Nancy Simpson/The Madera Tribune File Photo His Little Feet’s Performance will be held at Valley West Christian Center, 101 W. Adell Street, on Wednesday, beginning at 6 p.m. Valley West Christian Center welcomes His Little Feet International Children’s Choir, again. The 21 children that make up this current choir come from Kenya, Uganda and India. This choir is directed by Mike and Christa Hahn, who have visited Valley West Christian Center before, and after an almost decade

With the wrestling teams battling for Divisional titles this weekend, winter sports is entering the Central Section playoff stages. Madera wrestling battles in the Div. II championship at Clovis East while Madera South and Matilda Torres wrestle at Edison for the Div. III title. Liberty wrestles at Reedley for the Div. IV title. Boys Basketball All four Madera-area school secured spots in the Central Section basketball championships, which began Friday.

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune David Casas rises up for a mid-range Jumper during Tuesday’s win over Madera South. Casas scored 17 points with a pair of 3-pointers and went eight-for-eight from the free throw line to lead the Toros. The Matilda Torres Toros boys basketball team outscored the Madera South Stallions 33-18 in the second and third quarters for a 59-45 regular season finale victory at Madera South. In the other two quarters, Madera South outscored the Toros 27-24

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Matilda Torres’ J’Lynn Mitchell drives to the lane in Wednesday’s loss to Hoover. FRESNO — The Matilda Torres Toros girls basketball team closed out the regular season with a tough 54-50 loss to the Hoover Patriots. The Toros’ regular season standing and playoff seedings was already set for the game, but got a good battle with the playoffs beginning today. The Toros scored the first nine points of the game, but the Patriots scored the next 10 a

I’ve stated in a few of my letters in the past that the Republican Party and it’s leaders are far from perfect, but I also have said that, given the choice between the two major parties, there is really no choice on who we should choose to lead the United States. I’ve also concentrated on the negatives of what the Democrat party, and the small group of radicals that have hijacked the party, have done. A lot of times, I have failed to mention what this administration has accom

It was a few days before Feb. 14, 1954. I walked to the candy store on Flatbush Avenue, just two or three blocks from our apartment on Fenimore Street in Brooklyn, NY. I’d heard that the store sold a small, heart-shaped box of chocolates that could be mailed. The bottom of the box had space to write an address and another space that was designated for some first-class stamps. I think the chocolates cost $1. I wrote in Judy’s name and her address in Summit, New Jersey, applied