Submitted by Katie Davis OAKHURST – In the spirit of the season, two great organizations are pooling their wealth of talent and inviting the community to a Holiday Swap Meet brought to you by Vision Academy of the Arts and the Sierra Senior Center. Save the date: Saturday, Nov. 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Senior Center. ...

OAKHURST – Sierra Lions Club of Oakhurst is having its inaugural “If I Only Had a Brain” Trivia Night on Saturday, Nov. 14  at 5 p.m. at Sierra Senior Center. Tom Wheeler is the distinguished Master of Ceremonies, according to organizers, and participants will be treated to the spectacle of a unique live auction and raffle. Light dinner fare and ...

By Victoria Whiteley — Fair Week rocks! Madera Fair week, which took place this year in September, is a very important week for an “AGGIE” (Agricultural Student). The fair allows all of us FFA and 4-H members to interact and raise animals. I am in both programs at Minarets High School. They foster personal growth whether it is through FFA ...

Submitted by Linda Aube The 14th Annual Christmas Boutique by Christ Church Women is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at ECCO, the Evergreen Conference Center, Oakhurst. In addition to exquisitely handcrafted jewelry, table linens, knitted items, Christmas décor, and shopping totes, holiday shoppers can anticipate a large variety of exciting gifts and food items, ...

By Bethany Morgan — Teenagers live in a fast-paced world full of technological distractions. Because of this, we often do not take the time to connect with the natural world or sometimes even our own families. Every year in October I am set free from the distraction of a 21st century teenage life and transported back to a simpler time, ...

COARSEGOLD – Madera County Sheriff’s deputies and volunteers are currently searching for a missing Coarsegold man. According to the Sheriff’s Office, Al Veater, 85, has memory problems. Mr. Veater is said to have left his residence on Veater Ranch Road where he was last seen at his at about 3 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Mr. Veater reportedly left the ...

AHWAHNEE – Looking for just about anything golf related? Stop by Sierra Meadows Golf Course and Country Club on Sunday, Nov. 1 starting at 10 a.m., when a wide variety of items go up for sale. The blow-out liquidation sale includes golf carts, golf clubs, furniture, apparel, golf balls, gloves, shoes, mowers, equipment and much more, says Reid Spice, Sierra ...

MADERA COUNTY – Following are details from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office of reports taken locally during the week of Monday, Oct. 19 through Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. Coarsegold residential burglary On Monday, Oct. 19 at 8:22 a.m. a deputy was dispatched to take a phone call for a report of a residential burglary that occurred in the 46000 block ...

OAKHURST – Back by popular demand, cellular wizard Jerry Ward will hold an instructional class for Android cell phone users on Saturday, Oct. 31 from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Community Room at Oakhurst Branch Library. Jerry is the Cellular Sales Supervisor with Sierra Tel Business Center. He shares his knowledge with the group on topics including basic cell ...

COUNTY – Caltrans says maintenance crews will conduct one-way traffic reversing control operations beginning Tuesday, Oct. 27 along State Route (SR) 41 just north of Yosemite Lakes Park at Ruby Creek located south of Coarsegold, starting at 8:30 a.m. and going until 2:30 p.m. The operations are necessary, according to Caltrans, in order to conduct shoulder and drainage repairs along ...