Upcoming & Ongoing

Send Mountain Community events to Calendar@MountainEnterprise.com or call 245-3794.

Now through February

  • Greater Frazier Mountain Phone Book advertising: Order your ad before February 12 for a 10% discount in the real community book. Call 245-3794 for details.
  • Valentine’s Day Dance Feb. 14 to benefit Fraz Mtn Youth Cheer (Ages 4th grade and up, at Cuddy Hall) Buy tix Saturdays 11 a.m.–1 p.m. at the Fraz Prk Mkt, $2, 245-3534
  • Intent-to-Enroll forms due February 26 for Pine Mountain Learning Center public lottery on March 1. (661) 364-3811 or www.pmlcenter.org for more info

Thursday, January 14

  • Size Matters: Free Workshop on Personnel Management and State Labor Laws for profit and nonprofit employers by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). 8-9:30 a.m., 2000 K Street, Bakersfield, 3rd floor. Call (877) 826-7232 to register.
  • Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s mobile office hours 10-11 a.m. Family Resource Center, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park. Call Vince for an appointment (661) 327-3611.
  • Interviews and tests for 2010 census workers 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cuddy Hall, 335 Lakewood Place, see story at www.MountainEnterprise.com or call (888) 861-2010 for more info.
  • Community Candlelight Memorial for Nicholas Bettis 6:30 p.m. Frazier Mountain Community Park basketball court
  • Yoga and Meditation 6:30 p.m. Jizo Peace Center, 2012 Pioneer Wy, Pine Mtn, 242-6956
  • YesterYear live at Mamma Mia Restaurant 7:30 p.m., 223 Frz Mtn Park Rd

Friday, January 15

  • ASB-Interact Blood Drive at Frazier Mountain High School. Call Dani to make an appointment (661) 361-8639.
  • Single Parenting Program begins at Family Resource Center, 10 a.m.-12 noon every Friday. Applications for 10-week session available at 3015 Mt. Pinos Way, call 245-4303 or 245-1408 for more information.
  • ‘Living Well with MS’ application deadline, offers Kern County residents a chance to work with medical, fitness, nutrition and behavioral health experts to reduce effects of multiple sclerosis. Program begins January 25. Contact Kim Kotrla of Total Woman Fitness for application at (661) 321-9512. www.livingwellwithMS.com
  • Frazier Mountain Little League Early Registration 6-8 p.m. Caveman Cavey’s Pizza, 3620 Mt. Pinos Way, 245-1030

Saturday, January 16

  • Meditation 10 a.m. Jizo Peace Center, 2012 Pioneer Way, Pine Mtn, 242-6956, every Sat
  • Frazier Mountain Little League Last Chance Early Registration and tryouts at El Tejon Fields 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 245-1030
  • *Boys Nite Out live 6-10 p.m. Condor Lounge, Pine Mountain Clubhouse
  • Stephen Jay live at Work of Heart Gallery 7-11 p.m. $10, 3011 Mt. Pinos Way
  • Bryter Daze live at Mamma Mia Restaurant 8 p.m., 223 Frz Mtn Park Rd

Monday, January 18 — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

  • El Tejon Unified School District holiday. The Mountain Enterprise will be open.
  • A Dr. Martin Luther King birthday celebration will be hosted by the PowWow Lodge in collaboration with the Jizo Peace Center and the Word Art Group (WAG) at 6:30 p.m. with potluck, drum circle and special readings. Participation open to all who bring items and stories to share that apply to Dr. King’s philosophy of nonviolent direct action and social change. 2400 Ironwood Drive, Pine Mountain, 242-1779
  • Interviews and tests for 2010 census workers 6 p.m. Family Resource Center, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way, FP, see story www.MountainEnterprise.com, call (888) 861-2010 for info.

Tuesday, January 19

  • First official Municipal Advisory Countil (MAC) mtg, 7 p.m., includes discussion of Frazier Park Estates, at Frazier Mtn Park Community Center. Meets third Tuesday of each month.

Wednesday, January 20

  • McCASA (Coalition Against Substance Abuse) meeting 6 p.m. at Frz Pk School Cafeteria
  • Boys Scouts of America Troop 472 meeting 7 p.m. Church of Latter Day Saints, Lake of the Woods, 6241 Frazier Mountain Park Road (across from Midway Market). New Scouts always welcome, boys 11-17, Scoutmaster Sean 248-1854. Meets every Wednesday.

Thursday, January 21

  • Synergy Summit Business Mtg at noon. Holiday Inn Express, 612 Wainright Court, Lebec. All Mountain Community business owners, managers, entrepreneurs encouraged to attend to learn more about free services and programs to help small businesses with low/no-interest loans, workshops, free consulting services. RSVP to 245-3794

Friday, January 22

  • Deadline for Lebec County Water District Board applicants
  • *Blues and Jazz Club: Kwan Hearns and Friends 7 p.m. PMC Lounge, $15
  • Compassion Films Night: The Invisible Children 7 p.m. Jizo Peace Center, 2012 Pioneer Way, Pine Mountain, 242-6956, www.jizopeacecenter.org. Continues every fourth Friday.

Saturday, January 23

  • Frazier Mountain Little League Regular Registration/tryouts 9 a.m.-1 p.m. El Tejon Fields, 245-1030
  • *Pine Mountain Club Fitness Fair 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Fitness instructors Justin Zimmerman and Tommy Natoli offer an introduction to new fitness classes and invite community input on the fitness program. Free, 242-3788
  • Meditation 10 a.m. Jizo Peace Center, 2012 Pioneer Way, Pine Mtn, 242-6956, every Sat
  • *Wildside live 6-10 p.m. Condor Lounge, Pine Mountain Clubhouse

Sunday, January 24

  • Frazier Mountain Little League Regular Registration/Junior tryouts 1-4 p.m. El Tejon Fields, 245-1030

Tuesday, January 26

  • County of Kern Community and Economic Development Department meeting to identify community needs for the county’s consolidated plan for community development programs through 2015, 5-7 p.m., Ben Austin Senior Ctr, 1751 McKee Rd, Bkfld

Thursday, January 28

  • Yoga and Meditation 6:30 p.m. Jizo Peace Center, 2012 Pioneer Wy, Pine Mtn, 242-6956

Saturday, January 30

  • *Sierra Highway Band live 6-10 p.m. Condor Lounge, Pine Mountain Clubhouse

Thursday, February 4

  • AARP potluck meeting 12 p.m. Frazier Mountain Park Community Center. 245-2234
  • *Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training begins. Call 242-3788 to register, time TBD, continues every Thursday through February.

Saturday, February 6

  • Fort Tejon Living History: 145th Anniversary of California’s Civil War at Fort Tejon, commemorating the garrison and civilian community of the Fort during the Civil War. 10 a.m. See www.forttejon.org or call 248-7001 for more information.

This is part of the January 15, 2010 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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