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 …
Breaking News: ETUSD Board Votes to Lay Off 13 Employees, Hire New Superintendent
The El Tejon Unified School District Board of Trustees voted Thursday, May 27 to lay off 13 classified (non-credentialed) employees, effective July 14.
The positions to be cut are: ten instructional aides, one school secretary, …
2010 Lilac Festival Is A Big Hit
There was a little suspense, but the 2010 Lilac Festival was all the more wonderful when the parade, Maypole, Children‘s Corner and vendors booths merged with the sunshine to make a perfect weekend—especially when the …
Parent Calls For District Accountability On ASB Funds
On May 12 concerned parents attended the El Tejon Unified School District Board meeting. One rose to make a three-minute statement. These are her words.
By Susan Bates
My child was an active member of …
Fire Season Begins
Commentary by Patric Hedlund
Memories of fire storms and evacuations from our mountain homes during the 2006 Day fire may greet the announcement this week that the 2010 Wildland Fire Season has officially begun.
On …
Why Did they Approve Frazier Park Estates?
Continued—Part Two [Read Part One] By Patric Hedlund
“It was a foregone conclusion, they knew how they were going to vote before any of us got there,” Robert Lame of Pine Mountain said after …
Breaking News: Jayson Schimmel to Stand Trial for Son’s Death
FRAZIER PARK, CALIF. (Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 5:51 p.m.)—Ventura County Superior Court Judge Charles Campbell today denied a motion by Jayson Schimmel’s lawyer to dismiss a murder indictment against his client. Schimmel, 33, will return …
Single Car Fatality Crash on Grapevine
LEBEC (2 p.m., Sunday, May 23, 2010)—At 10:13 a.m. California Highway Patrol received report of a solo vehicle off the roadway on northbound Interstate 5 at the Kern County/Los Angeles County line, with a dog …
Meet The Candidates
The Mountain Enterprise Forum for the Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association (PMCPOA) 2010 Election
This is an introduction to the ten candidates running for four seats opening on PMCPOA’s nine-member board. Ballots were sent …
A Delicate Balancing Act
A Note to Our Readers
Election fever is raging throughout the nation and this week we bring to our readers the chance to meet candidates for a local board. The Pine Mountain Club Property Owners …
Sloppy Tracking of Student Funds Leaves $439,000 Still in Question
Use of 2006-08 ASB Funds for Alcohol, Golf Cart, Facility Repair Called ‘Questionable’
By Patric Hedlund
“Kids raised the money and then the money was used for other purposes,“ said El Tejon Unified School District …
School Accounts Need Full Audit Says Former Student Body President
“No accountability” and “poor money handling” by the high school principal and the advisor to the Associated Student Body (ASB) led to disarray in student accounts for the years 2006-07 and 2007-08, said Nick Onyshko, …
Candlelight Vigil Protest for Veteran in Pine Mountain Village May 15
Candlelight Vigil to Protest Destruction of ‘Pauley Pavilion’ by Commercial Center Board By Bent Fredriksen An ad hoc organization, The Pine Mountain Vigilance Committee, has announced with flyers posted throughout Pine Mountain that they will …
COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Upcoming & Ongoing
Ongoing May–June
- Preschool Story Time is every Saturday at 2 p.m. at FP Library, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way.
- Donations of prom dresses and tuxedos being collected for Community Closet at I Came To Believe …
News and Features
Stellar Line-Up for Dinner Theater on Friday, May 21
Fortune’s star is shining this weekend on those who love good food, good company and good entertainment savored simultaneously. But you’ll have to call right away to reserve your seat at the table.
The mountain’s ...
Three Big Rigs Crash at Frazier Mountain Park Road
Excess speed is the California Highway Patrol’s explanation for a mid-morning crash just south of the Frazier Park exit on the Grapevine, Wednesday, May 12. Three trucks were involved. One driver was taken with ...
The Frazier Park ‘Never Had It So Good’ Award
At a recent appreciation supper attended by 200 in Bakersfield for the Kern County Sheriff’s Citizen Service Unit (CSU) volunteers, the family of well-known Lebec resident Merrill “Curley” Baughman, 94, gave a surprise presentation. Here ...
Our Girl in Morocco
These are updates from Alisa McDonald of Cuddy Valley who is spending two years in the U.S. Peace Corps, stationed in Morocco. We wrote of her departure on March 5, 2010 [From Cuddy Valley ...
Congratulations Bryan Glauser and Ashley Davis
Bryan Glauser and Ashley Davis were wed on April 17. Bryan is a lifetime resident of Frazier Park. He surprised Ashley by proposing to her in front of close friends at a Christmas party four ...
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- ‘First Friday’ Is New Date for Veterans’ Aid
- Blast of Laughs Returns to FMHS with Comedy Night
- The Center of the World Festival Needs You
- Family Reading Event At Frazier Park School
- Sierra Club Hosts Tracking Workshop with Jim Lowery
- Museum Barn Sale Needs Your Unused Treasures