Courtesy of Matthew Young Registration for the Young Americans Foundation High School Conference is now open. The event will be held in Santa Barbara, from March 26-28 and June 16-19. The Madera County Republican Women have announced registration is now available for the Young Americans Foundation High School Conference at the Ronald Reagan Ranch, scheduled to take place in Santa Barbara from March 26-28 and June 16-19. The organization is dedicated to supporting young Americ

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Torres' Diego Jimenez controls the ball in the attacking zone in Wednesday's Div. III Championship match against Bakersfield. The Matilda Torres Toros boys soccer team became the highest seed standing in the quarterfinals, but couldn\'92t find the back of the net in the Div. III Central Section championship match. The Toros, seeded third, battled to a scoreless tie with the eighth-seeded Bakersfield Drillers, but lost, 4-2, in penalty kicks

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Toros' Elihanna Gallegos controls the ball in the middle of the field in Tuesday's Div. III Championship match against Kerman. Two years after winning the Div. V Central Section championship, this year's Matilda Torres Toros girls soccer team was poised for a second title, this time in Div. III. Despite controlling most of the match, the top-seeded Toros couldn't find the back of the net against No. 3 Kerman on Tuesday in the first champions

It's been part of the American ethos that we talk informally, but we write in "formal English." I don't know who introduced that rule or why it exists. Perhaps it's a "vestigial remnant" from a time when only the elite had any formal education. But it seems to me that it is a self-defeating custom. In a way, it's kind of like being bilingual in one language. When I was a junior in high school, my English teacher told me that once people begin to write correctly, they will sta

For The Madera Tribune This home on North C Street belonged to Dr. Dow Ransom. He died here in 1946. In the 1950s, The Madera Tribune purchased the property. The building was torn down, and apartments replaced the historic structure. On Saturday, April 6, 1946, Madera lost one of its most beloved and most colorful homegrown physicians, Dr. Dow Ransom. This early physician and surgeon was mourned by hundreds of Maderans whom he had tended for more than 40 years. Death came to

This morning as I was leaving the house to go to the Tribune, my husband, David, came out with me to get something out of his truck. While we were out there, a young lady from the next street over walked by with her little dog. The dog was a Chihuahua-Poodle mix. She was a very sweet little dog, and very curious about us. David said, "That dog is smaller than some of my cats." That struck up a conversation with the neighbor, who mentioned that it will be a good day for a bike