Madera names Desmonds as Grand Marshals
Madera High is pleased to announce 2022 Grand Marshals, father and son, Gerry and Ryan Desmond. The father and son duo are life-long Madera residents and have roots that date back to the 1906 Madera Coyotes football team. Co-Grand Marshal Gerry was born and raised in Madera and is proud to call himself a Coyote […]
Much-needed fencing completed
The City of Chowchilla hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Chowchilla Police Station in celebration of the Safety Fencing Project coming to completion. Several community members, project engineers, and legislative representatives were present for the Oct. 12 ribbon cutting, along with the Mayor John Chavez, Mayor Pro-Tem Ray Barragan, and Councilmembers Diana Palmer, Kelly Smith, […]
Book Talk: Steve Cavanagh, ‘The Plea’
Like Steve Cavanagh’s debut novel “The Defense,” some reviewers have described his second Eddie Flynn book, “The Plea” (2016, 376 pages) as a courtroom drama. It is, but it is so much more. In both books, Cavanagh provides a mix of brilliant courtroom strategy and taut action thrills. He’s like John Grisham and David Baldacci […]
Stallions do just enough for win
The Madera South Stallions football team got plenty of support from its defense and special teams and enough from the offense for a 24-16 victory over the McLane Highlanders on Senior Night. The Stallions’ defense held the Highlanders to just 139 yards of total offense, including 41 on the ground in Friday’s victory. The Stallions’ […]
Torres falls in four sets
It could have been the emotions of the first-ever girls volleyball senior night, but the Matilda Torres Toros girls volleyball team had trouble in the first set against the Sunnyside-Fresno Wildcats, but battled over the next three in a tough North Yosemite Loss. The Toros lost the first set 25-14, but battled tough against the […]
Hawks get another rout to stay undefeated
Despite the distractions of Homecoming week, the Liberty Hawks needed just 18 plays to score eight offensive touchdowns in a 63-0 victory over the Parlier Panthers. For the Hawks, it was their fourth game this season they have scored more than 40 points. Liberty scored on its first eight possession of the game. Their longest […]
The POW camp
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Love those dried apricots
Having grown up on a ranch that included prune and apricot orchards, I always looked forward to the time of year when we could enjoy the fruits of our labors (pun intended) in dried form. I liked prunes, but to me, the real prize was sun-dried apricots, most especially the ones called slabs. Slabs are […]
Madera’s ‘fire and brimstone preacher’
The Rev. William B. McElwee was an ecclesiastical workhorse. He and his wife, Emily, came to Madera in 1891 to pastor the local Presbyterian Church. He had been born in Missouri in 1838 and ordained into the Christian ministry when he was 35. Although the Rev. McElwee was 53 years old when he assumed the […]