PHOTOS BY KURT HEGRE/THE FRESNO BEE A place to grow · 2016-01-01 · This movie isn’t worth the...
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C M Y K SUNDAY K8 THE FRESNO BEE-FRI PRERUN THE FRESNO BEE - FRI PRERUN - 8 - 01/04/09 Logical Page is THE FRESNO BEE/FEATURES/PAGES [BACKTALK] Printed 12/31/08 13:28 teen scene great grub D on’t you just hate it when you can almost remember something, but then it slips away? And then it nags at you until you get it settled? Well, we’re here to create that experience for you. Here are lyrics from a song that was popular sometime in the past 100 years. You can either come up with the title and artist, or you can just keep mouth- ing the words to yourself all day long trying to link them to something. (And yes, we know you could just Google it, but that’s a little something we call “not in the spirit of the challenge.”) — McClatchy-Tribune “I was riding shotgun with my hair undone in the front seat of his car. He’s got one-hand feel on the steering wheel The other on my heart.” (Answer is at the bottom of the page) F or more than 40 years, The Rodeo Coffee Shop has been family owned and serving the same good old- fashioned, country-style meals, tucked away in the heart of Old Town Clovis. ᔡ Where is it? 535 Fifth St. in Old Town Clovis. ᔡ What’s the phone number? (559) 299-3750. ᔡ What are the hours? 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, 7 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sundays. ᔡ What do they serve? The shop specializes in home- style breakfasts and lunches with quality, generous portions that are cooked to order. They are known for their French toast, hamburg- ers and homemade pies, all of which are cooked from scratch. ᔡ What do you recommend? The first time I ate there was in April, when I was in Old Town Clovis early in the morning helping set up for Big Hat Days. My dad, a friend and I got break- fast after we finished. I ordered their French toast because I had heard that it was a secret recipe, and it was delicious. I have been there several times since, and the French toast never has been a disappointing decision. ᔡ How’s the atmosphere? It could best be described as relaxed, casual, comfortable and friendly. As soon as you walk through the door, you can sense that feeling of a warm and cheerful family-operated environment. Decorated in a casual western theme, The Rodeo Coffee shop has a small- town, close-knit café atmosphere and is a place where it seems as if everyone is family. ᔡ How’s the service? It contributes to the friendly atmosphere. All items are cooked to order as soon as your waitress takes your order, and your food is brought in a timely manner. The waitresses are all very friendly and keep customers coming in regularly. Tyler Wilson attends Buchanan High School. ១ K8 The Fresno Bee Sunday, January 4, 2009 fresnobee.com By Anne Rempel Teen Press Corps T he issues of violence and substance abuse often cast a negative shadow over the community of west Fresno. A new community garden, however, addresses one of the problems that has plagued this area: poor nutrition. The Watch Us Grow Communi- ty Garden Project, organized by the West Fresno Health Care Coalition and located at the West Fresno Boys and Girls Club, aims to encourage healthy lifestyles by making fruits and vegetables more available and to further build the west Fresno community. Yolanda Randles, the coalition’s executive director, says the project began two years ago through the Network for Healthy California and the African-Ameri- can Campaign “to work with community groups to identify ways to increase the intake of fruits and vegetables in the African-American communities.” She feels the community garden, which has produced several varieties of vegetables — including broccoli, cucumbers, cabbage, peppers, eggplant, spinach, cauliflower, tomatoes, and squash — helps the entire community, especially youth. “The garden provides access to fresh fruits and vegetables in a community where there aren’t many stores that provide fresh produce and instead has many fast-food restaurants,” says Janice Mathurin, the coalition’s operations manager and a past president of the East Fresno Kiwanis Club. “It also provides an opportunity for kids to get hands-on experience in garden- ing, allows for physical activity and is an opportunity for commu- nity-building.” The garden is maintained by kids from the Boys and Girls Club’s Garden Club, as well as students from Edison High School’s Key Club. The garden is also supported by the East Fresno Kiwanis Club, the U.S. Depart- ment of Agriculture, Kaiser Permanente, EOC AmeriCorps, Hall Management and Aetna Foundation. “The garden gives youth a sense of empowerment,” Randles says. “It’s something that they take pride in, and now they can take this food home to their family. It’s not just watering and weeding; it’s about learning.” The current winter garden was planted in early November and is tended every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Isaiah Golding, a fifth-grader at Lincoln Elementary School and a member of the Garden Club, goes to the club every day and is out in the garden as much as possible. “I love the garden. I love being outside,” he says. “I come every day because it keeps me out of trouble and because you learn how to plant, dig out weeds and water the plants.” Isaiah has taken home several eggplants, peppers and tomatoes that he helped grow. His mother incorporates them into the family’s diet. The coalition’s ultimate goal is to increase the number of community gardens throughout Fresno. Randles believes every elementary school should have one and include gardening in the curriculum. And, eventually, she hopes to generate more communi- ty involvement in the garden by holding a farmers market. Cheryl Washington, the coalition’s health ambassador, believes the garden also creates an educational environment for people of all ages: “The communi- ty garden is something to unite the whole community so the youth can benefit from the knowledge of the seniors.” In addition to this sense of intergenerational learning, Washington, in partnership with Ken Grimes of the USDA, organiz- es formal classes that tie into the garden. The garden organizers hope to foster a greater appreciation of nature among youth. Garden Club member Michael Hundley, a seventh-grader at Rio Vista, feels his peers lack respect for nature: “I always see people picking plants and throwing them,” says Hundley of his peers at school. “Kids don’t appreciate nature enough.” Randles believes this is caused by the environment in which children are raised. “I think, unfortunately, it’s never really been taught to them in a fun environment,” she says. “In west Fresno, there are a lot of issues going on in the home. I’m not saying this is the case for everyone, but sometimes nature is not a priority. “But the garden gives youth a sense of responsibility and appreciation toward nature. Through their work, they can see the physical result. They can taste it and share the vegetables with their family and the greater community.” Anne Rempel attends Edison High School. movie review M ovies don’t always turn out quite the way we expect. Sometimes the drama, the comedy, the romance — whatever it was we might have been hoping for — is missing, and we are forced to leave the theater disappointed, unhappy and $10.75 poorer. Unfortunately, that was my experience with “Bedtime Stories,” the new family comedy featuring Adam Sandler. Sandler plays Skeeter Bronson, a wisecracking handyman waiting patiently for his shot at running the hotel in which he works. When his sister Wendy (Courteney Cox) asks him to baby-sit his niece Bobbi (Laura Kesling) and his nephew Patrick (Jonathan Heit), Skeeter struggles with his duty — that is, until the kids begin to ask for bedtime stories. “Bedtime Stories” tries very hard to be that fun, exciting film with a heart of gold, but it tries so hard that nothing is really that funny or exciting. Instead, the movie is rather boring, and the laughs I had been hoping for are nonexistent. Now all of this isn’t to say that people won’t like the movie. It is very possible that they will, but it is also very possible that they’ll be forced to leave the theater due to tears of boredom. “Bedtime Stories” did not turn out to be the film that was expected. It lacks comedy and, most impor- tantly, it lacks sincerity. It’s difficult to really feel anything for these characters other then annoy- ance. This movie isn’t worth the hype or the money it will cost you to get in. Vanessa McAlaster attends Hoover High School. Rodeo Coffee keeps life tasty ‘Bedtime Stories’ ᔡ Starring: Adam Sandler, Courteney Cox, Laura Kesling, Jonathan Heit ᔡ Directed by: Adam Shankman ᔡ Can be seen at: Edwards Regal Cinema, Manchester Mall Regal Cinema, UA Broadway Faire, Sierra Vista Cinema ᔡ Grade: D+ tyler wilson Driving you nuts answer: Taylor Swift, “Our Song” driving you nuts song lyrics Produce garden helps a Fresno community. PHOTOS BY KURT HEGRE/THE FRESNO BEE Veronica Williams, 12, and her brother Bryant Williams, 10, tend to the Watch Us Grow Community Garden Project at the West Fresno Boys and Girls Club. Adam Sandler takes his shot at making a family film with “Bedtime Stories” but misses the target. DISNEY ‘Bedtime Stories’ promises laughs but doesn’t deliver “Simon’s Cat ‘TV Dinner’ ” ᔡ Where: youtube.com/ watch?v=s13dLaTIHSg ᔡ Why you should go: Simon Tofield, an animation director at UK’s Tandem Films, has created a series of simple line-drawing cartoons that perfectly capture what we love about cats and the things that drive us crazy about them. In addition to this one, check out “Let Me In” and “Cat Man Do.” Cat owners will recognize their felines somewhere in this funny collection. your tube videos to check out vanessa mcalaster Riding shotgun A place to grow Bryant works in the garden that has produced broccoli, cucumbers, cabbage, peppers, eggplant, spinach, cauliflower, tomatoes and squash.
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C M Y KSUNDAY K8 THE FRESNO BEE-FRI PRERUNTHE FRESNO BEE - FRI PRERUN - 8 - 01/04/09
Logical Page is THE FRESNO BEE/FEATURES/PAGES [BACKTALK]Printed 12/31/08 13:28
teen scenegreat grub
D on’t you just hate it when you canalmost remember something, butthen it slips away? And then it
nags at you until you get it settled? Well,we’re here to create that experience foryou.
Here are lyrics from a song that waspopular sometime in the past 100 years.You can either come up with the titleand artist, or you can just keep mouth-ing the words to yourself all day longtrying to link them to something. (Andyes, we know you could just Google it,but that’s a little something we call “notin the spirit of the challenge.”)
— McClatchy-Tribune
“I was riding shotgun withmy hair undone in thefront seat of his car.
He’s got one-hand feel onthe steering wheel
The other on my heart.”
(Answer is at the bottom of the page)
F or more than 40 years, The RodeoCoffee Shop has been family ownedand serving the same good old-
fashioned, country-style meals, tuckedaway in the heart of Old Town Clovis.
� Where is it? 535 Fifth St. in OldTown Clovis.
� What’s the phone number? (559)299-3750.
� What are thehours? 6 a.m.-2 p.m.Mondays-Saturdays,7 a.m.-1:30 p.m.Sundays.
� What do theyserve? The shopspecializes in home-style breakfasts andlunches with quality,generous portionsthat are cooked toorder. They are
known for their French toast, hamburg-ers and homemade pies, all of which arecooked from scratch.
� What do you recommend? Thefirst time I ate there was in April, whenI was in Old Town Clovis early in themorning helping set up for Big HatDays. My dad, a friend and I got break-fast after we finished. I ordered theirFrench toast because I had heard that itwas a secret recipe, and it was delicious.I have been there several times since,and the French toast never has been adisappointing decision.
� How’s the atmosphere? It couldbest be described as relaxed, casual,comfortable and friendly. As soon as youwalk through the door, you can sensethat feeling of a warm and cheerfulfamily-operated environment.
Decorated in a casual western theme,The Rodeo Coffee shop has a small-town, close-knit café atmosphere and isa place where it seems as if everyone isfamily.
� How’s the service? It contributesto the friendly atmosphere. All items arecooked to order as soon as your waitresstakes your order, and your food isbrought in a timely manner. Thewaitresses are all very friendly and keepcustomers coming in regularly.
� Tyler Wilson attends Buchanan HighSchool.
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K8The Fresno Bee
Sunday, January 4, 2009fresnobee.com
By Anne RempelTeen Press Corps
The issues of violence andsubstance abuse oftencast a negative shadowover the community ofwest Fresno.
A new community garden,however, addresses one of theproblems that has plagued thisarea: poor nutrition.
The Watch Us Grow Communi-ty Garden Project, organized bythe West Fresno Health CareCoalition and located at the WestFresno Boys and Girls Club, aimsto encourage healthy lifestyles bymaking fruits and vegetablesmore available and to furtherbuild the west Fresno community.
Yolanda Randles, the coalition’sexecutive director, says theproject began two years agothrough the Network for HealthyCalifornia and the African-Ameri-can Campaign “to work withcommunity groups to identifyways to increase the intake offruits and vegetables in theAfrican-American communities.”
She feels the communitygarden, which has producedseveral varieties of vegetables —including broccoli, cucumbers,cabbage, peppers, eggplant,spinach, caulif lower, tomatoes,and squash — helps the entirecommunity, especially youth.
“The garden provides access tofresh fruits and vegetables in acommunity where there aren’tmany stores that provide freshproduce and instead has manyfast-food restaurants,” saysJanice Mathurin, the coalition’soperations manager and a pastpresident of the East Fresno
Kiwanis Club. “It also providesan opportunity for kids to gethands-on experience in garden-ing, allows for physical activityand is an opportunity for commu-nity-building.”
The garden is maintained bykids from the Boys and GirlsClub’s Garden Club, as well asstudents from Edison HighSchool’s Key Club. The garden isalso supported by the East FresnoKiwanis Club, the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture, KaiserPermanente, EOC AmeriCorps,Hall Management and AetnaFoundation.
“The garden gives youth asense of empowerment,” Randlessays. “It’s something that theytake pride in, and now they cantake this food home to theirfamily. It’s not just watering and
weeding; it’s about learning.”The current winter garden was
planted in early November and istended every Tuesday, Wednesday,and Thursday.
Isaiah Golding, a fifth-grader atLincoln Elementary School and amember of the Garden Club, goesto the club every day and is out inthe garden as much as possible.
“I love the garden. I love beingoutside,” he says. “I come everyday because it keeps me out oftrouble and because you learnhow to plant, dig out weeds andwater the plants.”
Isaiah has taken home severaleggplants, peppers and tomatoesthat he helped grow. His motherincorporates them into thefamily’s diet.
The coalition’s ultimate goal isto increase the number of
community gardens throughoutFresno. Randles believes everyelementary school should haveone and include gardening in thecurriculum. And, eventually, shehopes to generate more communi-ty involvement in the garden byholding a farmers market.
Cheryl Washington, thecoalition’s health ambassador,believes the garden also createsan educational environment forpeople of all ages: “The communi-ty garden is something to unitethe whole community so theyouth can benefit from theknowledge of the seniors.”
In addition to this sense ofintergenerational learning,Washington, in partnership withKen Grimes of the USDA, organiz-es formal classes that tie into thegarden.
The garden organizers hope tofoster a greater appreciation ofnature among youth.
Garden Club member MichaelHundley, a seventh-grader at RioVista, feels his peers lack respectfor nature: “I always see peoplepicking plants and throwingthem,” says Hundley of his peersat school. “Kids don’t appreciatenature enough.”
Randles believes this is causedby the environment in whichchildren are raised.
“I think, unfortunately, it’snever really been taught to themin a fun environment,” she says.“In west Fresno, there are a lot ofissues going on in the home. I’mnot saying this is the case foreveryone, but sometimes natureis not a priority.
“But the garden gives youth asense of responsibility andappreciation toward nature.Through their work, they can seethe physical result. They cantaste it and share the vegetableswith their family and the greatercommunity.”
� Anne Rempel attends EdisonHigh School.
movie review
M ovies don’t always turn outquite the way we expect.Sometimes the drama, the
comedy, the romance — whatever itwas we mighthave been hopingfor — is missing,and we areforced to leavethe theaterdisappointed,unhappy and$10.75 poorer.Unfortunately,that was myexperience with“Bedtime
Stories,” the new family comedyfeaturing Adam Sandler.
Sandler plays Skeeter Bronson, awisecracking handyman waiting
patiently for his shot at running thehotel in which he works. When hissister Wendy (Courteney Cox) askshim to baby-sit his niece Bobbi(Laura Kesling) and his nephewPatrick (Jonathan Heit), Skeeterstruggles with his duty — that is,
until the kids begin to ask forbedtime stories.
“Bedtime Stories” tries very hardto be that fun, exciting film with aheart of gold, but it tries so hardthat nothing is really that funny orexciting. Instead, the movie israther boring, and the laughs I hadbeen hoping for are nonexistent.
Now all of this isn’t to say thatpeople won’t like the movie. It isvery possible that they will, but it isalso very possible that they’ll be
forced to leave the theater due totears of boredom.
“Bedtime Stories” did not turnout to be the film that was expected.It lacks comedy and, most impor-tantly, it lacks sincerity. It’sdifficult to really feel anything forthese characters other then annoy-ance. This movie isn’t worth thehype or the money it will cost youto get in.
� Vanessa McAlaster attends HooverHigh School.
Rodeo Coffeekeeps life tasty
‘Bedtime Stories’� Starring: Adam Sandler,
Courteney Cox, Laura Kesling,Jonathan Heit
� Directed by: Adam Shankman� Can be seen at: Edwards
Regal Cinema, Manchester MallRegal Cinema, UA Broadway Faire,Sierra Vista Cinema
� Grade: D+
tylerwilson
Driving you nuts answer: Taylor Swift, “Our Song”
driving you nutssong lyrics
Produce gardenhelps a Fresnocommunity.
PHOTOS BY KURT HEGRE/THE FRESNO BEE
Veronica Williams, 12, and her brother Bryant Williams, 10, tend to the Watch Us Grow Community Garden Project at the West Fresno Boys and Girls Club.
Adam Sandlertakes his shot atmaking a familyfilm with “BedtimeStories” butmisses the target.
DISNEY
‘Bedtime Stories’ promiseslaughs but doesn’t deliver
“Simon’s Cat ‘TV Dinner’ ”� Where: youtube.com/
watch?v=s13dLaTIHSg� Why you should go: Simon
Tofield, an animation director at UK’sTandem Films, has created a series ofsimple line-drawing cartoons thatperfectly capture what we love aboutcats and the things that drive us crazyabout them. In addition to this one,check out “Let Me In” and “Cat Man Do.”Cat owners will recognize their felinessomewhere in this funny collection.
your tubevideos to check out
vanessamcalaster
Riding shotgun
A place to grow
Bryant works in the garden that has produced broccoli, cucumbers, cabbage,peppers, eggplant, spinach, cauliflower, tomatoes and squash.
