Community Input

Threads that Bind

From the September 23, 2016 Edition

September 14, 2016 Dear Editor (this is to you and Gary Meyer and the staff of The Mountain Enterprise):

We missed your 50th Anniversary party but still want to say how much we appreciate your …

Drunken Bears and Back Seats

From the September 23, 2016 Edition

September 18, 2016 Dear Mountain Residents, Visitors, Drivers and Drunken Bears:

If your mom raised you right, you already know it isn’t morally advanced to throw this stuff out of your car into the forest. …

At Last

From the September 16, 2016 Edition

September 13, 2016 Dear Editor:

With the paving of the intersection by the freeway we can now say with certainty that Hell has frozen over. This leads us to three easy predictions: Pigs will fly, …

Generous

From the September 16, 2016 Edition

September 9, 2016 Dear Editor:

Mr. and Mrs. David Schindler brought in 10 years worth of aluminum pull tabs they’d saved. This amount is about 6,000. 

VFW contributors brought in about 1,500 tabs. We have …

50th Anniversary

From the September 16, 2016 Edition

September 10, 2016 Dear Editor:

Thank you for turning 50 and for including us in the terrific celebration today. We saw a great newspaper, great people, a great community, wonderful music and delicious food too. Thanks!

‘S’ curve crash

From the September 16, 2016 Edition

September 8, 2016 Dear Editor:

I drove past the crash site on the ‘S’ curves on Mil Potrero Highway.

There was a truck parked at the pull-out and two people were next to the …

Off to the Kern County Fair

From the September 16, 2016 Edition

September 9, 2016 Dear Editor:

Here is my quilt that I finished to go into the fair.

I have been bugged for a long time to create an art piece that represents my talents. …

Bentonite and the pond

From the September 9, 2016 Edition

August 29, 2016 Dear Editor:

Thank you for coming to the Friends of Frazier Mountain Park meeting the last Monday of August. They’re not usually long, but they are always fun. We met first at …

The Brag List at the Park

From the September 9, 2016 Edition

September 7, 2016 Dear Editor:

The Friends of Frazier Mountain Park (FFMP) have a brag list of accomplishments we want to share with the Mountain Communities.

Recent improvements have included:

•Repair to the defaced …

Mosquitos?

From the September 9, 2016 Edition

September 7, 2016 Dear Editor:

At the pond meeting on August 29 [“Drought raises doubts as pond recedes—But community agrees to seek answers and form a plan,” September 2, 2016, The Mountain Enterprise], you and …