{"id":9874,"date":"2017-10-25T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=9874"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:32:10","slug":"years-ago-in-madera-for-the-week-of-oct-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/years-ago-in-madera-for-the-week-of-oct-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Years ago in Madera for the week of Oct. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"
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25 Years Ago<\/p>

Week of Oct. 22, 1992<\/p>

MANFREDI TO BE INTERIM MANAGER \u2014 Assistant City Manager Ron Manfredi will start the new year off as interim city manager for Madera. He will officially take the reins of the city on Jan. 1, 1993. The unanimous vote came during a special Thursday meeting of the Madera City Council, in which the restructuring of city hall was discussed. The move came 17 days after the Oct. 5 announcement by City Manager Nick Pavlovich that he would leave his post at the end of the year. Manfredi will remain the interim city manager during the search for a new city manager.<\/p>

DRIVER INJURES FOUR D.O.C. OFFICERS \u2014 What began as a mere traffic stop culminated in the injury of four Department of Corrections officers when a Fresno man went berserk and tried to escape the Madera County Jail Tuesday evening. Eddie Martinez, 28, was pulled over on Highway 99 for driving only 50 miles per hour in the fast lane. As officers approached his car, Martinez sped off. The fugitive was caught and taken to jail where he asked to make a phone call. After the call, Martinez walked over to the coffeepot and shattered it against the counter. He then grabbed a piece of glass in each hand and attacked four officers who eventually handcuffed him. One officer was cut in the throat and one under the chin. The other two suffered wounds to the arms and the chest.<\/p>

FEDERAL PRISON MAY BE SOUGHT \u2014 Is another prison \u2014 a federal prison \u2014 in Madera County\u2019s future? There is a possibility the county could be in the running for one. The Board of Supervisors will be asked in the near future by the Madera County Economic Development Commission if it wants to pursue landing a federal prison. The Federal Bureau of Prisons is seeking a 1,000-acre site within 50 miles of Fresno to build a 1.38 million square foot facility to house 3,800 inmates. The plan calls for a $150 to $200 million facility that would have 850 full-time employees with a projected annual economic impact of $35-$38 million on the county.<\/p>

MENNONITE CHURCH CHANGES ITS NAME TO THE MADERA AVENUE BIBLE CHURCH \u2014 Members of the Madera Avenue Mennonite Brethren Church have changed the name of the church to the Madera Avenue Bible Church. According to the Rev. Bob Kroker, Madera Avenue denoted the location while \u201cBible\u201d tells everyone that the Bible is the center of the church\u2019s teaching. \u201cWe are proud to be Mennonite Brethren. Because the name is different to people who don\u2019t know us, we have decided to change our name in this decade of the \u201890s in order to reach out to everyone,\u201d Kroker said. The church was founded in 1919 as the Fairmead Mennonite Brethren Church. It was moved to Madera Avenue in 1969.<\/p>

CHOWCHILLA KIDNAPPERS, VICTIMS MEET ON \u2018POVICH\u2019 \u2014 The events leading up to the famous Chowchilla bus kidnapping will be relived Wednesday on the syndicated \u201cMaury Povich\u201d Show as convicted kidnappers Rick and Jim Schoenfeld make an on-air apology to their victims. The kidnappers will address their appeal specifically to two of the 26 children kidnapped July 15, 1976 from a school bus and were later buried alive for 16 hours before digging themselves out with the help of their driver, Ed Ray. Both victims, Jodi Heffington and Jennifer Brown, have rebuked the kidnappers\u2019 pleas for forgiveness.<\/p>

50 Years Ago<\/p>

Week of Oct. 22, 1967<\/p>

FORMER DEPUTY D.A. PLEADS GUILTY TO FORGERY, THEFT \u2014 Carson Rapp, former assistant district attorney, pleaded guilty in Superior Court to grand theft and forgery. Rapp was to have gone to trial today on a series of theft, forgery, and insufficient funds charges arising from his handling of cases while in private practice after he left the district attorney\u2019s office. The forgery charge involved a $3,032 check in a divorce action. The grand theft charge involved a client trust account of $10,000. Judge Leonard Myers of Fresno set the sentencing date for Nov. 10.<\/p>

LIONS CLUB PARK PROJECT GAINS SUPPORT \u2014 The city last night renewed its support in helping to bring about the development of Lions Club Regional Park. The City Council gave its approval to the club\u2019s turfing plans \u201csubject to the availability of city forces.\u201d It was pointed out by Alan Brown, Lions Club major activities chairman, that the project was not a major one, but only a matter of digging a ditch and laying pipe. He pointed out that the Lions Club would supply the materials for the project. He asked the city to supply the labor. The Council indicated it would lend the support contingent upon the availability of city labor.<\/p>

MADERA HIGH\u2019S WALLS COULD \u2018BLOW DOWN\u2019 \u2014 The third little pig\u2019s brick house wouldn\u2019t blow down, but Madera High School\u2019s walls might, according to principal Alex MacDonald. In fact, the mortar is spilling out, and bricks are separating and cracking both high and low near the foundation. The approximately 13-inch walls just stand there, held up by mortar, their own weight, and that of the roof. The two-story classroom building at MHS is not considered capable of surviving a strong wind or an earthquake. The building was erected in 1931, prior to the establishment of earthquake safety standards.<\/p>

SHOT KILLS BOY; SUSPECT ARRESTED \u2014 Donald J. Richardt, 33 is out on bail after being booked in Madera County Jail on a manslaughter charge. Richardt is charged with the fatal shooting of Charles Galvan, 16, on Speckerman Mountain east of Sugar Pine yesterday. Galvan had been shooting apple cores with a friend, Robert Burton, when Richardt approached from behind with a 30-30 rifle and asked, \u201cWhich of you wants it first?\u201d Richardt\u2019s weapon then discharged, the bullet entering Galvan\u2019s abdomen. He died at the hospital. Burton said the shooting was deliberate, and Richardt says it was an accident.<\/p>

ALPHA SCHOOL CLASSROOMS UNSAFE \u2014 Tree-shaded Alpha Elementary School south of Madera has a covered entryway flanked at the left by a bell on which the date is inscribed. It reads 1916. When Alpha was constructed 51 years ago, schools weren\u2019t designed and built like they are now. Alpha has a foundation barely above ground level on which the walls sit, with no connection. Atop the walls, the roof also is unconnected and is now suffering with inadequate bracing. The roof over the north wing and center classroom appears to have held itself up over the years through the combined forces of shingles, stripping, hip struts and ceiling finish.<\/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":"

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