Tanks a lot! Water providers move to ease effects of drought
Madera Acres, Chowchilla and City of Madera all have improvement projects in the works A new water tower and at least two new surface water tanks will be built this year in Madera County to improve domestic water services. Ground will be broken in early April for one of the tanks, a 157-foot-high, 1.5-million-gallon-capacity design, […]
In the days of bringing guns to school
As I have mentioned in this space before, when I was a kid, I carried a gun to high school. It was not a handgun, but a rifle. And I actually shot it at school. Before you recoil in horror, consider this: I was a member of the school gun club, and we met in […]
History in the Week of March 18
50 Years Ago Week of March 18, 1968 CHOWCHILLA’S JOHN CRANE NEW MADERA FOOTBALL COACH — Chowchilla High School’s highly successful football coach and athletic director John Crane has been appointed the new head football coach for Madera High School. He replaces George Farrell, who quit after the Coyote 2-8 mark last season. Perry Harper, […]
Fresh breads for Easter, or for any old time
If you love fresh, oven-baked breads, you may find something in this week’s column that would be wonderful to serve at Easter time, coming up soon (or any time). I have so many fond memories of my grandmother in her kitchen happily baking her Easter breads. I kept up the tradition for many years but […]
How Giving Tree helps needy at Gould school
The Madera County Employees Giving Tree has been helping the Norman Gould Educational Center families and Madera Christmas Basket program for more than 45 years. Several retired county employees have been organizing bake sales and raffles for many years, and the proceeds are used to provide food and gifts at Christmas to families with special […]