OAKHURST – Spuds and fancy table duds will be elevated to new heights as Mountain Community Women (MCW) invite the public to gather for the 27th annual Tables and Taters Luncheon, Raffle and Table Setting Contest, planned for Monday, Nov. 7 at the Oakhurst Community Center, starting at 10:30 a.m. The tasty and tasteful event features a baked potato bar with ...

When I talk to clients about healthy eating and spending time in the home kitchen, I get lots of enthusiasm, until about the second or third week when the novelty of cooking from scratch begins to lose its shine. To make it less likely that a client will go for fast food temptations when in a rush, I coach them on the importance ...

MADERA COUNTY — Chawanakee Academy, Minarets High, Minarets Charter High, and Yosemite High School decathletes will join students from throughout California for the Madera County Academic Decathlon Lecture Day on Thursday, Oct. 27.  Valley experts will lecture on six subject areas to more than 600 students from throughout the state. “We are excited once again to provide this opportunity to ...

MADERA COUNTY – Over 56,000 tax bills are being mailed out this week, representing over $160 million in property taxes. The various bond charges and direct charges are included on the tax bills. “It’s that time of year again,” reports Tracy Kennedy, Madera County Treasurer-Tax Collector. “We have just begun the printing and mailing process of our property tax bills. ...

OAKHURST — Members of the Sierra Oakhurst Kiwanis invite the community to enjoy a hearty pancake breakfast this weekend, and as usual, the good members of Kiwanis will pull out all the stops to fill your tummy. The breakfast hero is pancakes, surrounded by eggs of any style, ham, sausage, coffee, orange juice and milk. It’s at the Oakhurst Community ...

By Celeste Wheeler — OAKHURST — Susan Hatch is a licensed, independent insurance agent who represents all Medicare Supplement plan types offered by various companies. She says that January 2017 will usher in quite a few almost “shocking” changes to many senior health plans that people need to know about now. Susan will discuss these upcoming changes in a special workshop at ...

AHWAHNEE — Coolwater Ranch and the Tenaya Lodge present Eric Lugosch in concert on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. The hallmark of this American fingerstylist consists of an elegant, vigorous tone and a twinkling humor while playing. “Lugosch places his tunes within pleasant, folkish guitar settings…. he masterfully exploits his prodigious fingerpicking skills, embellishing his simple, flowing songs with ...

OAKHURST — “Better call Bannon!” Whether it’s a new well that needs drilling or an older well that needs fixing, those words have been spoken nearly countless times in these foothills when it comes to the tricky business of getting drinkable water up and out of the ground. Now, it’s time to say, “congratulations!” as Walt Bannon Drilling celebrates an impressive ...

OAKHURST — Visit Yosemite Madera County tallied a milestone recently in the record number of visitors walking through their new doors this summer. That means there were more dollars spent at local attractions, hotels, restaurants and shops by visitors to the county and the south gate entrance to Yosemite National Park. The number of guests at the visitors’ center on Highway 41 this summer totaled 18,174. Compare that ...

OAKHURST — Lawson Studios LLC has announced its acquisition of Idea Print Work. Victor Weitzel founded Idea Print Work, a screen printing and embroidery company with advertising specialty products, in 2000. Lawson Studios, a local family-owned business specializing in graphic and print design, will officially take over Idea Print Work on Oct. 25. Victor will be staying on to train ...