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Summer Activites At Children's Museum

OAKHURST – Summer is time for fun and time for learning at the Children’s Museum of the Sierra in Oakhurst. Kids and their parents are welcome to join Museum volunteers for an hour or so of entertaining and educations activities. The schedule for August:

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Six Thousand Miles From Home

OAKHURST – More than thirty Chinese students traveled from China to San Francisco and then drove to Oakhurst on Sunday, July 20. They arrived late in the afternoon for a welcoming ice cream social at Sierra Vista Church, looking around for their host families with shy and anxious smiles. They were being picked up by strangers who would become known ...

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Golden Fleecing At Golden Chain Theatre

OAKHURST – Talented thespians at the historic Golden Chain Theatre are getting ready to debut their newest boo-hiss sensation, “A Golden Fleecing,” by R. Eugene Jackson. The show opens on Saturday, July 26 and runs every Saturday and Sunday through August 24.

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Happy Ending To A Bumpy Ride

OAKHURST – A group of young men from Madera was headed up to camp in the Sierra National Forest, when the trailer they were towing behind a Chevy Suburban bounced a little too hard on a curve, tipped over the edge of the embankment and slid down off the roadway. Fortunately, while the trailer went off-road, the Suburban did not, ...

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Fresno Forest Service Crew At Nelder Grove

NELDER GROVE – A half-mile hike into Nelder Grove of Giant Sequoias yesterday revealed the presence of about 20 Sierra National Forest firefighters, hard at work. The Fresno 4 Crew is on detail at this location off Sky Ranch Road, just past the turnoff to Calvin Crest, working to restore the forest to its natural state. They are also available ...

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Veterans Coffee Talk Today With Congressman Tom McClintock

OAKHURST – If you know veterans seeking facetime with their local representative in Congress, send them to Oakhurst today. Congressman Tom McClintock is hosting a Veterans coffee talk for District 4 vets at the Oakhurst Community Center, this afternoon, from 3 – 4 p.m. Veterans and their dependents are invited to come to the Community Center, located at 39800 Road ...

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Free Teen Art Class Tuesday

OAKHURST – Local artist Vicki Thomas has been teaching a series of weekly classes at the Oakhurst Library for teen students in grades 5 – 12. It’s not too late to join in this Tuesday, July 22, from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. The class is free and all art supplies are included for the instruction that takes place in ...

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Construction On Oakhurst Hotels Stalled

OAKHURST – After a flurry of activity early this year at the site of three planned hotels in Oakhurst, progress has seemingly come to a halt. Units of lumber sit baking in the sun and heavy equipment stands idle at the recently leveled site on the west side of Highway 41 between Hartwell Road and Winding Way, while the County ...

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Water Declared Unsafe In Oakhurst Mobile Home Estates

OAKHURST – The California Department of Health Services, Madera County Health Department and Oakhurst Mobile Home Estates are advising residents not to use the tap water for drinking and cooking until further notice. Those who live of the Oakhurst Mobile Home Estates are being notified that their water is possibly contaminated with fecal coliform.

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Master Gardener Speaks At Oakhurst Library

OAKHURST – The Oakhurst Library is pleased to host a special gardening event presented by the president of the Mariposa County Master Gardeners, Betty Massey. Betty, who lives in Mariposa, will bring a lot of ideas for combating our serious drought conditions. For instance, she says that the State of California is encouraging local residents to move to “edible” landscaping ...

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