Tribune honors women who make a difference
In honor of International Women’s Day on Friday, The Madera Tribune tasked its employees to choose a woman who has made an impact on them, and on others in the Madera community. The following are their selections. The Madera Tribune Sports Editor Tyler Takeda selects Madera South High School Athletics Director Andrea Devine as his […]
MPD hosts promotion and awards ceremony
The Madera Police Department held a Swearing In, Promotional and Awards ceremony to honor a number of officers over the past year. With the departure of former chief Dino Lawson to the promotion of new chief Gino Chiaramote, the Madera Police Department has seen plenty of movement over the past year. Chiaramonte opened Wednesday’s ceremony […]
Obituary: DeeAnna Marie Patchell, Oct. 16, 1986 – Oct. 30, 2023
DeeAnna “DeeDee” Patchell passed away peacefully in her sleep on Oct. 30, 2023, in Vancouver, Wash. She was 37. DeeDee was born and raised in Madera, graduating from Madera High School and San Joaquin Valley College. She worked as a surgical technologist for 12 years, most recently at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver. She […]
World champs to host ‘Throwdown’
Madera Unified will host its 14th annual FIRST® Robotics Competition event, “Madtown Throwdown” on Saturday and Sunday at Matilda Torres High School. The free and open community event will include 29 robotic teams from throughout California and feature over 50 robots in the competition. The Madtown Robotics Team 1323, which has won World Championships in […]
Coyote basketball to host Tip-Off dinner
For the first time in his tenure as the head boys basketball coach for the Madera Coyotes, David Lozano will host a Tip-Off Dinner. Fresh off the success of last year’s team that won the program’s first playoff game in years, Lozano is hosting the dinner to help create funds for the program. The dinner […]
Toros baseball hosts first tourney
The Matilda Torres Toros baseball team will host its first annual golf tournament on October 28. Registration for the event will be at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. at the Madera Municipal Golf Course. “We’ve done it at Madera High, and knew it was a good money-maker. People have been asking […]
Liberty powerlifters break records
Liberty High School students Bordy Harlow and Savanah Heiger competed in another powerlifting competition, and broke more records. At a competition in Santa Barbara, Harlow, a football, wrestler and track athlete for the Hawks, benched 341.5 pounds, which is a new national record for 17-and-under in the 165 pound weight class. He squatted 275 pounds […]
The M&M’s dispensers
One of the greatest candies that was ever created was M&M’s. I doubt there is a soul in America who has not heard of M&M’s. Perhaps there is not an American alive today who has not EATEN M&M’s. Eating M&M’s can be somewhat of an addiction for me. If I eat ONE of them, I […]
Madera FFA named 2 Star Chapter
INDIANAPOLIS — The Madera FFA chapter has been recognized in the 2023 National Chapter Award Program from the National FFA Organization. The program recognizes outstanding FFA chapters from throughout the country that actively implement the mission and strategies of the organization. These chapters improved chapter operations using the National Quality FFA Chapter Standards and a […]
Opinion: Helplessness; closing our eyes to climate change
Unlike other animals on our planet, very young human beings are almost completely helpless. When something frightening happens in proximity to a two-year-old child, the youngster covers its eyes with the palms of its hands. This is the psychological dynamic that accompanies helplessness. As we mature, we overcome the feeling of helplessness about a lot […]