Erickson stages comeback to win Late Models race
Multi-time Madera Speedway Mission Pro Late Model champion Matt Erickson put on a driving clinic, soaring through the pack to win the 80-lap round two for the RACER Network-televised series. Erickson’s win on the one-third mile oval paid $2,000 to win. Erickson led time trials by just .002 seconds over Jay Juleson, but stretched out […]
Book Talk: Lisa Jackson, ‘The Night Before’
Josh Bandeaux, wealthy, local aristocratic family member, mentally alert, physically paralyzed. His head, arms, and upper body are sprawled across his desk. He watches his sleeve being rolled up; razor-sharp surgical scissors click before his eyes. Terror affects every nerve in his body, but he can’t speak, can’t move because of the drug that has […]
Cuckoo for coconut
My husband’s birthday is in April, and sometimes very close to Easter. When he was a child, his mom used to make a bunny cake for his birthday, with frosting and coconut for fur and jelly beans for the eyes and nose. I carried on that tradition after we were married, but honestly cannot remember […]
Off-duty peccadilloes turned deadly for lumberjack
On May 16, 1905, the Madera County coroner held an inquest into the demise of one Blucher N. Settle. It was determined that he had met his death from gunshot wounds inflicted by John Enos at Sugar Pine. The incident, which caused quite a stir at the time, occurred at Steven’s Place and revealed a […]