It is time for a little History of Selma Lesson.  Thanks to Randy McFarland, we have access to a wonderful resource book: Centennial Selma, Biography of a California Communityâs First 100 Years.  He wrote and published this book in 1980. Randy continues to be loyal Selma Supporter and Historian.
Did you know?  When the City of Selma started, it was a school system and then quickly acquired a post office for communications.  It had a constable and beyond that, other utilities were missing. During the Wheat Boom, an enterprising businessperson brought water, gas, electricity and telephone services to the community and got a fire department started.Â
CENTRAL VALLEY â With stay-at-home orders lifted statewide last week, local business owners are eager to get one step closer to normalcy.
âOver the last week, people downtown seem really excited that things are opening up again,â said Jeff Dodd, executive director of the Kingsburg Chamber of Commerce. âItâs more of an upbeat feeling among the people Iâve talked to.â
Dodd said that the stay-at-home order had affected local business to the point where the Chamber of Commerce had essentially even shut down, with Dodd and Kingsburg office administrator Barbara Little needing to go to the office just a few times a week.