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HVCC THIS MONDAY! Guest comments are always first on the agenda at the monthly public meetings of the Homestead Valley Community Council (HVCC). Make your voice heard on any County,…
SOUP’S ON! • Bring your bowl, bring your spoon and bring 4.00 to enjoy the Johnson Valley Souper Supper. Or bring a soup and get in free! This long-standing tradition…
FIRST DAY OF WINTER At last, we’ll soon have more daylight – the Winter Solstice has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. To earthlings, it looks like the sun stands still.…
THE PRECEDENT • Well, we told you so. The controversial “glamping” development south of Flamingo Heights on a property zoned for Rural Living met with objections on many fronts when…
MOVIN’ ON • If you missed last Saturday’s Holiday Dinner, you missed a treat! We actually may be allowed to hope we can settle back into our pre-lockdown groove as…
TOY DRIVE UPDATES • The Homestead Valley Community Associations’ Toy Drive to benefit Mara’s Christmas Wish in Yucca Valley is off to a good start! Even on short notice, the…
Comic legend Gallagher, known for smashing watermelons as part of his famous act, has died aged 76. According to his management team, Gallagher died while under hospice care in the…
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the…
TURKEY TWIST • This Saturday, November 5, at 6:00 p.m., you are invited to our traditional early kickoff of the upcoming holiday season. But this year it’s turkey dinner with…
TURKEY EARLY GOBBLE • Mark the date for the next great dinner in the Johnson Valley Community Center. On Saturday, November 5, at 6:00 p.m. it’s Turkey Enchiladas Casserole, with…