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Vol. 5, issue 4<br />
<strong>September</strong><br />
<strong>2019</strong><br />
A Monthly publication serving <strong>Crestline</strong> (incl. V.O.E.), Cedarpines Park, Twin Peaks, Rimforest, <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>, Blue Jay, Cedar Glen, and Skyforest<br />
Corks & Hops in <strong>Crestline</strong> has been building in attendance all summer.<br />
Photo courtesy of <strong>Crestline</strong>/<strong>Lake</strong> Gregory Chamber of Commerce<br />
Only Two More Corks & Hops This<br />
Season in <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
By Louise Cecil<br />
The <strong>Crestline</strong> Chamber of<br />
Commerce will hold its last two<br />
Corks & Hops tasting events on<br />
the first Saturday of <strong>September</strong> and<br />
October, with hundreds expected to<br />
attend. The event offers good music,<br />
excellent artisans, along with<br />
food, wines, beers and hard ciders<br />
to taste. There are two shuttle busses<br />
which transport revelers from<br />
tasting location to tasting location,<br />
up and down <strong>Crestline</strong>. The shuttle<br />
buses loop the locations, returning<br />
to each of the nine shuttle stops<br />
about every 15 minutes.<br />
There are 10 tasting stations<br />
scattered from Top Town <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
to the <strong>Lake</strong> Gregory shore, with<br />
free transport between the tasting<br />
locations provided by <strong>Mountain</strong><br />
Transit. Each tasting location has a<br />
different feel, taste, entertainment<br />
and atmosphere.<br />
In Top Town, there are two<br />
tasting locations, at Hearth and<br />
Sage General Store and My Favorite<br />
Things gift emporium. At each<br />
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location, they pour a craft beer and<br />
a wine, and those indulging may<br />
choose to taste one or the other or<br />
both, at each location. The pourers<br />
will give you a complete description<br />
of the brews and wines being<br />
shared.<br />
The Bear House always provides<br />
some delightful free food tastings,<br />
and Fast Eddies is serving up<br />
its full menu of meals for those who<br />
are hungry. Top Town has seen a variety<br />
of musical offerings this season,<br />
from solo artists to combos to<br />
DJs spinning familiar oldies. Many<br />
return to The Bear House at the end<br />
of Cork & Hops for a full dinner.<br />
Top town is a place where<br />
wrist bands and maps for Corks &<br />
Hops, if not purchased in advance,<br />
can be bought for $35, or picked up<br />
if pre-ordered, for all the evenings,<br />
activities and brews. The shuttle has<br />
two stops in Top Town, at the Bear<br />
House and at the corner of Highway<br />
138. While riding the shuttle between<br />
the various stops, local histo-<br />
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The <strong>Crestline</strong> Lioness Club to Sponsor a Child for this school year!<br />
Adults in the back row are: Executive Director MCBGC Tracylyn<br />
Sharrit, Lioness VP Libby Hayes, Lionesss President Bonnie Hawes,<br />
Lioness Barbara Rhodes Lioness, and Lioness Rosemarie Labadie<br />
Open House and Car Show Scheduled<br />
for Running Springs CHP and Fire Dept.<br />
by Lynette Eastwood<br />
The CHP and the Running<br />
Springs Fire Department<br />
will have an open house on Saturday,<br />
<strong>September</strong> 21st. The event<br />
will start at 10 am and continue<br />
until 2 pm. A large crowd is expected<br />
as the turnout has been<br />
increasing in previous years. The<br />
crowd will get a good look at the<br />
emergency equipment used as well<br />
as some very interesting demonstrations<br />
during this annual open<br />
house. Several emergency demonstrations<br />
will be held to show how<br />
things may happen in an emergency.<br />
Make sure you come by to<br />
see what the Running Springs Fire<br />
Department uses to fight wildland<br />
fires. They will be displaying<br />
fire engines, brush engines, a rescue<br />
squad snow cat, extrication and<br />
firefighting equipment along with<br />
safety and fire prevention displays<br />
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:<br />
Pg. 2-Newsbriefs & Updates<br />
Pg. 3-Free Programs at <strong>Crestline</strong> Library<br />
Pg. 5-Preschool Celebrates 30 Years<br />
Pg. 7-<strong>Mountain</strong> Top Days Recap<br />
Pg. 9-Mtn Artists: Rebecca Smith<br />
Pg. 10-Local Worship Services<br />
Pg. 11-Sen. Mike Morrell column<br />
Pg. 13-Obit-Ralph Wagner<br />
Pg. 14-Local Entertainment<br />
Pg. 15-Dining Guide<br />
Pg. 16-Local Legend: Lynette Eastwood<br />
Pg. 18-Everyone is Getting Into the Act<br />
Pg. 19-Purifying the Air in Your Home<br />
Pg. 21-Business Directory<br />
will be able to be examined.<br />
The California Highway<br />
Patrol will have a K-9 unit and will<br />
offer a presentation to show how<br />
police dogs assist law enforcement<br />
in detecting drugs and taking down<br />
dangerous criminals. In addition,<br />
a car show showing a few classic<br />
cars, as well as other law enforcement<br />
booths showing enforcement<br />
equipment. Come and meet the men<br />
and women that protect the lives<br />
and property of all mountain citizens.<br />
SENIORS PAGE<br />
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NATIVE PLANT SALE<br />
At Heaps Peak Arboretum<br />
Saturday, August 31<br />
9 a.m. – noon<br />
ROWIA stages two native-plant<br />
sales a year. Join us for the Annual<br />
Heaps Peak Arboretum Annual<br />
Fall Plant Sale on Saturday, August<br />
31st beginning at 9 AM. Proceeds<br />
directly benefit the Arboretum. Located<br />
at 6,000’ between <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
and Running Springs on<br />
Highway-18. For more information<br />
please go to hparboretum.com<br />
GVL Labor Day Artisan<br />
Tour <strong>2019</strong><br />
The Artisans of Green Valley<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> will open their home studios<br />
to the public during the <strong>2019</strong> Labor<br />
Day Weekend, Saturday, August<br />
31st; Sunday, <strong>September</strong> 1st; and<br />
Monday, <strong>September</strong> 2nd. Studios<br />
will be open on Saturday and Sunday<br />
from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,<br />
and on Monday from 10:00 a.m. to<br />
2:00 p.m.<br />
Browse and shop for unique<br />
hand-crafted items and visit the artists<br />
in their home studios. Meet the<br />
Artisans, who are available to discuss<br />
their work. The tour will feature<br />
a variety of fragrant candles,<br />
hand-knit and crochet items, photographs,<br />
handmade cards, tote bags,<br />
hostess decor, plate ware, jewelry,<br />
hand-painted china, and so much<br />
more.<br />
Flyers and maps will be available<br />
at most of the Green Valley<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> businesses.<br />
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SEPT. <strong>2019</strong> ISSUE<br />
Rim of the World Trails Alliance met at Snow Valley for a brief hike and<br />
regular meeting afterwards with pizza provided. Photo by Dave Miller<br />
News Briefs<br />
The Rim of the World Trails Alliance<br />
hosted a hike and Board<br />
Meeting at Snow Valley on Friday,<br />
August 23. Kevin Somes, Snow<br />
Valley’s Vice President and General<br />
Manager and Trails Alliance<br />
President is a trained naturalist/environmental<br />
educator with nearly<br />
25 years of experience. The group<br />
enjoyed a ride on the Snow Valley<br />
Express and then a hike led by Kev-<br />
The <strong>Mountain</strong> Homeless Coalition<br />
along with Mental Health Services<br />
have formed a partnership and<br />
they are holding 2 events in <strong>September</strong>.<br />
The First one is in <strong>Crestline</strong> on<br />
Friday Sept. 13, and the location is<br />
yet to be determined. The 2nd will<br />
be in Big Bear on <strong>September</strong> 19.<br />
Both events are scheduled to go<br />
from 10am – 3pm and will have registration<br />
for help and resources, registration<br />
for free dental clinic in San<br />
Bernardino the weekend of <strong>September</strong><br />
27-28, identification assistance,<br />
showers, laundry, food, food cards,<br />
gas cards, haircuts, job information,<br />
housing information and more….<br />
The CDA sponsored event (California<br />
Dental Association) will accept<br />
online registration for the Free<br />
Dental Clinic on Friday <strong>September</strong><br />
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in on Snow Valley’s hiking trail.<br />
Upon arrival to Snow Valley’s Pine<br />
Room, the group had a pizza dinner<br />
provided by Snow Valley while<br />
holding its August Board Meeting.<br />
The Alliance is currently completing<br />
the long process of becoming a<br />
federally recognized non-profit organization.<br />
Snow Valley is providing<br />
initial funding for the Alliance<br />
to begin its efforts and the Alliance<br />
has grand plans for the future.<br />
Community members are welcome<br />
to attend future meetings and any<br />
comments are certainly welcome.<br />
For more information about the Alliance<br />
and its next meeting, please<br />
visit rimtrails.org.<br />
26th, <strong>2019</strong>. Some of the items listed<br />
above will be on a first come first<br />
serve basis. The purpose of registration<br />
are to determine the needs<br />
of individuals and families and the<br />
best way we can support them and<br />
assist.<br />
We still have need for:<br />
• Volunteers at both locations<br />
• Donations are always accepted<br />
• Drivers for the Vanpools<br />
down on the 27th and back up on<br />
the 28th.<br />
• Table, Chairs, Tents and<br />
etc…<br />
For more information as it evolves<br />
and updates, please contact Wendell<br />
Wilson Board Housing Representative<br />
at wendellcw200@gmail.com<br />
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The 45th Annual Home Tour<br />
by Steven Peter<br />
This year 45th Annual Home<br />
Tour focuses on Art and Living. The<br />
very successful tour features two<br />
lake front properties this year. The<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 21 Home Tour<br />
is from 9am-5pm.<br />
This year you’ll experience<br />
the Art of Living in <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
at an Art Gallery home, three <strong>Lake</strong>front<br />
Estates, and a French Chateau<br />
at the Summit Peak. Also enjoy the<br />
Wine & Cheese Reception at Burnt<br />
Mill. The <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Home<br />
Tour is a rare experience to tour 5<br />
magnificent estates in the <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
Communities and explore<br />
the private lake up close.<br />
The highlight this year is a<br />
Tavern bay home nicknamed “Candyland”<br />
changing into a regular art<br />
gallery. The home is owned by the<br />
publisher of Art & Living Magazine.<br />
The gallery is adorned with celebrated<br />
artists and local artisans. The Candyland<br />
Gallery will showcase many<br />
of the artists known by the owner.<br />
The home will be presented by Pam<br />
Galloway and Joe Arredondo from<br />
Timberline in the Glen, a local antiques<br />
and fine furnishings purveyor.<br />
The exterior of the home will also be<br />
showing gallery pieces. Local landscaper<br />
Four Seasons Landscaping of<br />
Cedar Glen is the main designer.<br />
The other home with a lakefront<br />
viewing is in Meadow Bay<br />
and is based more on entertaining.<br />
Lighting is important and the home<br />
is filled with different fixtures and<br />
adds to the overall feeling of the<br />
home. The home was previously<br />
owned by a Walt Disney animator<br />
and its shows his touch on some of<br />
the walls.<br />
Complimentary boat shut-<br />
tle is provided to Shelter Cove and<br />
Meadow Bay. Van shuttles provided<br />
to departure Boat Docks, Tavern<br />
Bay, Emerald Bay and Burnt Mill<br />
Wine & Cheese Reception. Drive to<br />
Chateau at the Summit.<br />
With each ticket purchase,<br />
please reserve either a morning or<br />
afternoon complimentary boat shuttle<br />
pass that will transport you to the<br />
lake-access estates. This year there<br />
are two lakefront homes accessed<br />
by boat shuttle. Arrive anytime between<br />
9:00am and 4:00pm<br />
The morning boat shuttle<br />
is from 9:00am - 1:00pm and the<br />
afternoon boat shuttle is 1:00pm<br />
– 4:00pm. A complimentary wine<br />
reception will be provided on the<br />
Home Tour from 12pm-5pm. Afterwards,<br />
enjoy a wine tasting and<br />
breathtaking lake views at Burnt<br />
Mill Beach Club. Plus, you’ll get<br />
a keepsake <strong>2019</strong> Home Tour wine<br />
glass.<br />
On Fri Sept 20 5:00pm-<br />
8:00pm, (the Friday night before the<br />
Tour), there will be a VIP GALA<br />
ticket which includes a night at the<br />
Meadow Bay lakefront estate with<br />
dinner, special appetizers from the<br />
homeowner’s new cook book repertoire,<br />
desert, wine tasting & pairing<br />
from an exclusive artisan wine-maker<br />
and entertainment. This breathtaking,<br />
intimate lake front gala party<br />
includes an exclusive guided tour of<br />
the Meadow Bay home.<br />
Tickets to each event are<br />
sold separately: The Saturday Home<br />
Tour ticket is $75; Friday night VIP<br />
Gala ticket is $125 and Saturday<br />
night’s Art & Living Red Carpet<br />
Party is $125. On Saturday night<br />
after the tour, a “Meet the Artists”<br />
after party will start at 6pm.<br />
<strong>Crestline</strong> Branch Library Offers<br />
Free Programs<br />
Join the <strong>Crestline</strong> Branch<br />
Library this month to enjoy free<br />
programs offered to the public.<br />
For our Library Beginners,<br />
every Tuesday we jump, clap, shake<br />
and dance our way through Kids on<br />
the Move at 11:30AM. If that’s not<br />
enough, we get our dance on again<br />
on Thursdays at 12:30 with Tiny<br />
Hoppers.<br />
For our families, we host<br />
Storytime every Wednesday at<br />
5:00pm. We share stories, songs<br />
and at the end we make an awesome<br />
craft to cap off the program.<br />
Adults we offer free Yoga<br />
classes on Mondays and Wednesdays<br />
at 12:00PM.<br />
In addition to books we also<br />
have a large collection on DVDs<br />
that you can check out too. Visit<br />
your <strong>Crestline</strong> Branch Library today!<br />
For more information, please contact<br />
the <strong>Crestline</strong> Branch Library<br />
at (909) 338-3294. The San Bernardino<br />
County Library System is<br />
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a dynamic network of 32 branch<br />
libraries that serves a diverse population<br />
over a vast geographic area.<br />
The County library system strives<br />
to provide equal access to information,<br />
technology, programs, and services<br />
for all the people who call San<br />
Bernardino County home.<br />
The library plays a key role<br />
in the achievement of the Countywide<br />
Vision, www.sbcounty.gov/vision<br />
by contributing to educational,<br />
cultural, and historical development<br />
of our County community.<br />
For more information on<br />
the San Bernardino County Library<br />
system, please visit http://www.sbclib.org/<br />
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Rim High School and <strong>Mountain</strong> High School Receives Full Accreditation<br />
Rim of the World High<br />
School (RHS) and <strong>Mountain</strong> High<br />
School (MHS) have been recognized<br />
by the Western Association<br />
of Schools and Colleges (WASC)<br />
for improved student achievement<br />
results through current programs<br />
and operations. RHS was visited<br />
by a committee of five members<br />
March 17-20, <strong>2019</strong> and received<br />
a six-year accreditation with a<br />
two-day mid-cycle visit. MHS<br />
was visited by a committee of two<br />
members May 5-7, <strong>2019</strong>. Through<br />
consistent improvement, the school<br />
came out of probation and will receive<br />
a one-day visit from WASC<br />
this spring; they are accredited until<br />
June 30, 2023.<br />
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internal and external evaluations.<br />
Continuous school improvement to<br />
support student learning is priority<br />
of WASC. The WASC commission<br />
can grant various accreditation<br />
terms: 1) a six-year accreditation<br />
with a one, two, or three-day<br />
mid-cycle visit after three years, 2)<br />
put a school on probation for one<br />
year at a time 3) grant no accreditation.<br />
The WASC process involves<br />
a year-long self-study by<br />
the school staff, which involves<br />
looking at all programs and school<br />
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culture culminating with a written<br />
report that is submitted to a<br />
visiting committee not related to<br />
the school. All staff is involved<br />
in looking at a particular area of<br />
the school and combining it into<br />
the summative report. This report<br />
is then sent to a visiting committee<br />
of three-even educators from<br />
other districts within driving distance.<br />
Committee members visit<br />
the school for four days to evaluate<br />
the programs that were highlighted<br />
in the self-study to confirm their<br />
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accreditation and it is approved or<br />
revised by the WASC commission.<br />
These two accreditations<br />
reflect the hard work of all stakeholders<br />
at both schools as the visiting<br />
committees spoke to representation<br />
from students, staff, parents,<br />
and community members. “We are<br />
very pleased with the outcome of<br />
the accreditations of both schools<br />
and what this means for validating<br />
our continual school improvement,”<br />
says RHS and MHS principal,<br />
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validation of the work that is being<br />
done by staff at both schools.” For<br />
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Local Preschool Celebrates 30 years of<br />
Serving Our <strong>Mountain</strong> Communities<br />
“Education is the most powerful<br />
weapon which you can use to change<br />
the world.” Nelson Mandela<br />
Back in 1988 a dedicated<br />
group of parents, local teachers<br />
and community servants saw<br />
the need to supply our<br />
mountain community<br />
with a high-quality<br />
preschool, with prices<br />
parents could afford.<br />
They knew the power<br />
of a great preschool in<br />
shaping a young life.<br />
Together this team of<br />
volunteers, through<br />
hard work and prayer<br />
gave birth to Mt. Calvary<br />
Preschool at Mt.<br />
Calvary Lutheran Church, located<br />
behind Rim of the World High<br />
School.<br />
Mt. Calvary preschool had a small<br />
beginning, with 18 children signed<br />
up and eager to learn, they found<br />
space for them to meet in the back<br />
of the church and received free<br />
playground equipment from the local<br />
McDonalds that was updating<br />
its playground. Every Sunday evening,<br />
they would set up for school<br />
and on Friday they would have to<br />
pack up for Sunday services.<br />
In 1988 the school expanded<br />
to Running Springs when<br />
it took over a struggling daycare<br />
center near the Running Springs<br />
Post Office. The school and church<br />
members remodeled the old center,<br />
brought in a great staff and renamed<br />
it “Kids Corner.” Before and after<br />
school care was also added to that<br />
location, serving children up to 12<br />
years old. Then in 2009 the church<br />
and school built a state-of-the-art<br />
school building next to the church.<br />
In this this new facility there was<br />
room for the preschool to grow and<br />
they now care for children from 18<br />
month to first grade with plans to<br />
go to second grade. Together the<br />
school, both locations serve around<br />
100 children per week, and is a part<br />
of the largest Protestant school system<br />
in the United States operated<br />
by the Lutheran Church Missouri<br />
Synod with 1,150 Early Childhood<br />
Centers, 793 elementary schools,<br />
and 86 high schools.<br />
The school is blessed to<br />
have a highly trained professional<br />
staff. Many of the staff members<br />
have been working at the school for<br />
15 years or more and they see their<br />
work not as a job but as a calling to<br />
serve our community. Adding to<br />
the staff is a trained music teacher<br />
who comes in to teach the basics of<br />
music and then gives a concert at<br />
the end of the year with the children<br />
singing. A PE teacher comes in to<br />
get the children moving in our large<br />
playground area with equipment<br />
that was added in 2004. The staff<br />
also teaches the children the basic<br />
stories of the Bible, how much they<br />
are loved by God and how they are<br />
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Pre-School, Running Springs<br />
to love and care for each other.<br />
Each year at the school the<br />
children also get to celebrate the<br />
holidays with a trip to a pumpkin<br />
patch, Muffin with Mom, Trunk or<br />
Treat, Breakfast with Santa, Easter<br />
Parties, “Doughnuts with Dads”,<br />
worm races, Goodies with Grandparents<br />
and a very special and bittersweet<br />
graduation when they<br />
graduate from preschool. Many of<br />
the children stay for Kindergarten<br />
and first grade at the school. The<br />
teachers at Rim of the World School<br />
District love to see the children from<br />
our school when they move on,<br />
because they know they are ready<br />
for school and for life. We have<br />
seen many of the children from the<br />
school, who got their start with us,<br />
become top Rim High students. It<br />
all started as a dream of courageous<br />
group back in the 1980s. If you<br />
would like more information on the<br />
school, call at 909 337-7750 or see<br />
our website at mclutheran.com.<br />
Submitted by Rev. Randy Buecheler,<br />
Mt. Calvary School and Church<br />
The Running Springs Chamber’s<br />
Annual Election of Board Members<br />
by Kevin Somes, Running Springs<br />
Area Chamber of Commerce<br />
President<br />
The Running Springs Area Chamber<br />
of Commerce is a very active<br />
Chamber that depends on volunteers<br />
to allow it to realize its objectives<br />
and mission statement. The<br />
Board of Directors are all volunteers<br />
and several Board Members are up<br />
for re-election. Recruitment for the<br />
election slate has been completed<br />
and the Chamber’s Annual Election<br />
will take place in early <strong>September</strong>.<br />
The Election Committee is currently<br />
reviewing all nominations and<br />
will be mailing ballots out the first<br />
week of <strong>September</strong>. The Chamber<br />
is looking forward to expanding its<br />
Board of Directors as the Chamber<br />
is in the midst of a major growth<br />
initiative. The Farmer’s Market<br />
and Artisan Faire is having a record<br />
year and the Chamber is in the middle<br />
of a major marketing and tourism<br />
c<strong>amp</strong>aign thanks to grant monies<br />
awarded by the County of San<br />
Bernardino, so an expanded Board<br />
will help the Chamber realize even<br />
more goals in the future.<br />
Additionally, please watch the<br />
Chamber’s website and social media<br />
channels for information on the<br />
Annual Recognition Awards. Categories<br />
include Person of the Year,<br />
Business of the Year and Organization<br />
of the Year. Please remember,<br />
nominations may be made by anyone<br />
within our Community. You do<br />
not need to be a Chamber member<br />
and the Chamber values all nominations<br />
submitted.<br />
Once elected and confirmed, new<br />
Board Members will be installed<br />
and Annual Recognition Awards<br />
presented at a special ceremony<br />
on Saturday, October 19 at Snow<br />
Valley’s <strong>Mountain</strong> Top Terrace<br />
followed by dinner in the resort’s<br />
Pine Room. The public is invited<br />
to attend. More details will be published<br />
in October’s paper.<br />
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State Route 330 to Close for 12 days<br />
Installation of Rock Fall Barrier State Route 330 to Begin<br />
Beginning on <strong>September</strong><br />
9, <strong>2019</strong>, a full closure<br />
will be in effect until<br />
<strong>September</strong> 20, <strong>2019</strong>, which<br />
has been shortened by two<br />
days. The original term was<br />
to be 14 days. During this<br />
closure, crews will perform<br />
rock scaling, slope excavations<br />
and construct the two<br />
rock-fall barriers.<br />
The California Department<br />
of Transportation (Caltrans) will<br />
begin a rock fall barrier project<br />
on State Route 330 (SR-330) near<br />
Running Springs. This $5 million<br />
contract was awarded to Spectrum<br />
Construction Group, Inc. out of Irvine.<br />
This project will remove rock<br />
debris from the slope, excavate and<br />
reduce slope size and install two<br />
rock-fall barriers at Postmiles 37<br />
and 39.<br />
Be advised, weather conditions<br />
may affect this operation.<br />
Know before you go! To stay on top<br />
of roadwork in the Inland Empire<br />
go to Caltrans District 8 and sign<br />
up for commuter alerts. Follow us<br />
for the latest information on Facebook<br />
and Twitter. To assist in planning<br />
your commute view live traffic<br />
conditions using QuickMap and<br />
planned lane closures.<br />
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Where will your family be when<br />
disaster strikes?<br />
Some important info from the San Bernardino<br />
County Office of Emergency Services<br />
How will you find each other?<br />
Will you know if your children<br />
are safe?<br />
Disasters can strike quickly<br />
and without warning. It can force<br />
you to evacuate your neighborhood<br />
or confine you to your home. What<br />
would you do if basic services including<br />
water, gas, electricity or<br />
telephones were cut off? Local officials<br />
and relief workers will be on<br />
the scene after a disaster, but they<br />
cannot reach everyone right away.<br />
Families can and do cope<br />
with disasters by preparing in advance<br />
and working together as a<br />
team. Follow the steps listed in this<br />
brochure to create your family’s disaster<br />
plan. Knowing what to do<br />
is for your protection and is your responsibility.<br />
Various agencies such as<br />
the County Fire Department, the<br />
Sheriff, County Animal Care and<br />
Control, and the Red Cross partner<br />
together to facilitate your safe evacuation.<br />
Special Populations<br />
• Do you know a senior or someone<br />
with a disability?<br />
• Seniors and people with disabilities<br />
that are self-sufficient under<br />
normal circumstances may have to<br />
receive help of others in a disaster.<br />
• Create a self-help network of relatives,<br />
friends, and coworkers to assist<br />
in an emergency.<br />
• Wear medical alert tags and<br />
bracelets to identify your disability<br />
in case of an emergency. If you<br />
have a severe speech, language, or<br />
hearing disability: keep on hand a<br />
writing pad and pencil to communicate<br />
with others.<br />
Evacuation Routes<br />
• Residents should be familiar with<br />
all routes that lead in and out of<br />
their area. It is difficult to predetermine<br />
evacuation routes. Many<br />
factors such as the type of incident,<br />
location and weather conditions<br />
play a critical role in the selection<br />
of evacuation routes.<br />
• Use travel routes specified by<br />
local authorities. Do not use offroad<br />
shortcuts when evacuating a<br />
National Forest Area. The National<br />
Forest could have these roads<br />
closed and you could be trapped by<br />
locked gates.<br />
Shelter Types<br />
There are two types of shelters:<br />
1. Evacuation Centers, which are<br />
for short-term sheltering.<br />
2. Red Cross shelters, which are for<br />
long-term sheltering.<br />
You may also be told to “shelter in<br />
place” if conditions warrant. This<br />
involves staying in your home or<br />
business with doors and windows<br />
closed.<br />
Animals<br />
Many pets are injured or killed, every<br />
year because no provisions were<br />
made for them in family dis aster<br />
plans. The time to contact animal<br />
shelters for information on caring<br />
for pets during emergencies<br />
is before disaster strikes. Public<br />
emergency shelters often exclude<br />
pets for space and health reasons.<br />
EVACUATION<br />
Evacuate immediately if told to do<br />
so:<br />
Preparedness: cont. on pg. 16<br />
The <strong>2019</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> Top Days<br />
by Kevin Somes, RSACCPresident<br />
The <strong>2019</strong> <strong>edition</strong> of <strong>Mountain</strong><br />
Top Days was once again well<br />
attended and was a huge success.<br />
This annual event, hosted by the<br />
Running Springs Area Chamber of<br />
Commerce, has been going on for<br />
well over twenty-five years. While<br />
the event has changed over time, the<br />
continuing goal is to offer a family<br />
friendly community event for<br />
all to enjoy. The event started off<br />
with the parade on Friday evening<br />
viewed by hundreds of spectators<br />
along Hilltop Boulevard. I had a<br />
once in a lifetime opportunity to be<br />
this year’s Grand Marshal and I am<br />
grateful for having been given that<br />
opportunity. Many thanks to Bob<br />
Kinzel who spent many hours organizing<br />
and managing the parade.<br />
The Street Dance featured a local<br />
band, Highway 173, and many enjoyed<br />
great food and drinks while<br />
relaxing under the star filled sky.<br />
The Chamber is grateful to Suzie<br />
Heisler of The Cut Above for hosting<br />
the event on her property.<br />
On Saturday well over one thousand<br />
individuals enjoyed the<br />
Farmers Market and vendor faire<br />
plus various activities and games.<br />
Joan Moseley hosted the Raw Egg<br />
Toss. While a messy endeavor,<br />
participants enjoyed the challenge<br />
of tossing a raw egg to a partner<br />
without breaking the egg or getting<br />
splattered with egg yolk if one’s<br />
egg were to break. Mike Lee who<br />
USFS drving one of their classic cars<br />
during the Mtn Top Days. Photo by<br />
S. Peter<br />
managed <strong>Mountain</strong> Top Days also<br />
led our Watermelon Eating contest<br />
which is always a fun and yummy<br />
event to participate in.<br />
The Chili Cook-Off went well<br />
with several entries vying for both<br />
the Judge’s Choice (first, second<br />
and third place) plus the People’s<br />
Choice Awards. We thank Terisa<br />
Bonito for coordinating the event<br />
and also to our local businesses<br />
who donated prizes.<br />
Without Community support and<br />
the event’s generous sponsors,<br />
<strong>Mountain</strong> Top Days would not happen.<br />
The <strong>2019</strong> sponsors were First<br />
Foundation Bank, the Golden Oaks,<br />
Hilltop Pet Supply, Pali <strong>Mountain</strong>,<br />
Rim Family Services and Snow<br />
Valley. Mike Lee and the event<br />
committee also were instrumental<br />
in making <strong>Mountain</strong> Top Days<br />
<strong>2019</strong> a successful event. Planning<br />
is already underway for next year’s<br />
event. The Chamber welcomes<br />
volunteers who would like to assist<br />
with this great Community event.<br />
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Barbara’s<br />
Treasure Box...<br />
full of THIS and THAT<br />
BLIND SPOTS<br />
Definition: Blind spots – a<br />
place in the eye that we can’t<br />
see - like, things that you<br />
stink at …or, things that you<br />
think you’re great at.”<br />
A recent lecture by David<br />
Smith, Ph.D., gave me some insights<br />
to thoughts spurred-on by a<br />
few very basic questions.<br />
• How do you want to be perceived<br />
or seen by others?<br />
• What impact have you made on<br />
others?<br />
• Was I the best I could be?<br />
• Was I fair?<br />
• Am I consistent on who I am?<br />
• How do I want to communicate<br />
with others?<br />
Here are a few Blind Spots that<br />
you may want to think about adjusting<br />
in your own personal life.<br />
1. ALL OR NOTHING THINK-<br />
ING – misses the real spot that is<br />
going on. Be aware of words used<br />
like, “NEVER” or “You always…”.<br />
Then there is the common Borderline<br />
Split (either right or wrong).<br />
2. BEING INSENSITIVE – lacking<br />
awareness of getting to know someone<br />
more fully. An insensitive person<br />
may either be cognitive – (being<br />
blunt, disrespectful or just plain<br />
“shutting them off”) or empathetic<br />
– (just not getting it, lost emotional<br />
connectivity, or not having awareness<br />
of something happening).<br />
3. ALWAYS BEING RIGHT<br />
– Do you ever say you’re sorry? Or<br />
wrong? Or please forgive me?<br />
Understand no one is right ALL<br />
the time.<br />
4. AVOIDING DIFFICULT<br />
CONVERSATIONS<br />
A lot of people walk around problems.<br />
They keep silent to avoid<br />
conflict. This leads to anxiety for<br />
both parties. It is best to “lean into<br />
it” with a neutral statement like this:<br />
“I don’t understand what happened,<br />
but I don’t like it.”<br />
5. SHOULD – “You should be on<br />
time!”<br />
The word “should” is a way<br />
to bring people down in conversation.<br />
It targets the person to think<br />
that they are doing wrong and hurts<br />
them. Take “You should” out of<br />
your vocabulary and use, “May I<br />
suggest…”<br />
Ex<strong>amp</strong>le: WRONG: “You<br />
should lose weight.” to …” May I<br />
suggest…” RIGHT. Then help by<br />
giving them a diet plan or suggest a<br />
doctor that specializes in that field.<br />
6. GOING IT ALONE – “All about<br />
me” Syndrome. Thinking that no<br />
one could do it better than me. Selfish<br />
thinking that “I am the best person<br />
for the task at hand”, will bring<br />
bad results in the end. If you don’t<br />
lift people up around you, in time<br />
they will abandon the project. Allow<br />
others to take the lead or spotlight<br />
sometimes.<br />
How do we overcome Blind<br />
Spots? Be more self-aware. That is<br />
the key to change. Self-awareness<br />
is the crucial key to successful relationships.<br />
Ask people to help you. Ask<br />
your wife, husband, and kids – How<br />
can I do better?<br />
Then take it a step further, ask your<br />
co-workers, boss, and leader.<br />
Sometimes the feedback<br />
will hurt. Be open to it. LEARN<br />
FROM IT. As we open ourselves<br />
to adapting new ways of learning<br />
how to get along with other, we will<br />
have much better communication<br />
skills and gain relationships that are<br />
far better for us…ones that last.<br />
COPYRIGHT © <strong>2019</strong><br />
MOUNTAIN GARDENING<br />
BY susan c<strong>amp</strong>bell & michelle martinez<br />
Apple Trees<br />
As apple picking season<br />
approaches, why not contemplate<br />
planting a couple<br />
trees of your own?<br />
Apple (and pear)<br />
trees do best in climates that<br />
have at least 1,000 hours of<br />
winter chilling below 45°F<br />
and moderate summer temperatures.<br />
They are available<br />
on an assortment of rootstocks that<br />
provide a wide range of vigor and<br />
size control. Apples normally require<br />
cross-pollination. Even those<br />
that are self-fertile species set better<br />
crops if pollinated by a different<br />
cultivar, which means it’s worth<br />
considering planting two cultivars<br />
in the garden. When selecting a variety,<br />
be sure to check the cross-pollination<br />
requirements for each variety<br />
planted. Some apple trees that<br />
grow well in our USDA zones 7<br />
and 8 include Akane, Golden Delicious,<br />
Honeycrisp, Gravenstein,<br />
and Granny Smith. Or consider doing<br />
some research on lesser-known<br />
heirloom varieties.<br />
Winter is the best time<br />
to plant new trees while they are<br />
dormant. While we may get sufficient<br />
winter rainfall to maintain<br />
adequate soil moisture, it may be<br />
necessary to irrigate the trees once<br />
during winter if the rainfall is below<br />
normal. Allow water to soak<br />
to a depth of 2 to 3 feet to encourage<br />
deep rooting. Prune out 15 to<br />
20 percent of last year’s growth to<br />
let light into the tree center, and<br />
remove broken, drooping, crossed,<br />
or diseased limbs and root suckers.<br />
Scale insects, aphids, or mites can<br />
be controlled by following the label<br />
instructions of a dormant oil spray.<br />
Rake and remove all fallen leaves<br />
to help control apple scab and powdery<br />
mildew.<br />
Spring. Control of codling<br />
moth (worms in ripening fruit)<br />
must begin in spring, shortly after<br />
petal fall, and may require repeated<br />
applications of insecticides (go<br />
to http://ipm.ucdavis.edu for pest<br />
management techniques and timings).<br />
Apply fertilizer to your trees<br />
twice: In May and in July, using 4<br />
to 8 ounces of ammonium sulfate<br />
at each application; 4 pounds for<br />
Ripe apples—ready for p[icking<br />
mature trees over the course of the<br />
growing season. Always read label<br />
instructions on all fertilizer applications.<br />
When red apple varieties<br />
reach ¾ inch in diameter, thin the<br />
fruit to one fruit per cluster. Yellow<br />
and green apple varieties generally<br />
produce well if thinned to two fruits<br />
per cluster.<br />
Summer: If using drip irrigation,<br />
apply just the amount of water<br />
needed to replace what is used by<br />
the tree and lost from soil through<br />
evaporation. If using sprinkler or<br />
flood irrigation, water about every<br />
two or three weeks with enough<br />
water to wet soil to a depth of 18<br />
to 24 inches. Young, small trees will<br />
need about 4 to 12 gallons of water<br />
per day, and large trees, as much<br />
as 200 gallons per week during the<br />
hottest months. Irrigate well away<br />
from the trunk of the tree, at the<br />
drip line. Discard overripe or fallen<br />
fruit to minimize pests; harvest<br />
when fruit is fully mature and has<br />
full color. Lift apples up and back<br />
over the spur to remove them.<br />
Autumn: Continue regular<br />
irrigation until fall rains and cold<br />
weather arrive. Pick up fallen leaves<br />
and fruit to lessen the potential for<br />
pests and disease.<br />
<strong>September</strong> to-do list<br />
Order unique spring bulb and rhizome<br />
varieties from catalogues for<br />
fall planting.<br />
Plant trees and shrubs.<br />
Put out bird seed and water for migrating<br />
birds.<br />
Keep beds clean of end-of-life annuals.<br />
Deadhead plants, remove die-back.<br />
Begin picking herbs to dry or freeze.<br />
Dig up tender bulbs that aren’t winter<br />
hardy (Gladiolas, Dahlias, Cannas,<br />
etc.).<br />
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“Lives: Never Still”<br />
Portraits of Artists & their Creations<br />
by Steven Peter<br />
Last spring Rebecca Smith<br />
- a MAN Gallery artist and Running<br />
Springs resident - had the<br />
privilege of collaborating with a<br />
group of artists from the <strong>Mountain</strong><br />
Arts Network Gallery and started to<br />
create a book of portraits and still<br />
lives for her master portrait class at<br />
RCC. The result was a fascinating<br />
group of artistic portraits and still<br />
lifes along with insights into the<br />
artists’ rich lives. The book is dedicated<br />
to the renowned photographer<br />
John Hummel who has been Rebecca’s<br />
photography mentor for seven<br />
years.<br />
In the book, “Lives: Never<br />
Still seemed an appropriate title<br />
for this book filled with portraits<br />
and still lifes of artists. ‘Passionate’<br />
often describes their lives…<br />
especially the great ones. Artists<br />
are driven by a force that manifests<br />
itself in a vital need to create. They<br />
spend long hours in their studios<br />
and workshops keenly focused. An<br />
almost meditative silence surrounds<br />
them as they bring a new painting,<br />
sculpture, piece of music into our<br />
world…a cosmic birth from the inner-most<br />
parts of their beings. It is<br />
a mysterious force that engenders a<br />
constant restlessness that, by contradiction,<br />
gives peace and meaning<br />
to their lives.<br />
I chose to photograph artists<br />
that are part of my own life. They<br />
are either from a small gallery in<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> or are family and<br />
friends. Visiting their studios revealed<br />
an almost ‘chaotic’ world of<br />
life-filled ‘messes;’ for arranging<br />
their worlds held very little interest<br />
when there was art to be created.<br />
Nancy came alive as she shared at<br />
least 25 canvases and bowls strewn<br />
around her studio in varying stages<br />
of completion…Graeme was surrounded<br />
with piles of wood covered<br />
in dust anxiously waiting to<br />
be selected for his next table…Felipe’s<br />
workshop was so filled with<br />
mounds of leather, projects, tools,<br />
etc. that I struggled to find space to<br />
set up my tripod… Jon’s world of<br />
ships, brushes, canvases and pain<br />
ts.”<br />
The book includes short biographies<br />
and comments from each<br />
artist. The following represents<br />
some excerpts from those biographies:<br />
“My photography has<br />
been one of the greatest gifts in<br />
my life. It has allowed me to see<br />
the unique beauty of the world<br />
around me no matter where my<br />
life has led me. One of my great<br />
loves has been the opportunity<br />
to share that incredible beauty with<br />
John Hummel<br />
others through my images.” -John<br />
Hummel<br />
“In the tradition of Asian<br />
painting techniques, Alma [Borcuk]<br />
strives to finish painting in as<br />
few strokes as possible and to know<br />
when to stop so as not overwork<br />
it producing a fresh, spontaneous<br />
and serene quality. She endeavors<br />
to capture not only the likeness of<br />
her subject but also its ‘soul.’ In order<br />
to do that, she goes to a quiet<br />
space… ‘never trying too hard’ and<br />
allowing her art to flow.”<br />
Alma Borcuk<br />
“Jon [Olson] and I hardly<br />
spoke as he painted his beloved<br />
ships and seas in the work shown in<br />
the portrait. He had slipped into that<br />
realm where artists are ‘still,’ yet so<br />
alive in their creative process.”<br />
Jon Olson<br />
Nancy Grace<br />
Graeme Gale<br />
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“Art has been a passion<br />
for Nancy [Grace] since she was<br />
a child. Her parents gave her paint<br />
by number sets when she was very<br />
young. She said, ‘I loved<br />
the smell of the paints and<br />
watching the image come<br />
to life.’ Nancy focuses<br />
on the simple aspects of<br />
color, line, and shape resulting<br />
in her beautiful<br />
nature inspired ‘botanical<br />
series’ bowls. Her passion<br />
for oil paintings often<br />
finds her outside in ‘plein<br />
air’ where she strives to<br />
‘gain insight’ while expressing<br />
what she sees “with deliberate<br />
thought, joy and gratitude in<br />
an impressionistic style.”<br />
“Living in the San Bernardino<br />
mountains, he [Graeme Gale]<br />
discovered a passion for the Manzanita<br />
trees. His art is to ‘read’ each<br />
piece as he sands back the bark revealing<br />
its hidden beauty<br />
and finding the best way to<br />
incorporate it into a one of<br />
a kind functional object.”<br />
Rebecca wants to<br />
give thanks to them all for<br />
opening their hearts and<br />
homes to her for hours. A<br />
special thanks to Alma for<br />
painting her face like one<br />
of her works of art and to<br />
Rebecca’s nephew who<br />
endured covering his head and torso<br />
in clay. The world of an artist is<br />
an “inner sanctum,” and it was not<br />
lost on her the privilege of being allowed<br />
inside their worlds.<br />
End of part one: Lives: Never<br />
Still, see part two in next <strong>edition</strong> of<br />
the <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Lifestyle</strong> Newspaper.<br />
This is the first part of a two part<br />
series.<br />
The complete book can be<br />
seen at the <strong>Mountain</strong> Arts Gallery<br />
in <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>.<br />
Open 7 days a week 10 am – 6pm<br />
The <strong>Mountain</strong> Arts Gallery<br />
28200 State Highway 189, Lower Suite<br />
Bldg-E-120, <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>, CA 92352<br />
(909) 744-8450<br />
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The Pine Cone Festival Kicks Off<br />
Fall in Our Local <strong>Mountain</strong>s<br />
The Pine Cone Festival is<br />
celebrating its 13th year of bringing<br />
families into the mountains to enjoy<br />
the forest and learn about wildfire.<br />
Twice featured in the Automobile<br />
Club’s Westways Magazine’s<br />
“Five Worth the Drive,” the<br />
Festival is guaranteed to be a great<br />
time for families!<br />
The 13th Annual Pine Cone<br />
Festival is just around the corner!<br />
On Saturday, October 5th, from<br />
9:30 to 4pm, come meet Festival<br />
mascot, Cheekers the Squirrel,<br />
Smokey Bear and check out all the<br />
fire engines, and other first responders,<br />
and compete in the World-Famous<br />
Pine Cone Olympics. This<br />
family-friendly event is entirely<br />
free and can be enjoyed by all ages.<br />
Please join the fun this year at Rim<br />
Nordic/Snow Valley, on Highway<br />
18 between Big Bear and Running<br />
Springs.<br />
The Festival’s theme is fire<br />
prevention, forest health and family<br />
fun. You may even enter your coulter<br />
or sugar pine cone in the World’s<br />
Largest Pine Cone contest, or bring<br />
your creative design to the Pine<br />
Cone Craft contest - all for prizes galore!<br />
This year there will be a gold<br />
panning demonstration/activity!<br />
Remember to check out the<br />
amazing vendor booths with wonderful<br />
items for early holiday shop-<br />
Cheekers at Last Year’s Pine Cone<br />
Festival. Photo by Mike Lee<br />
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The Annual Pine Cone Festival features<br />
pine cone art as well as dozens<br />
of other activities and attracts visitors<br />
from all over California.<br />
ping and great food vendors to satisfy<br />
your taste buds. There will be<br />
music all day, including local mountain<br />
favorites the <strong>Mountain</strong> Fifes &<br />
Drums, Dan McNay, Little Bear Valley<br />
Blues and others. Remember, the<br />
admission is FREE!<br />
Don’t forget to cheer on your<br />
favorite first responders as they compete<br />
in the Pine Cone Olympics Brigade<br />
– let’s see if Running Springs<br />
Fire holds on to its title as ch<strong>amp</strong>ion.<br />
Just 30 minutes from San<br />
Bernardino, and 60-75 minutes from<br />
many locations in Orange and Los<br />
Angeles Counties, the Festival is<br />
easy to find on Highway 18, just five<br />
miles east of Running Springs. After<br />
the Festival visit nearby <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>,<br />
<strong>Crestline</strong> or Big Bear. There<br />
will be plenty to do and enjoy in our<br />
local mountains into the evening or<br />
even the whole weekend. For more<br />
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Corks & Hops: cont. on pg. 10<br />
rian Rhea-Frances Tetley will share<br />
tidbits of local history with those on<br />
the shuttle, such as the fact the <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
post office is celebrating its<br />
100th anniversary on <strong>September</strong> 5.<br />
The shuttle stops at Encompass<br />
Antiques and Espie Bakes,<br />
where Jamboree Days Parade<br />
Grand Marshal Russ Keller will<br />
have his yellow Studebaker Hawk<br />
on display, as well as his new book,<br />
“<strong>Crestline</strong> the Swingingest Town in<br />
America,” and there are two delicious<br />
tastings of beer and wine in<br />
the Encompass parking lot. Many<br />
choose to indulge in one or more of<br />
Espie’s mini-cupcakes while there.<br />
The next stop for the shuttle<br />
is Trinket Traders, where the<br />
wine and beer tasting is in the rear<br />
outdoor patio. There was an extra<br />
band in front of the laundromat last<br />
month, and it has promised to return.<br />
Many folks then walk to the<br />
next block to experience the Bizzyland<br />
Garden. There, musicians<br />
are usually playing beautiful music<br />
on the stage in the secret garden.<br />
Most residents are unaware of the<br />
beauty hidden just 50 feet from<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> Drive in Bizzyland’s beautiful<br />
garden. They sit and relax under the<br />
trees and drink to the wonderful music.<br />
“The Bizzyland secret garden is<br />
amazing, peaceful and cool…. and<br />
I never knew it was hiding back<br />
there,” said one lifetime <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
resident.<br />
The <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Credit<br />
Union parking lot is the other location<br />
where wrist bands are sold by<br />
the chamber of commerce, along<br />
with extra pour tickets. The artisan<br />
faire is being held in this parking<br />
lot and the main stage is located<br />
there with a great band playing the<br />
entire time, with chairs to enjoy the<br />
music. In <strong>September</strong>, John Taylor’s<br />
band will be there. Here, <strong>Crestline</strong>’s<br />
Three Marm Brewery is offering<br />
its newest beer flavors and its hard<br />
ciders, along with a delicious wine.<br />
Next door is Rim Bowling and<br />
Family Fun Center with another<br />
pour station. Some have discovered<br />
the hidden stairway to the building<br />
and forever after park on the street<br />
and get their Subways sandwiches<br />
that way without entering the bowling<br />
center’s lower-than-street-level<br />
parking lot.<br />
Many then jump back onto<br />
the shuttle and ride in comfort to the<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> Gregory pour station. Some<br />
walk along the shaded sidewalk to<br />
the lake checking out the various<br />
businesses along the way. The lake<br />
is a peaceful place to just sit, relax<br />
and contemplate the quietness of<br />
the lake, while watching birds fishing<br />
in the lake. Last month, a bald<br />
eagle was observed flying over and<br />
fishing in the lake.<br />
Also, the North Shore parking<br />
lot is a free place to park your<br />
car for Corks & Hops. Many park<br />
there and anyone may get aboard<br />
the shuttle, wrist band or not, to enjoy<br />
the Corks & Hops festivities.<br />
From <strong>Lake</strong> Gregory, the bus<br />
reverses its direction and returns to<br />
town, with the first stop at the Ace<br />
Garden Center. Those who have<br />
just parked at <strong>Lake</strong> Gregory get off<br />
here to get their wrist bands at the<br />
<strong>Arrowhead</strong> Credit Union parking<br />
lot, which is just across the street.<br />
At the Ace Garden Center,<br />
another band is rocking out, with<br />
Buddy’s BBQ out front, plus another<br />
selection of brews and often the<br />
hard cider and the wines from <strong>Crestline</strong>’s<br />
own award-winning Sycamore<br />
Ranch Winery. The Ace Garden<br />
Center is another place where<br />
many Corks & Hops riders spend<br />
significant time drinking and listening<br />
to music.<br />
The last stop before going<br />
back to Top Town is a triple-whammy.<br />
The shuttle stop is at Higher<br />
Grounds Coffee Company, where<br />
there is live music playing on its<br />
large stage. Next door are Liberation<br />
Therapies and Designed by<br />
Faith, where the libations are being<br />
poured at the picnic tables under<br />
the trees in the shaded parking lots.<br />
This is another location where folks<br />
seem to linger with the breeze filtering<br />
through the trees.<br />
The loop is completed by<br />
returning to Top Town, or some<br />
go to another stop and enjoy more<br />
music or go shopping. Also, others<br />
cross the street over to Encompass,<br />
to get on the shuttle back to get<br />
back to their cars (if parked at the<br />
North Shore parking lot) if they’ve<br />
already been to Top Town.<br />
Corks & Hops will be held<br />
twice more this season on <strong>September</strong><br />
7 and October 3 from 3 p.m.<br />
to 8 p.m. Pre-sale tickets are $25,<br />
at www.corksnhops.com or follow<br />
social media for updates @corksnhops.<br />
Tickets are $35 the day of<br />
the event. For more information<br />
call the <strong>Crestline</strong> Chamber office at<br />
(909)338-2706 or email info@crestlinechamber.org<br />
Favoritism Toward None, Opportunity<br />
for All<br />
State Senator Mike Morrell<br />
represents the 23rd Senate District<br />
by State Senator Mike Morrell<br />
As the legislature finishes<br />
out this year’s session in the coming<br />
weeks, one bill that deserves<br />
increased scrutiny is AB 5 by Assemblymember<br />
Lorena Gonzalez<br />
(D-San Diego), which, if passed,<br />
would threaten the livelihoods of<br />
two million Californians.<br />
Many people choose to<br />
work as “independent contractors”<br />
rather than “employees” for the<br />
flexibility they have to set their own<br />
schedules and work-life balance.<br />
These jobs range from weekend<br />
referees and Uber or Lyft drivers to<br />
physical therapists, travel agents,<br />
and truckers.<br />
In 2018, however, the California<br />
Supreme Court issued a ruling<br />
commonly known as the “Dynamex<br />
decision” that abandoned<br />
long-established rules to determine<br />
whether someone is considered an<br />
independent worker or an employee.<br />
Put into force, workers would<br />
lose the right to work as independent<br />
contractors and, along with it,<br />
the freedom they value.<br />
The legislature, therefore,<br />
needed to clarify this area of state<br />
law.<br />
One solution I coauthored<br />
with Senate Republican Leader<br />
Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield),<br />
sought to create clarity by allowing<br />
Californians to continue choosing<br />
how they want to work. It proposed<br />
a framework that all industries<br />
could follow. SB 238 is a sensible<br />
solution that applies the law equally.<br />
Rather than pass SB 238, the<br />
majority on the Senate Labor, Public<br />
Employment, and Retirement<br />
Committee opted to vote out another<br />
bill supported largely by labor<br />
unions – AB 5 – putting into state<br />
law the provisions of the Dynamex<br />
decision. Doing so would effectively<br />
eliminate the ability to work as<br />
independent contractors except for<br />
a select list of industries exempted<br />
from the law.<br />
Whereas SB 238 would have<br />
treated every industry the same, AB<br />
5 chooses winners and losers. The<br />
process is a telling commentary on<br />
both the terrible ruling in Dynamex<br />
and this misguided approach to the<br />
issue.<br />
In making laws, we should<br />
do so with a mindset of opportunity<br />
for all and favoritism toward none.<br />
AB 5 does the opposite. The more<br />
government overreaches, the more<br />
it zaps the entrepreneurial spirit.<br />
California is a great place<br />
to live, work, and raise a family.<br />
Nevertheless, self-inflicted problems<br />
are beginning to outweigh our<br />
state’s God-given blessings.<br />
The only way to make substantial<br />
progress in expanding economic<br />
prosperity is by ensuring<br />
government does not stifle innovation<br />
and potential for success, taking<br />
bold action to prepare the state<br />
for the needs of the next generation.<br />
AB 5 is in the Senate and<br />
making its way through the legislative<br />
process. You can read this bill<br />
and SB 238 at leginfo.legislature.<br />
ca.gov. The deadline to pass bills<br />
for the year is <strong>September</strong> 13.<br />
To contact your senator on<br />
AB 5, you can find their information<br />
at findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov.<br />
State Senator Mike Morrell<br />
(R-Rancho Cucamonga) represents<br />
the 23rd Senate District, which includes<br />
portions of San Bernardino,<br />
Riverside, and Los Angeles counties.<br />
Not quite the crowd from the 60’s, but this updated version fit the bill for a<br />
great reunion of the music of the era, sans the heavy guitar riffs. Photo by<br />
Rebecca Smith<br />
Remembering Woodstock<br />
by Lynette Eastwood<br />
On a beautiful Saturday,<br />
August 17, <strong>2019</strong>, with the gorgeous<br />
Green Valley <strong>Lake</strong> in the distance,<br />
nearby spectators enjoyed a day<br />
glorifying an event that happened<br />
fifty years ago. As the fiftieth anniversary<br />
was being remembered<br />
across our nation with different<br />
forms of remembrance, many of<br />
these revelers dressed in the Woodstock<br />
“hippy day” styles of the late<br />
60’s with their tie-dyed everything,<br />
long unkempt hair, love beads and,<br />
of course, an abundance of peace<br />
signs.<br />
Besides just having an entertaining<br />
day, finding and wearing<br />
the clothes of those interesting days<br />
and to wear it once again, harkens<br />
the old-timers back into memory<br />
lane. A collaboration of local talent<br />
assembled together calling themselves<br />
the GVL All Star Jam Band.<br />
The bands members were composed<br />
of both full and part-time residents<br />
of the Green Valley <strong>Lake</strong>. To<br />
the delight of many, they continued<br />
to play for several hours with songs<br />
of those happy “Hippy Days.”<br />
There were song numbers<br />
from Bob Dylan; Joan Baez; Crosby,<br />
Stills, & Nash; Arlo Guthrie;<br />
“Hippies” at the GVL Woodstock<br />
Celebration. Photo by Rebecca Smith<br />
Santana; Janis Joplin; Joe Cocker;<br />
Jefferson Airplane; and, yes, even<br />
Jimi Hendrix (acoustical, of course).<br />
Many of the songs played were upbeat<br />
happy sing-along songs which<br />
made the audience more involved.<br />
There was a lunch and dinner<br />
being served in the Green Valley<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> Community Center for a nominal<br />
charge. And after dinner, there<br />
was psychedelic sundaes, brownies,<br />
and cupcakes that finished the meal<br />
off (and, of course, no drugs included).<br />
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Lynette with Yoda at the Strut your Mutt event in Green Valley <strong>Lake</strong>. Photo<br />
by S. Peter<br />
Further Adventures of Yoda<br />
by Lynette Eastwood<br />
This last August it was unusually<br />
warm and hot. Not only did<br />
we humans had to suffer but our little<br />
four-legged friends had more agony<br />
than us. Our home doesn’t have<br />
any air conditioning whatsoever. I<br />
did purchase a nice vertical fan from<br />
Costco with different settings plus a<br />
timer for us to use to cool off. But<br />
my little friend has a nice thick layer<br />
of fur which he can’t remove; all<br />
furry friends have the same problem<br />
and must hate this heat also. I often<br />
find him laying spread eagle on the<br />
bathroom floor trying to cool down<br />
on the tile.<br />
I heard on the news that the<br />
pavement our little friends are walking<br />
on without shoes can reach 140<br />
degrees. That probably is an exaggeration,<br />
but we do need to protect<br />
them from blisters. I have carried<br />
him several times, but it does take<br />
quite an effort…he’s small but solid<br />
weight. It’s more difficult than it<br />
looks. No wonder they are selling<br />
baby style walkers for dogs and if<br />
you have two, they have that for sale<br />
also.<br />
Yoda has gotten to attend<br />
some really terrific concerts in the<br />
Village the last couple of weeks. For<br />
Across<br />
from <strong>Lake</strong><br />
Gregory<br />
some reason they seem to save the<br />
best ones for the end of summer, but<br />
I guess it’s all in what type of music<br />
you like. Perhaps in the beginning<br />
some people are just happy that the<br />
concerts are beginning and then<br />
people start getting used to them,<br />
so attendance sometime dwindles.<br />
Maybe that is why the best is last so<br />
that people with their dogs will get<br />
enthusiastic again and attend them.<br />
On the nights when there isn’t some<br />
popular performer or band, the dog<br />
attendance seems to be down also,<br />
leaving Yoda a little restless and<br />
bored. When a dog does happen to<br />
walk by, Yoda is all excited barking<br />
his little call to them, “Hey come<br />
over here and play”. It’s the only<br />
way I can guess what he’s trying to<br />
say. Other dogs are just quietly sitting<br />
by their parents just watching,<br />
but Yoda is all eyes anxiously waiting<br />
for a response.<br />
Since we have been attending<br />
the concerts almost weekly<br />
there is one nice gentleman with a<br />
dog that comes regularly. He will<br />
sometimes come and say “Hello”<br />
to Yoda. He has a very nice friendly<br />
dog who is well behaved and<br />
doesn’t beg for other dogs to come<br />
and say “Hi” to him. I don’t know<br />
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how to stop him from begging the<br />
other dogs to come over.<br />
I guess Yoda is just making<br />
our life more interesting and not<br />
boring.<br />
Tonight, Yoda was lying<br />
near the edge of the bed. He had his<br />
paw in his mouth and it looked as if<br />
he was chewing on his nails like a<br />
person would if they were nervous.<br />
It also made me think of a kid sucking<br />
their thumb or maybe he wants<br />
to chew his nails off. I am going<br />
to investigate it on the internet and<br />
make a date to have them trimmed<br />
next week. It was cute to see his<br />
head slightly hanging over the edge<br />
of the bed with his paw in his mouth<br />
making little noises while attending<br />
to it. But I am his human mother<br />
and I think everything he does is<br />
cute.<br />
We often take Yoda to my<br />
friends’ mother’s convalescent hospital.<br />
He always seems to bring joy<br />
to her and the other residents of the<br />
hospital. Many are excited to see<br />
him and just touch him. In the future<br />
I should see if I can take him<br />
into a closer similar setting with<br />
patients who are bedridden or other<br />
circumstances. When I was in the<br />
hospital last year, I was happy to<br />
see him visit me and of course with<br />
his escort. It put happiness inside<br />
me for a short time and helped me<br />
forget the pain for a while.<br />
When visiting the eye doctor, I<br />
asked about Yoda’s eyes as they are<br />
known for their bulging out eyes<br />
which is one of a pug’s traits. He<br />
said he has a chihuahua and his dog<br />
need drops every day because of the<br />
drier weather so Yoda will be getting<br />
the same treatment too.<br />
Still no siblings for Yoda<br />
but I try to make it up to him with<br />
lots of walks, love, tummy rubs and<br />
food that he likes. He has to suffer<br />
sometimes with my endless chatter<br />
to him. When I’m angry I can pet<br />
him and try to forget why I was angry.<br />
Hope I am bringing him joy<br />
too. We talked to a friend recently<br />
who couldn’t attend an event because<br />
her Mom was having a doggie<br />
party…think it was for dachshunds.<br />
Sounds like a fun idea but hope it is<br />
being held outdoors.<br />
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Ralph and Ianita Wagner at the dedication of ALA’s Ralph Wagner building<br />
in 2018, which was attended by hundreds. Photo by Louise Cecil<br />
Ralph Wagner – <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
water expert: 1929-<strong>2019</strong><br />
By Louise Cecil<br />
The Celebration of Life<br />
Ceremony for Ralph Wagner (ALA,<br />
LACSD founder) has been set for<br />
Oct 6 at ALA’s Burnt Mill Beach<br />
Club, although the time is pending<br />
at press time. Ralph Wagner is a<br />
man who made a significant impact,<br />
not only in <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>, but in<br />
the entire state of California and<br />
was known nationally for his deep<br />
knowledge of water, water re-cycling<br />
and how to use the valuable<br />
resource to make it beneficial for<br />
the community. He passed away on<br />
August 15.<br />
Wagner was born in Los<br />
Angeles, California in 1929. As a<br />
hydrologist, he has been involved in<br />
the study of water since the 1950s<br />
and has made significant impacts<br />
on the <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> community<br />
in ways that still cannot be<br />
fully appreciated, since he helped<br />
launch both <strong>Arrowhead</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> Association<br />
(ALA) and the <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
Community Services District,<br />
(LACSD) when the state was<br />
threatening to drain 70 feet of water<br />
from <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> and the<br />
lake’s owner, Boise Cascade, didn’t<br />
want to act. He also helped head the<br />
committee to form Papoose <strong>Lake</strong> to<br />
support <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Dam as<br />
a solution to the poorly constructed<br />
dam problem back in the 1970s,<br />
which resulted in keeping the lake<br />
private and owned by the property<br />
owners.<br />
As a hydrologist and civil<br />
engineer over the years, Wagner has<br />
suggested solutions which solved<br />
problems for complex situations<br />
benefitting <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>. Wagner<br />
attended Stanford University<br />
and in 1952 earned a BSCE-Hydraulics<br />
option, then attended USC<br />
where he earned an MSCE-Sanitary<br />
option in 1959. His experience in<br />
civil engineering and his education<br />
led him to working on the replacement<br />
of <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>’s sewage<br />
plant in 1964. Wagner followed that<br />
by being on the water design team<br />
for the water spaces and sanitation<br />
systems during the 1969-72 building<br />
of Walt Disney World in Orlando,<br />
Florida. He purchased a vacation<br />
home in <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> in<br />
1972 after finishing with the Disney<br />
World project.<br />
When Boise Cascade was<br />
about to allow the state of California<br />
to drain 70 feet of water from<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> in 1974, part-time<br />
resident Wagner, with nine others,<br />
formed the <strong>Arrowhead</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> Association<br />
(ALA) by uniting homeowners<br />
and successfully proposed buying<br />
the lake in 1975 for $373,000,<br />
thus keeping <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> private.<br />
Wagner was ALA’s first elected<br />
president. He held that position<br />
for many years, and later was reelected<br />
ALA President again, and<br />
was on the ALA Board at the time<br />
of his death.<br />
If the residents hadn’t united<br />
and formed these agencies, the<br />
residents wouldn’t own the lake and<br />
the state would either have dropped<br />
70-feet from the height of the lake<br />
or made it into a public lake and<br />
the residents would have no control<br />
over it.<br />
In 1977, he began Ralph<br />
Wagner Consulting Engineer, Inc.,<br />
located in <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>, specializing<br />
in consulting engineering<br />
services related to water resources,<br />
water quality, wastewater treatment<br />
and disposal, hydrology, drainage,<br />
water supply and erosion control,<br />
and was honored as the “<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
Citizen of the Year” that<br />
same year.<br />
In 1978, when Boise Cascade<br />
wanted to sell the water company<br />
for $3,750,000, again Wagner<br />
stepped forward and the LACSD<br />
was formed with Wagner as its first<br />
president. With that service district<br />
created, in 1983, Wagner led another<br />
effort to improve <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>,<br />
suggesting recycling the water, so<br />
the LACSD acquired the <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
Sanitation District, using<br />
some of the processed recycled<br />
water to keep the golf course green<br />
through the drought cycle. “Water<br />
is water, before and after use,” he<br />
said; predicting over 30 years ago,<br />
“Someday we will recycle waste<br />
water into drinking water,” which<br />
some drought-prone communities<br />
are now investigating, since such<br />
technology is already being used in<br />
the space program.<br />
Wagner was very active in<br />
many community organizations<br />
and programs over the years. From<br />
his service in the Navy, he was a<br />
proud member of the America Legion,<br />
seen marching in the Blue Jay<br />
Christmas Parade. He was for many<br />
years the president of the Hamiltair<br />
Homeowners Association, on the<br />
board of directors for the Rim of the<br />
World Historical Society and was<br />
active in both the morning and noon<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Rotary clubs over<br />
the years and many other groups.<br />
In 2009, Wagner wrote the<br />
informative book on the history<br />
of <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>, “What is It?”<br />
This book was compiled from the<br />
11 years of articles he had written<br />
for “On the <strong>Mountain</strong> Magazine,”<br />
a local publication on the life, lifestyle<br />
and history of the San Bernardino<br />
<strong>Mountain</strong> communities. In<br />
the book, he explains the unique<br />
aspects of <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>, ALA,<br />
LACSD, various tunnels and structures<br />
and the history of the <strong>Lake</strong><br />
<strong>Arrowhead</strong> community, united into<br />
one historically accurate and fascinating<br />
book.<br />
The state of California recognized<br />
the innovative and forward-looking<br />
designs of Wagner<br />
and he was honored as the “Water<br />
Hero of the Year” in 2010, only the<br />
4th person to ever receive this honor<br />
from the California State Water<br />
Resources Institute. He continued<br />
to work with the Water Resources<br />
Institute at Cal State University<br />
San Bernardino through this year,<br />
sharing his depth of knowledge to<br />
influence the future of the state in<br />
relation to the future of water in<br />
California.<br />
The impact that Wagner<br />
made on the <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> community<br />
alone was immense. Last<br />
year when the <strong>Arrowhead</strong> <strong>Lake</strong><br />
Association office building was<br />
remodeled and upgraded, it was<br />
renamed ‘The Ralph Wagner Building’<br />
in his honor with a huge ribbon<br />
cutting ceremony on June 16, 2018.<br />
The newly arrived County Fire boat<br />
came to the ceremony and took<br />
Wagner on its maiden voyage, allowing<br />
him to fire the water cannon<br />
over the lake to celebrate after the<br />
ribbon cutting ceremony.<br />
An ALA spokesperson<br />
stated at the ceremony, “Ralph is<br />
a visionary leader and one of the<br />
founders of the <strong>Arrowhead</strong> <strong>Lake</strong><br />
Association. With Ralph’s profes-<br />
sional training in engineering, experience<br />
and aptitude in the field<br />
of water resources, he has been instrumental<br />
in moving projects forward<br />
and helping the organization<br />
become what it is today.” Wagner<br />
served the organization in many<br />
positions, elected as ALA President<br />
two separate times and was currently<br />
actively on serving on the ALA<br />
Board as Chair of the <strong>Lake</strong> Operations<br />
and Maintenance Committee.<br />
The San Bernardino County<br />
Board of Supervisors adopted a<br />
resolution, also in 2018, thanking<br />
Wagner for his “valuable service<br />
and leadership in the mountain<br />
communities.”<br />
Ralph met his second wife,<br />
Ianita, the story goes, in the 1970s<br />
while dining at The Sportsman’s<br />
Lodge Restaurant when she lost her<br />
contact lens and he helped her find<br />
it. Ianita was already well known<br />
in the community. She was very<br />
involved in the <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
Water Ski Club, beginning in the<br />
1960s, and became the first female<br />
racing boat driver on <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>.<br />
In 1970, she was declared<br />
“The Remarkable Lady of <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>.”<br />
They married in 1979,<br />
and celebrated on August 11, their<br />
40th wedding anniversary. They’re<br />
longtime members of both the <strong>Lake</strong><br />
<strong>Arrowhead</strong> Water Ski Club and the<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Yacht Club. They<br />
had spent the evening, before his<br />
peaceful death, at the Yacht Club<br />
with friends, with him cooking<br />
steaks and enjoying the <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
lifestyle he had helped to<br />
maintain through his efforts with<br />
water and ALA over the decades.<br />
Wagner passed away on<br />
August 15, <strong>2019</strong>, not awaking that<br />
morning, which was such a surprise<br />
to his many friends, since he<br />
had many activities planned for that<br />
coming week, including Ianita’s<br />
birthday and narrating the History<br />
and Celebrity Cruise on the <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
Queen for the Historical Society<br />
and introducing the history of<br />
ALA’s tunnels on the tunnel tours.<br />
His long life was filled with many<br />
beneficial community and family<br />
activities and his many friends are<br />
already missing his personality, dry<br />
wit and contribution of knowledge<br />
to many situations.<br />
Wagner is survived by his<br />
wife of 40 years, Ianita, children<br />
from his first marriage to Sherry;<br />
Richard Wagner and Shelley Gillilan,<br />
grandchildren Luke, Heather<br />
and Ryan and great-grandchildren<br />
Madison, Tyler and Ali and Ianita’s<br />
children and grandchildren.<br />
A community Celebration of Life<br />
is being scheduled for late <strong>September</strong><br />
or early October, but the details<br />
are not yet completed, as to location<br />
or exact time and date. It is anticipated<br />
from his many contacts, contributions,<br />
clubs and impact on the<br />
community over the decades, the<br />
ceremony will be well attended.<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>2019</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Lifestyle</strong> (C) Page 13
10th Annual <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Brewfest<br />
Guests Experience Artisanal Craft<br />
Brew in a Forest Festival at the<br />
<strong>Lake</strong>front<br />
The <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Communities<br />
Chamber of Commerce<br />
together with the <strong>Mountain</strong> Brew<br />
Club have announced the 10th Annual<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Brewfest on<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 7, <strong>2019</strong> 12pm<br />
to 5pm. The festival will be held at<br />
a new, breathtaking location at the<br />
lakefront, Tavern Bay Beach Club.<br />
It’s cooler up here in the mountains!<br />
For a high-altitude adventure in<br />
the San Bernardino mountains and<br />
National Forest Brewfest is a rare<br />
opportunity to experience <strong>Lake</strong><br />
<strong>Arrowhead</strong>’s award-winning local<br />
crafts you won’t find anywhere<br />
else. The festival is a celebration of<br />
craft brews featuring live entertainment<br />
and local fare. Brewfest features<br />
live entertainment from The<br />
Maltose Falcons Brews Band, experienced<br />
brewers celebrating their<br />
30th year playing inspired music<br />
together. At Brewfest you’ll experience<br />
both their music and brews<br />
featured at the event.<br />
Guests s<strong>amp</strong>le unlimited<br />
brews at the Brewfest from our<br />
craft purveyors, some you simply<br />
won’t find anywhere else. Commemorating<br />
our 10th Anniversary<br />
of <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Brewfest, some<br />
of our breweries have been with us<br />
since the beginning of Brewfest:<br />
Hangar 24, <strong>Mountain</strong> Brew Club<br />
and Stone Brewing Company.<br />
Breweries:<br />
• Belching Beaver Co<br />
• Desert Barn Brewery<br />
• Firestone Walker Brewing Company<br />
• Hanger 24<br />
• Karl Strauss Brewing Company<br />
• Lou Eddies Pizza and Brewery<br />
• Lagunitas Brewing<br />
• Skyland Ale Works<br />
• Stone Brewing Company<br />
• Storytellers Brewery<br />
• Strand Brewing Company<br />
• Three Marm Brewing Co.<br />
• Wicks Brewing Company<br />
Homebrew Clubs:<br />
• Brewluminati<br />
• High Desert Homebrewers<br />
Anonymous<br />
• Horse Thief Brewers<br />
• Inland Empire Home Brewing<br />
Club<br />
• Maltose Falcons<br />
• Mash Masters Brewing Club<br />
• <strong>Mountain</strong> Brew Club<br />
Local Winery:<br />
Sycamore Ranch Winery<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Brewfest<br />
is the place to experience our<br />
award-winning local artisans, together<br />
with acclaimed SoCal breweries,<br />
all in one spectacular festival.<br />
LouEddie’s Pizza And Brewery<br />
Named one of the 100 most Yelped<br />
about restaurants nationwide!<br />
LouEddie’s master brewers serve<br />
up their own unique crafts, including<br />
“Backwoods Porter” and “Amberwood<br />
Ale”. You can also find<br />
their crafts at LouEddie’s Sidedoor<br />
Saloon and in the Beer Garden<br />
in magical Skyforest and Willow<br />
Woods.<br />
Sycamore Ranch Vineyard &<br />
Winery<br />
S<strong>amp</strong>ling Ciders from this<br />
award-winning local winery. Its<br />
the heat is here!<br />
Air Conditioning Special<br />
$69 95 + Freon<br />
• Includes performance system check<br />
• Leak test all components, connections &<br />
controls<br />
• Check drive belts & hoses<br />
COUPON<br />
• Must present coupon before test for discount.<br />
• Valid with coupon only<br />
• Not valid with other offers<br />
Tires • Brakes • Computer Alignments<br />
*Valid with coupon only • Not valid with other offers<br />
Expires 9-30-19<br />
Reg. $99.95<br />
SMOG SPECIAL<br />
most Vehicles built<br />
2000 and newer for $<br />
59 95<br />
2461 Hunsaker Dr.,<br />
Running Springs<br />
909<br />
867-0025<br />
2017 Grenache wine just won 1st<br />
place the <strong>2019</strong> Sunset Magazine International<br />
Wine Competition competing<br />
against over 2,700 entries!<br />
The Grapevine<br />
Is showcasing its paring of its delicious<br />
food with the crafts at Brewfest.<br />
Visitors come from all over<br />
SoCal to enjoy its fine craft brew,<br />
exquisite wines, tasting events and<br />
unique food pairings over breathtaking<br />
lake views and live music at<br />
its prime Village location.<br />
Three Marm Brewing Co.<br />
Pouring its growing selection of<br />
mountain-inspired brews! Celebrity<br />
brewer and <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
resident Andy Divoff returns to<br />
Brewfest this year pouring “Djinn’s<br />
Hellabrew,” a craft beer that just<br />
won 1st place at the National Or-<br />
come in & try the<br />
molcahete<br />
enough food for<br />
two or more<br />
only $23.95<br />
BREAKFAST • LUNCH • DINNER<br />
Taco Tuesday Happy Hour<br />
Soft Tacos $2.50<br />
2-5PM Mon-Thurs.<br />
• Chicken • Steak • Pork<br />
Gift<br />
Cards<br />
Available<br />
ange Show Fair. You know Andy as<br />
“Djinn” from the Wishmaster films,<br />
and you’ve seen him in Another 48<br />
Hours, The Hunt for Red October,<br />
Air Force One, among others. Each<br />
year Andy raises funds for scholarships<br />
to students of the arts through<br />
The <strong>Mountain</strong> Film & Theatre Arts<br />
Scholarship Fund.<br />
To purchase tickets or learn more<br />
about the <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Brewfest,<br />
call the <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Communities<br />
Chamber of Commerce at<br />
(909) 336-1547 or visit www.ilovelakearrowhead.com<br />
and click on<br />
the Brewfest event.<br />
Ticket sales support the<br />
Chamber’s year-round roster of<br />
events and activities that help <strong>Lake</strong><br />
<strong>Arrowhead</strong> businesses and villages<br />
thrive.<br />
Monday Margaritas<br />
$6 all Day*<br />
*House Margaritas<br />
28575 State Hwy. 18<br />
Skyforest, CA<br />
(909) 337-7733<br />
MOUNTAIN<br />
DINING<br />
RUNNING SPRINGS AREA<br />
El Toto’s Restaurant<br />
31927 Hilltop Blvd., Running Springs<br />
Phone: (909) 939- 0291<br />
Deep Creek Drive- In<br />
32890 Hilltop Blvd., Arrowbear<br />
Phone: (909) 867-3700<br />
Hilltop Chinese Restaurant<br />
31956 Hilltop Blvd., Running Springs<br />
Phone: (909) 891-0965<br />
Neo’s Pizza House<br />
32000 Hilltop Blvd., Running Springs<br />
Phone: (909) 867-5373<br />
Old Country Coffee Shop<br />
3<strong>2019</strong> Holiday Ln., Running Springs<br />
Phone:(909) 867-3100<br />
Blondie’s Grill & Bar<br />
33227 Hilltop Blvd., Arrowbear<br />
Phone: (909) 867-9000<br />
Rocky’s Outpost & Trading Co.<br />
32150 Hilltop Blvd., Running Springs<br />
Phone: (909) 939-0501<br />
The Malt Shoppe<br />
33249 Green Valley <strong>Lake</strong> Rd.<br />
Green Valley <strong>Lake</strong><br />
Phone: (909) 939-0515<br />
LAKE ARROWHEAD AREA<br />
LouEddies Pizza<br />
28561 Hwy. 18, Skyforest<br />
Phone: (909) 336-4931<br />
Rosalva’s Skyforest<br />
28575 Hwy. 18, Skyforest<br />
Phone: (909) 337-7733<br />
The Tudor House<br />
800 <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Villas Rd.<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
Phone: (909) 336-5000<br />
Cedar Glen Malt Shop<br />
29125 Hook Creek Rd,<br />
Cedar Glen<br />
909-337-6640<br />
Cedar Glen Coffee Shop<br />
28942 Hook Creek Rd.,<br />
Cedar Glen<br />
909-337-8999<br />
LAKE ARROWHEAD AREA (cont.)<br />
Bill’s Villager Coffee Shop<br />
27195CA-189, Blue Jay<br />
Phone: (909) 337-9069<br />
Arturo’s Mexican Restaurant<br />
27159 CA-189, Blue Jay<br />
(909) 337-5500<br />
RB’s Steak House<br />
29020 Oak Terrace, Cedar Glen<br />
(909) 336-4363<br />
CRESTLINE AREA<br />
Stockade<br />
23881 <strong>Lake</strong> Drive, <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
(909) 338-2465<br />
Subway<br />
23991 <strong>Lake</strong> Drive, <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
(909) 338-5551<br />
The A Restaurant<br />
24194 <strong>Lake</strong> Drive, <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
(909) 338-2423<br />
Higher Grounds Coffee House<br />
23776 <strong>Lake</strong> Dr, , <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
(909) 589-2772<br />
<strong>Crestline</strong> Café<br />
23943 <strong>Lake</strong> Dr. <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
(909) 338-4128<br />
La Casita<br />
633 Forest Shade Road, <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
(909) 338-9196<br />
Mandarin Garden<br />
24046 <strong>Lake</strong> Dr., <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
(909) 338-6482<br />
McDonald’s<br />
24078 <strong>Lake</strong> Dr., <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
(909) 693-3388<br />
Toni’s Kitchen Mexican Food<br />
24194 <strong>Lake</strong> Dr., <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
(909) 338-9377<br />
Giuseppi’s Pizza<br />
(inside Rim Bowling)<br />
23991 <strong>Lake</strong> Dr, <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
(909) 338-5550<br />
Deep Creek Drive-In<br />
Serving Mexican and American Cuisine<br />
Lunch Specials From 11-3PM<br />
(Mon.-Fri.)<br />
Weekend Special<br />
Fri, Sat, Sun Nights<br />
Prime Rib $11.25<br />
Rib Eye $11.25<br />
Coconut Shrimp $11.25<br />
Taco Tuesday & Thursday<br />
Tacos starting at $1.50<br />
$7.99<br />
+ tax<br />
Cheeseburger<br />
Special<br />
w/Fries & Soda<br />
Enchilada Special<br />
Mondays 5PM - til close<br />
(2) enchilates beans, & rice)<br />
cheese • chicken • beef • ground beef<br />
Thurs. Locals Night 15% OFF<br />
32890 Hilltop Blvd., Arrowbear, CA 909-867-3700<br />
The Bear House<br />
Family Restaurant<br />
Live Entertainment (In Our Lounge) 8PM-11PM<br />
(Friday & Sat. Nights)<br />
Happy Hour<br />
3PM-6PM<br />
Happy Hour Menu (Mon-Thurs.)<br />
$2 Off All Happy Hour Appetizers<br />
TUESDAYS<br />
Street Tacos<br />
$1.50 each<br />
House<br />
Karoake on<br />
Saturdays<br />
23420 Crest Forest Dr., <strong>Crestline</strong>, CA<br />
(909) 338-8100<br />
on Facebook: thebearhousefamilyrestaurant<br />
27195 CA-189, Blue Jay, CA<br />
(909)337-9069<br />
www.billsvillager.com<br />
Now carrying the Impossible Burger!<br />
come in and try it!<br />
coupon<br />
Free drink<br />
with purchase of<br />
any entree<br />
Good through July 31, <strong>2019</strong><br />
• Up to 4 persons • one coupon per table •<br />
Karoake<br />
Fridays 8-11 PM<br />
DJ Nora<br />
TACO<br />
WEDNESDAYS<br />
specials mon thru sunday<br />
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Preparedness: from page 6<br />
• Local Government agencies have<br />
developed plans to coordinate evacuations.<br />
• Obey orders from law enforcement<br />
and fire officers. Your failure<br />
to evacuate could jeopardize your<br />
family and emergency responder<br />
safety. Lives take priority over<br />
property.<br />
• Load your “important stuff’ (important<br />
documents, photographs,<br />
medications, etc.) and Emergency<br />
Supply Kit into your car. Load pets<br />
at the last minute when the family<br />
leaves.<br />
You have been asked to leave:<br />
• Drive with your headlights on for<br />
visibility.<br />
• Drive calmly with special attention<br />
to public safety vehicles.<br />
Do not attempt to re-enter the area<br />
until officials declare it safe for<br />
re-entry.<br />
And if there’s time ...<br />
• Be sure that all windows and<br />
doors are closed.<br />
• Close metal window blinds.<br />
• Remove light curtains and other<br />
combustible from windows.<br />
• Cluster lawn furniture and other<br />
things that might snag firefighter<br />
hose lines.<br />
• Leave exterior lights on. It helps<br />
firefighters find the house in the<br />
smoke.<br />
• Don’t leave garden sprinklers on,<br />
they can waste critical water pressure.<br />
• Shut off water, gas and electricity<br />
before leaving, if instructed to do<br />
so.<br />
• Post a note telling others w hen<br />
you left and where you are going.<br />
• Listen to your battery powered<br />
radio and follow the instructions of<br />
local emergency officials.<br />
• Wear protective clothing and<br />
sturdy shoes.<br />
• Take your family disaster supplies<br />
kit.<br />
• Lock your home.<br />
Emergency Alert System (EAS)<br />
The EAS is a warning system to<br />
provide the public with immediate<br />
messages that affect life and property.<br />
EAS is a way to provide emergency<br />
information quickly by radio,<br />
television and cable licensees to the<br />
public. During an emergency tune<br />
to your local EAS radio broadcast<br />
stations listed or a station in your<br />
area.<br />
95.1 FM KFRG High Desert/Valley<br />
98.9 FM KHWY High Desert<br />
102.3 FM KZXY Victor Valley<br />
107.7 FM KCDZ Yucca Valley/<br />
Joshua Tree<br />
Additional information available at:<br />
www.fema.gov<br />
www.oes.ca.gov<br />
www.redcross.org<br />
LOCAL LIVING LEGENDS<br />
Local Living Legend: Lynette Eastwood<br />
by Kevin Somes<br />
The Running Springs Communities<br />
are fortunate to have numerous<br />
Living Legends who have<br />
contributed great things to our<br />
Communities. This month’s Living<br />
Legend has played an instrumental<br />
role in giving a voice to the Running<br />
Springs Communities. As<br />
many know, the Running Springs<br />
Area did not have its own newspaper<br />
until Steve Peter began publishing<br />
the <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Lifestyle</strong>. Lynette<br />
Eastwood has been involved since<br />
the beginning as a contributor and<br />
perhaps Steve’s biggest supporter.<br />
She has spent many a sleepless<br />
night helping write, edit and layout<br />
the paper.<br />
Lynette moved to the mountains<br />
in 2014 to be closer to her son<br />
who lived in <strong>Crestline</strong>. She hoped<br />
for a slower lifestyle and while she<br />
was at first concerned that living on<br />
the mountain might prove to be expensive<br />
due to factors such as higher<br />
energy costs during the colder<br />
months-- fortunately that was not<br />
the case.<br />
Lynette grew up in the<br />
Los Angeles area and her mother<br />
worked for the Los Angeles County<br />
Sheriff’s Department. Due to her<br />
familiarity with the Department<br />
and thanks to her mother’s tenure<br />
and influence, Lynette also ended<br />
up working for the Department as a<br />
patrol secretary.<br />
Lynette’s first introduction<br />
to the mountains was when her<br />
mother purchased a small cabin and<br />
then upgraded to a larger second<br />
home up here. Her mother taught<br />
her to love the mountains and especially<br />
the Dogwood Trees which<br />
she still enjoys today.<br />
While Lynette has seen numerous<br />
changes in our communities<br />
during her time here, she notes<br />
that certain things never change—in<br />
particular, the peace and quiet, less<br />
crime and traffic plus the friendliness<br />
of the people in the communities<br />
up here.<br />
Lynette’s interest in working<br />
to give the residents of the<br />
Running Springs Communities a<br />
voice via the <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Lifestyle</strong><br />
is ingrained in her writing background.<br />
After having left the Los<br />
Angeles County Sheriff’s Department,<br />
Lynette worked for and retired<br />
from Rockwell International<br />
in Downey working with the contract<br />
and proposal team for almost<br />
ten years. She would often rewrite<br />
proposals for contracts the company<br />
was bidding on. Additionally,<br />
Lynette enjoys writing as evidenced<br />
by her course of study in college.<br />
She studied Environmental Science<br />
which required intensive research<br />
and writing many term papers.<br />
Lynette has certainly helped<br />
make <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Lifestyle</strong> a successful<br />
newspaper and has greatly contributed<br />
to giving the residents and<br />
visitors of Arrowbear, Green Valley<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> and Running Springs in particular<br />
a voice and trusted news<br />
source. For those reasons and her<br />
involvement in many Community<br />
activities, Lynette is a perfect ex<strong>amp</strong>le<br />
of a Local Living Legend.<br />
The Rim Special Athlete’s Foundation<br />
by Kevin Somes<br />
The Rim Special Athletes<br />
Foundation is pleased to present its<br />
second annual “An Evening on the<br />
<strong>Mountain</strong> Top” at Snow Valley on<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 28. Attendees<br />
will enjoy a breathtaking ride on<br />
Southern California’s first and only<br />
high speed 6 seat lift. During the<br />
summer months the Snow Valley<br />
Express operates at a reduced speed<br />
for Guests to enjoy the beauty of<br />
our San Bernardino National Forest.<br />
Beginning at 4pm and continuing<br />
until approximately 6pm, attendees<br />
will enjoy wine, cheese and music<br />
at Snow Valley’s new <strong>Mountain</strong><br />
Top Terrace. A delicious dinner will<br />
be served at Snow Valley’s Chalet<br />
along with entertainment plus both a<br />
live and silent auction. Some auction<br />
items include dining experiences<br />
at local restaurants plus a customized<br />
ski lift chair perfect for use as a<br />
swing or bench on one’s porch.<br />
An Evening on the <strong>Mountain</strong><br />
is the Foundation’s primary<br />
fundraiser and allows its participants<br />
to enjoy recreational activities year<br />
around. The primary objective of<br />
Rim of the World Special Athletes<br />
Foundation is to provide a recreational<br />
experience that is safe and<br />
positive for adaptive individuals. It<br />
provides year-round activities for<br />
adaptive athletes, serving veterans<br />
and individuals from our mountain<br />
communities and beyond. More<br />
information about the Rim Special<br />
Athletes Foundation is available online<br />
at rimspecialathletes.org<br />
The Foundation and its participants<br />
hope to see you at Snow<br />
Valley on Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 28.<br />
Tickets may be purchased online at<br />
snow-valley.com. One hundred percent<br />
of the proceeds from the tickets<br />
sold by Snow Valley will be provided<br />
to the Foundation.<br />
The “Woodstock” boys in the band (a.k.a GVL All Star Band) are from L<br />
to R: John Loftus, Richard Steward, Patrick Huckaby, Brad Runsick and<br />
John Giarelli. Photo by Rebecca Smith<br />
Woodstock: from page 11<br />
While the mostly greyhaired<br />
visitors enjoyed the music,<br />
participants were able to dance their<br />
hearts away accompanying the<br />
band. Others threw around a huge<br />
blown-up beach ball while<br />
kids enjoyed playing with<br />
balloons made by a balloon<br />
artist. Around the community<br />
center grounds, as well<br />
on the side of the street were<br />
various articles for sale with<br />
the Woodstock theme in<br />
mind.<br />
This event was quite<br />
enjoyable for everyone<br />
while many in the crowd<br />
wanted to start an early tradition<br />
to remember the good old days of<br />
Woodstock and continue with the<br />
Peace and Love theme. The attendees<br />
hoped that it could be a start of a<br />
yearly event for those lazy summer<br />
days of August.<br />
Dancing was stongly recommended at the<br />
Woodstock Event. Photo by Rebecca Smith<br />
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Everyone is getting into the Act!<br />
by Steven Peter<br />
Well for the longest time it<br />
was just the United States and the<br />
Russians that were battling each<br />
other back in the 60s in the Space<br />
Race. Not anymore! While the current<br />
administration is set to go back<br />
to the moon and then Mars, many<br />
more countries are getting into the<br />
act. In the next several months we<br />
will see a plethora of countries and<br />
commercial launches with flights<br />
into either the International Space<br />
Station, the testing of orbital spacecraft,<br />
or actually landing on other<br />
planets or moons.<br />
China is charging forward<br />
with its desire to land astronauts<br />
on the moon. France, backed by<br />
the European Space Agency, will<br />
launch its Arianespace Vega rocket<br />
from French Guiana. India is<br />
also planning a soft landing on<br />
the moon in <strong>September</strong>. Japan will<br />
launch its cargo supply ship from<br />
Tanegashima Space Center in Japan<br />
to rendezvous with the International<br />
Space Station. Italy is using<br />
France’s Arianespace Vega rocket<br />
to launch its COSMO-SkyMed satellite.<br />
Don’t forget commercial<br />
US companies that are also shooting<br />
for outer space, the moon, and<br />
the planets. Along with SpaceX,<br />
are Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne<br />
rocket (scheduled for Novem-<br />
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Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus NG<br />
mission (scheduled for October).<br />
You can add to this agreements and<br />
combined agencies as the United<br />
Launch Alliance, and International<br />
Launch Services (a combined effort<br />
from several European countries).<br />
Many of the launches are carried<br />
live on the NASA channel or RocketLaunch.Live<br />
Some upcoming dates are:<br />
Aug. 24: The Russian unpiloted<br />
Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft will dock<br />
at the International Space Station.<br />
Aug. 27: The SpaceX Dragon CRS-<br />
18 cargo craft will depart the International<br />
Space Station.<br />
Also, in August:<br />
• A Russian Rocket vehicle will<br />
launch a GEO-IK 2 spacecraft satellite<br />
that will measure variations in<br />
Earth’s gravitational field. It will lift<br />
off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.<br />
<strong>September</strong><br />
Sept. 2: An Arianespace Vega rocket<br />
will launch on the Small Spacecraft<br />
Mission Service (SSMS)<br />
proof-of-concept mission with multiple<br />
small satellites from Kourou,<br />
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SpaceX’s “Starhopper”, the latest in the<br />
company’s desire to launch people into<br />
space.<br />
HTV-8 cargo resupply mission to<br />
the International Space Station. It<br />
will lift off from the Tanegashima<br />
Space Center on a Japanese H-2B<br />
rocket.<br />
Sept. 25: Three new Exp<strong>edition</strong> 61<br />
crewmembers will launch to the<br />
International Space Station in the<br />
Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft: NASA<br />
astronaut Jessica Meir, Russian cosmonaut<br />
Oleg Skripochka, and Hazzaa<br />
Ali Almansoori of the United<br />
Arab Emirates.<br />
Also, in <strong>September</strong>:<br />
• The Boeing CST-100 Starliner<br />
may launch on its first un-crewed<br />
mission, called the Orbital Flight<br />
Test (OFT), to the International<br />
Space Station. It will lift off from<br />
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station<br />
in Florida on a United Launch Alliance<br />
Atlas V rocket.<br />
• India’s Small Satellite Launch<br />
Vehicle (SSLV) will launch on its<br />
first orbital test flight. It will launch<br />
from the Satish Dhawan Space Center<br />
in Sriharikota, India.<br />
October<br />
Oct. 2: In a Change of Command<br />
ceremony at the International Space<br />
Station, Russian Cosmonaut Alexey<br />
Ovchinin will hand over command<br />
of the space station to European<br />
Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano.<br />
Oct. 3: NASA astronaut Nick<br />
Hague, Russian cosmonaut Alexey<br />
Ovchinin and Hazzaa Ali Almansoori<br />
of the United Arab Emirates<br />
will return to Earth from the International<br />
Space Station.<br />
Oct. 21: Northrop Grumman will<br />
launch the Cygnus NG-12 cargo<br />
mission to the International Space<br />
Station. It will lift off from Wallops<br />
Island, Virginia.<br />
Also, in October:<br />
• India will launch the first Cartosat<br />
3-series Earth observation satellite.<br />
• A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is<br />
expected to launch the second batch<br />
of approximately 60 satellites for<br />
SpaceX’s Starlink constellation.<br />
November<br />
Nov. 20: A Russian Soyuz rocket<br />
will launch 32 satellites for One-<br />
Web’s global satellite internet constellation.<br />
It will lift off from the<br />
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.<br />
Nov. 20: Russia will use a Proton<br />
rocket to launch the Elektro-L 3<br />
geostationary weather satellite from<br />
the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.<br />
Also, in November:<br />
• Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner<br />
will launch on its first crewed<br />
test flight to the International<br />
Space Station.<br />
• Crew Dragon Demo 2:<br />
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon<br />
spacecraft is scheduled to<br />
take its first crewed test flight<br />
to the International Space Station<br />
with NASA astronauts<br />
Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on<br />
board. This will be the Crew Dragon’s<br />
first test flight with astronauts<br />
on board.<br />
• An Arianespace Vega rocket will<br />
launch the United Arab Emirates’<br />
Falcon Eye 2 Earth observation satellite<br />
from Kourou, French Guiana.<br />
• A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will<br />
lannch the JCSAT 18/Pacific 1 communications<br />
satellite from Cape Canaveral<br />
Air Force Station in Florida.<br />
• Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket<br />
will launch 14 cubesats for the<br />
ELaNa-20 rideshare mission. A<br />
Boeing 747 named “Cosmic Girl”<br />
will air-launch the rocket over the<br />
Pacific Ocean after taking off from<br />
the Mojave Air and Space Port in<br />
California.<br />
• An Arianespace Soyuz rocket will<br />
launch the first COSMO-SkyMed<br />
Second Generation (CSG 1) radar<br />
surveillance satellite for the Italian<br />
space agency. Flying as a secondary<br />
payload is the European Space<br />
Agency’s Characterizing Exoplanet<br />
Satellite (CHEOPS). The mission<br />
will lift off from the Guiana Space<br />
Center in French Guiana.<br />
• India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle<br />
(SSLV) will launch on its first<br />
commercial mission with four Earth<br />
observation satellites for Black-<br />
Sky Global. It will lift off from the<br />
Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota,<br />
India.<br />
December<br />
Dec. 20: A Russian Soyuz rocket<br />
will launch a Progress cargo delivery<br />
spacecraft to the International<br />
Space Station.<br />
Also, in December<br />
• A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will<br />
launch the third GPS 3 satellite for<br />
the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning<br />
System from Cape Canaveral<br />
Air Force Station in Florida.<br />
• The U.S. Air Force’s super-secret<br />
X-37B space plane will launch on<br />
its sixth classified mission. A United<br />
Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket<br />
will launch the mission from Cape<br />
Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.<br />
• China will return the first lunar<br />
s<strong>amp</strong>le return mission attempted<br />
since 1976.<br />
• An International Launch Services<br />
Proton rocket will launch the Eutelsat<br />
5 West B communications satellite<br />
and the first Mission Extension<br />
Vehicle for Northrop Grumman.<br />
Natures Way Of Purifying The Air<br />
You Breathe In Your Home<br />
by Lynette Eastwood<br />
We, as Americans, are estimated<br />
to spend more time indoors<br />
than our ancestors did. It may be<br />
as much as ninety percent for most<br />
of us. Indoor settings seem as safe<br />
surroundings on the surface, but<br />
these environments can hold a slew<br />
of harmful chemicals. Some of<br />
these chemicals may include toluene<br />
(paint thinners), xylene (common<br />
tar), ammonia (fertilizers and<br />
cleaners), benzene, trichloroethylene<br />
(man-made fibers and printed<br />
materials), and formaldehyde<br />
(insecticides and particle board).<br />
These types of toxins are naturally<br />
dangerous to all people but can be<br />
extremely harmful for those with<br />
respiratory illnesses such as Chronic<br />
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease<br />
(COPD).<br />
Here are some suggestions of ways<br />
that you can help purify the air<br />
you are breathing to enhance your<br />
health for yourself and others.<br />
Beeswax Candles<br />
Beeswax candles are just<br />
candles made from beeswax. The<br />
difference with these candles than<br />
regular ones is that they do not emit<br />
any smoke. Traditional candles are<br />
usually derived from petroleum and<br />
may release benzene, toluene, or<br />
soot into the air. In contrast, beeswax<br />
candles are producing negative<br />
ions in the air that will help<br />
remove air pollutions and other toxins<br />
in our air. Still another benefit<br />
of a beeswax candle is that it burns<br />
much slower than traditional wax<br />
or paraffin candles, meaning they<br />
last longer and won’t have to be replaced<br />
as often.<br />
Salt L<strong>amp</strong>s<br />
Himalayan salt l<strong>amp</strong>s are<br />
made of a pink rock salt mined in<br />
the Indo-Gangetic Plain. When one<br />
of these of suitable size is found,<br />
it is converted into a salt l<strong>amp</strong>. It<br />
is created by carving a hollow into<br />
Lynette Eastwood<br />
the crystal and replacing it with an<br />
incandescent bulb. When the heat<br />
is emitted from the base it creates<br />
negative ions into the air which<br />
help to remove toxins in the air and<br />
neutralize them. These Himalayan<br />
salt l<strong>amp</strong>s are known for their beautiful<br />
pinkish glow and best of all<br />
they may help promote sleep and a<br />
feeling of well-being. Note: Please<br />
keep your salt l<strong>amp</strong>s out of reach of<br />
dogs and cats as they may lick the<br />
l<strong>amp</strong> and become very sick, noting<br />
that cats may also climb, you may<br />
want to keep a hard metal frame<br />
around it.<br />
Purifying Plants (Peace Lilly)<br />
Besides being an attractive addition<br />
to your home, plants are biologically<br />
engineered to take in carbon dioxide<br />
and convert it to oxygen. Not<br />
all types of plants can achieve the<br />
best air for your environment. There<br />
are some specific types of plants<br />
that also work to take in harmful<br />
chemicals and other pollutants such<br />
as benzene, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene,<br />
toluene, xylene, and<br />
ammonia. NASA has suggested the<br />
peace lily as the most beneficial<br />
of all air-purifying house plants,<br />
which requires very little water or<br />
sunlight. It considered one of the<br />
most beautiful but actively takes in<br />
all the toxins to produce oxygen.<br />
Bamboo Charcoal<br />
Also known as activated<br />
charcoal, bamboo charcoal is odorless<br />
and highly absorptive. Sometimes<br />
it is used as a do-it-yourself<br />
water filter. This charcoal can have<br />
the same effect in purifying your air<br />
by removing toxins and odor in the<br />
air. It is usually packaged in a linen<br />
bag. The bamboo charcoal works<br />
to absorb unpleasant odors, remove<br />
bacteria, harmful pollutants, and<br />
allergens. Also, it can dehumidify<br />
air. The most remarkable aspect of<br />
bamboo charcoal is its longevity. It<br />
is entirely safe for children and pets,<br />
and this bamboo charcoal can rejuvenate<br />
itself if placed in sunlight<br />
once a month and can be reused for<br />
up to two years. As an added benefit<br />
it can also be used as a fertilizer.<br />
Join Us in Showing Appreciation -<br />
California First Responder Day!<br />
Senator Mike Morrell was<br />
successful in getting a State Resolution<br />
adopted which establishes<br />
<strong>September</strong> 23rd as First Responder<br />
Day in the state of California.<br />
A first responder is an employee<br />
of an emergency service<br />
who is likely to be among the first<br />
people to arrive at and assist at the<br />
scene of an emergency such as an<br />
accident, natural disaster, or terrorist<br />
attack. First responders typically<br />
include police officers, deputy<br />
sheriffs, firefighters, paramedics,<br />
and rescuers, and even volunteers.<br />
However, some will tell you, “first<br />
responders are the people you see<br />
running in when everyone else is<br />
running out”.<br />
<strong>Mountain</strong> Rim Fire Safe<br />
Council encourages you to take a<br />
moment out of your busy life this<br />
month and THANK a deputy, a firefighter,<br />
a patrol officer and others<br />
- first responders give much more<br />
than many people realize – just doing<br />
their jobs in serving and protecting<br />
the citizens of our mountain<br />
communities. Please join us to<br />
show your appreciation!<br />
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<strong>September</strong> is a busy time at the <strong>Mountain</strong> History Museum<br />
By Louise Cecil<br />
<strong>September</strong> is a busy time<br />
at the <strong>Mountain</strong> History Museum.<br />
The schools are back in session, so<br />
soon the classrooms, class reunions<br />
and scout troops will be touring<br />
the museum, getting special video<br />
presentations and information for<br />
their merit badges and classroom<br />
assignments and to rekindle mountain<br />
memories. If your group (adults<br />
too) would like a special museum<br />
tour, which is given at no extra<br />
charge, just call the museum at 336-<br />
6666 and set up a tour.<br />
Some special events sponsored<br />
by the Rim of the World<br />
Historical Society occurring in<br />
<strong>September</strong> include talks and tours.<br />
Russ Keller will be giving his live<br />
presentation on Murders with a<br />
<strong>Crestline</strong> Connection on Thursday,<br />
<strong>September</strong> 12 at the San Moritz<br />
Lodge in <strong>Crestline</strong> on the shores of<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> Gregory. During this Power<br />
Point-accented talk, Keller will explain<br />
the many connections <strong>Crestline</strong><br />
has with the rest of the state<br />
and the smarmy underworld, and<br />
why the longest trial in California’s<br />
history, at that time, has direct connections<br />
to <strong>Crestline</strong> and how a lovers’<br />
spat affected two of the major<br />
businesses in town. The Boles mass<br />
murder that intrigued Keller to get<br />
interested in the topic of murder in<br />
the first place, will be explained,<br />
revealing who did it and why that<br />
murderer has never faced justice.<br />
The ch<strong>amp</strong>agne reception<br />
Celebrity Cruise of <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
will set sail at 5 p.m. for a sunset<br />
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They will be talking about <strong>Lake</strong><br />
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and TV stars who have chosen to<br />
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This cruise will be different than<br />
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first time that Mary Barlow, former<br />
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New insights will be shared.<br />
Visiting the <strong>Mountain</strong> History<br />
Museum at 27176 Peninsula<br />
Drive in <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> is free.<br />
There is free off-street parking as<br />
well. It is open on Fridays from<br />
noon to 4 p.m., plus Saturdays and<br />
Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30<br />
p.m. This year’s display topics include<br />
Dr. John Baylis’ Pinecrest<br />
c<strong>amp</strong>, the first public resort on the<br />
mountain; the San Bernardino National<br />
Forest; mountain movies; the<br />
logging industry; the Indians who<br />
lived on the mountain and why they<br />
had to leave; the construction of<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Dam; <strong>Crestline</strong>;<br />
the Swingingest Town in America,<br />
and Mary Putnam Henck beginning<br />
the local schools.<br />
The magnifying Proscope<br />
will be out and operating to examine<br />
small items in great detail. The<br />
central display is on television costumes<br />
designed by Twin Peaks resident<br />
Robert Carlton. Plus, the movie<br />
theater, which shows a small clip<br />
of many of the movies made locally,<br />
and Santa’s Village has its own display<br />
room. For a free museum, this<br />
is quite a bit, but there is even more.<br />
The museum will be open through<br />
mid-October, when public hours<br />
will end, but it will still be open for<br />
pre-arranged tours and other events.<br />
Last month’s Smokey Bear<br />
75th anniversary party brought<br />
over 110 visitors to the museum,<br />
many from down the hill and many<br />
children, for whom Smokey had<br />
brought special <strong>Arrowhead</strong>-shaped<br />
gifts. In December, come to the museum<br />
and take a selfie with Santa,<br />
while getting the perfect history<br />
gift, such as a photo or book, for<br />
your history-loving friend or relative.<br />
On October 9, the annual<br />
Murder Mystery Dinner will be<br />
held at the <strong>Lake</strong> Gregory Yacht<br />
Club. Who is knocked off this time<br />
and who did it? Jim Huff has again<br />
incorporated a smidgeon of mountain<br />
history into a story of death<br />
and intrigue. Come be fed and entertained<br />
while possibly sitting and<br />
dining with the alleged suspect…<br />
who “done it” this time?<br />
The museum located at<br />
27176 Peninsula Drive in <strong>Lake</strong><br />
<strong>Arrowhead</strong>, is open weekends until<br />
October and by appointment by<br />
calling 909-336-6666 and leaving<br />
a message. See its website at www.<br />
mountainhistorymuseum.org. The<br />
Rim of the World Historical Society<br />
is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.<br />
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Seniors On the <strong>Mountain</strong><br />
Golden Oaks Seniors<br />
The Golden Oaks Seniors had a great day including a lunch in San Pedro<br />
after touring the Battleship Iowa. Photo by Ron Manning<br />
Touring The Battleship Iowa<br />
by Lynette Eastwood<br />
On August 21, <strong>2019</strong> the<br />
Golden Oaks Senior Center had<br />
an extraordinary outing for its<br />
members. Two vans were rented<br />
to transport interested members to<br />
San Pedro, CA to take a tour of the<br />
Battleship Iowa that was reconditioned<br />
for the public to visit and<br />
educate what our government had<br />
constructed for our nation’s safety<br />
and among others to help us win the<br />
war. On the tour we were able to<br />
participate in an excursion specially<br />
designed for the young at heart<br />
which meant that it wasn’t strenuous<br />
climbing up and down the various<br />
ladders of the ship.<br />
During the tour there were<br />
various weapons on the ship described<br />
to us which were, at that<br />
time, the latest technology. The tour<br />
guide also told us about the important<br />
world leaders who visited from<br />
other countries. The tour guide also<br />
mentioned a naval ship of ours accidently<br />
fired underwater missile at<br />
the ship. Luckily it didn’t hit the<br />
ship and kill the President and the<br />
other world leaders during their<br />
stay. He relayed much more history<br />
that the ship had been involved in.<br />
Another interesting tidbit of<br />
the Battleship Iowa is in November<br />
of 1943, the Iowa received the<br />
Top Secret mission of transporting<br />
President Roosevelt across the Atlantic<br />
to the Tehran Conference.<br />
Roosevelt’s party included the Joint<br />
Chiefs of Staff along with their<br />
aides as well as his own presidential<br />
staff. Roosevelt was no sooner<br />
transferred aboard than he noticed<br />
a small dog running around. FDR<br />
asked his friend, and former Naval<br />
Aide, John McCrea where the dog<br />
slept. Captain McCrea replied that<br />
the dog normally slept at the foot<br />
of his bunk and, since the President<br />
would have the Captain’s Cabin, he<br />
would take the dog up to the Captain’s<br />
Sea Cabin by the bridge. Roosevelt,<br />
probably missing his own<br />
little dog, said “Well John, I see no<br />
reason to disrupt this little dogs routine.”<br />
So the little dog “Victory”,<br />
named by the John McCrea’s sister<br />
became a deck mate to President<br />
Roosevelt.<br />
What is special about this<br />
trip is the camaraderie that was<br />
formed on the ride over to the ship<br />
and back. Making new friends while<br />
visiting with our current friendships<br />
is always enjoyable. I would recommend<br />
taking a tour of the ship<br />
yourself if you are interested in a<br />
bit of history. If you are interested<br />
in joining the Golden Oaks Seniors<br />
and you’re young at heart; you may<br />
enjoy their other many activities.<br />
And of course, they also have a fabulous<br />
thrift store where you are sure<br />
to find something unique or other<br />
items that you can use,<br />
The special activity in <strong>September</strong><br />
will be a Fashion Show on<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 7 from 1pm-<br />
3pm at the Hootman Center in Running<br />
Springs. There will free gift<br />
certificates, raffles, boutique, hors<br />
d’ oeuvres, and refreshments, and<br />
afterwards dessert will be served.<br />
The Golden Oaks Seniors from meet on the 2nd<br />
Wednesday of every month at the Robert Hootman<br />
Center in Running Springs from 11am to about 1pm.<br />
The first hour is bingo and then a potluck luncheon<br />
afterwards.<br />
Crest Forest Senior Citizens Club<br />
The CFSCC seniors learning the steps of hula dancing. From Left to right<br />
are: Yoyo Hernandez, Suzanne Ellison Mann, Jacqueline Kelley, Toni Hardy,<br />
Vyckie Goins, JoAnn Larson, and Toni Scull.<br />
Silver Fit and Silver Sneakers<br />
by Linda Blecha<br />
On Tuesday, August 6th, the<br />
owners of Rim Of The World Gym,<br />
Hans & Clarissa Delgado, at the Senior<br />
Nutrition Lunch to give a short<br />
presentation regarding the program<br />
that is coming together for our Leisure<br />
Shores facility. You will hear<br />
an overview of the program, how<br />
it works and how you can benefit<br />
from it.<br />
ALSO, if you are interested<br />
in this program and have ANY<br />
questions at all about your ability<br />
to participate, either PHYSICALLY<br />
or FINANCIALLY, PLEASE contact<br />
the office. You will be getting<br />
SPECIFIC information this day.<br />
We will be previewing the 2 classes<br />
they will be starting with, we will<br />
be seeing the equipment that will<br />
be used, and YOU will get the ex-<br />
act amount of your specific financial<br />
benefit your insurance carrier<br />
is providing you for this program.<br />
You will also get to have some input<br />
on days and times of the class offerings.<br />
I know in the past that our<br />
exercise offerings have not been<br />
highly attended by the male population.<br />
HOWEVER, I believe at<br />
least one of the two classes we are<br />
offering will now change those demographics.<br />
So take notice men!<br />
Please share this information<br />
with your family, friends and<br />
neighbors. This program will not<br />
be limited only to our membership,<br />
but our members WILL be given<br />
first priority for participation at our<br />
facility if participation limits need<br />
to be applied.<br />
Stuff your Spud and<br />
Sundae Supper Event is Coming!<br />
Sept.<br />
25th<br />
Bring your families, grandchildren, and friends to this annual<br />
fundraising event. Load your giant spud with an array of toppings<br />
and purchase an original and optional sundae, built by YOU.<br />
Come hungry! You’ll be glad you did!<br />
Crest Forest Senior Citizens’ Club was established in 1959. We are<br />
an active, 50+ Senior Citizens Club located in the beautiful San Bernardino<br />
<strong>Mountain</strong>s. Crest Forest Senior Citizens’ Club offers a host<br />
of activities, programs, and even shopping!<br />
For only $20.00 a year, you can enjoy all of the benefits of our club. Come see<br />
what we have to offer!<br />
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Local Area Churches<br />
Rates are Great, Lots of Inventory, Time to Buy!!<br />
Connecting People<br />
to Jesus<br />
Love God, Love Others,<br />
Serve the World<br />
1410 Calgary Drive<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong>, CA<br />
(909)337-5483<br />
www.churchofthewoods.org<br />
Sunday Service<br />
Times:<br />
9 & 11 a.m.<br />
Wed. Night<br />
Free Dinner &<br />
-Activities for All Ages-<br />
5:30-8:00 p.m.<br />
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church,<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
27415 School Rd.<br />
(Behind Rim High School)<br />
(909) 337-1412<br />
Service Times:<br />
Sunday<br />
9:15-Adult Sunday School<br />
10:30 AM-Church Service<br />
worship Services<br />
8 AM Informal Traditional<br />
9:30 AM Praise and Worship<br />
11 AM Traditional<br />
twin peaks community church<br />
909 337-3011<br />
$137,000<br />
Beautiful one bedroom cabin<br />
with knotty pine ceilings,<br />
newer laminate floors, and<br />
dual pane windows throughout.<br />
Living room features a<br />
large wood burning stove.<br />
Bathroom has newer tile<br />
shower/tub walls and tile<br />
flooring. Stackable laundry<br />
in the hallway. Don’t miss the<br />
sleeping loft that overlooks<br />
the living room.<br />
$139,000<br />
This rustic mountain cabin<br />
was rebuilt after the 2007 fires.<br />
Level entry and level parking<br />
cabin. Walk into the living<br />
room area with fireplace.<br />
French doors off of the living<br />
room to side deck. Cute kitchen<br />
w/ tile counter tops. Bathroom<br />
w/ shower and access to<br />
a small back deck area. Knotty<br />
Pine throughout home for that<br />
rustic cabin feel.<br />
$175,000<br />
Nice Victorian style home<br />
with level two car parking.<br />
First floor features living<br />
room with wood burning<br />
fireplace, kitchen laundry<br />
and bath. Upstairs has two<br />
bedrooms and another bath.<br />
Fenced back yard.<br />
$181,000<br />
Sets on 3 lots so you have some<br />
nice space around you. Nice<br />
cabin with lots of upgrades.<br />
Newer dual pane windows<br />
and sliders throughout. Newer<br />
kitchen back splash, counter<br />
tops and cabinets. Bathroom<br />
has newer shower tile, vanity<br />
and cabinetry. Newer heaters<br />
in the bedrooms. Enjoy the<br />
amazing view from 4 decks.<br />
$185,000<br />
Nice A-frame style cabin in the<br />
desirable Nordic Tract neighborhood.<br />
Near level corner lot<br />
with level entry and parking.<br />
The open beam ceiling and<br />
woodstove give you the genuine<br />
mountain cabin experience.<br />
Great vacation home! Don’t<br />
miss out.<br />
Service times<br />
in <strong>Crestline</strong>:<br />
Shabbat (Sabbath):<br />
Friday night @ 7:00 p.m.<br />
Torah Study:<br />
Sunday @ 10:00 a.m.<br />
Service times<br />
in Calimesa:<br />
Shabbat (Sabbath):<br />
Sat. morning @ 10:00 a.m.<br />
Torah Study:<br />
Tuesday night @ 7:00 p.m.<br />
170 S. Dart Canyon Rd.<br />
<strong>Crestline</strong>, CA 92325<br />
(909)338-5934<br />
and<br />
9580 Calimesa Blvd.<br />
Calimesa, CA 92320<br />
New Wine Christian Fellowship<br />
340 Hwy. 138, PO Box 3935<br />
www.newwinecrestline.org<br />
<strong>Crestline</strong> CA 92325<br />
Sunday service at 10:30 am.<br />
Children’s Sunday class: kindergarten through 5th grade.<br />
Youth Sunday class for junior and high school<br />
students during the morning service.<br />
Office Hours – Wednesday 9 am to 2 pm<br />
Thursday 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm<br />
909 338.6077<br />
<strong>Crestline</strong> New Life Christian Fellowship<br />
Contact: Ronald Veale<br />
23484 <strong>Lake</strong> Dr.<br />
<strong>Crestline</strong>, CA 92325<br />
Phone: 909-338-3213<br />
Email: rvpastorron@verizon.net<br />
Website: crestlinenewlife.com<br />
“Where the Word<br />
of God, the Holy<br />
Bible, is preached<br />
and practiced, and<br />
the great triune<br />
God is worshipped<br />
in an atmosphere<br />
of warm Christian<br />
23382 Crest Forest Dr., <strong>Crestline</strong> fellowship”<br />
(in Toptown across from Fire Station)<br />
www.<strong>Mountain</strong>Reformed.com<br />
909-547-4374<br />
Adult Sunday School 9:30am • Worship Service 10:30am<br />
$220,000<br />
All one level charming home!<br />
Delightful vintage kitchen with<br />
aqua tiles and oven. Wood<br />
burning stove updated windows.<br />
Newer exterior paint,<br />
front door and water heater. 3<br />
Bedroom and 1.5 baths, half<br />
bath is off one of the bedrooms.<br />
Inside laundry area. Great off<br />
street parking and two storage<br />
sheds. Come enjoy a tranquil<br />
filtered mountain views<br />
through the tall trees of Running<br />
Springs.<br />
$249,000<br />
Wonderful 3 bedroom 2 bath<br />
home with level entry and parking.<br />
Beautifully landscaped courtyard<br />
entry. Newer wood floors,<br />
interior / exterior paint. Main<br />
floor features open floor plan with<br />
brick wood burning stove in living<br />
room, master bedroom and<br />
bath with separate laundry room.<br />
Two bedrooms and bath upstairs.<br />
Fenced back yard with large workshop<br />
inc. plumbing, electricity and<br />
heat, plus two additional storage<br />
sheds. workshop, RV parking.<br />
$259,000<br />
Rebuilt in 2011 final was 2015.<br />
New forced air heating/air conditioning,<br />
dual pane windows<br />
throughout, solar water heater,<br />
skylights, farmhouse sink. Security<br />
cameras, outdoor speakers,<br />
custom solid maple wood<br />
doors. Bathroom has cast iron<br />
bathtub, large walk in closet in<br />
bedroom. Attic is large and can<br />
be made into two more bedrooms.<br />
Located in Smiley Park<br />
with use of club house and<br />
swimming pool in the park.<br />
$279,999<br />
Your Refuge from the City.<br />
Move up to the cool mountain<br />
air. This home has a lot to offer.<br />
Three bedrooms, three bathrooms,<br />
fireplace, Newer roof,<br />
RV Parking, Two car garage,<br />
fenced back yard with shed.<br />
A choice location in a popular<br />
family neighborhood. Close<br />
to hiking trails, ski resorts and<br />
more. The good life awaits you.<br />
$338,900<br />
Features include peek-aboo<br />
view, 2 separate decks,<br />
fenced dog yard, mud room,<br />
master bedroom with bathroom.<br />
Open living and dining<br />
space. Brand new beautiful<br />
kitchen with self closing cabinets<br />
and granite countertops!<br />
Main floor has 3 bedrooms, 2<br />
baths. Downstairs you’ll find<br />
a separate laundry room, full<br />
bathroom, bonus room/den<br />
and another newly added bedroom!<br />
This house is a must<br />
see, seller’s very motivated!<br />
St. Francis Cabrini Catholic Church<br />
MASSES:<br />
Weekend Masses:<br />
Saturday: 5:00 p.m.<br />
Sunday: 9:30 a.m.(English) 12:00 pm (Spanish)<br />
Weekday Masses:<br />
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 8:30 a.m.<br />
Monday & Tuesday Communion Service at 8:30 a.m.<br />
23079 Crest Forest Dr.<br />
<strong>Crestline</strong>, Ca. 92382<br />
Phone<br />
909-338-2303<br />
<strong>Crestline</strong> First Baptist Church<br />
Sunday Service Times:<br />
9:00 AM Kids/<br />
Adults Sunday School<br />
10:15 AM Celebration Service<br />
St. Richard’s Episcopal Church<br />
Sunday Worship Times<br />
8am Holy Eucharist This is a quiet service with no music.<br />
Our liturgy alternates weekly between Rite 1 and Rite 2.<br />
10:00am Holy Eucharist<br />
28708 Highway 18, Skyforest, CA 92385<br />
$349,000 $354,900 $395,000<br />
The house sits at the end of a<br />
cul de sac in the very desirable<br />
Nordic Tract area of Running<br />
Springs. Enter into the main<br />
level w/ bathroom, kitchen<br />
with eat in bar, open to dining<br />
and living room area w/ fireplace.<br />
Main level bedroom and<br />
deck area off of living room<br />
showcasing amazing views.<br />
Step down into a little bonus<br />
room - sitting area. Upstairs<br />
has the master bedroom and<br />
bathroom. The bottom floor<br />
features another bedroom w/<br />
deck, full bath, laundry room.<br />
Level-entry home with one<br />
car garage. Freshly painted inside<br />
and out. Hardwood floors,<br />
crown moulding, antique fireplace.<br />
Upstairs has den and<br />
master bedroom, private deck<br />
and master bath. Dual pane<br />
windows, new screens, new<br />
dishwasher, and new water<br />
heater. The home has a wood<br />
stove and blower, along with a<br />
10,000-watt generator hooked<br />
up to the house.<br />
Traditional cozy mountain cabin<br />
in <strong>Arrowhead</strong> Woods with<br />
lake rights. Dual pane windows<br />
and newer exterior paint. Enjoy<br />
breakfast or BBQ on deck. Interior<br />
has a fireplace and knotty<br />
pine walls. Furnishings included...it<br />
is ready to move in. There<br />
is a bedroom and bath on main<br />
floor. All three bedrooms have<br />
multiple beds, room for the<br />
whole family.<br />
$419,000<br />
The house sits at the end of a<br />
cul de sac in the very desirable<br />
Nordic Tract area of Running<br />
Springs. Enter into the main<br />
level w/ bathroom, kitchen<br />
with eat in bar, open to dining<br />
and living room area w/ fireplace.<br />
Main level bedroom and<br />
deck area off of living room<br />
showcasing amazing views.<br />
Step down into a little bonus<br />
room - sitting area. Upstairs<br />
has the master bedroom and<br />
bathroom. The bottom floor<br />
features another bedroom w/<br />
deck, full bath, laundry room.<br />
$484,999<br />
Dual glazed low e windows,<br />
sizzling hot tub. Spacious 4<br />
bedroom 2.5 Bath home. Master<br />
suite on the main floor,<br />
3 bedrooms on second floor<br />
with extra family room. Privacy<br />
with separate area and .75<br />
Bath, in a desirable neighborhood.<br />
40 yr roof, smart exterior<br />
paneling for low maintenance,<br />
sprinkler system, water<br />
pressure pump, sheer panels<br />
for earthquake stability, generator<br />
wired, heating and air<br />
conditioning. Small shed and<br />
build up area for storage.<br />
533 Springy Path, <strong>Crestline</strong>, CA 92325<br />
(909) 338-1918<br />
909-337-3889 Fax: 909-337-9980<br />
Calvary Chapel, <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Arrowhead</strong><br />
Service Times:<br />
Sunday<br />
8:30 and 10:30 AM<br />
Wednesday evening<br />
6:00 PM<br />
Pastor Scott Stout continues<br />
through the book of Mark<br />
Midweek Potluck & Study-6PM<br />
K-5, Junior High and High School<br />
Ministries all meet at 6:30pm after the<br />
potluck. (childcare available)<br />
101 Grandview Rd.<br />
Twin Peaks, CA 92391<br />
(909) 337-2468<br />
31927 Hilltop Blvd,<br />
Running Springs, CA<br />
DRE# 01292179<br />
(909) 867-9772<br />
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