Community

School District Gavel Passes to One Who Values Questions

From the January 01, 2010 Edition

By Patric Hedlund with additional reporting by Katy Penland

Public frustration with what have been called unresponsive and secretive governing boards at the El Tejon Unified School District (ETUSD) in the past is part of …

Make 2010 the Year to Finally Quit Smoking

From the January 01, 2010 Edition

By Janice Keenberg

Just in time for New Year’s resolutions, the Mountain Communities Family Resource Center and Southwest Health Care District are jointly sponsoring a Smoking Cessation Strategy Workshop.

Using cutting edge approaches, workshop participants …

Good Samaritan Law Changes

From the January 01, 2010 Edition

A new Personal Liability Immunity law was passed by the California State Legislature in August 2009.

This new law provides that a Good Samaritan who renders medical or non-medical care at the scene of an …

Successful Single Parent Program Returns

From the January 01, 2010 Edition

By Anne Weber

A third of the successful Single Parent Program series will be starting January 15, 2010. The series is conducted by the Mountain Communities Family Resource Center (MCFRC). It provides workshops with experts …

Holiday Inn Express Hires, Trains Staff

From the December 25, 2009 Edition

The manager of the Holiday Inn Express, opening up this month in Lebec, said 300 applications for employment were received following The Mountain Enterprise news story about them this month. They will have about …

Coroner’s Backlog Delays Reports

From the December 25, 2009 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

Supervising Deputy Coroner John Van Rensselaer said Monday, Dec. 21 that toxicology and lab test results have been received for case files on Jukka Hellsten, 42 and Carl ‘Scotty’ Shropshire, 49. Both …

New Mamma Mia Serves Homemade Italian Cuisine

From the December 25, 2009 Edition

Reported by George Garrigues

Somebody ripped off Silvina Friera’s U.S. flag, and she was as mad as a hornet.

“I love this flag,” she said, and held it to her cheek. Six months ago Friera …

Reminder to Polish Up Those Address Numbers

From the December 25, 2009 Edition

Help Them Help You—

If a fire or medical emergency occurs at your home or business, will first-responders be able to find you in time to offer effective aid? A Kern County ordinance wants to …

PFC Birtell Comes Home For Holidays

From the December 25, 2009 Edition

By Janie Birtell

Private First Class Dustin Alan Birtell, a longtime resident of Pine Mountain, graduated from Army Basic Training in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on December 4. He received an Expert Marksmanship Medal for the …

Holiday Letters to the Troops

From the December 25, 2009 Edition

Dave Gilman’s nephew can’t make it home for Christmas. Lieutenant Colonel Rollin Young is in Iraq.

Gilman, commander of Frazier Mountain’s VFW Post 9791, knows how much overseas troops appreciate hearing from home during the …