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Wendy Alexander
Angelica Evangelista of Madera South sings the National Anthem before a Stallion softball game. She is a member of the National Honor Choir.
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Wendy Alexander
Madera South girls volleyball coach Andrea Devine serves up cotton candy in the snack bar during a Madera South softball doubleheader with Chowchilla.
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Wendy Alexander
Baldev Singh, owner of the Subway on Howard Road, left, prepares sandwiches with employee Laura Toney. Singh has owned the Subway at Howard Road for seven years.
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Wendy Alexander
Spring is in the air at the Gill Ranch, bringing foals into the world.
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Ramona Frances
Joel Platt tends bar for the Vineyard Restaurant in Madera.
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Tyler Takeda
Madera Coyote softball frosh-soph coach Jessica Armiento watches her sister Melissa and niece Breanna coach and play for the Coyote softball team with her nephew Theran Van Loon.
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Tyler Takeda
Liberty High School senior David Schmall keeps score for the Liberty Hawk baseball team during a game against Clovis North.
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Ramona Frances
Mike Mideiros of the Veterans of Foreign Wars plays a trumpet during a ceremony.
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Ramona Frances
Jessica Petroff, left, and Sapphire Barboza exercise after school at the Madera South High School track.
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Ramona Frances
Portrait artist Mary Jane Brewster paints L. Smiley at Williams Gallery West in Oakhurst.
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Wendy Alexander
Breanna Barnes has the help of Caden Moore, 3, and Ethan Moore, 6, displaying signs during the Madera Tea Party Tax Protest.
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Wendy Alexander
Mabel D. Lang is a volunteer at the Madera Community Hospital Gift Shop. Lang has been a volunteer for the past four years.
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Ramona Frances
From left, Laura Carella and Lauren Wallis take pizza orders at Pizza Factory in Madera Ranchos.
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Wendy Alexander
Army Gen. Kevin Magnum escorts the parents and daughter of Sgt. Raul Moncada, Raul and Obdulia Moncada and Priscila, 6, after his funeral April 27, 2009. Priscila glances at a photo of her father as she is led away. The funeral services were under the direction of Smith Manor Grace Chapel owned by George and Sharlane Smith. The Smiths said conducting the funeral was more of an honor than a job.
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Wendy Alexander
Only sun greets Breanne Cavey, right, and her friend Vanessa Gonzales as they sit on a 2006 Ford Mustang, belonging to Cavey’s mom, at a car show May 1, 2009.
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Ramona Frances
Michele Clark, transaction director, represents the California Rangeland Trust, which works to preserve rangeland.
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A water-loving dog takes a dip during a warm afternoon in a private pond in southwest Madera County. (Chantal Sagouspe/For The Madera Tribune)
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Ramona Frances
Raoof Al-Sobur serves coffee at Starbucks on State Route 99 and Avenue 16.
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Wendy Alexander
Madera High prom king and queen candidates pose together. King candidates, from left, are Nick Caracillo, Leo Barajas, Richard Ramirez and Jesse Arellano. Queen candidates, from left, are Lexi Bates, Danielle Gonzales and Aurelia Gamch. Not pictured is Money Chatha. The prom will be May 16, 2009, in the Banker’s Ballroom in Fresno.
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Wendy Alexander
Madera High prince and princess candidates gather. Prince candidates, from left, are Jacob Sanchez, Alex Pendley and James “Chevy” Cheuvront. Princess candidates, from left, are Hannah Wilkerson, Brianna Reyes, Michelle Vasquez and Mareike Lamaack. Not pictured is Chad Latimer.
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From left, teenagers Gianna Mariscotti and Sarah Glantz look out over a relative’s vineyard in Madera County. (Chantal Sagouspe/For The Madera Tribune)
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Wendy Alexander
Norma Lopez, a Madera Unified School District employee, collects entrance fees at a Stallion softball game.
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Ramona Frances
Valley artist Marilyn Torchin shows watercolor paintings at Circle Gallery.
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Tyler Takeda
The Liberty baseball team celebrates the school's first-ever boys Valley Championship after defeating Corcoran 7-4 on May 29, 2009 to win the Division V title.
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For The Madera Tribune
Cross-country and track runners Jesse Arellano and Crystal Renteria were named Madera High School’s Athletes of the Year.
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Ramona Frances
Musician Kurt Hickman plays the guitar at a Madera business.
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Wendy Alexander
Enrique Castellanos, left, and JD Alvarado prepare for graduation on the evening of June 5, 2009, at Madera High School.
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Wendy Alexander
Madera High English teacher and yearbook advisor Alison Lindsay participates in a graduation ceremony June 5.
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Annette N. Doud
From left, contractor Guy Stockbridge, Mohammad Ashraf M.D., Naeem Akhtar M.D., Khalid Rauf M.D., Mazhar Javiad M.D., Tahir Hassan M.D., and engineer Mukesh Gupta ceremonially break ground June 8 for their 10,000-square-foot building containing three offices and a new sleep center. They will have state of the art equipment with a new mode of treatment for complex sleep disorders. “We will be like a five-bedroom hotel” said Dr. Javaid, “It will be conducive to the patients comfort and sleep. We hope to be open by the end of the year.”
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Ramona Frances
Justin Cody has made pizzas in Madera for 2-1/2 years at Papa Murphy's.
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