20 Years Ago
A Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) seems to be the key to city plans to continue renovation of downtown Lemoore by restoring the second floor of the 106-year- old Antlers Hotel, the Lemoore City Council learned Tuesday night. But the CDBG $1 million grant would renovate the second story to make 10 lower income apartments available for rent, primarily to seniors. The $1 million is only part of the $1.9 million the project would cost.
25 Years Ago
The old Jet Bowl near the Lemoore Senior Center has become a battle ground of sorts between two extremely active and growing civic organizations. Officials with the Lemoore Little League and with the Fil-Am Association of Kings County each made their pitch Tuesday before the Lemoore City Council for free use of the vacant four acres of city-owned land. Lemoore Little League wants the site for a proposed two-field expansion. Fil-Am wants the site to build a planned 600-capacity, $500,000 community meeting and events fac