Council adopts code of ethics
The Madera City Council Wednesday night adopted a code of ethics to guide its members in how they should conduct themselves in the city’s official business and in their relationships toward citizens and colleagues on the city staff. Work on the code began after the Madera County Grand Jury scolded the council and some of […]
Viveds to reign over Old Timers Day
When the Madera County Historical Society commemorates the founding of Madera at the annual Old Timers Day celebration, Pat and Joe Vived will reign as Queen and King. Joe was born to Teresa (Bomprezzi) and Angel Vived in Madera at the Dearborn Hospital in 1941. His parents farmed a piece of property on Road 23 […]
Beckett to highlight homecoming
Ushering in this year’s Madera South High School homecoming will be an educator who has dedicated his life to the community of Madera for the last 65 years. Carles Beckett has been chosen to be the grand marshall. “I have spent my last 65 years in Madera,” Becket said. “I graduated from Madera Union High […]
West Nile virus showing up in county
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announced that on Sept. 7, a 2-year-old unvaccinated Andalusian stallion began experiencing clinical signs of West Nile virus (WNV), including fever and recumbency (down and unable to rise). The horse, from Madera County, was euthanized. According to westnile.ca.gov, the confirmation marks the second equine WNV case in […]
Sheriff had resolve
America had a fuel crisis in the 1970s and it trickled all the way down to Madera County where the price of gasoline had climbed to an incredible 54 cents a gallon. That is why Madera County Sheriff Ed Bates asked the Board of Supervisors for more fuel money, and when he didn’t get it, […]
Letter: It’s a party — are you invited?
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” — Mark 8:36 Church attendance in our country has been falling precipitously for a long time. I’m one of those dropouts. Churches have closed and been sold for secular use. It’s become difficult to entice men […]
Letter: Has experience in saving the planet
Being reared in San Jose, I spent much time traveling through the Santa Cruz mountains as a boy, going to my grandfather’s summer residence near Boulder Creek. In the summer of 1985 there was a huge fire, called “The Lexington Fire,” that consumed 14,000 acres and destroyed 42 homes and buildings in those mountains. During […]
Letter: Plant many pretty trees all around the world
Chuck Doud’s Wednesday tree article brought out my special feelings about trees. As I sit here looking out my kitchen window at my little grove of five pine trees across the street (the main reason I selected this particular house), I fondly remember a song I used to play for my little students, “There are […]
Opinion: Autumn is in the air, and very welcome it is
On Sept. 21, 1991, my very dear friend, Stefanie Gendron, married David Eddings. At the time, I worked for her parents’ law firm as go-fer and all-around office dweeb. I say that with great affection. Every office needs someone to help the paperwork flowing, the coffee pouring and, in the case of a law firm, […]
Madera County Sheriff Deputy shines at 2019 World Police and Fire Games
Imagine traveling across the globe for a strength and weightlifting competition, but as you arrive before the competition, you tear a muscle in your chest. And one of your main events is the bench press. For Ryan King, Deputy with the Madera County Sheriff’s Office, not only did he participate in his events anyway, he […]