Florence “Flo” Seely

On Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, Florence “Flo” Seely passed away peacefully at her home of 60 years on Triangle Road. A coal-miner’s daughter, Flo was born on Oct. 31, 1929 in the coal-mining town of Van Houten, N.M. to Roy and Evelyn Jones. As a teen, she moved with her family to Los Angeles, Calif. where she met the love […]

Paul Kendall

Paul Otis Kendall was born in Tainan, Taiwan on Aug. 7, 1964 and died Nov. 3, 2019. He lived in California, Italy and Maine. And as a child, he spent most of his life in Mariposa. Paul enjoyed fixing things, especially automobiles and trucks and had an interest in NASCAR. He loved snowmobiling while in Maine, and dirt biking while […]

John Stobb, Jr.

On Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, John Albert Stobb, Jr., loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away after a short illness in Sacramento, Calif. John was born on July 24, 1937 in Marrieta, Love County, Oklahoma, to John A. Stobb, Sr. and Jewel Sewell. When he was 17 years old he headed out to see some of the world and […]

Richard Oswald

Richard “Dick” Oswald was born on Jan. 15, 1935 in Hollywood, Calif. He was the oldest of four children and grew up in North Hollywood. After graduating from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, he joined a Trappist Monastery in New Mexico. From there, his adventures took him to the Air Force, then his own mining company and finally […]

ALL FIRED UP

Grizzly Fire students practice extrication as a part of hands-on learning program


How many times have students crammed for tests, only to forget everything they studied a few weeks later once the test was over? The answer: a lot! That’s why hands-on learning is so important: building memories and teaching skills that stick with students. The Mariposa County High School Grizzly Fire class had that opportunity on Dec. 11 when the students […]

RCD secures major grant for county fuels reduction

The Mariposa County Resource Conservation District has recently obtained two large grants to work with Mariposa County, the Sierra National Forest, and Yosemite National Park to implement fuels reduction, reforestation and biomass utilization projects. A $2 million grant from CAL FIRE’s California Climate Investments (CCI) Forest Health grant program will remove 3,222 tons of dead and downed trees from around […]

Jets and cattle are coming to the 2020 Mariposa Butterfly Festival


Airplanes and cattle. Those might be worlds apart, but in 2020, they will come together at the annual Mariposa Butterfly Festival. “It was quite a spectacle last year,” said Supervisor Kevin Cann. Last year, skydivers fell from the sky onto the main street of the parade route, wowing the crowds and taking the festival to a new level. Next year, […]

Free elections should be goal of all citizens

BETWEEN THE LINES

Last week in this newspaper, I wrote a story about how election officials in Mariposa County are making the necessary changes for the voting by mail process. More than a year ago, the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors voted to change the way the system works in the county. I think this was a wise move, given the fact about […]

Political Cartoon

Trump behavior business as usual

Editor, Now that actual impeachment charges against the President have been made by the House, it is interesting to see the defense launched by Trump supporters. Since the evidence of what transpired is available for all to hear and see, the only defense presented so far is that what happened is not a crime. It is instead presented as business […]