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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Subscriptions $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_____ 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 <strong>2018</strong> ISSUE News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs Springs of Life Church Christmas Activities The month of <strong>December</strong> is always a busy time for the kids and adults from Springs of Life Church. In addition to the church contributing to many events in Running Springs, the church also promotes chamber activities, like the Christmas Tree Lighting and <strong>Mountain</strong> Top Days parade and events, as well as others. On Wednesday, <strong>December</strong> 5th, there is a Christmas Party for the kids at the church at 2pm. On the following Friday, <strong>December</strong> 7, there will be a chili cook-off from 5pm-6pm. So, this will be a time to show your culinary skills to your friends and neighbors. On Sunday, <strong>December</strong> 9th the adults will have their own Christmas party starting at 5pm. The event will be held at the Hootman Center in Running Springs and the party will be potluck style. There will be a Christmas Eve candlelight service on Monday, Dec. 24th. The service will begin at 7:00pm. Outreach Committee of St. Richards Episcopal Church The Outreach Committee is collecting Thanksgiving food items for Helping Hands. This program helps out our low income neighbors in Running Springs, Arrowbear and Green Valley <strong>Lake</strong>. Please support it in whatever way you can by bringing some of the items below to a St. Richard’s Church service by Nov. 11th. Thanks! The Thanksgiving stuffing of bags at the Hootman Center on School Street in Running Springs is on Tuesday, November 20th and starts at 9 am. You can come and go when it is convenient for you. Registered recipients will be picking up their food boxes at 3:30 to 6:00. The Christmas toy and food giveaway will be held on Saturday, <strong>December</strong> 22nd. Requested items are: Canned veggies, pumpkin pie filling & sweet potatoes, Cranberry sauce, stuffing mix, gravy, marshmallows, pie crust and pumpkin bread mix, aluminum roasting pans. In addition to food items, helping hands gratefully accepts scrip cards and cash donations for the purchase of fresh turkeys, potatoes, rolls, pies, milk, etc. If you choose to donate a scrip card, please give it to Joyce Garrison or Sue Walker. If you donate cash, please make your checks out to St. Richard’s and write “Helping Hands Food Drive” in the check’s notation section. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving! The St. Richard’s Outreach Committee Medicare Open Enrollment -Available 10/15 to 12/7/<strong>2018</strong>- -Contact us for assistance- Norton Auto Works Domestic and Import • Service & Repair 2651 B Secret Dr. Running Springs, CA 92382 (909)867-AUTO (2886) 951-789-7218 medikare4u@yahoo.com Chanden Insurance Agency 10% OFF with this ad Joel Norton • Rebecca Norton owner/mechanics The Five Nights of Christmas The Catty Courtyard’s 1st Annual Christmas kick-off and Tree Lighting Ceremony sponsored by the Running Springs Safety Coalition and benefitting The Catty Shack Animal Rescue. All performances will start at 6 PM in the Catty Courtyard. The first event happened on November 25th with the tree lighting ceremony, girl scout troup #759 leading Christmas caroling, Heather Biel reading “The night before Christmas” and a visit from Santa Claus. Some of the Other <strong>December</strong> Events are: • <strong>December</strong> 1st—Karaoke. Come sing some Christmas favorites. • <strong>December</strong> 8th—A Christmas Duet featuring Chloe Bass & Abir Naim • <strong>December</strong> 15th—A Jimmy Reid Christmas • <strong>December</strong> 22nd—<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Dance Team The Catty Courtyard is located at 31624 Hilltop Blvd., Running Springs. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm lic number 0C54720 Hilltop Chinese Restaurant Grand Opening Planned for <strong>December</strong> 8th by Steven Peter The Hilltop Chinese Restaurant is having a Grand Opening of the restaurant on Saturday <strong>December</strong>, 8 <strong>2018</strong> in downtown Running Springs. After passing the last hurdle and inspection it comes down to tyding up for the opening. The residents have watched the workers meticulously build the business almost from the frame up. The menu being planned has many intersting selections. For instance, if you choose one item and one starch, with a medium sof drink, the cost is $7, and if you choose two items it goes up to $10 with the same added items. Also on the menu is a dinein only “all-you-can-eat” in the hot display, but there is a minimum of 10 people needs to be in your party. The party tray special order feeds 6-8 people and is $27 for the starch party tray. If you would like a regular party tray (non-seafood) the cost is $37. And for the same tray (still serving 6-8 people), you can add sushi and seafood for $47. 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! www.rimbowling.com The inside of the new Hilltop Chinese Restaurant is also ready to go and will be a great attraction to the Running Springs community. Photo by S. Peter Also available on the menu is Asian drinks and snacks, Asian and other desserts, draft beer and wine. The management also want to let the customers know that the menu items are subject to change without notice. The restaurant is located at 31956 Hilltop Blvd., in downtown Running Springs. The restaurant is location just a few yards from the Running Springs exit at the end of Hwy. 330. For more information, there is facebook under Hilltop Chinese Restaurant, and on Snapchat under the same name. Open 11am-10pm • Sun-Fri. 11am-midnight • Saturday 23991 <strong>Lake</strong> Dr., <strong>Crestline</strong> (909) 338-5550 Colonial Christmas: from front page 10 to 18 years of age, who get to learn about music, history, leadership and responsibility, while learning to perform in public. Their unique skills and historical accuracy are respected, and they have been invited to perform music at locations nationwide, including Historical Williamsburg, Virginia, the leading Revolutionary War reenactment community. Locally, they’ve opened the Pine Cone Festival every year, march in the Jamboree Days and Blue Jay Christmas parades, and perform yearly at the Lincoln Shrine in Redlands and many other locations throughout Southern California. For more information about their performance schedule, visit their website at www.fifesanddrums.org. They recently performed the opening musical presentation at the Veterans Day of Honor ceremony at Rim High School. <strong>Mountain</strong> Fifes and Drums is a 501(C)(3) non-profit youth service music program dedicated to teaching 18th century military music and history through practice and performance on wooden fifes and rope-tensioned drums. The goal of every <strong>Mountain</strong> Fifes & Drums practice is to teach the same military discipline, leadership, drill, customs and courtesies expected in the Continental Army. Fifes and drums were the chosen instruments for military communications during the American Revolutionary War in which enlisted Continental Army musicians were instrumental in the successful coordination of American forces. Because of these goals, this Colonial Christmas program demonstrates the history of the use of fifes and drums in the Colonial era and their connection to General George Washington. Once you attend this special celebration of Christmas, it will never be the same for you again and this experience will stick happily in your memory forever, or you will want to attend year-after-year, as so many do. The show tickets for the <strong>December</strong> 9 performance at 6:30 p.m. are available at Coldwell Banker in Blue Jay for only $15 for adults and $10 for those 12 and under. They are available online at www.FifesAndDrums.org/Christmas. For more information, call (909) 338-4949. On behalf of Charles Hoffman Elementary School PTA We wish to thank our <strong>2018</strong> Fall Festival Donors & Sponsors Thank you for your contributions to our school and community! • Hot Shots • Snow Valley <strong>Mountain</strong> Resort • Stater Bros • Green Valley <strong>Lake</strong> Christian • Neo’s Pizza C<strong>amp</strong> • Deep Creek Drive In • <strong>Mountain</strong> Community Alliance • Blondies • Kiesow Electric • Green Valley <strong>Lake</strong> Malt Shop • Top Producers • Green Valley <strong>Lake</strong> • <strong>Mountain</strong> Cabin Real Estate • Rim Nordic • Action Auto • C<strong>amp</strong> Pondoderosa • May Realty • Scandia • First Foundation Bank • Ontario Reign • Running Springs Escrow • The Yoga Room • Hilltop Pet Supplies • Love One Another Photography • Eric Carter Construction • Rustique Furniture • Kellem Family • Mtn. Tanglez • Jensens Running Springs • The Cut Above • Brickhouse Craft • Rim Forest Lumber • Em’s Wax • Deer Lick Car Wash • Karen Hoag • Sycamore Ranch Vineyard/Winery • Michelle Lanier • Mtn Top Producers • Sandy Ellis • Snow Valley Ski School • Denise Foster • Norton Auto • Vindication By Renee • Paparazzi Jewelry • Hilltop Auto Supply • Marshall Wellness • Catty Shack • Sky Park at Santa’s Village Happy Holidays! Page 2 <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Lifestyle</strong> (C) <strong>December</strong> <strong>2018</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2018</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Lifestyle</strong> (C) Page 3