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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Thursday, April 21, 2022
• Get to know your numbers at Let’s Get Healthy Kern County’s free health screening program, 3–4 p.m. at Frazier Park Library (3732 Park Drive, FP). Learn your BMI, blood glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol (plus get a free T-shirt!), and how to monitor these numbers over the course of the next six weeks. This is open to the public. Call Mountain Communities Family Resource Center for more information at 661.245.4303.
• Foxtail Rangers featuring Banjo Bill Parks, Scott Rosen, Randy Bozarth and Brian Bierman add to the mix of local music talent, 6 p.m., at La Sierra Mexican restaurant (3500 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park), with their covers of folk and pop songs.
Friday, April 22, 2022
• Cary Park performs live rock, country, folk and blues at La Sierra Mexican restaurant, 6 p.m. (3500 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park).
• FMHS graduate Maria Jose Calderon’s UC Santa Barbara undergraduate recital of her compositions is 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 23, 2022
• The Spring Wildfire Preparedness Fair comes to Frazier Mountain Park, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. (3801 Park Dr., FP). Bring your family for fire engines, helicopter demonstrations, face painting, and Smokey Bear! Join this great chance to learn about emergency readiness with your community. Food and drinks will be provided at no cost thanks to the support of Kern County Firefighters Local 1301. This event has no cost to attend.
• Don’t miss your chance: The Ridge Route Road Tour is 10 a.m. Reservations are already full today, but the wait list is open for the return of this event Saturday, May 7. This three hour tour comes with a guided historical perspective from Gorman to the Tumble Inn, and includes a handout of photos from the old road stops. The cost is $15. Call Ridge Route Communities Museum at 661.245.7747 for more information.
• Meet the author of Wake, Sleepy One, an enchanting children’s book about the California poppy and the super bloom, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. at a free book-signing at the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve (15101 Lancaster Road Lancaster, CA 93536).
• A Botanical Tour of the San Emigdio Mountains Region talk with Pam De Vries is 10:30 a.m.–noon, in the Condor Room of the Pine Mountain Club clubhouse (2524 Beechwood Way, PMC). This talk is sponsored by the PMC Gardeners Club and serves as a fundraiser for the Lockhart Native Plant Garden. For more information contact lockhartgarden@frazmtn.com.
Sunday, April 24, 2022
• Volunteer for the day at Wind Wolves Preserve, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. (16019 CA-166, Bakersfield, CA 93311). Join their habitat restoration efforts through seen collection, field plantings, and invasive plant removal. Call Wind Wolves Preserve at 661.858.1115 for details on how to register and requirements for attendance. Volunteers must be at least ten years of age to help.
Come to the Earth Day celebration, 3–6 p.m. at Frazier Mountain Park (3801 Park Drive). There will be children’s activities, music, refreshments, native edibles, recycling, giveaways and a drumming circle. Contact Elke at heitmeyer@earthlink.net for information.
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
• A self-awareness course led by author and life coach Daniel Wilson is 3 p.m. (every Tuesday), at Frazier Park Library (3732 Park Drive, FP). Learn how to ask yourself thought-provoking questions like ‘How do we love ourselves?’ and explore answers through introspection, meditation, videos and sharing. Contact Frazier Park Library for more information (661.245.1267).
•Kids Korner, a new after school program for ages 7–12, is every Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at Frazier Park Library (3732 Park Drive, Frazier Park). This program provides support for homework help and activities like arts and crafts, science experiments and games.
Thursday, April 28, 2022
• Two covid vaccine clinics hosted by El Tejon Unified School District are open to the public: 9 a.m.–12 p.m. at Frazier Park Elementary (3149 San Carlos Trail, FP) and 2–4 p.m. at Frazier Mountain High School (700 Falcon Way, Lebec). Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson are offered.
• Come enjoy Mile High, a new band on the mountain, 6 p.m., at La Sierra Mexican Restaurant (3500 Mt. Pinos Way, Frazier Park). The free live music to accompany your nachos will include a cool mix of rock and country spanning six decades.
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Ongoing and Upcoming
• A Free Bulky Residential Waste Collection event comes to Frazier Park, Saturday, April 30, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. (3801 Park Drive). Drive in and drop off your home appliances, furniture, mattresses and other unwanted household items. Hazardous, green and construction waste not accepted.
• Join Frazier Mountain Little League’s Cornhole Competition, Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m., at Tejon Fields (4265 Lebec Road, Lebec). The competition begins at 11 a.m. Food trucks and beer sales, proceeds support FMLL. Entry is $50 per team, with cash prizes up to $300.
At the Frazier Park Library
Library hours: Tues. through Thurs., 11–6 p.m. • 3732 Park Drive, FP • 661.245.1267
Used book donations are now being accepted… a boon for spring cleaning!
Thursday, Apr. 21
•12 p.m. Quilting & Crafts
•12:15 p.m. Storytime & Crafts
•3 p.m. Know your Numbers
Tuesday, Apr. 26
•12 p.m. Kids Movie Afternoon
•3 p.m. Self Awareness course
•3:30 p.m. Kid’s Korner
Thursday, Apr. 28
•12 p.m. Quilting & Crafts
•12:15 p.m. Storytime & Crafts
•3 p.m. Know your Numbers
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PLEASE NOTE: SOME OF THESE EVENTS MAY HAVE BEEN CANCELED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
COMMUNITY’S REGULAR WEEKLY EVENTS
Every Monday
•White Sage Lace Guild, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. PMC pool pavilion (661.245.1992)
•Senior Exercise ,11 a.m. Frazier Mtn. Park Community Ctr Senior Rm, FP (661.245.1992)
•Meals on Wheels Distribution, (661.245.1952)
Every Tuesday
•Kid’s Korner, 3:30 p.m., Frazier Park Library, FP (661.245.1267)
•Lego Mania, 4:30 p.m., Frazier Park Library, FP (661.245.1267)
•Square Dancing at Cuddy Hall, 6:30 p.m., Call Don and Bethel (661.245.1882)
Every Tuesday and Thursday
•Walt & Pam, 6 p.m. at La Sierra Mexican restaurant (3500 Mt. Pinos Way, FP).
Every Wednesday
•Pine Mountain Christian Community Church Women’s Bible Study at the Activity Center,10 a.m., Pine Mtn Village, (661.242.1025)
•Pine Mountain Christian Community Church Men’s Bible Study in the Library, 10 a.m., Pine Mountain Village, (661.242.1025)
•Morning Yoga, 10:30 a.m., Frazier Park Library, FP (661.245.1267). Bring your own mat.
•Meals on Wheels distribution, (661.245.1952)
Second and Fourth Wednesday
•Senior Sack, 10 a.m.–12 p.m., Frazier Mtn. Park Community Center, FP (661.245.3409)
Every Thursday
•Senior Exercise, 11 a.m., Frazier Mtn. Park Community Center Senior room, FP (661.245.1992)
•Children’s Circle, 11–11:55 a.m., Frazier Park Library, FP (661.245.1267)
•Quilting and Crafts, 12 p.m.
Every Friday
•Meals on Wheels distribution, (661.245.1952)
•Cary Park, 6 p.m. at La Sierra Mexican restaurant (3500 Mt. Pinos Way, FP) except the first Friday of the month.
Every Saturday
•Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association Board of Directors meeting, 10 a.m., in the Condor Room. (661.242.3788)
•Meditation, 12 p.m., Jizo Peace Center (818.834.5925).
Every Sunday
•Pine Mtn. Christian Community Church service, 10 a.m., and live streamed at www.pmccc.org (661.242.1025)
MONTHLY EVENTS
First Wednesday
•Salvation Army Commodities, 9 a.m., Frazier Mtn. Park Community Center (805.727.6808)
•Ukulele Jam, 4 p.m., Frazier Park Library, FP.
•ETUSD School Board 6:30 p.m., 3149 San Carlos Trail, FP (661.248.6247)
First Thursday
•LOW Mutual Water Co. meeting is at 6 p.m., 3534 Mt. Pinos Way, FP.
First Friday
•Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. at La Sierra Mexican restaurant (3500 Mt. Pinos Way, FP).
Second Monday
•FMHS Booster Club meets at 7 p.m., online via Zoom.
Second Tuesday
•Gorman Elementary School Board 3:30 p.m. at the school
•Lebec County Water District board meets 6 p.m., online via Zoom.
Second Thursday
•Frazier Park Public Utility District board meeting 6 p.m., online via Zoom.
Third Tuesday
•South Kern Cemetery District board meeting 5:30 p.m. Arvin Library, Arvin
•Piñon Pines Water Board 6 p.m. Piñon Pines Community Building, 1001 Coldwater Drive.
Third Wednesday
•El Tejon PTSO meeting 2:30 p.m., in the Staff lounge, Frazier Park Elementary School, FP (626.391.6380)
•Shelter on the Hill Board, Tejon Ranch Natural Resource Bldg. 6 p.m. (661.245.5021) Members & guests
Third Saturday
•Men’s Breakfast 8:30 a.m. Pine Mtn Christian Community Church Activity Center, Pine Mountain Village
Fourth Tuesday
•Piñon Pines HOA, 6:30 p.m., firehouse in Piñon Pines.
Last Monday of the month
•Krista Mutual Water Co. board meeting 1 p.m., 3534 Mt. Pinos Way, FP and online via Zoom.
Is Your Event Missing? Call 661-245-3794
or email Calendar@MountainEnterprise.com
This is part of the April 22, 2022 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.
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