http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259 Just wanted to spread the word to everyone that the name for the bear at CALM has been chosen and that name is Louie. http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly_news/story/247576.html CALM judges have decided on a name for the Bakersfield zoo&rsquo;s new bear. The 1-year-old black bear will be named Louie, a tribute to his origins in San Luis Obispo County. The zoo received dozens of suggestions from visitors who participated in the &ldquo;Name the Bear&rdquo; contest, according to a CALM press release. The state Department of Fish and Game delivered him to CALM June 21. &ldquo;The judges felt the name was a good tie-in to his roots and would be friendly and easy-to-remember for visitors,&rdquo; according to the release. Thanks to everyone who participated and go check him out if you haven't already. Just wanted to spread the word to everyone that the name for the bear at CALM has been chosen and that name is Louie. http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly_news/story/247576.html CALM judges have decided on a name for the Bakersfield zoo&rsquo;s new bear. The 1-year-old black bear will be named Louie, a tribute to his origins in San Luis Obispo County. The zoo received dozens of suggestions from visitors who participated in the &ldquo;Name the Bear&rdquo; contest, according to a CALM press release. The state Department of Fish and Game delivered him to CALM June 21. &ldquo;The judges felt the name was a good tie-in to his roots and would be friendly and easy-to-remember for visitors,&rdquo; according to the release. Thanks to everyone who participated and go check him out if you haven't already. en-us Louie? What a pathetic name. Sounds like a duck to me. Good try on the Stephen Coal Bear moniker. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144264 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144264 Louie? What a pathetic name. Sounds like a duck to me. Good try on the Stephen Coal Bear moniker. Coulda been worse, I guess.&nbsp; He could'a been stuck with &quot;Obie.&quot;&nbsp; But &quot;SLOpoke&quot; woulda been cool, too. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144267 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144267 Coulda been worse, I guess.&nbsp; He could'a been stuck with &quot;Obie.&quot;&nbsp; But &quot;SLOpoke&quot; woulda been cool, too. <p>Tom-</p> <p>Thanks to all of your friends in the "Stephen Coal Bear Movement" in helping CALM gain national notoriety! It truly touched all of us that you love the zoo as much as we do. Your support is very much appreciated and I hope you continue to be one of the CALM Family!</p> <p>Lana Fain</p> <p>Zoo Manager/Curator</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144268 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144268 <p>Tom-</p> <p>Thanks to all of your friends in the "Stephen Coal Bear Movement" in helping CALM gain national notoriety! It truly touched all of us that you love the zoo as much as we do. Your support is very much appreciated and I hope you continue to be one of the CALM Family!</p> <p>Lana Fain</p> <p>Zoo Manager/Curator</p> Oh Man!&nbsp;&nbsp;What no Stephen Coal Bear?&nbsp; What kind of THREATDOWN&nbsp;is a name like Louie, unless he's an Italian Mafioso...&nbsp; http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144271 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144271 Oh Man!&nbsp;&nbsp;What no Stephen Coal Bear?&nbsp; What kind of THREATDOWN&nbsp;is a name like Louie, unless he's an Italian Mafioso...&nbsp; <font size="2">*devastated*..that's all&nbsp;I can say.&quot;louie&quot; will always be Stephen to me..SLOpoke is cute...</font> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144274 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144274 <font size="2">*devastated*..that's all&nbsp;I can say.&quot;louie&quot; will always be Stephen to me..SLOpoke is cute...</font> Thanks Lana.&nbsp; You folks are the real heroes out there.&nbsp; Thanks for doing what you do every day, year in and year out. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144281 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144281 Thanks Lana.&nbsp; You folks are the real heroes out there.&nbsp; Thanks for doing what you do every day, year in and year out. BTW, Lana, I heard that we got one donation from England too so I guess &quot;international fame&quot; is more appropriate.&nbsp; :) http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144283 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144283 BTW, Lana, I heard that we got one donation from England too so I guess &quot;international fame&quot; is more appropriate.&nbsp; :) Tom, did you ever send a message to Steven Colbert about the naming of the bear? You know he'd put it on his show. At the very least to complain that they didn't name it after him. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144314 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144314 Tom, did you ever send a message to Steven Colbert about the naming of the bear? You know he'd put it on his show. At the very least to complain that they didn't name it after him. <p>Maybe CALM should find Louie a girlfriend. They could make baby bears and then more people could get their picked names selected. </p> <p>This would solve the consternation and controversy; there would be less vexation in our fair community; love and peace would prevail; our warm fuzzies would radiate to other communities; all nations would hold hands and dance around a maypole; there'd be no more wars; a new age of peace and understanding would change the world; fuel shortages would be a thing of the past; there'd be no more hunger in the world...unless Louie is gay. Then everything will&nbsp;stay screwed up.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144348 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144348 <p>Maybe CALM should find Louie a girlfriend. They could make baby bears and then more people could get their picked names selected. </p> <p>This would solve the consternation and controversy; there would be less vexation in our fair community; love and peace would prevail; our warm fuzzies would radiate to other communities; all nations would hold hands and dance around a maypole; there'd be no more wars; a new age of peace and understanding would change the world; fuel shortages would be a thing of the past; there'd be no more hunger in the world...unless Louie is gay. Then everything will&nbsp;stay screwed up.</p> Pete, I pretty much covered the internet.&nbsp; It was front paged on Wikiality (Colbert's fake wikipedia) and on NoFactZone.&nbsp; It was also on a few of the other Colbert message boards, his MySpace page etc.<br /> <br /> I had no way of talking to him directly but I'd be really surprised if they didn't see it. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144350 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TomW/15259/#c_144350 Pete, I pretty much covered the internet.&nbsp; It was front paged on Wikiality (Colbert's fake wikipedia) and on NoFactZone.&nbsp; It was also on a few of the other Colbert message boards, his MySpace page etc.<br /> <br /> I had no way of talking to him directly but I'd be really surprised if they didn't see it.