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What are your views on same-sex marriage?
Same-sex marriage will be legal in Madera County — and California as a whole — beginning Tuesday, although an amendment to the state constitution may or may not invalidate the unions in November. What do you think about this shift in policy? Are you in favor of same-sex marriage or against? Or could you care […]
Movie Preview: ‘Kung Fu Panda’ hits the spot
By John RiepingThe Madera Tribune When I arrived at the Saturday sneak preview in Fresno’s Imax theater, I did not expect to be especially impressed by “Kung Fu Panda.” I feared it would simply be an uninspired, one-trick pony. In fact, it was a movie I intended to bypass in the cinemas and watch belatedly […]
Letter: Trib sports editor evokes praise
As a parent I have to comment on the article (sports editor) Paul Stanford wrote about our son, Alec, in The Madera Tribune. Wow! Our family is humbled, excited, touched beyond belief. Wow, is the superlative that seems to fit. In reading this article, you expressed things that reflected a desire on your part to […]
Letter: Article was needless, insensitive and unprofessional
On Saturday, January 26, 2008 the Madera Tribune felt the need to take it upon themselves to publish a revealing, detailed, overly graphic and very unnecessary article surrounding the details of Krista Pike’s death. When I finally picked up the front page the first thing I focused on was the beautiful picture of the 18-year-old […]
Letter: Hillary is not her choice
From first-hand experience, I know what happens to your body and mind when you go through the change of life. It is a scary thought that the voters may put a menopausal woman in the White House with her finger so close to the nuclear button. The national news media do not provide the voters […]
Review: ‘Bella’ offers a fresh drama of a day
By John Rieping The Madera Tribune “You’re not running now,” called out the teenage boy seated on the sidewalk beside a buddy as I walked out of Madera Cinema 6 late Sunday. I had passed them on my way in less than two hours earlier. “I was late before but the movie’s over now,” I […]
Changes coming to main Tribune site
The main Web site of The Madera Tribune ( www.maderatribune.com ) will be going through a significant change within a few weeks as we shift from our current free online publication to a subscription-only news site. This change is being made, in part, because we realized months ago that it wasn’t cost-effective to keep the […]
