For The Madera Tribune/File Photo Piper Hoffrage sits in the deconstructed body of a PT-17 Stearman that her father, Mike Hoffrage is working on rebuilding. Hoffrage is now working on creating the Central Cal. Aviation Museum in an old hanger at the Madera Airport. Hoffrage hopes to start aviation museum Right after World War II, several thousand aircraft were sent to boneyards across the country after serving in combat, while others — some fresh from the factory — were place

Nancy Simpson/The Madera Tribune At Fresno Flats Historical Village and Park, Madera Master Gardeners set up tables to sell propagated plants. From left are Master Gardeners Shannon McCumber, Cadie Pearl, and Natali Johnson. Master Gardeners of Madera County held its Glorious Garden Tour in Oakhurst and Coarsegold on Saturday. It was a gorgeous day with mild climate for visiting the beautiful gardens of homes. Visitors could go to the gardens in any order that was convenient.

For The Madera Tribune Abel Reyes of Desmond Middle School receives the Service Above Self award from the Sunrise Rotary Club. From left are Gordon Kennedy, Reyes, and Joe Vived. Three middle school students were honored recently by Madera Sunrise Rotary Club. These students the Rotarian “Service Above Self” award. Each month teachers select a Student of the Month at all Madera Unified middle schools. For the month of April, the teachers selected students who display the char

For The Madera Tribune Madera Rebeldes Club runners Isai Orea and Miguel Gonzalez show off their bib numbers before completing the historic Boston Marathon in April. Madera’s Isai Orea recently completed the Boston Marathon, and came away with a personal record while moving up more than 400 places than was anticipated. Orea, a 2008 Madera High School graduate, who was a runner-up in the Central Section Cross Country Championship and won three team Valley Titles, completed th

Madera’s O.L.I.V.E. organization, with help from the Madera County Department of Social Services, will host a screening of Perfect Strangers, a documentary exploring what happens when dangerous impostors infiltrate the digital worlds, romantic fantasies, and longing for attention of unsuspecting young women and underage girls. Tickets are on sale for Thursday’s screening for $8 on Eventbrite, or one can visit the organization’s website at www.olivemadera.com for a link to pu

For The Madera Tribune Ed Gwartney. The late Ed Gwartney was a self-described product of the “Okie” migration who never earned a high school diploma but became a pathfinder of new trails in the teaching of history. He was the founder of the James Monroe Children’s Museum, and he has left it to others to build on his passion that created the unique educational laboratory for teaching California history on the campus of James Monroe Elementary School. Gwartney and his family w