Groceries donated to caregivers
For many families in the Madera and Fresno area, the full-time caregiving responsibilities renders the most common tasks difficult, if not impossible, to accomplish. Add in the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, simple errands like grocery shopping can be an obstacle. However, with the help from the Valley Caregiver Resource Center and the Fresno […]
Madera welcomes new Rescue Mission Executive Director
Although he’s been a part of the Madera Rescue Mission since September of 2019, Jesse Chavez officially took over as Executive Director taking over for former Pastor Mike Unger in July of 2020. “It is rewarding to see people’s lives changed when you introduce them to a loving and caring savior in Jesus Christ,” Chavez […]
Lu Teaford: Queen of the Mountains
I will never forget that day in 1992, when Bill and Doris Seabury took me to North Fork to meet Lu Bowman Teaford. It was 78 years after she had become the bride of Otis Teaford, Madera County’s king of the mountains, and did she ever have a story to tell! “I would have done […]
Opinion: FBI warns of more bloodshed
“We have met the enemy and he is us.” — Pogo, Earth Day, 1970 Comic strip written by Walt Kelly On Monday, two law enforcement officials — under conditions of anonymity — read an internal FBI bulletin that warned of armed protests at all 50 state capitols as well as the nation’s capitol. According to […]
Letter: The epitome of selfishness
On Jan. 13, 1984, President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation designating January 22 as the first National Sanctity of Human Life Day. January 22, 1973, was the day that the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion-on-demand in all 50 states. Churches around the United States use the day to celebrate God’s gift of life, commemorating the […]
Stallions win tale of two halves
2014 After the Liberty Hawks took a 32-20 lead at the half, the Madera South Stallions girls basketball team took control in the second half to outscore Liberty 29-13 for a come-from-behind 49-45 non-conference victory. Madera South, who trailed by as many as 16 points in the first half, bounced back with a 17-4 run […]
Opinion: Remembering the man, myth and legend
The sun managed to come up through the fog and mist again today, even though Madera Printing and Publishing company founder and this publication’s steward’s light has still gone out. Every day we wake up and it eventually dawns on us the company patriarch is still dead. And we ache because of it. We look […]