Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/11/2013 - 09:28
By PETER DAY
Editor
The second traffic incident in a week occurred at the intersection of Highway 18 and Trade Post Avenue.
On the afternoon of April 3, Bruce Gerard was forced to lay down his 800-pound motorcycle after an elderly driver drove in front him, causing him to crash on the pavement, according to a witness.
Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 09:02
By KRIS REILLY
FOR THE LEADER
The National Weather Service on Sunday issued a high wind warning for the Lucerne and Victor valleys until 6 p.m. Monday.
Gusts may reach up to 80 miles per hour, according to the NWS.
The strongest winds are expected Monday, and the gusts should weaken by Monday night.
The NWS predicts sustained winds of 25 to 40 miles per hour, with isolated gusts of 70-80 miles per hour.
The winds may kick up dust and reduce visibility in the Lucerne Valley as well as nearby desert and mountain areas.
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 10:17
BY PETER DAY
Editor
LUCERNE VALLEY • A man was extricated from a vehicle and airlifted to a trauma center after his car collided with a SUV on Thursday morning, California Highway Patrol officials said.
The incident was reported at about 11:40 a.m., and San Bernardino County Fire personnel and CHP officers were on scene soon after.
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 10:15
By KRIS REILLY
For the Leader
VICTORVILLE • In a decision that the defense considered a victory, a jury found a Lucerne Valley man guilty of voluntary manslaughter on Thursday at the Victorville courthouse.
Richard Eric McGill, 53, was charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Donna Foerstel, in 2011.
The district attorney sought a first-degree murder conviction, while the defense argued that McGill killed Foerstel in the heat of an altercation in the couple’s small trailer in Lucerne Valley.
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 10:06
Walkathon for Drug Free Teens
The Majority Rules Club will hold its Seventh Annual Walkathon for Drug Free Teens on Saturday, April 6.
The 10-mile walk starts at 7 a.m. at Lucerne Valley High School and ends at Pioneer Park, where the Roadrunners will reward finishers with a barbecue meal. Members of Citizens On Patrol will help keep walkers safe, and local community groups will provide water stations every mile.
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 09:54
By PETER DAY
EDITOR
As carnival-goers began trickling in late last Friday afternoon, Honorary Mayor Woody Hart and his wife Pam were bracing for a weekend of fun for all ages.
For the second year in a row, the Harts put their soul into the community project. This year’s carnival ran Friday through Easter Sunday weekend on a large patch of earth on the west side of town.
“I’m just doing it for the community,” Hart said. “We’re trying to make it a yearly deal.”
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 09:51
By JO RICHARDS
Hello to Lucerne Valley.
Hope everyone enjoyed the Easter holidays. I reckon the little ones will be back in school before long. Hope they found all those eggs, and now it's just a matter of deciding how many times you can have deviled eggs, egg salad and potato salad. Hope you all counted when you did the hiding. Nothing like finding a pretty blue egg in May!
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 09:45
By PETER DAY
Editor
CAMP ROCK • No injuries were reported following the collision of a pickup truck and an 18-wheeler on the morning of Tuesday, March 26 on Highway 18 about a mile south of Camp Rock Road.
A Bakersfield couple was on a day trip to Big Bear when the driver apparently missed a hairpin turn, drifted into the northbound lane of Highway 18 and collided with a big rig carrying a load of lumber.
“It looked like it was going to be a head-on collision, but at the last minute she maneuvered out of the way,” her passenger said.
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 09:40
Kenneth Martin Pierzina, Sr. died in Apple Valley on Jan. 26, 2013 at age 84.
Born on Oct. 8, 1928 to Inga and John Pierzina in Beach, ND, he was a resident of Lucerne Valley since 1995. As a young man, Ken worked in the timber and logging industry in Oregon. Later, he was a co-owner of Treon Steel Fabricators and Teron Engineering Corporation in Fontana.
Pierzina was a charter member of the Fontana Police Department’s volunteer program that developed the first Citizen’s Patrol to assist police and sheriff departments.
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 09:38
By JAMES REINEBACH
Imagine two retired High Desert dwellers. The wife is standing at her kitchen window. The husband is watching an eye witness live TV news show about a cop killer trapped in a burning house.
“Did they catch that guy yet?” she says.
“They’re pretty sure he’s in this house,” the husband says.
“Pretty sure is not good enough for me,” the wife says. “That’s Big Bear!”
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