No need for new restrictions on alcohol, but better signage requested along with clearer guidelines on marijuana

Reported by June Schmidt, TME

There is still grieving about the state of the pond in Frazier Mountain Park, but optimism was expressed in a recent survey on how people feel about the social environment there.

The Park Use Survey Report asked whether…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Kern County Parks Department Director Bob Lerude and Bret Haney from KC General Services; County Mental Health’s Adrienne Buckle (with the Stop Meth Now program); Sgt. David Kessler; McCASA members, including Anne Burnaugh of the Family Resource Center, Lisa Walter from the Drug Free Communities grant, MyC3 members, Consultants Albert Melena and Dixie King; plus 15 others from the community reviewed the Park Use Survey together.

Above: If Kern County General Services Director Bret Haney (left) isn’t smiling it could be because he will be taking on the duties of Parks Department Director Bob Lerude (right) when Lerude retires in December. The county does not currently have a new parks department director slated to fill Lerude’s position.

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This is part of the November 25, 2016 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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