Upcoming & Ongoing plus Regular Weekly and Monthly Events

For listing in the newspaper and online, send community events by Thursday at 2 p.m. to Calendar@MountainEnterprise.com or call 661.245.3794
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Friday, Jan. 3, 2020

• Looking for a unique kick-off to 2020? Volunteer at the Audubon Society’s 120th Christmas Bird Count, 8 a.m. at Red Rock Canyon State Park Visitor Center (37749 Abbott Drive, Cantil). Beginner to expert birders are welcome, and 4WD vehicles are appreciated for carpooling to remote sites. Wear layers and shoes that can get muddy, bring binoculars, snacks, water and bird books if you have them. Ideally, pre-register at Jean.Rhyne@parks.ca.gov.

Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020

* Sketching Class is 2–4 p.m. in the Pine Mountain Clubhouse recreation room. At these classes, which take place Saturdays in January, you’ll learn to draw something different each session.

Monday, Jan. 6, 2020

• Students return from winter break at El Tejon Unified, Gorman Elementary and Peak to Peak Mountain Charter Schools.

• A new year, and a new chance to get your dance on, with In The Wings’ ‘New for 2’ special, starting today and running through the month. Students may enroll in a second class for just $2 per week. There are other January specials as well, like your first yoga class is free. See details, including eligible classes, on page 9 of the print edition.

Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020

• Welcome 2020 with the beautiful sound of the hammered dulcimer and other traditional instruments in song at the Celtic Jam, 6–9 p.m. in the Pine Mountain clubhouse Condor Room. Bring an instrument and play along or just listen and enjoy! All are welcome. See page 10 of the print edition.

•Square Dancing is 6:30 p.m. at Cuddy Hall (335 Lakewood Drive, Frazier Park). For more information, call Bethel at 661.245.1882.

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020

• It’s Ukulele Jam time, folks! These fun gatherings are 5–7 p.m. at Frazier Park Library the first Wednesday of each month, but due to the holiday it is this evening. Bring your own instrument to join in the fun. All ages and skill levels are welcome, as are folks who would like to just listen in. See page 10.

• The PMC Guitar Society meets 4-5 p.m. in the Pine Mountain clubhouse pool pavilion. Electric and acoustic players are welcome to the group, which plays in a wide variety of musical styles. The group meets twice a month.

• Need a resolution to have more fun? Get in on the pickleball craze! The PMC Pickleball Club plays at 7 p.m. every Wednesday (and 9 a.m. Mondays) on the PMC courts (2524 Beechwood Way), and guests are always welcome. Email maxinebro@gmail.com for more information.

Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020

• AARP’s potluck luncheon is 11:45 a.m. in the Senior Room of the Frazier Mountain Park Community Center. Bring your favorite luncheon dish or dessert and your table service. The timely guest speaker is from California Highway Patrol, Fort Tejon office. Bring all your questions about traffic, snow visitors and more! All seniors are invited. You don’t have to be a member of AARP. If you don’t bring a dish, pay a $5 donation.

Ongoing and Upcoming

• A job fair for the 2020 Census will be held at Frazier Park Library four days: Saturday, Jan. 11, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. and Friday, Jan. 17, 24 and 31, 12 p.m.–5 p.m. The pay starts at $17/hour with paid training, flexible hours and weekly paychecks for some extra income.

• Love wildflowers? The marvelous California Poppy Reserve in the Western Antelope Valley is accepting volunteer applications for the upcoming wildflower season. This is an opportunity to learn and to serve. Two Saturday training sessions are required, February 1 and February 8, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Volunteer jobs include gift shop and visitor center staffing, walking trails and leading tours. No prior experience is needed. All ages from students to senior citizens are welcomed. Call 661.946.6900 or email Jean.Rhyne@parks.ca.gov to sign up.

* The Super Bowl LIV party at Pine Mountain Club’s Condor Room and Lounge is Sunday, February 2. It will feature a ‘tailgate food’ buffet, two big-screens for watching the game (and the commercials), drink specials and during the game there will be happy-hour prices on cocktails and beer, plus raffles with fun prizes. For those who are not roman numeral wonks, LIV is 54.

• Resident Permits Are Going Fast! Ease the stress of winter driving. Get your Winter Resident Permit so when CHP blocks snow visitors with chain checks, you can be waved through. Mountain Communities Chamber of Commerce prints these, available for $5 at several Frazier Park and Pine Mountain Village locations (see hotlink at www.MountainEnterprise.com for a current list). Purchasers must bring proof of residence.

At the Frazier Park Library
Hours: Tue., Wed., Thur. 11-7; Fri.-Sat. 9-5
3732 Park Drive, FP— 661-245-1267

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Friday, Jan. 3

•9 a.m. Color Me Happy (Adult coloring and coffee)

Saturday, Jan. 4

•9 a.m. Yoga

•1 p.m. Writers on the Hill workshop

Tuesday, Jan. 7

•11:30 a.m. Storytime

•5:30 p.m. LEGO Club

Wed., Jan. 8

•11 a.m. Quilting & Crafts

•3:30 p.m. Chess Club

•5 p.m. Ukulele Jam

•6 p.m. Frazier Park Bookworms

Thursday, Jan. 9

•Noon 8 Treasures Qigong

•6 p.m. Soils & Composting

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COMMUNITY’S REGULAR WEEKLY EVENTS

Every Monday
•Qi Gong class 10–10:45 a.m. Frazier Mtn. Park Community Center, FP. Free. Instructor is Mary Miller (661.245.3456)
•Senior Exercise 11 a.m. Frazier Mtn. Park Community Ctr Senior Rm, FP (661.245.1992)
•Frazier Mountain Quilters at Frazier Mtn. Park Senior Center
10 a.m.–3 p.m., FP. All needle crafts welcome. (Laverne 661.248.0487)
•Al-Anon Meetings 6:30–7:30 p.m. Family Res. Ctr mtg room (3015 Mt. Pinos Way), FP (661.245.2557)
•Meals on Wheels Distribution (also Wednesday, Friday) 661.245.1952

Every Tuesday
•Family Story Time 11:30 a.m. at Frazier Park Library (661.245.1267)
•Canasta, Frazier Mtn. Park Community Ctr Senior Room,1 p.m.
•Girl Scout Troop 3613 Meeting 5:15 p.m. Family Resource Ctr mtg room (3015 Mt. Pinos Way) FP
•Alcoholics Anonymous meeting (men’s stag) 7 p.m. 3143 San Carlos Trail, FP (661.245.1208)
•Women’s AA Meeting 7–8 p.m.Family Resource Ctr mtg room
3015 Mt. Pinos Way) FP (661.245.2557)
•Square Dancing at Cuddy Hall, 7 p.m. Call Don and Bethel (661.245.1882)

Every Wednesday
•Pine Mountain Christian Community Church Women’s Bible Study at the Activity Center,10 a.m. (661.242.1025), Pine Mtn Village
•Al-Anon Meeting 10 a.m.–11:30 a.m. In PMC, behind gas station, next to gym.
•Chess: All ages welcome 3:30 p.m. Coach Bill Hopper teaches at Frazier Park Library (661.245.1267)
•MyC3 meeting 2–4 p.m. Family Resource Center meeting room, (3015 Mt. Pinos Way) FP 661.245.2557
•Narcotics Anonymous Meeting 7 p.m. Family Resource Center meeting room, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way, FP 661.245.2557
• Meals on Wheels distribution (also Mon., Fri.) 661.245.1952

Second and Fourth Wednesday
•Dept. of Human Services 9–11:30 a.m. Family Resource Ctr, FP.
No appt. needed.
•Senior Sack 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Frazier Mtn. Park Community Center 661.245.3409, FP
•Mountain Girls 2:30-4:30 p.m. in Pine Mountain Club; please RSVP (call or text) to 661.808.7959 for location and details.

Every Thursday
•Senior Exercise 11 a.m. Frazier Mtn. Park Community Center Senior Room (661.245.1992)
•Mexican Train Dominoes, Frazier Mountain Park Community Center Senior Rm. 1 p.m. 661.245.1992
•Alcoholics Anonymous meeting (men’s stag) 7 p.m. 3143 San Carlos Trail, FP (661.245.1208)

Every Friday
•Scrappers Quilt Guild 8 a.m.–2 p.m. in Pool Pavilion at PMC Clubhouse
•AA Meeting is 6–7:30 p.m. Family Resource Center meeting room,
(3015 Mt. Pinos Way, Ste. 102) in Frazier Park
•Meals on Wheels distributed (also Monday and Wednesday) 661.245.1952

Every Saturday
•Park Run for Fun 8 a.m., from Frazier Mountain Park parking lot; leashed pets welcome
•Noon meditation and a brief dharma talk at Jizo Peace Center (2012 Pioneer
Way, PMC); call for information, and to confirm it is on: 661.242.6956.
•Bingo 7–9 p.m. VFW Hall, 612 Canada Trail, FP 245.3273
•Narcotics Anonymous Meeting 7 p.m. Family Resource Center meeting room, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way, FP 245.2557

First and Third Saturday
•KYIS Knitting Guild meets at PMC Clubhouse Pool Pavilion 1–4 p.m.
•Writers’ Workshop, 1-4, Frazier Park Library.

Every Sunday
•Mexican Train Dominoes and Canasta at the Frazier Mountain Park Community Ctr. Senior Room 1 p.m.
•Pine Mtn. Christian Community Church Youth Group, 5-6:30 p.m., meets at the Activity Center (log cabin), 661.242.1025
•AA meeting 7–8:30 p.m. Family Resource Center meeting room, 3015 Mt Pinos Way, FP

Monthly Events
First Tuesday
•Frazier Park Elementary School PTSO meeting 2:30 p.m. in the staff lounge
•Kern County Search & Rescue, 6:30 p.m. Frazier Mountain Park Community Center, Frazier Park

First Wednesday
•Salvation Army Commodities
11 a.m. Frazier Mtn. Park Community Center (805.727.6808)
•Ukulele jam at FP Library, 5 p.m.

First Thursday
•Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s Frazier Park mobile staff office hours are 10–11 a.m. at the Family Resource Ctr. (3015 Mt. Pinos Way, FP). For an appointment, call 661.327.3611.
•Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s Pine Mountain Club mobile staff office hours are 11:30-12:30 p.m. at the PMC Pool Pavilion (2524 Beechwood Way). For an appointment, call 661.327.3611.
•Assemblyman Vince Fong’s mobile staff office hours mirror Kevin McCarthy’s above: 10–11 a.m. in Frazier Park, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in PMC.
•Mountain Communities Women in Business (MCWinBiz) meets, 11:30 a.m. at Falcon’s Nest
•AARP potluck meeting 11:45 a.m. at the Frazier Mountain Park Community Center
•Boys & Girls Club Board Mtg, 12 noon, Tejon Mountain Village office (661.663.4281)
•Pine Mountain Village Merchants Assn. meeting is 5 p.m. in the Condor Room, Pine Mountain Clubhouse 661.242.2035
•LOW Mutual Water Co. meeting is at 6 p.m., 7025 Cuddy Valley Rd., #F, Lake of the Woods

First Saturday
•VFW & Auxiliary 11 a.m. VFW Post Hall in Frazier Park

Second Monday
•FMHS Booster Club meets at 7 p.m. at Falcon’s Nest in FP

Second Tuesday
•Gorman Elementary School Board 3:30 p.m. at the school
•Lebec County Water District board meets 7 p.m. (2037 Lebec Rd, Lebec)
• Mountain Communities CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) meets 6 p.m. at Caveman Cavey’s

Second Wednesday
•Ridge Route Communities Museum Board Meeting 2 p.m. at the museum, FP

Second Thursday
•South West Health Care District meeting 6 p.m. Frazier Mountain Community Health Center, Lebec
•Frazier Park Public Utility District board meeting 6 p.m. at office.
•ETUSD School Board 6:30 p.m. Frazier Mountain High School campus in the Condor Academy Building, Lebec (661.248.6247)


Second Friday

•Pine Mountain Town Hall 7–8 p.m. (661.242.3788)

Second Saturday
•Scouts West 4 x 4 Club at Los Pinos, Lebec 10 a.m. (245.3250)
•PMC Clubhouse Task Force meets, 1 p.m., Condor Room

Third Tuesday
•Health Insurance Counseling 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Family Resource Ctr. Meeting Rm, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way, FP
•South Kern Cemetery District board meeting 5:30 p.m. Arvin Library, Arvin

Third Wednesday
•Quilting and Crafts, 11 a.m., Frazier Park Library
•El Tejon PTSO meeting 5:30 p.m. Family Resource Center meeting room, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way, FP
•Shelter on the Hill Board, Tejon Ranch Natural Resource Bldg. 6 p.m. (661.245.5021) Members & guests

Third Thursday
•McCASA meets 4-5:30 p.m. Family Resource Center meeting room downstairs, FP (661.245.4303)
•ArtFlix at Artworks, free film series, 6:30 p.m. at Artworks Community Gallery, PMV 661.858.3130

Third Friday
•PMC Amateur Radio Club meeting, 6:45 p.m. Call for location 661.242.2211

Third Saturday
•Men’s Breakfast 8:30 a.m. Pine Mtn Christian Community Church Activity Center, Pine Mountain Village
•Pine Mountain Gardeners meet 4–5:30 p.m., PMC Pool Pavilion (Judy Keim 661.242.0817)

Third Saturday (Even months only)
•Ham Radio Testing is at 12 noon at the Frazier Park Library

Fourth Monday
•Piñon Pines Water Board 6:30 p.m. Piñon Pines Community Building, 1001 Coldwater Drive

Fourth Tuesday
•Piñon Pines HOA, 6:30 p.m., firehouse in Piñon Pines.

Last Monday of the month
•Krista Mutual Water Co. board meeting 9 a.m. 3534 Mt. Pinos Way, FP

Last Thursday of the month
•Painting with Pam and Friends, 6 p.m. at Artworks Community Gallery, PMV, $30/person. Refreshments served. Call for reservations: 661.245.3444

Is Your Event Missing? Call 661-245-3794
or email Calendar@MountainEnterprise.com

This is part of the January 3, 2020 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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