Win cash to explore your talent
From the October 16, 2015 Edition
October 10, 2015 Dear Editor:
I want all the students out there, ages 6 to 18, to know it is time for the Third Annual Mountain Youth Photo contest. It is free to enter.
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Community Input
Stonewalled
From the October 16, 2015 Edition
October 10, 2015 Dear Editor:
Mr. Sheffield and Mr. Karson are not the only ones being stonewalled by Kern County. [“Preparing for El Niño: Flood concerns span the Mountain Communities,” October 9, 2015, The Mountain …
And our money goes…where?
From the October 16, 2015 Edition
October 1, 2015 Dear Editor:
I’ve just written a letter to Kern County Treasurer and Tax Collector Jordan Kaufman. I’ll share it with you.
Mr. Kaufman: Just curious. Why does my tax payment go to …
Service Academy Forum is October 15
From the October 9, 2015 Edition
High school students who wish to attend one of the U.S. Service Academies are invited to a forum 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15 at the Board of Supervisors Chambers in Bakersfield (1115 Truxtun Ave.). …
Black leopard fan
From the October 9, 2015 Edition
October 2, 2015 Dear Editor:
Great story on Ivory, the black leopard. I worked with Ivory six years ago on a Buick commercial for China. It was truly a pleasure.
Steve Martin has a way …
Be$t Year
From the October 9, 2015 Edition
October 2, 2015 Dear Editor:
We raised around $1,350 this year with the Fiesta Days drawing. That money goes back into the general fund of the Mountain Memories Association which gives the community scholarships, …
Self Defense
From the October 9, 2015 Edition
September 30, 2015 Dear Editor:
Coordination has begun for another Women’s Self Defense Workshop fundraiser as a benefit to help El Tejon fifth grade students attend “Camp Keep,” the science camp in Cambria.
Our …
Commodities
From the October 9, 2015 Edition
September 23, 2015 Dear Editor:
A belated thank you to all the volunteers who helped pick up the food commodities groceries when the truck broke down in Lebec on September 2.
These wonderful people …
Handsome old men
From the October 9, 2015 Edition
October 4, 2015 Dear Editor:
Real nice front page story and photos of the birthday boy [“Happy Birthday, Ivory!” The Mountain Enterprise, Sept. 25, 2015]. Oh my! Ivory’s 24 doesn’t look a day over 22. I …
Phone Scam
From the October 9, 2015 Edition
October 1, 2015 Dear Editor:
I’ve received a phone call (two times in the last two weeks) from a male with a Middle Eastern accent.
He told me there is a virus on my …