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Free Services For Veterans At Mariposa Stand Down

MARIPOSA – All veterans are invited to a Veterans’ Stand Down on Saturday, Mar. 9, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., outdoors at the Mariposa County Fairgrounds. The Mariposa Veterans’ Stand-Down encourages all area vets to visit for an array of free services and amenities, throughout an upbeat day complete with food, refreshments and music.

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Backgammon Tournament in North Fork

NORTH FORK – If you love backgammon or want to learn to play, you are in luck. North Fork is having a backgammon tournament through Slim’s Koffee Shak. Backgammon is considered one of the world’s oldest board games, perhaps 5,000 years! Wikipedia

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St. Paddy's Day Mixer At North Fork Pizza Factory

NORTH FORK – There’ll be green salad, green pizza and green beer at the St. Patrick’s Day Mixer at the North Fork Pizza Factory, sponsored by the North Fork Chamber of Commerce. Music will be provided by Sierra DJ, and the North Fork Dance Club will do a bit of Irish Step Dancing, under the direction of owner Christina DeGarcia.

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Madera County Arts Council Celebrates 30 Years

MADERA COUNTY – The Madera Arts Council will commemorate 30 years of promoting art and artists in Madera County with a community celebration Mar. 23. at the Hatfield Hall, Madera District Fair Grounds, from 6 to 9 p.m. The evening is set to be a fun celebration of all that the Council and the county’s artists have accomplished over the ...

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4-Course German Fest Served Up By Oakhurst Chamber

OAKHURST – Reports out of Europe last fall say that traditional German garb like lederhosen for men and dirndl dresses for women are making a fast fashion comeback. That’s good news for the Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce, who recently announced they’re planning the first annual celebration of German Fest for Saturday, Mar. 2 at 6 p.m., at the Oakhurst ...

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Register Now For Bass Lake Classic Triathlon

BASS LAKE – Preparations are under way for the third annual Bass Lake Classic Triathlon, set for Saturday, June 1, and registrations are now being accepted. Bass Lake, located in the Sierra National Forest about 20 minutes south of Yosemite National Park, has a long history in the sport of triathlon.

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Kim Bethel Spins Fleece Into A Beautiful Life

NORTH FORK — Local resident Kim Bethel is a very busy person these days with the new business she started this year, Down Home Hand Spun Fibers. Kim has a Belfast mini fiber mill housed in a converted carport and she processes animal fleece into ‘roving’, a cleaned, carded and wound natural product that can then be spun into yarn ...

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Master Drummer Wadaba Performs At Harvest Festival

PRATHER — Mamady ‘Wadaba’ Kourouma is a renowned local musician who lives with his wife, Keio Ogawa, in Three Rivers, California. Wadabe means ‘The Great Panther’, a nickname he was given because of his powerful ‘wild-cat-screaming’ sound on the djembe drum. Born into a blacksmith family of traditional Malinke drummers and raised in the village of Oroko near Kouroussa, Guinea, ...

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20th Annual Harvest Arts & Peace Festival

Music, local cuisine and all things nature at favorite area festival – PRATHER – Owners of Intermountain Nursery are once again opening their garden gates for the 20th Annual Harvest Arts & Peace Festival this weekend, Oct. 13-14. from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m Sunday. Hosts Bonnie Bladen and Ray Laclergue are planning ...

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Tarantula Festival Honors Creepy-Crawlies

Visitors learn to appreciate this misunderstood arachnid – COARSEGOLD – Thousands of residents and visitors alike will be flocking to the Coarsegold Historic Village on Oct. 27 to celebrate the annual Coarsegold Tarantula Festival. The event celebrates the eight-legged creatures that make their home in this community, located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada about half an hour south ...

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