Stallions splits in own tournament
The Madera South boys basketball team continues to grow under first-year head coach Corey Edmiston and picked up a split in the middle two games of the Madera South Classic last week. The Stallions overmatched Minarets 75-18 on Thursday before missing out on opportunities in a 47-45 loss to the Chowchilla Tribe. Madera South had […]
Gray makes it official with FSU Bulldogs
What has been known for several months, Madera South baseball player Murf Gray made it official by signing his National Letter of Intent to play at Fresno State next year. “I’m more comfortable,” he said. “It’s a lot of pressure and weight off my shoulders.” Gray and Madera South held a signing ceremony to announce […]
Coyotes emphasize communication in win
Communication. That was the key word that came up as the Madera Coyotes girls soccer team evaluated its 6-1 win against Sunnyside-Fresno The Coyotes, who gave up a goal in the first half, were not pleased with their communication in the first half of Thursday’s non-conference match. Jazzell Ruiz, who recorded a hat trick to […]
Hawks fall to MSHS Classic champions
The short-handed Liberty Hawks boys basketball team made the Coalinga Horned Toads sweat a little for the second time in less than a week, but couldn’t keep up with their freshman sensation. Coalinga freshman Julius Olanrewaju scored a game-high 36 points in Friday’s 68-56 victory over the Hawks. Liberty’s Dante Ciritella made a valiant effort […]
Lincoln Elementary presents living museum
Felipe Magos’ sixth grade class at Lincoln Elementary presented its culminating project for their studies of Ancient Egypt. The class transformed Lincoln’s library into a walk-through museum exhibit where students dressed in costumes of the past and performed as legendary figures from the history of Ancient Egypt. Real-life characters, such as Cleopatra, King Tut, Ramesses […]
Opinion: Appeals court tries to gut tough consumer law
California’s ballot initiative process has never been more effective or beneficial to voters (who are also utility customers) than since the strongly consumerist Proposition 103 passed handily in 1988. Now the San Diego-based Sixth District state Court of Appeal has brazenly tried to gut a major part of that law, which made the insurance commissioner […]
Book Talk: Baldacci’s not-so ‘Simple Genius’
Simple Genius (2007, 420 pages) is Book #3 in David Baldacci’s King and Maxwell series. I believe that any of the three books that I’ve read so far can stand on their own, but I’d advise reading them in order. The first was Split Second (2003, 360 pages) and it explains how the duo came […]
Last minute food gifts
Every year the holiday season goes out of its way to sneak up on me. I always think I have another week before Christmas, only to find out my brain completely made that up. If the same thing happens to you, it helps to have several recipes on hand that are quick to make. And […]
1906 quake surprised Madera’s sheriff
Sheriff John Jones fought Madera County’s criminals with the best of them. He chased the killer of Jim Bethel. He caught Jack Sweet, the stage coach bandit, and he put Madera County’s first treasurer, William Amer, in jail for embezzlement. None of these cases, however, raised his blood pressure as much as that sheriffs’ convention […]