From the February 19, 2010 Edition
By Stephanie Bishop, Girl Scout Secretary
Challenges of our economic times may make the Mt. Pinos Girl Scouts a dying breed.
Over the years Girl Scouts have grown worldwide. But our local Girl Scouts have …
From the February 19, 2010 Edition
By Gigi Nommensen
Thank you, Frazier Mountain Communities, for all your generous donations to the Boys & Girls Club Thrift Store. Focus Central hosted their first 3-D Sculpture workshop in December. We offered children a …
From the February 19, 2010 Edition
FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, 9 a.m.)—A multi-car crash involving nine vehicles caused a two-hour closure of northbound Interstate 5, near the Frazier Mountain Park Road exit, Friday night.
At approximately 8:20 p.m. …
From the February 12, 2010 Edition
By Mary Main, Director OTRT
Frazier Mountain’s Old Time Radio Theater was recently picked as one of eight county-wide finalists to receive a 2010 Community Arts Grant.
The grant is for “The Old Time Radio …
From the February 12, 2010 Edition
By Patric Hedlund and Katy Penland
“When it rains it pours” is the way some described what happened to Kimberly Maggio, 49 Monday, Feb. 8. Wells Fargo Bank foreclosed on her home, but that was …
From the February 12, 2010 Edition
When the kids at Robin’s Nest weren’t making valentines this week, they were playing with shadows and accidentally—almost—made the Olympic Rings logo. All the valentines in this week’s print issue are from Robin’s Nest artists.
From the February 12, 2010 Edition
Public Comments Due by September 1
By P. Hedlund with F. Durocher
(Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, 2:13 p.m.) Kern County is the only county in California without a state-approved Emergency Medical Services (EMS) plan …
From the February 12, 2010 Edition
Ideas from readers continue to pour in, suggesting ways to improve the Mountain Community’s ability to host visitors from surrounding urban areas while maintaining our peaceful rural habits. Here are OpEds and letters on the …
From the February 12, 2010 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
LEBEC—Just as his case was set to go to trial, James Schaffer of Lebec agreed to a plea bargain Monday morning, Feb. 8. A jury was about to be seated to hear …
From the February 12, 2010 Edition
Living on the San Andreas Fault gives mountain residents a special bond with earthquake victims in Haiti. School children in Gorman are collecting money to send to the Red Cross, orthopedic nurse Kathy Weinstein from …