Back in the Day: Lee Bell, the man and the park
Lee Dale Bell was born in 1896 and married Armijo High Class of 1933 grad Doris Lambrecht in 1943. The Bells and Lambrechts are well-known old-school Fairfield names, as is the married name of Doris’ sister, Carol Falati.
Near-lifelong Fairfielder Gary Falati, who was mayor of Fairfield for a record 16 years, is Lee Bell’s nephew.
“My Uncle Lee was firm, but always fair. He was always about business. He was a buyer for the California Packing Corporation and worked at the huge three-story canning building that Del Monte later bought that used to be on Union Avenue before you got to the railroad tracks that split Fairfield and Suisun,” Falati said. “He was one of the major buyers for Suisun Valley. He knew every farmer out there and bought a lot of fruit between here and Winters.”
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Plants await planting at the Mary Bird Early Childhood Education Center on East Tabor Avenue in Fairfield, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. (Glen Faison/Daily Republic photo)
School district completes $5.1M in projects at Mary Bird campus
FAIRFIELD More than $5 million in work to upgrade the Fairfield-Suisun School District’s designated preschool center has been completed, the district has announced.
Mary Bird Early Childhood Education Center has, since it opened in 2016, served as what district officials describe as a model preschool program to districts across the state and has received recognition and awards for how it serves children ages 3 to 5 years old.
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Friday, January 08, 2021 1:00 am
FWPD promotes officers, announces 3 retirements
JAMIE DUFFY | The Journal Gazette
Several Fort Wayne Police Department officers were promoted during a Board of Safety meeting.
The promotions were announced along with three retirements during Thursday s meeting.
Sgt. Trent Farrell was promoted to lieutenant. Officers Matthew Wilson, David Klein and Christopher Brautzsch were promoted to sergeant.
Retirements included Lt. Donald Grote with 45 years of police department service and Officers Okey Sharp and Lynne Utterback, with 31 and 23 years on the department, respectively.