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Articles by Lori Bledsoe

The Navy Band hits it big with the last concert of the season

On August 18, 2013 - Navy Band Southwest’s Wind Ensemble and Showband West performed at the Alpine Community Center Park,  as part of the Alpine Summer Concert Series. It’ was a fantastic show! The show started at 5:30 p.m. drawing in the last concert crowd of the year.

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Alpine touted “a Kiwanis kind of town”

By: Lori Bledsoe
For The Alpine Sun
    In the August issue of the Kiwanis magazine, our Alpine Kiwinis were featured in the story, ‘A Kiwnis kind of town: Alpine CA, a Small California Community with a Big Kiwanis Heart’.  In the story, the Alpine Kiwanis are declared a ‘force of nature unto themselves’.  

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Honor continues to ring in Alpine

By Lori Bledsoe
For The Alpine Sun
This weekend nine more plaques were added to the Veteran’s Wall of Honor to commemorate and remember the value and service that was honorably given for our country.  The new names include: Claude Wilkens, John Schuttenheim, , Mabel Stenstrom, Pete Peters, Raymond Contrares, Robert Taylor, Steve Renne and Theodore Bazdorf.
As the Pledge of Allegence began, hats were removed, hearts were covered and the pledge was solemnly recited by all, looking at the flag with respect.

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Pine Valley Days makes a splash beginning with Friday night, dancing in the dark at the park

     The Honky Tonk Kings started the party off with a great selection of Country Music that started the toes a tappin’ and couples spinning on the dance floor.  Then on Saturday morning, the community center was offering morning faire, starting the day off with a well rounded breakfast burrito filled with eggs, cheese and bacon.

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Ho’ohoihoi ka lu’au, a taste of Hawaii in Alpine

Aloha! All were kono (invited) to the ono (delicious) Annual Hawaiian Luau of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW Bert Fuller Post 9578 in Alpine!  It was a wonderful event, allowing everyone some summertime fun!  There was plenty of food and drinks to keep the merriment going.  The luau benefited cancer aid and research and homeless women who are military veterans.

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The Chariot Fire rages on the Sunrise Highway

By Lori Bledsoe
For The Alpine Sun
The Chariot Fire has been ripping through our Laguna Mountains, beginning  on Saturday, July 6 around 1 p.m. approximately nine miles south of Julian.  Authorities closed down all routes to the Laguna mountains including Pine Creek Road from Pine Valley.  

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Found Dog: Yellow Lab, in Japatul

We found this beautiful yellow/golden lab roaming around Illahee in Japatul around midnight last night.  Are you missing him?  He has a wonderful disposition, with short yellow, course fur, stalky build and beautiful brown eyes, but he doesn't have a collar or tags.  Please call Lori at The Alpine Sun 619-445-9080, He is waiting here for you, hopefully gazing out the door.

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The girls scouts help in replanting a forest, one oak at a time

On April 7th at the Mount Laguna Burnt Rancheria, the Girl Scouts assisted in planting over 100 Black Oak Tree seedlings.  They gathered together with community members, and were provided with sprouted acorns and planting baskets, along with training on how to place each new tree in the ground.

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Fairies flit and flirt about at the Summers Past Fairy Festival

Families of fay folk gather in the gardens at Summers Past to present their best gardens and dress for the annual Fairy Festival. The colors of springtime sprang with the floral displays abounding along the grounds and in the tiny fairy gardens that in their meticulous miniaturation depicts the beauty of creativity and art.
This event grows every year and more and more enjoy the fantasy of wings and wands, coupled with floaty fabric fluttering by.  

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Alpine History Day welcomes all to enjoy the past

On June 1, starting at 11 a.m. the Alpine Historical Society opened their doors to the Alpine Museum Grounds to everyone, to enjoy a day that harkened back into Alpine’s colorful history.  On display was the newly donated and renovated buggy, Sophrina Nichols home along with the carriage house in the  back was opened for perusal.   Homemade chili, salads, bread, drinks and ice cream sundaes were served and the awards for the annual third grade essay contest were announced.

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