June 10, 2009 Archives

June 10, 2009 5:00 PM

Local stuff making the rounds:

  • After a banner containing language supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride was hung at the Fig Garden Library, a patron complained -- and the library took it down. Now people are talking about censorship issues. One person on Twitter says the library replaced the material with "traditional wedding books." Here's the library's response.
  • Fresno Famous reports that there was a motion Tuesday at the City Council to eliminate the budget for the Fresno Film and Entertainment Commission. This is an issue that seems to pop up every year. The budget for the commission will be discussed 2 p.m. Thursday, and proponents are urging filmmakers and entertainment-loving types to show up and tell the council why the FFEC is important, Famous Whitewater tells us.
  • A runaway bull collapsed and died after being lassoed near Parlier City Hall about noon today, officials say. The bull's death ended a morning-long rampage through the south Fresno County city.
  • It's official: There will be two new Macys stores in the Valley: one at River Park and the other at the Visalia Mall.
  • Good Company Players got a sort-of shout-out on Sunday's Tony Awards telecast when Audra McDonald presented an award. The idea was to flash a photo from McDonald's childhood on the screen, but as she pointed out with a laugh, she wasn't even in the photo. I think (but won't swear) that I recognized Duane Boutte, another Broadway Fresnan, as a Junior Company member instead.

Donald Munro

June 10, 2009 4:32 PM

It's Wednesday afternoon. Not too early to start thinking about what to eat this weekend. And not to late to remember where you dined last week.

So, in the interest of helping each other find a good meal (or just a treat), please tell us where you've eaten in the past week. Feel free to dish -- on the good and the bad, in and out of the Valley.

I do have one rule, however. If you had a bad experience, don't just say it sucked. Tell us what happened. Was the food cold? The servers rude? The drinks watery?

Since I'm proposing this game, I'll start off with high praise for the chocolate-chip cookies from Charlotte's Bakery in the Tower District.

But my best experience this week? Eating Golden Sweet apricots, Flavorella plumcots and Blenheim apricots at Blossom Bluff Orchards in Parlier.

What about you?

Joan Obra

June 10, 2009 3:58 PM

Good times at Audie's tonight, as a couple of fresh jazz fusion groups -- Three Bags Full and Espacio -- are playing. Our girl Ms. Soulflower is spinning as well.

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Mike Oz

June 10, 2009 3:06 PM

Spotted in the Fresno Bee newsroom:

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Mike Oz

June 10, 2009 1:09 PM

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This is a big week for Fresno's Jason Glover. He's all over Google, for one thing. As one of the Top 20 finalists on "So You Think You Can Dance," the 21-year-old Bullard High graduate is the subject of news stories, blog posts and fan sites. And tonight he hits the big time. (The show starts at 8 p.m. on Fox, and at 9 p.m. Thursday we learn the results.) A bunch of his friends and family will gather to watch at World Sports Cafe at 7:30 p.m.

Beehiver Rick Bentley had a story in Tuesday's Bee in which he talked by phone with Glover during a break in rehearsals for the show.

The finals are where the high-stakes fun begins, and I'm sure lots of people in Fresno will be rooting for Jason to go all the way. The big question as tonight's competition starts is who his partner will be. That can be a make-or-break development, because for the first half of the competition season, couples are kicked off or advance on the basis of their joint merits. One blog is predicting that Glover will be paired up with Caitlin Kinney.

Donald Munro

June 10, 2009 12:20 PM

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The sad saga of Granite Park continued today, as Public House was put up for public auction.

Problem was: Nobody bid.

Here's what The Bee is reporting:

Grace O'Malley's Public House, a popular but financially troubled restaurant at Granite Park in Fresno, went back to the lender today in a brief auction that drew no bids ...

[Developer Milt] Barbis did not attend the auction, but Kirk Vartanian, a new investor in the restaurant, did. Vartanian has said Barbis no longer would be involved in running the restaurant, but Vartanian had no immediate comment about the auction. He said he will make a statement this afternoon.

Sigh. Let's just take this place over. I have $11 in my pocket. Who wants to join me?

PREVIOUSLY:
More trouble at Granite Park

Mike Oz

June 10, 2009 11:52 AM

A 72-year old great grandmother was Tased by police after she was pulled over for speeding and refused to sign the ticket she'd been issued.

Did she deserve it?

Here's the rest of the story: Kathryn Winkfein was pulled over for going 60 mph in a 45 mph construction zone. She refused to sign the ticket, then got out of her truck and started yelling profanities at the officer, trying to take away his ticket book and telling him to either Tase her or take her to jail. She pushed the officer toward oncoming traffic, and nearly stepped into it herself.

After being Tased, an ambulance was called to evaluate Winkfein, who was fine (it is recommended that Tasers not be used on the elderly and/or infirm). She was then charged with "a Class A misdemeanor of resisting arrest and detention, punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $4,000."

Fox News has video of the Tasing (but, if you'll notice, not the part preceding the Tasing):

Heather

June 10, 2009 10:48 AM

Obama's new mission? Get Americans to band together and make our nation a little bit less of an embarrassing, disgusting s***hole, one 6' 7" hat-flipper at a time.

[Warning: language. That's how you know it's funny.]

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Heather



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