The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 16

Out in her front yard while the ulldnzer rinnrd a hole through the bulldozer ripped a hole through the Dl ifaljf "Yf i IIMIIW I Gaab echoed that sentiment saying the move will help the 'J rJJ and station serve os an anchor educational cultural and entertainment interests Dougherty said that until station officials meet with will be no firm estimate of how much it will cost to refute and remodel Part of the cost will be paid by selling the two buildings The remainder will have to be raised by the station which still is suffering from the effects trous capital fund drive a few years ago The station tried to raise $1 million to purchase a building at and Mono streets and remodel it for new studios The drive was abandoned because expeases and fees billed by the fund-raising company were outstripping income This time rather than hire an out- (lircuuy expenses Dougherty and Lyles talking about going to builders unions to help cut the refurbishing costs One item high on Lyles' and Dou list for station improve ments is finding SlUOtXN) or so to give the station stereophonic sound capability Channels 24 26 and 5y already broadcast in stereo and Channel 47 probably will join tltcm by the end or the year If everything happens on whed-ule Dougherty said next Mav's an-nual fund-raising auction will'be the last event in the Street studios When the station moves the remodeling project wont be com-plete Dougherty said Thursday It likely that work on Channel 24 win be completed in several phases over the next few years monial key to his station's old studios Thursday He said strong public television is one cop nerstone of a good community He noted that Channel 24 has been helping Channel 18 since it went on the air in 1977 allowing the public station's antenna to be erected on Channel 24's tower on Bear Mountain east of Fresno Dougherty described Thursday as great great day for us" William Lyles who chairs the Channel 18 board of directors said -It's a win win win situation for the whole community" When the deal is complete he said the city will have parking and also a northern downtown anchor with Channel 18 and the Fresno Metropolitan Museum which is across Van Ness Channel 18 will have more and better-arranged space Continued from Metro page The city needs additional parking for the Fresno Convention Center a block east of Channel 18's studio to replace land on which Pacific Gas Electric Co is building new offices Gaab said there are several details to be worked out before the deal is concluded Included is acquisition of a strip of land not owned by Channel 18 but between its two buildings acquiring two other buildings in the block and how the package would be financed Gaab expects the plan will be finished by the end of the year It will then go to the City Council sitting as the Redevelopment Agency for approval Channel 24 general manager Todd Holmes handed over the cere Lawsuits Continued from Valley page commitment involved Originally three separate lawsuits against the plant were filed last April by the Kings County Farm Bureau the Visalia-based Citizens for a Healthy Environment and the Kings County Citizens for a Healthy Environment The three suits have since been consolidated into two At issue is the adequacy of the Freeway Continued from Metro page I venues just south of the Ted Wills Community Center Willems said the first step to con ftruction of the entire freeway connector is in progress Caltrans is beginning to make a path for the freeway by buying homes in the way If all goes well clearing of the land will take place either in 1991 or 1992 she said The homes in the 500 block of San Pablo and those in the 1400 block of West White have been bought Willems said The homes in the 600 block of San Pablo are not expected to be bought she said But one street west of San Pablo on Poplar Avenue Caltrans has agreed to buy 5 feet of land said homeowner Jose Rivera Caltrans also will move Rivera's garage toward the northern property boundary to make room for the freeway he said Most of the tenants in the homes Caltrans owns have relocated and the homes are boarded up ready to 'be demolished or sold and moved Bedolla and her husband Ely 62 lease their home from Caltrans She said they have lived in the wood-frame three-bedroom house about 19 years will be sad the day when I have to leave but in a way it will be good she said "I am getting old and this place is pretty hard to keep up being the only house in the area it has become she said Bedolla said transients have lived in some of the boarded-up houses Police frequently patrol the area searching for transients or vandals she said roduce steam for the Armstrong 'ire Co's rubber-processing operation and power to be sold to Opponents of the plant believe it and others would worsen the valley's smog problem GWF has yet to receive approval the construction of the other two plants which would be eight miles apart along Mountain View Avenue between Selma and Kingsburg Fresno County supervisors last week postponed a hearing on the plants until Jan 24 Environmental Impact Report on pi the plant Opponents hope the court Ti will reverse the Hanford City Council which has given the go-ahead for the plant to be built One of the lawsuits contends that Hanford Mayor Patt Rapozo had a conflict of interest when she voted in favor of the plant in March because she allegedly had a close relationship at the time with GWF executive Andy Wales who has since resigned from the company The plant will bum 288 tons of coal each day 12 truckloads to i for two Auction Just through Sunday Buy any item from our markdown racks with two or more reductions and receive another sale item of equal or lesser value absolutely FREE A great selection for the woman who wears size 16-26 At Our Manchester Village East Only Continued from Metro page 1 Boele said the auction partici-: pants will receive prices for their animals that exceed the local mar-1 ket value But die said the awards frre justified "These kids have invested far 7nore than the market value" she said spend money to pur- chase the animals and then spend more for the feed and care or the animals Those expenses reflected in the markrt Of the animals shown at the fair by the junior exhibitors Boele said the most expensive to manage are the steers spend $750 to $1000 to purchase a steer and a lot more to care for them because so big" Boele said participants are vying for grand championships in each category sheep swine beef and replacement heifers Even those that don't make it as grand champion or those that participate in the auction still have a chance to gamer money from their dilapidated house next door Bedolla reminisced about the changes in her deteriorating neighborhood and her home She said she still misses her former neighbors including the Jenkinses with whom she still keeps in touch the Kramers who moved to another part of Fresno and the Aragons who once lived across the street The neighborhood used to be she said were all friends and it always seemed so cheerful This place used to be filled with children Now it's just vacant lots and it's not safe to go out at Bedolla pointed to a 70-foot-high redwood tree and 25-foot-high mulberry tree in the front yard we first moved here from San Jose that redwood was about as high as the house about 12 feet highT and the mulberry was a little vine she said She recalled the neighborhood children who played in her front of the yard Images hands can be seen imprinted on a concrete walkway that her husband poured in the front yard "My husband also made the white picket she said "We decided not to paint it anymore or the house because we figure we have to move She said a Caltrans official told her in July that relocation would be imminent But Bedolla said she was not told exactly whea She said moving day will be tiresome because "I have to get rid of a lot of things" She said she wants to move to an apartment in Fresno to stay near her children it moving shouldn't be a she said "because I'll just ave a garage animals Boele said She said youngsters who do not participate sell to commercial livestock purchasers and often earn what could equal the auction price Boele sees the raising of the animals and the auction as a learning process for the youngsters "Under the Project Animal program they can get a loan to pay for the purchase of the animaL This teaches them responsibility because required to pay back the loan upon sale of the She said they also learn about management and finance because required to purchase the feed and care for the animals themselves "Often a judge will ask them questions about productioa If they have the proper answers it could affect their The young farmers use the proceeds from the sale in a variety of wavs Most pay off their loans and deduct the expenses associated with caring for the animals Rachel said that after expenses are deducted she intends to use whatever is left over for 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