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Lake Arrowhead Elementary is ready and waiting for the first returning students

after losing valuable educational time due to the COVID 19 Pandemic.

Rim Elementary Schools Set to Open

Nov. 30

On Monday, October 6, Rim

of the World Unified School District

was notified that their elementary

waiver application for Lake Arrowhead

Elementary, Valley of Enchantment

Elementary and Charles

Hoffman Elementary for reopening

was approved. The data regarding

COVID on our side of the mountain

continues to be in the orange tier of

the state monitoring system.

“We are pleased to announce

that all three elementary schools

will be opening on November 30,

the Monday after the Thanksgiving

break, in the hybrid model for

the 78% of families that want their

students to return to campus.” states

the school district in a memorandum

email sent out. Before November

30 they will be matching the 22%

of families that wish to remain in

the current distance learning model.

The district still will operate

the Home Choice program under

the coordination of Mr. Nygren. In

order to accommodate this desire,

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class changes are very likely as they

match students to teachers. Air purification

systems have been ordered

and are being placed in each classroom

and are expected to arrive in

the beginning of November - we

feel this will be an added important

safety feature in our classrooms

since we have never had air conditioning

in our mountain schools.

Our transportation and Child Nutritional

Services Department will

be developing their schedules with

added safety protocols in place.

The school district encourages you

to take a look at the equipment and

safety measures as they prepare to

bring your children back to school

by looking at the following pictures

on our website: https://www.rimsd.

k12.ca.us/Page/2675

There are many questions

surrounding what school will look

like when students return to school

in the hybrid model. Some of these

questions can be answered by read

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The new mural just completed in Crestline, spotlights the excitement that

mountain bikers feel. The painting can be found below the Lake Mud Pottery

Studio on Lake Drive in Crestline. Photo by Louise Cecil

Murals are popping up in Crestline

By Louise Cecil

A new mural has appeared on a wall

at street level on the main street of

Lake Gregory Village in Crestline.

The mural of a mountain bike rider

heading out into the sunrise of the

day, located under the front of the

Lake Mud Pottery building is bold,

bright and attracting a lot of attention

from drivers passing by.

The mural celebrates the fantastic

views that can be seen and the fun of

mountain biking when away from the

city and out on the trails in the forest

or off-road, enjoying the thrill of

cycling. The mural captures the excitement

of seeing some new parts of

the forest not accessible by vehicles

and the euphoria of imagining discovering

new lands where no one has

ever been before. Off-road cyclists

will know that feeling when they see

the new mural while driving past it

on Lake Drive. The original wall had

textural elements which seem to add

to the motion created by the mural.

The new community mural is located

in at 23988 Lake Drive. That wall

once had a painting of a peaceful for-

School Opening:cont. on pg. 12 INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Pg. 2-Newsbriefs & Updates

Pg. 6-Avoid Coronavirus Scams

Pg. 7-MHC. receives $1.1 million

est and lake scene, but it was unfortunately

painted over about a decade

ago. This new mural is quite a dynamic

change on the side of the road.

View it carefully from the designated

parking area in front of Rim Bowling,

directly across the street, since the

chamber is hoping it doesn’t create

traffic problems or accidents by its

location. All murals being added to

the community have an anti-graffiti

coating to preserve them for decades.

The murals are being created and

paid for by the Crestline-Lake Gregory

Chamber of Commerce, using a

portion of the Transient Occupancy

Tax (TOT) aka Bed Tax paid by hotel

visitors. The county gives some of the

TOT money it receives to the chamber

to promote tourism in the community.

On usual years, those funds

pay for the yearly Easter Egg Hunts,

Corks and Hops, Jamboree Days, Fall

Festival, Christmas Bonfire and other

activities the chamber sponsors in the

community. Since those events didn’t

occur this year due to COVID-19, the

chamber instead decided to invest the

Murals: cont. on pg. 10

COVID 19 UPDATES

ON PAGES 16 & 17

Pg. 8-Wildflowers From Seed

Pg. 9-Juniper Moon

Pg. 10-Rim Schools Update

Pg. 13-Lioness Club

Pg. 15-Dining Guide

Pg. 16-Garrett Alamdari

Pg. 18-Existance of Water Changes Everything

Pg. 19-Using Acorn For Food

Pg. 20-Business Directory

Pg. 22-Church Services

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NOTICE

Rim of the World Unified School

District is offering a $1,500 reward

for information leading to

the arrest and conviction of the

individual(s) that vandalized

Rim of the World High School

on the evening of October 25,

2020 (PC 594(b)(1) a Felony;

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County Residents Urged

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San Bernardino County residents

are urged to prepare for the upcoming

influenza season by getting a flu

vaccine, especially in light of the ongoing

COVID-19 pandemic. Getting

a flu vaccine will not only reduce risk

of illness, hospitalization, and even

death, but will also help reduce the

burden on our healthcare systems responding

to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The single best way to protect

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flu season and into the spring.”

Flu is a contagious respiratory illness

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October 2020 issue

News Briefs

How to Vote This Week

Twice as many San Bernardino

County voters have already voted in

this 2020 Presidential General Election

than had a week before the 2016

election. To avoid long wait times on

Tuesday, Nov. 3, the Registrar of Voters

recommends voters take advantage

of the opportunity to vote early.

Six early vote sites are now

open that allow registered voters to

cast their mail ballot in-person at a

COVID-safe location.

“One of the best things about

California elections is that a voter can

choose how, when and where to vote.

All of these options are still available

during the ongoing COVID-19

pandemic so that voters can choose

how they want to vote safely and securely,”

said Registrar of Voters Bob

Page. “Casting your mail ballot at

an early vote site -- or dropping off

your ballot at one of our 73 ballot

drop-box locations -- is the best way

to avoid lines and crowds at polling

places on Election Day.”

Early vote sites are open now

through Election Day.

Voters can bring their ballot with

them to the following early vote sites,

or choose to ask for a replacement

mail ballot. First time voters can also

register to vote and receive a ballot at

an early vote site.

All locations are indoors and will

be following COVID-safe guidelines

such as mask wearing, social distancing

and cleaning protocols.

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impact on our community life. The

GAC makes recommendations for

advocacy and support for issues that

affect business.

It is governed by elected Chamber

members, Chairwoman Carol Banner

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Tuesday of each month.

GAC meetings are held at Coldwell

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You will hear reports from:

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• Government Representatives

• Congressman Paul Cook

• Senator Mike Morrell

• Assemblyman Jay Obernolte

• Supervisor Janice Rutherford

• Local Government and Agencies

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• CAL FIRE

• SB County Fire

• California Highway Patrol (CHP)

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Mountain Transit’s Lake Arrowhead stop at Stater Bros. Market. Photo

courtesy of Mountain Transit.

New Route 4: from front page

enjoy a safe, clean ride on a comfortable

Mountain Transit bus.”

Route 4 includes transportation to

Lake Arrowhead Village, Lou Eddies

Pizza, the Post office, Stater

Bros., the Hospital, Sky Park,

Pali Mountain, The Old Country

Coffee Shop & Diner, Neo’s Pizza

House, Mountain Thrift, Golden

Oak Thrift Shop, the Running

Springs Farmers Market & Artisan

Faire, Runnings Springs Nails

& Spa, Hilltop Chinese, Blondies

Restaurant and many more destinations

across the Rim. Mountain

Transit drivers are professional,

experienced drivers. Benson added,

“Our drivers are professionals,

and they are also very nice people,

members of our community, who

enjoy their work and taking care of

our riders.”

The changes to Route 4

will begin on Monday November

23, 2020. Ridership will be monitored

for one year in the hopes that

it picks up enough to justify keeping

Route 4 on the road for years

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employees through the survey process,

press releases, and social media.

Please use the following link

to read and reference each document:

https://www.rimsd.k12.ca.us/

Page/2394

In summary, school will look different:

● Employees and students will be in

masks and/or shields (see addendum

to waiver attached)

● Desk shields will be placed on every

student and teacher desk

● Desks will be spread out in classrooms

as space allows

● Temperature monitoring equipment

will be at each entry point

● Physical distancing will be encouraged

by established traffic patterns

in our hallways

● Lessons from teachers will be provided

on handwashing, hand sanitizer,

social distancing, and proper

wearing of masks

● Areas of the playground will be assigned

to classes on a rotating basis

● Seating will be arranged in the

cafeteria to maximize safety

● The hybrid model: This model

will be different from a regular

school schedule. Parents will be

notified once the hybrid schedule

is complete. Information regarding

PPE equipment will be included in

this communication.

● Drinking fountains will be turned

off and water bottle filling stations

have been installed on every campus

Thank you to our families, our classified

employees, administrators and

teachers for working through the

guidelines set by the state of California

for the opening of elementary

schools. We can’t wait to be reunited

with our students as we prepare for

their safe return.


Have a Fire Safe Thanksgiving

Careless cooking is the

number one cause of residential

fires. Safety in the kitchen is important,

especially on Thanksgiving

when we have a lot of activity and

people in the household to distract

us.

Thanksgiving fire facts

Thanksgiving is the peak

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day for home cooking fires, followed

by Christmas Day, Christmas

Eve, and the day before Thanksgiving.

In 2017, U.S. fire departments

responded to an estimated

1,600 home cooking fires on

Thanksgiving, the peak day for

such fires.

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Unattended cooking was by

far the leading contributing factor

in cooking fires and fire deaths.

Cooking equipment was involved

in almost half of all reported

home fires and home fire injuries,

and it is the second leading cause of

home fire deaths.

Don’t add to these statistics!

Check out the following fire

safety tips from CAL FIRE and National

Fire Protection Association:

1. Stay in the kitchen when

you are cooking on the stove top so

you can keep an eye on the food.

2. Stay in the home when

cooking your turkey and check on it

frequently.

3. Keep children away from

the stove. The stove will be hot and

kids should stay three feet away.

4. Make sure kids stay away

from hot food and liquids. The

steam or splash from vegetables,

gravy or coffee could cause serious

burns.

5. Keep knives out of the reach

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6. Be sure electric cords from

an electric knife, coffee maker, plate

warmer or mixer are not dangling

off the counter within easy reach of

a child.

7. Keep matches and utility

lighters out of the reach of children

— up high in a locked cabinet.

8. Never leave children alone

in room with a lit candle.

9. Keep the floor clear so you

don’t trip over kids, toys, pocketbooks

or bags.

10. Make sure your smoke

alarms are working. Test them by

pushing the test button.

For more information on fire safety

in our community, visit www.MountianRimFSC.org

Avoid Coronavirus

Scams

Unfortunately, fraud reports

have spiked recently due to uncertainty

surrounding COVID-19 and

scammers are exploiting the crisis

and finding new ways to cash in

at the expense of residents. Here

are examples provided by the Federal

Trade Commission (FTC) of

common frauds and tips on how

to recognize them to avoid being

scammed:

Learn how to tell the difference

between a real contact tracer

and a scammer. Legitimate tracers

need health information, not money

or personal financial information.

Don’t respond to texts,

emails or calls about checks from

the government.

Ignore offers for vaccinations

and home test kits. Scammers

are selling products to treat or prevent

COVID-19 without proof that

they work.

Be wary of ads for test kits.

Most test kits being advertised have

not been approved by the FDA and

aren’t necessarily accurate.

Hang up on robocalls.

Scammers are using illegal robocalls

to pitch everything from lowpriced

health insurance to work-athome

schemes.

Watch for emails claiming

to be from the CDC or WHO. Use

sites like coronavirus.gov and usa.

gov/coronavirus to get the latest information.

And don’t click on links

from sources you don’t know.

And last, but not least, do

your homework when it comes to

donations. Never donate in cash, by

gift card, or by wiring money.



A Marine Corps ski student who was part of a Wounded Warrior group give

the thumbs-up with Jack Coopermen at Bear Mountain in Southern California.

Photo courtesy of J. Cooperman.

Adaptive Sports Takes a Little More

Ingenuity This Year

Jack Cooperman has had an

additional challenge this year over

other years working with Special

Athletes on the mountain.

Throwing COVID-19 into

the mix has made it especially hard

on coming up with the correct formula

to make it work. And

add to that it was hard for the athletes

to not be with their friends .

Last year, almost about 30 individuals

a day participated in the Rim

of the World Special Athletes Foundation

summer activities on Lake

Arrowhead which included swimming,

kayaking, stand-up paddle

boarding, pedal boats, water-bikes

and plenty of water toys.

Jack recently spoke about

the trials and these tribulations to

his fellow members of the Mountain

Sunrise Rotary Club of lake Arrowhead

of which he is the current

president. So, Jack set out to find

unique and different ways to make

it work.

“We did a singular program

without any volunteers and only

one family at a time,” he said. Some

days he would have

one family in the morning, anoth-

er in the afternoon. Quite often,

Cooperman said, both the mother,

father and a sibling of the participant

would also join in the fun.

“It was hard for them not

to see their friends, but it got them

closer with their families,” he said.

After doing an abundance of

sanitation, questions and temperatures

were taken, masks were worn

when close proximity was necessary.

The Rim Special Athletes

have 14 kayaks, four stand-up paddle

boards, two pedal boats and

a water bike. “We’re set for next

year to take on 50 students at a time

if conditions allow it,” Cooperman

said.

The purpose of the Foundation,

according to its website, “is to

provide a recreational experience

that is safe and positive

for adaptive individuals. It provides

year-round activities for adaptive

athletes, serving veterans and individuals

from our

mountain communities and beyond.

In addition to the water activities,

the other summer activities

have included golf and yoga super-

vised by Kim Meares.

Golf is held one day a week thanks

to the Lake Arrowhead Country

Club. Yoga, which is an all year

program had been taking place at

the Lake Arrowhead Community

Presbyterian Church has moved to

a Zoom platform.

“We’ve had a little over

1,000 participants in yoga lessons,

which are given three days a week,”

Cooperman said. A couple of people

in Northern California and Oregon

have logged on as well as members

of Disabled Sports Eastern Sierras.

Now Cooperman is focused

on how to deal with the adaptive situation

this coming winter. Rim Special

Athletes has partnered with the

Western Division of the Professional

Ski Instructors of America and

will have eight adaptive instructors

Zoom sessions that are going out

nationwide every other week.

While stand-up skiers will

be able to keep proper social distancing

and wear masks, the concerning

issue is the sit-down

skiers. That will inevitably put instructors

close to them, face to

face. That “will continue to be

worked on”. Working with ages 2

to 89 years old, Jack enjoys it all.

The oldest was 89-year-old Carl of

Twin Peaks. He can only focus if

Jack stays within five to eight feet

in front of him, wearing an orange

vest. With other visually impaired

skiers sometimes the mountain is

mentally divided up into lanes and

then the instructor lets the skier

know which lane they are in. There

is additionally a key word used that

means to stop immediately. Other

adaptive equipment is available to

best work with the participant as

needed.

In the past, the Rim Special

Athletes have held several “Top of

the Mountain” fundraising events

at Snow Valley. This year the local

event had to be canceled “We’ll be

hurting without funding.” Rim Special

Athletes has never charged for a

lesson and they don’t plan to.

The primary objective of

Rim of the World Special Athletes

Foundation is to provide a recreational

experience that is

safe and positive for adaptive individuals.

The goal is to have the

adaptive athletes have fun, learn a

new skill, and develop self-confidence

from the experience.

It provides year-round activities

for adaptive athletes, serving

veterans and individuals from

our mountain communities

and beyond, says the website.

“Rim Special Athletes are

individuals with visual and hearing

impairments, amputations, spinal

cord injuries, traumatic

brain Injuries, Post Traumatic

Stress Disorder, Down Syndrome,

Autism, as well as many other cognitive

and physical

disabilities.”

Donations can be made

through the website: www.rimspecialathletes.org.

In observance

of November

10th, the Marine

Corps Birthday,

Marine Corps

League #1383 will

have a small gathering

at Three Marm

Brewery in Crestline

from 4pm to

7pm – a $25 minimum donation

is requested. The public is invited

and welcome to attend—masks and

social distancing will be required.

The organization’s (MCL #1383)

detachment location is in Victor

Valley, California. During the event

entertainment will be provided by

local musician Steven John Taylor.

The US Marine Corps started

as the Continental Marines on

November 10, 1775. On that date,

the Second Continental Congress

decided that they needed two battalions

of Marines to serve as landing

forces with the Continental Navy

during the American Revolutionary

War (1775-1783). After the war, the

Continental Navy was dismantled,

and as a consequence the Marines

as well. However, after increasing

conflict with revolutionary France,

the Marine Corps was formally

Local Marines to Celebrate US

Marine Birthday

re-established.

Where we are today…The

United States Marine Corps is the

US Armed Forces’ combined-arms

task force on land, sea, and in the

air. It has more than 180,000 active

duty personnel as well as almost

40,000 personnel in the Marine

Corps Reserve.

Last year the League came

up with the idea of “Fire Teams”

for rural areas. We kind of have a

budding relationship of one in the

mountain communities of Crestline,

Twin Peaks, Blue Jay, Cedar

Pines Park and Lake Arrowhead.

Past Commandant and Chaplain

Mike Brewer and the Paymaster

Dan Wylde both live in Crestline

here and states “we hope to grow

this ‘Mountain Patrol’ as we call it.

Hosting the Marine Corps Birthday

on November 10th is a start. “


Civics Education at Home

Partners Receive $1.1 Million for

Housing in Big Bear Lake

State Senator Mike Morrell

represents the 23rd Senate District

by State Senator Mike Morrell

During this season, when

many families are adjusting to

providing education at home, my

office has collected resources and

tools that we hope might be useful.

They can be accessed

through my website at www.senate.ca.gov/Morrell.

In addition, earlier this

year, I was joined by Kristen Morrell

Rutter, adjunct professor in

political science at Arizona Christian

University, for a conversation

about our nation’s founding principles,

why they still resonate today,

and their connection to our

legislative process.

The discussion is posted

on my website as well as on You-

Tube at bit.ly/CivicsEducation-

AtHomeMorrell. Both sites also

link out to documents and readings

covered in the lesson.

Specific topics we touched on include:

• Background to the Founding

Documents

• Events leading up to 1776

• How a bill becomes a law

• Resources available to

learn more

I would invite you and

your family, or any families you

may know with middle school or

high school students (or anyone

else who might be interested) to

take a listen.

Senator Mike Morrell represents

the 23rd Senate District in

the California Legislature, which

includes the communities of the

San Bernardino Mountains.

On October 23, 2020 Governor

Gavin Newsom announced

that partners Mountain Homeless

Coalition and the Housing Authority

of the County of San Bernardino received

$1.1 million in the sixth round

of awards for Homekey. California’s

innovative $600 million program to

purchase and rehabilitate housing, including

hotels, motels, vacant apartment

buildings and other properties

and convert them into permanent

long-term housing for people experiencing

or at risk of experiencing

homelessness.

This funding will fund the

acquisition and rehabilitation of 8

short-term vacation cabins in Big

Bear Lake, CA, two of which will be

manufactured homes. These cabins

will become permanent homes for

families and individuals experiencing

homelessness, with priority given

to elderly individuals with disabilities

who are at risk of health complications

from COVID-19.

“We are honored to receive

this much needed funding to provide

affordable housing in a remote portion

of San Bernardino County. We

look forward to converting these

rental cabins into future homes,”

states Maria Razo, HACSB’s Executive

Director.

Daniel Pensabene, President

of Mountain Homeless Coalition

stated, “The Homekey award will

provide housing for formerly homeless

individuals and families. We are

pleased to receive the funding.”

Governor Newsom announced

Homekey in June and made

$600 million in funding available. Of

that, $550 million to cities and counties

is provided by California’ s direct

allocation of the federal Coronavirus

Aid Relief Funds. To learn more

about the Homekey funded projects,

please visit bcsh.ca.gov/homekey.

The Housing Authority of the

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MOUNTAIN GARDENING

By Michele martinez

Hummingbird on Bush Monkeyflower by Master Gardener, photo by Hank

Morales

Starting Wildflowers from Seed

by Michele Martinez

California is home to an incredible

variety of native wildflowers.

Flowering plants not only brighten

hillsides each spring, they aid in

erosion control, and they help protect

properties from wildfire. Though we

may not often think of it, a carpeting

of green plants dotted with wildflowers

can act as a “fire break.” Healthy

gardens can hinder the spread of

flames because they provide a moist

environment, rather than tinder. We

know about the life-sustaining nour-

ishment that wildflowers provide for

pollinators, but why discuss flowers

now, as cold days are upon us? The

quick answer is that fall is seed-sowing

time for wildflowers.

In recent years, a number of

Southern California organizations

have entered into the business of habitat

conservation. Projects like Claremont’s

California Botanic Garden

(formerly Rancho Santa Ana Garden),

and Sunland’s Theodore Payne

Foundation enlist teams of scientists

and laypeople to collect native plant

seeds and educate the public about

preserving native habitats. According

to California Botanic Garden, “fall

into winter is the perfect time to plant

many native plants.”

Most nurseries stock wildflower

seed packets and the above

organizations sell specialty wildflower

seeds through their online stores.

Theodore Payne has an extensive

online catalog (www.store.theodorepayne.org/seeds/),

and California

Botanic Garden opens its store November

5 for online purchases and

curb-side pickup (www.calbg.org/

grow-native-nursery/gnn). Remember

when selecting flower seeds to

have a look at the areas around the

home that you may want to plant.

Most mountain garden spaces fall

into two categories, the drier “sunny

garden,” and cooler “shade garden”

plots. Seed packets always come with

instructions, but generally, seed is

scattered, then covered loosely with

soil, and watered lightly. Nature will

do the rest.

The following is an introductory

list of wildflowers that thrive in

our mountains. You’ll see many of

these when you are out walking or

driving in spring. If you’re looking to

learn more about wildflower habitats,

Heaps Peak Arboretum, in Skyforest,

hosts demonstration gardens. The

arboretum also publishes wildflower

books and an illustrated poster by

local artist and plant specialist, Gina

Richmond. These products are available

year round at the Heaps Peak

Arboretum info booth. The following

wildflowers are selections from the

Arboretum’s publication, Wildflowers

of the San Bernardino Mountains.

Sunny Garden Habitats

Many hillside gardens fit into

this category. Most of “sunny garden”

plants thrive in sandy gravel and

even clay-based soils. Once planted,

native wildflowers must be watered

regularly during the first two years.

Then, when they are established, the

hearty flowering plants will continue

to bloom and re-seed themselves every

fall.

Red Penstemons. Our native

red beard-tongue (Penstemon labrusus)

is the brilliant crimson bloom

seen along highways in late summer.

Penstemons will take hold on the

steepest hillside and flower beds will

spread as plants re-seed themselves

each year.

Grand Collomia. With its

clusters of salmon-pink flowers, Collomia

(Collomia grandiflora) attracts

both bees and butterflies. They grow

very well on dry, sunny hillsides.

Monkeyflower. Another

hillside resident, Crimson Monkeyflower

(Mimulus cardinalis) and the

yellow Bush Monkeyflower (Mimulus

aurantiacus) put on a brilliant

show along the slopes off Highway

18. Monkeyflowers set their seeds in

among granite boulders, and return

year after year. They attract many

species of native butterflies.

Tongue clarkia. Clarkias

(Clarkia rhomboidea) bloom in late

summer with a four-petal splash of

magenta. The resilient little flowers

dot landscapes, even on the driest

hillsides. They also re-seed themselves

each year.

Brewer’s Lupine. Of the

many Lupines seen in the mountains,

Brewer’s Lupine (Lupinus breweri)

is one of the most common. It grows

in granite soil, spreading a carpet of

pale green foliage and lavender flowers.

This legume-type plant is beneficial,

in that it restores nitrogen to depleted

soils. It also attracts California

Blue butterflies.

Shaded Garden Habitats.

Unlike “sunny garden” plants,

shade-loving wildflowers must be

watered regularly. If you have a nice

shady spot, the following wildflowers

are easy to grow.

Wild Strawberries. The Wild

Strawberry (Fregaria vesca) is an excellent

ground cover plant. It thrives

in damp, shaded areas. Spring’s tiny

white flowers yield mini red strawberries,

in summer. You’ll have to

harvest the fruit quickly, as robins

and other songbirds eat them, as well.

Crimson Columbine. Red

Columbine (Aquilegea Formosa) is a

favorite of hummingbirds. They can

be found in shaded areas near streams

and lakes. Columbines grow well in

containers, where they’ll re-seed

themselves year after year.

Evening Primrose: True to

its name, the fragrant flower of our

local Hooker’s Primrose (Ononthera

elata) will close at mid-day and open

again in the evening. Primrose tends

to grow near standing water but it

can be grown in the garden if watered

regularly. These plants re-seed

profusely; you may need to contain

them, once they’re established in the

garden.

November To-Do List:

- Prune and clean up for fire prevention

- Oil and sharpen garden tools, and

store them for winter.

- Pull and compost the remains of

summer annuals and vegetables

- Rake leaves and apply a two – to

three inch layer of compost, especially

around young shrubs and trees.

- Clean out bird nest boxes and fill

them with cedar shavings and native

grasses for next year’s nests.

- Remember to keep suet, seed, and

water in the garden for fall migrating

songbirds and our all our over-wintering

birds.

- Seed your slopes with native plants

for erosion control, fire prevention

and to attract spring visitors when

they arrive!


Assorted and unique gifts you can’t find just anywhere. Juniper Moon is

located in downtown Running Springs. Photo supplied by Laurie Green.

Juniper Moon—Unique Gifts for

Christmas or Just Anytime

by Lynette Eastwood

When first walking into

Juniper Moon, you will see many

things other gift stores simply don’t

carry as well as some that are different

than the ordinary gift shop.

From gemstones to quartz and

amethyst you would find among

them tumbled gemstones. Along

the walls unique and scenic type

art can be found. Intricate wood art

and carvings (both soft and hard

woods) can be perused in the location.

Owner Laurie Green has

uncovered rare designs of stones

including the very unique and polished

Juniper Moon stone which is

carved and resurfaced to look like

a first-quarter moon. She has been

studying herbs and apothecary for

most of the last several years and

is hoping to share her experiences

with others as well as in Metaphysical

Festivals. and on Facebook.

Laurie has quite a resume

of accomplishments prior to opening

her shop. She is a certified firefighter

and paramedic having been

trained in the profession. She is also

currently teaching public safety at

Crafton Hills College in Yucaipa.

Essential Oils can be found

midway through the store. Essential

oils are compounds extracted from

plants. The oils capture the plant’s

scent and flavor, or “essence.”

Unique aromatic compounds give

each essential oil its characteristic

essence. Popular types of essential

oils are peppermint, lavender, sandalwood,

rose, chamomile, lemon,

jasmine, and tea tree oil. Essential

oils have been known to aid in digestion,

relieve stress, focus, depression,

reduce anxiety, improve

mood and used in aromatherapy.

Bright and colorful Banda

Bags can also be found at Juniper

Moon. Banda Bags are 100%

vegan and are made intricately and

imported from a safe global community

that strives to help the underprivileged

with a good economic

opportunity and wage.

Looking further you may

spot rock poultices for possible

grinding herbs. Miniature trees

made from possible molten copper

are another amazing find. Assorted

candles and seashells including abalone

are all on display. Additionally,

a great and variable assort-

ment of amethyst gemstones

can be found at the shop.

Laurie will be using

Facebook live to promote her

items for sell as well as using

it for educational purposes.

If you are looking for

that unique gift for a loved

one, or even a nice assortment

of rings, both metal and gemstone

can be found at her wonderful

location in downtown

Running Springs. The holidays

are a great time to check

out one of the most unique

shops around.

Assorted fall display shows herbs as well as

polished stones. Photo by Laurie Green.

Winter Recreation Arrives Soon!

bt Kevin Somes, Executive V.P. and

General Manager of Snow Valley

Mountain Resort

As we head later into fall,

the days are getting shorter and the

nights much cooler. That means the

winter season is on the horizon. All

three winter recreation areas in our

Communities are expected to open

for the 2020-2021 winter season.

Everyone will enjoy all that Rim

Nordic, Snowdrift and Snow Valley

have to offer. Although things might

be a little different due to the current

pandemic situation, all three venues

intend to operate and offer something

that is important--outdoor recreation!

Whether you’re a downhill skier or

snowboarder, a cross country skier,

or enjoy sledding or snow tubing,

there is something for everyone to

enjoy during the winter in our area.

Now is the time to plan for

winter. While the traditional ski/

snowboard shows will be virtual this

year, both Ski Dazzle and SnowJam

are planning on winter clearance

sales even if the in-person trade show

portion of their events can not be

held. Visit skidazzle.com and snowjamshow.com

for more information

and updates. Both shows are always

great places to learn about winter resort

venues and save on winter gear.

If you’re looking for a winter

job, Snow Valley will be offering

modified Hiring Events on October

31 plus November 5, 7 and 10. Many

positions are available and more details

are available at snow-valley.

com.

Think snow!

Rose formed stones from the collection at Juniper Moon. The shop carries

many one-of-a-kind items as well as other popular collectables. Photo by

Laurie Green


The finished mural below the Lake Mud Pottery Studio on Lake Drive in Crestline. Photo by Louise Cecil

Murals: from front page

funds in sprucing up the community

with murals to create more amenities

for visitors to enjoy while in

town and to offer some opportunities

for community pride to grow

in the residents and to help upgrade

the visual image of the community.

The murals themselves

should attract some additional tourists

to Crestline, the chamber hopes,

and it intends to create a brochure

with a map so visitors may drive to

each location. When all the murals

are completed, it has been suggested

that they should design QR Codes

for each mural, enabling visitors to

understand the background story on

each one and how to find the locations

to pursue each activity. There

will be seven new murals when this

entire project is completed.

These first two murals in

Lake Gregory Village are coincidentally

on walls where previous

murals had been painted in the

1990s. The first mural painted is on

the west wall of the Liberation Therapies

building at 23794 Lake Drive.

It can be viewed while traveling

eastward just past Manzanita drive,

on Lake Drive or from the patio of

the Higher Grounds Coffee House.

Previously, The Mulberry Tree

Restaurant had a mural of Victorian

ladies enjoying a tea party that had

been painted over when a Mexican

restaurant opened in the space several

decades ago. The new mural is

of a lone hiker on the trail between

Heart Rock and Lake Gregory and

was fully described in last month’s

Across

from Lake

Gregory

issue of Mountain Lifestyles.

Genesis Mural Company is

designing and painting the murals

for the chamber for the community.

There are already several murals

that Genesis has painted in town.

Initially, it did the action-packed

bowling alley sign across the street

from this newest mural. Genesis

also painted the handball courts at

the Lake Gregory Education and

Community Center for the Rim

Recreation and Park District.

It appears, weather permitting,

Genesis will be completing

one mural a month in this series of

seven murals. All the murals are intended

to promote outdoor activities

that people can do and love about

the mountains, including fishing,

sailing and other lake activities and

hang-gliding, (the topic of the next

mural), which is tentatively scheduled

to painted in the Top Town area

of Crestline. It will be acknowledging

the Forest Service’s Teddy Bear

Launch Hill, which is a destination

location for hang-gliders and paragliders.

They come from around the

world to jump off the mountain and

fly down to Andy Jackson landing

field in San Bernardino. Because of

the elevation, the views are spectacular

from that spot and it is also

a popular location with photographers

to photograph sunrises and

sunsets, year-round. From Teddy

Bear, the views of Catalina Island,

which is 90 miles away out in the

Pacific Ocean on a clear day are

amazing.

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have shown a great interest in the

mural program and others want to

offer their buildings and ideas on

topics for future murals. If your

businesses has a wall appropriate

for a mural, let the chamber know

of your interest at (909) 338-2706.

The Crestline Chamber of

Commerce is accepting donations

for materials to help continue this

project, at its office at 24385 Lake

Drive on the north shore of Lake

Gregory during its office hours of

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through

Saturday. If you have any questions

on this project or the dozens of other

activities that the chamber of

commerce sponsors or if you want

to join the chamber or want to donate

time or energy, stop by the office

and introduce yourself.

Running Springs Area Chamber of

Commerce Moves Near the Top Digitally

When the Running

Springs Area Chamber

of Commerce started

adding events and comments

to its newly rebuilt

Facebook page, it was

at the bottom of each of

the mountain chambers

here locally in Southern

California. So starting in

March of this year, with

the TOT (Transient Occupancy

Taxes) funds in

place from San Bernardino County,

the chamber set upon a course to

market Running Springs, Arrowbear

Lake, and Green Valley Lake to the

rest of Southern California.

The popularity of Facebook

was used to link both the chamber

and the Running Springs Farmers

Market in a time when most businesses

were either cutback on or

closed during the COVID 19 pandemic.

During this time, the Running

Springs Area Chamber of Commerce

rose to #3 out of 274 chambers

throughout Southern California. The

previous spot was #147 when the

marketing program was started.

In likes (signaled on Facebook

by a thumb’s up), the chamber

has grown to the #1 Facebook liked

chamber in San Bernardino County,

and the #1 liked chamber Facebook

page in Southern California located

in an unincorporated area. With

both magazine and newspaper print

adding to the mix, the primary focus

was to bring the digitally aware

portions of Southern California to

take another look at our mountain

communities. The small Running

Springs Area Chamber of Commerce

also produces a local magazine that

is mailed to all the post office boxes

in its community as well as drop

off locations on the mountain as well

as several locations throughout San

Bernardino County below the mountain

area.

The chamber started marketing

in March of 2020 as the chamber

Facebook page with the fewest

likes on the mountain. It went from

a rank of 147 out of 274 chambers

all throughout Southern California to

now being ranked #3. Since March,

it has surpassed big name chambers

such as: Los Angeles Area Chamber

of Commerce, Hollywood Chamber

of Commerce, West Hollywood

Chamber of Commerce, Beverly

Hills Chamber of Commerce, Santa

Monica Chamber of Commerce, San

Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce,

and the Irvine Chamber of

Commerce.

“It’s not just about likes either;

our tourism has increased exponentially

this year. We have found

a way to grow (safely) during these

tough times. Our chamber growth

has drawn more visitors, new businesses,

and increased foot traffic

at our local farmers market.” states

Jordan Zarate, webmaster and chair

of the Media Committee of the Running

Springs Area Chamber of Commerce.

“This success is thanks to our

chamber president, Kevin Somes, our

board’s dedication, and the county’s

Pilot Tourism Grant Program that

bring a portion of TOT dollars back

to the communities from which they

originated.” he further states.

The chamber has been an excellent

steward of these dollars, and

100% must be spent on promoting

overnight tourism. This is the end

of the three-year pilot program, but

the chamber remains dedicated to

growing the Running Springs area

into a premiere tourism destination in

Southern California.

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north including Imperial County, and

San Diego County to the south.


The Rim School District

Needs Your Help!

The Rim of the World School

District needs your help on certifying

information regarding our households.

It needs certain information

provided by parents or guardians that

will impact the amount of funding

schools receive in California. They

need to ensure that this data is complete

and certified by our ROTWSD

families. The certification is completed

by either submitting a Meal

Application or an Income Data Collection

form from the school district.

The district is continuing

to serve all school district families

free Breakfast and Lunch during the

Coronavirus Pandemic regardless of

a meal application on file or qualifying

for the program. This is a wonderful

benefit we are able to provide

our community. It has hurt us though

as families are not required to complete

meal applications. Completed

meal applications or an income survey

is used by the State of California

to fund other programs including our

main source of revenue that is generated

per pupil. Low counts of meal

applications on file or income data

collection forms will have an impact

equaling a reduction of hundreds of

thousands of dollars for our schools.

Letters will be sent to families

from our Child Nutrition Services

department and they will also

be included in the meal distribution

bags. Also, they will also be calling

families in hopes to obtain as many

certifications as possible.

You can complete a meal

application at http://family.titank12.

com. Applications can be submitted

electronically or faxed at 909-337-

4527. You can also or drop them off

at the Rim of the World School District

Office. The link is https://www.

rimsd.k12.ca.us/Page/1923.

If you do not wish to complete

meal application, you can

complete an Income Data Collection

Form. Forms can be found at

the following link. Forms can also

be emailed to Sue_Reed@rimsd.

k12.ca.us, faxed at 909-337-4527

or dropped off at the District Office.

The link is https://www.rimsd.k12.

ca.us/Page/110.

You can call Lisa Rhoades,

Child Nutrition Supervisor with

any questions regarding the School

Breakfast/Lunch program 909-336-

3494.

Your help is appreciated as

the district needs to capture all available

resources to serve our students,

staff, and families.

Thank you! We appreciate all

you do for our Rim community.

Rim Mountain School Updates

Update from Valley of Enchantment Elementary:

We have had another successful

couple of weeks here at VOE.

Our tremendous teaching staff continues

to deliver interesting and rigorous

lessons via distance learning.

Principal Hamilton particularly enjoyed

the math lessons he sat in on

last week, the lessons were great, and

our Hawks were fun. Parent conferences

are winding down, the conversations

have been informative and

Update from Lake Arrowhead Elementary

As Distance Learning continues for

LAE students, certificated teachers,

and Instructional Aides our amazing

classified staff reports to campus

each day to continue working on

various tasks. LAE’s HAWKS (aka

Noon Duties) have been completing

beautification projects on campus to

greet everyone when on campus instruction

returns. LAE Hawks can be

Be Driven!

will help our Hawks thrive. Having

some members of our VOE family

on campus for in-person conferences

was amazing. The ladies in the office

are doing a terrific job of getting

Hotspots out to our families that need

them. Our cafeteria staff, with the

help of some of our supervisors, are

preparing and handing out nearly 300

lunches on Wednesdays, wow.

Preparations for the return

seen painting our Library wing hallway

a cheerful shade of blue, and tidying

up our grounds, as seen here in

the front of our school. They would

appreciate hearing your “thank you.”

At LAE, our mission is to ensure the

success of the whole student--academically

and social-emotionally.

Teachers continue to build positive

relationships with our students and

of our Hawks to campus continue to

progress. Teachers are working on

how to socially distance classrooms,

and we received the water bottles

for our Hawks to use at the filling

stations. Some “new friends” have

appeared in the hallways to help us,

thanks Devyn, and we had our social

distancing event Footprint Friday, we

used our feet to paint! It was amazing.

We are all looking forward to

seeing our Hawks “fly back to campus”

soon.

Submitted by Bruce Hamilton,

principal, VOE Elementary

families. A fine example is the “Kinder

Connection” Days our Kindergarten

Teaching Team has begun. On

Friday, they greeted students curbside--while

adhering to safety protocols--to

provide a warm greeting

and a chilled popsicle! It warmed our

hearts to see the students’ smiles!

Submitted by Veronica McGilvery,

principal, L. Arrowhead Elementary

New Route 4 Changes

The New Route Runs Between Arrowbear Lake

(Blondies Restaurant) and Lake Arrowhead

New Schedule

new Pricing is $3 one-way

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Further Adventures of Yoda

by Lynette Eastwood

Yoda in the “Tomato Forest”

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My dearest

little friend is getting

a bit older as all

of us do someday in

our lives. If we are

lucky, we will have

a happy life with as

few problems as we

can during our lives.

Yoda was limping

last your week, and my

heart was in a turmoil.

As far as I can remember

we had no knowledge of him being

hurt. He didn’t limp with every step

just once in a while and of course he

can’t tell us what happened if anything

to cause the limp. My friend

had a great idea, we’ll go to Pet

Smart or another place that has doctors

on call. So, we took him there to

find out if they had any advice how

to alleviate his pain. I didn’t have

anything to give him for it, not even

aspirin for dogs if they make such a

thing and if they did what is it called.

So, the next day we took him

to the store to ask for help. We were

greeted by a nice lady who totally

understood what we were talking

about. She stated that she had a dog

around his age and took us over to a

section in the store with lots of different

bottle and showed us one for

Joint Health, and suggested one that

was Advanced Care, Level 3 in case

your pet should experience the same

problem.

Well he was given the pills

(they are really little colored squares

for a whole week and he quickly quit

limping. Whether it’s the pills or he

just hurt himself he seems fine now

and is walking without limping. I

had all kinds of images in my head

that we would have a little threewheel

apparatus that he would be

able to use so that he would be able

to walk without pain. Your mind

goes to extremes when you are worried,

and you want your “kid” to be

OK. He seems to be doing very well

now, thank goodness.

Now that Old Man Winter

is knocking outside our door much

to my dismay. I don’t enjoy the

cold and neither does Yoda, but we

choose to live here besides it being

an annual issue that we have chosen

to live with. It is special living

up here…the people are nicer than

“down the hill” and it is more beautiful

here, and there seems to be much

less crime which is a major plus and

of course the important aspect for

Yoda and me is that it seems to be

a DOG FRIENDLY COMMUNI-

TY up her—maybe because there

is more space here and less hectic

traffic that allows the residents to be

able to walk their dogs more safely.

Due to the Pandemic, Halloween

was totally out the question

for us, and I won’t even bother to

dress Yoda or myself up this year.

It was always a fun thing for us to

do every year but since we had to be

social distanced this year it seemed

like a wasted effort to go to all that

trouble.

A newer thing that Yoda

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enjoyed was our “Tomato Forest”.

Yoda really enjoyed lying under

our eight tomato plants in the shade

during the daytime when the weather

was warm. He hung out there every

day while we were home, while I

was out taking care of them and our

other veggies and flowers. All good

things must come to an end and sadly

they ended but the flowers have

been moved inside for as long as

we can keep them alive. The tomatoes

have been all picked and almost

eaten. It will be fun to do it again

next year if we can, but it leaves me

with fond memories of the gorgeous

flowers and several nice pictures to

remember them by. The flowers this

year were better than ever (and I’m

getting better at it!).

School Opening: from front pg.

ing the elementary waiver and the

strategic plan posted on the district

website and shared with families and

employees through the survey process,

press releases, and social media.

Please use the following link

to read and reference each document:

https://www.rimsd.k12.ca.us/

Page/2394

In summary, school will look different:

● Employees and students will be in

masks and/or shields (see addendum

to waiver attached)

● Desk shields will be placed on every

student and teacher desk

● Desks will be spread out in classrooms

as space allows

● Temperature monitoring equipment

will be at each entry point

● Physical distancing will be encouraged

by established traffic patterns

in our hallways

● Lessons from teachers will be pro-

All is not bleak though;

Thanksgiving and Christmas may be

the magic time when our Governor

will allow us to gather with our immediate

friends and families again.

Miracles can and do happen so we

just have to be patient and hope for

the best but in the meantime do everything

we can to not spread the virus

any more than it has already inflicted

us with the nasty virus. Hope

and pray for the best!

Enjoy the upcoming holidays

the best that you can. Yoda and

I will do the best that we can…he

is looking forward to having a nice

leftover turkey dinner with us and it

is one of his mom’s favorite meals

of the year, especially seeing all our

family being together again.

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have been installed on every campus

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guidelines set by the state of California

for the opening of elementary

schools. We can’t wait to be reunited

with our students as we prepare for

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Past Lioness President Bonnie Hayes presented to Valley of Enchantment Principal

Bruce Hamilton $500 worth of school supplies requested by teachers at

VOE school to assist students with the virtual/distance learning, now being conducted

by the Rim School District. (Photo courtesy of Crestline Lioness Club).

Firewood Raffle Will Support Lioness

Club Donations

By Louise Cecil

November is the time to prepare

for winter in the mountains.

We’ve seen a first cold streak and

the almanac and acorns predict this

winter will be a wet one and only

temperatures will determine if snow

keeps us home with the possibilities

of freezing. The Crestline Lioness

Club wants to help at least one lucky

family to keep warm this winter, so it

is holding a raffle for a cord of mixed

firewood. The tickets are only $1

each and someone has to win at the

December 1st drawing, why not you?

The Crestline Lioness Club

will have some ticket sales sessions

in front of Goodwin’s Market in

Crestline, selling the opportunity

tickets for the firewood, or you can

call Catherine at (909) 338-5758 to

connect and get those valuable tickets.

Tickets are also available at the

Crestline Chamber of Commerce office.

With the winter season coming,

a cord of wood would be a valuable

asset to those who use firewood.

Some firewood dealers have a short

supply of wood this year because the

forests were closed to cutting last

month because of the weeks-long fire

closures. Reportedly, firewood prices

are higher this year as a result.

Many mountain homes depend

upon firewood for heating, or

to keep other heating costs lower,

and firewood can be especially valuable

when the power goes out. A cord

of wood is 128 cubic feet of wood.

When stacked, a cord of wood is

four-feet by eight-feet wide, by fourfeet

tall. The cord will be delivered

by Placidio Firewood, which has donated

the wood for this fundraiser, to

anywhere on the mountains, although

not stacked. Remember to buy your

firewood from locally cut wood dealers

this winter with the bark removed,

so wood pests such as the gold spotted

oak borer and pine bark beetles

are not transported into the area.

The funds raised by this raffle

will help support the many education,

health and charity projects that

Lioness Club supports. Lioness’ major

focus is eye care, providing eye

exams and glasses to those in need

of them and protection of eyesight,

but locally they support many other

groups, schools and students.

Just last month, despite its

inability to hold general membership

meetings due to COVID-19, the

Crestline Lioness Club donated $100

to the Alzheimer’s Association to pair

with a matching donation by an anonymous

donor, $200 to D.O.V.E.S.,

$100 to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer

Association and $200 to the Salvation

Army for Thanksgiving meals.

Last month, the Crestline Lioness

Club, along with the Crestline/Lake

Gregory Rotary Club, donated $500

of school supplies to support distance

learning for V.O.E. students.

The club recently celebrated

the accomplishments of Lioness

member Rose Marie Labadie when

they presented her with the “Lioness

of the Year” award and pin. Past Lioness

President Bonnie Hawes said as

presenting her the honor, “Rose Marie

is one of those members who always

gives “quietly” to Crestline Lioness

without any expectations of recognition.

She is truly a valued member.”

Lioness has a continuing

project of saving the clear single-use

water bottle caps for the Dialysis

Project for kidney patients that they

support. They request that you assist

them by saving your single-use clear

water bottle caps and giving them to

a Lioness member or turn them in to

Crestline Real Estate at 2357 Knapp’s

Cut Off at the corner of Lake Drive,

or the Crestline Chamber office a

24385 Lake Drive, from 10 a.m. to

2 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, or

call (909) 338-2706, or Catherine at

(909) 338-5758. One cap equals one

minute of free dialysis for a patient.

Since dialysis is a life-saving procedure

and can be quite expensive, this

small action could help save a life.

After the wood raffle, the Lioness’

next fundraiser will be their annual

See’s Candy Sale, beginning December

12, when they will be selling the

candy in front of The Oak Trunk, next

to the Crestline Post office. This is

actually a public service for mountain

residents, enabling them to buy

the highly desirable and delicious

See’s chocolates on the mountain for

the same price as down the hill. This

eliminates the necessity of standing

in the long lines at these days at the

mall to buy it. The Lioness Club will

use any funds raised for additional

donations to worthy groups and purchasing

eyeglasses and eye protection

products for locals.

The Crestline Lioness Club is a

non-profit service club with a focus

on eye care and a focus on the mountain

communities; it is a part of Lions

International. For more information

on the Lioness Club which has membership

open to men and women, and

its normal annual activities, including

how to join, call Catherine Johnson at

(909) 338-5758.


A sampling of local authors and book titles covering the history

and stories of the immediate area. Photo supplied by the Mountain

History Museum.

Mountain History Museum bookstore

to be open November 14 & 15

By Louise Cecil

Many local residents have requested

the opportunity to purchase

local history books for the holidays,

since the museum itself has been

closed all summer due to the COVID

restrictions. Every year the museum

has always had opened its doors one

weekend before Christmas so local

residents could have the opportunity

to purchase local history books

and gift items for holiday giving, so

again this year it will be open from 11

to 4 on Saturday, November 14 and

Sunday, November 15. Museum staff

will be using all COVID-mandated

hand sanitizers and face coverings,

although they may not allow anyone

inside the museum due to those

restrictions. Instead, they will have

easy-ups outside and local authors

available to sign some of the local

books. This will be the only weekend

opportunity prior to Christmas for

these book purchases from the museum.

Since last year, the museum

has published a new history book on

Lake Arrowhead history in its Mountain

Mileposts series, “Lake Arrowhead

- A Mile Closer to Heaven” by

Russ Keller. It is similar to the book

the museum published last year in the

same series, “Crestline - The Swingingest

Town in America.” In each of

these books, Keller has put together

the stories published over a 17-year

period of weekly history articles for

a local newspaper. The books cover

various times, historic locations and

areas of the communities, people and

their activities. The pictures, some in

color, and the stories make for fascinating

reading and give a better understanding

to how the area became

what it is, a true mountain paradise.

Other popular books that will

be available include the Images of

America books on Crestline, Lake

Arrowhead, Running Springs, Big

Bear, the Rim of the World Drive and

many other areas. Also, the Crestline

and Lake Arrowhead Chronicles

books will not only be available for

purchase but the author, Rhea-Frances

Tetley, will be there to personalize

them for holiday giving.

An autographed and personalized

book has in the past made

many mountain residents, even

new ones, enjoy and understand the

mountains so much more and is a gift

prized for decades. Most of the books

that will be for sale are in the under

$30 price range. The bookstore accepts

credit cards, checks and cash.

Other items from the gift shop will

also be available for purchase, such

as historic photos and posters, handmade

earrings, stuffed animals and

t-shirts.

The Mountain History Museum

is in the midst of doing a major

remodel. It is adding exhibit space

and expanding the museum by adding

about 20 percent more floor space. A

back room that had previously housed

a kitchen is being connected to the

main display floor, enabling more of

the collected items to be on display.

This remodel which was planned for

last winter was stopped by the pandemic.

In the spring when the museum

opens again, this new room will

enable the museum to have more

wall and floor space to display more

of its artifacts so the public can get a

better variety of information than is

currently possible. This idea has been

under discussion for more than five

years and the idea has finally gotten

all the county permissions and is being

done thanks to fundraising events

and the donations generous visitors

have given in past. Already, the old

fire station kitchen has been ripped

out and designs have been made and

displays are being created for the

space. Be sure to visit the museum

next summer and see the wonderful

new space. One of the new displays

will be a general store representing

the early days of the mountain communities

when the general store/post

office was the center of town.

Also, a wonderful old buggy has

been donated to the museum and is

currently undergoing restoration for a

new inside display on early day transportation

to the mountains, before the

roads were opened to auto traffic.

During the months of closure due

to pandemic isolation from March

through the summer, the historical

society and its volunteers were not

totally inactive. Winter months are

usually when cataloging the collection,

researching and creating new

displays are in active mode, and those

were suspended last year. Working

in groups of one and two this last

summer has been when research and

much more is usually occurring at

the museum. They anticipate restarting

these activities responsibly this

winter. The museum is always seeking

new persons who have an interest

in history and want to lend their

expertise to the ongoing grass roots

museum.

If this interests you, call (909)

336-6666 and leave your name and

suggest ways you’d be interested in

assisting the museum. The museum

needs internet savvy folks, writers,

researchers, display designers and

folks who can cut up newspapers and

put the articles into file folders, and

everything in-between. If this interests

you, check out its website www.

MountainHistoryMuseum.org and

see the many activities it is involved

with in these mountains.

The Mountain History Museum is

run by the Rim of the World Historical

Society, a 501c3 nonprofit organization.

It was established in 1986 and

was recognized as the Nonprofit of the

Year by the Lake Arrowhead Communities

Chamber of Commerce. The

museum is located at 27176 Peninsula

Drive in Lake Arrowhead, around

the corner from Mary Putman Henck

Intermediate School, in the former

fire station building. It has free offstreet

parking, and when the museum

is allowed to reopen entry will also be

free. The museum is operated for the

benefit of the community, completely

by volunteers through the generosity

of community donations and through

its book sales.

The weekend of November 14 and

15 will be the only days the museum’s

book store will be open this

year. If you have any questions call

the museum at (909) 336-6666.


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DINING

RUNNING SPRINGS AREA

El Toto’s Restaurant

31927 Hilltop Blvd., Running Springs

Phone: (909) 939- 0291

Deep Creek Drive- In

32890 Hilltop Blvd., Arrowbear

Phone: (909) 867-3700

Hilltop Chinese Restaurant


Phone: (909) 891-0965

Neo’s Pizza House


Phone: (909) 867-5373

Old Country Coffee Shop

32019 Holiday Ln., Running Springs

Phone:(909) 867-3100

Blondie’s Grill & Bar

33227 Hilltop Blvd., Arrowbear

Phone: (909) 867-9000

Rocky’s Outpost & Trading Co.


Phone: (909) 939-0501

The Malt Shoppe

33249 Green Valley Lake Rd.

Green Valley Lake

Phone: (909) 939-0515

LAKE ARROWHEAD AREA

LouEddies Pizza

28561 Hwy. 18, Skyforest

Phone: (909) 336-4931

Rosalva’s Skyforest

28575 Hwy. 18, Skyforest

Phone: (909) 337-7733

The Tudor House

800 Arrowhead Villas Rd.

Lake Arrowhead

Phone: (909) 336-5000

Cedar Glen Malt Shop

29125 Hook Creek Rd,

Cedar Glen

909-337-6640

Cedar Glen Coffee Shop

28942 Hook Creek Rd.,

Cedar Glen

909-337-8999

Papaguyo’s

28200 Hwy 189 Bldg P-100

Lake Arrowhead

(909) 337-9529

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LAKE ARROWHEAD AREA (cont.)

Bill’s Villager Coffee Shop

27195CA-189, Blue Jay

Phone: (909) 337-9069

Arturo’s Mexican Restaurant

27159 CA-189, Blue Jay

(909) 337-5500

RB’s Steak House

29020 Oak Terrace, Cedar Glen

(909) 336-4363

Belgian Waffle Works

28200 State Hwy 189 Suite E-15

Lake Arrowhead

(909) 337-5222

CRESTLINE AREA

Stockade

23881 Lake Drive, Crestline

(909) 338-2465

Subway


(909) 338-5551

The A Restaurant


(909) 338-2423

Higher Grounds Coffee House

23776 Lake Dr, , Crestline

(909) 589-2772

Crestline Café

23943 Lake Dr. Crestline

(909) 338-4128

La Casita

633 Forest Shade Road, Crestline

(909) 338-9196

Mandarin Garden


(909) 338-6482

McDonald’s


(909) 693-3388

Toni’s Kitchen Mexican Food


(909) 338-9377

Giuseppi’s Pizza

(inside Rim Bowling)

23991 Lake Dr, Crestline

(909) 338-5550

27195 CA-189, Blue Jay, CA

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As a Health Facilities Evaluator

Nurse for the California Department

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in Crestline to healthcare facilities

all over the state. He investigated

complaints, advised administrators

on inspections, applied and enforced

state and federal laws and regulations,

and participated in local programs

to improve

compliance in licensed healthcare

facilities.

He enjoyed the job, but the

travel started to wear on him. Then

COVID-19 struck. “I was going to

skilled nursing facilities that were

experiencing outbreaks. It was very

high risk and not really my area of

expertise.” Alamdari has long had

his eye on Mountains Community

Hospital, so when the position of

Director of Quality and Regulatory

Compliance opened up, he jumped

at the opportunity to apply. He started

with MCH on August 10th.

“This is the most beautiful

little hospital and it’s close to

home.” It is his job to make sure the

staff, the providers and the hospital

have the tools and processes in place

to ensure MCH is doing its best to

ensure patient safety, reliability, and

quality. He also has to stay on top

of regulatory changes. With the Centers

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In order to track the hospital’s

performance, he has to collect

and analyze a tremendous amount of

data. Within the hospital, he reports

the data to various committees and

to the Hospital’s Board of Directors.

That would not be possible without

Kady Fox, the Nurse Data Coordinator.

“I couldn’t do the job without her

support,” Alamdari said.

There are hundreds of quality

measures. One example is venous

thrombosis (clots in legs) in the operating

room. Statistics are gathered

on how many patients get venous

thrombosis associated with surgery.

“MCH is at 100 percent compliance

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with preventative measures,” Alamdari

said. Some patients, he noted,

have “leg squeezers” put on post-surgery,

while others are prescribed anticoagulant

medications. The Emergency

Department tracks sepsis data.

“There is a sepsis protocol the nurses

and doctors follow,” he said. All of

this data, Alamdari noted, is reported

to the National Healthcare Safety

Network.

On a day-to-day basis, Alamdari

responds to patient compliments

and complaints. “We take all of

these calls very seriously,” he said.

“We talk about an issue the patient

feels we can improve on. Then we go

back to the department, investigate

the process, and identify any changes

that need to be made. It’s our job to

put systems in place to help mitigate

errors and accidents and improve the

patient experience.”

So how did this former firefighter-paramedic

and registered

nurse end up in quality and regulatory

compliance? In 1989, Alamdari

was working for the Forest Service

as a seasonal employee. He would

get called out to traffic collisions on

the fire engine and watch the EMTs at

work. “I thought, this is what I want

to do,” he said. “I had wanted to be a

paramedic all my life and becoming

a nurse was part of the journey to be

in healthcare and help people.”

While working as a paramedic,

Alamdari went to nursing school,

getting his associate degree. He then

spent 14 years on the floor as an

RN. During that time, he earned his

Bachelor of Science in Nursing. He

was at St. Bernardine Medical Center

when he made the move to the

quality arena. “We had an incident in

the OR,” he said. “One of our team

members was involved in an error. I

thought maybe I could do some good

and help prevent future errors. “The

incident was an eye opener and I’ve

been trying to make systems better

ever since.”

Alamdari has been coming to

the mountain for years. In 1977, his

grandparents built the house where

he has lived full time for the past

year and a half. His two teenage sons

visit him every weekend. They all go

cycling together – both on the road

and on the mountain biking trails at

SkyPark at Santa’s Village. “I ride a

lot up here – 50 to 75 miles a week,”

Alamdari said.

“Being a nurse was very rewarding,”

he said, and he sometimes

misses the direct patient care. “It’s

been six years since I was bedside.”

He also feels great satisfaction from

his current position. “Ensuring that

patients, staff and visitors are safe is

one of the greatest rewards.” Alamdari

added he feels “more than blessed

to be part of this team.” He previously

worked with Dr. Walker at

St. Bernardine Medical Center and is

impressed with the care he gives his

patients. “And I love his laugh!” Dr.

Martin, Alamdari said, reminds him

of doctors 20 years ago who would

talk with you. “In bigger healthcare

systems, they don’t take the time –

they can’t. You get friendly, personal

care here. I’m a small spoke in a big

wheel,” Alamdari added. “It’s a team

approach here. It always has been.”

“We are so pleased that Garrett

has joined our team. His genuine

interest in ensuring that MCH

provides the highest quality of care

for our patients and our community

is evident in his day to day actions,”

says Terry Peña, Chief Operating Officer/Chief

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Susie Heisler—A Big Asset to

Running Springs

Susie Heisler first moved to

the mountains in 1976 and worked

for Ty Harding who owned Arrowhead

and Hair in Blue Jay.

Someone contacted Ty and he was

asked to purchase a shop in Running

Springs. Originally Ty wanted

Susie to be a partner in the new

venture and Susie agreed. However,

Ty suggested to Susie that she

purchase the shop which had been

closed for a number of months.

Susie purchased Fox Hunter’s in

May 1980 and changed the name

to The Cut Above. The business

was located on the lower level of

what is today the Springs of Life

Church. She stayed in that location

for 15 years before purchasing

her own building on Commercial

Way. In 2012 she moved to

her current location along Hilltop

Boulevard.

A special thank you to Market

Manager Susie for her leadership

during the first nine years

of the Running Springs Farmers

Market and Artisan Faire. Her involvement

not only allowed the

market to start, but kept it growing

every year since. Susie will still

volunteer with events, but needs to

step away from being the manager

and a chamber director - as her already

quite full plate simply could

not hold everything after adding

home schooling, COVID-19 business

adaptations and a new fiancé

to her full time job, two growing

girls, family, coaching golf to

her Olympic son and many event

planning activities. Her assistant,

Cathy Clemens says “I love

working with Susie and value her

wise management decisions, event

planning capacity and can-do attitude.”

Some of Susie’s contributions

to the Running Springs

Farmers Market were encouraging

more vendors (plan A was three

vendors outside her shop), keeping

vendor fees affordable, adding

fun events every Saturday (except

during COVID-19 restrictions),

partnering with local businesses

to make events even better, pushing

advertising (flyers, banners,

highway signs, articles, word of

mouth, promotions and especialby

Kevin Somes and Cathy Clemons

Susie Heisler

ly social media), organizing/recruiting

volunteers for the market

chamber table every Saturday and

instilling a loyalty to past vendors.

She will certainly be missed as an

enthusiastic and fun leader.

Susie loves our Running

Springs Communities as evidenced

by her willingness to be

involved in so many community

functions. Her favorite things

about our communities include the

sense of safety she has plus the

family friendly nature of our area

and the beautiful views.

Over the years Susie has

seen many changes in our communities

including a consistent

change of businesses in town. In

particular, she remarks at how

the area near Firehouse Park has

changed over the years and feels

the construction of our current

post office was a major milestone

for Running Springs.

One of her fondest memories

is John Futala’s work on the

three-story building in town located

at 31977 Hilltop. Susie said he

literally lifted the first level of the

building up and built two stories

below that to make a three-story

building that stands to this day!

Susie enjoys many activities

including skiing, bowling plus

playing softball. She has played

softball for nearly seven years.

Susie has certainly made

her mark on our communities by

not only owning a successful business

for nearly forty years, but

also by being so involved in our

communities.

17th Annual Veterans Day Celebration

Goes Virtual

The program, organized by

the VFW Post 9624, Cedarpines

Park, and usually held at the Veterans

Monument at Arrowhead Ridge

will not be able to be held in person

this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The many attendees simply

could not be socially distanced

sufficiently,” said Joyce Rapp, the

original founder of the current celebration.

Instead, it will be a virtual

video event posted on YouTube at

or about 11 a.m. on November 11.

Participants include many

from past years: Gloria Loring,

actress and singer, will emcee the

program for the third year, from her

home in Lake Arrowhead. She will

introduce other participants and

narrate the videos. Fifes and Drums

will also present a section of the

program, with the color guard and

posting of the colors by the American

Legion of Twin Peaks and

VFW Post 9624. Rim High School

student, 15-year-old Neva Hidajat,

will participate through the video

of her prize-winning speech at

the American Legion’s State level.

Quilts of Valor will be represented,

as always. Viewers will be able to

join in on the Pledge of Allegiance,

National Anthem and Service songs

from the five branches (Army,

Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast

Guard). Brian Poyorena, a former

Marine who is studying cybersecurity

and lives in Yucaipa, is

volunteering his time to assemble

the various videos into a cohesive

program.

“We hope to be back in person

at Arrowhead Ridge next year,”

said Rapp, “but until then this is the

best we can do. At least those who

cannot attend in person can still see

our program and perhaps next year

we will be able to video the live

program for them to view at a later

time,” she concluded.


The Clavius crater on the moon as seen by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

The SOFIA observatory has detected water ice in shadowed regions of this

sunlit lunar location. Photo courtesy of NASA

The Existence of Water in our Solar

System Changes Everything

by Steven Peter

The discovery of ice on the

two worlds closest to us that we have

investigated thoroughly changes the

paradigm completely about possible

life on our closest neighbors. There’s

an astrobiology saying that where

there is water, there is life. And

where once we believed that we were

the only place to find water, we’ve

instead proven that it’s abundant on

other worlds. While it may not mean

life in the depths of Neptune or on

the frigid, darker poles of Mercury,

it could open the door for new explorations.

The existence of water on the

closest planets could provide way

stations as we move out into the farther

reaches of space. And if there’s

abundant water in our own backyard,

it shows that it may not be so rare to

find and that we may not be alone in

the universe.

Water On the Moon?

A very recent discovery on

our own Moon, and in the darkest

and coldest parts of its polar regions,

a team of scientists have directly observed

definitive evidence of water

ice on the Moon’s surface. These ice

deposits are intermittently distributed

and could possibly be quite ancient.

At the southern pole, most of the ice

is concentrated at lunar craters, while

the northern pole’s ice is more widely

and sparsely spread.

A team of scientists, led by

Shuai Li of the University of Hawaii

and Brown University and including

Richard Elphic from NASA’s Ames

Research Center in California, used

data from NASA’s Moon Mineralogy

Mapper (M3) instrument to identify

three specific signatures that definitively

prove there is water ice at the

surface of the Moon. M3, aboard the

Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, launched

in 2008 by the Indian Space Research

Organization, was uniquely equipped

to confirm the presence of solid ice

on the Moon. It collected data that

not only picked up the reflective

properties we’d expect from ice but

was able to directly measure the distinctive

way its molecules absorb

infrared light, so it can differentiate

between liquid water or vapor and

solid ice. Most of the newfound water

ice lies in the shadows of craters

near the poles, where the warmest

temperatures never reach above minus

250 degrees Fahrenheit. Because

of the very small tilt of the Moon’s

rotation axis, sunlight never reaches

these regions.

Don’t Forget Mars’ Recent Discovery

There’s also water on Mars.

In a major discovery, ESA’s Mars

Express mission has detected a 12.4-

mile lake beneath the ice on Mars’

surface, fueling the possibility of

finding life. The salty water lake discovery

was released recently in July

2018. The lake is about a mile under

the surface and stretches 12 miles

across. The presence of water under

the Martian polar ice caps has long

been suspected but not seen until

now, the study said.

The discovery raises the

possibility of finding life on the

Red Planet. It’s known that without

water, no form of life as we know

it could exist. Astronomers used radar

data from the orbiting European

spacecraft Mars Express to find the

water. They spent at least two years

checking over the data to make sure

they had detected water and not ice

or another substance. Although evidence

of water was obvious on the

planet’s surface in the form of large

dried-out river valley networks from

ages ago, Mars’ climate does not allow

for water on the surface today.

Due to the depth it was located, it

would be hard to drill down to it, as

it would on Earth. We have been able

to drill down a mile in Antarctica, but

on another planet, it would be a huge

undertaking. It took three and a half

years’ worth of observations—29

separate radar profiles—before they

were confident in their conclusion.

Possibilities on Other Worlds

So to compile what is currently

known and what is presumed

is that still, the best possibility of

life out there is still the moons Enceladus

and Europa. Saturn’s Enceladus

has a higher probability for life

than Jupiter’s Europa. Enceladus orbits

near the rings of Saturn and the

moon spews 1,000 tons of water into

space every hour along with organic

molecules, salt, and other materials.

Recent research suggests the ocean

is also very warm thanks to the tidal

effects from Saturn. Europa was the

biggest contender for life for many

years, with a craggy icy crust hinting

in almost every way at an ocean below.

Thanks to the tidal effects from

Jupiter, the water would be kept liquid

and possibly even warm below

the icy crust, helped by possible hydrothermal

vents.

Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede, is

the largest moon in our solar system,

bigger than even the planet Mercury.

Astronomers had long suspected that

an ocean lies beneath the 100-milethick

ice crust at the surface. Callisto

is similar in composition to Ganymede

and, as the furthest out of the

four Galilean moons of Jupiter, and

is bombarded with the least amount

of radiation. We know there’s water

here—what we don’t know is to what

extent it’s liquid.

Ceres, the largest of Mars’

two moons, was previously known to

be a relatively rocky body. But recent

observations from the Hubble telescope

and evidence from the Dawn

spacecraft, which just arrived there,

have raised an intriguing possibility

that Ceres is less a ball of rock and

more a watery dwarf planet with an

icy mantle and a slushy ocean below.

If it’s true, it would be the nearest

world to Earth with an ocean. Mimas,

Mars’ other moon, is pretty much one

big snowball. There doesn’t seem to

be much more to it than water ice.

Saturn’s moon Dione shows

signs of geologic activity, including

giant mountain peaks and other evidence

pointing to a warmer history.

It’s possible that the moon retains

enough of that heat for a small ocean

to exist.

Pluto is still seen mostly

as an icy world. However, the tidal

forces from its orbit with its largest

moon Charon—combined with what

scientists currently surmise that Pluto

could have hosted an ocean, and

it leaves open the outside possibility

that it’s still around.

Neptune’s largest moon, Triton,

looks a lot like Pluto. The moon’s

surface seems to be a mix of methane

and water ices, much like Pluto, and

there’s the outside chance of an internal

ocean, provided there is enough

heating or radioactive decay

The moons of Uranus (Titania,

Oberon, and Umbriel) show that

Titania and Oberon are likely ice and

rocky materials. Neither has, at the

time, enough evidence to support liquid

water hypotheses without an anti-freeze

agent like ammonia. Three

moons of Saturn (Tethys, Rhea, and

Iapetus), appear similarly frozen,

though there’s an outside chance of

liquid water on Rhea.

Perhaps the most surprising

place water has been detected in the

solar system is Mercury, the closest

planet to the sun. While the surface

is scorching, the poles are often untouched

by the sun’s heat, leading to

an area where ice can accumulate.

In October 2017, the MESSENGER

spacecraft snapped some polar photos

of the frozen ice caps. Liquid water

is unlikely because Mercury is so

hot, but MESSENGER found signs

that some of the accumulations were

recent. Trace amounts of water vapor

have been detected on Venus, Jupiter,

and Saturn.

Right now, Earth is the only

true pale blue dot, the only place

where life as we know it can exist,

where temperature variables create a

wide array of ecosystems and vegetation,

where a thick, luscious atmosphere

enables life by air, by sea, and

by land endowed by our creator.

An artist’s conception of Saturn’s moon Enceladus spewing geysers of water

and hydrogen into the atmosphere. Drawing courtesy of Caltech/NASA.


This season has been usually prolific when seeing all the acorns that have

fallen in the mountains this year.

How to Use Acorns for Food

by Lynette Eastwood

What was that loud bang outside

the house, an accident? Seems

like it happens every few minutes.

It’s the annual acorn drop from the

large oak trees growing throughout

our local mountains. Folklore says

that if there is a large drop of acorns

in the fall, expect a longer and colder

winter season.

Just like the squirrels, our

little friends that you see scurrying

around in the forest are gathering

acorns to be used in the winter as

their food source and tucking them

away for a harsh upcoming winter.

They do that because it will be almost

impossible for them to find some

food to eat during the winter months.

You too can do the same just like our

little friends have done for centuries

along with other native peoples of

this country have also done for centuries.

You can gather up acorns to be

used in your daily food menus or tuck

them away in your pantry for future

use to use in your cooking.

Like many other true nuts,

acorns are an excellent source of

food. In the past they have provided

people with a wealth of health and

food recipes ideas in earlier times. Today,

they’re still in fashion as a food

source. They can still can provide us

with an array of B vitamins, protein,

and very little fat. They also contain

an adequate amount of great complex

carbohydrates which is good for controlling

our blood sugar levels.

Every species of acorn is edible,

but some may taste better than

others. It is especially important that

you do not eat them raw because they

can be bitter-tasting and toxic. You’ll

need to process them first. Here are

directions of how to process them

and some suggestions about how to

use acorns as food.

First gather your ripe acorns.

When looking, only pick the brown

acorns, as these are ripe; green acorns

are unripe and are unsuitable for eating

(but mature green acorns can ripen

in a clean, dry place). Make sure

to avoid any acorns that appear mil-

Lynette Eastwood

dewed, dusty, or blackened. Quality

nutmeat will be yellowish in color.

These are some of the various

oak trees and the unprocessed, natural

nuts of various kinds of oaks:

• White oaks produce bland tasting

acorns. The best for harvesting is the

swamp white oak, Oregon white oak,

and the burr oak. Generally, these

won’t need leaching.

• Red oaks produce bitter tasting

acorns.

• Emory oak’s acorns are mild

enough to not require processing.

• Black oaks produce very bitter

tasting acorns and need a lot of leaching

to overcome this.

When you must leach the

acorns of tannins, untreated raw

acorns contain a high concentration

of tannic acid, causing their taste to

be bitter and then to be toxic to humans

if eaten in large quantities. It is

possible to remove the tannic acid by

simply leaching it out of the acorns in

a pot of boiling water, pouring out the

hot water and doing repeated changes

of water. Continue doing this until

the water does not turn brown after

you have strained and replaced it.

Another method for leaching

is to place one tablespoon of baking

soda into one liter of water. Leave

the acorns to soak in the baking soda

infused water for 12-15 hours.

Native Americans used a rustic

method of leaching by bagging the

nuts and allowing them to soak in a

clean, flowing stream for a few days

until no brown-colored water is seen

rising out of the bags when checking

them at later intervals.

Remove the acorns once

leached and leave to simply dry out

or make roasted nuts after drying, as

desired. Raw acorns can be stored

for months without spoiling; this

dramatically increases their value,

being a “process as needed food resource”,

however, they must be dry

or otherwise they can get moldy and

mildewed. But only when leached are

they ready to use.

Using Acorns in Recipes

Make acorn “coffee”. Peel

the ripe, processed acorns. Divide the

kernels. Place in an ovenproof dish

and cover. Roast in a low heat oven

to dry slowly. Once roasted (light,

medium or dark), grind. The resulting

mixture can be blended into commercial

coffee -- or used on its own to

make acorn coffee.

Make acorn flour, whole -- or

sift to remove fiber to make a finer

cake flour called acorn starch! Read

How to make acorn flour for instructions.

Use the flour to make breads,

muffins, etc.

Korean cooking is largely

the only cuisine that features acorn

starch. Some Korean noodles and

jellies are made of acorn starch. As

acorn starch is a favorite part of this

cuisine, many Asian grocery markets

sell it.

Pickle the leached acorns in

brine. Use an olive making recipe

and substitute acorns for the olives to

make a treat/delicacy.

Substitute roasted acorns for

nuts and cooked legumes. They can

replace many legumes and other nuts,

such as chickpeas, peanuts, macadamias,

etc. Follow your usual recipe

and substitute acorn pieces instead.

Like most nuts, they are a nutritious,

dense food to use freely.

Make acorn dukkha, a dry

spicy mixed dip, which has many

uses, but is mainly used to dip bread

that has been basted with olive oil or

butter.

Acorn additives

• Sprinkle chopped, roasted acorns

over a fresh salad.

• Roast the acorns. Once roasted,

remove and dip in very heavy sugar

syrup.

• Make “acorn brittle” candy, using a

peanut brittle recipe, and spread it on

buttered plates to cool.

• Make an acorn nut butter spread

that is similar to peanut, almond, hazelnut,

or sunflower seed nut butter.

• Use recipes for low-carb pancakes

(as crepes) or low-carb biscuits of

acorn starch. Spread with acorn butter

and add stevia!

• Add acorns to stews as one might

add beans or potatoes. Their nutty,

slightly sweet taste adds a lovely

depth to stews.

• Add ground acorns to creamed,

mashed potatoes or potato salad.

This can give these standards a nice

lift in flavor, adding “conversation-piece”

value.

OPEN

ENROLLMENT

IS HERE!

ENROLL

RENEW

CHANGE YOUR PLAN

NEED HELP? Call an MCH

certifi ed enrollment counselor

(909) 336-3651 ext. 3535

www.mchcares.com


The Clavius crater on the moon as seen by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

The SOFIA observatory has detected water ice in shadowed regions of this

sunlit lunar location. Photo courtesy of NASA

The Existence of Water in our Solar

System Changes Everything

by Steven Peter

The discovery of ice on the

two worlds closest to us that we have

investigated thoroughly changes the

paradigm completely about possible

life on our closest neighbors. There’s

an astrobiology saying that where

there is water, there is life. And

where once we believed that we were

the only place to find water, we’ve

instead proven that it’s abundant on

other worlds. While it may not mean

life in the depths of Neptune or on

the frigid, darker poles of Mercury,

it could open the door for new explorations.

The existence of water on the

closest planets could provide way

stations as we move out into the farther

reaches of space. And if there’s

abundant water in our own backyard,

it shows that it may not be so rare to

find and that we may not be alone in

the universe.

Water On the Moon?

A very recent discovery on

our own Moon, and in the darkest

and coldest parts of its polar regions,

a team of scientists have directly observed

definitive evidence of water

ice on the Moon’s surface. These ice

deposits are intermittently distributed

and could possibly be quite ancient.

At the southern pole, most of the ice

is concentrated at lunar craters, while

the northern pole’s ice is more widely

and sparsely spread.

A team of scientists, led by

Shuai Li of the University of Hawaii

and Brown University and including

Richard Elphic from NASA’s Ames

Research Center in California, used

data from NASA’s Moon Mineralogy

Mapper (M3) instrument to identify

three specific signatures that definitively

prove there is water ice at the

surface of the Moon. M3, aboard the

Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, launched

in 2008 by the Indian Space Research

Organization, was uniquely equipped

to confirm the presence of solid ice

on the Moon. It collected data that

not only picked up the reflective

properties we’d expect from ice but

was able to directly measure the distinctive

way its molecules absorb

infrared light, so it can differentiate

between liquid water or vapor and

solid ice. Most of the newfound water

ice lies in the shadows of craters

near the poles, where the warmest

temperatures never reach above minus

250 degrees Fahrenheit. Because

of the very small tilt of the Moon’s

rotation axis, sunlight never reaches

these regions.

Don’t Forget Mars’ Recent Discovery

There’s also water on Mars.

In a major discovery, ESA’s Mars

Express mission has detected a 12.4-

mile lake beneath the ice on Mars’

surface, fueling the possibility of

finding life. The salty water lake discovery

was released recently in July

2018. The lake is about a mile under

the surface and stretches 12 miles

across. The presence of water under

the Martian polar ice caps has long

been suspected but not seen until

now, the study said.

The discovery raises the

possibility of finding life on the

Red Planet. It’s known that without

water, no form of life as we know

it could exist. Astronomers used radar

data from the orbiting European

spacecraft Mars Express to find the

water. They spent at least two years

checking over the data to make sure

they had detected water and not ice

or another substance. Although evidence

of water was obvious on the

planet’s surface in the form of large

dried-out river valley networks from

ages ago, Mars’ climate does not allow

for water on the surface today.

Due to the depth it was located, it

would be hard to drill down to it, as

it would on Earth. We have been able

to drill down a mile in Antarctica, but

on another planet, it would be a huge

undertaking. It took three and a half

years’ worth of observations—29

separate radar profiles—before they

were confident in their conclusion.

Possibilities on Other Worlds

So to compile what is currently

known and what is presumed

is that still, the best possibility of

life out there is still the moons Enceladus

and Europa. Saturn’s Enceladus

has a higher probability for life

than Jupiter’s Europa. Enceladus orbits

near the rings of Saturn and the

moon spews 1,000 tons of water into

space every hour along with organic

molecules, salt, and other materials.

Recent research suggests the ocean

is also very warm thanks to the tidal

effects from Saturn. Europa was the

biggest contender for life for many

years, with a craggy icy crust hinting

in almost every way at an ocean below.

Thanks to the tidal effects from

Jupiter, the water would be kept liquid

and possibly even warm below

the icy crust, helped by possible hydrothermal

vents.

Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede, is

the largest moon in our solar system,

bigger than even the planet Mercury.

Astronomers had long suspected that

an ocean lies beneath the 100-milethick

ice crust at the surface. Callisto

is similar in composition to Ganymede

and, as the furthest out of the

four Galilean moons of Jupiter, and

is bombarded with the least amount

of radiation. We know there’s water

here—what we don’t know is to what

extent it’s liquid.

Ceres, the largest of Mars’

two moons, was previously known to

be a relatively rocky body. But recent

observations from the Hubble telescope

and evidence from the Dawn

spacecraft, which just arrived there,

have raised an intriguing possibility

that Ceres is less a ball of rock and

more a watery dwarf planet with an

icy mantle and a slushy ocean below.

If it’s true, it would be the nearest

world to Earth with an ocean. Mimas,

Mars’ other moon, is pretty much one

big snowball. There doesn’t seem to

be much more to it than water ice.

Saturn’s moon Dione shows

signs of geologic activity, including

giant mountain peaks and other evidence

pointing to a warmer history.

It’s possible that the moon retains

enough of that heat for a small ocean

to exist.

Pluto is still seen mostly

as an icy world. However, the tidal

forces from its orbit with its largest

moon Charon—combined with what

scientists currently surmise that Pluto

could have hosted an ocean, and

it leaves open the outside possibility

that it’s still around.

Neptune’s largest moon, Triton,

looks a lot like Pluto. The moon’s

surface seems to be a mix of methane

and water ices, much like Pluto, and

there’s the outside chance of an internal

ocean, provided there is enough

heating or radioactive decay

The moons of Uranus (Titania,

Oberon, and Umbriel) show that

Titania and Oberon are likely ice and

rocky materials. Neither has, at the

time, enough evidence to support liquid

water hypotheses without an anti-freeze

agent like ammonia. Three

moons of Saturn (Tethys, Rhea, and

Iapetus), appear similarly frozen,

though there’s an outside chance of

liquid water on Rhea.

Perhaps the most surprising

place water has been detected in the

solar system is Mercury, the closest

planet to the sun. While the surface

is scorching, the poles are often untouched

by the sun’s heat, leading to

an area where ice can accumulate.

In October 2017, the MESSENGER

spacecraft snapped some polar photos

of the frozen ice caps. Liquid water

is unlikely because Mercury is so

hot, but MESSENGER found signs

that some of the accumulations were

recent. Trace amounts of water vapor

have been detected on Venus, Jupiter,

and Saturn.

Right now, Earth is the only

true pale blue dot, the only place

where life as we know it can exist,

where temperature variables create a

wide array of ecosystems and vegetation,

where a thick, luscious atmosphere

enables life by air, by sea, and

by land endowed by our creator.

An artist’s conception of Saturn’s moon Enceladus spewing geysers of water

and hydrogen into the atmosphere. Drawing courtesy of Caltech/NASA.


This season has been usually prolific when seeing all the acorns that have

fallen in the mountains this year.

How to Use Acorns for Food

by Lynette Eastwood

What was that loud bang outside

the house, an accident? Seems

like it happens every few minutes.

It’s the annual acorn drop from the

large oak trees growing throughout

our local mountains. Folklore says

that if there is a large drop of acorns

in the fall, expect a longer and colder

winter season.

Just like the squirrels, our

little friends that you see scurrying

around in the forest are gathering

acorns to be used in the winter as

their food source and tucking them

away for a harsh upcoming winter.

They do that because it will be almost

impossible for them to find some

food to eat during the winter months.

You too can do the same just like our

little friends have done for centuries

along with other native peoples of

this country have also done for centuries.

You can gather up acorns to be

used in your daily food menus or tuck

them away in your pantry for future

use to use in your cooking.

Like many other true nuts,

acorns are an excellent source of

food. In the past they have provided

people with a wealth of health and

food recipes ideas in earlier times. Today,

they’re still in fashion as a food

source. They can still can provide us

with an array of B vitamins, protein,

and very little fat. They also contain

an adequate amount of great complex

carbohydrates which is good for controlling

our blood sugar levels.

Every species of acorn is edible,

but some may taste better than

others. It is especially important that

you do not eat them raw because they

can be bitter-tasting and toxic. You’ll

need to process them first. Here are

directions of how to process them

and some suggestions about how to

use acorns as food.

First gather your ripe acorns.

When looking, only pick the brown

acorns, as these are ripe; green acorns

are unripe and are unsuitable for eating

(but mature green acorns can ripen

in a clean, dry place). Make sure

to avoid any acorns that appear mil-

Lynette Eastwood

dewed, dusty, or blackened. Quality

nutmeat will be yellowish in color.

These are some of the various

oak trees and the unprocessed, natural

nuts of various kinds of oaks:

• White oaks produce bland tasting

acorns. The best for harvesting is the

swamp white oak, Oregon white oak,

and the burr oak. Generally, these

won’t need leaching.

• Red oaks produce bitter tasting

acorns.

• Emory oak’s acorns are mild

enough to not require processing.

• Black oaks produce very bitter

tasting acorns and need a lot of leaching

to overcome this.

When you must leach the

acorns of tannins, untreated raw

acorns contain a high concentration

of tannic acid, causing their taste to

be bitter and then to be toxic to humans

if eaten in large quantities. It is

possible to remove the tannic acid by

simply leaching it out of the acorns in

a pot of boiling water, pouring out the

hot water and doing repeated changes

of water. Continue doing this until

the water does not turn brown after

you have strained and replaced it.

Another method for leaching

is to place one tablespoon of baking

soda into one liter of water. Leave

the acorns to soak in the baking soda

infused water for 12-15 hours.

Native Americans used a rustic

method of leaching by bagging the

nuts and allowing them to soak in a

clean, flowing stream for a few days

until no brown-colored water is seen

rising out of the bags when checking

them at later intervals.

Remove the acorns once

leached and leave to simply dry out

or make roasted nuts after drying, as

desired. Raw acorns can be stored

for months without spoiling; this

dramatically increases their value,

being a “process as needed food resource”,

however, they must be dry

or otherwise they can get moldy and

mildewed. But only when leached are

they ready to use.

Using Acorns in Recipes

Make acorn “coffee”. Peel

the ripe, processed acorns. Divide the

kernels. Place in an ovenproof dish

and cover. Roast in a low heat oven

to dry slowly. Once roasted (light,

medium or dark), grind. The resulting

mixture can be blended into commercial

coffee -- or used on its own to

make acorn coffee.

Make acorn flour, whole -- or

sift to remove fiber to make a finer

cake flour called acorn starch! Read

How to make acorn flour for instructions.

Use the flour to make breads,

muffins, etc.

Korean cooking is largely

the only cuisine that features acorn

starch. Some Korean noodles and

jellies are made of acorn starch. As

acorn starch is a favorite part of this

cuisine, many Asian grocery markets

sell it.

Pickle the leached acorns in

brine. Use an olive making recipe

and substitute acorns for the olives to

make a treat/delicacy.

Substitute roasted acorns for

nuts and cooked legumes. They can

replace many legumes and other nuts,

such as chickpeas, peanuts, macadamias,

etc. Follow your usual recipe

and substitute acorn pieces instead.

Like most nuts, they are a nutritious,

dense food to use freely.

Make acorn dukkha, a dry

spicy mixed dip, which has many

uses, but is mainly used to dip bread

that has been basted with olive oil or

butter.

Acorn additives

• Sprinkle chopped, roasted acorns

over a fresh salad.

• Roast the acorns. Once roasted,

remove and dip in very heavy sugar

syrup.

• Make “acorn brittle” candy, using a

peanut brittle recipe, and spread it on

buttered plates to cool.

• Make an acorn nut butter spread

that is similar to peanut, almond, hazelnut,

or sunflower seed nut butter.

• Use recipes for low-carb pancakes

(as crepes) or low-carb biscuits of

acorn starch. Spread with acorn butter

and add stevia!

• Add acorns to stews as one might

add beans or potatoes. Their nutty,

slightly sweet taste adds a lovely

depth to stews.

• Add ground acorns to creamed,

mashed potatoes or potato salad.

This can give these standards a nice

lift in flavor, adding “conversation-piece”

value.

OPEN

ENROLLMENT

IS HERE!

ENROLL

RENEW

CHANGE YOUR PLAN

NEED HELP? Call an MCH

certifi ed enrollment counselor

(909) 336-3651 ext. 3535

www.mchcares.com


Local Area Churches

While some churches may be in various stages of opening

up, Check Online For Current Facebook or Online Services

1410 Calgary Drive

Lake Arrowhead, CA

(909)337-5483

www.churchofthewoods.org

Service times

in Crestline:

Shabbat (Sabbath):

Friday night @ 7:00 p.m.

Torah Study:

Sunday @ 10:00 a.m.

Service times

in Calimesa:

Shabbat (Sabbath):

Sat. morning @ 10:00 a.m.

Torah Study:

Tuesday night @ 7:00 p.m.

170 S. Dart Canyon Rd.

Crestline, CA 92325

(909)338-5934

and

9580 Calimesa Blvd.

Calimesa, CA 92320

New Wine Christian Fellowship

340 Hwy. 138, PO Box 3935

www.newwinecrestline.org

Crestline CA 92325

Sunday service at 10:30 am.

Children’s Sunday class: kindergarten through 5th grade.

Youth Sunday class for junior and high school

students during the morning service.

Office Hours – Wednesday 9 am to 2 pm

Thursday 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Sunday Service

Times:

9 & 11 a.m.

Wed. Night

Free Dinner &

-Activities for All Ages-

5:30-8:00 p.m.

909 338.6077

Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church,

Lake Arrowhead

27415 School Rd.

(Behind Rim High School)

(909) 337-1412

Connecting People

to Jesus

Love God, Love Others,

Serve the World

worship Services

8 AM Informal Traditional

9:30 AM Praise and Worship

11 AM Traditional

“Where the Word

of God, the Holy

Bible, is preached

and practiced, and

the great triune

God is worshipped

in an atmosphere

of warm Christian

27415 School Rd, Crest Park, CA 92326 fellowship”

(sharing Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church)

www.MountainReformed.com

909-547-4374

Worship Service 1:30 pm • Adult Bible Study 3 pm

St. Francis Cabrini Catholic Church

MASSES:

Weekend Masses:

Saturday: 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 9:30 a.m.(English) 12:00 pm (Spanish)

Weekday Masses:

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 8:30 a.m.

Monday & Tuesday Communion Service at 8:30 a.m.

23079 Crest Forest Dr.

Crestline, Ca. 92382

Phone

909-338-2303

Crestline First Baptist Church

533 Springy Path, Crestline, CA 92325

Service Times:

Sunday

9:15-Adult Sunday School

10:30 AM-Church Service

Sunday Service Times:

9:00 AM Kids/

Adults Sunday School

10:15 AM Celebration Service

(909) 338-1918

twin peaks community church

909 337-3011

St. Richard’s Episcopal Church

Sunday Worship Times

8am Holy Eucharist This is a quiet service with no music.

Our liturgy alternates weekly between Rite 1 and Rite 2.

10:00am Holy Eucharist

28708 Highway 18, Skyforest, CA 92385

909-337-3889 Fax: 909-337-9980

Crestline New Life Christian Fellowship

Contact: Rev. Matthew Shorey

23484 Lake Dr. (PO Box 1957)

Crestline, CA 92325

Phone: 909-338-3213

Email: CrestlineNewLife@outlook.com

Website: CrestlineNewLifeAG.com

Calvary Chapel, Lake Arrowhead

Service Times:

Sunday

8:30 and 10:30 AM

Wednesday evening

6:30 PM

Sunday School, childcare, Jr High

and High School will be meeting

second service only.

101 Grandview Rd.

Twin Peaks, CA 92391

Join us as Pastor Scott Stout continues

teaching through the Bible. (909) 337-2468


The Best Time to Put Your Home on the Market? NOW!

in escrow

in escrow

in escrow

$152,999

Bring your tool box and finish

this adorable fixer upper. Two

bedroom and 1 1/2 baths. Bathroom

flooring, vanity, shower/

tub and some fixtures included

but need installation. Entire

main level needs flooring. Living

room (with wood burning

fireplace), kitchen, one bedroom

and full bath on main floor. One

bedroom and half bath on lower

level. Large buildup for storage

and large deck. Lower level bedroom

and bath not permitted.

$199,000

Enter into the laundry area /

mudd room. A full bath room

w/ separate shower and tub are

on the main entry level. Shutters

separate the entry area to

the open living room. Kitchen

has granite countertops, open

dining/living room. Sliding

glass door opens to front deck.

Upstairs has 2 Jack & Jill bedrooms.

Generator hookup, outside

storage shed - workshop

off of the entry door. .

$199,000

Large two bedroom home

with oversized family room

and open beam ceiling and

storage room/work shop on

bottom floor. Upstairs features

a large master suite with 3/4

bath, second bedroom and second

full bath. The kitchen has

granite laminate counter tops,

and newer stove. The sizeable

living room has a large brick

wood burning fireplace. New

carpet throughout.

$225,000

This beautifully updated home/

cabin is perfect for first time

buyer, vacation getaway or vacation

rental. Just a few steps up to

great entertainment deck. Large

living room, kitchen, bedroom

and bath. Lower level, with separate

entrance, has a small kitchen,

living room/bedroom. There

is off street parking for up to 4

cars or RV. Apple, fig and plum

trees throughout property.

$232,000

Step inside to find an open and

inviting living room with open

beam ceiling and rock fireplace.

The open kitchen features a

vintage wood breakfast bar and

dining area. All on a single level

with 2 bedrooms and 1 full

bath. Stackable laundry located

in the basement and comes fully

furnished! Centrally located and

just 5 miles from Snow Valley

Ski Resort and 5 miles to Sky

Park at Santa’s Village.

in escrow

in escrow

in escrow

$239,000

Level entry two bedroom two

bath home in Arrowbear with a

lot of potential. Enter through

large mudroom. This level features

two bedrooms, living room,

kitchen and bath. Downstairs

has separate entry with a lovely

outdoor sitting area. This floor

includes kitchen, living room

with fireplace, bath and two bonus

rooms without closets. Large

deck off of living room. Exterior

has been recently painted and

wood floors recently installed.

$249,000

$269,000

$239,000 Enter into the living room with

Hard to find single level home on

This single story cabin has newer wood burning stove a level lot !! Move in ready home

vaulted ceilings with beautiful (2018 installed), and hardwood features a large living room with

knotty pine. Walk into the open flooring. Kitchen w/ with pantry

and stainless steel applianc-

area, open kitchen with an is-

a brick face fireplace, dining

living room with newly remodeled

kitchen. The open kitchen es. All three bedrooms and 2 land, large bathroomm with tub/

features quarts counter tops and baths are located on the main shower combination and another

a gorgeous tile backsplash. Two level which includes a master 3/4 bath off of master bedroom.

bedroom suites with knotty pine suite at the end of the hallway. 3 bedrooms, large laundry room,

walls, and one bath that shares Storage room off of side door

covered entry, fenced level backyard,

large storage shed and

laundry. Enjoy the back deck leads to the back yard. Newer

for those summer lazy days. The roof, water heater, & gutters

corner lot gives you at feeling of (2018). Downstairs - build up parking for three or more cars.

having a cabin in the woods. area has laundry hook ups w/ You can walk to the stores, park,

back yard access.

library, bank and post office.

$429,999

Beautiful mountain view

home. Recently remodeled all

with permits. Features 4 bedroom,

3 bathroom, living room

w/cozy fireplace, family room

with sink, separate laundry

room, 2 car garage with level

entry. Includes granite counter

tops in kitchen. All new

flooring throughout, all fresh

new paint, interior and exterior.

Forced air heating and air

conditioning. Located close to

town. Move in ready.

in escrow in escrow in escrow

$334,000

This 3 bedroom, 2 bath home

has driveway access with extra

parking. Permitted 400 sq.

ft. ground level guest room

with heat, refrigerator and microwave.

Small storage room/

workshop. Living room w/vaulted

ceilings and rock fireplace.

Updated dining area, breakfast

nook and large pantry. Large

deck, main level includes a laundry

area, full bathroom and bedroom.

Upstairs is viewing nook,

2 bedroom with large closets

and bath.

$399,999

Mountain home features 6 bedrooms,

3 full bathrooms. Granite

counter tops, travertine tile floor,

deep double sinks, extra cabinet

space. Master bath features large

soaking tub, tile with mosaic inlay

dual sinks. Weather-resistant

dual paned windows, carpet and

wood flooring. 3rd floor has 4

bedrooms and full bath. Soundproofed

bedroom/laundry on the

first floor, full bathroom, large

permitted storage room. 2 car

garage with automatic openers.

$529,000

Main level has an open living

room with fireplace, skylights

and a dining area off updated

kitchen with wood grain looking

granite counter tops. Large kitchen

pantry w/ craftsman style barn

door. Soaker tub in main level

bathroom. Garage access to the

main level floor. Upstairs features

a large master En Suite with large

picture window, walk in closet.

Third level family room, 3 bedrooms

and 2 bathrooms. 4th level

floor and enjoy a bonus play

room (office).

$239,000

PRICE REDUCED !!!

Great exposure and easy

access directly across from

330 off ramp. Lots of possibilities.

Buyer advised to

independently verify square

footage of building and lot.

$299,999

Amazing business opportunity.

Large reduction in price.

Owner may carry with 20%

down with approved credit.

Located in Arrowbear on

Hwy 18. Lots of visibility and

traffic. Located close to ski

resort and other shops. Easy

level entry with lots of parking.

(909) 867-9772

31927 Hilltop Blvd, Running Springs

DRE# 01292179

Local Lender

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909-213-6168 direct

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