Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Emilio Torres sends an attack past the Sunnyside block in Tuesday’s sweep. Torres led the Coyotes with 10 kills, including putting down seven in the third set. The Madera Coyotes boys volleyball team out hit the Sunnyside Wildcats, but waited until the third set to take control of the match in a sweep in Joe Flores Gym. The Coyotes put down 40 kills in the three sets. However, 22 unforced errors, including 12 hits out of bounds ke

This year, India — the world’s most populous country — is conducting the world’s largest census. It is not only doing an official count of its estimated 1.4 million people, but also a count of people who identify as members of specific castes. This is the first time that membership in a caste (a socio-religious category) will be recognized since the South Asian nation won its independence from Great Britain in 1947. The last time that caste membership was counted was 1931. Wh

The President of the United States started a war that he can’t justify and apparently can’t win. His unforced error has created an international crisis that he can’t spin. And our former allies, those friendly countries that he has insulted for years, are sitting back and letting him hang from the political petard that he hoisted on himself and the world. China and Russia are laughing at him. While Trump is distracted by Iran’s refusal to surrender and the radioactive half-li

Benjamin Franklin is attributed as saying, “There are no gains without pains.” Today that saying has been shortened to, “No pain, no gain.” It’s a good thing to remember, and it is true that our struggles do make us stronger, whether it is just a slight bump in the road or if it is a true difficulty. Nobody likes to go through pain and suffering, and yet we have a few expressions where we compare what we are experiencing, using the word pain, as if it is a true comparison.

For The Madera Tribune Hiram Rapelje is shown here, second from the left, posing with the posse that shot train robber John Sontag, who lies wounded on the haystack. Madera County has produced its share of rough and tumble, two-fisted drinking, street fighting pioneers. They pop up all through the pages of local history to spice up the pieces of our past. Very near the top of a list of such characters is Hiram Lee Rapelje, a local stage driver who was as quick with his guns a

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For The Madera Tribune From left are Rotary president Gordon Kennedy, Cindy Hernandez Jeronimo of Desmond Middle School, and Rotarian Joe Vived. Three middle school students were honored for the month of March by Madera Sunrise Rotary. These students were recognized for following the Rotarian motto of “Service Above Self,” and the emphasis was on Citizenship. Each month teachers select a Student of the Month at all Madera Unified middle schools. The counselors and administrat