Things are putting a damper on the Festival of Light Parade in the mainly Mormon town of Preston, Idaho. November 25 was to be a joyous day when the extras who stared in Napoleon Dynamite where to be the headline attractions at the annual parade. The city fathers and merchants expected all 500 residents (includes horses) to come out to the parade. But now there is a damper on the event. How sad that the former Chief of Police has been declared a crooked cop by the local court. He was sentenced to 1-5 years in whatever they call a jail up that way. Even worse, the State of Idaho Attorney General is mad at the former Mayor of Preston. It seems the former mayor billed Preston twice for a $1300 expenditure on a trip to Washington, D.C. The AG thinks that was $1300 too much. You cant fool our AG with such shenanigans. He cares about small-town idaho. Being an old fuddy-duddy, I had never heard of Napoleon Dynamite. I went to: http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/napoleondynamite/. I first learned that there is a fan club of over 150,000 members. It must be important, I thought. I realized that the Foxsearchlight site had nothing to do with the network. It is the focus of the Fox Store. They reported that a DVD was or would soon be available for $19.95. They also provided this useful information: Actors: Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Haylie Duff, Diedrich Bader; Director: Jared Hess Never heard of 'em! Cancel the parade! CopyrightJohn T. Jones, Ph.D.2005 |
