Imperial Jewelry opens in downtown Madera
In the heart of downtown Madera, a new jewelry store has opened its doors, Imperial Jewelry. Unlike other jewelry stores, they strive to bring unique pieces from around the world, offering them just down the street. From 10K to 24K gold, Sadek “David” Alammari wants to show Madera that luxury jewelry isn’t reserved for celebrities […]
Camp Fire hosts Ground Council
Camp Fire Heart of California hosted its annual Grand Council Fire in a packed ball room at the Madera Municipal Golf Course. This is a tradition that spans more than 70 years in Madera. The May 4 evening celebrated Camp Fire youth of all ages, but the true spotlight shines on the graduating Senior members. […]
Freshman help Coyotes to win
The Madera Coyotes softball team found themselves in a precarious predicament against the Edison Tigers this week in a County/Metro Athletic Conference match-up. Twice, they found themselves in multiple run deficits, and twice they managed to overcome them. Freshman Isabella Aguirre laid down a perfect suicide squeeze bunt with two outs in the bottom of […]
Liberty’s Brogdon back in majors
Former Liberty Hawks baseball standout Connor Brogdon has made it back to the Major Leagues. Brogdon was called up Tuesday by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and made his Angels debut in Wednesday’s victory over Toronto. Brogdon entered the eighth inning with the Angels trailing 4-2. He allowed a lead-off single, but got a […]
Tami Jo’s first ‘Gravy by the Slice’
Originally published Sept. 30, 2006. • • • As you read this, Brother Cal Tatum, who used to columnize in this space, is well on his way to Wyoming, where he will become managing editor of the twice-weekly paper in Evanston. God speed, good buddy! I have asked the Great and Powerful Doud to let […]
Opinion: Dying traditions; is it Gen X’s fault?
I think that I became conscious of traditions while I attended college in Mountain View/Los Altos Hills on the San Francisco Peninsula. Foothill College opened in the late 1950s, located in an abandoned Lockheed building that had to be reinforced with “flying buttresses” (the heavy supports that were supposed to hold the building together during […]
Memories of Tami Jo Nix
The following are remembrances made by those from the community of Madera in honor of Tami Jo Nix, who passed away Monday, May 5. Rosalind Gaviola: I met Tami Jo through a Girl Scouts event. She was so kind and nice, and she covered everything in the Tribune. I became very fond of her. She […]
Never let a hug get away
I happen to love family reunions. My dad was one of eight children, and so I had lots of cousins. There were 21 of us. Growing up, I never lived close to my aunts, uncles, cousins, or grandparents, but we visited often, and it was always such fun to get together with my cousins. We […]