Community Input

Robin needs help with Relay For Life

From the April 11, 2014 Edition

March 31, 2014 Dear Editor:

Robin needs help. She doesn’t have cancer; she is trying to raise money to fight cancer. Robin needs tech help. She is not computer savvy, so her best efforts …

Fun but tight ship

From the April 4, 2014 Edition

March 16, 2014 Dear Editor:

There was an article in the March 14, 2014 issue of The Mountain Enterprise [“Search warrant served in alleged date-rape drug investigation”]. It included my name and my business. It …

Letter from Kabul: Melinda Michael deploys again

From the April 4, 2014 Edition

Captain Melinda Michael is with the U.S. Navy Reserve. She has been deployed to Iraq twice, to Afghanistan, Kuwait and other areas in the region. In between she helps raise funds for the Southern Kern …

National News

From the March 14, 2014 Edition

February 20, 2014 Dear Editor:

Did you see the article in the January 20 New Yorker about Valley Fever titled “Death Dust”?  It’s eight pages long and starts on page 52.   Four long paragraphs …

LOW Champion

From the March 14, 2014 Edition

March 11, 2014 Dear Editor:

My son Conner J. Bobbitt, age 13, competed in the North American Grappling Association competition in Las Vegas March 8. He lives in Lake of the Woods and grew up …

Emergency!

From the March 14, 2014 Edition

On Sunday, March 9 a 7.6 earthquake occurred off the coast of Eureka, CA. This event reminds us all that ‘The Big One’ is overdue in this area. This note is about the Emergency Preparedness …

Wild Applause

From the March 14, 2014 Edition

March 10, 2014 Dear Editor:

It was another successful science fair this year at El Tejon Unified School District, with 10 projects that will go on to compete at the Kern County Science Fair on …

Risks to Wildlife and Residents in Widening Highway 138 (Ave D)

From the March 14, 2014 Edition

February 28, 2014 Dear Editor:

Homeowners who live within the proposed corridor for widening Highway 138 (Avenue D) have not been adequately informed by Caltrans and L.A. County about the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) …

Hungry ghost

From the March 7, 2014 Edition

To our readers: We are catching up with some of our letters to the editor from the last several weeks.

Feb. 14, 2014 Dear Editor:

This is in response to the story by Anne …

Public prayer

From the February 28, 2014 Edition

February 23, 2014 Dear Editor:

Thanks to Joey Dillon, for his response [Guest OpEd, February 14, 2014 “Claim of a dumb ‘facepalm’ moment was a raised fist against prayer in Lebec board room”] to Mr. …