A letter from high school senior Riley Hardison. This Saturday, Oct. 12th, we hope to see you at the Four Legged Friends at the Foundry event in Clovis! This event is my senior project as I am a senior at Yosemite High School. I work with the Animal Compassion Team and am putting on an adoption event at The Foundry ...
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Under The Scenes: Minarets Drama Takes on The Little Mermaid at Hillside Elementary
By Colby Jobinger MINARETS — Grab your Dinglehoppers, thing-a-mabobs, and snarfblatts, because it’s time for the winter musical at Minarets. The Minarets drama program has proudly announced that they will be performing Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Dec. 5, 6, and 7, at Hillside Elementary. After a very extensive audition and callback process full of cold reads (acting out scenes with ...
Read More »Mariposa’s Concierge Real Estate Services Opens Second Office In Merced
MERCED— Concierge Real Estate Services, Fine Homes, Ranches and Estates celebrated the grand opening of their second location at 3558 G Street in Merced with a ribbon cutting late last month. The event was an opportunity to meet owner/broker Kori Smith, her realtors and staff members. The guest of honor was Dr. LeRoy Wrestling, a professor from U.C. Merced. At ...
Read More »Visitation And Viewing Of Fire Captain Paul Rotondaro Tomorrow
MERCED — There will be a visitation tomorrow for CAL FIRE Fire Captain Paul Rotondaro. This viewing will be open to the public. The visitation and viewing will take place at the: Stratford Evans Merced Funeral Home 1409 “B” Street, Merced, CA 95340 Date: Wednesday, October 9 Time: 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. for family and close friends. 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. ...
Read More »Fields Of Faith Is Coming to Raupp Field At Yosemite High School
Join Fields of Faith at Raupp Football Stadium at Yosemite High School on October 9th from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Fields of Faith is put on by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. This event will feature students encouraging other students to pursue a relationship with Jesus and to also get into the Word of God. There will be worship, student ...
Read More »Soroptimist International Of The Sierras Announces 2019-20 Live Your Dream College Scholarship Awards
OAKHURST — Do you need money for college or vocational school? Soroptimist International of The Sierras is seeking applicants for the 2019-2020 Live Your Dream College Scholarship Awards. The deadline to apply online is November 15, 2019. Apply here: https://www.soroptimist.org/our-work/live-your-dream-awards/apply-for-the-live-your-dream-awards.html For their local club, please use 93644 as the zip code for this application as well as to apply for ...
Read More »Madera County Compact to Host 6th Annual Manufacturing Day
MADERA — The Madera County Compact and several manufacturing companies will soon welcome Madera County students to their 6th Annual Manufacturing Day. The event is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 8, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This is the sixth year in a row that Madera County Compact will celebrate Manufacturing Day in collaboration with various community partners, showing support ...
Read More »Celebration Of Life Service Tuesday For Virgil Graham
Virgil Russell Graham passed away at his home in Coarsegold on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the age of 77. Virgil was predeceased by his loving wife Annabelle Lewis Graham, his son Sammy Hughes Graham, parents William Graham and Nelly Goodeye Graham, siblings Martha Graham, Solomon Graham, Al Graham, Delmar Graham, Ruth Graham, Lucille Graham, Paul Graham, Beverley Graham, and John ...
Read More »Road Construction To Begin On Minarets Road, Bass Lake Ranger District
CLOVIS — Sierra National Forest officials are alerting community residents and visitors of a road construction project with partial closures and delays on Minarets Road. Road work will start this Friday, Oct. 4, and continue through Friday, Oct. 18. There will be a traffic control plan in place to allow drivers to pass through this area safely. Drivers are requested ...
Read More »Hodges to Compete Next Month at Timbersports World Championships in Prague
NORTH FORK — Local lumberjack Nate Hodges will compete next month in the 2019 Stihl Timbersports World Championships. The event, which takes place Nov. 1-2 in Prague, Czech Republic, brings together more than 100 of the world’s best timbersport athletes from nearly two dozen countries. Hodges, 35, is a local lumberjack legend who has won the North Fork Loggers Jamboree ...
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