Community

Homeless census count and breakfast

From the January 17, 2014 Edition

By MCFRC staff

Do you know someone who might enjoy a good breakfast while telling what they know about the need for services to the homeless?

On January 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 …

Eight flu patients die in Kern County

From the January 17, 2014 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

“This flurry of events is catching us all a little off-guard,” said Steve Schilling, CEO of Clinica Sierra Vista, which operates the Frazier Mountain Community Health Care Center in Lebec. He was …

New Businesses in Town

From the January 17, 2014 Edition

Cottage Garden and Crazy Bout Craftin open in Frazier Park—in cottages

By Patric Hedlund

Jean Miller has a tablet in her hand and the look of a lonely hunter in her eye. She is intense, about …

Givers were winners for the holidays

From the January 10, 2014 Edition

People throughout the Mountain Communities made the holidays memorable for strangers by generous giving through programs such as Toys for Tots and church-centered projects such as Operation Christmas Child out of Lebec Community Church. Some …

Drought heads into third year

From the January 10, 2014 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

California’s first snow survey of the winter found more bare ground than snow, said the Department of Water Resources (DWR) January 3. Our state’s two-year drought has pushed into 2014. The snowpack’s …

Kern County Grand Jury accepting applications

From the January 10, 2014 Edition

Applications for those interested in serving on the Kern County Grand Jury will be accepted from now through April 4, 2014.

The Kern County Grand Jury is made up of 19 citizens who are …

‘Thumbs up’ on preplanning grant for water companies

From the January 10, 2014 Edition

FRAZIER PARK and LAKE OF THE WOODS, CA- UPDATE (This story was first reported in The Mountain Enterprise on January 10. It reports about that the collaborative pre-planning grant submitted by two Mountain Community water …

Tradition and change at the Frazier Park Market

From the January 10, 2014 Edition

By Patric Hedlund (with research by Bonnie Kane, Historian for the Ridge Route Communities Museum & Historical Society)

Recent news that the Frazier Park Market has been sold was a surprise to employees and the …