Springtime in Three Rivers will be filled with music, art and family fun, as a pair of events — the Earth Jam and the Three Rivers Music Festival — fill the riverside hills with entertainers coming together from far and wide to support a pair of good causes. Inaugural Earth Jam The good times begin […]
Intensive leadership training and a focus on issues affecting California farmers and ranchers lie ahead for the 10 people chosen for the 2015 class of the Leadership Farm Bureau program. The Class of 2015 was formally introduced today during the annual California Farm Bureau Federation Leaders Conference in Sacramento. Leadership Farm Bureau is a leadership-development […]
The March 2014-15 Valencia orange forecast is 20 million cartons. The March 10 National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) forecast was based on the results of the 2014-15 Valencia Orange Objective Measurement (O.M.) Survey, which was conducted from January 16 to February 14, 2015. Estimated fruit set per tree, fruit diameter, trees per acre, bearing acreage, […]
We all benefit from a safe, reliable food supply produced by our very own American family farmers. To celebrate our local agriculture community, Tulare County Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) committee will host their annual Grocery Cart Race on Sunday, March 22 at 7am in Tulare to celebrate National Ag Week, March 16-22. […]
University Preparatory High School (UPHS) is accepting applications for students in grades 9-12. Parents of students who are interested in obtaining more information about UPHS (located on the College of the Sequoias (COS) campus) should attend one of the upcoming informational meetings to be held Thursdays, March 19, April 9 and 23, and May 7 […]
The Tulare County Office of Education is preparing for the 12th annual Slick Rock Student Film Festival – Central California’s largest student film competition. The deadline for students to submit their films is before midnight on Monday, March 30. Middle and high school students in the seven south Central Valley counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, […]
On Saturday, March 21, Dennis Agajanian returns to Mavericks Coffee House for a 7pm show. Agajanian has been awarded Musician of the Year six times at the Christian Country Music Awards (CCMA). In addition, he was previously selected as the Entertainer of the Year by the CCMA three times. Since 1974, Agajanian has been featured […]
ImagineU Children’s Museum has planned four days of fun activities to celebrate spring—ending with a Princess Party with Elsa from “Frozen.” Pre-registration is required and camps fill up fast since attendance is limited. Each camp session is $8 for non members, $3 for members. Make your reservations in person or over the phone with a […]
The West Hills College Coalinga (WHCC) men’s and women’s rodeo team will host competitors from seven teams in the West Coast Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association on Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21, including schools from California and Nevada. Teams from WHCC, Feather River College, Lassen Community College, California State University Fresno, […]
Taking a break from the more challenging works we have recently discussed, the Great Books group this week read two short stories: “Fat,” by Raymond Carver, and “Not a Good Girl,” by Perri Klass. Both are in an anthology of short stories published by the Great Books Foundation titled The 7 Deadly Sins, and although […]