Student voices inspire MUSD champions course
Learners become teachers Organizers of Madera Unified’s special in-service training, which is aimed at creating stronger relationships between the district’s employees and its students, turned to its clients last week to identify why some feel undervalued and neglected by the establishment. Through a series of video interviews and in-person appearances, students told teachers and classified […]
Central Valley receives $23 million grant
FRESNO — in an unprecedented agreement, Madera, Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties joined forces with the Fresno County Economic Development Corporation to apply for a federal grant in the Good Jobs Challenge and was one of 32 to receive a $23 million grant of the more than 600 applicants. “We started getting people together and […]
Commissioner talks rule changes and other topics
KINGSBURG — California Interscholastic Federation Central Section Commissioner Ryan Tos talked to the media last week about various topics, including rule changes that will be implemented this year. One of the changes Tos talked about to the media at Kingsburg High School on August 3 was about playoff forfeits or withdrawals after playoff brackets are […]
Book Talk: Koryta — ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’
Michael Koryta is one of the finest writers of mystery/thriller novels in contemporary America. “Those Who Wish Me Dead” (2014, 392 pages in paperback edition) is a prime example. It has all the elements of a thriller, including serial killers, but they are not the focus of the book. Instead, Koryta zeroes in on Jace […]
Opinion: Freeway toll lane bait-and-switch expands
‘This mans military,’ — a response from a veteran
Recently, a non-veteran expressed his objection to an earlier article that I wrote about “kneeling during the national anthem.” Everyone has their own opinion, but I believe that there are parts of that article that I believe are wrong, or you can call it a “euphemism,” as that author did. I can not, and will […]