MUSD ducks Internet bullet
After Madera Unified staff spent this summer planning and flawlessly implementing distance learning via computers for the 2020-2021 school year, on Wednesday, somewhere in Northern Madera County, a fiber line was cut at a construction project. Immediately the school district lost its connection with the Internet. This could have sent Madera’s virtual classrooms into a […]
Business honors memory of coworker
Armando Candelaria, an employee for Azteca Milling, died in July due to complications with a COVID-19 viral infection, but his memory was honored after his company donated $500 to Madera High. Candelaria, a former student-athlete at Madera High School, leaves a lasting memory within the community. His legacy lives on in his family, including his […]
No child left behind: Beginners get computers for distance learning, too
Beginners get computers When the COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure of schools last March and MUSD turned to distance learning via computers, not every kid got an electronic device. It was determined that the suddenness of such a drastic change would be too much for the kindergarten/first grade students, so those kids got their […]
The Devil was in the details
“Woman ‘sadistically’ shot to death near Coarsegold.” This was the headline of The Madera Tribune on Feb. 1, 1968, which announced the murder of Barbara Alice Simons. The next day, it also carried the news that her boyfriend, Albert Samuel Owens, had been found murdered in Fresno. After three days of intensive detective work on […]
Opinion: Happy heavenly birthday, Daddy
This week my father, Oliver Ralph Hill, Sr. would have celebrated his 94th birthday. One of my favorite past-times is talking to people who remember him fondly. Sadly, the number of these people is dwindling every year. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he attended Tennessee Industrial School and graduated Valedictorian at the age of 17. He […]