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Masoner, Gleaton and Huchingson celebrate

THE RECORDER

Ruth Miller Masoner had her 100th pre-birthday celebration on Aug. 4 in the presence of at least 140 friends and family at the Elks Lodge in Porterville. Her actual birthday is Sept. 9.Ruth, who has lost her hearing and who finds it difficult to spea... Full story

Horse Chick

Cerniga still gets back on the horses

By CHRISTINE M. BURKHART

Marilyn “Chick” Cerniga was a young woman when she suffered the worst accident of her life, after being thrown off a horse. A petit woman, the injuries were so serious that she might have decided to pursue another hobby. After all, she&r... Full story

Paradise Found

Local gardener and friend build monument

EMILY SHAPIRO

Rolling up Cattle Drive from Pleasant Oaks in Springville and looking west, nestled among the tawny grass, stands a monument of dreams. Like a mirage one must blink a few times.   However, unlike an oasis in the desert that might or might not b... Full story

Let’s try to eliminate a few clichés

By Ray Cauwet

Each of us has a few phrases in our memory banks that we tend to over use. When many people repeat some phrase, it becomes a cliché.Cliché is a French word, meaning imitative. We define it as a trite phrase or expression that has lost i... Full story

Recycled Recipes: Elephants in the Kitchen

By Ann Marie Bezayiff

Elephant Stew: A recipe from the kitchen circuit, 1970’s. It’s origin? I haven’t a clue.1 medium elephants                     ... Full story

Music to our ears: dedicated to Pam Aucutt

From the Olive Orchard

By Ann Marie Bezayiff

I’ve often heard there’s a special place in heaven for teachers. If that is true, then the first chair definitely belongs to elementary school music teachers. The annual spring concert, for instrumental strings students, was held at the j... Full story

Memories

By Judy Hall

Isn’t it a mystery how something like a smell, photo, object or noise can trigger those long buried memories and take you back instantly into your past? A friend recently posted on Facebook about watching old home movies and getting motion sick... Full story

Icons created by local artists

By Alex K.W. Schultz

Those who visited the Porterville Historical Museum at all over the past several weeks had an opportunity to experience some of the Bible’s greatest stories in a very unique way.The stories, told in the form of icons, were created by local arti... Full story

All dolled up

Tinkering with an Old Trade

By EMILY SHAPIRO

Springville woman has created about 200 dolls W alking into Becky Eaton’s work room reminds one of an old toymaker’s shop. Tubs of odds and ends including yarn, ribbons, and doll heads line one wall of her the room. On the opposite wall ... Full story

Dean Semple

Highest Honors

By ESTHER AVILA

2012 ACDA Western Division Conference HonoreeOne of choir’s highest honors has been bestowed upon a local retired choir director during the American Choral Directors Association 2012 Western Division Conference held Feb. 28 to March 3 in Reno, ... Full story

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