Forum nears for Oakhurst college site
OAKHURST — Oakhurst Community College Center will host a community feedback forum for residents interested in learning more about and providing feedback to the Oakhurst Site Selection Study. The study, which narrowed 10 proposed sites down to four, can be viewed online at www.scccd.edu. It concluded that the existing center’s site would be the preferred […]
Killer clown returns to the screen
For those just joining our programing in progress let it be known that I have a huge affinity for the writing produced by the master of horror author Stephen King. Also clowns have always scared me stupid! Kings has written an alarming novel about an evil killer clown. In theaters now is the remake of […]
Readers riled up over high-speed rail
The Madera Tribune encountered the following comments online about articles and local happenings. High-speed rail A family pistachio ranch, Triple F Ranch, in Hanford, has been cut off from water due to a berm built without warning by the state’s high-speed rail project, according to KMPH-26. Meanwhile in downtown Fresno more rail-related street closures and […]
Clean meat may be coming to a store near you
“We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium.” — Winston Churchill, 1931 When Winston Churchill issued this theoretical observation 86 years ago, he was suggesting a number of questions that are still being asked today. Why […]
Letter: Becoming citizens just a ‘dream?’
How many “Dreamers” (DACA program) have initiated becoming citizens? Not their fault that they were brought here illegally at a young age, but what are they doing, what have they done to follow the laws of our land? Why have we not heard about their efforts to make right their status? In this day and […]