On the 25th anniversary of tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, Madera hosted its annual 9\/11 Firefighter Memorial at Courthouse Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before a standing-room only crowd, many came to pay their respects to the almost 3,000 lives that were lost that day before the 9\/11 Memorial Beam. The memorial is dedicated to honoring local, state and federal firefighters, as well as those who lost their lives on September 11. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was also a time to honor the five Madera County firefighters who lost theirs lives on duty \u2014 Clyde Hammond, Madera City Fire, 1940; Cecil W. Murrain, Chowchilla City Fire, 1972; Michael Macy, Sr., Department of Forestry, 1982; Richard Eddy, Department of Forestry, 1999; and Steve Wilson, Cal Fire, 2014. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Cal Fire Local 2881 Honor Guard opened the proceedings with the National Anthem sung by Zoey Camargo and the invocation presented by Pastor Roger Leach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statements of Madera County Communications Director Alexan Balekian and Cal Fire Assistant Chief Larry Pendarvis set the tone for the ceremony to honor the fallen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are honoring a moment in time, a moment defined by what happened a generation ago, Sept. 11, 2001,\u201d Balekian said. \u201cIt was a normal Tuesday morning. Not a cloud over the New York skyline. Suddenly, without warning, that day turned into the darkest and deadliest day in our nation\u2019s history on American soil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToday, a new generation is just starting to learn about 9\/11, whether it\u2019s in their history books, YouTube, social media or documentaries on Netflix. But the place they learn more, year after year, are the stories of sacrifice and survival at memorials like this one. A single beam is not just any slab of steel. This beam is a beacon of hope, a reminder of resolve and an authentic relic of the World Trade Center. It\u2019s 14 feet in length. It\u2019s a steel beam honoring the fight for our freedom. It\u2019s a beam that honors our everyday heroes, the firefighters and first responders, the men and women who get up everyday, leave their families and run into the fire and run into danger, sacrificing their own lives to save others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTwo thousand, nine hundred and seventy seven. It\u2019s a number we will never forget. To this day, a staggering 40 percent of the 9\/11 victims remain unidentified. Just recently, through new technology, the 1,651st victim was formally identified. It adds a new chapter against the evil that failed to tear us down, only to stand taller and stronger than ever before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHere we are, 25 years later, we will never forget. We will never forget where we were when it happened. We woke up that morning expecting an ordinary day. 246 passengers, 2,606 people at work, 343 firefighters, 60 police officers, 8 paramedics and 1 K-9 had no idea it would be their last morning. By 10 a.m., Eastern time, the world had changed forever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTonight, let\u2019s hug our families a little tighter, kiss our children, snuggle your animals, call the people you love because tomorrow is never promised. Sometimes, ordinary moments are the ones we never get back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe will never stop telling these stories to the next generation of how the world stood still, how our heroes stood tall and how the resolve of the country stood untied. These stories we tell today are honest that will forever be the bookmark of our tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After listening to the chilling dispatcher calls from that fateful day, Pendarvis presented his speech to honor those whose lives were lost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSeptember 11, 2001 will be a date that will be forever etched into the history of our nation and to the hearts of everyone that lived through it. 25 years have passed, yet the images of lost, courage and the extraordinary acts of selflessness witnessed that day remain as powerful as ever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSeptember 11 was not just an attack on buildings or institutions. It was an attack on our nation, our communities, our families and our way of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe honor the 2,977 innocent lives taken from us. They were mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives, friends, co-workers and loved ones whose absence continue to be felt. We also honor the firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency personnel, military members and ordinary citizens who demonstrated extraordinary courage in the face of unimaginable danger. Among them were 343 members of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) who answered their final alarm that morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey did what members of the fire service have always done. When others desperately try to escape danger, they move towards it. They climbed stairwells while thousands were coming down. They entered buildings knowing the risks because someone above them were in need. They answered the call. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor those of us privileged to wear the uniform today, September 11 carries a particularly profound meaning. We understand this service is more than just a profession. It\u2019s a commitment to place safety and the well-being of others before our own. The courage demonstrated by our brothers and sisters on September 11 demonstrated the greatest example of that commitment in the history of American fire service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOn this 25th anniversary, remembrance is more than looking back. It\u2019s a responsibility. An entire generation has grown into adulthood with no memory of Sept. 11, 2001. Many of our fire fighters entering our profession, today, were not yet born when the attacks occurred. As the years continue to pass, it becomes our responsibility to endure September 11 never becomes simply a date in the history books. We must tell the stories. We must remember the names. We must teach future generations about the courage, sacrifice, passion and the unity demonstrated that day. We must help them understand, not only what our nation lost, but also what our nation became in the days that followed. American stood together, communities supported one another, first responded worked without hesitation and strangers helped strangers. For a moment in our nation\u2019s history, differences seemed far less important than what united us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe also recognize the firefighters serving the front lines of the United States. Even as they prepare for another operational period and another day on the fire line, they too, will pause to remember those who came before us. Their service is a reminder that the legacy we honor today continues. It continues every time a firefighter climbs on a fire engine, every time a first responder leaves their family to answer an alarm, and every time someone steps forward when others are in need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTwenty-five years later, our obligation is not simply to remember how those heroes died. It\u2019s to remember how they lived, how they served and what their example asks of us each day. We honor though our actions. May we serve our communities with courage and compassion. May we never take for granted the freedoms we enjoy or the sacrifices made to protect them. May we ensure those who came before us understand the significance of September 11, 2001 so that the memories of the ones we lost, the courage of those who responded and the unity our nation demonstrated will never fade with the passing of time. 25 years later, we remember. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe honor and we carry their legacy forever. We carry it forward and we will never forget.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On the 25th anniversary of tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, Madera hosted its annual 9\/11 Firefighter Memorial at Courthouse Park. Before a standing-room only crowd, many came to pay their respects to the almost 3,000 lives that were lost that day before the 9\/11 Memorial Beam. The memorial is dedicated to honoring local, state […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":49575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,19],"tags":[29,43],"class_list":["post-49600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above-the-fold","category-news","tag-community","tag-law"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49600","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=49600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49601,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49600\/revisions\/49601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49595,"date":"2026-09-16T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49595"},"modified":"2026-09-15T16:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T23:25:52","slug":"congressman-visits-madera-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/congressman-visits-madera-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman visits Madera leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"
Congressman Adam Gray went on a \u201cDelivering the Valley\u201d tour to highlight more than $16 million in federal funding he secured for community projects.<\/p>\n\n
Gray visited Madera City Hall and Madera County offices on Thursday to announce $2.25 million in funding towards two projects.<\/p>\n\n
Gray also visited other sites to meet with elected officials to learn how the federal funding will help address local needs.<\/p>\n\n
The projects stretch across California\u2019s 13th Congressional District and include investments in water and wastewater infrastructure, public safety, roads and sidewalks, flood protection, community facilities, and other critical local needs.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cDelivering for the Central Valley means doing the work to make sure our communities have the resources they need to grow and thrive,\u201d said Congressman Adam Gray. \u201cThese projects represent real investments in communities across our district, and I look forward to visiting each one, hearing directly from local leaders about what they need, and continuing to work for the Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
Gray secured the funding through the Fiscal Year 2026 Community Project Funding process, which allows Members of Congress to request federal funding for eligible local projects. Gray submitted 15 projects for consideration after receiving applications from local governments and organizations across the 13th Congressional District.<\/p>\n\n
Recipient:<\/strong> County of Madera<\/p>\n\n Project description:<\/strong> This project will enhance the Madera County Courthouse Park to provide recreational improvements, beautification, and sustainable benefits as well as to revitalize the downtown area of the City of Madera.<\/p>\n\n Amount funded:<\/strong> $250,000.<\/p>\n\n Recipient:<\/strong> City of Madera<\/p>\n\n Project description:<\/strong> This project will rehabilitate the final section of the Avenue 13 sewer-main that starts at the intersection of Avenue 13 and Granada Ave, to Highway 99.<\/p>\n\n Amount funded:<\/strong> $2,000,000.<\/p>\n\n Recipient:<\/strong> Chowchilla Water District<\/p>\n\n Project description:<\/strong> This project will bring new water to two water districts on certain years through the building of an intertie, enhancing the safety and reliability of drinking water and irrigation.<\/p>\n\n Amount funded:<\/strong> $1,000,000.<\/p>\n\n <\/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":" Congressman Adam Gray went on a \u201cDelivering the Valley\u201d tour to highlight more than $16 million in federal funding he secured for community projects. Gray visited Madera City Hall and Madera County offices on Thursday to announce $2.25 million in funding towards two projects. Gray also visited other sites to meet with elected officials to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":49576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,19],"tags":[30,37,39],"class_list":["post-49595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above-the-fold","category-news","tag-construction","tag-finance","tag-government"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49595","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=49595"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49599,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49595\/revisions\/49599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49593,"date":"2026-09-16T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49593"},"modified":"2026-09-15T16:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T23:19:07","slug":"stallions-overcome-for-home-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/stallions-overcome-for-home-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Stallions overcome for home win"},"content":{"rendered":" The Madera South Stallions withstood a Riverdale Cowboys\u2019 rushing attack, and the loss of their starting quarterback for a 31-15 victory to remain undefeated in Stallion Stadium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Stallions\u2019 quarterback Jairo Parra left the game in the second half after a 32-yard rush. Running back Diego Navarro finished out the game at quarterback by running the wildcat. He finished with 76 yards on 10 carries, and three touchdowns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Parra gained 59 yards on eight carries while the Stallions had 183 yards of total offense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On the other side, the Cowboys gained 374 yards of total offense, including 330 yards on the ground. They had two backs with more than 100 yards rushing, including one for 29 carries for 186 yards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Cowboys used a 12-play, 77-yard drive to score the first touchdown of the game four minutes into the second quarter on a 14-yard touchdown run on a reverse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Stallions got a 27-yard kick return from Michael Cuevas. Six runs by Parra moved the ball inside the Riverdale 20, but a sack turned the ball over on downs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Stallions stuffed the Cowboys on fourth-and four to turn the ball over. However, three incomplete passes forced a punt, and time ran out on Riverdale before the half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Stallions opened the second half by taking advantage of a short kickoff. The Riverdale kicker slipped on his approach, and the Stallions had a first down at the Riverdale 46. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A screen pass to Adam Sandez gained 12, and a penalty moved the ball to the 18. Sandez carried for 10. Then, Parra got the call up the middle, and ran over a defender at the two for a touchdown. Parra ran in the conversion for an 8-7 lead just two minutes into the second half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Riverdale took the ensuing kickoff and drove into Madera South territory. However, it took 10 plays to get there. There were also five penalties called on the drive, but the Cowboys threw incomplete on fourth down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Parra got the call on the second play of the next drive. He broke through a pack of tacklers at the Riverdale 40, and carried to the 16-yard line for a 32-yard game. However, he left the game, and didn\u2019t return. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Navarro got the call on three straight plays. From the nine, he went up the middle, and bounced to the left corner for the touchdown. Navarro found Jonathan Buendia in the end zone for the two-point conversion, his only pass of the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Riverdale started its next drive at its 43, and drove 57 yards on 11 plays to score from five yards out. They completed a pass into the end zone to cut the Stallions\u2019 lead to 16-15 with 9:36 left in the fourth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Riverdale tried an onsides kick. Madera South called a fair catch on the pop-up, and was run into for a penalty, and possession. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Navarro carried 13 yards on two plays to the 27. On the next play, he went up the middle, and bounced to the left. He went down the sideline for a touchdown, but a holding penalty was called. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On the next play, Navarro did, almost, the same thing, but from 10 yards further. He bounced to the left, evaded tacklers along the sideline for a 37-yard touchdown run. He finished off the drive with the two-point conversion run for a 24-15 lead with 8:16 left in the fourth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Cowboys returned the kick to near midfield, and a personal foul penalty was added on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sandez sacked the Riverdale quarterback to force a long third down. After a penalty, Riverdale completed a reverse pass for 18 yards. However, on fourth-and-five, Sandez pressured the quarterback into a throw. Elijah Chavez saw the fluttering throw, and caught it for the interception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Stallions had to punt after five straight Navarro carries. He also had to punt, and pinned the Cowboys at the three. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Three plays later, Navarro stepped in front of a Riverdale pass for an interception. He returned it 41 yards down the left sideline to put an exclamation point on the win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cuevas hit the extra point for a 31-15 lead with 23.5 seconds left in the game. Three incomplete passes ended the game with a Stallions\u2019 victory.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Madera South Stallions withstood a Riverdale Cowboys\u2019 rushing attack, and the loss of their starting quarterback for a 31-15 victory to remain undefeated in Stallion Stadium. Stallions\u2019 quarterback Jairo Parra left the game in the second half after a 32-yard rush. Running back Diego Navarro finished out the game at quarterback by running the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":49572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,23],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-49593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above-the-fold","category-sports","tag-schools"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49593","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=49593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49594,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49593\/revisions\/49594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49591,"date":"2026-09-16T07:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49591"},"modified":"2026-09-15T16:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T23:06:06","slug":"hawks-improve-to-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/hawks-improve-to-4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks improve to 4-0"},"content":{"rendered":" O\u2019NEALS \u2014 In what has become a rivalry game, the Liberty Hawks took down the Minarets Mustangs in a battle of undefeated teams last week at Minarets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Liberty, pretty much, dominated the entire game. Save for their first and last drives that ended in punts, the Hawks scored a touchdown on six straight drives for a 41-12 victory Friday night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Minarets scored a third quarter touchdown, and another touchdown with no time left on the clock during a running fourth quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Liberty got its usual performance from the ground attack with 235 yards. Henry Bilskey accounted for 171 yards from scrimmage, including 137 yards rushing and two touchdowns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Quarterback Brody Von Flue had his best game as a varsity player. He was 8-of-10 for 140 yards and three touchdowns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Liberty averaged 8.5 yards per play while Minarets averaged five yards. The Hawks held the Mustangs out of the end zone for the first half and until five minutes were left in the third quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Minarets won the toss, and took the ball, to open the game. However, the Liberty defense forced a quick three-and-out, and a punt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Von Flue was sacked and the Hawks had to punt for just the third time this season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Liberty defense, led by Deegan Shandor, Brody Sisco and Austin Graham forced another three-and-out. Brody Wilhelm broke up a third down pass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On the punt, the Minarets punter tried to run on the Liberty defense, and gained just two yards to give the Hawks good field position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It took the Hawks just three plays to find the end zone. Bilskey turned a third-and-10 into a 24 yard touchdown off a counter to give the Hawks a 7-0 lead with 4:51 left in the first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Badgers, on the heels of a Liberty penalty and three first downs drove inside the Liberty 10. The Mustangs faced a third-and-goal from the sixth, but as Shandor and Felipe Chavarria got to the quarterback, the throw went incomplete for an intentional grounding penalty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On fourth-and-goal from the 23, Minarets completed a 16-yard pass, but turned the ball over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Hawks went on their longest drive in terms of plays and yardage of the year. They drove 93 yards on 12 plays to get into the end zone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Benni Lounbandith opened the drive with an 11-yard gain. Bilskey gained 12 for a first down. Von Flue hit Tyler McCamey for 18 yards and a first down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Von Flue hit Tye Davis for 14 yards, and then hit Bilskey in the flat for a 12-yard completion to the Minarets 16. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bilskey converted a third-and-two for four, and a first down. Lounbandith closed the drive from four yards out for a 14-0 lead with 4:51 left in the half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After an initial first down, Shandor sacked the quarterback to help force another punt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bilskey gained 23 to convert a third down to the Yosemite 38. Von Flue hit Bilskey for 15 yards, and Bilskey ran for 17 to the six. Two plays later, Lounbandith ran it in from two yards out with 18 seconds left in the half for a 21-0 halftime lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Liberty outgained Minarets 192-76 in the first half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Hawks took the second half kick-off, and marched 78 yards on eight plays to find the end zone. McCamey gained 13 for a first down. Wilhelm caught a nine-yard pass, and Lounbandith went up the middle for 22 yards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bilskey gained 11 for another first down. Two plays later, Von Flue threw deep down the left sideline into the end zone. Davis ran under the perfectly-thrown ball for a 28-yard touchdown catch for a 27-0 lead with 8:23 left in the third. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On the next play from Minarets, Wilhelm picked off the pass. It took just one play for the Hawks to find the end zone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Von Flue faked a hand-off and rolled to his right and hit a wide-open Austin Graham at the five. He turned and walked into the end zone for another Liberty touchdown, just 19 seconds after the previous score. Carter Imperatrice made five of his point afters for a 33-0 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Badgers used a 52-yard kick return to get into Liberty territory. Six plays later, the Mustangs got on the scoreboard with a five-yard run on third down. The point after run failed for a 34-6 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bilskey and Lounbandith got the carries on the next Liberty possession. They traded off six straight carries for a combined 45 yards to the seven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Von Flue hit Bilskey in the flat, and he weaved his way through the Minarets defense for a touchdown, and a 41-6 lead with 48 seconds left in the third. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Mustangs got a 19-yard run and another 25-yard run to get to the Liberty 24. However, a tackle for loss by Graham and a pass completion for 10 yards on fourth-and-13 turned the ball over on downs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Hawks couldn\u2019t overcome a holding penalty, and had to punt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With time winding down, Minarets drove against the Liberty reserves. Minarets called a time out with four seconds left at the four to score a touchdown with no time left on the clock for the 41-12 final.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" O\u2019NEALS \u2014 In what has become a rivalry game, the Liberty Hawks took down the Minarets Mustangs in a battle of undefeated teams last week at Minarets. Liberty, pretty much, dominated the entire game. 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In addition to the two fumbles, the Broncos got an interception return or a touchdown for the win, and gave Madera a second straight loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Darius White led the Coyotes with 98 yards on 16 carries and two touchdowns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Quarterback Elias Mena was 25-of-32 for 319 yards. Lawrence Flores caught 10 passes for 166 yards and two scores. Jayden Martinez caught five passes for 60 yards. Jayden Perez caught three passes for 64 yards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Broncos used a strong rushing attack that gained 334 yards, including 38 carries for 263 yards by their leading ball carrier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Coyotes opened the game with a drive from the Madera 20 to the Clovis North nine. Mena hit Martinez, Flores and Perez for 28 yards to midfield. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Flores caught a five-yard pass on third down to get to the nine. On the next play, a mishandled center snap in shotgun was picked up by Clovis North. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Broncos drove into Madera territory, but turned the ball over on downs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mena hit Flores for a 35-yard gain down the right sideline. He then hit Flores, twice, on quick screens to the right for five yards and an 18-yard touchdown. Carlos Ochoa hit the extra point for a 7-0 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Three plays later, Clovis North scored from 37 yards out to tie the score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Coyotes went on a 13-play, 53-yard drive to inside the Clovis North 30-yard line. The big play was a 31-yard pass to Flores on the right on third-and-12. However, the Coyotes were faced with a fourth-and-12, and settled for a 43-yard field goal from Ochoa that went wide right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On third down, Clovis North went back to pass, pressured by Martinez, and threw an interception to Xsavier Elenes at the Clovis North 20. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mena hit Flores for 12, and a first down. White finished off the drive from eight yards out for a 14-7 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Clovis North got the ball into Madera territory after a 33-yard run. Pressure from Martinez forced an incomplete pass on third down, and Clovis North picked up eight yards on fourth-and-13 to turn the ball over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mena opened the drive with a 17-yard gain. However, the Coyotes were forced to punt. Clovis North returned the punt 47 yards to the Madera 10-yard line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Broncos scored on the next play to tie the game at 14 entering the half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After a trade in possessions to open the second half, Clovis North used six straight running plays to finish a 68-yard drive. The touchdown was scored on a 37-yard run for a 20-14 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Flores returned the ensuing kick-off 57-yards, but a penalty moved the ball back. On third down, Mena found a wide-open Perez for a 60-yard completion to the Clovis North 13. However, two plays later, the Coyotes mishandled a hand-off, put the ball on the ground, and Clovis North recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Madera defense forced a punt, and the Coyotes gave the ball to White. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He carried on six of the seven plays of the Drive. Mena hit Martinez for an 18-yard gain to get the ball inside the 12. Four White carries later, the final from two yards out, gave the Coyotes a 21-20 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Broncos used a screen pass for 18 yards to get into Madera territory. The Broncos scored from four yards out for a 26-21 lead after the kick was blocked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, two plays later, Mena was picked off, and Clovis North returned it 25 yards for the touchdown. The two point run went into the end zone for a 34-21 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Keyed by a 30-yard run off a direct snap by White, the Coyotes answered the Broncos\u2019 score. On the next play, Mena found Flores for a nine-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 34-28. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Broncos recovered the onsides kick at midfield. On the next play, Clovis North broke two tackles at the line of scrimmage, and bounced it down the left sideline for a 50-yard touchdown to put the final touches of a 41-28 victory. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Twice the Madera Coyotes had the ball inside the Clovis North 10-yard line, and twice they fumbled in the deciding points of a 41-28 loss at Lamonica Stadium. The Coyotes outgained the Broncos, 450-393, Friday night. 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He rushed 25 times for 232 yards and six touchdowns. He gained 148 yards on 17 carries with three touchdowns in the first half. He gained 84 yards on eight carries with three more touchdowns in the second half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Zachariah Granados also caught a short touchdown pass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Badgers threw the ball 27 times, but completed 11 for 121 yards and an interception. The Toros defense forced seven Yosemite punts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warden opened the scoring with a 45-yard touchdown run on the\u2019 opening drive of the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After a Yosemite punt, the Toros drove 53 yards on 10 plays with Warden scoring from two yards out for a 14-0 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Badgers scored on the next play with a 49-yard jet sweep to cut the lead to seven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Both teams combined for four punts on the next four possessions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Torres\u2019 punt pinned the Badgers at the two. Yosemite punted out of the shadow of the goal posts and got it to the 28. Two plays later, Warden went off the right side for a 24-yard touchdown run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Badgers went back to punt on their next drive. The snap went over the punter\u2019s head and the punt went for minus-two yards to the Badgers\u2019 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Toros threw an interception two plays later. The Badgers drove into Torres territory with a 30-yard pass, but threw incomplete on the final play of the half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After a trade in punts to open the second half, Eleazar Camargo picked off a Badgers\u2019 pass, and returned it 33 yards to the Yosemite 21. After a penalty moved the ball to the 10, Nathanial Pichardo found Granados, wide-open, in the corner of the end zone on fourth-and-goal for a 28-7 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Badgers got a return inside Torres territory, and scored five plays later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After a 38-yard pass to Darryn Garcia, Warden finished off the drive for a 24-14 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Another Badgers\u2019 punt led to a three-play drive with Warden opening the drive for 25 yards. Camargo spun away from a tackler at the line of scrimmage for a 17 yard gain. Warden finished off the drive on the first play of the fourth quarter for a 41-14 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A Yosemite turnover on downs led to another Warden touchdown. Camargo opened the drive with two carries for 18 yards. Then, Warden carried for 24 yards, and 25 yards to finish out the drive for a 47-14 victory.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With a tough pre-league schedule by facing three of the top 25 teams in the Central Section, the Matilda Torres Toros dominated the Yosemite Badgers for a 47-14 victory to get in the win column this season. The Toros dominated the Badgers, out gaining Yosemite, 387-218, in Oakhurst on Friday. 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My wife was in the kitchen preparing breakfast while I was in the living room watching the Today Show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It just so happens that the show had a background set of panoramic windows that displayed the Manhattan skyline, which included the Twin Towers. At about 9 a.m. or so, I saw the first plane hit. The host of the Today Show (I believe it was Bryan Gumble at the time) was totally oblivious to what had just occurred right outside of the window behind him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was surreal. I recall yelling to my wife to come and see what had just happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eventually the host of the Today Show was made aware of what had happened. He began to give commentary and updates on what was transpiring, the second plane hit, and my wife and I watched transfixed as the nation changed that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Curtis Allen,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Madera<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was at home in Merced with my wife and two young sons on Sept. 11, 2001. My wife was in the kitchen preparing breakfast while I was in the living room watching the Today Show. 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I am 76 years old and remember stories from my grandparents that had family members who were warned to leave Hawaii two weeks before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. My grandfather used to cut meat and go door to door selling it during the depression. 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He has also joined a tradition of fellow authors as a member of the lit-rock group, The Rock Bottom Remainders. His mystery-thriller novels also tend to be long, often about 600 pages, and many have been called \u201csouthern Gothic.\u201d I find that he excels at maintaining a tension that makes me resistant to putting the book down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBlood Memory\u201d (2005, 646 pages in paperback format) is a stand-along novel, although Isles manages to sneak in a character or two from his popular Penn Cage series. This work, however, revolves around Dr. Catherine (Cat) Ferry who is a specialist in the fairly obscure branch of dentistry called forensic odontology. Iles describes her as being \u201can expert on human teeth and the damage they can do.\u201d This, of course, is a simplistic definition, based on the tone of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case takes place downriver from Natchez, on the Louisiana side of the Great Muddy. Four murders have occurred in New Orleans (pronounced Naw\u2019lins, if you ever happen to go there) and in each instance, the bodies have been gnawed on by human teeth, posthumously. Because of this weird circumstance, homicide detective Sean Reagan calls Cat in for consultation. She speculates that the dental impressions could have been made by a set of false teeth or human teeth set in a device that may be operated by some means other than human jaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Incidentally, Cat and Sean are more than just professional investigators. They\u2019ve been lovers, and Sean once vowed to leave his wife and children for her but, as time passed, his resolve became less certain. I suppose this diminution of devotion may be due to the fact that Cat has some psychological problems. She\u2019s been suffering from extreme anxiety on occasion, initially having a panic attack while examining the chewed corpse of Arthur LeGrande. Something about the scene made a connection to her past, and she fled upstream to her home in Natchez. The death and strange circumstances surrounding the death and mutilation of LeGrande harkened back to events in her earlier years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When her father was shot to death, her grandfather insisted that the assailant was some mysterious stranger, but Cat sensed that was a cover-up. Cat was so seriously affected by her unresolved suspicion that she became alcoholic and bipolar. Often, the combination led to promiscuity. But back in Natchez, she begins to uncover secrets along with some forensic evidence that tends to support her suspicions. She becomes convinced that the events in Natchez are definitely connected to the gruesome murders in New Orleans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her relationship with Sean Reagan as well as her very life may be in jeopardy if she continues with her investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Books by Greg Isles almost immediately become New York Times bestsellers. Several of his books have been the bases for movies, and they\u2019ve been published in at least 35 countries. He\u2019s one of my favorite authors, and I recommend his works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n Puede contactar a Jim Glynn en j_glynn@att.net.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Although born in Germany, Greg Iles is really a U.S. Southerner, having been raised in Natchez, Mississippi. He has also joined a tradition of fellow authors as a member of the lit-rock group, The Rock Bottom Remainders. His mystery-thriller novels also tend to be long, often about 600 pages, and many have been called \u201csouthern […]<\/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-49581","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\/49581","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=49581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49582,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49581\/revisions\/49582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49577,"date":"2026-09-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49577"},"modified":"2026-09-15T14:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:47:48","slug":"lincoln-school-lives-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/lincoln-school-lives-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln School lives again"},"content":{"rendered":" On June 4, 1910, members of the Madera School Board determined to explore the possibility of building another school on the West side of town. Madera\u2019s first school had been constructed east of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks, hence the name, Eastside School. In 1892, a second school was built, this time west of the railroad tracks. It was named Westwide School. In 1904, Madera High School was constructed. That left Madera with 2,500 inhabitants and just three schools to serve the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Facing a school population of 500 between five and seventeen, the Board put the measure to the public. The July 7, 1910 election resulted in a Yes vote for the school bond, 272 to 73.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was decided that the new school would be built on blocks 29, 30, and 31 in Madera. It was an acceptable location with one exception. It ran through the middle of Madera\u2019s Chinatown. In the preparation for building the new school, workers stumbled into a network of tunnels, which had served as opium dens for the Chinese. They also recovered the skeletal remains of several deceased residents of Chinatown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After a few problems, construction began, and on Jan. 26, 1912, the Board accepted the new school, which they named Lincoln School. Harry Maxim served as the first principal. He was succeeded by M.M. Whiting, who held the position until 1916, at which time W. L. Williams became principal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After Lincoln School was completed, there were a number of patrons who thought that the district had overextended itself and that the school was too big and would never be filled. A common expression heard around town was that the school board had built a university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By 1919, however, Lincoln School, which had seemed so enormous in the beginning, was becoming overcrowded. Four more classrooms were added in addition to a manual training and domestic science building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In time, other improvements were made. Sidewalks were laid; a bike rack erected. The heating system was converted to steam. A telephone was installed, and electric lights were put in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many strange entries appear in the old minutes of the Madera school board regarding Lincoln School. For instance, on one occasion the Ku Klux Klan wanted to use the auditorium of Lincoln School, and the board minutes read as follows: \u201cThe board seemed to feel that while the ideals of the Klan were high, due to the fact that they were strongly antagonistic to certain important groups among the patrons of the school, it was thought best to deny them the use of the building.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n On May 6, 1924, a disastrous fire swept Lincoln School. The manual training and domestic science building was destroyed. The irony of the situation lay in the fact that on that same day the board was meeting with an insurance agent on a plan to update the school\u2019s policy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the early 1940s an earthquake struck Madera and caused considerable damage to Lincoln School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1948 the inevitable happened. Overcrowding overcame Lincoln School. 1,150 showed up at the school, which had been built to house 630 pupils. With that, Lincoln School went on double sessions, but not for long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the opening of Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, Lincoln closed its doors in June 1953, but they wouldn\u2019t stay closed. In 1994 an energetic young principal would open them again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carles Beckett, principal of Dixieland Elementary, was taking care of business when he received a visit from the district office. They brought some bitter-sweet news. He was leaving Dixieland School but he was opening up the new Lincoln School as principal. Beckett recently reflected on those days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUpon learning of my appointment as the principal of Lincoln School, my mind immediately began to put together a plan and a dream to make Lincoln School a safe place of learning and an exemplary school for my hometown, Madera. I wanted pride and excitement to be part of the environment from the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAfter the approval of boundaries by the MUSD School Board, a schedule was established to visit all the schools that were affected by the opening of Lincoln. There was lots of joy and anticipation throughout the community. Auditoriums and cafeterias were full throughout the district. Lots of happy people were joined by those who did not want to leave their home school. I was followed by groups of parents to all the schools to make sure all parents heard the same message. Questions at all the meetings were many and a large majority left the meeting excited to enroll at Lincoln. It was my job to give accurate information and create an atmosphere of \u2018We can\u2019t wait to go to Lincoln.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKnowing that we were moving a total bilingual track, I invited two hundred students, parents and grandparents from Sierra Vista School before school opened to visit this beautiful new school. The buses rolled into Lincoln and clapping penetrated the parking lot. After lunch,we gathered in the gymnasium and I shared this message in Spanish \u201cESTE ESCUELA ES TU ESCUELA.\u201d Tears of joy and amazement engulfed this special occasion. \u2018HIS SCHOOL IS YOUR SCHOOL.\u2019 I could feel the love and knew without a doubt that the road to success had begun at Lincoln Elementary.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOutstanding teachers were hired and it was time to enroll the students. Three days before registration, parents started a line to register their students. Campers and motor homes began to arrive. Parents took off work to join that line. For three days and two nights the line continued to get longer. So much excitement! The Fresno TV stations came out to see the action. These are memories I will hold forever. Pure joy!\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On June 4, 1910, members of the Madera School Board determined to explore the possibility of building another school on the West side of town. Madera\u2019s first school had been constructed east of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks, hence the name, Eastside School. In 1892, a second school was built, this time west of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":49573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,17],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-49577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above-the-fold","category-history","tag-culture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49577","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49578,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49577\/revisions\/49578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]City of Madera Avenue 13 Sewer Rehabilitation, Phase III<\/h3>\n\n
Le Grand Athlone Water District and Chowchilla Water District Bidirectional Intertie<\/h3>\n\n