For the last year or so, I have been wanting to interview some of our long-time Community Residents and write their story in the Newsletter. This year, we lost several of our senior Neighbors, so I got my act together and went to visit Earl Wilbert. Earl has been coming up to Copper Mountain Mesa since 1962, when his brother bought a cabin and they started bringing their bikes up here. Earl was born near Watts in Los Angeles, in 1924. He was a Marine during WW2 and was stationed in the Far East. His first marriage produced a Daughter and after the War, he attended Teacher’s College in Santa Barbara. With his second wife, Earl had four sons. He taught in El Monte until his retirement. In 1975, Earl did a solo Bike trip around the United States; an unforgettable Life experience. Recently divorced, Earl moved up to the Mesa in 1982; renting a home close to his 5 acres on Sunkist road. He built his own Cabin; taking two years to complete his “little slice of paradise”. In those days, the Community Center had not yet been built, so the Neighbors held potlucks and deep-pit Barbecues at the Firehouse. Earl was a Volunteer Firefighter and later served on the Board at the Center; taking care of the Treasurer’s many responsibilities, as well as writing the Newsletter for years. Most Tuesdays, Earl still helps with the supper preceding Tuesday Night Bingo. Earl loves our Desert weather and moved up here for the Quiet and the Panoramic views. His Cabin is shaded by mature trees and he has plants growing all around his home. He designed a system of raised, protected beds and grows his own vegetables and strawberries; safely out of reach for those pesky rabbits. Earl says he never gets lonely and spends most of his days tinkering in his enormous, well-equipped workshop. At 86, Earl is full of life, with a naughty twinkle in his blue eyes. The Ladies still love him, but he says he’s set in his ways and enjoys living alone. None of his Children or Grandchildren live close by and he doesn’t see them very often; but he seems happy in the knowledge that his Offspring are living their lives with contentment and purpose. Earl continues to love his life out here on the Mesa and has plenty of Friends and Neighbors to keep an eye on him! We love you, Earl!

And on to Business…There will be No Breakfast, Bingo or Board Meetings for the months of July and August.

The Potluck Parties will continue on the last Saturday of the month. These are a lot of fun and the food is delicious, so if you find yourself free on July 31st and August 28th at around 4p.m., please join the party and bring a culinary masterpiece of your own to share. The U.S.D.A. Food-Giveaway will still be held on the third Monday of the month, through the Summer and the Thrift Room may be visited during the previously mentioned events, or by appointment during the Summer months. Please call the Center at (760)362-5212 for more information. Leave a message and your call will be returned a.s.a.p.

Please remember, you can Recycle your unwanted Tires inside the fenced compound, behind the Fire Station, on the first two Saturday mornings of every month, through the Summer. Please, no rims and no dumping after hours.

In September, the Saturday Breakfast will be on Sept. 4th; Tuesday Night Bingo will start up again on Sept. 7th and the Board Meeting will be on Sept. 13th at 7p.m.

The Membership Committee, will be hosting our annual Community B-B-Q on Saturday October 30th, 2010: a master B-B-Q event, with $1.00 hot-dogs, $2.00 hamburgers, cheese $0.50, plus all the yummy Fixin’s and dessert. This fun-filled neighborhood Family get-together starts at 2p.m.: coffee and water will be served: we have a soda machine, or bring your own cooler. We would love to see you all there and bring your Friends and Family too.

Keep in touch with the Neighborhood, by logging on to: www.coppermountainmesa.com and check out all the News and important dates; along with photos of past events. The website is run by Bob DeLoyd: don’t forget to check out his “Copper Mountain Mesa” column in the Hi-Desert Star every Saturday.

After an incredibly long and cool Spring; Summer has finally arrived. Love those Sunsets and watch out for Snakes! I look forward to seeing you bumping down the dirt roads! The next Newsletter will be out by September 21st.

FEATURED LOCAL BUSINESS: MOJAVEWIFI.COM. Submitted by Amanda Villareal.
“Michael and Stevie Villarreal, distinguished members of the Copper Mountain Mesa community for more than 40 years, have recently unveiled their new business enterprise, Mojavewifi.com! Mojavewifi.com is an Internet Service Provider based here in our very own Morongo Basin. This business offers Dial-up, DSL, and Wireless Internet services throughout most of the Basin, covering Morongo Valley, Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, Twenty-nine Palms, Landers, and even Wonder Valley is coming online soon! Being as Mojavewifi.com is a locally owned and operated family business, they have a commitment to Morongo Basin. They want to make their customers exceedingly happy. In fact, it's part of their motto: "We Strive to Exceed Expectations!" Some of the benefits you'll see with Mojavewifi.com include: There are no term-lengths or contracts for service. They won't bind you in for a year or two, and so there won't be any of those awful Early Termination Fees, either. Also, they don't put "caps" on your service like some other ISP's do. "It's your internet, you are welcome to use it as you like," they say. Call Mojavewifi.com today and see how they can exceed your expectations! (760) 362-1373.”

** If you would like to submit information about your local Business, to be included on the back of a C.M.M.C.A. Newsletter, please e-mail me at: cmmcanewsletter@gmail.com or write to us at P.O. Box 1231, Joshua Tree, CA 92252. Your $40.00 donation for this service is very much appreciated and pays for the U.S. Postage on the Newsletters we mail out. Copper Mountain Mesa Community Association does not necessarily endorse any businesses featured on this page and reserves the right to refuse any business considered unfriendly to our Family-oriented Neighborhood.**

Stay well, Annelies Kuiper

Karen's Corner
By Karen Van Noort
07/03/2010

I remember the day well; it was Friday, December 4Th, 2009. It was a nice sunny morning and I was in the kitchen washing dishes. A car pulled into our drive-way, the horn honked a couple of times. I didn't bother to see who it was, I knew they most likely wanted Dana anyway. I heard Dana talking to someone, then a few minutes later he came in and told me that there was a little ole lady out there and she had a big black dog in her yard and wanted Dana to come to her place to see if he knew who it belonged to. So off Dana went, my Knight to the rescue. We both figured it was our neighbor Judy's dog (Raven). He escapes, then UN-escapes all by himself on a regular basis.

A short time later, I saw Dana drive by our place with a large black dog sitting in the passenger seat of our pick-up, facing forward, looking through the windshield, like he was a human. A few minutes later Dana was back and he wasn't alone. He knew instantly that it wasn't Judy's dog (Raven). Dana thought the dog might belong to Mike down the street from Judy. The dog wasn't his either. Dana said he brought the dog home, because he was afraid the dog would knock the little ole lady down & she would break something.

He is a handsome dog, we think he could possibly be a black lab mixed with some border collie. He has long, jet black hair, white on his chest, chin and all four paws, with beautiful large Amber eyes. He was pretty thin, he weighed probably 45 to 50 pounds. He also had a collar with rabies tags on it. The little ole lady told Dana she had already put a call in to San Bernadino county to see who the dog belonged to but had left a message on a recorder and had yet to hear back from any one. Apparently no one bothered to call the little lady back. Monday we placed our call to the county...they are closed on Mondays! In the mean while I haven't slept much during the night since Dana brought this dog home. He whines, he howls, he barks and did I say he whines all night long!!! Dana sleeps with earplugs and misses out on everything!!

During the time we've had this handsome fellow in our custody, he has dug large holes in our tiny back yard that you can put a recliner into & never see it again. Every day the topography of the back yard changes. I'm a nervous wreak!! I haven't been sleeping much, and I'm scared every time our two small dogs go out into the back yard! I fear that the big dog may have dug under the fence and that our two little ones (Miniature Poodle & Chihuahua mix) will get out and that will be the end of them! But so far he has never dug under the fence. In fact, he has not tried to escape, at all! It's like he wants to be here?

Tuesday rolled around, Dana called the county and actually got a real person on the phone. We gave them the rabies tag number and we got the dogs name which I couldn't believe someone would name their dog that, his name is: DARK FUDGE!!!!!!!! We got a number to call, which ended up we went through several numbers and several more people before we got a hold of the owners son. I wanted to get him back to his owner ASAP. I liked the dog but he was a bit too much for me, plus I was exhausted, just from him being with us those 4-5 days. We got directions & took him home, he really likes to ride in a car. He lived about 5, to 5-1/2 miles from us. We dropped him off then went to town to get some groceries.

I was so relaxed, I didn't realize how wound up I had been, until after we got him back to his home. It was nice and peace-full for 3 days I think. Then one afternoon I'm sitting in my chair reading and I hear this familiar whining noise at the front door. I get up open the door and guess who comes running inside!!! It's like he was saying "Honey I'm home"!!! I thought: OH, NO, not again! I go out to the shop and tell Dana: HHEESSSS BAACCKKKK. Dana just stares at me and says NNOOOO, he can't be!? I said yes, he is. Dana drops everything gets his wallet and keys, gets the big black dog puts him in his truck and he is off!!

Dana returns home alone. Thank God. He said when he was dropping the dog off, the owners son says to him: "Wouldn't you just like to keep him"? Dana said: "NO, we have too many animals as it is". Two days later, I just finish vacuuming and put the vacuum away, and there is that familiar whining sound at the door. I open the door, I can't believe it, he is back!!!

He doesn't have his collar anymore, so if some one did find him they can't contact the owner. Dana and I both wonder if they just took his collar off and turned him loose? I can't believe that someone would do that to such a beautiful animal, especially their own! This dog has an amazing nose, to be able to track us back to our house twice, over 5 miles each time! Does that mean he actually likes us?

We can't keep him, he is too big for our tiny cabin. Judy called Dana, her sweet Golden Lab Jordan, had passed away, would Dana be able to bury him for her? Dana and I are thinking, maybe she would like another big dog? HHMMNN?? We were planning to go out of town for Xmas, we will see if she will baby sit him at her place and see how that goes.

Since he is back at our place for the third time now, and from what the owners son said the last time Dana took the dog home, we didn't even bother returning him to them again. No way would we dare to take him to the pound, with today's economy, I figured they would just kill him. Dana went to town, bought the big dog a new collar, also got some dewormer for all our dogs, since we think he could have worms, our two dogs could catch it? He also picked up some raw hide chewy things for all the dogs. This dog is a big puppy, we think he is somewhere around 15 - 20 months old, and he is sooo full of energy.

He likes to dig and chew on anything he can get his mouth on! When this dog lays down, he takes up the entire floor space in our little front room. I was watching TV, and felt this sort of vibration coming through my chair! I look down, and the dog is eating my recliner!! The next morning I get up and notice he has ate a 2 ft. hole in my beautiful South Western design, cover I keep on our Futon!! I rip it off from the Futon, march out to the trash can and throw it in. At least he didn't eat a hole in the Futon, which I was grateful for. I come back in the house, he has my cute little green frog foot messager that Judy gave me for Xmas a few years ago. I take it away, so far he only ripped off one of the eyes, so it's fixable.

We would go to bed each night, hoping we had picked up & put away anything that would be in danger while we were asleep. I guess we were trying to child proof our home? We would wake up each morning, afraid to see what he has destroyed now.

My sister Dianna and her husband Bruce was in town so we went out to dinner, this is the first time we've left him here inside the house without a human to keep an eye on him. We come back from dinner, Dana's favorite shoes were in pieces across the whole front room! Dana doesn't say a word, he just starts picking up the pieces of his shoes and putting the pieces in the trash. We were constantly trying to make sure nothing was down where he could get to it, but there was always something he would get. Since he has been here with us, the both of us can not leave the house together! Someone has to always be here with him at "ALL TIMES". On those times, when we both have to go, we've chained him outside to our big pole that the yard light sits on. He ate the nylon rope! We bought a 12 or 15 ft. metal cord for dogs. He ate his nylon collar off!! He doesn't leave though, he is still here when we get back home. If we go some where, I always have to be back before dark! I'm afraid a pack of Coyotes, would get him, and since he is chained up, he wouldn't be able to defend himself.

Since our dogs are small, we have a extra small, pet door that leads out to the back yard. We had been opening our back door to let the big dog out to the back yard and to let him back in. Then one day I was wondering how he got out side? I didn't let him out. I asked Dana if he had let him out? No. Well; maybe I just forgot that I let him out? Then I was sitting at my desk, and I happened to see the big dog, get down on his belly, and he literally crawled through that little opening!! I couldn't believe it!! Our Chihuahua mix is 4-1/2 - 5 pounds. That makes this dog 10 times her size!!!! Do you see how small the pet door is?

We are going out of town for Xmas. We were taking the two smaller dogs with us, and had made arrangements to take him to Judy's and leave him there while we were gone for about a week. We had already decided that we were going to give the dog to Judy when we came back home. This was just a trial to see how it would all go.

The car was all loaded, the two smaller dogs and I were already seat belted into the car, Dana just needed to walk the dog over and put him in Judy's fenced yard. Dana is walking back, he gets in the car, his car door is still open, and here comes "TROUBLE", galloping up our drive-way, with this huge grin on his face! He leaps through Dana's open door, climbs over Dana and leaps into the back seat where the other two dogs are, he is sitting there with this big grin on his face, waiting to start on his trip! Dana and I both looked at each other; said a few choice words, but they can't be repeated. Dana takes him back to Judy's, but this time puts him on Judy's dog chain and we leave.

End of part I

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DESERT GARDEN
By Roger Smith
00/00/2010

We're all waiting for Roger's Next Story
and if you want him to hurry up and write something about his Gardening adventures
please email him at coppermountainmesa@hotmail.com
and I'll make sure he gets them!

I’m so happy to share the launching of my new Website: www.kenyacowgirl.com which includes info ‘About the Author’ and my “Kenya Cowgirl” Book Series, plus my Photo Gallery, Product information and more… Please forward this e-mail to all your Friends, Loved Ones and Contacts and ask them to forward it on to all their Contacts, etc. Help me launch the “Kenya Cowgirl” Book Series into CyberSpace!

Many thanks and lots of Love
Annelies Kuiper
xox

Annelies Kuiper lives in our little community and is a professional writer: "Kenya Cowgirl" Uhuru International 1990. Also she is a board member of the Copper Mountain Mesa Association. Annelies has decided to return to her place of birth "Kenya" and wants to share her adventure with us. Kenya has been going through a period of unrest lately... Click Here to read her emails from Kenya

Something interesting happened close to where we live on Mesa Rd. Perhaps something for your website. I am sending it to Hi Desert Star as well.
At about 9.00 pm on June 24 going about 3/4 of mile west on Mesa Rd from Border we discovered a 25ft trailer blocking the Rd completely. A white pick-up truck was hooked up to the trailer, but no sign of human beings.
We called Sheriffs department who referred us to CHP. The call was logged at CHP office around 9:30 pm. CHP promised to investigate.
In the morning I walked to the trailer. The truck was gone. I called CHP again. I was referred to Code Enforcement who referred me to the County traffic divison. I was informed that the Mesa Rd is County maintained from Border to Sunburst. The trailer is sitting on Mesa Rd between Sunburst and Sunset
Confused I called CHP again. Apparently no officer investigated the trailer June 24. However this morning June 25, Officer Moffit CHP showed up by the trailer. Le Fevre's Towing company is as far as we know in the process of removing the trailer today (11.00 Am).
I want to give credit to CHP and Le Fevre's Towing who responded and took some action quickly. Many of us are using Mesa Rd to get to Border and are just upset that some people don't have respect for the environment and just dump stuff in the desert causing headaces for us living here.
Attached are a pictures of Officer Moffit and the trailer as well as the trailer itself. (Used by permission of Officer Moffit)
Lennart Nyberg

Hi Bob
I don't really have to ask what's new with you all up there read your site every week to keep up! my daughter Anna does too. One of these days I'll just have to come up and see you all again and maybe have breakfast or play a little Bingo! We'll shall see, might just do that.
Just wanted to say hi to everyone and tell you all what is new with my family. My oldest Son Dave is in the Air Force stationed in Wyoming. He is married as all you know and he has two boys, Zane 3 and Owen 2 will enclose pictures later. But the real news is my Daughter Anna you all know she got married a few years ago cause we had her shower for that at the center. She now lives in Houston Texas and works for NASA. Anyway She is going to have her first in August and we know already it's going to be a boy. Then some of you remember my youngest BJ well he is all grown up now and owns 2 Fork Lift sales, repair and rental shops sown here in Santa Fe Springs. Then there is me well same stuff different day with me. Just getting older like the rest of you. So that is my life with my kids all in a nutshell.
Just really wanted to tell you hi and let you know I think about you all often. Please say hi to everyone for me! Hope to see you all soon,
Jackie Johnston