Community Input

Wheelchair Athlete

From the May 04, 2012 Edition

April 24, 2012

Dear Editor:

I have lived in the Mountain Communities since 1990 and I am a veteran. I am trying to raise enough money to go to the 32nd National Veterans Wheelchair Games …

For the Record

From the May 04, 2012 Edition

“Daddy’s Poem” published last week on page 9, was written by Cheryl Costello-Forshey, writes reader Gil Effertz.

For the Record: Couch Endorsements

From the April 27, 2012 Edition

In the April 13 “Elected MAC Is Promised by Both Supervisor Hopefuls” about the Rotary Club’s forum April 4 with Kern County Board of Supervisor candidates David Couch and Harley Pinson, it was wrongly reported …

FrazMtn Internet Renews Shelly Mason Scholarship

From the April 27, 2012 Edition

April 19, 2012

Dear Editor:

Frazier Mountain Internet Service is renewing the “Shelly Mason Scholarship for Academic Excellence” for students graduating from Frazier Mountain High School. The scholarships will be awarded to the ten graduating …

Rev Up for the Ridge Route Run

From the April 27, 2012 Edition

By Chuck Noble, FMCC

Downtown Frazier Park will once again host some of the most beautiful cars you will ever see when the 4th Annual Ridge Route Run returns Saturday, May 26. This is a …

For the Record

From the April 27, 2012 Edition

The egret photo on page 2 of the April 20 issue is a Great Egret, not a Snowy Egret. The Great is larger, with yellow bill and black legs and feet, reports ecologist Lynn Stafford. …

Do You Speak Islam or Christian?

From the April 20, 2012 Edition

April 16, 2012

Dear Editor:

It’s not at all difficult to share Mr. Sheffield’s disgust at the behavior of the man who desecrated two veterans’ memorials located at the Cody Prosser Veterans Memorial in Frazier …

Pre$cription Help

From the April 20, 2012 Edition

March 30, 2012

Dear Editor:

Residents of the Mountain Communities now have access to free discount prescription drug cards compliments of the Mountain Communities Chamber of Commerce Prescription Assistance Program (MCCCPAP).

This is a free …

OpEd: We Need a Law…

From the April 13, 2012 Edition

By Richard Sheffield

I am shocked to report that I was removing the tape from three bronze memorials that I installed at the “Grove of Honor” we planted at the Cody Prosser Veterans Memorial in …

FOR THE RECORD

From the April 13, 2012 Edition

Left: In our story about the Invention Convention last week, we mentioned the “Jacket Finder” by Richard Gilbert…but we named the inventor Gilbert Richard. His teacher was away on spring break, and we were unable …