electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) data for quality improvement in health care. Until recently, most hospitals collected information to measure health care quality by manually abstracting data from patient records. Today, through eCQMs—which rely […]
On November 16, California Citrus Mutual (CCM) will celebrate 40 years as the “Voice of the Citrus Grower” at its Annual Meeting held at the Visalia Convention Center. CCM is the only trade association dedicated solely to representing the interests of California’s citrus growers on the issues that impact them most. Founded in 1977, by […]
Wes Hensley, the Tulare Police Chief, is still on administrative leave from the Tulare Police Department. He was placed on administrative leave on September 27. In a press release sent to the Voice, his attorney, Michael J. Lampe, states that Hensley hasn’t been contacted by any city officials or investigators relating to any charges pending against […]
Last week it was announced that Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux has endorsed Warren Gubler for Assembly, District 26. This announcement came following a meeting Sheriff Boudreaux had with Gubler in late September. “Warren Gubler is a good man and friend who I believe is the best voice for Public Safety here in our valley,” […]
Some might think that 4-H is representative only of the Ag community. It may have started out that way. A gentleman named B. Graham is said to have started the program in Clark County, Ohio in 1902. The first club traces back to two names The Tomato Club or the Corn Growing Club. According to […]