Tyler Takeda/The Madera TribuneThe Madera County Farm Bureau announced its 2024 scholarship recipients at its annual scholarship fundraiser on Sunday. Back row, from left, are Emily Robles, Gunreet Mahil, Jose Santiago Ramirez, Jaclyn Schnoor, Makenna Vlot, Halle Deniz and Samuel Price. Front row, from left, are Madison Jackson, Leslie Rendon Acosta, Anita Giron Cortes, Susana Sousa, Sayra Agustin Karate, Jesus Salgado Guzman, Bella Waag, MCFB President Laura Gutile and MCFB Executive Director...
For The Madera TribuneRon and Terri Pisk present the Ken Taylor Boy of the Year award to Matilda Torres High School student Omar Alvarez at the 30th annual Boy of the Year Dinner on Tuesday night.Matilda Torres High School senior, Omar Alvarez, was named the 30th annual Ken Taylor Boy of the Year in a ceremony dinner held on Tuesday at the Madera United Methodist Church. In his speech, Alvarez spoke about his journey and some of his many interests. “I think school really taught me to try...
Madera County Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Team and Investigations Bureau served a search warrant at a residence in Coarsegold on Wednesday as part of their ongoing investigation into the Indian Lakes and Yosemite Lakes subdivision vehicle burglaries An additional suspect, 18-year-old Travis Carroll, was taken into custody for charges related to this case, including Grand Theft and Theft of a Vehicle.The Sheriff’s Office’s investigation remains ongoing.
The Madera County Sheriff’s Communication Center received a call of an injured hiker on the Horseshoe Bend trail near Kirchoff Lake. A group of friends from the Fresno/Clovis area were hiking the Horseshoe Bend trail when one of the hikers, a 59-year-old female, slipped and possibly broke her ankle Sunday afternoon at about 1 p.m.MCSO Search and Rescue teams were notified and immediately responded to the trailhead. Members from Cal-Fire, American Ambulance, Sierra National Forest Law...
The Madera County Sheriff’s Emergency Communications Center received a call for service from a man reporting he’d shot his son following a physical assault Wednesday morning at about 9 a.m. Shortly thereafter, another call came in from the son reporting the shooting. Emergency personnel responded to a residence in the 40000 block of Avenue 14 in Madera.Based on preliminary information gathered from the scene, MCSO detectives determined a verbal argument between father and son occurred in the...
For The Madera TribuneLongtime Madera civil engineer Bertram Alfred King spent his formative years in Madera before moving to New Zealand with his third wife, Barbara. King died on Jan. 15, 2021, at 100 years, eight months old. During the last few months of his life, he dictated his story to his wife, which is published in The Madera Tribune. Born May 12, 1920, in the City of Madera, California, USA. at the family Home, on the “Sara Ranch.”My grandfather was foreman of this ranch. They grew all
For The Madera TribuneAssemblyman Captain Russel Perry Mace is seen here during his last year in the California legislature. When he wasn’t on this horse, he was sitting in his old rocking chair in front of the Yosemite Hotel.At first blush, the old rocking chair in the Madera County Courthouse Museum didn’t appear to be anything special. It just sat there outside the blacksmith shop, still and silent, never moving unless a visitor gave it a slight tap. If there was anything unusual about its...
My dad, even in his 90s, had the mind of a steel trap. He remembered just about everything, and I am thankful for all the stories he told about his life. However, there is one thing he conveniently failed to remember. When my sister and I were in high school and we were scheduling our classes, one of the requirements was two years of a foreign language. I remember wanting to take Spanish. I had heard it was the easiest to learn, and I deemed that it would be quite useful in my life. Daddy was a
Benny Munoz/The Madera tribuneMatilda Torres’ Aiden Medina celebrates at second base following a one-out double in the fifth inning. He would later score the fifth run in Tuesday’s 5-2 victory over Madera South. The Matilda Torres Toros baseball team did enough for a 5-2 victory over the Madera South Stallions in the final week of the regular season at Eddie Chapa Field. The Toros jumped out to a 5-0 lead and held off the Stallions on Tuesday to put a damper on the Stallions’ Senior Night...
May is an auspicious month. It begins with May Day, then the running of the Kentucky Derby, followed by Star Wars day, “May the 4th be with you,” then Cinco de Mayo, according to calendar.com. Every day has a commemorative component attached to it. One of the most important ones is this weekend’s Mother’s Day. I envy those of you who still have your mothers living close by. The opportunity to go home to mommy is on my wish list for time travel excursions. On social media I see my friends’...
Imagine this scenario: Saint Muffy’s General Hospital in Pine, CA, is desperately in need of a respiratory therapist. A notice of “Employment Opportunities” has been published widely, and colleges throughout California have been contacted, but no applicants have applied at the hospital in this small city in California’s Great Central Valley.One day, Janelle Palm walks into the Human Resources office, full of confidence. She’s worked hard for five years to earn her Bachelor of Science degree in...