His Little Feet coming to Madera
Valley West Christian Center welcomes His Little Feet International Children’s Choir, again. The 21 children that make up this current choir come from Kenya, Uganda and India. This choir is directed by Mike and Christa Hahn, who have visited Valley West Christian Center before, and after an almost decade of missing out on this blessing, […]
Winter sports teams set for playoffs
With the wrestling teams battling for Divisional titles this weekend, winter sports is entering the Central Section playoff stages. Madera wrestling battles in the Div. II championship at Clovis East while Madera South and Matilda Torres wrestle at Edison for the Div. III title. Liberty wrestles at Reedley for the Div. IV title. Boys Basketball […]
Middle quarters lead Toros
The Matilda Torres Toros boys basketball team outscored the Madera South Stallions 33-18 in the second and third quarters for a 59-45 regular season finale victory at Madera South. In the other two quarters, Madera South outscored the Toros 27-24 Tuesday on Madera South’s Senior Night. The Stallions honored Asael Flores, Hasani Heard, Eduardo Hernandez […]
Toros fall in season finale
FRESNO — The Matilda Torres Toros girls basketball team closed out the regular season with a tough 54-50 loss to the Hoover Patriots. The Toros’ regular season standing and playoff seedings was already set for the game, but got a good battle with the playoffs beginning today. The Toros scored the first nine points of […]
Opinion: Virtues of the Right
I’ve stated in a few of my letters in the past that the Republican Party and it’s leaders are far from perfect, but I also have said that, given the choice between the two major parties, there is really no choice on who we should choose to lead the United States. I’ve also concentrated on […]
Happy Valentine’s Day
It was a few days before Feb. 14, 1954. I walked to the candy store on Flatbush Avenue, just two or three blocks from our apartment on Fenimore Street in Brooklyn, NY. I’d heard that the store sold a small, heart-shaped box of chocolates that could be mailed. The bottom of the box had space […]
Love
It’s Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air. On this special day of the year, we celebrate something called Love, and during this season we see hearts and flowers, cuddly teddy bears, balloons, candy, and lots of things that make us smile. These are our symbols of love. There are many kinds of love […]
Chili, any way you like it
National Chili Day is always on the last Thursday of February, which happens to be February 26 this year. One of the great things about chili is that you can make it any way you like. Meaning, if you don’t eat meat, make a vegetarian or vegan version. Don’t like hot and spicy? Tone it […]
Madera’s ‘Soiled Doves’ — Happy Valentines Day
Prostitution was a fact of life in Madera from its early beginnings. The town had barely been founded when entrepreneurs of the world’s oldest profession descended upon the little village, and by the turn of the century the illicit traffic in human flesh was an embarrassment to most of the “law-abiding” folks. Although occasionally a […]