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  • Truck cab mangled, driver OK

  • Elva Todd heads new VCH guild

  • Blood drive on Monday

  • Rounding up the rustlers was posse's first challenge

    Posse Member No. 1 "Eddie Klippert receives a plaque honoring his efforts from Madera County Sheriff-Coroner John P. Anderson.
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    New Oakhurst council appointed

        MADERA - The new nine-member Oakhurst Community Advisory Council was formally named here on Tuesday by the Madera County Board of Supervisors.
        The board acted on the recommendation of Supervisor Gary Gilbert [District 5-Mountain Area], who pushed for creation of the council as a means of providing greater local control of local issues in Oakhurst.
        The council carries official status as Oakhurst's link to county government. County decisions on issues such as planning and growth must be funneled through the council before county agencies and boards will act.
        Of the nine members, four represent specific constituencies:

  • Jim Watkins, Eastern Madera County Chamber of Commerce.
  • Bob Austin, Sierra Seniors Society.
  • Robert Pytlak, architecture.
  • Eric Wilkins, developer.
        The remaining five seats are filled by "public representatives and include:
  • Jeanne Aceto, a leader in the opposition to the YARTS - Yosemite Area Regional Transportation Strategy - project.
  • Ron Bucheger, chairman of the Oakhurst Action Council, which encouraged creation of the newest community council.
  • Irving Curtis, a member of OAC and leader of its efforts to review the Oakhurst Area Plan.
  • Ruth Hunt, also a member of OAC and president of the Action Committee to Incorporate Oakhurst Now.
  • Stan Smith, OAC member, its first chairman and an active agitator for a more impressive image for Oakhurst.
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    Ahwahnee has a plan

        AHWAHNEE - There is great joy in this community today because of approval earlier in the week of the Ahwahnee Area Plan.
        The plan basically says what's in Ahwahnee's future - and is a plan created after a lot of hard work by the community itself.
        "What we gained more than anything else is we've gained a community that works together, says Tony Ward. "It is the culmination of a lot of hard work.
        Mr. Ward, a retired engineer who served previously as chairman of the Ahwahnee Community Council, now sits on the Madera County Planning Commission.
        And it was the commission that adopted the Ahwahnee Area Plan following a public hearing held Tuesday evening at the Mountain Government Center at Bass Lake. The hearing attracted 50 or so Ahwahnee residents - and a few from Oakhurst.
        Voices heard from Oakhurst were concerned about that was essentially a non-issue: the boundaries of the new Ahwahnee Area Plan.

    FULL STORY



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    Oakhurst family discovers Bush view of cinnamon rolls

        While political detractors of George W. Bush say it is unclear where he stands on the great political issues of the day, an Oakhurst family knows for certain that the Texas governor likes cinnamon rolls.
        Their cinnamon rolls!
        Eldon and Janis Dale, Oakhurst residents for 20 years, spend a lot of their time traveling around California with their cinnamon rolls, selling them at fairs and other events such as the Mountain Peddlers Fair.
        A few weeks ago, the Dales and their cinnamon rolls were at the Del Mar Fair in San Diego County.
        And so was Mr. Bush, seeking the Republican nomination for president.
        As the candidate was meeting and greeting fairgoers and his supporters, Governor Bush asked for suggestions about activities he ought to do.
        "Have a cinnamon roll, somone suggested.

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    BL pizza in high demand


        BASS LAKE - A woman offering to help out apparently was more interested in helping herself out last Tuesday.
        An unidentified woman walked into a Pines Village pizza place and offered to take a customer's pizza out to him.
        When the counterperson asked if she knew him, the woman responded "yes, giving his correct name.
        She was then given the $10 small pizza. A little later, the customer walked in, asking where his pizza was. (He was refunded his money).
        Still later, the woman returned and the counterperson confronted her. Deputies say the woman, "who appeared to be very drunk, claimed the pizza was indeed hers and again walked out of the shop.
        The pizza place is hoping to recover the cost of the pizza.
        In other calls:
        Monday: An Oakhurst restaurant reported its loading dock ramp, a rusty-red metal, was taken, $200.

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