Quady Winery celebrates 45th harvest
2020 marks 45 years since family owned Quady Winery of Madera crushed its first grapes. That first harvest in 1975 produced just over 1,600 cases of Zinfandel port wine and started Andrew and Laurel Quady down a storied path of sweet wine innovation and quality in a region of California that was then little known […]
6 Maderans arrested on suspicion of drunk driving
Madera police arrested a total of six residents, in what police are calling an increase in DUI arrests. Sgt. Mark Trukki said it was unusual to have that many DUI arrests in one overnight shift, but a number of factors, including the stress and confinement during the long COVID-19 pandemic could be involved. “We have […]
Madera Wine Trail has fresh stories to celebrate Wine Month
Central California’s Madera County is the largest rural county in the state and home to the Madera Wine Trail. The landscape stretches from productive farmlands to rolling foothills and upward into the High Sierra. It’s no mystery why this countryside has been winemaking since the 1800s, the weather is warm, the skies are clear and […]
Gaumnitz promoted to Fire Chief
CHOWCHILLA — City Administrator Rod Pruett announced the hiring of Chowchilla’s own, Fred Gaumnitz, as Chowchilla’s new Fire Chief. The Fire Chief position became available in May when Harry Turner retired after serving our community for the last 28 years as Fire Chief. “Fred was the top candidate out of 12 qualified applicants to become […]
Former Stallions star eager to make his Div. I debut
Down multiple scores on homecoming night in his junior year, Madera South star Jonah Johnson and his Stallions were searching for answers in front of a packed house. The Stallions marched into the halftime locker room with their heads down after underperforming. But, as Madera South fans came to understand, there is no quit in […]
Opinion: Are we facing a double-whammy pandemic?
Here’s a chilling thought: Flu season is here. Like the coronavirus, the flu virus is spread easily through the air on infected water vapor and can enter the body through the same passageways: mouth, nose, and eyes. The virus can live on surfaces, like countertops, for hours. So making contact with contaminated objects and then […]
Celebrating the poets of Madera County
A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about poetry, and in it I informed you about the 1st Annual Poetry Contest that the Friends of the Madera County Library was conducting this year. Everybody is a poet, at some time or other, and writing poems can be a hidden talent within many of us. […]
Conley didn’t impress this crowd
If they ever establish a Madera County Hall of Fame, Judge William M. Conley will surely be near the top of the list. He became the first Superior Court Judge of Madera County after the election of 1893, and remained on the bench until he retired in 1921. At the time of his election, Conley […]
There’s a day for cheese pizza
Yes, every day is some sort of food day and September 5 happens to be National Cheese Pizza Day. As of this writing, I have not yet had anything to eat, so of course you know what I am hungry for: a couple of slices of hot, melty cheese pizza. Even in this weather. Back […]