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Banned From Here Burns With Healthy Ambition

From the December 02, 2011 Edition

By Shanna Llewellyn, Manager

Banned From Here: energetic and motivated. Angelo “Lurch” Caprio (lead guitar and vocals), Justin “Blizzard” Bahn (bass and backup vocals) and Ozzie “The Righteous One” LaBrae (drummer and backup vocals) are …

Lost Hikers Found on Mt. Pinos

From the December 02, 2011 Edition

Reported by Gary Meyer, written By Patric Hedlund

Southern Kern Search and Rescue, two helicopters (one a Kern County Sheriff’’s craft), about five KCSO units (including one from the Frazier Park substation) and Kern County …

Local ‘Occupy’ Grows…Slightly

From the December 02, 2011 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

There is buzz among Mountain Community neighbors with a variety of perceptions about the many variations being seen in the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. There were 10 demonstrators on Sunday, Nov. 27 …

Frazier Park Substation Sheriff’s Log

From the December 02, 2011 Edition

Listing here is not a report of conviction. This is a log of law enforcement activity from Kern County Sheriff’s Frazier Park substation public records. Listing here does not indicate that the Kern County District …

Questions Flow About New ‘Smart’ Meters

From the December 02, 2011 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

Customers from Frazier Park to Pine Mountain have been notified by Southern California Edison (SCE) that their analog electricity meters will be replaced in the next few weeks with digitally networked ‘smart …

Both Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball Teams Win Two Games

From the December 02, 2011 Edition

UPDATE—LEBEC, CA (Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 at 8:20 a.m.)—Jerry Quick reports that the girls’ basketball team is also making dazzling moves. Here’s his report:

The Frazier Mountain High School Varsity Girls’ basketball team advanced to …

A Happy Thanksgiving Feast

From the November 25, 2011 Edition

A Happy Thanksgiving Feast was served in Michelle Penner’s Frazier Park School kindergarten class with the help of a dozen moms, dads and a grandma on the last day of school before Thanksgiving Holiday.

“What …

Four Lost Hikers Found on Mount Pinos

From the November 25, 2011 Edition

Reported by Gary Meyer, written by Patric Hedlund

MOUNT PINOS, CA (Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011 at 11:40 p.m.)—Southern Kern County Search and Rescue, two helicopters  (one a Kern County Sheriff’s craft), about five KCSO units …

My Grand Adventure

From the November 25, 2011 Edition

In Hollywood

By Christine Anderson, Piñon Pines

I am a handbell specialist— you name it, I do it: sales rep, concert solo handbell ringer, festival conductor, workshop clinician, composer, arranger and handbell editor for a …