The <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Lifestyle</strong> Publisher: Steven Peter Editor: open Distribution: various Writers: Lynette Eastwood, Steven Peter, Joan Moseley, Kevin Somes, Susan C<strong>amp</strong>bell, Sandi Huckaby, Barbara Vernon, Advertising Sales: STEP Advertising (909) 939-2522 Email us at steve.mountainlife@ gmail.com for advertising or potential articles for the paper. We market and mail, the areas of Running Springs, Arrowbear, and Green Valley <strong>Lake</strong>, and Skyforest, and also deliver adjacent areas of the San Bernardino <strong>Mountain</strong> Communities! Our unique area sports a mountain bike area for off-road biking, a full service ski area, a small lake with great fi shing, and tons of hiking trails and well as shops, antique stores, and great places to eat. Our distribution uses direct bulk mail in Green Valley <strong>Lake</strong>, Running Springs, and Skyforest. 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News Briefs Subscriptions Sierra Club to show film at St. Richards in Skyforest At its Monday, November 12, 2018 meeting, the <strong>Mountain</strong>s Group of the Sierra Club will be showing the documentary Reinventing Power: America’s Renewable Energy Boom. This educational documentary takes us across the country to hear directly from the people making our clean energy future achievable. These individuals are working to rebuild what’s broken, rethink what’s possible, and revitalize communities. These stories are proof that America does not need to choose between keeping our lights on and protecting our communities. Critically, Reinventing Power underscores the notion that we don’t have to sacrifice jobs for a clean environment. Supporting a clean energy future means building a better, more prosperous future for everyone. A FREE evening! What a wonderful and educational experience for all ages. The meeting will be held at St. Richards Episcopal Church at 28708 Highway 18 in Skyforest and begins at 7 P.M. Refreshments will be served, and the public is encouraged to attend and see this compelling documentary, as well as to learn more about the on-going activities of the <strong>Mountain</strong>s Group of the Sierra Club. Plan ahead for the next meeting, the <strong>Mountain</strong>s Group of the Sierra Club meets the 2nd Monday of the month with the exception of December and August. Now available through: $15 yr Mailed Anywhere in USA Mail to: <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Lifestyle</strong> Note: we are currently bulk mailing Running Springs, Arrowbear, PO Box 2725 Green Valley <strong>Lake</strong> and Sky Running Springs, CA 92382 Forest, so subscriptions aren’t necessary in those areas. Mtn <strong>Lifestyle</strong> Subscription Name____________________________________ Address__________________________________ City____________________________State_____ News Briefs Morrell Staff to Hold Mobile Office Hours in <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> District staff from the office of State Senator Mike Morrell (R-Rancho Cucamonga) will hold office hours at the <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Communities Chamber of Commerce the first week of November, Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Constituents can stop by to discuss statewide or community issues as well as seek help with problems they may be having with state agencies. Appointments are encouraged and can be made by contacting the District Office at (909) 919-7731. Mobile office hours are held at the <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Communities Chamber of Commerce on the first Tuesday of every month. A full district schedule of mobile office hours can be found online at www.senate. ca.gov/Morrell. The <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Communities Chamber of Commerce office is at 28200 Highway 189, Building O1, Suite 270, <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>, CA. Nov. 6th 10% OFF with this ad News Briefs Medicare Open Enrollment -Available 10/15 to 12/7/2018- -Contact us for assistance- 951-789-7218 medikare4u@yahoo.com Chanden Insurance Agency Lines to Long at Polling Places You Say? Why don’t you try to vote early? What is Early Voting? Early voting takes place in person before Election Day. You don’t need an excuse to vote early — you can vote early even if you are capable of voting at the polls on Election Day. Most states offer early voting at this point, including California. If you haven’t voted by mail you want to do your civic duty in person, just take the information with you to a local polling place instead of driving off the mountain. The location to vote early in the mountain communities is <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Fire Station #91. It’s located at 301 CA S. State Hwy. 173, <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>, CA. Early voting starts the week before the election on Tues. Oct. 30th, 2018 until Sat. Nov.3rd from 10 am – 6 pm., and again on Mon. Nov. 5th from 10 am – 6 pm. lic number 0C54720 Norton Auto Works Domestic and Import • Service & Repair Dam Repairs: from front page Drive to <strong>Lake</strong> Drive and turn right to the dam where they drop their loads. The large dirt-carrying trucks then drive to San Moritz Way and drive past the <strong>Lake</strong> Gregory Education and Community Center to the former San Moritz ballfield. There the trucks are being filled with the old silt being stored there. Then they continue on San Moritz Drive and turn left onto <strong>Lake</strong> Gregory Drive up to the traffic signal. They turn right onto Highway 18 and go down the mountain. The residents are glad to see that there is now a small dent in the large dirt pile, which has received the nickname “Mt. San Moritz” and hope it disappears faster than Slover <strong>Mountain</strong> in Colton. The <strong>Lake</strong> Gregory Recreation Company is reportedly envisioning that land on the former ball field as a grassy flat space for picnics and community events for this next summer, says <strong>Lake</strong> Gregory Recreation Company Manager Arlene Arenas. On October 11, a large compacting machine was delivered to the dam site in pre-dawn hours due to its size and to not conflict with other traffic going up and down the mountain. It was so large it required a special use permit from the Department of Transportation to be transported up the mountain. This compacting machine will be quite loud when operating. From the website ‘A Better <strong>Lake</strong> Gregory,’ they warn; “This equipment will be used through the duration of the project to compact material used for the buttress. The noise from the multi-axle transport will likely be significant and we apologize for the inconvenience this might cause local residents.” The project is approximately on schedule and the only problems they foresee that may affect the on-schedule completion in April is an extremely wet or early white winter. If it snows, the work will stop, as they cannot compact in snow. They will be unable to compact if it rains too heavily either, however a light rain, since they are using some water while compacting, will not greatly delay the project said Rockforce. An extreme deluge may wash away some of the already compacted materials, which would result in a significant setback. Rockforce has spoken to numerous community groups and requested, in a highhearted manner, that residents not pray for a White Christmas and then pray heavily for rain in April so the lake will refill for this coming summer. All water in <strong>Lake</strong> Gregory comes from run-off and snowmelt, so it is not known if the lake will refill by summer. But most hope the weather is cooperative this winter season, so the repairs can be completed on time, and the repairs are completed before the rains begin to fall and that they come late enough and are heavy enough to fill it this spring for the upcoming summer beach season. Watch the Big Games Here! Come join us Sundays at Rim Bowling and Entertainment Center for our NFL PASS. Come and See all the games eating, drinking, and hanging out with your friends! ask abour Our Drink Specials! Fallen Fruit Organization to Plant Trees by Lynette Eastwood On Sunday, November 18th, there will be 14-15 semi dwarf apple trees will be planted next to the <strong>Crestline</strong> Chamber of Commerce. The trees are expected to grow 10-15 feet tall and will have a crab apple root base. The fruit trees will be planted by David Burns and Austin Young, Los Angeles based artists who operate under the name Fallen Fruit. Since 2004, they’ve been planting fruit trees around Los Angeles and across the country. Young says, “We were interested in how Los Angeles is a driving city, and we felt really disconnected from our neighborhood and community and thought that a map (using fruit trees) would help us meet our neighbors.” He hoped the map would inspire people. The parks that they work on have usually around 20 to 50 trees. A tree takes about two to four years to mature. Once it matures, each tree can produce 300-500 pounds of fruit each year during its lifespan of up to 50 years. So far, since 2004, 47 fruit parks have been built, and this is what the mission and purpose has been to use fruit as a medium to get people physically connected with their neighborhood’s. Apple trees go back at least 100 years in the San Bernardino mountains. Email address____________________________ (This will be used only to confirm subsciption, receipt of subscription, and start date, and will not be used for any marketing purposes) NOVEMBER 2018 ISSUE 2651 B Secret Dr. Running Springs, CA 92382 (909)867-AUTO (2886) Joel Norton • Rebecca Norton owner/mechanics Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm www.rimbowling.com Open 11am-10pm • Sun-Fri. 11am-midnight • Saturday 23991 <strong>Lake</strong> Dr., <strong>Crestline</strong> (909) 338-5550 Page 2 <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Lifestyle</strong> (C) November 2018 November 2018 <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Lifestyle</strong> (C) Page 3