Sheriffs office hosts awards ceremony
The Madera County Sheriff’s Office hosted a swearing-in, promotional, and special awards ceremony to formally recognize recent new hires and promotions within the department. Family and friends were invited to witness employees being sworn into their respective duties and celebrate the heroic actions of the MCSO team members at Madera South High School on November […]
Judge had dueling pistols ready
In 1868, a group of former Confederates made their way to what is now Madera County. They were in search of a new home, safe from Reconstruction. Within a short time, two of the most prominent families of the group were entangled in such an imbroglio that they almost squared off in a duel that […]
Cattlemen celebrate fall with awards
Our local Cattlemen and Cowboys provide backyard barbecues with the meat that makes up the mainstay for many a roundup, tailgate and banquet. On October 21, many of these California beef purveyors gathered to recognize and celebrate the people who provide service to the association and the beef industry. Cowboy of the year, Trevor Waag, […]
America wars, specifics (part 1)
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Opinion: Planning for Thanxgiving
The elections are over for another cycle, and I will not miss the campaign advertisements clogging up the television airwaves. Some of the attack ads got pretty ugly. Negative advertising is a calculated risk on the part of the candidates. That is why these ads are usually attributed to some political action committee rather than […]
Opinion: Our world — 8 billion and counting
On Tuesday, world population will hit 8,000,000,000. Demographers have been using “billion” as the watershed for population growth since about 1960 when Paul Ehrlich (and his uncredited spouse Anna) wrote “The Population Bomb,” a slim book that drew worldwide attention to the myriad problems that are caused by rapid population growth. But even before that […]
Buzzer beater sends Coyotes to title game
All Madera Coyotes boys water polo coach Ashlee Gibbs was looking for was a quality shot that could go it, but was also looking forward to overtime. However, Damian Bispham had other ideas when he took a shot as the seconds ticked away during Wednesday’s Div. III Central Section semifinal playoff game against Pioneer Valley-Santa […]
Coyotes fall to CMAC foe
With one game in their way for a berth in the Div. III Central Section Championship game, the Madera Coyotes girls water polo had to get by a familiar foe that they beat twice during the County/Metro Athletic Conference season — San Joaquin Memorial-Fresno. However, with their top scorer fouling out in the fourth period, […]