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By Michael P. Neufeld Running Springs, CA – A 3-year-old fall victim has been transported to an area trauma center following an incident just before 5 p.m. at the tubing park near Snow Valley. Scanner reports indicate the female child was reportedly breathing on her own and was transported by paramedics to Charles Hoffman Elementary [...]

By Michael P. Neufeld Mountain Communities – Residents of the mountain communities may soon have their Saturday mail delivery suspended under a plan advanced by the United States Postal Service (USPS). Under the proposal to reduce a deficit estimated to be $18.2 billion a year by 2015, the USPS is calling for hikes in postal [...]

By Michael P. Neufeld Big Bear Lake, CA – The American Justice Department’s bullying statistics show that 1 out of 4 children will be bullied sometime throughout their adolescence. With that figure in mind BULLYING: SO WHAT? has been chosen as the theme of the inaugural Speech Trek contest open to all high school students [...]

By Michael P. Neufeld UPDATE – Monday, February 20 – 11:15 a.m. Lake Arrowhead, CA – The talent show sponsored by local Rotary Clubs headlining high school musicians has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 1, at 6 p.m. at the Rim of the World High School Performing Arts Theater. The free event is open to [...]

  By Michael P. Neufeld and E.T. Russell Big Bear Lake, CA – News of the closing of Mill Creek Trading Company never came as a formal announcement. There was no press conference. In fact, the day before the shop closed locals and visitors shopped in the store at 669 Pine Knot Avenue for everything [...]

By Michael P. Neufeld Big Bear Lake, CA – Ice breaker (or Icebreaker) is a term which describes an activity which reduces tension and anxiety in a group or a big ship breaking up ice in a water passageway. Thus, it is fitting that the first Toastmaster speech project is titled The Ice Breaker. For [...]