Quickies: EGF 2 a.m. closing, GF fee increases, N.D. hotties
* East Grand Forks City Council members renewed 2 a.m. liquor licenses for Whitey's, Cuckoo's Nest and the Blue Moose without discussion. Mayor Lynn Stauss, who had championed the 2 a.m. bar closing law, said that proves there hasn't been any problems, despite what opponents had said a year ago.
I'd have to say I haven't seen any of the drunken fights that were predicted and didn't see any more people getting pulled over by police.
* Grand Forks City Council is considering basing increases in fees and licenses on the consumer price index instead of having massive hikes once every few years.
* Miss Teen North Dakota made second runner up in the Miss Teen USA pageant. Don't forget it was another Nodak gal, Grand Forks' own Nicole Linkletter, who won America's Next Top Model. This is where the hotties are at.
Update 11:24 a.m., 8/16/06: Hey, check it, Smiley water tower's got cousins. Apparently smiley towers were all the rage in the 70s. RoadsideAmerica.com reports:
I'd have to say I haven't seen any of the drunken fights that were predicted and didn't see any more people getting pulled over by police.
* Grand Forks City Council is considering basing increases in fees and licenses on the consumer price index instead of having massive hikes once every few years.
* Miss Teen North Dakota made second runner up in the Miss Teen USA pageant. Don't forget it was another Nodak gal, Grand Forks' own Nicole Linkletter, who won America's Next Top Model. This is where the hotties are at.
Update 11:24 a.m., 8/16/06: Hey, check it, Smiley water tower's got cousins. Apparently smiley towers were all the rage in the 70s. RoadsideAmerica.com reports:
In one case, Smileage radiation engulfed an entire town. Adair, Iowa made "Smiley, The Friendly Greeter on I-80" its civic hero. A Happy Chef Restaurant and a Smiley Face Budget Inn stood at the Interstate off ramp, ready to "make you smile!"Sweet.
Local merchants printed the Smiley cartoon on their business cards, and displayed "Evening in Adair, Made with Extract of Ol' Smiley" shampoo in shop windows. Travelers could purchase a yellow plastic piggy bank replica of the water tower.
posted by Tu-Uyen at 8:57 PM
16 Comments:
You've got a fan club, Tran.....
Shilo,
I have no idea why anybody finds this interesting. I think it's interesting because it's my job. I'm a newspaper reporter, did you know that? People want to know what's happening in their town, so I find out and I tell them.
If there's a parade going through your town, I bet you'd want to know about it. Or if the city wants to ban cats (just an example; nobody's gonna do that!), you'd want to know, too.
GOB: I keep thinking this is some kind of prank or some one's strange doctoral thesis, but I can't help myself. Ever seen L.A. Story? Remember when the freeway reader board asked Steve Martin's character to give it a hug? "I know I'm being filmed" he says but he goes and does it anyway. Yeah, like that.
At times like these, I invoke the character of Vincent Price saying, "One never knows, does one?"
Whether Shilo is legit or not, Tu-Uyen, I still love your response (especially re: the cats)!
" I invoke the character of Vincent Price saying, "One never knows, does one?""
This goes back even further to Fats Waller: "One never knows, do one?"
If they ever got rid of the smiley tower here in town, I would be pissed. If I remember right, didn't the city want to take it down but the residents said, no? It's such a unique little thing along Washington St.
Is the GF smiley tower still in use, or is it just empty now?
How about tricking out ol Smiley in neon and make him visible for miles?
Tran does know this one. The city stopped using Smiley in 2000 but didn't tear it down because it's kind of a historic monument. Smiley was built in 1931 but didn't get the smile until the mid-70s. I think the smile saved him. The one without the face in East Grand Forks got demolished in 2003. It was built in 1908.
How about tricking out ol Smiley in neon and make him visible for miles?
Auughh! No way. Remember how they used to light up the paddlewheel downtown. Man, it looked like clowns were gonna leap through that thing. No, Smiley is too dignified for that. Maybe we ought to paint all our water towers with faces. Smiley could be granddad.
Tu,
In a way befitting Smiley's historical significance, of course ;)
There's a famous ride in Coney Island that's no longer functional. They had an artist light it in neon and now it's loved by the locals...a tough audience!
Sorry, it's not neon, but LED lights...
http://livedesignonline.com/mag/colors_coney_island/
This one's got better pix.
I always thought Smiley was symbolic of Grand Forks: "All is well. Don't fix it unless it's broke."
Smiley wouldn't go away. He would be lit so more people could appreciate him. If it helps, think Smiley on steroids.
Smiley wouldn't go away. He would be lit so more people could appreciate him. If it helps, think Smiley on steroids.
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