From the July 24, 2020 Edition
By Judy and Cliff Brunk, PMC
“Radio Bill” Hopper was diagnosed with covid-19. Veterans Administration physician Dr. Al, contacted us to say Bill is making slow progress (but progress).
He was intubated on July 10 …
From the July 24, 2020 Edition
By Patric Hedlund, TME
Ian Sawrey organized a meeting of over 250 Pine Mountain Club residents on June 15, 2019. The issue was Neighborhood Watch. In those pre-covid days they squeezed together into the activities …
From the July 17, 2020 Edition
By Marcy Axness, TME
“I never thought they would ever do that canopy,” said Kimberlee Goddard Hoven, co-founder of Friends of Frazier Mountain Park (FFMP). Hoven and her colleagues worked tirelessly back in 2015-16 to …
From the July 17, 2020 Edition
Bill Hopper is a generous man. If he knows something, he’ll share it with you. Bill had his 90th birthday on June 25. He has served for almost a decade on the Lebec County Water …
From the July 17, 2020 Edition
By Gary Meyer, TME
Gilbert Willette, who was injured in the house explosion in Lake of the Woods July 3, remained under the care of doctors at Memorial Hospital’s Grossman Burn Center in Bakersfield on …
From the July 17, 2020 Edition
By Gary Meyer, TME
Lake of the Woods resident Joan Kotnik was standing on the front deck of her Lowry Lane home, enjoying the Monday morning sun at about 7:30 on July 13, when she …
From the July 10, 2020 Edition
At the end of our report last week about Kern County’s grim plan to slash the budget and destroy the library system—including the closing of Frazier Park Library—The Mountain Enterprise promised to verify the volume …
From the July 3, 2020 Edition
By Gary Meyer, TME
The Mountain Communities slowly climbed out of the worst of the recent drought years, but we still have a ways to go before an all-clear can be sounded.
Many will remember …
From the June 12, 2020 Edition
Bakersfield National Cemetery resumed committal services June 9 for families who are interring their loved ones. In keeping with federal, state and local guidance, committal and memorial services will be limited to ten family members and …
From the June 12, 2020 Edition
The Kern County Cooling Center season began this week and will end September 22, 2020.
Cooling centers open throughout the county for the health, safety and comfort of residents. Our cooling center for the Mountain …