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Coate Tales: For these For a free, four-week subscription to L K advertisers: The Madera Tribune, O’Neals woman Cedar Creek Summer Special just email [email protected] got her due Community Action Partnership Gill Auto Coupon • Noble Credit Union The Madera Tribune | 2591 Mitchell Ct. See Page 10 IN The Madera Tribune TODAY! Open 8am-5pm | 559-674-2424 Midweek Edition, Wednesday, August 12, 2020 | VOL 129 - ISSUE 39 | 50 Cents The Madera Tribune Visit us online: www.maderatribune.com Drugs, gun taken off streets By DJ Becker THE MADERA TRIBUNE Madera police arrested 26-year-old David Michael FOR THE MADERA Editor’s Corner Rocha after officers report- TRIBUNE edly saw him retrieve a David Michael Chuck Doud loaded gun concealed under Rocha, 26, is bushes near a hotel in the arrested on area of 4th Street and Gate- charges of We back way Drive. possession and Rocha was also found to sales of illegal the badge be in possession of illegal drugs and the drugs, and a large amount of possession of A few years ago, Made- a concealed for driving without a drivers license, cash Saturday afternoon. He among other charges. ra took up a “Blue Stripe was charged with possession weapon (right), Initiative” program, the Officers request residents report of drugs for sales, and pos- Saturday purpose of which was to suspicious behavior to police when- session of a concealed, load- afternoon near let law enforcement offi- 4th Street and ever they see it, so that they can pro- ed and unregistered firearm. tect neighborhoods by proactively take cers and first responders Records indicate Rocha Gateway Drive. know that we mere citi- guns and drugs off Madera streets. The zens were on their teams. is well known to police non emergency number to report suspi- The program was start- with two prior arrests for cious activity to police dispatch is 674- ed by Love Madera and DUI and three other arrests 4220. The number is answered 24/7. promoted by then-City Councilman Charles F. Rigby, who was (and probably still is) a strong Community landmark on brink of closure believer in having a strong police force to keep cit- By Tyler A. Takeda izens safe. He once told THE MADERA TRIBUNE me that it was his opinion hroughout the coun- that public safety couldn’t try, businesses have exist without the services Tbeen hit hard because of a strong and well- of government-mandated trained police force, and closures. One of the hardest that a police force func- hit sectors are locally-owned tioned best when the Blue bowling centers like Made- Stripe program, which ra’s Valley Bowl. he pushed, grew out of a A fixture in the commu- similar program, that he nity for more than 60 years, had observed. Valley Bowl hasn’t been It was public safety at its able to open since July 5 and simplest. Citizens would is doing whatever it takes to volunteer to “wear” a de- stay in business. cal on the curbs of their “What’s happening all houses or inside the win- across the nation is the local, dows of their houses. independently-owned bowl- Citizens liked the idea, ing centers are struggling and enough of them ad- because they can’t open,” opted it to make it a “Uni- said Valley Bowl pro shop form” for the city, so you manager Chris Pitts. “Some could see how it looked have qualified for federal aid when it was in place on a and some have not. Now, curbside, or in the corner some are closing. We’re now of a window. at a point where if we’re Some people still dis- shut down any longer and, WENDY ALEXANDER/THE MADERA TRIBUNE play their “Blue Stripe without community support, Britton Fiske of Valley Bowl said that in the brief period they were able to reopen they closed off every other bowling lane for Initiative” decals. there’s a chance we may social distancing. I think it might be a have to shut down. There’s good idea to start dis- a bowling center that has aren’t a major organiza- has tried to think outside the to get any sort of income,” “We just started the snack playing them again. They been open for 65 years in tion. The help they got only box. There is a GoFundMe Fiske said. “However, it’s bar last week,” Fiske said. have no official reason for the Fremont area that was covered them for about two page set up to help Valley not even enough to keep the “Saturday was huge, but being posted, except one, forced to shut down. They weeks.” Bowl. Started July 26, the air conditioning going, but it Wednesday, not so much. and that is to let the wear- made multi-million dollars Since it can’t have bowl- GoFundMe has raised $790 is something.” We have that big back patio ers of the badge know a year and had to shut down ers, Valley Bowl has been of an initial goal of $25,000 Valley Bowl offered its out there where people can they are among friends. because they weren’t able to sitting without customers for as of Aug. 10. usual menu, including ham- And that is no small thing open. There are many cen- a month. However, manager “We also started to-go burgers, grilled chicken dine in. I have it set up more in this day and age. ters across the U.S. that’s Britton Fiske, son of own- food on Wednesday, Friday, sandwiches, nachos, French than six feet between them. I have a small badge happening to because they ers Terry and Patti Hoban, Saturday and Sunday just fries, among other items. SEE VALLEY BOWL, PAGE 9 that was given to me not long ago by Madera Po- lice Chief Dino Lawson. I carry it in my pocket, but Driver crashes into house, detained for alleged DUI under no circumstance do I think it makes me an of- By DJ Becker FOR THE MADERA TRIBUNE THE MADERA TRIBUNE Police arrest- ficer of the law. It would A unlicensed driver suspected to be four ed Alejandro not get me out of a tick- Franco Ortiz, et, or any other violation times the legal limit for alcohol lost con- trol of a car, collided with a parked car and 30, of Madera of the law. On the con- on charges of trary, it reminds me that crashed through a fence into a backyard near DUI after he lost I am supposed to behave Noreen Way, where residents were celebrat- control of a car as a law-abiding citizen, ing a family birthday party. and crashed into badge or no badge, which Police arrested 30-year-old Alejandro a backyard near I believe is the way we all Franco Ortiz of Madera at the scene late Fri- Noreen Way should behave. You will, day night. He faces charges of DUI and for late Friday night. however, get to see the driving without a drivers license. Residents who emblem, which should re- It is believed that Ortiz was eastbound on were celebrating mind us of who we are as Ashlan Way when he failed to make the turn. a family birthday Maderans and who we are Officers said it was fortunate none of the in the yard were as fellow citizens of this residents in the backyard were struck or in- shocked but not wonderful town. jured as the car came flying through the fence. injured. FOLLOW US: Weather Forecast Air Quality Index INDEX Features…………….. 10 Opinion……………… 5 Sunny Classifieds………….. 8 MAD: 61 Moderate (O3) Leisure ……………… 6 High 98 Low 65 Crossword…………. 6 See Weather, Page 2 FRE: 80 Moderate (O3) @MadTrib The Madera Tribune TribTV Sports……………… 4 Go to maderatribune.com to subscribe to our e-Edition Page 2 MADERA TRIBUNE Wednesday, August 12, 2020 Local Weather Forecast 66. South southwest wind Local Rainfall and around 5 mph becoming Weather Almanac northwest in the evening. Provided by Friday…Mostly sunny, with a National Weather Service high near 99. Calm wind be- August 10, 2020 coming west around 5 mph. High 102 Friday night…Mostly clear, Low 64 with a low around 67. North- Rain 0.00 WENDY west wind around 5 mph. ALEXANDER/THE Normal 0.00 Saturday…Sunny and hot, MADERA TRIBUNE Total (Since Jan. 1) 3.76 with a high near 101. Calm The wings wind becoming west around of an insect Forecast for Madera 5 mph. reflect on a and surrounding area Saturday night…Mostly clear, hot asphalt Wednesday…Sunny, with with a low around 68. North- driveway. a high near 98. Calm wind west wind around 5 mph. Today’s becoming west northwest Sunday…Sunny and hot, forecast is around 5 mph in the after- with a high near 101. North- sunny, with noon. west wind around 5 mph. a high of 98 Wednesday night…Clear, Sunday night…Mostly clear, and low of with a low around 65. North- with a low around 69. 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