El Madera County Farm Bureau celebr\u00f3 un Foro de Candidatos para 2026 en el Will Gill Pavilion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event, held October 7, was sponsored by the Farm Bureau, the Madera County Cattlemen\u2019s Association, and the Fresno-Madera Young Farmers & Ranchers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Participaron en el foro candidatos que figuraban en la lista electoral para las elecciones de noviembre. Entre ellos se encontraban candidatos al Congreso, al Senado Estatal, a la Asamblea Estatal, al Supervisor del Condado de Madera y al alcalde de Chowchilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
La moderadora del evento fue Christina Beckstead, directora ejecutiva del Madera County Farm Bureau. Para cada candidato, le dio la oportunidad de hacer una presentaci\u00f3n de dos minutos, responder a algunas preguntas preparadas, concedi\u00e9ndole dos minutos para responderlas, y de hacer una declaraci\u00f3n final de dos minutos. Se permit\u00eda una respuesta para cada pregunta durante un minuto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRegla n\u00famero uno\u201d, dijo ella, \u201cnosotros todos tendremos que ser respetuosos esta noche\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
El foco del foro fueron principalmente las preocupaciones de los agricultores, la industria agr\u00edcola y otros temas relacionados con la Central Valley de California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
State Assembly District 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mike Murphy comes from Merced County where he grew up. He became mayor of his hometown, and served for two terms. He served a total of nine years in local government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCalifornia is at a breaking point, and the ag industry in particular. This isn\u2019t something I need to tell you, because you know. But I want you to hear it from me. We need to do better. This is the product of an imbalance in state legislature. We have one-party rule,\u201d he said. \u201cThe incumbent\u2019s not running. I have a strong record as mayor working with the local Farm Bureau. I want to see agriculture thrive in important conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brian Pacheco is also running for Assembly District 27. He is the current Fresno County Supervisor, and has served for three consecutive terms (12 years)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was on my way to serve my fourth term when this opportunity arose, and I decided to take a leap of faith, and I\u2019m going to run for the state legislature. I\u2019m a fourth-generation dairyman and farmer, and there\u2019s not one of us up there that\u2019s a bona fide farmer,\u201d he said. \u201cMy family has been here since the early 1800s, and I will continue to be here. My son, which is fifth generation, is now taking over the family farm, as my father has done for me. The valley is different than in San Francisco and Los Angeles and I\u2019m there to provide that strong voice for our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
California agricultural employers are now required to pay overtime after eight hours of the day or 40 hours of the week, despite our farming being highly seasonal and often dependent on weather and harvest windows. Do you believe current California labor laws provide enough flexibility for the seasonal nature of agriculture? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Murphy:<\/strong> \u201cSo, let me answer clearly, no. The current ag overtime laws do not benefit farmers or farm workers. We know that. We\u2019ve got growers that can\u2019t afford it.You have farm workers who have who have voiced not only to their employers, but also in testimony to the state legislature that they want change because they would like to work more and they like the old system better.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pacheco:<\/strong> \u201cAgain, as a fourth generation dairyman, we operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. In addition to our dairymen, we also have the farming operation. Nobody knows firsthand better than I what that entails and the overtime rules that are affecting us individually. It was a great intended, but we are not the city. We do not have a five day work week an eight hour work day or a 40 hour work week. That is not how we live. That is not how we survive, and that is especially true during the peak harvest time of the harvest This was intended to help the people, but it had unintended consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Would you support requiring state agencies to consider the cumulative economic impact of existing regulations before implementing additional requirements on agriculture? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pacheco:<\/strong> \u201cThat\u2019s where I can bring real-world-life experiences to the state legislation. As a dairyman, we have the most perishable products in the food chain, and we are the most regulated industry in all of that. We have the water board, we have the air board, we have the health department, we have the labor. Everything keeps coming in a cumulative effect, and it\u2019s crushing. I have the mindset that there are no more new regulations unless you want to take one away or show how that is going to improve what we already have. They cannot keep passing more laws and more laws with the greatest intent possible, and yet it\u2019s crushing us that are living and working this every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Murphy:<\/strong> \u201cWe have to take into account the cumulative cost. You can\u2019t look at things in isolation. It\u2019s death by a thousand times. It\u2019s not that we\u2019re regulated enough. We\u2019re regulated too much. It\u2019s not that we\u2019re taxed enough. It\u2019s that we\u2019re taxed too much. So it\u2019s not about if you add one, then you can take one away. It\u2019s about taking them away. And we all want clean air, we all want clean water, and we\u2019re going to protect those things. But it\u2019s about bringing some sanity back and some change, right? If we want change, then we\u2019ve got to do things together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a legislator how do you determine the appropriate balance between funding programs that reduce agricultural water grant and an investment in infrastructure that increases water supply, storage, conveyance, and groundwater recharge? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Murphy:<\/strong> \u201cWe all want clean air, and we all want clean water, and we can have those things. We can have these things, but we just need more balance when it comes to when it comes to decision making. The reality is that the California Environmental Law Act, CECLA, has been weaponized against everyone in the act community. It\u2019s used as a sword in litigation to stop projects from occurring, to stop approvals from getting into the process. We need to unleash the agriculture economy, unleash the business economy. The business economy in general is handicapped as opposed to comparing to other states. But then you add in the ag economy, which is part of the business community that has all the additional regulations on top of it. The good news is that we can do better. We just need to make changes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pacheco:<\/strong> \u201cWe\u2019ve done enough. on the climate side, now it\u2019s time to invest where we need it the most. We all know that they invested billions of dollars in the rail. If they would have just taken a fraction of that money, we could have had multiple new dams. We tried that in Fresno as a County Supervisor. We got together with our local county supervisors. We had a plan. We presented it when they passed. The water bill, the Proposition 1, we were right there. We were ready to go. And the water board turned us down for a new dam or to increase a dam right behind Millerton Lake. So if I\u2019m fortunate enough to be the member when this happens, we\u2019re going to invest everything we can to increase our conveyance systems, to re-look at how we get more water and how we put more water underground. That\u2019s my approach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the groundwater management ac implementation continues, reductions in ground water pumping could result in agricultural land being taken out of production. How should the state address the broader economic consequences for farm workers, ag businesses, local governments, schools, and rural communities when ag production declines ?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pacheco:<\/strong> \u201cI have a distinction that I sit on two GSA boards. I have direct knowledge in this. I have experience in this. And the one with the surface water, they\u2019re going to be okay. The one without any surface water, which is what a lot of Madera County is like, there is a great concern coming. What we\u2019ve done is we have to go outside of the box thinking we have an agreement with the municipality from Way Up North that currently transports a lot of water down south into Kern County. We are providing them an alternative that rather than ship it all that way, we\u2019re going to stop in Fresno County. It will save them a tremendous amount of money in shipping costs. They will put it into our underground aquifer. As part of the deal, we will get a percentage. of that water and that will help those growers in order to get by. Those are the kind of solutions that we need to do throughout the state of California.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Murphy:<\/strong> \u201cSo the question about groundwater sustainability is real and it\u2019s unfortunately our reality and we need to be focused on having more supply. And not on the regulatory value, but having more supply, recharge underground, storage above ground, especially in the large precipitation years like we think this one might be. We\u2019re not just having this water run out to the ocean, we need to capture it, we need to store it for our own use. And the other part of your question was about how this impacts schools, because there\u2019s revenue that that comes to that as well. And I think we all know of small school districts where there\u2019s a lack of funding and it\u2019s too expensive and too challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Madera County Supervisor, District 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n The presentation between the moderator, Beckstead, and candidate for Madera County Supervisor District 5, Frank Bigelow, was more like a conversation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Beckstead chatted with Bigelow, who has served Madera County for many years in the State Assembly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFrank Bigelow, married the same woman for 49 years,\u201d Bigelow said. \u201cWe have three kids, seven granddaughters, all princesses. Some of them want to be a queen. \u201cMy family got here in the mid-1800s. This wasn\u2019t Madera County; it was Fresno County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI ran for State Assembly because a good friend of mine asked me to come up and help her. I might have wanted to rethink that after a little while. But that race, in the state of California, was the most money spent and was one of the dirtiest races ever run. It was horrible. There were six people. Most people that came to the debates did not enjoy themselves. It got so bad, there was a fateful night. None of the candidates showed up except me and the other guy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of that evening, and that election, he was the new assemblyman. elected duly by the people. He served for 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bigelow has seen a lot of difficulties among politicians and tough times in Sacramento. He shared stories of his time in the Assembly, as attendees of the Candidate Forum enjoyed watching the conversation between Bigelow and Beckstead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd to be a little honest,\u201d he said, \u201cBeing a Republican, I\u2019m still a Republican, everyone understands that. Being a Republican in a partisan world is real challenging.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Madera County Farm Bureau held a 2026 Candidate Forum in the Will Gill Pavilion. The event, held October 7, was sponsored by the Farm Bureau, the Madera County Cattlemen\u2019s Association, and the Fresno-Madera Young Farmers & Ranchers. Participating in the forum were candidates who are on the ballot for the November election. 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Madera threw for 82 yards, and rushed for 146. Darius White led the Coyotes with 138 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Edison gained 340 yards of total offense. The Edison quarterback threw just three incomplete passes,and threw for 236 yards and three touchdowns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Tigers also rushed for 194 yards, and three touchdowns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Coyotes opened the game on the right note. They went on a nine-play, 77-yard drive to get on the scoreboard first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Three Anthony Estrada runs gained 19 yards. Smith carried twice for 10 yards. Elias Mena hit tight end Jayden Martinez twice for 29 yards to the Edison 24. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mena found Lawrence Flores for 10 more yards. Estrada finished the drive off from 14 yards out by following the blocks of Martinez and Flores to the left side into the end zone. Carlos Ochoa gave the Coyotes a 7-0 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Tigers struck quickly, They gained 36 yards on an out-and-up, and finished the drive with four runs for 40 yards, the final coming from 12 yards out to tie the game at seven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Coyotes got an initial first down from Smith, but Estrada was stuffed for a loss of two on fourth-and-one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Edison took four plays to reach the end zone with a 30-yard pass for a 14-0 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After a Madera punt, the Tigers went on an 11-play, 66-yard drive to find the end zone. The key play was a jet sweep pass for 13 yards on third-and-nine. On third-and-one from the five, Edison scored for a 21-7 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Another Madera punt led to another Edison score. On third-and-13, Edison completed a pass to the Madera 35. The receiver escaped two tacklers, and went the rest of the way for a 63-yard touchdown, and a 28-7 halftime lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Coyotes drove the ball to the Edison 10 after an 18-yard pass to Jayden Perez and an Edison penalty. But, Mena was picked off in the end zone to end the half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Edison opened the second half with a three-and-out. The Coyotes took just two plays to cut the Tigers\u2019 lead in half. Smith took the ball around the right side, and got blocks from Brian Qualls and Isaac Perez for a 61-yard touchdown run. Ochoa\u2019s kick cut the lead to 28-14. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Coyotes recovered the ensuing onsides kick, but a penalty was called. Edison started its next drive at the 17, and drove 83-yards on 10 plays open a 35-14 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Smith returned the ensuing kick-off 35 yards to the Madera 43. Then, Smith got the hand-off, and gained six to the Edison 47. He was tackled, sort of. He fell on the Edison tackler, and never touched the ground. Smith kept his momentum going, and ran down the left sideline fro a 45-yard gain to the Edison eight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Two plays later, Mena hit the hole behind Martinez for a seven-yard touchdown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Edison answered four plays later after a 42-yard kick return with a 15-yard penalty added on. A pass interference penalty led to a four-yard touchdown run, and a 42-21 fourth quarter lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Madera answered with a nine-play, 77-yard drive that only had one pass. Estrada carried twice for 14 yards. Mena hit Flores for 11, and a first down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mena, on a keeper, went behind Martinez and Brett Qualls for a 37-yard gain down the left sideline. Smith carried twice for 11 yards, and Estrada went for three more to the one. Martinez got the ball out of the wildcat, and went off the right side for the touchdown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Edison recovered the ensuing onsides kick, and ran out the clock with a nine-play drive that included a seven-yard run on fourth-and-two.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Madera Coyotes couldn\u2019t keep up with the Edison Tigers in a County\/Metro Athletic Conference match-up at Fresno\u2019s Sunnyside Stadium. The Tigers scored 28 first half points, and cruised to a 42-28 victory in a rare Thursday night affair. 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But, in their four losses, the Stallions haven\u2019t scored more than 15 points, and 32 points total. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Diego Reyna Navarro led the Toros with 102 yard rushing, averaging 8.5 per carry. Also emerging as QB1 for the Stallions has been John Ledesma, who scored three rushing touchdowns and threw for another. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fresno got the ball first, and drove to the Madera South 32 before throwing incomplete on fourth-and-23. Fresno went nine plays on the drive, but a sack by A.J. Alvarez sent the Warriors in the wrong direction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Reyna Navarro gained 20 yards on the second play. Ledesma hit Jonathan Buendia on a quick pass over the middle for 11 yards. Then, Reyna Navarro went round the right side, and gained 18 yards behind the block of Lucas Amezquita on the edge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ledesma had a wide-open walk-in touchdown from two yards out for a 7-0 lead. Michael Cuevas hit the extra point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Keyed by a tackle for loss from Jeremiah Armenta, the Warriors had to punt. The punt snap was a slow lob to the punter. The rush from the Stallions forced the punter to bring the ball down, and Alvarez mad the tackle for a loss of 15, and set the Stallions up in good field position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Reyna Navarro kept the option around the right side for a 34-yard gain, helped by a block from William Hernandez. Three plays later, Ledesma kept the ball on an option for a two-yard touchdown, and a 13-0 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Alvarez forced a three-out-out with another tackle for loss. The Stallions went on their longest drive of the game, 10 plays, but had to punt. The punt went was short, but rolled 20 yards to the Fresno 10, which set up a Madera South score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Two plays later, Fresno mishandled the hand-off, and Adrian Flores came up with the recovery for the Stallions at the Fresno six. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On fourth-and-goal from the one, Reyna Navarro scored for a 20-0 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Warriors came back and, helped by two Stallions\u2019 15-yard penalties, scored on a 26-yard pass play to cut the lead to 20-7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cuevas returned the ensuing kick-off 80 yards for a touchdown, but an illegal block penalty was called, and the Stallions ran out the half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Stallions used six straight running plays to open the second half with a score. Cuevas recovered a Fresno onsides kick try. Ledesma carried for six on third-and-six. George Roberts went around the left side behind the blocks of Reyna Navarro and Cuevas on the edge for a 22-yard gain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ledesma went up the middle, and bounced to his left at the line of scrimmage, and went down the left sideline for a 16-yard touchdown run. Reyna Navarro ran in the two-point conversion for a 28-7 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fresno was forced to punt, and the Stallions\u2019 rush forced the punter to try to run, and Charles Moore made the tackle for a three-yard loss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Madera South drew Fresno offsides on third down. Then, Reyna Navarro got the carry, and hit the pile for a four-yard gain. However, he kept driving, and got help from his teammates, for a 13-yard gain to the 17. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Three plays later, Ledesma tried a pass on the right that was almost intercepted. The Fresno defender tipped the ball in the air, but intended receiver Adam Moreno caught the tip, and ran it into the end zone for the touchdown, and a 34-7 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Warriors got a 13-yard gain and a 19-yard gain to midfield. However, Ledesma caught a Fresno pass at the Stallions\u2019 40 for the interception, and returned it to the Fresno 20. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Two Roberts runs for 10 yards gave the Stallions a first-and-goal. On the next play, Adam Sandez got the call on the left side. He went behind the block of Buendia and Alvarez, who put a player on his back, and blocked two defenders at the same time, to score for a 41-7 lead after a Cuevas kick to end the game.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Madera South Stallions rebounded from its first two-game losing streak of the season to roll over the Fresno Warriors with a 41-7 victory at McLane Stadium. The Stallions opened a 19-7 halftime lead, and outscored Fresno 21-0 in the second half for the Thursday night win. The win evens the season for first-year head […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":49944,"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-49963","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\/49963","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=49963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49964,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49963\/revisions\/49964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49957,"date":"2026-10-14T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49957"},"modified":"2026-10-13T16:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:08:54","slug":"toros-run-past-stallions-for-flag-football-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/toros-run-past-stallions-for-flag-football-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Toros run past Stallions for flag football win"},"content":{"rendered":" The Matilda Torres Toros used a 32-point second quarter to cruise by the Madera South Stallions in a cross-city league flag football match-up at Toro Stadium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Toros also used three second quarter interceptions to score touchdowns in Thursday\u2019s dominating victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Stallions answered a Torres first quarter touchdown, but the Toros scored the next 39 points in a 46-6 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Toros outgained the Stallions, 344-80, and were pretty equal on the ground and in the air. Quarterback Adalynn Chavez rushed for 101 yards, including a 65-yard scamper, and led the Toros to 174 rushing yards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Chavez and Crystal Galicia combined for 200 yards throwing. Chavez accounted for six touchdowns, and Galicia scored the other. Amerie Lujan caught four passes for 74 yards, and a touchdown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Madera South was limited to just nine yards on the ground. Four different quarterbacks combined to throw for 71 yards on 15 completions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On the first possession of the game, the Stallions went backwards, and punted from the one-yard line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Toros took over just inside midfield. After a nine-yard run from Karina Contreras, Chavez found Lujan for a score. Lujan caught a pass down the field, and escaped a tackle at the 10 for the touchdown. Chavez found Isabella Perez in the back corner of the end zone for a 7-0 lead with 8:49 left in the first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After a trade in possessions, the Stallions put together a nice drive. Maya Manzo hit Jaziyah McFarland for a 10-yard gain into Torres territory. On third-and-23, Manzo found Jayleen Gutierrez for 28 yards, and a first down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Two plays later, Manzo hit McFarland for a six-yard touchdown with 10 seconds left in the quarter. The point after conversion failed, and Torres led 7-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the second play of the second quarter, Chavez was chased out to her left from the pocket. She tucked the ball, and ran down the left sideline. Three Stallions had a chance for a flag pull, and missed. Chavez broke free for a 65-yard touchdown run, and a 13-6 lead just 44 seconds into the second quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two plays later, Galicia picked off a Stallions\u2019 pass to set the Toros up. One the next play, Chavez found Lujan in the back of the end zone for a 21-yard touchdown. Chavez hit Lujan on the conversion for a 21-6 lead with 10 minutes left in the half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On the next play, Jazmine Garcia stepped in front of the intended Stallions receiver for an interception at the 15, and ran it into the end zone for the touchdown, for a 27-6 lead, just 32 seconds after the previous score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Torres defense forced a Stallions\u2019 punt, and Contreras returned it 26 yards into Stallions\u2019 territory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Three plays later, Chavez lofted a ball to the end zone, and Contreras made an over-the-shoulder catch behind Stallions\u2019 defenders for the touchdown, and a 33-6 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Two plays later, Galicia picked off another Stallions\u2019 pass, and returned it to the five. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On the next play, Chavez found Cadence Mortier in the back of the end zone for the touchdown, and a 39-6 lead heading into the half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Both teams battled through in the second half. After an initial first down to open the second half, Chavez was picked off by Madera South\u2019s Natalia Gutierrez. <\/p>\n\n\n\n McFarland scrambled for an initial first down for the Stallions. But, on the next play, McFarland was picked off. Her pass was deflected by her own receiver, and Torres\u2019 Alexa Rocha-Cervantes slid in for the interception. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Toros went on their longest drive of the game, 11 plays, but didn\u2019t come away with any points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Emily Avila rushed for 14 yards, and a first down. Chavez hit Contreras for eight yards on fourth-and three, and found Contreras for a two-yard gain to give the Toros first-and-goal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After three straight incompletions, Chavez tried a fourth down pass, but Madera South\u2019s Gutierrez broke up the pass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Toros forced a punt, but the Toros turned the ball over on downs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After a Madera South punt, the Toros finally got on the second half scoreboard. Galicia found Contreras for 10 yards, and then found Lujan for 21 more on fourth-and-13. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Galicia hit Contreras for 10, then ran for 11, and hit Contreras for 10 more to the one. Galicia finished off the drive from a yard out for a 45-6 lead with 12 seconds left in the game. Galicia hit Contreras for the one-point conversion for the 46-6 final score.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Matilda Torres Toros used a 32-point second quarter to cruise by the Madera South Stallions in a cross-city league flag football match-up at Toro Stadium. The Toros also used three second quarter interceptions to score touchdowns in Thursday\u2019s dominating victory. The Stallions answered a Torres first quarter touchdown, but the Toros scored the next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":49942,"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-49957","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\/49957","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=49957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49958,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49957\/revisions\/49958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49955,"date":"2026-10-14T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49955"},"modified":"2026-10-13T16:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:06:59","slug":"letters-power-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/letters-power-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Power struggle"},"content":{"rendered":" In reference to \u201cCreating America, Madera and MUSD\u201d (Oct. 10, 2026 edition of The Madera Tribune), Bill Coate implies that the 1965 vote to create MUSD was unfair. Recent interviews with former elected and appointed officials (see Neighbors: Oral History from Madera, California) outline a power struggle between local farmers and the community at large, as is true today, tainted with racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unfortunately, the venomous taint has not totally disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Lawrence F. Lihosit,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Madera<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In reference to \u201cCreating America, Madera and MUSD\u201d (Oct. 10, 2026 edition of The Madera Tribune), Bill Coate implies that the 1965 vote to create MUSD was unfair. Recent interviews with former elected and appointed officials (see Neighbors: Oral History from Madera, California) outline a power struggle between local farmers and the community at large, […]<\/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":[32,46,50],"class_list":["post-49955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-culture","tag-organizations","tag-schools"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49955","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=49955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49956,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49955\/revisions\/49956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49953,"date":"2026-10-14T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49953"},"modified":"2026-10-13T16:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:05:41","slug":"letters-our-moneys-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/letters-our-moneys-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Our money\u2019s worth?"},"content":{"rendered":" Front page story: Tons of money spent on a Transportation Facility. I said a nasty word \u2014 Measure \u201cT\u201d money. What does it cost us taxpayers for every passenger mile on these empty buses and these unused bus stops? I warned not to pass measure \u201cT\u201d because I have seen all these transportation measures be used for special interests, not our interest. It would be cheaper to contract with the Cab Company and do point-to-point carrier service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I opened to the Editorial page and Rick Farinelli had an article that hit the mark. \u201cAre the tax payers getting their money\u2019s worth?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heck no! Everywhere you look; projects delayed, cost overruns. Excuses, excuses. School District. Buildings everywhere. Not classrooms, but Admin and \u201cSpecial projects.\u201d They took over Berry Construction and SPAN offices on Howard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those buildings generated millions of dollars. What do they generate now? Liabilities. Schools are reportedly failing, and we pour more money at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They just resurfaced the overpass for HSR on 12. That is new! Why? Cold patch roads, but resurface 12, a Fresno commuter road. We generate no road tax from Fresno residents working in Madera. Just wear and tear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is the completion date for Yosemite Avenue? I bank down there and see little going on. Weeks now, and it looks the same. Winter coming and rain delays. The roundabout on Avenue 17 took almost a year longer than forecast. Then, they put the mound of dirt in the middle with shrubs and trees. You can\u2019t see traffic entering on opposite side. Great idea. How long before they scalp that off?<\/p>\n\n\n\n More expense? No; we are not getting our money\u2019s worth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Bill Hoffrage,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Madera<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Front page story: Tons of money spent on a Transportation Facility. I said a nasty word \u2014 Measure \u201cT\u201d money. What does it cost us taxpayers for every passenger mile on these empty buses and these unused bus stops? I warned not to pass measure \u201cT\u201d because I have seen all these transportation measures be […]<\/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":[29,30,37,39,43],"class_list":["post-49953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-community","tag-construction","tag-finance","tag-government","tag-law"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49953","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=49953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49954,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49953\/revisions\/49954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49951,"date":"2026-10-14T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49951"},"modified":"2026-10-13T16:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:02:32","slug":"letters-why-you-should-vote-no-on-measure-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/letters-why-you-should-vote-no-on-measure-u\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Why you should VOTE NO on Measure U"},"content":{"rendered":" Madera County\u2019s Board of Supervisors has consistently demonstrated a transparency and spending problem and has little trust from the public. Measure U\u200b is an unrestricted tax increase to the long-standing Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT), which goes directly into the County\u2019s General Fund and can be spent on anything, including County leaderships\u2019 salary increases or another insanely expensive MADERA COUNTY sign on State Route 41. NONE OF THESE FUNDS are \u201cprotected\u201d for safety at all, despite claims by County\u2019s management during a recent public meeting I attended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I grew up in Madera, live in Madera County, and care deeply about our communities. In my view, the Board of Supervisors has repeatedly made poor spending decisions with taxpayer dollars and should not be rewarded with more unrestricted tax dollars. Eastern Madera County\u2019s communities have experienced visible decline and neglect, even as tourism has increased, and the County has collected TOT for decades, which totals tens of millions of dollars. Bass Lake\u2019s county fire station still has no full-time staffing, despite its high tourism! Mountain communities see little visible benefit from TOT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n More than $7.9 million of the county\u2019s approximately $8 million in annual TOT revenue comes from Eastern Madera County, and short-term vacation rentals generate 58 percent of the total. Our Residentially Zoned neighborhoods have become Hotel Zones, but without any rezoning. At least 10 percent of Oakhurst\u2019s single-family homes are short-term vacation rentals with no permanent residents. As the County has focused on tourism and increasing TOT revenue, long-term rentals have become scarce, house prices have increased, school enrollment has declined, and restaurants and services have closed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Airbnb and VRBO automatically remit TOT to the county from legal and illegal bookings made through their platforms. Illegally advertised and booked private RVs and trailers in yards, yurts and sheds also generate TOT for Madera County\u2026 things with no business licenses, no safety inspections and unknown liability insurance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The County has granted some hotel owners rebates equal to 50 percent of their TOT payments, while hotel houses in neighborhoods pay the full TOT. The County has also declined to audit this tax, even though they acknowledge illegal TOT revenues are collected. We should all have concerns about how our County is managing this tax. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Residential zoning in Eastern Madera County is intended to protect neighborhoods, just as it does elsewhere in the county. Multiple neighborhoods have few residents, as they are now full of high-occupancy, nightly rental hotel houses, which increase traffic and create safety concerns. Neighborhoods are in high and very high fire hazard severity zones, and fires have occurred at vacation rentals. Guests also use advertised fire pits during summer, while no permanent resident is present to watch the property or respond quickly when problems arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Increasing TOT with Measure U has NOTHING TO DO WITH SAFETY and Measure U is NOT a Safety Tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VOTE NO ON MEASURE U!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Kris Lile Hamilton,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n North Fork<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Madera County\u2019s Board of Supervisors has consistently demonstrated a transparency and spending problem and has little trust from the public. 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She has a Ph.D. from Stanford in molecular electronics, whatever that is, and she appears to have her sights set on taking over the project. But, fortunately for Dr. Crone, somebody has strangled and dismembered her. Naturally, when most of her body washes up next to a pier in San Diego, suspicion falls on Dr. Crone, a highly respected medical researcher who contacts Paul Madriani to represent him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Madriani is the protagonist in many of Steve Martini\u2019s previous books, but in \u201cThe Jury\u201d (2001, 291 pages in hardback format), he and his partner Harry Hines are mysteriously in San Diego, not in their usual haunts in San Francisco. Why Madriani and Hines have moved south is never explained by the author. That\u2019s only one of things that seems to be left to the reader\u2019s imagination. The book\u2019s title is also confusing because there in very little written about the jury, although most of the novel is set in the courtroom. But, as is the custom in Martini\u2019s books, the deck is stacked against his client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a \u201cmountain of evidence\u201d against Crone, to cite the expression used by Marcia Clark in the O.J. Simpson trial. Forensic clues are found in Crone\u2019s garage. Moreover, Kalista had accused him of sexual harassment. And it is common knowledge that she has been angling for his job. Armed with this ammunition, veteran prosecutor Evan Tannery becomes convinced that Crone is guilty. His opinion is cemented and unchanged even when a key prosecution witness dies unexpectedly, leaving a self-incriminating note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because of the dogged determination of Tannery, Madriani knows that, to prove his client\u2019s innocence, he must uncover the real murderer. But his fact-finding efforts are blocked because of his client\u2019s refusal to talk about any aspect of his research or Kalista\u2019s role on his team. All that Madriani is allowed to know is that, if the research pans out, it could be a major breakthrough in medicine, and that would be worth billions of dollars. Of course, industrial espionage must not be allowed, and Crone seems to value that even more than avoiding a possible life sentence in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One reviewer wrote, \u201cSo much of the action in this courtroom thriller happens outside the jury\u2019s purview that it makes one wonder if there\u2019s a touch of irony intended in the title.\u201d I asked myself the same question. Another reviewer ended his comments with: \u201cThe outline for a much better novel is here: glamorous victim, well-connected defendant, bulldog prosecutor, resourceful defender, weighty issues. What a shame that everything that would make it memorable has been left blank, right down to the jury.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although I agree with both reviewers, I have to admit that I enjoyed the book. Martini\u2019s writing style keeps the reader glued to the pages, always wondering about what happens next. If I had to give stars, I\u2019d award this novel a three of a possible five, but that would not dissuade me from reading Martini\u2019s next book.<\/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":" Beautiful former African American model Kalista Jordan has joined Professor David Crone\u2019s research team at the university. She has a Ph.D. from Stanford in molecular electronics, whatever that is, and she appears to have her sights set on taking over the project. But, fortunately for Dr. Crone, somebody has strangled and dismembered her. Naturally, when […]<\/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-49949","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\/49949","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=49949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49950,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49949\/revisions\/49950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49945,"date":"2026-10-14T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49945"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:55:39","slug":"maderas-20th-century-makers-and-shakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/maderas-20th-century-makers-and-shakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Los hacedores y agitadores del siglo XX de Madera"},"content":{"rendered":" Al amanecer de 1900 en Madera, sus residentes estaban listos para el siglo XX, en parte gracias al grupo de pioneros indomables que se hab\u00edan reunido para sentar las bases de nuestro pueblo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Toda comunidad incipiente tiene sus creadores y agitadores \u2014 aquellos que se destacan entre la multitud \u2014 y Madera no es la excepci\u00f3n. Esto se hace evidente al examinar el Informe del Censo de los Estados Unidos de 1900. Los pilares de la sociedad saltan de sus p\u00e1ginas. Lo que sigue es una lista parcial de algunos de los pioneros prominentes de Madera tal como aparecieron en el censo de 1900. Aunque la lista no est\u00e1 completa, es \u00fatil para examinar una secci\u00f3n transversal de los creadores y agitadores que viv\u00edan en Madera a principios de siglo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n William Breyfogle,<\/strong> 62, fue socio de William Tighe en una operaci\u00f3n mercantil pionera. Su tienda departamental, ubicada en Yosemite, fue uno de los negocios m\u00e1s exitosos de Madera. Breyfogle tambi\u00e9n fue el superintendente local de la operaci\u00f3n de la planta de Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bernard McCluskey,<\/strong> 49, was a saloonkeeper in 1900. A few years later he became a Madera law officer and was the first local lawman to be killed in the line of duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n William C. Ring,<\/strong> 43 was the Madera County Recorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n William Conley,<\/strong> 33, was Madera County Superior Court Judge. Conley played a prominent role in separating Madera County from Fresno County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ygnacio Preciado,<\/strong> 68, came to California from Hermosillo, Mexico during the gold rush with two brothers. He married Adelaide Noriega and with his family moved to Borden and then to Madera at 312 North B Street. The Preciado family was highly respected by all segments of Madera\u2019s pioneer population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n William B. Thurman,<\/strong> 31, was the third Sheriff of Madera County. He and his family lived on North C Street. Thurman gave up law enforcement in 1901, to enter into business with J.W. Watkins. They operated the Thurman-Watkins Sash and Door Factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Albert Byars,<\/strong> 27, was an early Madera physician who appears to have been in high demand. In nearly every extreme emergency, Dr. Byars was on the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Return Roberts,<\/strong> 59, came to Madera from San Jose to head the Madera Flume and Trading company which acquired the assets of the bankrupt California Lumber Company. Roberts built a beautiful residence on North C Street in Madera and later became president of the Commercial Bank of Madera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Herman Brammer,<\/strong> 34, came to Madera in the 1890s and purchased an empty lot in the middle of D and C Streets on the north side of Yosemite Avenue. There he erected a small, single story frame building from which he conducted Madera\u2019s first shoe business. There must have been a living quarters in the rear of the building, because it was there that his son William was born in 1896. Brammer later tore the frame building down and built a three story brick building on the same site. It still stands today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Edward E. Vincent,<\/strong> 46, was the publisher of the Madera Mercury. He also helped organize Madera\u2019s first fire department in 1885.<\/p>\n\n\n\n John Francis Daulton,<\/strong> 38, was the 5th son of Henry Clay Daulton and Mary Jane Hildreth Daulton. Although he was a rancher, in 1900 Daulton and his family, which included his sons Raynor and Henry Clay II, were living in Madera. Later they moved back out to the Daulton Ranch where he built the house in which Henry Clay Daulton III and his wife, Dusty, now live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n John Barnett y su esposa Eliza<\/strong> se mudaron a Madera desde Mariposa y abrieron una carnicer\u00eda en Yosemite Avenue. Construyeron una hermosa casa en Yosemite Avenue y la calle B, la cual fue trasladada posteriormente a las calles First y G. Viv\u00edan con John y Eliza su hijo, John H. Barnett, quien ten\u00eda 21 a\u00f1os en 1900. Alg\u00fan d\u00eda se convertir\u00eda en uno de los alguaciles m\u00e1s pintorescos del condado de Madera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n William Mace, 32, and Russell Mace, <\/strong>29, sons of Captain Russel Perry Mace and his wife Jennie Cunningham Gilmore Mace, were operating Mace\u2019s Yosemite Hotel under a partnership arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eugene Reid,<\/strong> 29, was an early Madera physician. He lived with his wife, Lois, who was 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dow H. Ransom,<\/strong> 19, was living with his 77 year-old mother. He would one day become a prominent Madera physician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Richard Curtis Jay,<\/strong> 47, was a pillar of Madera society at the turn of the century. Originally occupied in the furniture business, Jay turned to making caskets and ultimately to embalming. He was an early coroner, public administrator and civic booster. Music was at one time his vocation and avocation. He was the inspiration behind the creation of Madera\u2019s first community band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ezra Bethards,<\/strong> 44, was a well driller. He later built Madera\u2019s first shopping center and named it Bethards Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n William Tighe,<\/strong> 31, came to Madera in 1891. When he hopped off the train at the local depot, he had all of his earthly belongings with him, plus a couple of dollars in his pocket. Before he even had his first meal in Madera, he went looking for a job. Tighe found employment in a merchandise store, and by the time that Madera County was created, William Tighe owned a store of his own. By 1900 he had taken in a partner William Breyfogle, and the establishment advertised itself as Tighe and Breyfogle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Charles Eubanks,<\/strong> 33, was the first County Clerk of Madera County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mary Estelle Bagnelle,<\/strong> 31, was the county\u2019s second County Schools Superintendent. She lived with her mother and brothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n John Noble,<\/strong> 35, operated a pioneer meat market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n William King Heiskell, in 1900 was living with John Noble. <\/strong>He and Agnes Daulton, daughter of Henry Clay Daulton were married at Shepherd\u2019s Home, the Daulton home place. During the Alaska gold rush, Heiskell took off in search of his fortune, leaving his wife and children, one of which was Lucille who later married Frank Desmond and became a prominent Madera educator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As we indicated above, these names were drawn from the U.S. census of 1900. Unfortunately, the original document is damaged, making it impossible to read the entire manuscript. Some names have been lost from the enumeration forever and thus do not appear here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nevertheless, these names remain and represent the founding generation of Madera. All of us are now standing on their shoulders.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As 1900 dawned in Madera its residents were ready for the 20th century, due in part to the coterie of indomitable pioneers that had gathered to lay the foundations for our hometown. Every fledgling community has its makers and shakers \u2014 those who stand out from the crowd \u2014 and Madera is no exception. 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Lo mejor de todo: la entrada y el estacionamiento son gratuitos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Los asistentes al festival podr\u00e1n disfrutar de una amplia variedad de alimentos y bebidas inspirados en la granada, as\u00ed como de deliciosas creaciones de frutas y frutos secos que ponen de manifiesto la riqueza de la regi\u00f3n. Con m\u00e1s de 125 expositores presentes, los visitantes tendr\u00e1n numerosas oportunidades para descubrir productos \u00fanicos, alimentos especiales, productos artesanales y objetos irrepetibles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEl Festival de Granada, Frutas y Hojuelas es m\u00e1s que un evento: es una celebraci\u00f3n de la comunidad, la tradici\u00f3n y el sabor\u201d, dijo la presidenta del festival, Nicki Rincon. \u201cDesde platos inspirados en la granada y entretenimiento en vivo hasta actividades para toda la familia y vendedores \u00fanicos, hay algo para todos. Invitamos a toda la comunidad a unirse a nosotros para celebrar la incre\u00edble abundancia de nuestra regi\u00f3n.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n El entretenimiento estar\u00e1 en pleno auge durante todo el d\u00eda, incluyendo m\u00fasica en vivo de los Yard Dogs, actuaciones del grupo Madera\u2019s Got Talent de la categor\u00eda Top 10 del Leo\u2019s Club, demostraciones de cocina del chef Martin Sanchez y de la chef Heidi Szpyrka, adem\u00e1s de la participaci\u00f3n de estudiantes locales de cocina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Las atracciones del festival tambi\u00e9n incluir\u00e1n Ohana Comic Con, ValleyStealz Streetwear Expo y un espect\u00e1culo de autos que ofrecer\u00e1 a\u00fan m\u00e1s para ver y experimentar. Los asistentes m\u00e1s j\u00f3venes podr\u00e1n disfrutar de muchas actividades en la zona dedicada a los ni\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Y no guard\u00e9is a\u00fan los disfraces de Halloween. Ohana Comic Con celebrar\u00e1 un concurso de disfraces para todos los p\u00fablicos a las 14:30, ofreciendo a los asistentes a la fiesta otra oportunidad de mostrar sus disfraces favoritos y su creatividad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEstamos orgullosos de organizar este evento lleno de diversi\u00f3n que destaca los productos de la zona, la m\u00fasica en vivo y la comida incre\u00edble\u201d, dijo Debi Bray, presidenta y directora ejecutiva de la C\u00e1mara de Comercio de Madera. \u201cEste es un evento que no se puede perder\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n y actualizaciones sobre el festival, visite pomegranatefestival.com, siga el festival en Facebook @pomegranatefestival y en Instagram @pomegranatefruitandnutfestival, o contacte la C\u00e1mara de Comercio de Madera al (559) 673-3563.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Get ready for a day bursting with flavor, entertainment and family fun at the annual Madera Pomegranate, Fruit & Nut Festival, happening November 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Madera District Fairgrounds. This popular event brings together delicious food, live entertainment, shopping and activities for all ages. 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