Madera Police Log: Feb. 3-5
The Madera Police Department reported the following incidents. Feb. 3 10:11 a.m. — Civil dispute in the 2100 block of West Cleveland Avenue. 11:37 a.m. — Criminal threats reported in the 1500 block of East Cleveland Avenue. 11:54 a.m. — Animal complaint in the 1300 block of East Pecan Avenue. 12:52 p.m. — Reape reported […]
Stallions, Coyotes open swim season
The window to begin swim season opened and the Madera South Stallions and Madera Coyotes didn’t wait too long for a County/Metro Athletic Conference battle at Madera South’s Aquatic Complex. Both Madera boys and girls teams showed its depth in team wins over the Stallions, but it was the individual accomplishments Stallions head coach Rich […]
Stallions win cross country dual
In its second meet of the season, the Madera South boys and girls cross country teams picked up victories against County/Metro Athletic Conference foe Bullard-Fresno after running on the Madera South campus. The boys team scored 18 points to beat the Knights and Matilda Torres while the girls team overtook an undermanned Knights team for […]
Madera falls in XC battle with Sanger
Going against one of the best teams in the Valley, Madera Coyotes cross country coach Russ Stanford knew his runners were in for a tough time, but, eventually, was encouraged by what he saw. The Apaches’ girls team is the reigning Div. II Central Section champions and outpointed the Coyotes 49-19 to win the rare […]
FCC athletics opt in to play spring sports
Fresno City College announced that nine FCC athletic teams will “opt in” to play competitively this spring if the COVID-19 situation improves and community college athletic restrictions are lifted. The nine teams are baseball; beach volleyball; men’s golf; softball; women’s swim and dive; men’s and women’s tennis; and men’s and women’s track and field. “While […]
Being With The People — A Diary by Kirk Edwards: Leningrad 1989 — Friday, June 23, 1989
In 1989, Kirk Edwards, a 1973 MHS graduate, had an experience unique to Madera natives. He traveled as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Band to the Soviet Union — the first U.S. Band to do so. Throughout his stay, he kept a diary, an abridged copy of which is here published, in serial […]
Letter: God help our country
I personally want to thank Frank Bradford for his Letter to the Editor titled, “The Decline of a Nation,” published in your February 17 edition of the paper. Frank said the exact same thing that millions of Americans believe; that the Democratic Party and Joe Biden are doing a job on American citizens. I just […]
Marching on
Because of COVID-19, my family avoided many of our traditional holiday feasts. Thanksgiving was celebrated with just three people instead of the usual 15 to 17, Christmas came and went without us even seeing each other, same with New Year’s Eve and Day and on and on. The thing I miss the most was New […]
One armed painter went on the warpath
Alonzo Wood, an old painter with one arm was arrested last evening about 8 o’clock by Sheriff J.F. Lewis and Deputies Andy Clark and Clarence Osborn on a charge of threatening the lives of several workmen on the Arkelian ranch southwest of town. Ira Patterson, the foreman of the ranch, had the most harrowing and […]