Community Input

Honoring & Mourning Veterans

From the September 24, 2021 Edition

September 15, 2021 Dear Editor:

Thank you for your response to my concerns about 9/11. I must admit, I may have missed the August 20 front page story about veterans. The attack on 9/11 was …

Giving Honor When Honor is Due…or Before?

From the September 17, 2021 Edition

September 10, 2021 Dear Editor:

I am the owner of Antiques on the Grapevine / Gorman Antique Mall. I try to read your paper regularly. I do appreciate the coverage you’ve been giving about the …

Firefighting vs. Golfers’ Greens

From the September 17, 2021 Edition

September 5, 2021 Dear Editor:

I would like to comment on the article “Fern’s Lake at PMC is also going dry” [September 3, 2021, The Mountain Enterprise]. This is only partially due to the drought. …

Thirsty Squirrels, Dead Fish

From the September 17, 2021 Edition

August 27, 2021 Dear Editor:

Should the Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association management be so worried about the golf course remaining green? We are asked not to waste water. Fern’s Lake is drying up, …

Park Brainstorming: Progress In Small Steps

From the September 3, 2021 Edition

Editor’s note:  In 2015-2016 the community, with about 180 participants, joined in a multi-session design team to qualify for a grant to upgrade Frazier Mountain Park. A Master Plan emerged. No grant funds followed, but …

‘Code Red’ Alert to Humanity

From the August 27, 2021 Edition

August 17, 2021 Dear Editor:

Thank you for your mention of the alarming recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in “TME enters 56th year serving mountain,” [in the August 13, 2021, …

Free Speech Means Kindness To Neighbors

From the August 27, 2021 Edition

August 22, 2021 Dear Editor:

The Mountain Community has always been known for our friendliness. But lately I heard of a woman in Frazier Park who was replacing her sign opposing the recall of Governor …

How to Not Flush Away Good Money and Water

From the August 20, 2021 Edition

August 3, 2021 Dear Editor:

All us boys waste no less than 3/4 gallon of water each time we urinate. So, for under $200, I adapted an outhouse urinal with a short rinsing hose inside …

FP Shade Crisis

From the August 13, 2021 Edition

August 2, 2021 Dear Editor:

It is beyond my understanding.Why do people who live in a desert where temperatures reach 100° and higher for a good portion of the year (making water and shade essential …