Week’s Highs To Be in the 80s—National Weather Service
FRAZIER PARK, CA (Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 7:30 a.m.)—This is a good week to get busy and finish up a lot of those projects that we just can’t seem to get done when it …
Memories of Mom
By Maggie Van Ostrand
A beautiful woman is queen of every room she enters. Conversation hushes, people turn to look and the center of attention falls upon her.
My mother was not like that. She …
Lost Dog Lessons
By Lola McKnight, McSPCA
Several helpful people were running about the streets of Lebec trying to catch a lost dog on a chilly night this spring. The report came into the Mountain Communities Society for …
We’ve Got What It Takes
By Gary Meyer
It may have been early, but by 7:30 a.m. Saturday, May 5 an outpouring of 190 people arrived to sign up for the community clean-up stretching from the Interstate 5 to the …
Ideas, Teamwork Emerge at Community Brainstorm
Mountain Schools at a Risky Crossroad, Part 7:
By Patric Hedlund with reporting by Michi Knight
Four of the five El Tejon Unified School District trustees and the ETUSD superintendent saw about 70 neighbors roll …
Judge Orders ETUSD to Retain Pink-Slipped Teachers
By Gary Meyer
An administrative law judge, on Friday, May 4 ordered El Tejon Unified School District to retain four teachers who were issued layoff notices in February, according to documents acquired by The Mountain …
Advantages of a Rural School
Frazier Mountain High School Principal Anthony Saba was eager to share good news last week: “Beginning in 2013, the top 9 percent of our graduating seniors will automatically be accepted into a University of California …
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Moon Over Lebec
You may have been aware that the brightest moon of the year was shining over our Mountain Community homes last weekend (May 5-6).
Chuck Noble writes about the photo at left:
“I managed to photograph ...
High Country Gardener
High Country Gardener By Michelle Maga
Our moms grew up gardening in a different era. Some were gardening long before hybridizing plants became the rage.
A plant that is an old favorite is not only ...
USFS Seeks Help with Condor Plans
By Patric Hedlund
United States Forest Service condor specialists are hosting a public next week in an open house May 17 in Taft to recruit region-wide public input about a 15-year management plan for Bitter ...
Falcon Pride Takes Wing: The High School Prom
Brandon Knight and Alexa Puga were selected king and queen of the ‘Walk in Venice’ prom on Saturday, May 5. The theme was chosen by the Junior Class Associated Student Body (ASB). It is an ...
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