Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Leonel Marquez tries to get a kill attempt through the dual block fo the Bullard Knights during Thursday’s Senior Night match. The Madera Coyotes boys volleyball team honored its 10 seniors before its match against the Bullard-Fresno Knights. However, that was the peak as it was all downhill from there in a three-set loss in Joe Flores Gym on Thursday. The Knights defeated the Coyotes 25-12 in all three sets. Meanwhile, the the Coyo

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Flavio Quiroz reaches up for a kill attempt in Thursday’s three-set loss to Edison. The Madera South Stallions volleyball team didn’t have enough focus to keep pace with the Edison-Tigers in a County/Metro Athletic Conference home match. Although they had some encouraging moments, the Stallions lost 3-0 in Thursday’s home match against the Tigers. “We started strong,” Madera South coach Jesus Martinez said. “We have the talent

This is going to be a difficult one for me. It’s easy to have thoughts, but not so easy to express those thoughts in words. You could say, in my retirement, that I watch too much news. I could be too informed, too misinformed, too led, not led enough, or just too dumb for my own good. I channel-surf the news. Why? Because I remember our fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Short, saying, “Don’t believe anything you read, and only half of what you see.” She was telling us to be skeptica

Thousands of California’s poorest working families, including many here in Madera, are in danger of losing their subsidized child care in the coming weeks. As the operator of several child care facilities here in Madera, Fresno and Clovis, I myself am faced with the possibility that I’ll have to dis-enroll 600 of these families unless the Legislature passes, and Governor Gavin Newsom signs, legislation to prevent this crisis. Assembly Bill 1649 by Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Fuller

David Baldacci’s “King and Maxwell” (2013, 526 pages in paperback) is the last of his six-volume King-and-Maxwell series. This one, I believe, is the epitome of the Baldacci style. It has everything: A distraught boy who is picked up by King and Maxwell as he runs aimlessly down the road in a heavy storm; his father listed as KIA (killed in action) in Afghanistan who is actually alive; the theft of $1.3 billion in Euros, which weighs 4,800 pounds; and the entire alphabet (CIA

RACOOL, freerangestock.com One of the most simple and delicious ways to eat shrimp is boiled, with or without cocktail sauce. There are a lot of shellfish I like, such as clams, mussels, crab, lobster, scallops and oysters, but the one I prepare the most happens to be shrimp. This is due to their availability and price. None of it is cheap, but shrimp seem to be in the running for the best bargain. Maybe it’s because their shells are light and don’t weigh as much as the shell

For The Madera Tribune Bill Baratta is shown here on his 100th birthday. in 2021. A few days ago, he added one more year to that as he celebrated his 101st. Bill Baratta has done something no other Maderan has ever accomplished. At the age of 100, he beat the rap. He convinced a judge to believe him, rather than the cop who gave him a ticket for running a red light. Bill was just a few days past his 100th birthday when he took this writer on a tour of old Madera. Bill was dri

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune File Photo Cancer survivors kick off the annual Relay For Life event in 2019 at Lions Town and Country Park as they carry banners and take the first traditional and honorary lap. After a two-year hiatus, the American Cancer Society Relay For Life is returning to Madera. Opening ceremonies begin at 9 a.m. next Saturday at Lions Town and Country Park for the first time since 2019. Madera City Councilwoman Cece Gallegos will be the keynote spea