From the October 17, 2014 Edition
By Gary Meyer
Martin Kegel doesn’t drink many cans of beer. “I prefer bottles,” he chuckled as he and his wife Rosie dumped 30,500 aluminum tabs on the front counter at The Mountain Enterprise, Friday, …
From the October 17, 2014 Edition
About 390,000 property tax bills have been mailed in Kern County, “totaling more than $1.1 billion for the fiscal year 2014-2015,” a report by Kern County Treasurer-Tax Collector, Jackie Denney said. Kern County property taxes, …
From the October 17, 2014 Edition
What is the carrying capacity of the aquifer that feeds most of these systems? Nobody really knows…That is what we need to find out. —Comments during special meeting about planning and collaboration by water companies …
From the October 17, 2014 Edition
By Gary Meyer and Patric Hedlund
Frazier Park Public Utility District (FPPUD) and Lake of the Woods Mutual Water Company (LOWMWC) held discussions on Monday, Sept. 29 about next steps toward a study they hope …
From the October 17, 2014 Edition
Deer hunting season opened Saturday, Oct. 11 in the Mountain Communities. Leave the camouflage gear at home when going out for a hike and, instead, put on a highly-visible fluorescent cap.
Deer season runs in …
From the October 17, 2014 Edition
The earthquake simulation drill this week, The Great California Shake-Out, is a good time to check your family’s emergency storage of food, water and medication. Does everyone know how to to turn off the gas …
From the October 10, 2014 Edition
These little ones have flown from Robin’s Nest preschool to kindergarten: Samantha Trost, Dillin Avalos, Chloe Wiley and Mia Willson. We wish them all the very best.
Our own ducklings, Kris and Torri Barrington, both …
From the October 10, 2014 Edition
Photo captions:
Left: On October 8, in the wee hours, Chuck Noble of Lebec was down at Grapevine, shooting the “Blood Moon” eclipse.
Below: Lance Borgstrom was in his Frazier Park yard, taking a shot …
From the October 10, 2014 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
The Mountain Community Coalition Against Substance Abuse (McCASA) will hold a community meeting next week to discuss its 12-month plan for the sixth year of its Drug Free Communities grant.
McCASA completed …
From the October 10, 2014 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
My mother has a great filing and storage technique for those “single-use plastic bags” that Governor Edmund G. Brown and California legislators banned last week. He signed SB270, saying that it would …