Fastway Chicken celebrates 45 years
Fastway Chicken celebrated its 45th anniversary with a grand event held at its location on North D Street. Their lot was filled with popups of local establishments, which included Madera Police Department, Madera Sherrif’s Department, and other local entities on Saturday. The eatery was open for chicken orders, but they also had corn dogs and […]
OMC shaking things up with driverless almond shaker
Orchard Machinery Corporation introduced its first driverless almond tree shaker last week at Agriland in Chowchilla to a handful of observers from as far away as Australia and Europe. Partnering with Bonsai Robotics, a fairly new company based out of San Jose, the team unveiled the first autonomous almond tree shaker to feature a new […]
90-year-old makes birthday jump
When Grace (Tova) Jorgensen was asked by her daughter, Lori Howard, what she wanted to do for her 90th birthday, Tova thought about it and said, “Well, I think I will skydive.” So, on Sunday, Tova turned 90 years old. She went to Skydance Skydiving in Davis, California, and took a dive from the sky […]
Torres grinds out NYL-opening victory
The Matilda Torres Toros football team found something that worked and went to it time after time after time in a 35-14 victory over the Roosevelt Rough Riders to open North Yosemite League play. The Toros rushed the ball 40 times in 49 plays Friday night, and averaged 8.7 yards per play while gaining 347 […]
Stallions rebound with league win
After a tough four-set loss to North Yosemite League frontrunners Hoover, the Madera South Stallions girls volleyball team rebounded nicely with a dominant three-set victory over Roosevelt. The Stallions firmly established themselves as the second-best team in the NYL with a 25-16, 25-20, 25-13 win over the Rough Riders on Thursday. The Stallions combined for […]
Hawks suffers big loss to Caruthers Blue Raiders
CARUTHERS — The Liberty Hawks haven’t seen a score like they did last week in almost seven years. The Caruthers Blue Raiders, using mostly their run game, gave the Hawks a little of their own medicine in a 58-26 victory Friday in Caruthers. Usually, it’s the Hawks that will grind teams down and will run […]
Letters: Tired of Democrats screwing up lives
In a recent letter to the Tribune, Chuck Wieland makes some interesting points concerning the Republican Party and its self-proclaimed leader, Donald Trump. I am a registered Republican and have voted for Trump in the last two elections, and I believe that despite all of his faults, he was still a far superior candidate to […]
Book Talk: Favorites from the past, part III
With very few exceptions, when a novel is the basis for a movie, I’ve usually read the novel first, then seen the movie, and been disappointed with the movie. However, I’d never heard of James Clavell when I saw the movie “King Rat” in the mid-1960s. King Rat was about an American corporal who “rules” […]
Those versatile sausages
Sausages are popular all over the world, and are available in a great variety of types and flavors.
Teenage fugitives were no match for sheriff
It was approaching midnight as the seven teenagers gazed wistfully up at the ceiling of their second story cell in the Madera County Jail. They had all been arrested for burglary and were ostensibly awaiting their appointed time to see the judge, but none really expected to make that appearance. They had spotted a pathway […]