Community

Pine Mountain arson case set for trial December 3

From the November 9, 2018 Edition

By Gary Meyer and P. Hedlund

Michael Dulle, a resident of Pine Mountain Club known as a community volunteer, is scheduled to go to trial on December 3 on charges of arson and attempted murder.

Memorial flags get new life…for one more year

From the November 9, 2018 Edition

By Gary Meyer, TME

The flags at the Prosser Memorial looked like they’d been through the Battle of Baltimore, hanging on the flagpoles by only threads.

When VFW Post 9791 Commander Gil Valenzuela told us …

Free parvo/distemper vaccines

From the November 9, 2018 Edition

By Nick Cullen, KCAS

Kern County Animal Services (KCAS) is offering free parvo/distemper vaccinations for dogs at their Wednesday evening vaccination clinics. All Kern County dog owners are eligible.

Distemper is a highly contagious and …

Help Ginger celebrate 200

From the November 2, 2018 Edition

You’re invited to party with Ginger as she celebrates her 200th day of service as tail-waggin’ reading tutor: Thursday, Nov. 8, 3:30 p.m. at Frazier Park Library.

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Parents: Come for the education, stay for the relaxation

From the November 2, 2018 Edition

Family Resource Center offers Parent Empowerment workshops

By Gabriella Elias-Bachrach, FRC

It can seem as if parenting is an endless series of decisions: Should you vaccinate? Nurse or bottle feed? Are pacifiers good or bad? …

Fitness, fun and friends

From the October 19, 2018 Edition

El Tejon teacher Jennifer Page and her dog Penny are out running every Saturday morning in Frazier Mountain Park at 8 a.m. They invite others to join them.

Page explains that her park run idea …

In the spirit of giving — Operation Christmas Child wants you

From the October 19, 2018 Edition

By Mary Attwell, Lebec

Our local churches are once again working together to gather gift-filled shoeboxes that will be sent to under-privileged children all over the world through Operation Christmas Child.

Last year we sent …

Out with the old, in with the new-to-you

From the October 19, 2018 Edition

Refresh your closet and your spirit at the winter Clothing Exchange

The annual winter Clothing Exchange is Sunday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A beloved tradition up here, it is a …