Courtesy of Julie Stringfield Madera will be represented at the national Miss United States Agriculture pageant with Brittany Anderson and Brooklyn Stringfield. Brittney is the 2021 California Miss United States Agriculture queen, while Brooklyn is the 2021 Central California Little Miss United States Agriculture queen. In April, two Madera residents were crowned agriculture royalty and will now compete on the national stage while representing Central California and Californi

Madera Tribune File Photo Liberty High School will host 2021 commencement ceremonies almost identical to last year’s ceremonies held during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each graduate will get a table of eight, which will be socially distanced from other families/tables. Ceremonies begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Liberty High School will kick off the 2021 high school commencement ceremonies on Tuesday inside its stadium. Last year, Liberty was one of the few high schools in the Central Sec

For The Madera Tribune Camarena Health hosted its sixth annual Health Careers Start Here Youth Conference at Madera Technical Exploration Center to support Madera Unified School District eighth grade students participating in the health pathway lab. Camarena Health hosted its sixth annual Health Careers Start Here Youth Conference earlier this week. The conference was held at Madera Technical Exploration Center to support Madera Unified School District eighth grade students p

The Madera Police Department reported the following incidents. April 17 6:47 a.m. — Vehicle stolen in the 900 block of Suburban Avenue. 8:11 a.m. — Code blue reported in the 200 block of Solano Street. 11:11 a.m. — Juvenile runaway in the 8100 block of Road 32. 3:12 p.m. — Juvenile reported out of control in the 100 block of Bridge Way. 4:51 p.m. — Driving under the influence near North D Street and James Way. 5:45 p.m. — Civil dispute reported in the 1200 block of Merced St

In recent times, many stories you might read begin with the sentiment, “the past year has been a challenge for all of us.” Readers shouldn’t fault the authors of those articles entirely; it’s hard not to get stuck pondering lost opportunities, especially lost loved ones. James Mierkey, Musical Director at The Golden Chain Theatre in Oakhurst, lost his dad in August of 2020. Mierkey looks back on that experience and shares, “My dad would want me to be resilient and keep moving

Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Ed Murphy, Madera’s postmaster, hands over some of the town’s first outgoing airmail to pilot Pete Schmidt while Madera Tribune reporter Winifred Peck stands by to board. The date was May 19, “Ed can beat up Clay Daulton anytime,” said Jack Brammer, but Ed Murphy looked at Clay Daulton and was scared. All day long he shivered, thinking of the fight that must inevitably come, because when Brammer talked that way, it meant busine

The official first day of summer, the Summer Equinox is June 21st. However, in the USA, conventional wisdom says Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of the summer season. Graduations have begun and the end of the MUSD school year is June 11. COVID-19 has made for a challenging 2020-2021 for students and teachers alike. Most on-site classes resumed on a limited basis. How the last year’s online learning has affected the education process is yet to be fully assessed. M

True or False: There is at least one subject in our schools’ curriculum that cannot be taught from a racist perspective, and that subject is mathematics. Math is pure; it is unsullied by bias; it is the “Great Equalizer” of the classroom. It doesn’t care what color your skin is, where your ancestors came from, who or what you worship. But…. According to California’s Instructional Quality Commission, the answer is “false.” What? That can’t be right. Two plus two equals four; t