Madera Unified School District celebrated its 60th anniversary at its oldest school, and is looking forward to the next 60 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Madera High School, who will graduate its 130th class in May, was the site for many district dignitaries, MHS students and staff to celebrate the anniversary Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MHS Alumna, and Madera Mayor, Cece Gallegos honored the school with a certificate from the City of Madera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOn behalf of the City of Madera, I am here to give a certificate of recognition of the 60th anniversary celebration In dedication to educational excellence and service in the Madera Community with sincere appreciation and lasting contribution to education and its commitment to our future generations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Current MHS principal Robyn Cosgrove, who is the first MHS alumna to become the school\u2019s principal in the 130 years, honored principals of the past who were present \u2014 Julia O\u2019Kane and Ron Pisk \u2014 while paying tribute to those who walked the halls before here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is meaningful Madera High School was chosen as the location to celebrate this momentous occasion because this school has deep roots in the district and the community,\u201d Cosgrove said. \u201cLong before Madera Unified became the district we know today, generations of students walked these halls and these grounds. They learned in these classrooms, competed on these fields and performed on these stages. They formed friendships, discovered their passions and began building the traditions that helped define Madera High School for generations. This year, our students have the opportunity to add another chapter to that story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before Cosgrove was about 100 students who participated in the event, as well as the MHS choir who performed the National Anthem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTo the seniors with us today, when you walk across the stage in June, you represent the 130th graduating class of Madera High School. For more than a century, young people from this community have called Madera High School their school,\u201d Cosgrove said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cosgrove knows the history of MHS before her and knows she is a custodian to the history, and future, of MHS, and MUSD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs a principal of Madera High School for the past 10 years, I am deeply aware that, at times, I have been entrusted with something more than myself,\u201d she said. \u201cI have had the privilege of building upon the work of those who came before me, while helping guide MHS to the next era. Each principal who came before me left something behind, a tradition strengthened, a program created, a relationship built, a challenge overcome, or a belief in the students that they could become something more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am incredibly proud to continue the tradition and history of Madera High School. I am equally excited about what lies ahead for our students, staff and the community. History is not something we look back on. It\u2019s something we are creating everyday. Years from now, another group may gather to celebrate another milestone in Madera Unified, and when they look back, they will see all of us in the class of 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030. The example you set will become part of the story that will come after you. We are part of that history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MUSD Student Board Representative Noah Hernandez knows, first hand, how celebrated this anniversary should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is an honor to stand here to celebrate 60 years of Madera Unified. What makes it more special to me is I\u2019m not here as a board member, but I\u2019m here as a student celebrating the same district I have grown up in,\u201d he said. \u201cSixty years is something worth celebrating. But, what I think is more important, is what those 60 years represent. The impact of a school district shouldn\u2019t be measured by how long it\u2019s been around, but measured by the people who have come through it with the opportunities they have been given and what they have gone through to accomplish. As a student who has benefitted from those opportunities, I can say Madera Unified has made a difference in my life, just like it has for so many others. As we celebrate this important milestone, I hope we can also look forward to what the next 60 years will bring: More opportunities for our students, more achievements to celebrate and, most importantly, a district that will listen and invest in its students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hernandez realizes the responsibility he has as a student trustee, and doesn\u2019t take that lightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe most important part of being a student trustee isn\u2019t about going to meetings and have a seat waiting for me. It\u2019s the fact that I have the opportunity to speak up for my peers. That is something I take very seriously,\u201d he said. \u201cI see a school community that continues to encourage students to pursue their goals, which is what I believe celebrating 60 years of Madera Unified is more than just celebrating how long it has been around. It\u2019s about recognizing the thousands of students that have walked through the schools, the teachers and staff who have dedicated years of their lives to help us succeed, and the families who have trusted our district with their children\u2019s education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MUSD Superintendent Todd Lile spoke about how important it will be to the students before him to walk across that graduation stage in May. He also allowed former principals O\u2019Kane and Pisk to address the students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe reached down, and lifted this school up in a time of need,\u201d Lile said of O\u2019Kane, who began her tenure as MHS principal in 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMadera High School and Madera Unified has gone through ups and downs through the years. It was exciting to build new classrooms. We also pulled ourselves through some very difficult times. I am so proud of what Madera Unified has become,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pisk\u2019s last year as a principal was in 2008, just before MHS officially split into two separate high schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe came to Madera High School at a time when it needed an infusion in Coyote Pride. He exemplifies Coyote Pride,\u201d Lile said of Pisk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn 2008, my final year, if we would have had this activity, we would have had 1,000 students. We were huge, and not separated by high schools,\u201d Pisk said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As MUSD celebrates 60 years, the district looks forward to what the next 60 years will bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToday, we celebrate where we have been. We honor the people who helped bring us here, and we look forward, with great pride and optimism, where Madera High School and Madera Unified will go next,\u201d Cosgrove said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria presented a $250,000 check to the Madera County Food Bank to support the organization\u2019s food distribution programs and help meet the needs of families in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Funding was secured by Assemblywoman Soria through the 2026 state budget, and comes as the Food Bank prepares to provide food assistance to families during the upcoming holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToday people are paying way more for groceries, and everything is more expensive,\u201d Soria said during Wednesday\u2019s check passing ceremony. \u201cWe wanted to make sure that as families think about what they\u2019re going to purchase next, that they don\u2019t go without food.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soria said that around the same time last year, the Food Bank\u2019s warehouse was empty. She credited the community, board members and other supporters for helping ensure families have access to food during difficult financial times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am just incredibly blessed to have the opportunity to represent this community and make sure that when we are in Sacramento, that we don\u2019t forget Madera, but that Madera is front and center,\u201d Soria said \u201cWe want to tell Maderans that, the families that are struggling today, that we have their back and will continue to do what we can to bring resources here to our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ryan McWherter, Executive Director of the Madera County Food Bank, expressed his appreciation for the funding and the community support that helps the organization continue its work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat a blessing this is, not only for the community of Madera, but for the food bank,\u201d McWherter said. \u201cI am so thankful to Esmeralda for everything she\u2019s done, and her support for the Madera Food Bank.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McWherter said the funding comes just in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas, when the Food Bank plans to distribute holiday food items to help families prepare meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are going to make sure each one of our giveaways have the full extent of a meal for Thanksgiving and Christmas,\u201d McWherter said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to give turkeys, ham, full boxes of produce, all the things, all the fixings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Community members and local leaders attended the check presentation, including representatives from the City Council, the Board of Supervisors and the Food Bank\u2019s board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The additional state funding will support the Madera County Food Bank\u2019s efforts to provide food and other resources to residents facing food insecurity throughout the area.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria presented a $250,000 check to the Madera County Food Bank to support the organization\u2019s food distribution programs and help meet the needs of families in the community. Funding was secured by Assemblywoman Soria through the 2026 state budget, and comes as the Food Bank prepares to provide food assistance to families during […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":50008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,19],"tags":[29,46],"class_list":["post-50050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above-the-fold","category-news","tag-community","tag-organizations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50051,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50050\/revisions\/50051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":50048,"date":"2026-10-17T07:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpengine.com\/?p=50048"},"modified":"2026-10-16T18:05:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T01:05:04","slug":"mch-ceo-speaks-at-rotary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/mch-ceo-speaks-at-rotary\/","title":{"rendered":"MCH CEO speaks at Rotary"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Chief Executive Officer of Madera Community Hospital, Dr. Sony Sidhu, recently spoke at a Madera Noon Rotary Club meeting to give updates on the local hospital, and to share what advancements have been made and services that are provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sidhu was named CEO of MCH in July of 2025, shortly after the hospital reopened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before coming to Madera, Sidhu served as the CEO and Chief Nursing Officer of Central Valley Specialty Hospital in Modesto for six years. She brings more than 25 years of background in healthcare leadership, critical care, and hospital operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe hospital was closed for two and a half years, and everyone saw the impact,\u201d she said. \u201cSo, bringing it back up and making sure it gives back everything the community deserves is the role of myself and my team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She expressed that her goal for the hospital is to provide the best healthcare possible for patients, for families, and for all partners in the community, offering emergency, inpatient, surgery, and diagnostics. It is important for patients to stay close to home whenever it is safe to do so. She emphasized the need to work together as partners in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have seen the numbers when the hospital was closed,\u201d she said. \u201cWe still continue to see the need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sidhu and her team are reaching out to the community to see that the hospital regains the needed trust in its services. One of her main points of focus is to restore that trust so that the community sees the hospital as a partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMadera Community Hospital is exactly what the name says,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re a community hospital. We provide acute care for Madera and the surrounding communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She talked about three aspects of serving Madera as a hospital: Community, Emergency Care Hub, and Growing Capabilities. She explained each of these and what they mean to Madera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCommunity means we\u2019re not a distant system,\u201d she said. \u201cOur patients are your neighbors, your coworkers, your teachers, your family, our nurses, technicians, physicians. They all live here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Emergency Care Hub is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, serving local families who depend on it. It also serves EMS partners and neighboring towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re here to serve, and we have to continue doing that,\u201d she said. \u201cFamilies who\u2019ve had a loved one in any ICU knows how critical it is to be close to home because you just don\u2019t know when things change. We have surgery and operating rooms so procedures can be done safely locally and do not require a long trip.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Madera Community Hospital is now able to do advanced X-ray imaging, nuclear medicine, and MRI. A 3-D Mammography machine has also been installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTwo key things that I want to really emphasize today is some moments and celebrations that Madera Community Hospital was able to do,\u201d Sidhu said. \u201cThe first is our role as a base hospital for emergency services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of September 14, Madera Community Hospital now has a Base Hospital designation, and is working with the Central California EMS agency, also called CCEMSA. This provides 24-hour physician and Mobile Intensive Care Nurses direction for field EMS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is not a trophy that we received. It\u2019s a responsibility that we took over as a hospital,\u201d Sidhu said. \u201cWhen a paramedic calls us from the field, someone on our team has to pick up and give clear, sound guidance every time, day or night. Our team has trained and prepared for that, and that I\u2019m proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The designation of a base hospital strengthens the radio and medical control so that ambulance crews get real-time guidance for critically or injured patients. It keeps more advanced decision-making local.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She explained that this matters to three groups of people. It really matters to patients, EMS partners, and for our community. It means faster response times and coordinated care, from the scene to the hospital. Treatment starts early and the patient is directed to the right destination and the right treatment path in an emergency. Those early decisions can shape the entire outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen care can safely stay here, it means fewer transfer outs. That helps the patient and it helps the family who would otherwise be making a stressful drive to a hospital far from home,\u201d Sidhu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe second is our primary stroke center path,\u201d she said. \u201cWe passed the survey, and the formal certification is pending. And that is huge. It\u2019s a survey that looks at every single point of contact in the hospital, from when the patient first touches us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is a great accomplishment that the hospital passed the survey. It means Madera Community Hospital\u2019s health care team is ready and able to start the primary stroke center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA stroke is a true time critical emergency,\u201d Sidhu said. \u201cWhen a stroke happens the brain is losing blood flow and every minute counts. The faster a patient is recognized and treated, the better the chance of recovery. That\u2019s why stroke programs are built around speed and coordination. I\u2019m so proud to share that Madera Community Hospital passed the survey. We\u2019re just waiting for the certification from the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sidhu says she is trying to educate the community about the hospital, its services, and the critical nature of having the hospital in high function in Madera. She is working on going to different local community events, churches, and schools to build awareness and confidence in Madera Community Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are investing in all the basic needs that we need to provide to the community and any additional advanced services that we can bring to the hospital,\u201d she said. \u201cHaving just the stroke primary certification opens the door to treat your primary stroke patients. Then if the need is for higher level, that will be available immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the programs implemented that is building more confidence and trust in the hospital is its post discharge follow-up. It began with surgical patients, and now there are phone calls made to the patients or families after discharge, just to do a wellness check. This gives them the opportunity to discuss their medications, or follow up on appointments, which opens up other doors. Sometimes they don\u2019t remember their follow-up appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow with the stroke program too, we will be calling every stroke patient after they\u2019re discharged as well because that is very critical that they follow up,\u201d Sidhu said. \u201cThat is huge for stroke patients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sidhu then offered a time for questions and comments from the attendees at the meeting. The comments were positive, as people talked about personal recent experiences with the hospital under new management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So approximately how many people are employed now at the hospital?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sidhu:<\/strong> 852, and growing. We have 30 more in orientation. The nursing workforce is, of course, the biggest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How does the process go for hiring local versus traveling?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sidhu:<\/strong> I\u2019m so proud we do not have any staffing or any registry. It\u2019s all organic staff local. That\u2019s the investment. When you live in the community, when you\u2019re part of it, it just comes naturally. You want to give back and there\u2019s a commitment. There\u2019s an actual investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have great Camarena Health, and we have a hospital. So, how do we decide if we\u2019re going to Camarena for urgent care or if we\u2019re going to the hospital for emergency?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sidhu:<\/strong> Anytime you cannot decide if it\u2019s an emergency or not, you should always seek emergency care. Then, if it looks like it is something that can be followed through an outpatient Camarena Health, the ED providers will direct. You just don\u2019t want to lose any time if it is critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The hospital closed, I understand, for financial reasons. What has changed now, or where are we getting funds so we have the confidence that it\u2019s not going to go under again? What changed?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sidhu:<\/strong> You are probably aware about the hospital distress loan. That helped really build the hospital back up, and that\u2019s what helped us get on track. And now, with patient population, we\u2019re able to support that. We are under a management company that supports us. And now we have services that are especially for stroke, and the base hospital designation. That\u2019s where the support is coming from. And at this point, I\u2019m so confident with the volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, we\u2019re a 103-bed hospital. Our inpatient census is 90-plus. When I looked back at the history for Madera Community Hospital, the average census was in the 30s. It was 40 during COVID time. So, to be at 90, is huge, and the ED volume has tripled. But the time is still less than 30 minutes. We\u2019re able to see the patients less than 30 minutes because the efficiency is what will make sure the patients do come back. If I\u2019m going to a hospital, if it\u2019s not efficient, no matter what services they have, it doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is there any hope in the future to get back into the baby delivery business?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sidhu:<\/strong> Right now, we\u2019re trying to get the basic services. It looks like chest pain cardiac is huge right now in the community. We\u2019re seeing a lot of patients that are going through myocardial infarction, which is heart attack, and time is muscle. So our next project, we\u2019re trying to concentrate on chest pain, get cardiac care. Getting those services is important. And then, of course, after that, we\u2019ll look at the maternity and child care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How\u2019s the pipeline going for kids going into nursing from high school to a college and on?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sidhu:<\/strong> We are open to doing externship, internship. We\u2019re looking at the schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If we can instill the giving feeling in our youth, we hope they will want to give back. Whether it be healing, whether it be, to be a nurse or a nursing professional. Health care is huge. Community is huge. We can do community events for awareness.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Chief Executive Officer of Madera Community Hospital, Dr. Sony Sidhu, recently spoke at a Madera Noon Rotary Club meeting to give updates on the local hospital, and to share what advancements have been made and services that are provided. Sidhu was named CEO of MCH in July of 2025, shortly after the hospital reopened. 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For many, pets are family, and helping care for their animals is an important way to build trust and connect individuals with much-needed assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A huge thank you to Madera County Animal Services for providing vaccinations, pet supplies, dog food, advice, and to Pawfection Mobile Grooming for volunteering their time, expertise and supplies to groom dogs at the event. Their compassion made a meaningful difference for both pets and their owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Participants also had access to housing assistance, employment resources, healthcare services and other support provided by our community partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following the event\u2019s success, our HEART team is looking forward to bringing similar events to other areas of Madera County, expanding access to essential services and reaching more individuals in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe first annual HEART Fair was a reminder that meaningful outreach starts with building relationships and meeting people where they are. We are proud to serve our entire Madera community,\u201d said Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue. \u201cWe are grateful to all the organizations that helped make today\u2019s event possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those participating in the HEART Fair were: Madera County Public Health, Madera County Animal Center, Madera County Probation, San Joaquin Valley Veterans, Camarena Health, CAPMC, Wireless.com, RH Builders, Pawfection Mobile Grooming, Madera County Food Bank, Workforce Connection, and Madera Rescue Mission.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Madera County Sheriff\u2019s Office Homeless Engagement and Assistance Response Team (HEART) hosted a successful community outreach event, connecting more than 75 participants with valuable services and resources. This first annual HEART Fair on October 9 placed a special emphasis on caring for the pets of individuals experiencing homelessness. 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They also had 15 service aces, and had 10 hitting errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, the Stallions only had 12 kills with Maria Hernandez leading the team with five. They also committed 20 hitting errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both teams matched up well in the first 10 points of the match with the Toros leading, 6-4. Torres had two kills from Specials, and an ace from Bella Laredo. The Stallions had kills from Angelina Alejo, a block from Valentina Vidales and an ace from Hernandez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Stallions tied the set after a solo block from Brianna Vasquez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hamman put down a kill off an overpass for side out, and added a tip kill for an 8-6 Torres lead. After a trade in side outs, Gianna Gonzalez served up six straight points with an ace. Specials and Anderson had kills in the run for a 15-7 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hernandez put down a kill for the Stallions before a missed serve. 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Milagros Barajas-Romo scored on a running play to open the scoring in a 12-0 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Toros had the first chance to extend the lead in the second half. Chavez hit Victoria Macugay for nine yards, and a first down. However, the Toros punted three plays later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Coyotes put a drive together with an 11-yard end around run by Janyah Spotwood. Gianna Ruiz hit Chloe Bushey for a first down into Torres territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, flag pulls behind the line of scrimmage by Mylah Avila and Alexa Rocha-Cervantes forced a Madera punt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Torres started their longest sustained drive of the second half. Chavez found Mortier for seven yards, and a first down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Karina Contreras ran for 12 and four yards to the Torres 38. 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Sponsorship opportunities are available for holes or for individuals who want to sponsor a hole in honor of a veteran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The golf tournament will be at Dragonfly Golf course, beginning with a 7 a.m. check in. Individual golfers are $175 ,and a team of four is $700. There are sponsorships opportunities from $300 to $2,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To register or sponsor, visit givebutter.com\/veterans-golf-tournament-kds591, or call V-Force Gymnastics at (559) 447-1609.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The VForce Drams Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering athletes to pursue their drive through opportunity, mentorship and sport. VForce is host a Veterans Day Golf Tournament on November 11 to raise funds to support local athletes through scholarships, training, competition expenses and other opportunities that help them reach their goals. There are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-50038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-organizations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50039,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50038\/revisions\/50039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":50036,"date":"2026-10-17T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpengine.com\/?p=50036"},"modified":"2026-10-16T17:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T00:52:39","slug":"letters-who-we-are-v-who-we-aspire-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/letters-who-we-are-v-who-we-aspire-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Who we are v. who we aspire to be"},"content":{"rendered":" In a Sept. 9, 2026, opinion piece, a verbose writer agreed with my previously expressed factual statements that voter fraud was minimal and that there is no proof that voter fraud changed election outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, America does not need the proposed Republican voter ID laws that disenfranchise older, poorer and rural voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nonetheless, he pretentiously proclaimed that we need better laws, \u201cfair\u201d laws, to make sure that fraud did not change election outcomes, especially in close elections. Kumbaya! That sounds wonderful, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n But who is going to pass and enforce those better and \u201cfair\u201d laws?<\/p>\n\n\n\n President Donald Trump has bullied red state politicians to gerrymander voting districts to favor Republicans who will prop up his failing administration because, as he says, \u201cI\u2019m entitled.\u201d His SAVE Act is so intentionally un-American that embarrassed GOP senators refuse to pass it. Trump\u2019s obviously illegal mail-in-ballot scam was shot down by his GOP slanted Supreme Court. And GOP Senator John Kennedy recently said that Congress can\u2019t even pass gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump, at his recent GOP convention in Dallas, demanded this pledge of his followers: \u201cI will go out with my family, my friends, I\u2019ll do it any way \u2014 I don\u2019t care if I\u2019m registered or not, I\u2019m going to try and cheat like hell like they do, they\u2019d never, there\u2019s never been bigger cheaters, they don\u2019t care.\u201d That was after he offered an illegal $5,000 bribe to every American voter to keep Republicans in office. You may remember him winning a national re-election with 7 million fewer votes than his opponent?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Americans overwhelmingly tell pollsters that our system of government is broken; that too many politicians are self-serving cowards; that working hard and playing by the rules seems to be for suckers; that half of America\u2019s eligible voters can\u2019t be bothered to do their patriotic duty by casting an informed vote; and that our federal government is run by a crime family that pockets billions of dollars while too many Americans can\u2019t pay increasing costs of food, utilities, transportation and housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019re long past frustrating but arguably reasonable disagreements about policy issues, such as tax rates, childcare credits, and healthcare. \u201cMyside bias\u201d smeared with corruption and the arrogance of ignorance overwhelms reason and patriotism. The embers of any marshmallow-roasting Kumbaya campfire died when Trump smirked down that golden elevator eleven years ago to announce his desire to remake America in his own image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n America has been laboring for 250 years to merge who we are with whom we aspire to be. It has been a back-alley fight for America\u2019s soul that has now spilled out into our streets and divided American families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And ironically, it\u2019s because of the MAGA apocalypse that we now actually need to Make America Great Again. That does not mean, however, that I\u2019ll be wearing a MAGA hat anytime soon. My hat simply says \u201cEquality for All.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Chuck Wieland,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Madera<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a Sept. 9, 2026, opinion piece, a verbose writer agreed with my previously expressed factual statements that voter fraud was minimal and that there is no proof that voter fraud changed election outcomes. Therefore, America does not need the proposed Republican voter ID laws that disenfranchise older, poorer and rural voters. Nonetheless, he pretentiously […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[32,39],"class_list":["post-50036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-culture","tag-government"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50037,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50036\/revisions\/50037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":50031,"date":"2026-10-17T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpengine.com\/?p=50031"},"modified":"2026-10-16T17:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T00:51:10","slug":"opinion-educating-the-few-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/opinion-educating-the-few-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Educating the few for the future"},"content":{"rendered":" Our system of education, like most everything else about modern society, developed as a result of the Industrial Revolution that occurred about 250 years ago in Europe. Early grade schools taught \u201creading, \u2018riting, and \u2018rithmetic.\u201d There was also a strong emphasis on religious education. And colleges, a couple of hundred years ago, were also quite different. In fact, three of our eight Ivy League universities (Harvard, Princeton, and Yale) began as seminaries for training clergy.<\/p>\n\n During the 19th century, the demand for colleges began to expand. The emphasis was on the liberal arts, meaning literature, philosophy, music, art history, and so forth. Specializations emerged to meet the nation\u2019s need for people with professional degrees, like physicians, dentists, and lawyers. With the exception of certain trade schools, all of this education took place in classrooms, with tests and the awarding of grades. For perhaps 150 years or more, this was the expected and accepted pattern of American education.<\/p>\n\n Today, and certainly in the very near future, much of aforementioned may change. Given the nature of the new workforce, the classroom, especially the college classroom, may not be the best place for all people to prepare for entry into the marketplace. That theory will be tested at the start of our next academic year, at least for a few exceptional students.<\/p>\n\n Of course, as a retired educator who taught college for 36 years, I have a bias. Some people who have already demonstrated superior learning by the end of high school might benefit from some alternate form of \u201chigher education.\u201d For the vast majority of students, college continues the process of socialization as our brains continue to develop into our mid-twenties. College also introduces new concepts and methods of analysis. It paves the way for life-long learning which has become increasingly important as the pace of change continues to accelerate. Therefore, one of my other biases is that public colleges should be open to all qualified applicants.<\/p>\n\n But all that being said, Kevin Haynes who writes for Inc., informs us, \u201cOne of Silicon Valley\u2019s biggest venture capital firms is betting $35 million that the next generation of tech entrepreneurs may be better off skipping college to start their own companies instead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n Andreessen Horowitz, more familiarly known as a16z, is a privately-held venture capital firm that has its headquarters in Menlo Park. As of 2026, it manages more than $100 billion in assets. In late September, it announced that it is providing the financial backing for Horowitz Andreessen Academy. The academy, located in San Francisco, will eventually be a for-profit educational organization. However, the first class to be admitted will pay no tuition or fees. But they will be responsible for their own housing and transportation expenses. H-A Academy plans to welcome its first class of about 50 students in September, 2027, according to Haynes.<\/p>\n\n Along with its founding partners, a16z raised a total of $42 million to kick-start the enterprise. Its partners include Anduril, Anthropic, Coinbase, Google, Meta, Nvidia, OpenAI, Palantir, Replit, and Stripe. According to Haynes, \u201cThey will provide resources, help develop courses, and potentially give students opportunities to work with their teams.\u201d While getting actual experience inside some of these high-tech companies, students will also take some coursework, like \u201cAI Research and Models\u201d and \u201cThe Geometry of Luck.\u201d<\/p>\n\n Haynes writes that there will be no tests, homework, or grades, but students will spend most of their time \u201cdeveloping startup ideas and working on independent projects.\u201d The academy will provide more than 200 mentors and guest speakers, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, to lend their expertise to the students.<\/p>\n\n Gagan Biyani, CEO of the academy, is cited by Haynes as saying, \u201cThe big difference between going to the academy and going to college is we are not gonna prioritize your grades. We\u2019re gonna prioritize proof of work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n Ben Horowitz is quoted as saying, \u201cThe training that worked for the Industrial Revolution isn\u2019t going to map perfectly onto the AI revolution, so somebody has to pioneer how you train a person for this new world.\u201d The ultimate goal of the academy is \u201cto help students learn to build, which is the most important skill in the AI era.\u201d In that regard, students will have their own projects to pursue. But they\u2019ll get plenty of help. All students will receive \u201cmore than $50,000 in computing credits and a $5,000 travel and research budget\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n\n This is education by doing, not by sitting and taking notes. Frankly, it reminds me more of graduate school as opposed to the first four years of college. In graduate school, students more or less lead the classes, and the professor in present to help with presentations and to make suggestions about student research. Again, it\u2019s really education by doing, but it\u2019s in a classroom and it does involve the assignment of grades.<\/p>\n\n The H-A Academy is not accredited, as are colleges. Consequently, students don\u2019t leave with transferable credits or degrees. But Haynes makes an important concluding remark. He says that students \u201ccould walk away with something even more valuable: an inside track to Silicon Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n\n Beginning in September, 2028, the academy will no longer be free. Biyani said that tuition will be similar in cost to an elite private university. And this is where my third bias comes into play. The students who can afford the tuition of an elite private university are generally the sons and daughters of America\u2019s wealthiest families. So, while H-A Academy may well be \u201ceducating for the future,\u2019 it may also be the formula for perpetuating an oligarchy that already dominates the U.S. economy. Giving a handful of students from the wealthiest families an \u201cinside track\u201d to important positions in our rapidly-developing high-tech economy seems to be antithetical to the ideal of an open-market capitalist system. And it smacks of elitism. But, if this experiment is successful, my hope is that publicly-funded similar post-secondary institutions of education will become available to all students, based on merit.<\/p>\n\n \u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n\n Jim Glynn es Profesor Em\u00e9rito de Sociolog\u00eda. Se le puede contactar en j_glynn@att.net.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our system of education, like most everything else about modern society, developed as a result of the Industrial Revolution that occurred about 250 years ago in Europe. Early grade schools taught \u201creading, \u2018riting, and \u2018rithmetic.\u201d There was also a strong emphasis on religious education. And colleges, a couple of hundred years ago, were also quite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-50031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-literature"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50031"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50035,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50031\/revisions\/50035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]Challenging tradition<\/h3>\n\n
Horowitz Andreessen Academy<\/h3>\n\n
Preparing for the future<\/h3>\n\n