Bill Coate
The Hensley’s family affair
For The Madera Tribune Olive Hensley is shown here with her sons Leonard and Earl and her husband; We are just not sure which husband,...
Nancy Simpson
A resolution for the new year
At the beginning of each year, I make a decision to do something, either differently or better than I did the prior year. This is more...
Tami Jo Nix
Opinion: Closing out 2023
Happy New Year, one and all. The year 2023 is coming to an end, with ‘24 waiting in the wings. It’s going to be another year of being on...
Jim Glynn
Opinion: Yesterday and today
At the end of another year in my long life, I take time to think about how things were when I was growing up and how conditions have...
For The Madera Tribune
Veteran centenarian devotes life to service
For The Madera Tribune Veteran Dorothy Nickerson celebrates her 100th birthday on December 10 in Gold Beach, Oregon. Gold Beach resident...
Bill Coate
‘A good and faithful servant’
For The Madera Tribune Borden’s Cumberland Presbyterian Church, shown here circa 1900, stood right beside Rev. W.B. McElwee in his...
Bill Coate
Can anyone really replace Ed Gwartney?
For The Madera Tribune Ed Gwartney, founder and director of the James Monroe Children’s Museum. Ed Gwartney would have been 83-years-old...