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Help Save Our Local Girl Scouts

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 …

Art Workshop Recycles Trash into Treasures

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 …

Multi-Vehicle I-5 Crash Causes Two-Hour Delay

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. …

Happy Valentine’s Day

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.

State Says Kern Open to Antitrust Suit on Ambulances

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 …

Schaffer Takes Plea Deal on Molestation Charges

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 …

Local Nurse, Students, Firefighters Aid Haiti

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 …