Are you interested in learning how to prepare and help your family and neighbors in the event of a disaster or other major event? With earthquakes and El Niño looming over our heads, can you spare a couple of weekends? If you want to help but don't know where to go,...
Should phones be allowed in schools?
By Mary-Justine Lanyon That is the question on the minds of not only local school administrators and trustees but on the minds of school officials nationwide. At the April 18 meeting of the Rim of the World Unified School District board of trustees, teacher Debbie...
Come watch a bear emerge from a log
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer This year’s Jamboree Days on Saturday, July 6, will have activities that extend throughout the Lake Drive area after the 10 a.m. parade is over. There will be vendor booths and bands from the 7-Eleven lot to the kid’s fun zone at...
Remembering those who gave all
By Mary-Justine Lanyon The atmosphere in the San Moritz Lodge was solemn and respectful as a large crowd gathered for the annual Memorial Day observance. “We are here to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice so we could picnic and do what we choose,” said the...
Rising from the ashes
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Following the devastating fire in 2007 – when 100 homes were lost in Green Valley Lake – the Mountain Community Alliance was created as the community’s main civic organization. Patrick and Sandi Huckaby – the president and secretary of the...
Life without music: Unimaginable
By Mary-Justine Lanyon “Can you imagine your life with no music in it?” That was the question from Jeannie Venturini, the president of the Arrowhead Arts Association at the Auxiliary’s membership brunch. “Children need to love, appreciate and create music,” she told...
The weather was perfect for a regatta
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer Picture-perfect weather lent itself to the Lake Gregory Yacht Club’s annual midwinter regatta on Saturday, May 11. The local yacht club, now celebrating its 20th year, played host to the Southern California Yachting Association’s...
PTA officers installed
The Mountain Area Council of Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) held its installation dinner at the San Moritz Lodge in Crestline on May 13. The installation dinner has been an annual tradition but had not been held in a few years, said Tracy Gauci, PTA president for...











