Fuller School hosts Patriot Day assembly
Fuller School in Chowchilla held its annual Patriot Day Assembly. Kindergarten, first and second grade students showed their patriotism and honored the memory of September 11 during the assembly Monday. “The Patriot Day assembly at Fuller Elementary School is so much more than students memorizing and performing extremely significant historical speeches from our nation’s history,” […]
Traffic collision leads to death
The Madera Police Department responded to a traffic collision involving a pedestrian on Madera Avenue and Maple Street. Officers arrived Monday evening two minutes later and located an adult male, Keith Brown, 72, lying on the southbound lane of State Route 145 (Madera Avenue). Brown was residing at the new apartment complex near Carl’s Jr […]
Suspect in tree causes lockdown
A suspect on the run hid in a tree near Liberty High School and caused a lockdown of outdoor activities at both Liberty and Ranchos Middle School. A K-9 California Highway Patrol officer stopped for a parked vehicle on the shoulder on Avenue 12, just west of Road 36 on Monday afternoon. The vehicle was […]
Why was Madera founded?
Every historian writing of the founding of Madera includes an account of how the town was almost never built. As the story goes, when the California Lumber Company began building its flume from the mountains to the Southern Pacific tracks in the Valley, it had its sights on the little town of Borden for the […]
Everybody has their stuff
I have been trying to go through things at my house, filing papers that have not been properly filed, shredding papers that needed shredding, organizing items that need to be organized, and TRYING to perform an activity called “tossing.” It’s a slow process for me, partly because I never seem to have the time (or […]
Opinion: Something to look forward to
Having something to look forward to is good for my mental health. Just this week, the novel “Holly,” by Stephen King, is being distributed. The fall season and a new Stephen King novel make for a lovely Halloween. Saturday night is my 50-year high school reunion. I will celebrate my birthday in October, and I’m […]
Opinion: Memory, quotes, and misquotes
My personal physician said, “I told you that a few months ago.” He looked at me, tilted his head to the side and stared into my eyes. “Are you having problems with your memory?” My initial reaction came from the primitive part of my brain. He’s insulting me. Then reason kicked in. No, he’s asking […]
Letters: Satire, truth, opinion
Satire: a literary device used to attack human foolishness through irony, derision, or wit. Vice-Presidential aspirant Marjorie Taylor Greene recently mourned the passing of the last surviving spaceman from the 1947 spaceship crash near Roswell, New Mexico. The alien had mentored her on the revelation that Jewish-funded space lasers sparked California wildfires. Alabama Republicans refuse […]
Soccer league open to youths
The La Liga Poqueña De Madera recreational soccer league is open to players ages 3-13. The league teaches the fundamentals of soccer, good sportsmanship and teamwork all in a participation-based. recreational environment. No score is kept, and fun is the focus. The purpose of the league is to let kids learn the game of soccer […]
Stallions fall to defending champs
When a team returns the league’s Most Valuable Player, that team is generally one of the favorites to win the league, and the Hoover Patriots, who won the North Yosemite League last season, is definitely one of the favorites this season. However, the Madera South Stallions didn’t let that affect them Tuesday night. They managed […]