Chukchansi opens new gas station, travel center
Chukchansi Crossing Fuel Station & Travel Center in Coarsegold has opened a year after construction started in January 2017, The station features 18 pumps, two pumps in the back that will host motor homes and trucks, two electric charging stations and a smoke shop. A car wash, a Peet’s Coffee shop, and a burger restaurant […]
Signing event for new photo book
Michael Olwyler will hold a book-signing event in Friant on Saturday Feb. 17, between 1 pm and 3 p.m. for the newly published photo book of his father’s black and white photography. The event will take place at 21015 Lago Bello Lane. “Peter Olwyler’s photographs from the geographic center of Mexico have just been released […]
AARP to offer free income tax return filing assistance to locals
Free income tax return preparation and electronic filing, for both state and federal returns, will be available again this year for mountain-area residents, offered by the AARP Tax-Aide program. Services are provided free. Tax returns are prepared by and certified volunteers. The returns are prepared on site, then electronically filed the same day. Tax help […]
The state of our country
In a country that loves its acronyms, POTUS delivered his first SOTU on Tuesday. Translation: The president of the United States delivered his first State of the Union address. This is an annual show, staged by whoever is the current president, as an oral report card of how great he is doing his job and […]
Fighting the ‘great train robbery’
Among the earliest silent movies in American Cinema was “The Great Train Robbery” (1903), filmed by Edison Studios in New York. This movie depicts two, and then four bandits stopping, boarding, and then robbing the express car and the passengers on the train. In the process the fireman is killed along with one of the […]
Coyotes unable to maintain quick start in loss
After scoring the first goal of the game, the Madera Coyotes boys soccer team failed to convert on its chances in a 4-1 County/Metro Athletic Conference loss to San Joaquin Memorial-Fresno at Lee DaSilva Field in Memorial Stadium. “At this point in the season, it’s all about executing and we’re failing to execute, especially in […]
AADG brings home gold medal
All About Dance and Gymnastics Level 3 gymnast Noelia Calvillo scored a 9.25 on the floor exercises to win the gold medal at the Black Tie Invitational in Pleasonton. Calvillo and Level 2 gymnasts Natalia Gil and Jade Guzman all scored more than 9.15 on the vault. “After a three-month offseason, our level 2’s are […]
First half goals doom Stallions
The Bullard-Fresno Knights used three goals in the first half to upend the Madera South girls soccer team, 3-1, in a County/Metro Athletic Conference match at Lee DaSilva Field in Memorial Stadium. “I thought they played a good game,” Madera South head coach Ramon Delgadillo said. “They stayed focused and we battled throughout the game. […]
Birth Announcements
Zeo Nahshonti-Lee Walton Zeo Nahshonti-Lee Walton was born Nov. 27, 2017, at Madera Community Hospital. Welcoming the 19 1/2 -inch, 7-pound infant, is parent Zenetta Walton of Madera. Grandparents are Mae Helen Walton of Madera and Danny Lee Walton (deceased) of Madera. AnnMarie E. Ramon AnnMarie E. Ramon was born Nov. 29, 2017, at Madera […]
Madera County Sheriff’s Log through Jan. 20
The Madera County Sheriff’s Department reported the following incidents. Jan. 15 6:59 p.m. — Deputy was dispatched to a residence located within the 45000 block of Snow Flake Lane in Ahwahnee because of a report of a possibly suicidal female juvenile. During the investigation deputy determined the female juvenile was a danger to herself due […]