Maderans prepare Filhoz, ready to usher in Lent
In anticipation of Lent, volunteers from one local service club honor an old-world tradition by making the Filhoz. Madera’s Portuguese Fraternal Society of America, Council #108, held its annual fundraiser on Saturday by making and selling the Filhoz, a type of Portuguese donut. “Each area in Portugal makes the Filhoz,” said chairwoman Maria Hinkle. “In […]
Opinion: Is Bernie soft in the head?
Bernie Sanders sounds rather grandfatherly when he holds his hand up and carefully identifies himself as a “Democratic Socialist” during the Democrat debates. And because this is the United States, and we have freedom of speech, he can call himself anything he wants to. But if he wants to be any kind of socialist, he […]
Opinion: ‘California Dream’ still not a nightmare
Upon hearing about his impeachment and the allegations that President Trump has told more than 15,000 documentable lies during his almost 1,100 days in office, his supporters generally have one major rejoinder: The economy is doing great. That’s been true for most of the Trump presidency. At the same time, Trump and his more ardent […]
Letter: More convenient Post Office box welcome
I want to draw your attention to a problem for me and others with similar issues. It concerns access to the Post Office. I am 81 years old with legs that don’t always cooperate, so I walk with a cane. Because of mailbox theft at my home, I’ve had to replace the large rural mailbox […]
Letter: How to destroy a peaceful neighborhood
Start by putting in 20 units of high-density apartments. Then put in the parking space for the units across the street on the other end of the block. This is exactly the kind of things being proposed for the old Gold’s Gym property on the corner of Sunset and Orchard Avenues. This property is better […]
No-no and record wins milestone
PASO ROBLES — In an historic game for Madera Coyotes softball coach Judy Shaubach, her team came through for a 1-0 victory to end a four-game Central Coast swing. Coyotes ace Alexis “Noodles” Galvan threw her first full-game no-hitter and Valerie Ornelas hit her second home run of the season and 11th of her Coyote […]
Baseball Coyotes come back to forge tie
The Madera Coyotes baseball team overcame a three-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning to force extra innings against the Fresno Warriors in Mel Parker field at the Coca-Cola Classic. The Warriors scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning to take the lead, but the Coyotes banged out three hits […]
Stallions fall to Sanger in semifinals
SANGER — It was pandemonium in Sanger as the home team took down the Madera South boys soccer team to clinch a trip to the Div. II Valley Championship match. The third-seeded Stallions gave up a goal early in the game and put together a ferocious comeback effort, but still suffered a 2-0 loss against […]
Madera’s Connection to the Forbidden City
During the 1930s and 1940s, Charlie Low’s Forbidden City was in its heyday. Chinese American entertainers who performed at the San Francisco nightclub packed the house and drew such notables as Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman. One of the most beloved dancers at the Forbidden City was a woman named Dorothy Sun who gave up […]