From the May 21, 2010 Edition
Commentary by Patric Hedlund
Memories of fire storms and evacuations from our mountain homes during the 2006 Day fire may greet the announcement this week that the 2010 Wildland Fire Season has officially begun.
On …
From the May 21, 2010 Edition
On May 12 concerned parents attended the El Tejon Unified School District Board meeting. One rose to make a three-minute statement. These are her words.
By Susan Bates
My child was an active member of …
From the May 21, 2010 Edition
Excess speed is the California Highway Patrol’s explanation for a mid-morning crash just south of the Frazier Park exit on the Grapevine, Wednesday, May 12. Three trucks were involved. One driver was taken with …
From the May 21, 2010 Edition
At a recent appreciation supper attended by 200 in Bakersfield for the Kern County Sheriff’s Citizen Service Unit (CSU) volunteers, the family of well-known Lebec resident Merrill “Curley” Baughman, 94, gave a surprise presentation. Here …
From the May 21, 2010 Edition
These are updates from Alisa McDonald of Cuddy Valley who is spending two years in the U.S. Peace Corps, stationed in Morocco. We wrote of her departure on March 5, 2010 [From Cuddy Valley …
From the May 21, 2010 Edition
A Note to Our Readers
Election fever is raging throughout the nation and this week we bring to our readers the chance to meet candidates for a local board. The Pine Mountain Club Property Owners …
From the May 21, 2010 Edition
The Mountain Enterprise Forum for the Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association (PMCPOA) 2010 Election
This is an introduction to the ten candidates running for four seats opening on PMCPOA’s nine-member board. Ballots were sent …
From the May 21, 2010 Edition
Candlelight Vigil to Protest Destruction of ‘Pauley Pavilion’ by Commercial Center Board By Bent Fredriksen An ad hoc organization, The Pine Mountain Vigilance Committee, has announced with flyers posted throughout Pine Mountain that they will …
From the May 21, 2010 Edition
Use of 2006-08 ASB Funds for Alcohol, Golf Cart, Facility Repair Called ‘Questionable’
By Patric Hedlund
“Kids raised the money and then the money was used for other purposes,“ said El Tejon Unified School District …
From the May 21, 2010 Edition
“No accountability” and “poor money handling” by the high school principal and the advisor to the Associated Student Body (ASB) led to disarray in student accounts for the years 2006-07 and 2007-08, said Nick Onyshko, …