{"id":6172,"date":"2018-03-06T01:24:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T01:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=6172"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:31:24","slug":"local-ongoings-subject-of-reader-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/local-ongoings-subject-of-reader-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Local ongoings subject of reader attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6172\" class=\"elementor elementor-6172\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bcf30ea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7bcf30ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d2e2e83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d2e2e83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>The Madera Tribune received the following comments online about articles in the paper and local happenings.<\/em><\/p><p><strong>Rants and raves<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Rave<\/strong> \u2014 The city of Chowchilla will celebrate its western heritage soon as cowboys and cowgirls from throughout California and bordering states gather for three days of roping fever. \u201cCindy Chidlaw Diaz\u201d wrote, \u201cWe go every year. As a kid growing up in Chowchilla it was so much fun.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Raves<\/strong> \u2014 Madera County Food Bank reported board member Susan Whitaker passed away Sunday (Feb. 25). \u201cSheila Kingsley\u201d wrote, \u201cSusan was a dear to me in High School and we were both part of the Sugar Pine Singers. Rest in Peace Susan.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cKaren Adney Renwick\u201d replied, \u201cRest In Peace Susan.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Rave<\/strong> \u2014 \u201cRenee Benoit\u201d commented on The Madera Tribune\u2019s Facebook page, \u201cI\u2019d love to hear ideas for how to revitalize downtown? How about giant murals? How about a coffee house? How about an artisan pizza joint? How about outdoor cafes, farmer\u2019s markets, food truck events with music?<\/p><p><strong>Rave<\/strong> \u2014 The Madera Police Special Investigations Unit served a search warrant on the west side of town. As a result of the warrant Santiago Rosas, a gang member and convicted felon, was arrested for illegally possessing two firearms and ammunition. \u201cSam Uhler\u201d wrote, \u201cGreat Job Guys!!!\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Rave<\/strong> \u2014 In response to an invitation for gardening lessons by UCCE Master Gardeners of Madera County, \u201cRenee Benoit\u201d wrote, \u201cI have had great success with straw bale gardening where there was an epidemic of gophers. Hardware cloth underneath the straw bales kept the gophers at bay for the entire season. They didn\u2019t figure out they could tunnel up inside until my harvest was almost complete. I love straw bale bale gardening!\u201d<\/p><p>\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p><p><em>To chime in online, visit our website (maderatribune.com\/) or find us on Twitter (@MadTrib) or Facebook (www.facebook.com\/maderatribune). Ben Falcon is moderator of this online feature.<\/em><\/p>\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":"<p>The Madera Tribune received the following comments online about articles in the paper and local happenings. Rants and raves Rave \u2014 The city of Chowchilla will celebrate its western heritage soon as cowboys and cowgirls from throughout California and bordering states gather for three days of roping fever. \u201cCindy Chidlaw Diaz\u201d wrote, \u201cWe go every [&hellip;]<\/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,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[25,32,33,36,43],"class_list":["post-6172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-agriculture","tag-culture","tag-death","tag-environment","tag-law"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172","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=6172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}