12/01/2018 @ 8:30 am - 11:00 am - The December 1 meeting of the Oakhurst Democratic Club will feature an update on the no-kill shelter in Ahwahnee, delivered by Sharon Fitzgerald, President of EMCSPCA. Buffet breakfast at 8:30, program begins at 9:15 at the Oakhurst Grill.

AHWAHNEE — Animal-lovers are rejoicing as the Eastern Madera County SPCA (EMC SPCA) is about to realize a long-awaited dream: after more than 25 years of saving dogs and cats through fostering and adoption, while also saving money for the project, they’re now breaking ground on the EMC SPCA no-kill shelter. The public is invited by the EMC SPCA Board ...

AHWAHNEE — In the first six months of operation, the EMCSPCA Animal Care and Adoption Center has placed 90% of relinquished cats and 81% of relinquished dogs in their new forever homes! The national shelter placement average is sadly only 29% for cats and 44% for dogs. They have their wonderful volunteers and staff to thank for their success. Every ...

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES — Eastern Madera County SPCA needs you and your skills — whatever those may be. Since the organization’s founding in 1990, Eastern Madera County SPCA has worked tirelessly to fundraise and construct a no-kill shelter for Madera County animals. What once seemed like a dream and a far-off destination has inched closer to being a functioning facility. EMCSPCA ...

Mort Lasnik, cake baker, cat lover, wood worker, model ship builder, stamp and coin collector, card and game player, and the Will Rogers of confections (“He never met a sweet that he did not like”), died on Saturday, July 17, 2021, at age 94. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 18, 1927, as the youngest of four boys and the ...

AHWAHNEE — District 5 Supervisor Tom Wheeler thinks 2020 is going to be “another up year” for eastern Madera County. “The last two or three years have been really good ones for us,” Wheeler said this week from his ranch in Ahwahnee. “Our budget’s been up. Our economy is up. Unemployment is low. We’re among the top ten counties in ...

MOUNTAIN AREA — From progress on major new public and commercial projects to prosecution of high-profile criminal cases, 2019 was an eventful year in eastern Madera County. As 2020 dawns, here’s a look back at some of this year’s key stories. North Fork’s new roundabout: After several years of heated debate, Madera County’s first public roundabout was approved by the ...

OAKHURST — Sharon Fitzgerald, board president of EMC SPCA, shared a progress report this week regarding the organization’s new no-kill animal shelter off Highway 49 in Ahwahnee. Fitzgerald, the organization’s driving force for nearly 30 years, is the owner of The Cat’s Meow in Oakhurst. She also operates the EMC SPCA Thrift Shop next door to her store. The 2,000-square-foot ...

OAKHURST — Three female dogs are now available to be adopted — after giving birth to litters of puppies and then dumped and forgotten by their previous owners. Mama Cass aka Cassie “Cassie is a Boxer mix, possibly mixed with Pit,” says Ellen Faux of Kellen Rescue. “She had been wandering around Oakhurst and parts of residential areas of Coarsegold ...

OAKHURST — Kellen Rescue offers local residents the opportunity to add immeasurable love and devotion to their lives, and in this case the opportunity is doubled. “Our bonded five-year-old Sharpei-mix sisters are waiting for their forever home,” says Ellen Faux of Kellen Rescue. “They are friendly, well behaved, spayed, vaccinated, microchipped, crate-trained, easy care and a nice size at fifty ...