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Third Firefighter Given Cordial Barbecue Greeting

From the August 10, 2007 Edition

They were beaming like new parents, and in a sense they were. About 45 mountain residents gathered in a barbecue at Lampkin Park in Pine Mountain, Thursday, August 2. The guests of honor were new …

Zaca Fire Puts on a Show

From the August 10, 2007 Edition

Firefighter Bill Jacobs was asked Friday, Aug. 3 about the red glow creeping over the hills to the west of the Mountain Communities, giving the appearance of a rosy sunset mid-afternoon. "There is an inversion …

Postcards from Baghdad

From the August 10, 2007 Edition

It has been a long path for Melinda Michael, from the loss of her husband in a tragic car crash on Interstate 5, through the founding of Love INC., work with the Mountain Communities Town …

Boys & Girls Club Visits The Newspaper

From the August 10, 2007 Edition

The Boys & Girls Club of Frazier Mountain took a field trip on Monday, July 30 to The Mountain Enterprise to find out how the newspaper is made.

The 12 young club members learned that …

West Nile Virus Is an Emergency in Kern, Governor Proclaims

From the August 10, 2007 Edition

LaVonne Lewis was onto something serious when she called Matt Constantine of the Kern County Public Health Department last week and learned that his department had stopped complying with California Department of Health guidelines for …

A Moment to Breathe

From the August 10, 2007 Edition

Also read Opinion: It’s Time To Wake Up by Derek Edwards for a preface to A Moment to Breathe

–Part One

Excerpt from an Iraq blog, by U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Julie A. …

40th Fiesta Days Frolic

From the August 10, 2007 Edition

Excitement and reunions, meeting old friends and making new ones was the theme of Mountain Memories’ "40 Years of Mountain Cheer" August 3, 4 and 5 Fiesta Days blow-out.

The mountain-wide party that started 40 …

As You Like It

From the August 10, 2007 Edition

Mountain Shakespeare Festival Has a Hit with Well-Crafted Second Season

William Shakespeare wrote the play in the 1600s, but director Peter Kjenaas and dramaturge Holly Van Houten chose to stage "As You Like It" for …