The Corcoran Journal

Nearly $800,000 in awards were earned last Wednesday by the Corcoran High School senior class. Taking the top honors of The Col. James G. Boswell Scholarship were Katherine Lam and Kaylee Sepulveda who each were awarded $25,000 for four years.

The Corcoran High School Class of 1969 is preparing for their upcoming 50th class reunion. 

Dorothy June Rogers lived in Corcoran for many years during the 1930’s, after her family migrated here from Wyoming. She was born here, the youngest of several children—who were all 16-21 years of age when she arrived! Dorothy has written several articles about Corcoran which The Journal has printed over the last year. Here is another one.

David Webb was the Col. James G. Boswell Scholarship winner in 1973-the year he graduated from Corcoran High School.

The chance for every child to have the opportunity to succeed is the reason Sammy Ramirez chose to serve on the Corcoran Unified School District’s school board.

Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino’s Bingo Hall will be full of magic as magician and performance bizarrist Michael Carbonaro performs Thursday, February 28, at 7:30 p.m. Tachi Palace offers the premier entertainment experience in the area.

Attention local Selena fans. The Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino will present The Selena Tejano Tribute Festival Saturday, April 27. Tickets are on sale now at www.tachipalace.com. Tachi Palace offers the premier entertainment experience in the area.

The Corcoran High School Panther wrestling team competed at the Division 2 Valley tournament last week which was held at Shafter High School and Brock Rogers came home a Div. 2 Valley Champion.

Brothers Justin and Kevin George of Corcoran have won the bronze medal in the team competition at the Long Range World Rifle Championships which were recently held in New Zealand.

The Corcoran Chamber of Commerce held their annual banquet last Wednesday where they honored their top citizens award winners. The 2018 Man of the Year went to Raul Gomez while Anita Roby was named the 2018 Woman of the Year. Taking home Junior Citizen of the year honors was Oscar Miranda and The Corcoran 50-50 Club was honored as the Organization of the Year.