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Tribune
Coate
Tales
Girls
basketball
Witness to
an execution
See Page B1
Coyotes begin
year with win
See Page A4
S E R V I N G
And So
It Is
Why wait for
New Year’s?
Just do it
See Page B2
Madera County
at Work
Maria Garibay is a
cashier at the McDonalds on Cleveland
Avenue, where she has
worked for two years.
What’s Up?
TODAY
TOPS (Take Pounds Off
Sensibly) — 9 to 11 a.m.
Jan. 3, Madera United
Methodist Church, 500
Sunset Ave. Contact:
Mary Long, 673-4165.
SUNDAY
Masonic officers installation — 2 p.m. Jan. 5, at
the Masonic Lodge, 123
S. B St. For Masons,
families
and
friends.
Refreshments follow.
TUESDAY
Elks Bingo — Doors
open at 5:30 p.m., game
begins at 6:30 p.m. Jan.
7, Elks Lodge, 112 W. 6th
St. Contact: Harold Johnson, 706-2739.
Madera
County
Clerk:
Go green
T H E
Madera
H E A R T
O F
C A L I F O R N I A
By Juliette Williams
SACRAMENTO — Officials overseeing California’s
$68 billion high-speed rail
project have taken pains in recent weeks to assure the public that construction plans are
moving ahead, characterizing
a series of recent setbacks as
“a bump in the road.”
That optimism comes despite recent court rulings
against the project, creating
confusion about the bullet
train’s prospects.
A Sacramento County judge
rescinded the rail authority’s
funding plan, forced it to show
how it will pay for the first
300 miles of construction and
rejected a request from the authority that would allow the
state treasurer to sell $8.6 billion in bonds.
But members of the California High-Speed Rail Authority board seemed undaunted
during their December meet-
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ing. They praised staff for filling key positions at the agency
and pointed to a nearly $1 billion construction contract
signed in 2013 as evidence of
progress.
“They just paint a rosy picture, charge ahead, without acknowledging they have any
serious issues to deal with or
addressing how they’re going
to deal with it,” said Michael
Brady, one of the attorneys
representing a group of Kings
County residents who sued the
state, leading to the judge’s
rulings.
Challenges also are mounting outside the courts.
Hospice receives $1 million gift H1N1
H
THE MADERA TRIBUNE
inds Hospice anthis
nounced
week it received
a special holiday gift
from the Red and Nancy
Arnold
Foundation;
$1 million set aside solely for patient services in
Madera County.
It is only the second time in
the nonprofit’s 32-year history that it has received a $1
million gift in a single donation said Lynne Pietz, director
of major gifts and donor relations.
“We are absolutely ecstatic
to receive this gift,” Pietz said.
“We love that it is targeted to
Madera because Madera
County is one of the more
challenging counties that we
cover.”
Pietz said Madera is more
expensive to serve than the
two other counties served by
Hinds Hospice — Fresno and
Merced — because it stretch-
SEE RAIL, PAGE A2
flu on
the rise
By Mark Smith
FOR THE MADERA TRIBUNE
WENDY ALEXANDER/THE MADERA TRIBUNE
Hinds Hospice Thrift Shop volunteer Lisa Conrad, right, waits on customers, Chris Campbell
and Donna Sailors.
es into foothill communities
like Coarsegold and Oakhurst,
which drives up travel expenses for clinical staff.
She also pointed out that
Madera receives less in
Medicare reimbursement than
Fresno or Merced to cover the
nearly $38 gap in per-patient,
per-day expenditures.
“There’s a similar differential for Fresno and Merced,”
Pietz said. “But in Madera
that gap is bigger so it’s a real challenge.”
Money raised in the community is usually the primary
SEE HOSPICE, PAGE A2
Influenza activity is increasing Madera County
and throughout the state.
Many areas are reporting
patients who are critically
ill with the flu, including
healthy young adults.
The primary strain of influenza circulating so far is
the H1N1 strain, which
emerged during the 2009
“swine flu” pandemic. This
strain causes more illness
in children and young
adults, compared to older
adults. H1N1 causes severe
illness in all age groups.
This year’s flu shot protects against the strains of
flu circulating in the state,
including H1N1.
Dr. Thomas E. Cole,
Health Officer reminds
everyone that it’s not too
SEE H1N1, PAGE A3
Court grants law license
to man in US illegally
By Jason Searen
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
By Mark Smith
THE MADERA TRIBUNE
SEE BALLOTS, PAGE A2
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High-speed rail in limbo after delay
Voters can
‘opt out’ of
sample ballots
Madera County voters
can opt out of receiving
sample ballots by mail —
instead accessing them online — and potentially save
the county thousands of
dollars in paper and
postage costs, Madera
County Clerk-Recorder
Rebecca Martinez announced Thursday.
“So many people don’t
even look at the sample
ballot booklet,” Martinez
said. “They don’t become
concerned about elections
until election day. Oftentimes they just toss them in
the trash so this is a convenient way to view it online.”
The county spent
$28,108 to send sample
ballots to about 52,000 voters during the county’s last
election in November
2012, Martinez said.
She said for every person
Bathers splash into new
year with ocean swim
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S I N C E
Friday, January 3, 2014
WENDY ALEXANDER/
THE MADERA TRIBUNE
Odd
news
JEFF BARNARD/AP PHOTO
Amanda Enemark lays flowers at an impromptu shrine Thursday outside St. Bernard Catholic
Church rectory in Eureka where Fr. Eric Freed was found slain on New Year’s Day.
Police arrest suspect in priest killing
By Jeff Barnard
and Tami Abdollah
EUREKA — Police arrested a suspect Thursday in the
killing of a respected priest
and educator who was found
dead on New Year’s Day in a
church rectory in Northern
California.
Gary Lee Bullock, 43, of
Redway, was taken into custody by Humboldt County
deputies in the killing of the
Gary Lee Bullock.
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EUREKA POLICE DEPARTMENT/AP PHOTO
Rev. Eric Freed, according to
a statement by Eureka police.
Police said Bullock had
been in and out of police custody in the hours before Freed
died and had been sent to a
hospital for an exam because
of his erratic behavior.
Officials were still seeking
a motive in the killing.
Freed’s body was found at St.
Bernard Church after he failed
to show up for morning Mass.
SEE SUSPECT, PAGE A2
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Weather Forecast
Mostly sunny
High 68 Low 34
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SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court
granted a law license Thursday to a
man who has lived
in the U.S. illegally
for two decades, a
ruling that advocates hope will
open the door to
millions of immigrants seeking to
enter other profesNICK UT/AP FILE PHOTO
sions such as medicine, accounting Sergio Garcia speaks at The Coaliand teaching.
tion for Humane Immigrant Rights of
The unanimous Los Angeles news conference in Los
decision means Ser- Angeles in 2013. The California
gio Garcia, who at- Supreme Court granted a law
tended law school license on Thursday to Garcia, who
and passed the state is living in the United States illegally.
bar exam while
working in a grocery store include the creation of a path
and on farms, can begin to citizenship for many young
practicing law immediate- people and the granting of
ly.
drivers licenses in some
It’s the latest in a string
of legal and legislative vic- states.
“This is a bright new day in
tories for people who are in
California
history and bodes
the country without perSEE LICENSE, PAGE A3
mission. Other successes
Air Quality Index
MAD: 142 Unhealthy (PM2.5)
FRE: 167 Unhealthy (PM2.5)
LOCAL & STATE
Two men shot
First baby of 2014 celebrated
near Chowchilla
PAGE A2 MADERA TRIBUNE Friday, January 3, 2014
The victims — 17 and 22
years old — were airlifted to
Community Regional Medical Center, one with a gunshot wound to the face and
the other in the upper torso,
Stuart said. She could not release their condition.
Stuart did not release the
victim’s names, whether the
shooting was believed to be
gang related, or if there were
other people in the victims’
vehicle not injured by gunfire.
She said it is believed a
gray truck housed the suspected shooters and asked
anyone with information to
call the sheriff’s office at
675-7770 or the anonymous
24-hour Valley Crime Stoppers tip line at 498-STOP
(7867).
FOR THE MADERA TRIBUNE
Two men were wounded
near Chowchilla earlier this
week when authorities believe someone in a truck
pulled up to the victims’ vehicle and opened fire,
Madera County Sheriff’s
spokeswoman Erica Stuart
said.
After receiving an emergency call around 6:30 p.m.
Monday, Stuart said,
deputies found one victim
near Avenue 18 1/2 and
Road 10 with assistance
from a highway patrol K-9
and the other near Avenue
21 and Road 4.
She said by Thursday
deputies weren’t sure where
or when the shooting took
place but were continuing
their investigation.
“The state cannot sell
bonds in the current legal
environment,” said Tom
Dresslar, a spokesman for
state Treasurer Bill Lockyer,
who sought the so-called
validation lawsuit the state
filed to seek blanket authority to sell the bonds, which
the judge rejected.
What happens next in the
legal saga is up in the air, after Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael
Kenny ruled that the rail plan
no longer complies with the
promises made to state voters when they approved $10
billion in rail bonds in 2008.
That ballot measure promised that the state would have
all the funding in hand for the
first useable segment of rail
and have all the necessary environmental clearances before
construction started. Kenny
said it failed to do that.
Rail
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Republicans in Congress
have vowed to block any further funding for the rail line
and will hold a railroad subcommittee hearing in January to investigate the state’s
spending of $3.3 billion in
federal funds that are supposed to be matched by the
state.
Rail authority board Chairman Dan Richard has said
California has an agreement
with federal officials allowing it to spend the federal
money first while the state
bond money is in limbo.
Richard said officials hope to
have shovels in the ground in
the Central Valley in January
or February and projected
that the federal money might
last through “late spring.”
Ballots
that opts out of receiving sample ballots by mail, the county would save about 50 cents,
not including the reduction in
postage costs.
“This is going to save so
much money on paper costs,”
Martinez said. “The cost of
paper keeps increasing and a
lot of people prefer to look at
things online nowadays anyway. It just makes sense.”
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At 12:02 a.m. New Year’s
Day, Jake Zosayas Lopez became the first baby born in
Madera Community Hospital
in 2014.
The son of Luis and Benita
Lopez of Madera weighed
8 pounds, 9 ounces, and was
21.5 inches long at birth.
Married for seven years, the
parents welcome Baby Jake to
the family. He joins two
brothers, Roman, 6, Christian,
2, and sister, Jazlee, 5. The
children attend James Monroe
Elementary School.
Luis is a farm worker and
Benita a stay-at-home mother.
Dr. Charles Ugwu-Oju, obstetrician-gynecologist, delivered the baby and pediatrician
Dr. Gamdur Brar is attending
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Welcoming the first baby of the New Year born at Madera Community Hospital, from left, parents Luis and Benita Lopez hold Jake Zosayas Lopez, as registered nurses Pat Van Hoogmoed, Tammy Godina and Prabhjot Kaur give gifts from hospital staff and local merchants.
to the child.
Gifts for the baby included
a large assortment of newborn
items donated by the staff of
the MCH Maternity, Labor
and Delivery departments, a
“First Year” picture frame,
plush frog and an assortment
of baby items from the MCH
Bullock was initially arrested on Tuesday for public intoxication in Garberville and
taken 67 miles north to jail in
Eureka.
His erratic behavior led police to send him to a hospital
for an evaluation. He became
agitated and deputies had to
restrain him. He was booked
into jail for about eight hours
then released shortly after
midnight.
At 2 a.m. Wednesday, Eureka police responded to a
call about a suspicious person a couple blocks from
the jail and about five
yards from the site where
Freed was found. Police
said Bullock wasn’t intoxicated then and didn’t
qualify for an emergency
psychological hold.
Officers referred him to
an emergency shelter for
the night.
Later, a security guard
heard noise near the
church and went to investigate. He saw a man
matching Bullock’s description and after a short
conversation told him to
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Suspect
Hospice
way Hinds Hospice covers
the difference, Pietz said.
The $1 million will be
used for a wide variety of patient services including treatment programs and bereavement support, Pietz said.
Last year, the agency served
approximately 87 patients,
she said.
And, she noted, every single penny must be spent on
patients in Madera County.
“This is an absolutely
wonderful Christmas present
to Hinds Hospice and to the
families that we serve,” Pietz
said.
It is the latest in a series of
large charitable donations
made by the Arnold Foundation.
Set up by Robert “Red”
Arnold — who excelled in
farming real estate — and
wife Nancy who lived all 56
years of their married life in
Madera County, the foundation has delivered millions of
dollars in gifts to the benefit
of local residents.
In September, the foundation gave $3 million in asset
holdings to Madera Community Hospital.
In August, it donated
$1.5 million to the Friends of
Madera Animal Shelter,
$500,000 to the Madera Rescue Mission, and $250,000
to the Madera County Historical Society.
Two years ago, the foundation began its list of donations with a $100,000 gift to
Madera Community Hospital that June, followed by a
$1 million donation in December.
The Arnolds had no children and left the foundation
in control of their nieces and
nephews following their
deaths. Donations are made
in relative modesty; press
events are not held when
gifts are given and there are
no large novelty checks.
“The family is very determined that the focus stay on
the amazing and visionary
Red and Nancy Arnold,”
Pietz said.
League of Volunteers’ Gift
Shop, a case of newborn diapers from the MCH Foundation, a $100 gift card from
Walmart, and an animated
plush monkey and piggy bank
from Bella Home Décor &
Gifts.
Bank Manager Leslee Mi-
nas at Central Valley Community Bank is opening a saving account with $25 for the
baby and The Madera Tribune
donated a one-year subscription for the family.
As of press time, five newborns were delivered at MCH
on New Year’s Day.
leave the property, police said.
It is not clear exactly when or
how Freed was killed. His body
showed signs of blunt force trauma. Investigators also found indications of forced entry and a
struggle.
An arrest warrant was issued
Thursday for Bullock, who was
found again in the Garberville
area. Freed’s car also was discovered.
“The reverend was a victim of
a violent crime,” Eureka police Chief Andrew Mills said.
“We’re not sure on the motive but don’t believe it was a
robbery at this point.”
Under California law, people who are considered a danger to themselves or others
can be held involuntarily for
mental health treatment for
up to 72 hours, said Nicholas
Pacilio, a spokesman for the
state attorney general.
Death Notices
Jose Garcia-Acevedo, 75
Born: September 8, 1938 in
Michoacan, Mexico
Passed Away: December 27,
2013 in Madera
Farm laborer
Visitation will be on Sunday,
January 5, from 4-9pm with
Vigil Service with Rosary at 7pm
at Smith Manor Grace Chapel
Funeral Mass will be on Monday,
January 6, 11am at St. Joachim's
Catholic Church
Final Resting Place will be at
Arbor Vitae Cemetery, Madera
All funeral arrangements are
under the direction of
Smith Manor Grace Chapel
Elvon Houlding, 83
A native of Madera, and resident
of the Oceano area since 1977,
passed away December 23, 2013
A memorial service will be held at
11 a.m. Saturday, January 4, at
the First United Methodist Church,
275 N. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo
Grande, CA 93420.
Arrangements are under the care
of Marshall-Spoo Sunset Funeral
Chapel, 1239 Longbranch
Avenue, Grover Beach,CA;
805.489.5552
Jose Estrada, 90
Born: April 8, 1923 in Guanajuato,
Mexcio
2013 in Fresno
Field worker
Visitation will be on Monday,
January 6, from 4-9pm with a
Vigil Service with Rosary at 7pm
Funeral Mass will be on Tuesday,
January 7, at 9am at St.
Joachim's Catholic Church
Final Resting Place will be at
Calvary Cemetery
Brian Newt Beaird, age 51
Oceanside, Ca
Former resident of Madera
Retired California Army National
Guard technician.
DATE OF BIRTH: March 1, 1962,
Fresno, Ca.
DATE OF DEATH: December 13,
2013, Los Angeles, Ca.
Memorial Service will be on
Monday, January 6, 2:00 pm at
Bethel Southern Baptist Church,
Madera
Remembrances may be made to:
Bethel Southern Baptist Church,
15821 North D Street, Madera,
Ca 93638 or the homeless
shelter of donor’s choice.
Condolences may be expressed
online at www.jaychapel.com
Caroline Washington
Madera
Homemaker
Born: October 29, 1949, Madera
Died: December 23, 2013,
Madera
Funeral Service will be Friday,
January 3, at 11:00 am at
Bethesda Apostolic Church in
Fresno
Arrangements are under the care
of Jesse Cooley Jr. Funeral
Service
Paulus "The Dutchman"
Johannes Rozemulder, 81
Born: September 6, 1932 in
Zoetemeer, Holland
2013 in Madera
Madera County resident
Milkman
A Memorial Service will be on
Friday, January 10, at 11am
at Elks Lodge in Madera
Kenneth Lamont Nelson, 55
Madera
Born: November 15, 1958 in
Madera
2013 in Madera
Maintenance worker
Visitation will be on Tuesday,
January 7, from 12-4pm with
Funeral Service at 2pm
Kenneth Eugene Leavelle, 55
Born: December 20, 1958 in
Fresno, California
2013 in Fresno, Califonria
Madera resident
Worked for a pest control
company
Visitation will be on Friday,
January 3, from 9am-12pm
Funeral Service will follow at
12pm
Final Resting Place will be
Arbor Vitae Cemetery
Funerals For All Faiths
801 E. Yosemite Avenue
Madera, CA 93638
Phone (559) 662-8825
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LOCAL & NATION
Confusion, relief mark start of health reforms
By Juliette Williams
THRIVE RAFFLES SCOOTER
SACRAMENTO — The
new year brought relief for
Americans who previously
had no health insurance or
were stuck in poor plans, but
it also led to confusion after
the troubled rollout of the
federal health care reforms
sent a crush of late applications to overloaded government agencies.
That created stacks of yet-tobe-processed paperwork and
thousands — if not millions —
of people unsure about
whether they have insurance.
Mike Estes of Beaverton,
Ore., finally received his insurance card on Dec. 27 after
applying in early November.
Still, the family was thrilled to
have insurance through the
Oregon Health Plan, Oregon’s
version of Medicaid, because
their previous $380-a-month
premium “literally crushed our
family’s finances,” Estes said.
Obama administration officials estimate that 2.1 million
consumers have enrolled so
far through the federal and
state-run health insurance exchanges that are a central feature of the federal law. But
even before coverage began,
health insurance companies
complained they were receiving thousands of faulty
applications from the government, and some people
who thought they had enrolled for coverage have not
received confirmation.
Tens of thousands of potential Medicaid recipients in the
36 states relying on the federal exchange also are in limbo
after the federal website that
License
well for the future,” the Coalition for Humane Immigrant
Rights of Los Angeles said in
a statement.
The court sided with state
officials in the case, which pitted them against the White
House over a 1996 federal law
that bars people who are in the
U.S. illegally from receiving
professional licenses from
government agencies or with
the use of public money, unless state lawmakers vote otherwise.
Bill Hing, a law professor at
the University of San Francisco, said the court made clear
the only reason it granted Garcia’s request is that California
recently approved a law that
H1N1
late to get the flu vaccine. A
yearly flu vaccination is the
best protection available to
prevent the flu. It’s important
to remember that unlike other
vaccinations, it’s necessary to
get a flu shot every year.
The vaccine is available
now from physicians, many
pharmacies, and the Madera
County Public Health Department. Once vaccinated, it
takes about two weeks to be
fully protected against the flu.
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Howard Kraft looks over healthcare information in his Lincolnton, N.C. home in December.
was supposed to send their
applications to the states
failed to do so.
Reports of other complications were scattered
around the country.
In Burlington, Vt., the
state’s largest hospital had
almost two dozen patients
seek treatment with new
health insurance policies,
but more than half of those
did not have insurance
cards. Minnesota’s health
care exchange said 53,000
people had enrolled for coverage through its marketplace, but it was unable to
confirm the insurance status
of an additional 19,000 people who created accounts
but did not appear to have
purchased plans.
specifically authorizes the
state to give law licenses to
immigrants who are here illegally.
The new law, inspired by
Garcia’s situation, took effect
Wednesday.
It was unclear how many
people would qualify to practice law under the ruling and
whether it would influence
other states. Legislatures and
governors in more conservative states such as Alabama
and Arizona are likely to be
less receptive to the idea.
Garcia, who plans to be a
personal injury attorney in his
hometown of Chico, said he
hoped the decision would
serve as a “beacon of hope” to
others in the same situation.
He “can hang up a shingle
and be his own company,”
said Hing, who represented
It is especially important for
pregnant women, persons
who are in close contact with
children less than six months
of age, and others at higher
risk of severe influenza to be
vaccinated.
In addition to getting vaccinated, it’s crucial to practice
good health habits, including
eating nutritious foods and
getting enough sleep. If you
become ill, take the following
actions to stop the spread of
germs:
• Stay home when you are
sick
• Cover your coughs and
Augustin Villatoro sits on the 2013 Honda PCX 150 scooter
that he won through a Thrive Fitness raffle last month. He
picked up his prize, valued at $5,000, at Madera Honda Suzuki on Thursday. Thrive Fitness raffled the scooter to customers who referred friends and family to the gym, became a
member, or bought a personal training package, said Merissa
Monte, manager of Madera’s Thrive Fitness.
2 icy sharp blasts in forecast for much of US
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The new year’s winter weather is threatening icy shock
waves for the eastern twothirds of the country.
The first cold blast set
records Thursday in Minnesota and is expected to strike the
Eastern U.S. today with possibly single-digit temperatures in
places. Boston’s reading could
fall to zero.
A second blast is expected to
move from the Great Plains
and Midwest on Sunday and
Monday and into the East on
Tuesday. The National Weather Service called for below-
normal temperatures, high
winds or heavy snow for most
places east of a line from central Montana to Houston.
Some meteorologists predicted subzero wind chills, possibly as far south as Atlanta.
But both cold shots should be
fleeting with subsequent temperatures warming up quickly.
KEVIN CEDERSTROM/AP FILE PHOTO
Steven Zenker breaks up ice
in a water tank used for
cows on his ranch near Carson, N.D., as an arctic blast
swept across the Northern
Plains in 2013.
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, PATRICK
TEHAN/AP PHOTO
Sergio Garcia stands in
an almond
orchard on
June 29,
2012 in
Durham,
similar to
one in which
he used to
work.
the state bar association in the
case. “Once he does that, a
client can retain him as a
lawyer.”
But some questions remained unresolved, such as
whether Garcia can appear in
federal court or in other states.
Federal law makes it illegal
for law firms to hire him.
Chief Justice Tani CantilSakauye, who wrote the opinion, said the new state law removed any barrier to Garcia’s
sneezes
• Wash your hands with
soap and water
• Avoid touching your eyes,
nose and mouth.
Influenza vaccinations are
available at the Madera County Public Health Department
at 14215 Road 28 in Madera,
Monday through Friday from
8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1
p.m. to 4:30 p.m. There is a
$5 administration fee (no one
will be denied service due to
inability to pay the $5.00).
For more information, call
the Madera County Public
Health Department at 6757893 or (800) 427-6897, or
visit the Madera County Public Health Department on
Facebook.
Petrucci’s BBQ
is very excited to
be REOPENING
at the Old School
House this
Saturday,
January 4! We’ll
be open from
9am-3pm and look forward to
seeing our wonderful customers
and friends again. Thank you to
everyone for the support while
we were closed. Here’s to kicking
off the new year the right way!
quest for a license. And no
other federal statute “purports
to preclude a state from granting a license to practice law to
an undocumented immigrant,”
Cantil-Sakauye wrote.
Garcia, 36, arrived in the
U.S. as a teenager to pick almonds with his father, who
was a permanent legal resident. His father filed a petition
in 1994 seeking an immigration visa for his son. It was accepted in 1995, but because of
the backlog of visa applications from people from Mexico, Garcia has never received
a visa number.
He applied for citizenship in
1994 and is still working toward that goal.
The U.S. Department of
Justice argued that Garcia was
barred from receiving his law
license because the court’s entire budget comes from the
public treasury, a violation of
the federal mandate that no
public money be used to grant
licenses to people who are in
the country without permission.
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Daniel Tenney, who argued
the case, did not immediately
return a call seeking comment.
The Obama administration’s position in the case
came as a surprise to some,
since the White House has
shielded from deportation people who were brought to the
U.S. illegally as children, provided they also graduated
from high school, kept a clean
criminal record and met other
conditions.
At a hearing in September,
a majority of the state
Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant to grant Garcia the license under current
state and federal law, saying
they were prohibited from doing so unless the Legislature
acted.
Coming this Saturday
in USA Weekend in
The Madera Tribune:
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SPORTS
PAGE A4 Friday, January 3, 2014
Madera High Sports
Coyotes begin year with win
By Tyler A. Takeda
THE MADERA TRIBUNE
CLOVIS — Despite just
one practice in the last two
weeks, the Madera Coyote
girls basketball team had
just enough to defeat Bakersfield on Thursday in the
first game of the Old Town
Clovis Kiwanis New Year’s
Classic at Buchanan High
School.
The Coyotes scored the first
10 points of the game and
matched Bakersfield the rest
of the way for a 36-28 victory
to improve to 9-1 on the season after going 4-0 last week
at the Harold Oliviera Holiday
Classic in Santa Maria.
Even though the Coyotes
picked up the win, head coach
Jason Smith expected more
out of his players.
“We didn’t play with a
whole lot of energy and enthusiasm today,” Smith said.
“We were just going through
the motions and played down
to their level. The excitement
to play just wasn’t there.”
The season’s leading scorer,
Bria Fernandes, only made
one field goal and scored just
three points. However, eight
Coyotes scored between three
and seven points for the victory, led by Alexandria Campbell’s seven.
“We’ve had one practice in
five games. We have a young
TYLER TAKEDA/THE MADERA TRIBUNE
Madera’s Alexandria Campbell looks to drive to the hoop
against Bakersfield during Thursday’s victory. She led the
Coyotes with seven points.
team. I knew, with the schedule, I would see what we have
this week. I didn’t like what I
saw today. The execution was
poor and the communication
wasn’t good. They outhustled
us in the third and fourth quarter. It’s nice to get the win, but
we have to play better than
that.”
The Coyotes forced 25
turnovers, including 10 in the
third quarter that kept them in
the game. In the first quarter,
Madera recorded four
turnovers and five rebounds
before Bakersfield scored.
“Our defense was good,”
Smith said. “The defense is
what won us the game. We
were in good position and kept
them off the boards. We just
have to execute on the offensive end more.”
Alyssa Burton led the Coyotes with 11 rebounds and Addyson Smith added five. Of
the 25 Drillers turnovers, 10
came by steal.
The Coyotes took control of
the game right from the start
and didn’t look back.
Fernandes hit a 3-pointer to
start off the Coyotes scoring.
After she stole the ball from
Bakersfield, Marissa Johnson
scored on a reverse layup.
Campbell drilled a 3-pointer
after an offensive rebound and
assist from Alicia Rodriguez.
SEE COYOTES, PAGE A5
Texas-sized cloud hangs over BCS title game
PASADENA (AP) — A Texas-sized
cloud of uncertainty looms over college
football’s biggest game of the season.
As No. 1 Florida State and No. 2
Auburn prepare in Southern California to
meet Monday in the last BCS championship game, the University of Texas is
still looking for a new football coach. And
until the Longhorns make a hire, just
about every successful coach can be considered a candidate — including Florida
State’s Jimbo Fisher and Auburn’s Gus
Malzahn.
“I’ve been amazed about how quiet this
thing has been,” ESPN analyst Kirk
Herbstreit said earlier this week. “Because of that it leads me to speculate and
believe that somebody still involved in
coaching, whether it’s the NFL or college,
must be one of their primary candidates.”
“I think the longer this goes on I think
it’s very, very clear that it’s somebody
who’s still coaching. Who that might be,
I have no idea.”
Some leaks have sprung in the last couple of days, and it appears front-runners
are emerging.
Published reports out of Texas stated
the Longhorns were interested in Fisher,
Baylor’s Art Briles, Vanderbilt’s James
Franklin and Louisville’s Charlie Strong.
Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio has also been mentioned as a coach Texas athletic director Steve Patterson is looking
at. Patterson said he wants the search
complete by Jan. 15.
“Texas, they’re going to be calling on
everybody they possibly can because
they’re going to try to get the best coach
they possibly can,” Florida State AD Stan
Wilcox said. “Meanwhile, everybody’s
trying to keep their coaches because they
all feel that the people that Texas is looking at are the best coaches out there.”
Florida State hopes it has put all the
speculation about Fisher’s future to rest.
The fourth-year head coach and Nick Saban disciple finally got around on Tuesday to signing a new contract that runs
through the 2018 season and pays him
about $4.1 million annually.
Auburn agreed to a new deal with
Malzahn the day before the Southeastern
Conference championship game last
month. The six-year contract is worth
$3.85 million annually to the first-year
Tigers coach.
Briles got a 10-year deal in November
from Baylor. Michigan State is working
on a new deal for Dantonio that could
double his $1.9 million salary.
The Dallas Morning News and Austin
American-Statesmen reported Patterson
has met with Strong and that Briles, now
that Baylor’s season ended Tuesday night
with a 52-42 loss to UCF in the Fiesta
Bowl, could be next to interview.
And, of course, Saban, the object of so
many Longhorns desires, agreed to a new
multiyear deal with Alabama that will pay
him $7 million a year after months of stories and speculation connecting the fourtime national championship winning
coach and Texas.
But what do those extensions really
mean? Are Fisher, Malzahn, Briles and
even Saban truly off the market?
“A contract is written to be broken,”
said Kansas State athletic director John
Currie, who doesn’t have to worry about
his football coach, 74-year-old Bill Snyder, going anywhere.
The trend in college sports, especially
college football, is for schools to quickly
lock up successful coaches and hand out
raises.
SEE COACHES, PAGE A5
Lovie Smith finalizes deal as Buccaneers coach
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The
Buccaneers say Lovie Smith is
the ideal man to coach Tampa
Bay.
The team made it official
Thursday, announcing the onetime Tony Dungy protege who
led the Chicago Bears to the
Super Bowl seven years ago finalized a five-year contract
that he had reportedly agreed
to on Wednesday. He will be
formally introduced at a news
conference next Monday.
The 55-year-old Smith replaces Greg Schiano, who was
fired Monday following a 412 finish. The Bucs also dismissed general manager Mark
Dominik, and the search for
his successor continues.
Bucs co-chairman Bryan
Glazer called it an “exciting
day” for the organization.
“We knew from the start of
our search that he was the ideal man to lead our team into a
new era. ... Lovie is an accomplished and very well-respect-
New Tampa Bay Buccaneers
head coach Lovie Smith.
ed head coach who has enjoyed
success at every level of his 30year career,” Glazer said.
Ex-punter says coach
made anti-gay remarks
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —
Former Minnesota punter Chris
Kluwe says his special teams
coordinator made anti-gay
comments while Kluwe was
with the Vikings, an allegation
the coach “vehemently denies.”
In an article posted Thursday on the website Deadspin,
Kluwe wrote that coach Mike
Priefer made several anti-gay
comments in objection to
Kluwe’s outspoken opposition
of an anti-gay marriage
amendment in Minnesota.
Kluwe also says former
Vikings coach Leslie Frazier
and current general manager
Rick Spielman encouraged
him to tone down his rhetoric
in an effort to reduce distractions to the team. At the same
time, Kluwe said, Vikings
owner Zygi Wilf expressed
support for Kluwe’s championing of gay rights.
Hours later, Priefer issued a
statement disputing Kluwe’s
portrayal of the events.
“I want to be clear that I do
not tolerate discrimination of
any type and am respectful of
all individuals,” Priefer said.
“I personally have gay family
members who I love and support just as I do any family
member.”
The Vikings said in a statement that they take the allegations “very seriously and will
thoroughly review this matter.”
“As an organization, the
Vikings consistently strive to
create a supportive, respectful
and accepting environment for
all of our players, coaches and
front office personnel,” the
team said. “We do not tolerate
discrimination at any level.
“The team has long respected our players’ and associates’
individual rights, and, as Chris
specifically stated, Vikings
ownership supports and promotes tolerance, including on
the subject of marriage equality. Because he was identified
with the Vikings, Chris was
SEE SPORTS, PAGE A5
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick played
his two best games against the Green Bay Packers, the
49ers’ opponent Sunday in the first round of the NFL playoffs.
Two of Kaepernick’s
best games came
against Green Bay
SANTA CLARA (AP) —
Colin Kaepernick has no
idea why two of his best
games as a pro have come
against the very team he
grew up cheering as a Packers Cheesehead.
He has beaten Green Bay
nearly every way imaginable
in two meetings over the past
year. In a sensational playoff
debut last January, he used
his speedy legs to run for a
quarterback playoff-record
181 yards and a pair of
touchdowns. In the season
opener in September, the
strong-armed San Francisco
QB threw for a career-best
412 yards and three scores.
“Really can’t say why, it
has just worked out that
way,” Kaepernick said about
the success. “We’ve played
well when we’ve played
against them.”
He is hoping for the same
result by whatever means
necessary Sunday, when the
reigning NFC champion
Niners (12-4) play in the bitter cold of Green Bay in the
wild-card playoff round as
they chase a return trip to the
Super Bowl and the franchise’s sixth championship.
The biggest challenge for
Kaepernick this time might
be holding onto the ball as
the temperature dips into single digits — or, gasp, below.
“The ball is going to be
harder and that’s really the
No. 1 obstacle,” offensive
coordinator Greg Roman
said Thursday. “It’s more
about the ball and the grip.”
That divisional-round
playoff win last year at Candlestick Park is still fresh for
all involved. It went a long
way to launch not only an
impressive Super Bowl run
for San Francisco but also an
offseason filled with glamorous appearances and
awards shows for Kaepernick with his newfound
rock-star status.
“Everybody calls that kind
of his breakout game,” center Jonathan Goodwin said.
“He made a lot of big plays
with his legs and that sticks
out.”
Kaepernick’s first full season as a starter this year has
had some bumps, with a pair
of two-game losing streaks
as well as several big performances like that Week 1
outing against the Packers.
San
Francisco
has
outscored Green Bay 79-59
the past two games, while also defeating the Packers 3022 in Week 1 of 2012 at
Lambeau Field.
Whether Kaepernick can
duplicate what he has already accomplished against
the team he long loved will
be seen Sunday.
“Just pretty good execution there,” Roman said. “It’s
probably just happenstance
really. Colin played really
well and everybody around
him played really well as
well. Every game’s different.”
Green Bay sure knows it.
After spending significant
time during the offseason focused on stopping the read
option after the embarrassment that ensued following
Kaepernick’s performance,
the Packers did well stopping the run in Week 1 only
to see Kaepernick go off
with his arm — completing
13 passes for 208 yards to
Anquan Boldin.
Kaepernick presents problems no matter what. Green
Bay coach Mike McCarthy
knows there will be new
wrinkles.
“Obviously, very versatile,” McCarthy said. “Excellent, big athlete. We’re
preparing for their whole offense. Definitely the quarterback is always a focus. I look
back at Week 1’s game from
a defensive perspective, our
run defense played well. The
big plays were something
that factored into that game.”
Big hits, too.
Typically one to say as little as possible, Kaepernick
offered a parting shot for
Packers linebacker Clay
Matthews afterward.
Kaepernick took a late,
out-of-bounds hit from
Matthews — out for Sunday’s game — in the second
quarter.
“If intimidation is your
game plan, I hope you have
a better one,” the tattooed
play-caller said at the time.
The 26-year-old Kaepernick went on to lead his team
back to the playoffs, this season as the wild-card team after missing a third straight
NFC West crown with a second-place finish to the rival
Seattle Seahawks.
The explosive Kaepernick
threw for 3,197 yards and 21
touchdowns with eight interceptions while also rushing
for 524 yards and four TDs.
Before each game, linebacker Patrick Willis pulls
Kaepernick aside with the
same message: “Go out and
do your thing. We’ve got you
on defense.”
The support from the othSEE KAEPERNICK, PAGE A5
Madera Tribune, Madera, Calif.
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Scoreboard
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
Chicago
Bears
quarterback
Jay Cutler
signed a
new contract
extension
with the
Bears on
Thursday.
Madera Coyotes
Boys Basketball at Sunnyside, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Madera South Stallions
Old Town Clovis Kiwanis New Year’s Classic
Bakersfield
2
6
9
9-
28
On tap today
Madera
10
10
6
11-
37
Wrestling at Doc Buchanan Tournament @ Clovis HS,
9 a.m.
M: Alyssa Burton 6, 11 rebounds; Bria Fernandes 3;
Alexandria Campbell 7; Marissa Johnson 4; Alicia
Rodriguez 3; Creona Harshaw 4; Addyson Smith 5;
Sarah Nainoa 5.
asked to be respectful while
expressing his opinions. Team
ownership and management
also repeatedly emphasized to
Chris that the Vikings would
not impinge on his right to express his views.”
Bears sign QB Jay
Cutler to 7-year deal
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP)
— If the Bears make changes
this offseason, it will not be at
quarterback.
Chicago signed Jay Cutler
to a seven-year contract
Thursday, ending speculation
they might make a change after five seasons of good and
bad from their talented signalcaller. Cutler clearly thrived
under first-year coach Marc
Trestman and now has some
of the best complements on
offense he’s had since arriving
in Chicago in 2009.
“It’s not always been easy,”
Cutler said. “There’s been
some ups and downs. There’s
been some bad years there’s
been some good years. I think
it makes me appreciate the
moment I’m in even more,
with the offensive weapons
we have, with the type of leadership we have from the front
office, with the type of coaching staff we have with the play
calling and our (offensive) install. It makes me happy I’m
here.”
The Bears also signed cornerback Tim Jennings, who
has led the team in interceptions in each of the past two
seasons, and guard Matt Slauson to four-year deals. Like
Cutler, both players were
scheduled to become free
agents.
General manager Phil
Emery said the team and Cutler’s agent, Bus Cook, completed contract discussions
three days after the season
ended Sunday with a 33-28
loss to the Green Bay Packers
in a game that decided the
NFC North title. Terms were
not disclosed, but the deal for
the 30-year-old Cutler is reportedly worth nearly $18 million per year over the first
three years and includes at
least $50 million guaranteed.
Browns to interview
Arizona’s Bowles
CLEVELAND (AP) —
Todd Bowles was on the last
coaching staff to get the
Browns to the playoffs. He
might get a chance to take
Coyotes
Laura Morales came down
with a defensive rebound and
fed Creona Harshaw for a
layup and a 10-0 lead.
Bakersfield scored its first
points with 1:30 left in the first
quarter as Madera led 10-2.
Sarah Nainoa started the
second quarter with a driving
layup and Johnson put back
a missed shot for a 14-2 lead.
From there, the Coyotes
tried to match Bakersfield. After a Bakersfield free throw,
Rodriguez sank two for
Madera’s biggest lead of the
day at 13.
The Drillers scored four
straight points before Smith
put back a missed 3-pointer.
them back.
Bowles will interview for
Cleveland’s head coaching job
today, NFL Network reported
Thursday. Bowles, who spent
the past season as Arizona’s
defensive coordinator, was an
assistant with the Browns
from 2001-04, coaching defensive backs on Butch Davis’
staff.
With Bowles, the Browns
went to the AFC playoffs in
2002, their last visit and the
only time they’ve been to the
postseason since their expansion reboot in 1999.
Now, the team is looking for
its fourth full-time coach in six
years — and seventh in 15
years — after Rob Chudzinski was fired last week after
one season.
NFL TV ratings grow
even bigger
NEW YORK (AP) — The
already-big television audiences for the NFL on Sunday
afternoons grew even bigger
this season.
The NFC package on Fox
matched its highest rating in
the network’s 20 seasons
broadcasting the league, and
the AFC package had its best
rating since 1994.
The NFC games on Fox averaged a 12.5 rating, equaling
the record set in 1995 and up
6 percent from last year. The
AFC games on CBS averaged
an 11.1 rating, up 4 percent
from last season.
ers one more day to sell their
remaining playoff tickets and
avoid local television blackouts.
The Colts announced their
extension on their website
Thursday, about an hour before a previous extension was
supposed to expire. Fewer
than 3,500 tickets remained
for Saturday’s wild-card game
against Kansas City (11-5).
The team had said about 5,500
tickets were left Wednesday
night.
The Bengals (11-5) also had
tickets left for their game Sunday afternoon against San
Diego (9-7). The Packers (87-1) had roughly 3,000 tickets
left for the wild-card game
Sunday against San Francisco
(12-4).
Normally, teams must sell
out 72 hours before kickoff
to have a game broadcast in
the local market. They can
get one-day extensions if
they think a sellout is possible.
LA Sparks group
gives up franchise
(AP) — The NFL is giving
the Colts, Bengals and Pack-
(AP) — The Los Angeles
Sparks' ownership group has
given up control of the franchise.
WNBA President Laurel
Richie told The Associated
Press on Thursday that Sparks
chairman Paula Madison informed the league right before
Christmas that her familyowned company would no
longer be involved with the
team.
“The current ownership
group has notified us that they
are no longer willing to support the team,” Richie said.
“They have shutdown operations and we in turn based on
that have begun the process of
taking action to return management control to the
league.”
All Sparks front office personnel, including the team's
president and general manager, were laid off on New
Year’s Eve via e-mail. The
players, including star Candace Parker, have already
been paid and their benefits
will continue to be taken care
of by the league.
The move comes after a
banner year for the WNBA
with attendance and viewership both up.
“My inital response was
one of surprise,” Richie said.
“Both in terms of how well
the league was doing and is
doing. I didn’t have any prior
communication from the
team that this was going to
happen.”
After a Bakersfield free
throw, Smith banked in a 15foot jumper for a 20-8 lead at
the half.
Both teams had trouble taking care of the ball in the third
quarter, combining for 18
turnovers. After a Bakersfield
layup, Alyssa Burton made
two free throws. Six turnovers
later, the Drillers scored on a
short bucket.
Madera answered with a
free throw from Rodriguez
and Smith to regain its 12point lead. Two Bakersfield
free throws were answered by
a Campbell layup.
Bakersfield ended the third
quarter with a 3-pointer to cut
Madera’s lead to 26-17.
After Bakersfield cut the
lead down to seven, Harshaw
scored on a layup. Bakersfield
made two free throws, but
Burton put back her own miss
to keep the lead at nine.
Two more free throws cut
Madera’s lead to seven. However, Campbell scored on a
layup and Nainoa drained a 3pointer for a 35-23 lead with
less than three minutes left to
put the game away.
Bakersfield tried to claw
its way back into the game
with a 3-pointer and a running jumper to cut the lead to
two, but Burton hit a short
jumper with less than a
minute left in the game for
the 37-28 victory.
Madera plays the winner of
Fresno High and Kingsburg
today at 3 p.m. at Buchanan
High School-Clovis.
Welker rejoins with
Broncos, Manning
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP)
— Wes Welker and Peyton
Manning remain in perfect
rhythm even after a month
apart.
At least, that’s what the
Denver Broncos’ receiver reported after practice Thursday.
“I felt like we were kind of
on the same page,” said Welker, who is returning from a
concussion he sustained Dec.
8 against Tennessee — his
second in a four-game span.
Hardly a surprise, since
they’ve been in sync all season, with Welker catching a
career-high 10 touchdown
passes.
Lately, though, Manning
has been without his security
blanket as Welker sat out the
final three games of the regular season.
Colts, Bengals, Pack
get tickets extension
Boys Soccer at Los Alamitos, 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball at Mendota, 7 p.m.
On tap today
Girls Basketball at Old Town Clovis Kiwanis New
Year’s Classic @ Buchanan vs. Fresno/Kingsburg winner, 3 p.m.
9 a.m.
Sports
Girls Soccer vs. Central, 5 p.m.
Coaches
Mississippi extended Hugh
Freeze’s contract after a 7-5
regular season and bumped
his pay to $3 million per year.
Washington State’s Mike
Leach got the Cougars back
into a bowl by winning six
games in his second season at
Pullman. He got a two-year
extension for his work.
Texas A&M made the boldest move of all this season
with coach Kevin Sumlin,
who was drawing interest
from NFL teams last year.
The Aggies made Sumlin (206 in two seasons at A&M) a
$5 million-per-year coach
with a new six-year deal.
Arizona AD Greg Byrne
said the contract numbers that
make headlines can often be
deceiving.
“When you get down into
the details the interesting
Kaepernick
er side of the ball means a lot.
Kaepernick has come a
long way in a year’s time.
“Just more comfortable
with the situation, with the
scenario,” he said. “I think
last year everything just hap-
Liberty Hawks
On tap today
9 a.m.
Girls Soccer at Edison, 12 p.m.
numbers are what’s guaranteed, both sides. If the coach
were to leave, what’s the buyout? And then if you were to
dismiss your coach without
cause what percent of the
contract is guaranteed?”
Byrne said. “Sometime you’ll
see someone with an eightyear contract, but half the
contract is guaranteed, so in
some ways it’s a four-year
contract instead.”
Currie said the NFL has
played a major role in changing the salary structure for
college coaches, but ultimately a school needs to decide what works best for it.
“Everybody else is doing it
is not a reason to make a bad
decision for your institution,”
he said.
But market pressures can
be strong and big openings
— such as the one at Texas
— can drive up that market.
“I’m sure there’s been a
time where a school’s reacted too slowly, but I think
there have been times where
a school has jumped ahead a
little more in hindsight to
where they want to be,”
Byrne said. “It’s a challenging situation. I think the market place has gotten to such
that there will be agents out
there that will try to parlay
one school against another.
And I think that’s driven up
some of the numbers we’re
seeing today.”
Florida State and Auburn
have made their moves to
protect their interests, and can
spend this week focusing on
what it takes to win a national championship. But until
the Longhorns introduce a
new coach, fans of the Seminoles and Tigers — and
Bears and Cardinals, etc. —
have reason to be at least a
little distracted by what’s going on in Austin.
pened fast, this year I have
the experience of being in the
playoffs. I have the experience of being in the offense.”
While Kaepernick only
makes it back to his native
Wisconsin every year or two,
he cherishes that time as a
boy before he moved to Turlock.
Kaepernick might have
scripted it quite like this.
Same venue perhaps, warmer
weather.
“I don’t think my dream
was to play in freezing
weather,” he said, “but to be
in the playoffs and have this
opportunity, yes, it’s part of
the dream.”
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Tight lips can keep tongues
from wagging in the office
DEAR ABBY: I am a 27year-old mom who has always been overweight. I have
tried all sorts of diets and programs, and have lost a few
pounds and then gained it all
back and more.
My boss has offered to pay
for me to have weight loss
surgery. It is something I
have always wanted, but
could never afford. My boss
told me she knows the struggle I have had and the frustration I have experienced.
My family is behind me
and supports my decision to
have it done. My concern is
that once others in my office
learn it was paid for by the
boss, I’ll be treated differently. I’m concerned about possible catty comments. They
are gossips, and I hate being
the center of attention in situations like that. The truth is
bound to come out, so how
can I comment on the gift
I’ve been given? — SO
GRATEFUL IN TEXAS
DEAR SO GRATEFUL:
You have a generous and empathetic boss who obviously
cares about you. Unless one
of you reveals that she paid
for your surgery, “the truth”
is not bound to come out.
How your operation is paid
for is nobody’s business.
DEAR ABBY: My father
recently told me his girlfriend
is pregnant with twins. She is
in her 40s and he is in his 50s.
She already has two kids who
are quite a handful. They
both have low-paying jobs
and I don’t think they can
handle two more children.
My father now is asking
me to move in with him to
help out. Because of their financial state and their ages,
I’m afraid this is a huge risk.
If I tell him what my concerns are, I am sure he’ll
think I’m heartless and stop
talking to me. I don’t know
what to do. Dad might not
Friday
January 3
even be around to see those
kids graduate from high
school. What can I do? —
TROUBLED SON IN COLORADO
TROUBLED
DEAR
SON: Unless you’re willing
to give up your freedom I
don’t recommend doing what
your father is proposing. He
should not expect you to assume child care or financial
responsibility because his
birth control method failed.
That privilege rightfully belongs to him and his girlfriend. Tell your father you
sympathize with his dilemma, but the answer is no.
DEAR ABBY: I read your
column on the nights that I
work, and I was wondering if
you have had days when you
just wanted to tell someone
who has written to you to
“suck it up and deal with it.”
I am generally a nice person
and would help the most
helpless cases as best I could,
but I know that I have days
when I have been snarky. I
was wondering how you deal
with those days. — FEELING SNARKY TONIGHT
IN VERMONT
FEELING
DEAR
SNARKY: I write my column from an office away
from my home. Because of
that, it’s easier to leave distractions (or “problems”) on
the other side of the door
when I enter. I’m here to help
people, not to make anyone
feel worse. If for some reason
I felt I was unable to do that,
I would either go for a long
walk or postpone writing for
another day.
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any of us make promises to
ourselves to mark the beginning of a new year. We
make pledges such as I’m going to
save more, exercise more, or spend
Read: Micah 6:3-8
less time on the Internet. We begin
the year with good intentions, but before long old habits tempt us to take
up our old ways. We slip up occaWhat does the Lord
sionally,
then more frequently, and
require of you but
then
all
the
time. Finally, it’s as if our
to do justly, to love
resolution
never
existed.
mercy, and to walk
Instead
of
choosing
our own selfhumbly with
improvement
goals,
a
better
approach
your God?
might
be
to
ask
ourselves:
“What
does
— Micah 6:8
the Lord desire of me?” Through the
prophet Micah, God has revealed that
He wants us to do what is right, to be
merciful, and to walk humbly with Him (Mic. 6:8). All of these
things relate to soul-improvement rather than self-improvement.
Thankfully, we don’t have to rely on our own strength. The
Holy Spirit has the power to help us as believers in our spiritual growth. God’s Word says, He is able to “strengthen you with
power through his Spirit in your inner being” (Eph. 3:16 niv).
So as we begin a new year, let’s resolve to be more Christlike. The Spirit will help us as we seek to walk humbly with
God.
Truthful Spirit, dwell with me;
I myself would truthful be;
And with wisdom kind and clear
Let Thy life in mine appear. — Lynch
Help From
His Spirit
He who has the Holy Spirit as his resource
has already won the victory.
‘Saturday Night Live’ comes to China’s Internet
BEIJING (AP) — A popular online video site is
bringing the irreverent, topical humor of “Saturday
Night Live” to China.
The late-night U.S. comedy sketch show that regularly mocks politicians, popular culture and celebrities is
being shown exclusively on
the website of Sohu Video,
a unit of Chinese online media group and Nasdaq-listed
Sohu.com Inc.
Ten episodes from the
current 39th season of
“SNL” are available now.
Future episodes will be
available online without
subtitles the Monday after
airing in the United States,
and a version with Chinese
subtitles and explanations of
cultural references will be
available at 10 p.m. the following Saturday, Sohu said
in its announcement Thursday.
The NBC network show
has been a comedy proving
ground since its inception
with Eddie Murphy, Tina
Fey, Amy Poehler, Jimmy
Fallon and Will Ferrell
among its cast over the
years. Many of its original
sketches and musical performances have been made
into movies — including the
1992 hit “Wayne’s World”
— or gone viral online.
ANDY WONG/AP PHOTO
Sohu Chairman
and CEO Charles
Zhang, left,
strikes a pose
next to a poster of
American irreverent comedy
sketch show Saturday Night Live,
after a press conference at the
Sohu Media
Plaza in Beijing
on Thursday.
‘American Hustle,’
‘Her’ get Producers
Guild nods
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
David O. Russell’s corruption
tale “American Hustle,” Spike
Jonze’s digital romance
“Her,” and Steve McQueen’s
historic saga “12 Years a
Slave” are among the motion
picture nominees for the Producers Guild of America.
Ten films were announced
as contenders on Thursday,
including the Woody Allen
comedy “Blue Jasmine,” Somali pirate thriller “Captain
Phillips,” AIDS drama “Dallas Buyers Club,” lost-inspace odyssey “Gravity,”
small-town comedy “Nebraska,” making-of-"Mary Poppins” story “Saving Mr.
Banks,” and stockbroker feat
“The Wolf of Wall Street.”
The guild, a company of
Hollywood producers, grants
its 25th annual awards on Jan.
19. Winners of the top honor
often go on to take the best-
Born Loser/Chip Sansom
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS/AP PHOTO
Cate Blanchett stars in a scene from the film, “Blue Jasmine.”
Corruption tale “American Hustle,” digital love story “Her” and
historic saga “12 Years a Slave” as well as “Blue Jasmine,”
are among the motion picture nominees for the Producers
Guild of America announced Thursday.
picture prize at the Academy
Awards, held on March 2.
Mary Campbell,
wife of Archie
Campbell, dies
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP)
— The widow of “Hee Haw”
entertainer Archie Campbell
has died.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reported Mary Campbell
was 94 years old.
Campbell was born Mary
Lewis and was a native of the
Powell community. She married Archie Campbell while
he was serving in the Navy
during World War II.
The couple moved to
Nashville in the late 1950s
when Archie Campbell was
hired by RCA Records. He
became a member of the
Grand Ole Opry in 1959 and
joined the “Hee Haw” television show in 1969.
In their later years, the couple returned to the Powell
community and developed
business interests in Pigeon
Forge, including an amusement complex. Archie Campbell died in 1987.
Mary Campbell died on
Dec. 27 and was buried on
Tuesday.
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OPINION
Page A7 THE MADERA TRIBUNE Friday, January 3, 2014
It was a cold day in ... Antarctica
I’m sure you breathed a
sigh of relief, as did I, to learn
that 52 passengers have been
rescued from an icebound
Russian research ship in the
Antarctic.
These folks had gone to
Antarctica to look at how the
palm trees were growing —
naw, you know I’m kidding.
They went there to look at the
ice and determine how it has
been affected by global warming, but it got to be too much
for them and their ship. There
were scientists aboard, and
also tourists who I’m sure
were looking forward to seeing how Antarctica had turned
were they even uncomfortable, unless you call being
cold when they were outside
on the ice uncomfortable.
The passengers were no
fools. They spent most of their
time inside, watching movies
and playing games. After
Chuck Doud
looking at the Antarctic ice for
a while, they took to studying
the ice in their glasses of
EDITOR’S CORNER
vodka.
to slush.
The ship became icebound
Imagine their surprise.
after a storm pushed sea ice
They were aboard the MV around the ship, freezing it in
Akademik Shokalskiy, which place. What a bummer when
is sort of the Queen Mary of you are expecting global
Antarctic ice-research vessels, warming to bail you out.
and were never in danger, nor
Three icebreakers tried to
T
Quote to ponder
he thing that
is most
beautiful
about Antarctica for
me is the light. It’s
like no other light on
Earth, because the
air is so free of
impurities. You get
drugged by it, like
when you listen to
one of your favorite
songs. The light there
is a mood-enhancing
substance.
Of the people ...
Public meetings
The following are regularly scheduled meetings of
elected officials and public agency governing boards
in Madera and Madera County.
Madera City Council: Meets first and third
Wednesdays. Closed session starts at 6 p.m., regular
session at 6:30 p.m. City Council Chambers, City
Hall, 205 W. 4th St. Information: 661-5405 (office of
Sonia Alvarez, City Clerk.)
Madera Redevelopment Agency Successor
Agency: Board meets second Wednesday of each
month at 6 p.m. at City Council Chambers, City
Hall, 205 W. 4th St. Telephone: (559) 661-5110
Madera City Planning Commission : Meets the
second Tuesday of each month starting at 6 p.m. in
the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 205 W. 4th
Street. Telephone: (559) 661-5430.
Madera County Planning Commission: The Commission typically meets at 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. If there are a sufficient number
of items scheduled, a second meeting will be held on
the third Tuesday of the month. Valley meetings are
held in the conference room at the Resource Management Agency, 2037 W. Cleveland, Madera. or the
Coarsegold Community Center, 31500 Highway 41,
Coarsegold. The location of each meeting is based
on where the majority of agenda items are located.
Telephone: (559) 675-7821
Madera County Board of Supervisors: Board of
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of each month and occasionally on Mondays in the
Board Chambers of the County Government Center
200 W. 4th St. Madera, CA 93637. Telephone: (559)
675-7700.
Madera County Mosquito and Vector Control
District: The fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held at Madera County Mosquito and Vector
Control District, 3105 Airport Drive, Madera, CA
93637 at 1 p.m. Telephone: (559) 662-8880.
Madera Irrigation District Board of Directors:
The first and third Tuesday of each month. Meetings
are held at Madera Irrigation District Office, 12152
Rd 28 1/4, Madera, CA 93637 in the board room.
Telephone: (559)673-3514.
Gravelly Ford Water District Board of Directors:
Meets second Wednesday of each month at 1:30
p.m. at Schaffer Ranch Office, 25176 Ave 5 1/2,
Madera, Ca 93638 Telephone: (559) 474-1000.
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month at 7 p.m. at Madera Unified School Distict office at 1902 Howard Road, Madera, CA 93637. Telephone: (559) 675-4500
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Madera County Office of Education, 1105 S. Madera
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Madera District Fair Board: Board meets on the
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Madera ADA Advisory Council — 2 p.m., third
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Disabilities Act. For information call Wendy Silva,
661-5401.
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of each month at 10 a.m. in the Madera County
Board of Supervisors Chamber. The commission
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Madera County Cal-ID Remote Access Network
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a.m. at Madera County Government Center, 200 W.
4th St., Madera, CA 93637 in the Board of Supervisors Chambers.
Madera County Transportation Commission:
Meets every third Wednesday in the Madera County
Transportation Commission Conference room, 2001
Howard Road Suite 201, at 3 p.m.
make it to the Shokalskiy, but
failed. Finally, the rescue was
made by Chinese helicopter
pilots.
The reason the Chinese had
helicopters down there was
that they are constructing four
research bases on that frozen
continent. That means just
about everybody will have a
base there before long — perhaps even Walmart.
Nobody was saying how
much the rescue of the 52 passengers cost, but you can bet it
was plenty. The owners of the
Shokalskiy will have to pay
for it — or their insurance
company will, probably.
—
JON KRAKAUER
AMERICAN WRITER AND
MOUNTAINEER
Suggestions for liberals in 2014
By Susan Stamper Brown
Because things are not going
well for liberals who have driven
the Democrat Party out of the
American mainstream, I thought
it would be helpful to come up
with a list of suggestions for
them to consider in 2014. So
here goes:
• Touch a gun. Guns do not
bite, nor do they kill. Instead,
guns protect potential victims.
There is a reason gun-free zones
are considered magnets for mass
killers. Gun-free zones are helpless victim zones. Here in the
Arctic, guns protect residents
from dangerous animals (and
people) and also help put food on
the table. A big moose can provide 700 pounds of lean and
healthy meat all winter.
• Share in a meaningful debate. Be warned: It is not for the
weak-minded, spineless, or those
with an undisciplined tongue. It
takes a lot of practice. Using
inane adjectives to discredit your
opponent is juvenile and ignorant, but thoughtful rebuttal is
enlightening and refreshing.
• Seek truth. The truth will set
you free, right after it exasperates you, which is why it is wise
to form a few relationships with
those with whom you do not necessarily agree. Truth is not contingent upon your personal
interpretation; truth is simply
truth. Expand your knowledge
by staying informed. Your news
diet should include alternate
points of view beyond Comedy
Central or MSNBC, if for no
other purpose than to understand
the other side of the argument.
• Value life. According to Minnesota Citizens Concerned for
Life, in the United States one
baby is aborted every 26 seconds,
137 per hour, 3,304 per day,
23,196 per week, 100,516 every
month and 1,206,192 babies are
aborted per year. And those are
just the ones reported. Why not
add babies to your “endangered
lists” and begin saving them?
• Make money. If you have a
job, be grateful, if not, go get one
Commentary
or create your own. Hop off that
never-ending hamster wheel of
“I can’t get a job because I have
no experience,” stop blaming the
economy and become part of the
solution. Remember: If you have
minimum skills and minimum
motivation, you have no right to
complain about working for minimum wage. And when you get
that job, please work hard because millions on welfare depend on you.
• Put your money where your
mouth is. Either embrace capitalism or stop buying your coveted Apple products. Steve Jobs
was a capitalist.
• Do charitable work. Letting
government programs do for you
what you should be doing yourself is lame. There is nothing
more rewarding than giving back
time, energy and resources to
those less fortunate. Most people
could do without much of what
they have. Instead of selling it on
the Internet, give it away.
• Buy an SUV. The additional
money you will pay for in gas is
well worth the safety you will
gain. Newer SUVs are outfitted
with back up cameras, roll bars
and side airbags. They are engineered to balance weight and adjust to sudden changes. They
also handle well in austere conditions, where horsepower and
four-wheel drive come in handy.
• Become a student of history.
Try reading Corrie Ten Boom’s
biography, “The Hiding Place,”
which tells how her family risked
their lives to help Jews escape
the Nazis during World War II.
Corrie was the only one in her
family to survive the death
camps.
• Read the U.S. Constitution.
When Republicans took over the
House of Representatives in
2011 the first order of business
was to read the Constitution.
Some Congressional liberals,
like Jerrold Nadler (D-New
York), complained that reading
aloud the document Americans
have revered as the law of the
land for more than 200 years was
“propaganda” and “total nonsense.” You might as well read it
to find out what all the fuss is
about.
Sure hope this helps.
Susan Stamper Brown writes
about politics, the economy and
culture. Email her at writestamper@gmail.com or her website
at susanstamperbrown.com. Her
column is distributed by Cagle
Syndicate.
•••
Antimicrobial
soap: Friend or foe?
By Danny Tyree
If one of your resolutions for
2014 was to use more antimicrobial soap, your plans might be all
washed up.
According to the New York
Times, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced
on Dec. 16 that it is giving soap
manufacturers one year to
demonstrate that their antibacterial chemicals (a) are more effective than ordinary soap and water
and (b) do more good than harm.
Regulators think consumers
have been lulled into a false
sense of security, and that the
soaps may actually promote
drug-resistant strains of bacteria.
Don’t view this as an abrupt
development. Although the order
was issued this month, the preliminary version was drafted (I
kid thee not) in the late 1970s!
Granted, in 2005 the FDA did
at least issue a suggestion that the
industry study the situation and
forward the data to the feds.
The FDA has a reputation for
foot-dragging and lollygagging.
Cutting-edge statements issued in
2012 included “splinters from
covered wagons may expose you
to New World pathogens” and
“Eating magic beans can be hazardous to your health.”
Some 2,000 soaps (and countless unrelated products far from
the world of personal hygiene)
are now marketed as “antimicrobial.” It’s all part of the grand tradition of jumping on a
bandwagon.
My wife, the college biology
teacher, is a longtime member of
the American Society for Microbiology and shared with me a lot
of insight from her days in the
cosmetics industry. But she ultimately has a hard time deciding
whom to root for.
Distributed by the Cagle newspaper syndicate.
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MADERA TRIBUNE
Local Weather Forecast
Forecast for Madera
and surrounding area
FOR THE MADERA
TRIBUNE
A group of
runners finished a 2 1/2
hour San
Joaquin River Gorge
Trail run Saturday at this
locked gate
at the end of
Wellbarn
Road in
Prather.
Today’s
forecast is
mostly sunny
with a high
of 68 and
low of 34.
Today...Mostly sunny. Haze. Highs
63 to 68.
Tonight...Partly cloudy. Haze. Lows
34 to 42.
Saturday...Sunny...Haze. Highs 63 to
68.
Saturday night...Mostly clear. Haze.
Lows 31 to 41.
Sunday through Monday
night...Partly cloudy. Haze. Highs 63
to 68. Lows 31 to 41.
Tuesday...Mostly cloudy. Haze in the
morning. Highs 62 to 67.
Tuesday night...Mostly cloudy. Lows
32 to 40.
Wednesday...Mostly sunny. Highs
56 to 61.
Wednesday night...Partly cloudy.
Areas of frost. Lows 29 to 37.
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NY bathers
splash into
new year with
ocean swim
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of brave bathers rang in
2014 with a plunge into the
icy ocean off Coney Island.
Members of the Coney Island Polar Bear and Ice
Breakers clubs and other
hardy swimmers stripped
down to their trunks or
dressed in costumes on
Wednesday for the annual
New Year’s Day splash.
Some people hit the surf
dressed only in bikinis or
briefs. A group of guys wore
bow ties and top hats and had
a tea party, and others waved
giant American flags. Temperatures outside were in the
low 30s. People screamed at
the shock of the cold water.
Polar Bear club president
Dennis Thomas, whose club
has hosted the annual dip
since 1903, said it was a perfect day for a swim.
“It was a glorious beach
day,” he said. “New York
City beaches are great even in
the winter. We love being out
in it.”
Thomas has been a memberS
for more than 30 years and
has done countless swims.
Others, though, were jumping
in for the first time.
Michael Haltman and his
17-year-old son, Cory Haltman, took the plunge to raise
CRAIG RUTTLE/AP PHOTO
A first wave of swimmers jump into frigid waters at Coney Island beach in New York on
Wednesday as they take part in the 111th Annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge.
awareness for the bone marrow donation registry. His 23year-old daughter, Samantha
Haltman, is donating bone
marrow to a patient struggling
with blood cancer, and they
wanted to show support.
‘Breaking Bad’
winner arrested
on drug charges
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP)
— Authorities say a Florida
man who won a raffle to watch
the series finale of AMC’s
“Breaking Bad” with the cast
has been charged with running
a drug distribution operation.
The Lee County Sheriff’s
Office reports that Ryan Lee
Carroll sold synthetic marijuana and shipped it across the
U.S. from his Fort Myers
home with two other men. He
was arrested on New Year’s
Eve.
Authorities seized more than
$1 million in synthetic marijuana during the bust.
According to deputies, the
suspects used a cement mixer
to create the drugs. The drugs
were shipped through the U.S.
Postal Service.
Investigators also seized a
souvenir Hazmat suit signed
by “Breaking Bad” cast members. The TV show follows a
former high school teacher
who produces and sells meth
with a previous student.
Brain samples
stolen from
medical museum
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
A man who allegedly stole
human brain samples from a
medical history museum was
arrested after a California man
who bought some of the tissue online alerted authorities.
David Charles, 21, was arrested Dec. 16 after investigators were tipped off by a San
Diego man who became suspicious about six jars of brain
tissue he’d bought on eBay
for $600.
Charles faces theft and other charges. It was not immediately clear whether he has
an attorney.
Marion County court documents allege Charles broke into the Indiana Medical History Museum several times over
the past year and stole jars of
preserved human tissues, including brain samples, from
long-dead psychiatric patients.
The museum is on the
grounds of a former state psychiatric hospital, Central State
Hospital, which closed in
1994. The museum’s director
said the tissues are from autopsies spanning from roughly the 1890s to the 1940s.
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PUBLIC NOTICES
SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-13-591699-JB Order No.: 130179072-CAAPI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/18/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A
PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction
sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank,
check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section
5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by
duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining
principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges
thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the
time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth
below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO
BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): ELIAZER MENDEZ AND
MARIA MENDEZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 10/27/2006
as Instrument No. 2006048195 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of MADERA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/17/2014 at 1:30:00 PM Place of Sale: At the
main entrance to the County Government Center, 209 West Yosemite, Madera, CA
93637 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $143,184.13 The purported property address is: 458 MANZANA COURT, MADERA, CA 93638 Assessor’s Parcel No.:
008-082-064 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this
property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee
auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid
at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the
property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior
lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to
the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office
or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information.
If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may
hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY
OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more
times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of
the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at
the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-5731965 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site
http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the
Trustee: CA-13-591699-JB. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected
in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown,
directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request
to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If
the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser
at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall
have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been
released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise
the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted
to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY
MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT
AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date:
Quality Loan Service Corporation 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-6457711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-573-1965 Or Login to:
http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan
Service Corp. TS No.: CA-13-591699-JB IDSPub #0059645 12/27/2013 1/3/2014
1/10/2014
No. 728 - Dec. 27, 2013, Jan. 3, 10, 2014
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (Aviso a Demandado): IRINEO RUIZ GAXIOLA, DOES 1
to 10 inclusive
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (Lo esta demandando el demandante):
NICOLE KIMIYE SAKUMA
NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being
heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.
You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on
you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form
if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for
your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California
Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library,
or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a
fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from
the court.
There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you
do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot
afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services
Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center
(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement
or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.
AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir
an su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.
Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles
legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue
una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su
caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro
de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/), en la
biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede
pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de
exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.
Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados.
Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legeales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legeales sin fines de lucro.
Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal
Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el
colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de
$10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en
un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte
pueda desechar el caso.
CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): MCV063174
The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es) Superior
Court, County of Madera, 209 W. Yosemite Avenue, Madera, CA 93637
The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an
attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es) Timothy J. Schmall, #104874;
Burton, Schmal & DiBenedetto, LLP [66448-3-P]; 133 Mission Street, Suite 102, Santa
Cruz, CA 95060; (831) 425-5023, (831) 427-3159.
DATE (Fecha): MAY 21 2013
BONNIE THOMAS, Clerk (Secretario)
by BERNICE L. JACKSON-HYATT, Deputy (Adjunto)
No. 735 - Dec. 13, 20, 27, 2013, Jan. 3, 2014
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
T.S.#: 02013357 Loan#: WSJ00-1944-F APN#: 012380034000 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED AS SHOWN
BELOW. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE
SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF
THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public
auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national
bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or
federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in
Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be
held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under the
pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to
pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, if any, under the
terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee
for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be as set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of the
sale. Trustor: Jed Davis, an unmarried man, and Christine Coelho, a married woman,
as her sole and separate property Duly Appointed Trustee: Guild Administration Corp.,
A California Corporation Trust Deed Date: June 21, 2010 Recording Date: June 30,
2010 Instrument No.: 2010017871 Book: - Page - Recorded in County: Madera, State of
California Date and Time of Sale: Janaury 28, 2014 at: 11:00 A.M. Place of Sale: at the
main entrance to the County Government Center, 209 West Yosemite, Madera, California Estimated Sale Amount: $110,568.59 As More Fully Described On Said Deed Of
Trust. Street Address of Property (or Other Common Designation, if any): 605 Merlot
Avenue, Madera CA 93637 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown above.
If no street address or other Common designation is shown, directions to the location of
the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10
days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that
there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not
on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically
entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that
the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this
property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either
of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or
deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown
on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law
requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you
and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn
whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time
and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 480-5690 or visit this Internet
Web site http://www.tacforeclosures.com/sales using the file number assigned to this
case 02013357. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that
occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: December 23, 2013 Guild Administration Corporation As Said Trustee 5898 Copley Drive, San Diego, CA 92111 (858) 4925890 By: Gail Windus, Assistant Secretary TAC: 967272 PUB: 1/03, 1/10, 1/17/14
No. 761 - Jan. 3, 10, 17, 2014
SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (Aviso a Demandado): RONALD PISTORESI
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (Lo esta demandando el demandante):
NELLO BOMPREZZI
NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being
heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.
You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on
you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form
if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for
your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California
Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library,
or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a
fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from
the court.
There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you
do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot
afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services
Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center
(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement
or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.
AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir
an su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.
Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles
legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue
una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su
caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro
de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/), en la
biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede
pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de
exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.
Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados.
Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legeales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legeales sin fines de lucro.
Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal
Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el
colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de
$10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en
un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte
pueda desechar el caso.
CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso)
MCV064579
The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es)
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MADERA, 209 West Yosemite
Avenue, Madera, CA 93637
The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an
attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es) Steven R. Mortimer, #054187, Law
Office of Mortimer & Benitez, 110 North D Street, Madera, CA 93638; Telephone: (559)
674-8712.
DATE (Fecha): OCT 29, 2013
BONNIE THOMAS, Clerk (Secretario)
by BERNICE JACKSON-HYATT, Deputy (Adjunto)
No. 747 - Dec. 20, 27, 2013, January 3, 10, 2014
Selling By The Yard?
List your yard or garage sale
in the Madera Tribune Classifieds!
674-2424
FEATURES
PAGE B1 MADERA TRIBUNE Friday, January 3, 2014
By Bill Coate
John Rieping
PEACE BE WITH YOU
A Christmas
resolution for
the new year
I’m not one for New Year’s
Eve resolutions at the moment, but I recall being so in
the past. They were always
like Lenten goals or sacrifices
except I usually remembered
and kept those. Resolutions?
Not so much.
Perhaps that’s the attraction
of beginning a new year with
dreams of a new self. The only person who might care you
forgot would be the one who
forgot. It’s a lawyer’s “corpus
delicti” escape clause (Latin
for “body of fault”) — if
there’s no proof of intentional harm, there’s no crime.
This year of 2014,
doubtlessly taking advantage
of its short stature to ambush
me, hit me with a spontaneous
resolution on New Year’s
Day: to reduce time spent on
Facebook. That website is, to
some such as myself, an insidious nibbler of time.
Keep in mind that a piranha
fish could similarly be described as a timid “nibbler” of
meat — at least when solo.
However a school of piranhas
has a notoriously voracious
appetite, and so it can be with
social media.
I’d like to claim this intention emerged from a noble desire for self-improvement, the
alleged font of all resolutions.
But that was more of a secondary perk.
No, honestly, recent stresses of life had shortened my
temper like a U.S. military
SEE RESOLUTION, PAGE B2
M
Witness to an execution
adera’s old soldier shuffled
out to the front
porch of his home on
Cottonwood Creek. He
eased himself into his
rocker for one of his favorite past times —
telling Civil War stories.
The attentive audience of
adults and children, including his granddaughter, Lena Northern, gathered in closely. They always hung on every word
that spilled from the old
warrior’s lips, even when
they had heard them before, and this story they
had heard many times. It
was one of Frederick
John Quant’s favorites.
As he remembered it, the
weather had been unusually
warm on the night of Feb. 6,
1864, almost 150 years ago.
Quant’s company, the famous
California One Hundred, had
been attached to the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment,
and they had been constantly
engaged in northeastern Virginia trying to capture the elusive John Mosby, the Confederate Gray Ghost.
Mosby and his band of
guerrillas had been nipping at
the flanks of the Union Army
for months, and it had been
made all the more intolerable
for Quant and his comrades
by the fact that one of their
own Californians, William E.
Ormsby, had deserted and
was riding with the enemy.
For reasons known only to
COURTESY OF THE MADERA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Members of the Civil War Association’s “California One Hundred” fire a 21-gun salute in honor of Frederick John Quant in
1992. Attending the ceremony in Arbor Vitae Cemetery was Mrs. Lena (Northern) Adams, seated in the center, Quant’s
granddaughter.
him, Ormsby had left his post
to join the rebel side on the
night of Jan. 24, 1864, but
now two weeks later, he was
about to pay for his traitorous
defection.
Quant had been part of the
scouting party of 75 California troopers who had been
sent out on Feb. 5 to flush out
Mosby’s raiders. After a fruitless scouring of the countryside, they began their return
to camp the next day when
eight of the rebels attacked
their rear guard at Aldie, Va.
In the skirmish that followed, three rebels were
wounded, and one was captured, Quant’s former comrade, Ormsby. With great rel-
ish, the Californians brought
their prize into camp.
A drumhead court-martial
was held that very night, and
Ormsby was found guilty of
desertion. He was sentenced
to be executed by firing squad
the next day between the
hours of noon and 2 p.m.
As daylight broke on the
morning of Feb. 7, 1864, the
camp of the California One
Hundred came alive. They
were about to witness the
shooting of Ormsby, the turncoat.
Those on picket duty remained at their posts, but
everybody else prepared for
the execution. One detail built
a rude coffin while another
dug a grave at the edge of
camp.
At noon, the company was
formed along three sides of a
rectangle. Ormsby was taken
out of the guard house and escorted to the place of execution by the band, which included Cpl. Quant and four
pall-bearers carrying the condemned soldier’s coffin.
Slowly, while the band
played a dirge, the procession
made its way to the center of
the assembly and then
marched around the three
sides of the hollow square to
the open end where the coffin
was placed in front of the
freshly dug grave.
Suddenly the music ceased,
and all was quiet until the
chaplain offered a prayer and
asked Ormsby if he had any
last words. The doomed man
replied that indeed he would
like to bid “the boys goodbye.” He made his way, accompanied by the chaplain, to
every man and bade them all
farewell, acknowledging his
wrongdoing and accepting the
consequences.
The chaplain then led
Ormsby back to his original
position. At that point, he
turned to give the firing squad
an admonition. Placing his
hand over his heart, he said in
a loud, clear voice, “Boys, I
hope you will fire well.”
SEE QUANT, PAGE B2
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
tickets, call 674-7930.
Today, Jan. 3
TOPS (Take Pounds Off Sensibly) — 9 to 11 a.m. Jan. 3,
Madera United Methodist
Church, 500 Sunset Ave.
Contact: Mary Long, 6734165.
Tuesday, Jan. 21
Elks Bingo — Doors open at
5:30 p.m., game begins at 6:30
p.m. Jan. 21, Elks Lodge, 112
W. 6th St. Buy-in is $15, second
pack is $10 and $5 for each
additional pack. Contact: Harold
Johnson, 706-2739.
Sunday, Jan. 5
Masonic officers installation
— 2 p.m. Jan. 5, at the
Masonic Lodge, 123 S. B St.
For Masons, families and
friends. Refreshments follow.
Thursday, Jan. 23
Training project — noon to 4
p.m. Jan. 23, 525 E. Yosemite
Ave. Governance training project
for the Madera County Child
Abuse
Prevention
Council
Board. Contact 559-232-9753
or 559-259-2269 (cell).
Tuesday, Jan. 7
Elks Bingo — Doors open at
5:30 p.m., game begins at
6:30 p.m. Jan. 7, Elks Lodge,
112 W. 6th St. Buy-in is $15,
second pack is $10 and $5
for each additional pack.
Contact: Harold Johnson,
706-2739.
Friday, Jan. 24
Madera
United
Methodist
Church, 500 Sunset Ave. Contact: Mary Long, 673-4165.
Friday, Jan. 10
Contact: Mary Long, 6734165.
Monday, Jan. 13
Madera Camera Club — 7
p.m. Jan. 13, in the Blanche
Galloway Room of the
Madera County Library, 121
N. G St. (use the 5th St.
entrance). Digital images and
prints will be evaluated, and
there will be a short program
and refreshments — all free.
Contact: 673-3990.
Friday, Jan. 17
Tuesday, Jan. 28
WENDY ALEXANDER/THE MADERA TRIBUNE
Jeana Sorden and her sons, Dennis, 10, left, and David, 9, are excited about celebrating the
new year at the VFW Hall on Tuesday.
Contact: Mary Long, 673-4165.
Saturday, Jan. 18
Late registration for Lil' Stallions
Basketball — 8:30 a.m. Jan. 18,
Madera South High School's
West Gym, 705 W. Pecan Ave.
Madera South Lil' Stallions Basketball will be Saturdays, Jan.
18, 25, and Feb. 1, 8 and 15 for
boys and girls of kindergarten
through 6th grade. No experience required. $40 per player.
Contact: Coach J. Sharp of
MSHS, 675-4450.
Local Authors’ Day — 3 to 5
p.m. Jan. 18, Madera County
Public Library, Blanche Galloway
Room, 121 N. G St. An opportunity to meet local authors. Used
book sale on patio. Refreshments. Free. Contact: Ellen
Mester, 675-7871.
Sunday, Jan. 19
Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration — 2 p.m. Jan. 19, Martin
Luther King, Jr., Middle School,
601 Lilly St. “Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr’s Legacy: How it Influences My Life” is the theme.
Student
speakers,
praise
dancers; main speaker, Dezie
Woods-Jones of BWOPA. Contact: Ruth Henderson, 6611206.
Chicken and sausage dinner —
Noon to 1 p.m. takeout, 1-3
p.m. dinner, Jan. 19, Italo-American Club, 331 S. D St. Polenta
chicken and sausage dinner. For
Madera Democratic Club — 6
p.m. Jan. 28, Round Table Pizza, 1930 Howard Road. Topic:
Madera County growth, with
speaker Gary Lasky of the
Madera County Sprawl Study
Group and the Sierra Club. Contact: 674-1925 or 474-1718.
Wednesday, Jan. 29
Super Bowl Enchilada Sale
by San Joaquin Institute No.
118 — Pre-order for Super
Bowl Sunday. Cost is $16 per
dozen, $8 per half dozen,
and $1.50 for extra sauce.
Pick up at Madera Farm
Bureau Office, 1102 S. Pine
St, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Feb. 1. To order: Plaza
Flower Shop, 673-9197; Evelyn Gallegos, 674-2106; or
Annette Kwock, 661-2131.
Friday, Jan. 31
Church, 500 Sunset Ave. Contact: Mary Long, 673-4165.
Saturday, Feb. 1
County Academic Decathlon
— 2 p.m. Feb. 1, Madera
South High School, 705 W.
Pecan Ave. The 32nd annual
Madera County Academic
Decathlon will focus on World
War I. The Super Quiz begins
at 2 p.m. followed by a
reception and awards ceremony. Public welcome. Contact: Kristi Winter of Madera
County Office of Education,
662-3873 or kwinter@maderacoe.us.
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PAGE B2 Friday, January 3, 2014
Why wait for New Year’s? Just do it
“He that handleth a matter
wisely shall find good … and
whoso trusteth in the Lord,
happy is he.”
— Proverbs 16:20
Most everyone in this experience knows someone who is
waiting for the New Year so
they can change something in
their lives. The past 15 years of
my life have been the most rewarding, for as far back as I
can remember I was always
waiting for New Years so I
could make some changes in
things that were not serving me
well.
I now call on the Creative
Force of the Universe (God) to
assist me in making changes
that make my life a joy. I am
not the only one that understands that joy is one of the
most important parts of our
lives. There are stories written
and stories we hear about people who are living life to the
fullest, because they call on
God to help them with decisions that bring joy, peace and
harmony into their lives.
Most of us know someone
who is living his or her life by
thinking and talking about
what happened to them weeks
or years ago. We are not created to live our life based on past
experiences, but to learn from
Resolution
CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1
barber cutting hair during the
first days of basic training. I
didn’t display this in person, I
hope, but online I sometimes
battled temptations to bite off
more than a nibble of those
who frustrated me.
Those who know me would
testify that isn’t normal for me.
So, shortly before the year
2013 changed its name to 2014
in hopes of a fresh start and less
junk mail, I impulsively deactivated my Facebook account.
That lasted until past noon on
New Year’s Day.
The problem is that social
media has become, for some of
us, like another telephone number, mail address, or email account. I even get paid a wee bit
to regularly update the Facebook page of a local business.
Cutting off access has consequences, social and otherwise.
Thus my unplanned resolution took shape: to greatly
shrink the time I spent puffing
my ego, feeding my curiosity,
and being amused (better
known as using Facebook).
I’m hoping that briefly visiting
the website no more than once
or twice a day, with a few days
away each week, will be prac-
Quant
CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1
AND SO IT IS
those experiences and move
forward with our own creative
thinking. Most people do not
get their New Year’s request,
because they really didn’t want
the request to begin with. They
do not want to put forth the effort that it takes to make the request part of their life. God
helps those who help themselves, and if you move an inch
toward your request, God
moves a mile for you toward
this request if you are true to
yourself.
You have to be sure of what
you want when you request
God’s help. If you keep changing your request, then the Universe has no idea what you
want because you don’t know
yourself what it is that would
make your life more enjoyable.
This New Year will be no
different than the past ones be-
THE REV. JIM FOX IS SENIOR MINISTER
EMERITUS OF THE MADERA SPIRITUAL
AWARENESS CENTER, WHICH TEACHES
THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SCIENCE OF
THE MIND (AKA NEW THOUGHT OR RELIGIOUS SCIENCE). FOR INFORMATION,
VISIT WWW.MADERASAC.COM.
Your
Worship
Directory
May the Lord fill your heart with love.
AFRICAN METHODIST
EPISCOPAL ZION
Knox Chapel AME Zion Church
200 East 10th St.
Madera, CA.
674-4403
APOSTOLIC
Apostolic Revival Church
16424 N. Lake
Madera, CA.
(559) 363-2506
Ebenezer Apostolic Church
332 Magnolia
Madera, CA.
673-5311
Madera Grace Tabernacle
16294 North D St.
Madera, CA.
674-1487
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
tical and more than sufficient
to do what should be done.
It is odd, though, what luxuries some of us in the U.S. may
consider necessary. Meanwhile, others in the world
would be thrilled to have indoor plumbing, lighting, refrigeration, and other “basics” I
tend to take for granted.
While I may struggle with
self-proclaimed stress, people
in South Sudan mourn 1,000
killed last month amid a new
civil war. Nearly eight times
that number in non-combatants
died last year in “liberated”
Iraq, the toll in Syria’s civil war
has passed 130,000 (a third of
that civilians), and so on. Compared to any of that, I don’t
know the meaning of the word
stress.
A man wounded by personal tragedy wrote Pope Francis
recently: “What has happened
to the hearts of men?”
I can hear his question echo
personally to myself: what has
happened to my heart, so often
unmoved by the difficulties of
others or captivated by its own
concerns? Though I “feel” for
others, how hard it is to prod
myself into action — or worse
yet sacrifice — on their behalf.
An occasional act of kindness
is enough for me to crown myself a hero.
Interestingly, I asked a similar question in this very newspaper column on Jan. 11, 2013.
“Every boy dreams himself a
hero / and sees his face in every
epic life. / Yet what changes
within our hearts / that we rise
less and less when called?”
Years gallop on while we
limp forward and call it
progress.
Even so, the answer then is
the same now, and the season
of Christmas recalls it annually because we need to hear it
that often or more. What answer? Christians believe it is
this: humanity has been offered
the gift of a God who became
man so that we, in exchange,
may be able to share in the divine life, which above all else
is supernatural love.
It is not a love that does what
is expected, reasonable, or fair.
It is a love, empowered by
God, that reflects the very face
of God to friend and foe alike.
Let us resolve anew to love
like God loves us.
•••
NATIVE MADERAN JOHN RIEPING
STUDIED JOURNALISM AT DRAKE
UNIVERSITY, PHILOSOPHY AT MT. ANGEL
SEMINARY, AND SPENT 4 1/2 YEARS IN
FORMATION AT MOUNT ANGEL ABBEY.
CONTACT HIM AT HIS WEBSITE,
HTTP://WAMBLY.WEEBLY.COM.
First Baptist Church
1111 West Yosemite Ave.
Madera, CA.
673-0908
BAPTIST, INDEPENDENT
ifornia soil at 12:30 p.m. on
Oct. 24, 1865.
Farming occupied the
Quants for the next 20 years or
so, and then they heard good
reports about the productivity
of land near Madera. Therefore, in 1888 the family set out
in covered wagons for a 320acre parcel about three miles
west of where Cottonwood
Creek crossed the Southern Pa-
cific tracks. There Quant
farmed for 30 years and raised
his family.
On July 14, 1916, Quant died
and was buried in Arbor Vitae
Cemetery. There he rests today
along with Madera’s other veterans of the Civil War. His
marker only records his service
in the Union Army. One wonders how he really felt about
William E. Ormsby?
BAPTIST, MISSIONARY
Morning Star Baptist Church
16587 Harper Blvd.
Madera, CA.
675-0667
BAPTIST, SOUTHERN
John 1:1-9
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through
him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into
being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. There
was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify
to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light,
but he came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was
coming into the world.
The Word of the Lord
Thanks be to God
This week’s prayer: Almighty God, who sent wind over the face of
the waters, and created light and land, send now, if it pleases you,
seasonal rains that we may have water for our lands to grow our
crops and nurture our peoples. Amen.
BILL VICTOR PHOTO
With that Ormsby hopped up
on the wagon and sat down on
his coffin. A former comrade
bandaged his eyes, and the turncoat awaited his fate. It was not
long in coming.
At 12:30 p.m. the order to
“fire” was given, and Ormsby
tumbled backward off his coffin with two bullets in his heart.
He was pronounced dead and
buried right there on the spot.
As Quant remembered the
event, Ormsby “bore it all
bravely.” Meanwhile the future
Maderan and his comrades in
the California One Hundred
continued to answer the call of
“boots and saddles” until their
war ended honorably at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.
After his discharge on July
20, 1865, Quant made a quick
journey to Oswego County,
N.Y., where he married Mary
Elizabeth Fletcher, the sister of
his soldier buddy, John Fletcher. The three of them then
boarded the steamer “New
York” at the wharf in New
York City and sailed for Aspinwall where they caught the
“Colorado” on the Pacific side
of the isthmus and headed for
San Francisco.
After nearly a three-year absence, Quant set his feet on Cal-
Rev. Jim Fox
cause most of the requests that
are made will not be with full
intent, because it makes it so
easy to go back to the old way
and the old patterns of living
your life. Those are the ones
who will not get out of their
box because it is their comfort
zone.
When you make your request with full intent, then you
will put forth the effort to make
that request part of your life.
Part of the effort is to ask God
for help in giving you ideas,
strength, and wisdom to make
your request part of your life.
When you trust God to help
you in making the changes in
your life, then you don’t need a
special date — you just do it.
I would like for everyone to
have their requests this year become part of their lives and experience the happiness and joy
that comes when you open
yourself up to let God live life
through you, as you.
Have a happy and prosperous New Year.
•••
Madera United
Methodist Church
500 Sunset Ave. 674-8704
Services at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays
A congregaon of open hearts, open minds and open doors
The Rev. Rebecca Goodwin, Pastor
First Assembly of God-Madera
22444 Ave. 18 1/2
Madera, CA.
674-5379
New Life Assembly
467 S. Pine St. #102A Bldg.#5
Madera, CA.
661-1778
Yosemite Christian Center
1201 East Yosemite Ave.
Madera, CA.
673-1731
BAPTIST
First Southern Baptist Church
711 Nebraska Ave
Madera, CA.
673-3379
Galilee Missionary Baptist
Church
22491 Fairmead Boulevard
Chowchilla, CA.
(559) 674-6179/665-0670
Madera Baptist Church
1264 S. Golden State Blvd.
Madera, CA.
674-5577
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
332 Wallace Ave.
Madera, CA.
674-0398
Second Missionary Baptist Church
828 South A St.
Madera, CA.
674-9321
BAPTIST, AMERICAN
New Covenant Baptist Church
200 South G Street
Madera, CA.
673-6140
Bethel Southern Baptist
15821 N. D St.
Madera, CA
674-9341
Golden Valley Baptist Church
12414 Rd. 37
Madera, CA.
645-1700
Grace Community Church
17755 Road 26
Madera, CA.
674-1172
Mt. Hope Missionary Baptist
Church
15821 North “D” St.
Madera, CA.
559-395-4646
CATHOLIC
St. Joachim’s Catholic Church
401 West 4th St.
Madera, CA.
673-3290
St. Anne’s Chapel
36483 Rd. 606
Raymond - Knowles, CA.
673-3290
CHRISTIAN
First Christian Church
2300 Sunset Ave.
Madera, CA.
674-5203
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Church of Christ
Eglsia de Cristo
Sunset Ave. & Orchard Ave.
Madera, CA.
674-5268
CHURCH OF GOD
North Lake Church of God
16424 North Lake
Madera, CA.
674-7155
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
Progressive Church of God
in Christ
15879 Cardwell St.
Madera, CA.
675-1861
Hull Avenue Church of God
in Christ
344 Hull Ave.
Madera, CA.
673-9952
Sunrise Church of God
in Christ
1125 Sunrise Avenue
Madera, CA
CHURCH OF GOD-ANDERSON
INDIANA AFFILIATES
Fourth Street Church of God
West 4th St. & North N St.
Madera, CA.
674-2229
Eastside Church of God
1108 South A St.
Madera, CA.
674-5447
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints
2112 Sunset Ave.
Madera, CA.
675-0730
EPISCOPAL
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Eucharist at 10:00 a.m.
420 E. 4th St., Madera, CA.
975-9037
EVANGELICAL FREE
Lake Street Fellowship
16760 North Lake
Madera, CA.
673-1142
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Assembly Hall
2799 Sunset Ave.
Madera, CA.
673-5923
LUTHERAN
Trinity Lutheran Church
1125 N. Lake St.
Madera, CA.
674-2753
MENNONITE BRETHREN
Madera Avenue Bible Church
124 Walnut
Madera, CA.
673-0611
MOSLEM MOSQUE
Madera Islamic Center
16634 Rd. 26
Madera, CA.
675-9910
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
Full Life Ministries
1124 W. Yosemite Ave.
Madera, CA.
662-1133
Good News Ministries
1930 Modoc St.
673-5144
Grace Tabernacle Church
19492 Avenue22 3/4
Fairmead
Chowchilla, CA 93610
(559) 665-1449
Iglesia Cristiana “Betesda”
401 South D Street
Madera, CA.
662-1580
New Generation Christian
Fellowship Church
119 North B Street
Madera, CA.
674-2702
New Life Assembly
467 S. Pine St. #102A Bldg.#5
Madera, CA.
661-1778
New Harvest Christian Fellowship
510 North Gateway Dr.
Madera, CA.
674-2690
The Glory of Zion Ministries
360 E. Almond Avenue
Madera, CA.
661-4656
The Lighthouse
Christian Fellowship
15048 Monreal Rd.
Madera, CA.
645-0722
Valley West Christian Center
101 West Adell
Madera, CA.
674-8922
Remnant Church International
428 E. Yosemite Ave.
Madera, CA.
673-2643
The River Worship Center
26247 Ellis St.
Madera, CA.
674-4729
Victory Outreach Church
525 N. E St.
Madera, CA.
660-5053
Westside Christian Fellowship
160 Dwyer St.
Madera, CA.
673-6310
PENTECOSTAL
Building for Christ
26247 Ellis St.
674-4729
Faith Tabernacle
United Pentecostal Church
745 North H Street
Madera, CA.
673-3233
Madera Pentecostal
Church of God
15877 N. D St.
Madera, CA.
674-8632
PRESBYTERIAN
Harvest Community Church
2001 National Ave.
Madera, CA.
674-4001
Grace Presbyterian Church
(OPC)
23644 Ave. 14
Madera, CA.
559-229-9373
NAZARENE
RELIGIOUS SCIENCE
Iglesia de Nazareno
de Madera
501 North “E” Street
Madera, CA.
363-8669
REFORMED CHURCH
IN AMERICA
Spiritual Awareness Center
218 South D St.
Madera, CA.
661-1948
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
Iglesia Emmanuel
Spanish Services
607 Trinity Ave.
Chowchilla, CA.
681-3246
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
Believers Church of Madera
117 North E St.
Madera, CA.
661-1411
Calvary Chapel Fellowship
(559) 681-0600, Meeting @
37275 Ave. 12, Madera Ranchos
Face to Face
International Ministries
25204 Ave. 17, Madera, CA.
(Seventh Day Adventist Church)
706-4664
Madera Fellowship
Seventh-day Adventist
520 North N St.
Madera, CA.
674-8495
UNITED METHODIST
Madera United Methodist Church
500 Sunset Ave.
Madera, CA.
674-8704
This Directory Sponsored By The Following Businesses
Spreading the spirit throughout
Madera since 1892
For more information on joining the directory or becoming a sponsor please call: 674-2424
COMICS
Blondie/Dean Young and Denis Lebrun
Baby Blues/Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman
Tundra/Chad Carpenter
Beetle Bailey/Mort Walker
Zits/Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
For Better or for Worse/Lynn Johnston
Peanuts/Charles M. Schultz
Garfield/Jim Davis
Pickles/Brian Crane
Dennis the Menace/Hank Ketcham
Dilbert/Scott Adams
HOROSCOPE
By Nancy Black
TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES
Today’s birthday — Recurring themes for 2014 include love and romance,
health and beauty, personal reinvention, finances and spirituality. Maintaining physical
and social harmony keeps the
rest of your motor purring.
You’re attracted to someone
who shares your philosophy.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
— Lack of funds could hamper progress. There’s light at
the end of the tunnel. You can
still enjoy your time in the
dark, particularly with friends.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
— Plug a financial leak. Keep
track of your earnings and
time. Don’t brag, it’ll hurt
your chances for advancement. Travel light if possible,
or stay close to home.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
— Develop the plot of your
story. A financial expert has
some good ideas. Not everybody agrees with you. It’s
okay to decline an offer. Stand
up for yourself.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
— Stand firm against an attack. Sidestep someone else’s
argument. Further investigation is required before taking
action. Watch for hidden
agendas. Don’t forget a debt
you owe. Engage in positive
discussions.
Cryptoquote
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) —
You’ve got some homework
that precludes travel. Don’t offer to pay for lunch or splurge
on entertainment. Make no assumptions. Deepen your commitment. The truth gets revealed.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
— Conditions are unsettled.
Haste makes waste. Nurture
creativity and review different
ideas. Controversy arises. Anticipate resistance. Discuss
with civility, and you eventually reach an agreement. Get
the highest quality supplies.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —
Postpone travel or major actions. A conflict could arise
with a partner at home. Avoid
a quarrel over work. Communications could get tangled.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
— Easy does it. Don’t tell all.
There’s a controversy brewing. You may have to develop
even more new skills for a job.
Travel a short distance (or stay
home).
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.
21) — Look at the big picture.
Scratch items off your list that
are no longer relevant. Learn
from your team as well as the
competition. Sweat equity
counts for a lot.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.
19) — What’s missing that
would make a difference to
forward your goal? Choose
and take decisive action. Negotiate with care. Friends and
lovers compete for attention.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
— Proceed with caution, and
take care not to lose things.
Keep some cash in pocket.
Postpone a romantic interlude
for now. Schedule extra time
for the unexpected. A written
list helps handle urgencies.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
— Apply energy to household
matters. Find what you need
nearby. Don’t spend impulsively. Maintain objectivity.
Make key connections today
and tomorrow. A confrontation could slow things down.
PAGE B3
The Family Circus/Bil Keane
PAGE B4 Friday, January 3, 2014
108 Lost & Found
162 Apts for Rent Unfurn.
172 Homes for Lease
LOST female Chihuahua, brown with
white markings, wearing a black spiked
collar. Vicinity of Yosemite Ave & P St.
If seen please or text (559) 871-0069
1015 W. 4TH ST. Pacifica Apts. Quiet
complex. 3 bd 2 ba $700/mo. $600 dep.
Credit check & references req. 674-1129
177 Rooms For Rent
111 Notices
Friends of the Madera
Animal Shelter
Monthly
Low Cost
Rabies Shot Clinic for
Dogs and Cats
Saturday, January 4
10 AM to 12 Noon
Follow the signs at the Madera
District FAIRGROUNDS !!
Rabies shots $6
Parvo / distemper
(5-way combo) shot only $12!
All proceeds benefit homeless shelter
animals, and the low cost spay and
neuter programs administered by the
non profit, volunteer group The
Friends of the Madera Animal Shelter.
Dogs must be on leashes,
and cats in carriers.
Low cost spay/neuter vouchers*
County and City Dog
Licensing Available
For information call
675-7891 or 363-5106
* Vouchers subject to funding and
limited to low income, Madera
residents.
2 BD/1 BA, location near North High
School. $720+dep very clean. Sec 8 ok.
Call (559) 673-7200
3bd/2ba move in special
1st mo free with credit approval 1 yr lease
garage, W/D hook up, fireplace, all kitchen
appliances, $875/mo + $500/dep.
Regency 12543 Conrad #113 673-5490
Apt. For Rent. 229 S. I St.
2 bedrooms 1 bath. $700/dep. $675/mo.
Ask for Rose at 674-4247.
APT/CONDOS
2/3 bedrooms
washer/dryer hook-ups
Patio areas & pool
SOME in Gated
Community with
fireplaces & garages
Several amenities
$675 - $1350
CLEARWATER
PROPERTIES
559-661-RENT (7368)
MADERA MANAGEMENT COMPANY
2 WEEKS FREE MOVE IN SPECIAL
2 SEMANAS GRATIS DE RENTA
On participating apartments
Studio $465 Mo + Dep.
2 Bedroom $625 to $700 + Dep.
661-4414 www.maderamanagement.com
168 Condos/Townhouses
& Duplexes for Rent
LAGUNA KNOLLS
NOW RENTING
Nice townhomes available
3 bd, 2 1/2 ba & 2 bd, 1 1/2 ba, w/garage,
A/C, W/D hookup, gas fireplace.
594 S. Madera Ave
Call (559) 395-4668
MOVE-IN SPECIAL $300 off 1st mo rent
& FREE credit check. Townhouse - 2/1.5,
w/g pd RENT $780 w/ new 12 mo lease
Newly upgraded 559-661-1213
171 Homes-Unfurnished
$1050/mo + dep. Nice 3 bed / 2 bath,
newer carpet & paint, open Sat & Sun 12 3, 1348 Laguna Way. 209-996-5365.
EQUAL HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY
All real estate advertised herein is
subject to the Federal Fair Housing
Act, which makes it illegal to advertise
‘any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion,
sex, handicap, familial status, or
national origin, or intention to make
any such preference, limitation, or
discrimination.’
We will not knowingly accept any
advertisement for real estate that is in
violation of the law. All persons are
hereby informed that all dwellings
advertised are available on an equal
opportunity basis.
Looking for the lady who saw the van hit
the car door at the Home Depot parking
lot, Dec 18th. Call 675-0127 ask for Jerry.
Notice
to Readers:
California law requires that
contractors taking jobs that total
$500 or more (labor and / or
materials) be licensed by the
Contractors State License Board.
State law also requires that
contractors include their license
numbers on all advertising.
Check your contractor’s status at
www.cslb.ca.gov or 800-321CSLB (2752). Unlicensed persons taking jobs that total less
than $500 must state in their
advertisements that they are not
licensed by the Contractors State
License Board.
TO CONDUCT BUSINESS within the
City of Madera. Business owners
must obtain a city business license.
Title VI section 1.28 requires all
rental property owners to obtain a
City Rental License. Failure to obtain a license is cause for the business
to be cited for violating the Municipal
Code. For information on licensing
requirements, please call the City of
Madera Finance Department at
(559) 661-5450. Our office is located
at 205 W. 4th Street, Madera, CA
93637.
125 REAL ESTATE
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132
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138
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Homes for Sale
Vacation Property
Income Property
Lots/Open Land
Ranches
Commercial/Idustrial
Duck Blinds
Real Estate Wanted
1122 Colombard - Nice Area
3 bed 2 bath, 2 car, central A/H Sec 8 ok.
$1025 mo + dep. 706-2158.
1467 ACORN, 3bd / 2ba, $950 mo +$950
dep; 20269 DEL MAR, 3bd / 2ba on 2
acres $1100/mo; 1212 MISSION, 3bd /
2ba, $900/mo. Please call 559-232-2190.
1521 NOREEN, Cozy updated 3 bd, 2 ba,
(Off “D” St & Asti), $900/mo + $900/dep +
Refs. Call 831-726-9513 or 408-205-4979.
26867 Greentree Ave 3/2, $1300/mo+dep
121 Maple St 3/1.5, $900/mo + dep.
25716 Roxburry Dr 3/2, $1200/mo + dep
2128 Kennedy Ct, (Chow) 4/2, $1185/mo
+dep. Miracle & Wrazel Realty 674-0091.
3bd/2ba home for rent washer & dryer
hook up. Fenced backyard, car port.
$800/mo + dep. Call at (408) 238-5402.
4 bed 2 bath 2000 sq ft., $1300 month +
$2000 dep. OAC 26144 Ave 18 1/4 Corner of Ave 26 & 18 1/4. Call 559 827-0915
4 bedroom 2 bath in Chowchilla,
$800/mo. Call 674-7568 / 706-0760.
4 BEDROOM 2 BATH, 2 car garage, fireplace, fenced yard, $875/mo + $875 dep.
No section 8 (408)688-7764
612 N G St 3 bd / 1 ba, hardwood floors,
evaporative cooler, detached garage,
$875/mo + $875/dep water incl. 871-2409
•7459 Rd 26 3/2 country ................$875
•17959 Knobhill 3/2 country .........$1100
•1146 Peach Tree 3/2 ..................$1150
•1028 Pinewood 3/2......................$1150
•2438 Bayview 4/2 ........................$1275
•1396 Deborah 4/2.5 ....................$1295
•10300 Rd 28 1/2 4/2 w/pool .........$1350
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PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT
donfloydrentals.com
559-661-4504
824 Claremont - Beautiful 3bd/2ba. 2 car
garage 1860 sqft. $1200 mo.
559-871-1178 Metzger-Parker Co.
For rent custom 4 bedroom 2 bath with
pool $1600. 3368 Summer Ln. Please call
479-1939 or 661-0661.
Madera Management Company
13462 Wood St.
1/1
$600
18362 El Paso
3/2
$1100
3574 Point Sur Dr.
3/2
$1150
25692 El Vado Dr.
3/2
$1200
19931 Olympia Rd.
3/2
$1200
2148 W. Park w/d&fridg inc 3/2
$1200
3584 San Juan Dr.
4/2
$1250
26095 El Paso Place 3/2
$1250
www.maderamanagement.com
Se habla espanol (559) 661-4414
138 Ranches
Wanted, Vineyard Thompson seedless,
wine grapes, almonds & open lands, short
or long term, cash rent or percentage,
schedule app for 2014 season. 352-0653
153 Mobile Homes/Sale
1973 double wide 3 bd 2 ba in senior park,
newer flooring & kitchen top, in very good
cond, $27,000 OBO. 674-8923 for appt.
1988 double wide champion 2 bed 2 bath
in senior park, incl all appliances + washer
& dryer, $25,000 OBO. 674-8923 for appt.
159 RENTALS
City of Madera. Business owners
must obtain a city business license.
Title VI section 1.28 requires all
rental property owners to obtain a
City Rental License. Failure to obtain a license is cause for the business
Code. For information on licensing
requirements, please call the City of
Madera Finance Department at
(559) 661-5450. Our office is located
at 205 W. 4th Street, Madera, CA
93637.
Classified... it’s l-o-n-g
on value.
674-2424.
*Room for rent $400/mo + $250/dep.
Incl first restroom, washer & dryer,
house, water, PG&E & cable. Room
size 15 x 18. For more info contact
(559) 718-1204 or (559) 437-6768.
FULLY furnished rm. Kitchen priv, 1/3 util.
No smoking, drinking or pets. $400/single
$450/couple. $100 dep. 706-7841
186 Commercial & Offices
16506 Rd 26 office space 20x20,
$650/mo, comes w/wrk space/storage rm
30x30; office 25x35 store front $800/mo
come w/storage rm, 45x20 w/out storage
$700/mo. 674-0520 / 232-9485 9am-5am
500E. Almond St. off sp w/ rec, break rm.
900sqft $1.15 per sqft + dep.
16966 Rd 26 single off space, 308sqft
$350/mo + dep.
Call Miracle & Wrazel Realty 674-0091
NEWTON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
1-800-210-8989
1629 Howard Rd., Madera, CA 93637
*MOVE IN SPECIAL!* 128 Joseph Ln,
Nice remodeled 3 bd, 2 ba, 2 car, large
living/kitchen/dining, freshly painted inside and out, $950 rent.
26951 Ivo Tonek, Country home in culde-sac, Ave 7/Hwy 145, 3 bedroom, 2
bath, large back yard, $850 rent.
1334 Barcelona, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2
car garage, Raymond Rd & Tozer, $950.
1176 Seneca, 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car gar,
Madera Ave/Gary, $1050 rent Sect 8 ok.
874 Pear St, Like new spacious KB
home, single level, 1800+ sq ft, 3 bed, 2
bath, 2 car, living and family rms, $1200.
142 Countess Ct, West side 3 bed, 2
ba, 2 car, located in Castle Court gated
community, $1195 rent inc. gardener.
925 Emily Way, #A, 3 bd townhouse,
1.5 ba, upgraded granite counters, $825.
2612 National Ave, West side 3 bed, 2
bath, 2 car, large living and family rms,
POOL, remodeled, $1150 rent.
1013 W. 5th St #B Studio home with private front yd, lrg attached garage, $625.
725 N. H St #4, 2 bed townhouse, 1 1/2
bath, newly remodeled, $750 rent.
Very nice 3bd / 2ba in gated community.
$1300/mo incl yard care.
Call 871-4634 or 645-4069.
Moving? Sell unwanted items first in
classified! 674-2424.
THIRSTY for some mouth-watering
furniture buys? There are buckets full of
bargains in Classified!
222 FINANCIALS
223
225
228
231
Income Tax Services
Money to Loan
Real Estate Loans
Business Opportunities
225 Money To Loan
ABLE TO LOAN TODAY
Credit not a problem
Cash for Trust Deeds
Mobile Homes on Land.
ORO Financial Ca. Dre # 01106101
Tel. # 438-9999
234 Garage/Yard Sales
5 PARTY- Sat 1/4 7:30 - ?
Lawn swing, lawn mover, 2 small dressers, lot of misc, household, jewelry,
clothes from infants to kids, teens and
adult sizes. 1009 Sherwood Way
Don’t miss our
Special!
Call Monday or Tuesday
BEFORE 1 P.M.
To Place Your Yard Sale Ad
5 lines, 4 times
195 EMPLOYMENT
198
201
204
207
210
213
Help Wanted
Career Colleges/
Schools
Training/Tutoring
Work Wanted
Senior Work Wanted
Teen Work Wanted
198 Help Wanted
Chowchilla Water District is now accepting
applications for a mechanic position. Salary Range $2749 - $3867 per month DOE.
The position requires a high school diploma, possession of a valid driver’s license
with driving history acceptable to the District. The individual must obtain a California Class driver’s license within 6 months
of hire. Please provide a DMV printout
with application. Primary function of mechanic position is to perform skilled repair,
service, and maintenance work on heavy
and light automotive and construction
equipment and to do related work as required. Chowchilla Water District is an
Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications
may be picked up at the District Office 327
S. Chowchilla Blvd., Chowchilla CA and
will be accepted until the position is filled
EXTRA HELP CHILD
SUPPORT COURT COMMISSIONER
Applicant must be an active member in
good standing with the California State
Bar for a minimum period of 5 years. Have
3 years of experience in family law that
may include Title IV-D child support enforcement. Complete job description may
be obtained at the Mariposa Superior
Court. Final filing date: January 3, 2014,
5pm. Application can be obtained from:
Mariposa Superior Court,
Administration Office
5092 Jones St, P.O. Box 316
Mariposa, CA 95338
(209) 966-6984
MECHANIC WANTED with tractor & diesel experience, must have own tools &
clean DMV. Good benefits package call
674-8715 or fax resume to 674-6621
NEWSPAPER DELIVERY CARRIERS
FOR CHOWCHILLA ROUTE
Looking for carriers for the Madera
Tribune. Must have excellent customer
service skills, reliable transportation and
insurance. Pick up an application at 2890
Falcon Drive. No phone calls please!
$18.00
Must be Prepaid!
Huge 3 party 100s of misc, baby clothes,
furniture, & motorcycle accessories &
apparel! This Sat 8am-?. 2721 Willow Dr.
MOVING SALE! Sat Jan 4th., 8am-1pm.
1913 Venturi Ave. Off Sunset & Schoor.
Furniture, beautiful porcelain doll collection, home accessories & much more!
243 MISCELLANEOUS
246
249
252
255
258
261
264
265
267
270
273
276
279
282
285
288
291
294
Antiques/Collectibles
Appliances
Auctions
Computers
Fuel & Wood
Furniture/Household
Goods
Garden Supplies
Building Materials
Machinery & Tools
Miscellaneous
for Sale
Miscellaneous
Wanted
Musical Instruments
Office Equipment
Photo/Video Equip.
Pools, Spas & Equip
Restaurant Equip.
Sporting goods
TV’s, Stereos, VCR
258 Fuel & Wood
A cord of Firewood measures 4ft. high
by 4 ft wide by 8 ft. long (128 Cu. ft.) Sellers must provide a receipt which states
their name, address, and the date of sale.
For more info. Contact: MADERA CO
WEIGHTS & Measures (559) 675-7876
ALMOND WOOD
$175 a cord. Free delivery
Call Nick 559-706-1914 or 559-715-9394
261 Furniture/
Household Goods
BEDS All sizes - Pillowtop mattress/box
sets. Brand new, still in pkg. w/warranty:
Cal King $295, queen $225, full $185, twin
$140. All first come, first serve! 360-9047.
213 AT YOUR SERVICE
291 Sporting Goods
214
216
217
218
219
220
221
Heating / AC
General Services
Legal Services
Housekeeping/Cleaning
Child Care
Handyman
Hauling
216 General Services
1-2-3- JUMP
Bounce houses, wet & dry slides &
table & chair rentals. Wide selection
new, safe, & clean Jumpers.
AFFORDABLE PRICES.
Call 559-871-8946 or 559-871-3371.
FREE DELIVERY & SET UP
SE HABLA ESPANOL
GABRIEL’S YARD SERVICE
No job too small!!
Lot discing,
general yard work, trash
hauling, prune and cut trees.
Free Estimates!
Call 704-1956
I.V. Tree Service
Pruning, inc. palm trees, stump removal,
55’ boom available. Insured. Cont. lic.
#978186. 559-395-6757
NOTARY PUBLIC
TAMI JO NIX
Phone or Text 559-706-0980
tamijonix@gmail.com
Old West & New World Painting. Do small
jobs, no lic, less than $500, $135 for room;
$110 for bath. Call 232-4721 Carlos Diaz.
City of Madera. Business owners must
obtain a city business license. Failure to
obtain a license is cause for the business
Code. For information on licensing requirements, please call the City of Madera Finance Department at (559) 6615450. Our office is located at 205 W.
Fourth Street, Madera, CA 93637
Tree trimming, removal, and fence repair.
Please call (559) 286-8119.
WE BUY CARS $100 - $300 complete
with title, alternator, starter, batteries,
transmission, mag wheels, iron, tin, copper, brass, aluminum. SMITHS WRECKING. 559-673-1158 - 559-661-8150 - 559871-0686.
218
Housekeeping/Cleaning
HOUSEKEEPING Low prices for cleaning
houses & windows. 10 yrs. experience &
ref. 718-9941 or 363-9348
220 Handyman
Ownership of a firearm must be
transferred through a licensed dealer.
297 PETS
Animal Shelter
Monthly
Low Cost
Rabies Shot Clinic for
Dogs and Cats
300
303
306
Pets for Sale
Pet Supplies
Lost & Found Pets
ANIMAL
SHELTER
If you have lost your pet, remember to
check Madera County Animal Shelter @
14269 Road 28
(559)675-7891
Madera County
Animal Control
Needs Donations
& Volunteers
We need: Dog food, cat food, cat litter,
grooming brushes, toys, old blankets, old
towels, newspapers, stainless food bowls,
flea & tick spray, clippers, cat traps, buckets, pens, corral panels, fence posts, feeders, halters & lead ropes, cage dryers.
Volunteers Needed:
For clerical work, cleaning, grooming,
walking dogs, training, community involvement programs, telephone calls, errands,
adopted animal follow up.
303 Pet Supplies/Service
LOW COST Rabies Vac Clinic for dogs.
Rabies vac $6 other canine vac available.
SAT JAN 4TH at 3V Feed & Garden Supply, 28342 Hwy. 145. 10-12. All dogs
must be on a leash or carrier. 673-0298
315
318
321
324
327
330
333
337
340
343
Bees & Equipment
Cattle & Livestock
Farm Equip for Sale
Farm Equip for Rent
Farm Machinery and
Implements
Farm Land for Sale
or Rent
Farm Services
Hay, Grain, Feed
Horses & Tack
Rabbits & Poultry
345 TRANSPORTATION
346
349
352
353
355
358
361
364
367
370
373
376
382
Campers
Motorcycles and
Dirtbikes
Travel Trailers
Utility Trailers
Off-Road Vehicles
RVs for Sale/Rent
RV Service/Supplies
Boats
Boat Motors and
Accessories
SUVs and 4x4s
Trucks, Vans, Buses
Auto Parts and
Accessories
Autos for Sale New and Used
382 Autos New & Used
CASH FOR JUNK CARS
$100-$350 WITH OR WITHOUT
PAPERS CALL (559) 229-4215
PUBLIC NOTICES
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing business
as:
1-800-BOARDUP OF FMC
41466 Avenue 14, Madera, CA 93636
Renaissance General Restoration Contracting, 41466 Avenue 14, Madera, CA
93636.
This business is conducted by a corporation. Don L. Dufer, CEO
The registrant commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business
name or names listed above on November
1, 2013.
This statement was filed with the Madera
County Clerk on December 12, 2013. File
No. 2013 0805.
No. 749-Dec 20, 27, 2013 Jan 3, 10, 2014
Saturday, January 4
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
10 AM to 12 Noon
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 28, 2014 at their Regular Meeting in
the Board of Supervisors’ Chambers, Madera County Government Center, Madera,
California, the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Madera, State of California, will
hold a PUBLIC HEARING to consider the
following:
Follow the signs at the Madera
District FAIRGROUNDS !!
Rabies shots $6
Parvo / distemper
(5-way combo) shot only $12!
All proceeds benefit homeless shelter
animals, and the low cost spay and
neuter programs administered by the
non profit, volunteer group The
Friends of the Madera Animal Shelter.
Dogs must be on leashes,
and cats in carriers.
Low cost spay/neuter vouchers*
County and City Dog
Licensing Available
For information call
675-7891 or 363-5106
* Vouchers subject to funding and
limited to low income, Madera
residents.
Animal Shelter
FAMILY DAY
PET
ADOPTION
Bring the family to see all
the wonderful adoptable
cats & dogs.
Every Saturday
10 AM to 2 PM
Madera Animal Shelter
14269 Road 28
Follow the signs
behind the new jail
John’s Handyman Service
Reasonable & Reliable Laminate
flooring, electrical, plumbing,
weedeating, light carpentry, sheet rock,
floor tile, appliance repair & more.
689-3527 or 676-0316 Non CA lic.
297 PETS
312 FARM/AGRICULTURE
PART-TIME experienced tractor driver for
a 40 acre vineyard field, must speak English. Call (559) 960-1133 for more details.
Day or Evening - 7 Days
Your Location - Your Convenience
126 Homes for Sale
1029 Grant Ave 4 bd 2 ba fixer upper hm
for sale by owner. 2,600 sf w/also a buildable lot, asking price $145,000. 395-6696
MADERA CLASSIFIEDS
PEOPLE IN every walk of life are looking
for values. Your Want Ad reaches this
ready-to-buy market.
10:00A.M.: Hearing to consider the appeal of North Fork Community Development Council for a conditional use permit
(CUP #2013-007) to allow a Community
Scale Bio-Energy Facility, generating 1
megawatt of electricity. The property is
owned by North Fork Community Development Council and is located on the
north side of Road 225 at its intersection
with Douglas Ranger Station Road (57839
Road 225), North Fork. The property is
zoned IH (Industrial, Urban or Rural,
Heavy) District. This project is located in
the North Fork Area Plan. A draft Mitigated Negative Deceleration (MND #201324) has been prepared concerning the
proposed project in Compliance with provisions of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA). Size: 39.55 acres.
APN: 060-110-035.
Written Comments concerning this proposed project and the draft Mitigated Negative Declaration may be submitted to the
Madera County Planning Department until
January 10, 2014.
NOTE: ANY COURT CHALLENGE OF
THE PROPOSED ACTION MAY BE LIMITED TO THOSE ISSUES RAISED IN
WRITTEN OR ORAL TESTIMONY PRESENTED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE.
No. 724 - Jan. 3, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following person is doing business as:
CASTRO ROAD SIDE SERVICE
25607 Whitworth Dr. North
Madera, CA 93638
Gabriel Castro, 25607 Whitworth Dr.
North, Madera, CA 93638.
This business is conducted by an individual
name or names listed above on 01/12.
No. 2013 0808.
No. 748-Dec 20, 27, 2013 Jan 3, 10, 2014
NOTICE OF PETITION TO
ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
James M. Rippee
Case No. MPR013168
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may
otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of James M. Rippee
A Petition for Probate has been filed by
Stephen Rippee in the Superior Court of
California, County of Madera.
The Petition for Probate requests that
Stephen Rippee be appointed as personal
representative to administer the estate of
the decedent.
The petition requests the decedent's will
and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the
court.
The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority
will allow the personal representative to
take many actions without obtaining court
approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to
interested persons unless they have
waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an
interested person files an objection to the
petition and shows good cause why the
court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in
this court as follows:
Date: 01/30/2014 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept.:
Room: located at 209 W. Yosemite Avenue, Madera, CA 93637.
If you object to the granting of the petition,
you should appear at the hearing and
state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.
Your appearance may be in person or by
your attorney.
If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your
claim with the court and mail a copy to the
personal representative appointed by the
court within the later of either (1) four
months from the date of first issuance of
letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from
the date of mailing or personal delivery to
you of a notice under section 9052 of the
California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You
may want to consult with an attorney
knowledgeable in California law.
You may examine the file kept by the
court. If you are a person interested in the
estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of
the filing of an inventory and appraisal of
estate assets or of any petition or account
as provided in Probate Code section
1250. A Request for Special Notice form is
available from the court clerk.
Petitioner: Stephen Rippee, 1638 W. Los
Altos, Fresno, CA 93711; (559) 431-2321.
No. 776 - Jan. 3, 7, 14, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing business
as:
IDEAL SMILE DENTISTRY
475 E. Almond Ave. Suite 103
Madera, CA 93637
Aqib Mudassar DDS, 475 E. Almond Ave.,
Suite #103, Madera, CA 93637.
This business is conducted by a corporation.
name or names listed above on 2011.
No. 2013 0827.
No. 777 - Jan. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2014
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CORRECTED
MADERA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the County of Madera,
State of California, will hold a PUBLIC HEARING to consider the following:
1. The application of Philip and Linda Martin for a conditional use permit (CUP #2013023) to allow an outdoor recreation facility for private events such as weddings. The
property is located on the south side of Avenue 9, approximately 0.4 mile west of the intersection of Road 35 (34614 Avenue 9), Madera. The property is zoned ARV-20 (Agricultural, Rural, Valley-20 Acre) District. A draft Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND
#2013-30) has been prepared concerning the proposed project in compliance with provisions of the California Environmental quality Act (CEQA) and is available together with
the Initial Study for public review at the Madera County Planning Department. Written
comments concerning this proposed project and the draft Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND #2013-30) may be submitted to the Madera County Planning Department until January 3, 2014, which will be the end of a 21 day review period. For more information please contact Brent Gibbons at (559) 675-7821. Size: 20.3 acres. APN: 048-110024.
2. The application of Harbison International, Inc. for a conditional use permit (CUP
#2013-021) to allow office, warehouse, retail and auto repair and auto body for buildings
#1 and #2. The property is owned by Khachatur Sargsyan and Anna Dolukhanyan. The
property is located on the west side of Business Route 41, approximately 650 feet north
of the intersection of Avenue 11 (11136 Business Route 41), Madera. The property is
zoned CRM/MHA (Commercial, Rural, Median/Manufactured Housing Architectural Review Overlayed) District. A draft Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND #2013-27) has
been prepared concerning the proposed project in compliance with provisions of the
California Environmental quality Act (CEQA) and is available together with the Initial
Study for public review at the Madera County Planning Department. Written comments
concerning this proposed project and the draft Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND
#2013-27) may be submitted to the Madera County Planning Department until January
3, 2014, which will be the end of a 21 day review period. For more information please
contact Robert Mansfield at (559) 675-7821. Size: 0.76 acre. APN: 049-271-006.
This PUBLIC HEARING will be held at the meeting of the Planning Commission on
Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. at the Madera County Resource Management Agency Building, 2037 West Cleveland Avenue, Madera, California.
NORMAN L. ALLINDER, Planning Director, Madera County, California
No. 775 - Jan. 3, 2014

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