Jim Glynn
Opinion: Earth’s favored children — a postscript
In my darkest moments, I wonder if there will be generations of human beings who will live a full life to follow today’s older...
Bill Coate
Yolanda Martinez impressed Gregory Peck
For The Madera Tribune Gregory Peck. Until Todd Lile told me that the actor Gregory Peck had once visited Madera High School to give a...
Bill Coate
Fresno Flats lost out to Oakhurst
For The Madera Tribune Oakhurst was once Fresno Flats, which is shown here circa 1880. John Robert Nichols has been given credit for...
For The Madera Tribune
Remembering Nazi victims and fragile freedoms
International Holocaust Remembrance Day gives Jehovah’s Witnesses time to reflect on victims of Nazi persecution California resident...
Jim Glynn
Opinion: Earth’s favored children, part IV
We “favored children,” born before the Baby Boom which began in 1946, did not suffer helicopter parents, soccer moms, or problems with...
Bill Coate
Italian immigrants gave up a son
For The Madera Tribune The Ferretti family. Eugenio Ferretti and Maria Ceccarelli were married in 1920 in Marlia in the Italian Province...
Nancy Simpson
Cedar Creek honors James Todd’s long life
Nancy Simpson/The Madera Tribune James Todd, 92, was born in Peking, China, of American parents. He has been a resident at Cedar Creek...
Jim Glynn
Opinion: Earth’s favored children, part III
We were probably called the “Silent Generation” because most of us grew up during the decade of the 1950s. Following World War I,...