Upcoming & Ongoing

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

Now through the end of February

  • Sign-up open for Watercolor Workshop Series at The Art Studio in Frazier Park. $25 includes supplies, classes for beginner/intermediate painters every last Friday February through May. Call Mary Pivetti 245-5115, (661) 204-6569 to sign up.
  • 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.

Now through March

  • Greater Frazier Mountain Phone Book advertising: Order your ad before February 12 for a 10% discount, final deadline March 12. Call 245-3794 for details.
  • Apply for FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Financial Aid). See www.fafsa.ed.gov.

Thursday, February 11

  • Workshop: Common pitfalls of California wage and hour laws 8-9:30 a.m., UC Center, 2000 K Street, 3rd floor, Bakersfield. Free; register at (877) 826-723. Bakersfield Small Business Dev. Ctr.
  • Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s mobile office hours 10-11 a.m., Family Resource Center, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way, appointments (661) 327-3611
  • Synergy Summit Business Meeting at noon. Holiday Inn Express, 612 Wainright Court, Lebec. All business owners, managers invited to attend. Surprise updates and special announcement tell how free services can be brought to the mountain to help small businesses with low/nointerest loans, workshops, free consulting. Refreshments. RSVP for standby only 245-3794.
  • Second and Third Grade Family Math—a fun afternoon of learning activities for students and their families. 2:15-3:15 p.m. Frazier Park School cafeteria
  • Yoga and Meditation 6:30 p.m. Jizo Peace Ctr, 2012 Pioneer Wy, 242-6956, every Thurs.

Friday, February 12

  • The Great Backyard Bird Count begins today and continues through Monday, Feb. 15. See www.birdsource.org/gbbc for more information on how you can participate.
  • Deadline for 10% discount on ordering ads in the Greater Frazier Mountain Phone Book. Call 245-3794 for more info about the real community phone book.
  • Kern Autism Network’s 15th Annual Autism Awareness Conference 8:30 a.m. (doors open at 7:30) Vendors, presentations, $95, for tickets call (661) 588-4235.
  • *Pine Mountain Club Mardi Gras celebration 6 p.m., Condor Room, music by New Orleans Nouveau Jazz Band, free. Full menu in Bistro and Lounge with special dishes featured.
  • Frazier Park Public Utility District (FPPUD) board meeting 6 p.m. 4020 Park Drive. Postponed from regular meeting scheduled on February 9.

Saturday, February 13

  • Valentine Weekend Sweetheart Deal to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Frazier Mountain. Shop local! See ad pg. 7 for a list of local merchants who will donate a percentage of their sales on Feb. 13 or 14 to the Boys & Girls Club.
  • Census Job Testing 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Family Resource Ctr, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way
  • Meditation 10 a.m. Jizo Peace Center, 2012 Pioneer Way, Pine Mtn, 242-6956, every Sat.
  • Ladies Fellowship Valentine Potluck Luncheon 12 p.m. El Camino Pines Lutheran Church fellowship hall, 6700 Lakewood Dr.
  • Reception to welcome Frazier Park Library’s new Branch Supervisor Megan Logsdon, 3-5 p.m. Frazier Park Library, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park
  • Sweetheart Cake auction for Frazier Mountain Youth Cheer 4 p.m., Cuddy Hall, 335 Lakewood Place, Lake of the Woods. Followed at 7-10 p.m., by Valentine’s Dance for ages 4th grade and up, also at Cuddy Hall. $3 ($2 advance) 245-3534
  • *Valentine’s Day Comedy Night, call 242-3788 for details, Pine Mountain Clubhouse
  • Valentino for Valentines hosted by the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society, 6 p.m at the Hart Park Museum, $40 (per person) with catered buffet dinner, exhibit of Rudolph Valentino artifacts and screening of Son of the Sheik. Advance tickets only, call (661) 254-4584.
  • Lunar New Year celebration 6:30 p.m. festive meditation and singing kirtan, Jizo Peace Center, 2012 Pioneer Way, Pine Mountain, 242-6956

Sunday, February 14 — Happy Valentine’s Day

  • Valentine Weekend Sweetheart Deal to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Frazier Mountain. Shop local! See ad pg. 7 for a list of local merchants who will donate a percentage of their sales on Feb. 13 or 14 to the Boys & Girls Club.
  • ‘Journeying for Vision’ workshop for women at the PowWow Lodge in Pine Mountain, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., $15, call 242-1779 for details/to reserve space.
  • Second Sunday Open Monthly community art forum at Workshop Alley in Pine Mountain Village, 6:30-9 p.m. All art forms welcome. Call 242-1239 for info.
  • *Sweetheart Dinner at the Pine Mountain Bistro. Special Valentine’s menu with two seating times available. Call 242-3788 to make reservations.

Monday, February 15

  • Presidents’ Day ETUSD holiday. The Mountain Enterprise will be open.
  • Smoking Cessation workshop informational meeting 7-8:30 p.m. Family Resource Center meeting room, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way

Tuesday, February 16

  • McMAC (Municipal Advisory Council) meeting is at 7 p.m. in the Frazier Mountain Park Community Center. See agenda www.MountainEnterprise.com FYI.

Wednesday, February 17

  • Smoking Cessation workshop informational meeting 12:30-2 p.m. Family Resource Center meeting room, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way

Saturday, February 20

  • *Barrel House Kings live 6-10 p.m. Condor Lounge, Pine Mountain Clubhouse

Sunday, February 21

  • Mountain Memories meeting to plan 2010 Fiesta Days 6 p.m. La Sierra Restaurant, 3500 Mt. Pinos Way. (661) 431-8260 or www.frazierfiestadays.com

Friday, February 26

  • Intent-to-Enroll forms due for Pine Mountain Learning Center public lottery on March 1. (661) 364-3811 or www.pmlcenter.org for more info
  • Compassion Films Night: The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo 7 p.m. Jizo Peace Center, 2012 Pioneer Way, Pine Mountain, 242-6956, www.jizopeacecenter.org

This is part of the February 12, 2010 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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