Fair Rodeo royalty crowned



The rodeo royalty for the 2014-2015 Mariposa County Fair were crowned at the fair, just before the California Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association Rodeo. Named Rodeo Princess was Briley Dahlem. Katy Casner was named Rodeo Queen and Rodeo Junior Princess was Heely Patterson. The newly-crowned royalty received chaps, crowns, buckles, trophy saddle blankets, sashes and butterfly sash pins along with bags […]

Finders seek owner of ‘94 Grizzly ring




Editor’s note: Miracle Corner, a new GAZETTE feature, debuts this week. Anyone seeking to fill a local need, find an owner or make a wrong right are invited to call the newspaper at 966-2500 or send an email to editor@mariposagazette.com. Yosemite visitors Angela and Victor Saborio were typical tired tourists as they headed down Highway 140 toward their Los Angeles […]

Together in grief



Another garden falls



Correction



The name of the Mariposa Rotary Club’s guest speaker on Thursday, Sept. 4 was misstated in an item submitted by the club that ran in the Sept. 11 issue. The speaker’s name was Don Fox. Fox worked as a landscape architect in Yosemite National Park from 1974 to 2006. He visited Mongolia this summer to assist park officials in the […]

Clarification



In the Sept. 4 issue, it was misstated that Judy Eppler was a school superintendent in the story about the MCUSD school board. She was an assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction.

Rotarians hear about group home for boys





Mariposa Rotary Club members heard Scott Seymour and Jerry Lura discuss the pair’s business on Thursday, Sept. 11. Seymour and Lura are the founders of Sierra Quest Academy, a community care licensed level 10 group home for boys ages 12 to 17. They are placed in the home by child welfare services, probation and private agencies. “There are many fantastic […]

River cleanup is set for Sept. 20



The Great Sierra River Cleanup event is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 20, to clean up Sierra rivers, lakes and streams. Low water levels due to the drought won’t affect the cleanup, which will take place across 22 counties. Volunteers will be removing appliances, beverage cans, baby diapers, tires and more from the rivers and streams that supply more than 60 […]

CHP will observe Child Passenger Safety Week



An appropriate and correctly installed child passenger safety seat may be the one thing that makes the difference between life and death for a child involved in a traffic collision. In 2012, 45 percent of all California children under the age of eight who were killed in a collision were not properly restrained. That total reflects a significant increase from […]

Sierra Rep announces plays for new season



Sierra Repertory Theatre has announced its 2015 season, beginning with the musical “Mary Poppins” and concluding with a new adaptation of “A Christmas Carol.” Other highlights include new Broadway musical “The Drowsy Chaperone,” “The Music Man,” William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” the country tribute “Always, Patsy Cline,” and a new comedy called “Unnecessary Farce.” For more information, go online to www.sierrarep.org or […]