Archives: June, 2011
Clovis produce swap begins Saturday
The Biscotti House Garden Produce Swap in Clovis resumes for the season beginning Saturday. The public is invited to bring excess vegetables, fruit, seeds or other produce-related items to trade with others. No cash is exchanged. The swap runs from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. every Saturday through the summer in front of the Biscotti [...]
Annual Climb to Kaiser set for Saturday
The Climb to Kaiser returns June 25 for another installment of one of California’s toughest endurance cycling events. The 155-mile ride departs Clovis High School at 5:30 a.m. and goes to the 9,200-foot summit of Kaiser Pass above Huntington Lake and back. View graphic with route map and information The Fresno Bee
Recreation calendar June 23
This is a list of central San Joaquin Valley recreational opportunities and announcements. Submit items using PlanItFresno.com. Listings will appear online and be used as space permits in the weekly calendars in The Bee. Information must be submitted online. It will not be taken over the telephone or off written news releases that are faxed [...]
Local track stars make run at USA Jr. title
Clovis High’s Jenna Prandini will compete against some college competition and Clovis West’s girls will make a run at a national title in the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships Thursday through Saturday at Oregon University’s Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Prandini, appearing at the venue that will become her college home for the [...]
Valley troops killed in action
Service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan with San Joaquin Valley ties: 2011 Marine Lance Cpl. Jared C. Verbeek, 22, Mt. Whitney High School graduate, Visalia 2010 Marine Sgt. Matthew Abbate, 26, attended Buchanan High School Army Cpl. Brett Land, 24, of Porterville Army Staff Sgt. Brian Piercy, 27, Buchanan High School graduate 2009 Marine [...]
Clovis woman awaits bingo win — and 101st birthday
June Maney can be found most Tuesday mornings playing bingo at the Clovis Senior Center, hoping to celebrate a big win. Tomorrow, she’ll be celebrating something else — her 101st birthday. But to Maney the birthday is just another day. Like bingo and the number of birthdays a person gets, it’s the luck of the [...]


