Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera Unified School District Superintendent Todd Lile administers the oath of office to student representatives from left, Frank Jerik Santos, Ingrid Sosa Ramirez, Bianca Reyes-Ruiz, Genesis Guillen, Jossen Garcia, and Sebastian Zavalza during a board meeting on August 23. Six students took the oath of office to become high school representatives on the Madera Unified school board. They were sworn in by Superintendent Todd Lile in a regula

For The Madera Tribune The iconic Sno-White Drive In building has been purchased. However, before the new owner of the building will do anything, he would like to restore the Sno-White neon sign for the community. For the past several years, the iconic Sno-White Drive In building has sat vacant at the corner of Yosemite Avenue and Lake Street. Now, there is movement to redevelop the area, and maybe tear down the old building. However, the new owner, who wishes to remain anony

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune The family of Mary Clow applaud as Madera Mayor Santos Garcia presents Mary with a Mayor’s Certificate in celebration of her 100th birthday on August 17. Clow celebrated her birthday with family and friends at Cedar Creek Senior Living. She was also honored with a certificate from the Madera Chamber of Commerce. Cedar Creek Senior Living held a birthday party for one of its own who celebrated her 100th birthday. Mary Clow was surrounded by f

Ordinarily, if a book doesn’t grab my attention in the first 10 pages, I set it aside and pick the next offering off my TBR stack. After several pages of J.P. Delaney’s “The Girl Before” (2017, 352 pages), I wondered if the story were ever going to move past descriptions of the house at One Folgate Street. However, I kept reading because I had previously read his (real name Tony Strong) older, but rewritten novel, “Believe Me,” which was a good psychological mystery. I’ll rev

So President Joe Biden has determined that he has the authority to forgive $10,000 in student loan debt for every borrower making less than $125,000 a year and $20,000 for those individuals who attended college on Pell Grants. I doubt that he does, particularly given the history of the federal government’s student loan programs. The United States Government’s first foray into the student loan market was in 1958, with the National Defense Education Act (NDEA). NDEA loans were

Manuel Guillen/The Madera Tribune Madera’s J’Sean Gonzalez reaches up to haul in one of two touchdown catches in Madera’s come-from-behind 40-35 victory Friday over the Selma Bears. The Madera Coyotes took the early lead, gave it up and took it back for a 40-35 victory over the Selma Bears. The Coyotes got a standout rushing performance by Daniel Mendez, a well-controlled passing game from Ty Davis, and senior leadership by J’Sean Golzalez, who led the comeback. “Our kids sho

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Angelo Moreno bursts through a hole for positive yardage during Friday’s loss to the Golden Valley Cougars. Moreno led the Stallions with 117 yards rushing. Madera South Stallions head football coach Matt Johnson knew what his team was up against in the home opener against Golden Valley-Merced. He knew they had to be clean with tackling and score when they had the chance. Unfortunately, the Stallions had trouble doing both in

The Matilda Torres Toros football team had its chances to improve to 2-0 on the season, but the Kerman Lions scored with less than two minutes left in the game for a 28-21 victory. The Toros cut the lead to one after a 96-yard kickoff return by Josiah Salinas, but Kerman answered a Torres late score with one of its own for the win. “We shot ourselves in the foot, for sure,” head coach Joseph Marquez said. “We had a couple of big drops. We had some big penalties that stopped u