The City of Madera City Council issued a proclamation recognizing March as Red Cross Month to honor neighbors who deliver care and comfort through the American Red Cross Central Valley Chapter. “As a community, we hope never to need it, but when the need is there, we are always thankful for the services they provide,” said Mayor Pro Tem Rohi Zacharia on behalf of the entire City Council at last week’s meeting. “We celebrate the humanitarian Spirit of the City of Madera and re

Job seekers of all experience levels are invited to attend the Madera and Mariposa County Schools’ Careers in Education Fair on March 17 from 1-5 p.m. at the office of the Madera County Superintendent of Schools. The free event will bring together school employers from Madera and Mariposa counties seeking to fill full-time, part-time, and substitute positions.  A variety of classified and certificated positions will be available, including support staff, teachers, and managem

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Jayden Martinez punches over a ball during Thursday’s three-set victory over Madera South. Martinez tied for the team lead with six kills while the Coyotes outhit the Stallions 40-28.  The Madera Coyotes boys volleyball team controlled most of the match in a three-set sweep over the Madera South Stallions in Joe Flores Gym.  However, Madera head coach Rhonda Jefferson-Counsel had to call late time outs in two of the three sets befor

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Liberty’s Macie Webster throws a pitch in Saturday’s victory over Taft. Webster picked up two victories Saturday. She allowed 10 runs, but only two were earned, and struck out 14 batters.  The Liberty Hawks softball team improved to 4-0 to open the season, but it wasn’t the best looking way to do it.  The Hawks defeated Taft, 10-5, and Hoover, 6-5, on Saturday at the Buchanan Preseason tournament. However. Liberty head coach Keith Davis wasn’t

More reasons for Christians not to associate with the Democrat party: The Trans-Gender Movement. Progressives, Democrats, celebrate the transforming of children into the opposite sex. They promote this evil by insisting in the teaching of children as young as kindergarteners about sex. It has become their acceptable pattern for raising children; give them information so they can find out who and what they really are. This pattern only adds to the normal confusion of moving fr

We have been at war with Iran since the end of February. Why? I’m not questioning the war just because it violates the mandates of the U.S. Constitution and The War Powers Act. What would be the point? MAGA posers who pretend to be conservatives gave up conservative law and order values a long time ago.

Judith Ann Jance uses her initials for her pseudonym because a publisher told her that readers might not accept a female author, writing about a male detective.That was about 50 years ago.Since then, she has published 29 best sellers about male cop, J.P. Beaumont, 20 about Ali Reynolds, 22 about Joanna Brady, and 5 in her Walker Family Mysteries series.That’s one heck of a record for an author of any gender, and I’m surprised that I hadn’t discovered her work earlier. I read

Jim Lukach, Wikimedia Commons Enhance your Saint Patrick’s Day meal with some freshly-baked Irish soda bread. I wasn’t going to write about the typical Saint Patrick’s Day (coming up on Tuesday, March 17) meal of corned beef and cabbage, but I decided to give it a little attention. I went grocery shopping about a week ago, and had corned beef on my shopping list, followed by a question mark, because I wasn’t sure the stores had put any out yet. I found some, just two or three