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Ramona Frances
Hayley Pipes plays Iago the bird during a dance production practice on a sunny afternoon in late June.
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Elsa Mejia
Denali Zubia, 4, plays in the water July 4 at the Madera High School McAlister Pool.
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Wendy Alexander
Madera South Babe Ruth score keeper Kristina Borges, 15, gets a little help from Brianna Granado, 5, during a game.
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Wendy Alexander
Liberty football players take a break to get a drink and cool off during practice around mid-August.
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Wendy Alexander
Hundreds of Madera South High School students board school buses after completing their second day of school Aug. 18. More than 2,600 students are enrolled at MSHS.
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Wendy Alexander
Derek Sambueso slices meat while fellow Young Men's Institute members prepare dinners at St. Joachim School's annual Harvest Festival fund-raiser on Aug. 28 and 29, 2009.
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Elsa Mejia
KMPH Channel 26 Great Day host Kim Stephens talks to Madera's Justin Woods as his mother Amy Bacon, left, and grandmother Sandy Smith look on during the Jerry Lewis Telethon at the Fresno City College theater on Labor Day. Woods presented a $2,095 check to the Muscular Dystrophy Association on behalf of the Justin Woods Foundation.
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For The Madera Tribune
Hikers use a cable to climb down a mountain in Yosemite National Park. (Photograph by Matt Comegys)
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Wendy Alexander
Tadpole the Clown greets people as they gather in line waiting for the Madera District Fair to officially open on the afternoon of Sept. 10, 2009.
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Leon Emo
Today Show host Matt Lauer interviews Paul Karason, the Blue Man. Karason and his girlfriend Jackie Northrup from Madera were flown to New York City courtesy of NBC.
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For The Madera Tribune
Allison Leach, left, and Camille Bratkowski, both from Madera, on their way to the 2009 Creative Arts Emmy's on Sept. 12. Both women work on the AMC show “Mad Men,” which was nominated for Best Costume Design (Leach is assistant costume designer for the show) and Best Art Direction (the department Bratkowski is in).
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Ramona Frances
AmeriCorps volunteers Jessica Lopez and Erika Landers assist each other in putting on gloves to clean up grafitti outdoors.
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Wendy Alexander
Hector Casillas and Samantha Dougherty were named Madera High's 2009 Homecoming king and queen during the half-time ceremony at the Coyote's game against Titans on Sept. 18, 2009.
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