Madera sheriff’s department lauds new hires, promotions
Over the past several weeks, it has been my pleasure to host multiple swearing-in ceremonies to formally honor new hires and promotions within the department over the last year. Due to COVID, these ceremonies had been postponed to allow family and friends to gather and recognize the achievements of these outstanding individuals. I am proud […]
Chowchilla Union High School sees 208 graduate
The following are graduates of Chowchilla Union High School: Jennifer Lugo, Hahna Song, Sydney Reardon, Daneli Santillan, Geraldine Perez, Smantha Easton, Vanessa Gomez, Zoe Bitter, Lizeth Solorzano, Sydney Alexander, Cesar Barajas, Geovanni Vera, Anahy Velasquez, Leonardo Garcia, Martin Tellez, Bryce McCullough, Angel Ramirez, Aiden Price, Juliana Barajas, Jason Salangsang and Anetter Gamez. Paulina Granados, Sydni […]
215 graduate from Wilson Middle School
The following are graduates of Wilson Middle School: Francisco Aguilar, Izabella Alba, Riley Alicea, Vivianna Alvarez, Karla Alvarez, Jasmin Andrade Torres, Lizbeth Arreola, Akashpreet Aulakh, Amy Barajas Corona, Emily Barberi, Nathan Barragan, Yaritza Barriga Munguia, Sky Belden-Flores, Matthew Bishop, Michael Bishop, Jaiden Blodgett, Landen Bradley, Kathrine Bugarin, Yaresly Bugarin-Gonzalez, Evangeline Buss, Angel Cabrera, Gabriel Cabrera, […]
Scholarship sisters-in-law retiring
Each year, Deirdre Collodi-Bishel and Joyce Tucker, who are sisters-in-law, do what they can to get as much scholarship money as possible to graduating seniors. This year, the duo helped students collect about $800,000 in scholarship money. However, the dynamic duo had their final graduating class this year because they are retiring after working for […]
Special election for vacant seat
Important information for the qualified electors of Madera City Council District 5, that in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, a Special Election will be held on November 2, 2021. This Special Election was ordered by the Madera City Council on January 28, 2021 for the purpose of […]
Madera celebrated its new hospital
Sept. 26, 1971, marks a watershed in the history of Madera. It was also a red letter day for Darwin Shebelut as he stood with the group of community leaders with whom he had worked to make the new Madera Community Hospital a reality. On that Sunday afternoon, more than 600 people turned out for […]
AMAE hosts annual scholarship dinner
The Madera Chapter of the Associaotion of Mexican American Educators helds its annual scholarship awards dinner at Matilda Torres High School. Ten Madera and Madera South high school seniors each received a $1,000 scholarship at the June 24 dinner. The scholarship recipients were Glorimar Cortes-Velasquez, Hermenegildo Fernandez, Maria Pimentel-Barriga, Emily Valencia, Eddie Gonzalez, Devin Delgado, […]
Opinion: Dog Days of summer
This week the triple-digit temperatures officially ushered in the Dawg Daze of Summer. Merriam Webster said that July 3 through Aug. 11 is the hottest, most sultry and oppressive days of Summer. The Farmers’ Almanac lists the annual appearance of the dog days as the 40 days following the heliacal or first sun-up rising of […]
Letters: Whatever happened to flood and drought control of the Fresno River?
When I became Supervisor of District 3 Madera County, in 2012, the Fresno River was completely overgrown, the banks were in bad shape in several areas from the Santa Fe tracks to Road 23. A few years earlier, we almost lost the railroad bridge next to Gateway because of debris that piled up against the […]
Jordan earns scholarship after enduring five surgeries
For most high school student-athletes, the thought of having surgery, thus postponing their athletic career, would tough to overcome. For Aislynn Jordan, she had to come back from not one, not two, but five knee surgeries in a 13-month span and still earned a softball scholarship to Jamestown University in North Dakota. “Softball kept me […]