1) First Saturday Breakfast 5th!
2) Neighborhood Watch Meeting Monday 14th from 6pm to 7pm
3) Monday 14th Board meeting 7PM till the board members git tired of yammering at each other :)
4) USDA Food Distribution is on Monday 21th.
5) PotLuck this month is on Saturday 26th! Good food, Good People, just a Good dang time!
Our little Community held “Meetings Monday” at the Center last week. I arrived late for the Neighborhood Watch meeting, as Jim and I had lingered over our leisurely sunset Supper on the Porch. I have been concocting all sorts of deliciousnesses to entice his appetite and we have been eating at the table, with place settings, napkins and a tablecloth! Quite civilized and much more enjoyable than wolfing down our meals, glued to the telly!
The Board meeting was lively and constructive. Vern Fowler filled us all in on his progress with Emergency and Disaster preparedness and asked if anyone wants to receive CERT Training. If at least ten people sign up, we will receive training at the Center.
Robert Peterson – a Mesa resident for 35 years – joined us at the meeting. He and his Dad helped build the Center and the adjacent fire station. Robert’s suggestion to start a Community Garden at the Center was met with initial disapproval by some Board Members, but Mary Helen suggested that Robert and I come up with a plan to present to the Board. Starting small, setting reachable goals, I believe a Community Garden would be a lovely way to feed and bring the Neighborhood together and very nutritious in times of disaster.
Happy Birthday to all celebrating their special day in May: Tim Herrera, Jackie Johnston, Cal Myers, Karen van Noort, Eva Stokes and Mary Moowea. We fondly remember Bob Nelson and Ruth Ruffin.
Fifteen people attended the Tuesday Night Bingo and Supper party last week. Ray Foyil served mini-Pizzas with lettuce and potato salad. No big winners, but Carole Miller’s Grand-daughter Cassie won the Bingo draw for next week.
Responding to my comments about refusing to have a ‘smartmeter’ installed on my property and being informed that I would have to pay fifty dollars a month to have my meter read, or be cut off at the pole: Mad Mac e-mailed: “Dude's LYING!! Hope ya didn't fall for it, you should warn others. SCE is still dealin' w/CPUC.” Thanks Mac: nope, still no ‘smartmeter’ for me. Stay well!
ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK The Year 2011
05/21/2011
By Annelies Kuiper
Our little Community Center was bustling around the USDA Food give-away, last Monday morning. Bill Treas pulled up at 9:25, hauling his trailer full of food. Chris Jonas with his crew of trusty Volunteers, distributed 120 bags of food to needy households in our Community. This number just keeps going up, as more Mesa residents are hitting hard times and needing assistance to feed their families.
Bingo was hopping last Tuesday night, with 19 players joining us. Rose Matich won the Big Money, while Cal Myers won the Bingo coupon from Outreach 29 Palms. Chef Earl Wilbert prepared Supper, serving Chicken Tarragon, pork ‘n’ beans and a salad; with lemon meringue pie and ice cream for dessert. Yum! Apparently, Earl is donning his Chef hat again next Bingo Tuesday, May 24th and plans to delight our taste buds with his delicious Turkey soup.
Steve Tuttle called to say that the County Tire Recycling program has been shut down, due to lack of funding. What happens to the load of tires still in our recycling pen, remains to be seen. This is very worrying and I sincerely hope that people don’t start dumping their tires in our beautiful Desert again; like they used to before the tire pen was introduced.
The Fire Department has now completely cleared out our Firehouse. It’s a great building with enough room to park a semi where the fire truck used to be stored. Another memorable and sad occasion. That Fire Station used to be a bustling part of our Community and many of the old-timers remember being volunteer firefighters. Nowadays, if there’s a fire up here, crews respond from other fire stations; taking much longer as our Mesa is a maze for those not acquainted with our quirky dirt roads, confusing addresses and unreliable GPS service.
Happy May Birthday wishes go out to: Tim Herrera, Jackie Johnston, Cal Myers, Karen van Noort and Mary Moowea. Fondly, we remember Bob Nelson and Ruth Ruffin.
Our monthly Potluck Party is next Saturday, May 28th: can’t wait to see what’s for dinner! Have a great week; stay well.
FIVE YEARS AGO THIS WEEK The Year 2007
By Bob DeLoyd 05/19/2007
Our little Community just loves music, so when we heard that Joshua Tree was having the first annual Acoustic Guitar Festival last Friday, Ron Dehart and I journeyed on over. The only place to sit was on the ground, no problem, and we listened to some fantastic music put on by some very talented local artists (they weren't just playing cords) performing some of their own original stuff. Ron can't drive well in the dark so we left after a Very cute gal named Shari Elf sang "Home on the Range" which everyone sang to, I think, I know I did. On the way home Ron ran over a trashcan, so he wasn't kidding about his night driving.
Last Monday I took out the telescope and trained it on the seven stars of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid. Mizar was the first binary star that was discovered back in 1617. I noticed while I was searching the sky that Jupiter (rising in the east) Saturn (just west in Leo) and Venus (setting in the west) where all up. So now is a good time if you ever wanted to see where the plane of the Ecliptic (the apparent path that the Sun, planets, and the Zodiac travel), you can draw an imaginary line with your finger across the sky from Jupiter to Regulus in Leo (the bright star at the bottom of the question mark) then through Saturn, and down to Venus then on to the horizon.
Thought for the week: If you have to work hard at having fun you’re entirely missing the whole point!
TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK The Year 2002 By Bob DeLoyd 05/18/2002
Our little Community had a very nice Mother's Day breakfast last Saturday. There were fresh roses and champagne for all the lovely Mothers. Thirty-three hungry folks showed up and had a wonderful time.
Ruth Ruffin, Jan and Bill Bonner had a visit from their sister Imogene Pennington and her son Steve. Imogene came all the way from Sonora Calif. to have a look see on how Ruth is doing; the two sisters haven't seen each other since 1987. Ruth is recovering well after her fall and takes therapy three times a week.
Don't fail to remember that the USDA food distribution will be this Monday the 20th and our Potluck will be next Saturday the 25th.
Thought for the week: The little things that you mustn't forget are the things you fail to remember.
Copper Mountain Mesa Renderings
March 2012 Too small, too poor
By Bob DeLoyd
Too small, too poor:
Because of our remoteness, Rural Folks have learned by necessity to help and share with one another. That’s what’s done here at our little community and is going on right now throughout small communities across America. But some in large cities don’t see it that way and haven’t learned this lesson yet.
Steve Tuttle, a Copper Mountain Mesa Board member was asking, no he was actually trying to reason with the Yucca Valley Town Council for a Block Grant of $66,000 for repairs to our little community center; Block Grants are supposed to benefit low- and moderate-income residents. “Anything you can do to help all of our little organizations, instead of one big project for one bigger town, would be beneficial to all the people throughout this community.” Tuttle was blatantly told by the Director of Public Services for the Town of Yucca Valley that “Smaller projects require as much administrative effort, expense, manpower and time as the large projects.” “The County has encouraged everyone to put that money into larger projects to reduce the administrative overhead.”
Isn’t it ironic how all the Block monies went to Yucca Valley!
Arrogant:
Like an all male panel held to make decisions on women’s health issues, this arrogant, yes I said arrogant, committee was stacked against their rural neighbors. They allocated all block funds to their own city at the expense of smaller neighboring communities. This kind of ‘Schoolyard bullying’ mentality; who doesn’t want to share the ball with the other little children, has to stop. I admit the projects that were approved have merit, but so do our projects and the projects of other small rural communities around our area. I feel like we gotten raw deal. I’d be mighty ashamed if our little community had done something like that.
We who live in the rural areas are going to call for; no call is too weak a word, DEMAND change at the State, County, and local level. These scatterings of little rural communities throughout the desert make up a larger part of the population than the city of Yucca Valley and we are dang mad!
Our little Community held the monthly first Saturday Breakfast at the Center last week. The crowd was thinner than usual; probably because of all the other Cinco de Mayo goings-on. As Ila Foyil and her daughter Kimberly had the Hostess/Cashier post covered, I worked in the kitchen alongside Randy, Kimberly’s son. The rush was over by 9:30, so Kathy Quinn and I sat down for a bit of brekkie. We were joined by Kip Fjeld, who drove up in the old Land Rover he’s restoring with his Dad. I learned to drive in a short-wheel-based version when I was 10, careening around in the wilds of Kenya! “I want that Land Rover,” I told Kip: he just laughed at me!
Marie Morrison stopped to say hello. “Ruthie Malton called to congratulate me on my big Bingo winnings last week: she’d read it in the Column,” said Marie, with a big grin. “She was real disappointed when I told her it was only eleven dollars; but hey, at least I got to play free Bingo!”
Judy Driver won the big money on u-pik-em at the Tuesday night Supper and Bingo party last week: congratulations! Ray Foyil provided Sausages and Chicken Salad for Supper and about 15 players showed up.
It’s ‘Meeting Monday” on May 14th, as the Neighborhood Watch group gathers at 6pm, immediately followed by the monthly Board Meeting at 7. I am a stickler for correct spelling and grammar, so our Board Secretary, Tim Atzei sends me his latest Minutes and Agenda, so I can check them beforehand; to avoid wasting time at the Meeting. Last month, I received them at the very last minute and overlooked several errors: which was briskly pointed out to me by other Board members. Feeling thoroughly foolish and scolded, I declared that if anyone else wanted the job, great; otherwise shut up! Gasp! The meetings are definitely becoming livelier, as more Neighbors are attending and contributing to the discussions. You should come too: watch “the Board members yammerin’ at each other”, as our own Bob Deloyd so eloquently puts it. Stay well!
A Video Blog or Some Such by Bob DeLoyd April 2012
My vacation at a beach condo in Redondo Beach California :)
CopperMountainMesa.Com MAY 2012
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20 Annular Solar Eclipse today- next one won’t come until October 14, 2023- You will see a partial solar eclipse from our area. Start looking a little after 5:30PM
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23 Ruth Ruffin Remembrance
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25 Karen Van Noort BDay
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TIPS, STORIES, AND SUCH SECTION:
COPPER MOUNTAIN MESA
Community Association
Community Center located 4 miles east of Border Ave, 5 miles west of Lear Ave at:
65-336 Winters Road (760)362-5212
Newsletter: Fall 2011 By Annelies Kuiper
Hello Everyone:
During the Summer, a Neighborhood Watch group was formed: in an effort
to combat the illegal scrapping and dumping in our area. Many of us
have recently seen and heard big trucks: either thundering west on
Pole Line or East on Winters, before turning North on Coppermoon: to
drop off and pick up huge containers, allegedly full of scrap metal.
Our mission is not to spy on neighbors and report every petty crime;
but simply to keep Copper Mountain Mesa pristine and safe for all of
us fortunate enough to live out here. Meetings take place at 6p.m. on
the 2nd Monday of every month; preceding the monthly Board meetings,
which follow at 7p.m. Please join us.
After the Summerbreak, our Community Center reopened on Saturday,
September 3rd, with the monthly Saturday Breakfast. Tuesday-night
Bingo, the monthly Board meetings on the 2nd Monday and the USDA Food
Give-aways, from 8-11a.m. on the 3rd Monday of every month, also
resumed. The October 1st Breakfast was a record-breaker, as we served
60 people.
This year, the Membership Committee will host our annual Community
B-B-Q” on Saturday November 12th. In an effort to persuade more
Neighbors to become involved in their Community, the Annual Community
Board Meeting will be held on the same day as the
B-B-Q. This meeting is from 11a.m. until noon. Volunteers: Steve
Tuttle, Ray Foyil and John Demers, will then put on their Chef hats
and prepare a delicious BBQ’d lunch. With $1.00 Hotdogs and $2.00
Hamburgers, plus all the yummy Fixin’s and Desserts, Community
participation will be rewarded most deliciously! We’ll also have
coffee, water and the soda machine; or…bring a cooler with your
favorite beverages. Then, at 2p.m., during the General Membership
meeting (which rarely lasts longer than 30 minutes) the old Year will
be closed and the new Board Members voted in. This will be followed by
an Ice Cream Social, with mouth-watering ice-creams in a variety of
delicious flavors, provided by Indy Amos and ‘Joshua Treets Ice
Cream’. At this point, there will also be live Music, provided by
excellent local Musicians and we encourage you to dance and cavort
joyously!
Gather your Friends and Family and come on down for the Party!
The Thrift Room will have a special Sale on that day and is also open
during all other events, or by appointment.
Remember, Tuesday night Bingo is back in full swing too and the
‘U-Pik-Em’ and ‘Blackout’ pots are full for the winning! Every Tuesday
evening from 5:30-9p.m., Neighbors get together for a delicious Supper
and a good game of Bingo. For a $10/= buy-in, we hope you’ll join us
soon.
Some of the dishes at the Pot-Luck Party - held from 4p.m. on the last
Saturday of every month – are unusual, creative and quite scrumptious!
Please join us and bring your own favorite dishes to share. Many
people bring a main course and a dessert, but any culinary
contribution is welcome.
We are planning our Annual Member Recognition Thanksgiving Pot Luck
Party on Thursday November 24th, from 1p.m. Turkey, Stuffing and
Mashed potatoes will be provided. Please join us: Membership and a
food-dish to share are required for this event. We will be taking
applications for our Christmas dinner give-away for the truly needy in
our Community. To sign up, call Mary Helen Tuttle at the Center:
(760)362-5212 , before December 20th or e-mail us at:
cmmcanewsletter@gmail.com.
Also, we respectfully urge you to renew your Annual Membership in the
Copper Mountain Mesa Community Association. The form on the back of
this page may be used for new or renewing memberships. The Board
recently approved upping the dues to $10.00 per person annually; the
first increase in Years! We ask everyone to renew in the Fall, so we
can send updated, valid Member cards out in the same mailing: cutting
down on administrative mix-ups! We’re all volunteers at the Center,
doing the best we can to keep the Community Center doors open: both as
a Red Cross Disaster Center and as a social haven for our
Neighborhood. Memberships and proceeds from our Events are the only
income the Association has and we need your support to keep the “Hub”
of our Community open and running. We’re always looking for new
Volunteers and it’s a lot of fun working with Neighbors for the
improvement of our Community! Hope to see you at the Center soon!
Stay well, Annelies
Here's a photo of the birds at my place. What with the wind and my being gone for a week, there is only one that stays around.
Ok. Here's a list of seeds and dates planted along with results.
I started with garlic, as usual. This time though, I also tried an early planting of beets and turnips. This planting was in the last week of August and September's first. For once, the turnips were a success. Beautiful turnips; sweet, crisp, no bitter. YES! A fall turnip is possible. Use the row cover for protection until the plants can survive the birds then remove it. The beets were problem plagued, most of which probably could have been dodged by using the row cover for a longer period. The germination was spotty also and I would think that is my shortcoming. Ohhhh I miss them this winter.
Then, 9/22 saw the planting of yet another attempt of mine to find a usable red onion. Heirloom Seeds' red grano variety so far is batting zero. Not one of forty seeds planted in it's row germinated while another grano variety in the next row over came up well.
On the 25th of September, the bed at my front door was sown with the most impressive lettuce I've ever grown. The seed comes from Cooke's Garden. A bit pricey but that factor, for me, is no longer a consideration. I just finished the harvest this week. I had planted edox, forellenschluss, oliver lettuce, and picked it for months. If you think store lettuce is the end all be all grow one of these. Shock those taste buds and make that garden glow as these are very colorfully leaved.
Oct. 4th a couple of rows of garlic, later than I want but it looks about as big as the early plantings. This went in the patio "acreage", a very nice soil now, and loaded with large earthworms.
Lastly, I planted my favorite sweet onion, the Texas Grano variety. I was forced to get it from the internet and bought 1/2 oz. to have some for next year. That was a late planting and it shows at present when I compare it to an identical but earlier sowing in the same bed. Currently there is quite a size discrepancy but at harvest time there may be no difference.
So that is what is planted. Some successes, some still waiting for harvest time, and a few misfires. Not the variety of the past; no radishes or carrots, and the wind blew down my makeshift gate, so rabbits poured in, ate the beets' greens and they didn't recover, but still so satisfying to sit in it all and just watch and listen.
Good growing,
Roger
Go Greener with LED LIGHTS November 2011
By Rob Lowbitz
Get Greener at Home with LED Lighting
Let’s face it: there are so many ways to go green we might not know how to begin. Sure it’s easy enough to take out the recyclables every week, turn off the water when not in use, and flipping off a light switch when leaving a room. But these easy steps have been preached for years. And with the growing awareness about how important it is to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle, a lot of people wonder what exactly they can do?
If you think the only way to lend another helping hand is converting a major portion of your backyard to a compost heap or shelling out tens of thousands of dollars on a full solar panel spread on your rooftop, don’t worry. There are plenty of simpler, and cheaper, ways to get greener and do your part. One of which is to turn on to LED lights.
Think about it. What do you use more energy in your house for than lighting? We already talked about flipping off the light switches sure but what about all the time spent actually burning through light bulbs? The energy to light your house on both the interior and exterior is huge!
LED lights will address this issue and change the way you look at lighting, something so commonplace we never even consider doing it differently. Using LED lights will save exponentially more energy if you outfit your house with them. They can last anywhere from 25,000 to 50,000 hours. This is a major difference compared to Incandescent light bulbs, which only last from 1,000 to 2,000 hours. Imagine how often you buy light bulbs now. Then imagine having bulbs that last 25 times longer!
And because LED lights use less energy, they burn at a much cooler temperature. This makes them especially safe for any household with young children running around.
LED lights cost more than other lights upfront but because they last so long and use so little energy your wallet will thank you in the long run. The best places to start converting your lighting are in the places where you use lights the most. Think porch lights and lamps on this one. If you have an overhanging light over the dinner table this would be an excellent place to install LED lights too. Next up start in on other areas of your house like the garage or any spare rooms. It is okay to take this in steps and make the conversion gradual.
After a while, you may not be able to remember when you even installed the LED lights since it will be so long ago. Though you probably will not forget how much money you are saving on the electric bill and not having to go out and buy more light bulbs all the time.
LED lights - simply one of the easiest ways to get a little greener and help the planet!
SPECIAL NOTICES:
Shati has been FOUND! Ok, I know this has been here for a long time Shati been home for many months now So dog dang it! give me something else to post!
The time has come to take a bold jump into the unknown and fight the beast with yer bare hands. To go the way of yer ancestors and build a fire for warmth, to slay a critter for food. To understand the meaning of hunger in a time of plenty. To spit in the eyes of yer antagonist! To howl at the moon... And enjoy life! LIVE!
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