Success & Service: Modesto police promote three; city adds attorney
Three Modesto police officers received promotions during a ceremony Tuesday in Modesto. Rick Armendariz rose from captain to assistant chief, Craig Gundlach from lieutenant to captain and Rigo DeAlba from sergeant to lieutenant.
The city also announced the hiring of John Goulart, a longtime prosecutor with the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office, as the senior deputy city attorney.
Utilities workers recognized for kindness
A Coulterville man posted on the city of Modesto’s Facebook page a note recently thanking Dave Shackleford and Kenny Utz of the city’s Utilities Department. Heading to a follow-up appointment after hip replacement surgery, the man’s car tire blew out.
“I was outside on the road, using a walker and trying to jack the car up with a lot of difficulty,” he wrote. “Many people drove by but made no effort to stop when a city van pulled up and asked if my wife and I needed help.”
Shackleford and Utz installed the spare but noticed it was low on air. They followed the couple to a nearby gas station and filled it for them.
“Modesto should be proud to have employees of their caliber,” the man wrote.
Modesto brother, sister earn national honors
Tyler Coleman, a student at Central Catholic High School, and his sister, Kathryn Coleman, each earned silver and bronze awards from the National Junior Angus Association.
Tyler Coleman, 16, is the son of Tim and Kara Coleman. He is involved in 4-H and Central’s Future Farmers of America chapter. He also is a member of the California Junior Angus Association and served as its historian.
He earned the awards from the national organization, based in St. Joseph, Mo., by meeting criteria that include the evaluation areas of Junior Angus Association activities and leadership, participation in showmanship, contests and shows, using performance testing to improve a herd, and progress in producing and merchandising Angus cattle.
Kathryn Coleman, 13, attends St. Stanislaus Catholic School and is a member of the NJAA and the California Junior Angus Association, where she served as historian and royalty. She has participated in local, state, regional and national shows and showmanship contests. At the National Junior Angus Show, Kathryn participated in the photography contest. She has consigned cattle at the Red Bluff Bull Sale and the National Western Stock Show and is active in her local 4-H club.
The NJAA promotes the involvement of young people in raising Angus cattle while also providing leadership and self-development opportunities for the nearly 6,000 active members nationwide.
Health Plan of SJ gets new medical director
Dr. Robert W. Castillo is the new medical director of Health Plan of San Joaquin, which is based in French Camp. He comes from Redlands, where he served in the same capacity for EPIC Management L.P. Castillo graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a bachelor’s degree in applied behavioral science and received his medical degree at UC Irvine, where he also completed his internship and residency in pediatric medicine. As a board-certified pediatrician, Castillo has been practicing medicine since 1989. As part of his military service, he was co-director of the Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program for the 8th Army in Seoul, South Korea.
Modesto Christian School receives garden area
Modesto Christian’s elementary school campus now has planter boxes, the result of a Boy Scouts project by Modesto Christian High senior Kyle Rodig. The school received seeds for its winter garden from Lowe’s, and crops will be sold. The funds will be used to buy new seeds and to build a greenhouse on campus.
Author! Author!
Daniel Zimmerman of Ripon is the author of “Overthrowing the Anti-Christ/Call to the Church to Declare and Defend the Gospel,” through Tate Publishing. The book is 220 pages, costs $15 and is available through Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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This story was originally published December 5, 2015 at 2:51 PM with the headline "Success & Service: Modesto police promote three; city adds attorney."