ETAA, St. Joachim see off grads
Ezequiel Tafoya Alvarado Academy promoted 57 students at the conclusion of the 2022-23 school year. Aguilar, Genesis; Aguirre Duran, Emigdio; Alonso, Brayden; Alvarez, Oscar Eduardo; Andrade, Abel; Andrade, Karina; Benitez, Joseph Fabricio; Betancourt, Jocelyn Sinai; Bobadilla, Fatima; Camacho-Cruz, Katherine; Cardenas, Samantha; Catalan, Elias; Cemejar-Garcia, Branden; Chavez Rosas, Evelyn Naomi; Chavez, Daisy Nayeli; Contreras, Karina Anahi; […]
St. Joachim ranks among best schools
St. Joachim School recently earned a silver for Best Private School announced in June. With more than 455,000 votes cast, St. Joachim placed second in the Best of California magazine. “I am very excited and proud of St. Joachim School for earning silver for Best Private School,” said Principal Heather Forcey. “At St. Joachim, we […]
Tractor Supply to host pet adoption event
The Madera Tractor Supply is inviting customers to attend a Pet Adoption Event next week. The store will host the event on July 29 from 10 a.m-2 p.m. in partnership with the Friends of the Madera Animal Shelter, who will also be on site. “As an active advocate and supporter of pet rescue and adoption, […]
Stagecoach driver turned to bounty hunting
Madera County has produced its share of rough and tumble, two-fisted drinking, street fighting pioneers. They pop up all through the pages of local history to spice up the pieces of our past. Very near the top of a list of such characters is Hiram Lee Rapelje, a local stage driver who was as quick […]
The mirror has 2 faces
There are some theories about faces, and how you express yourself through your face. I read a book one time that said we each have two sides to our faces (thus, the expression “being two-faced,” I guess). It is said that if you were to cover up one side of your face and look in […]
Opinion: Once, we were all Coyotes
Once upon a time, I was a little girl growing up in Madera. In what the kids call the olden days, Madera had a handful of elementary schools, one junior high and one high school. According to Wikipedia, the high school founded in 1894 is the first and original San Joaquin Valley high school. A […]
Opinion: AI, post script
After many hours of research, I honestly thought that I was finished writing about artificial intelligence (AI), at least for now. However, on July 9, the CBS television show “60 Minutes” did a segment on AI that featured Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its parent corporation Alphabet. The show’s host, Scott Pelley, said that […]
Liberty’s Nulick headed to the Marines
For the third year in a row, Liberty High School will send a graduate to a U.S. Military Academy, except for the first time the graduate was also recruited to play a sport. Max Nulick follows in the footsteps of Skylar Hartley and Quaid Copher, who both went to the Naval Academy, to head to […]
Madera Speedway to host Summer SpeedFest
Lunkerdaddy Pro Late Models will battle at Madera Speedway for a $5,000 payday tonight with the Summer SpeedFest. The MAVTV-televised spectacle at the fastest one-third mile in the west features 100 laps of Pro Late Model competition, plus the 51FIFTY Jr. Late Model Series, INEX Legends Tour, and INEX Bandoleros. All tickets will be sold […]