Hawks bend, but don’t break in win
The Liberty Hawks defense allowed the yards of the season, but the offense carried the load in a 41-27 Central Section Div. V quarterfinal victory over the Morro Bay Pirates. The ninth-seeded Pirates threw the ball 44 times for 372 yards against Liberty’s defense. However, the defense also had four interceptions and allowed just 11 […]
Elks Lodge 1918 to host Hoop Shoot
The Madera Elks Lodge 1918 will host its annual Hoop Shoot contest on Saturday at the John Wells Youth Center (701 E. 5th Street). Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. with competition beginning at 10 a.m. There will be six different divisions — 8-9-year-old boys and girls, 10-11-year-old boys and girls, and 12-13-year-old boys and girls. […]
Book Talk: Harlan Coben, ‘The Woods’
Harlan Coben is a best-selling author whose previous novel, The Stranger, has been the basis for a Netflix series.According to the cover of The Woods (2007, 404 pages in both hardback and softback), this work, too, is coming to Netflix.Coben’s novels have been translated into 45 languages and he’s sold more than 75 million copies […]
Desserts fit for a feast
While most of us wouldn’t dream of leaving out the famous traditional pumpkin pie as a Thanksgiving dessert, it is nice to know that there are many other delicious desserts that can share the table. My family always has to wait a while before we delve into the sweets, as our usual Thanksgiving meal doesn’t […]
One-armed painter went on warpath
[Editor’s note: We found this story to be worth telling exactly as it appeared in 1918.] • • • “Alonzo Wood, an old painter with one arm was arrested last evening about 8 o’clock by Sheriff J.F. Lewis and Deputies Andy Clark and Clarence Osborn on a charge of threatening the lives of several workmen […]