The Senn Files

By Cheryl Senn At the Sanger Rotary Christmas Senior Luncheon Sanger High School Sophomore Kate Turner was awarded the Paul Harris International Fellow Recognition Award, which is one of the highest award in Rotary. The award recognizes exceptional service, generosity, and commitment to Rotary’s mission to service above self, according…...

By Cheryl Senn Congratulations to Melanie Parrent on being inducted into the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame at the 66th Annual Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony, which took place on November 6th, 2025, ar the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Fresno. The inductees honored were Melanie Parrent (softball), Donna Pickel…...

By Cheryl Senn The Sanger Fire Department held a Pinning Ceremony to add two new Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) and promote an Engineer and a Lieutenant (Lt.) Two  were promotions. Lt. Craig Pitts was promoted from Engineer and Engineer Mark Pisching was promoted from Firefighter Paramedic. Three Emergency Medical Technicians…...

By Cheryl Senn This Halloween there is a new holiday experience for families to enjoy.  The HAPS Fantastical Farm opened to the public on October 3rd, 2025 and is located on the corner of South/East corner of Del Rey and McKinley Ave., in Sanger. HAPS Fantastical Farm is owned and…...

By Cheryl Senn Happy 100th Birthday Jean Booth!   Jean celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends at the Sanger Woman’s Club Clubhouse on August 2, 2025.   Jean was presented with a City of Sanger Proclamation by Sanger Mayor Frank Gonzalez during her birthday celebration. “It is not…...

By Cheryl Senn “Today, we proudly rededicated our City’s central fire station – originally opened in 1975 – after a major renovation and addition to our facility that reflects how far we’ve come.  We’ve grown from under 400 calls per year to now over 4,000 calls per year and this…...

By Cheryl Senn The 2nd Annual Salsa Contest took place on May 2, 2025, at Kings River High School.   The owner/editor of The Sanger Scene was asked to be one of the judges for the salsa contest.    There were 14 different salsa entries for the judges to taste…....

By Cheryl Senn Congratulations to Maricarmen Mata Nuñez on being named the 2025 Sanger Woman of the Year. The announcement was made at the March 12, 2025 Sanger Woman’s History Month Celebration, at the historic Sanger Woman’s Club. Maricarmen was one of four nominees. The other nominees were: Margaret Fox,…...

By Cheryl Senn The Fresno County Blossom Trail Poster for 2025 was debuted at the Fresno County Blossom Trail Opening Ceremony on February 7th at Sanger Park. This year the Sanger District Chamber of Commerce hosted the Fresno County Blossom Trail Opening Ceremony.  Artist Julie Raymer had her Fresno County…...

By Cheryl Senn The City of Sanger town Hall on Human Trafficking took place this month, January, which is Human Trafficking Month.  The Town Hall was hosted by Sanger City Council Member Michael Montelongo, who represents District #4.  The Sanger District Chamber of Commerce, City of Sanger, Sanger High School…...