OAKHURST – If you have aspirations toward the bright lights of Broadway, good luck. In the meantime, if you want to get involved with an established acting company right here in the foothills, now is the time to make your theatrical dreams come true. Auditions for the next Golden Chain Theater (GTC) melodrama are coming up, as the local group ...

OAKHURST – Peggy Decker is returning as Aqua Aerobics instructor for the third year at the Baker Swim Complex on the campus of Yosemite High School. Here’s the summer schedule for Aqua Aerobics at the pool, courtesy of Peggy, who doesn’t want “her ladies” to miss out! Peggy says men are welcome, also! For additional info on the pool visit ...

Submitted by Donna Pruitt, Museum Secretary The Children’s Museum of the Sierra is in the final preparation stages for their annual Family Carnival and Open House. This year’s event will be on Saturday, June 21 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. This year’s carnival will include games, prizes, special community visitors, crafts. gold panning, flower planting and much more.

OAKHURST – The nonprofit organization Helping One Woman (HOW) will meet on Wednesday, June 18, in support of Casey Schweikert, who recently lost her child Clancy Shea, due to complications of cerebral palsy. HOW attendees will gather at DiCicco’s Italian Restaurant at 6 p.m., on the patio. Reservations are requested.

The great people at the Fäsi Estate Winery wanted to find a worthy organization that they could give back to and they didn’t have far to look. Since the Fäsi Estate Winery is located in the foothills of the Sierra National Forest and neighbors to the Yosemite National Park, the Yosemite Conservancy was just the organization they were looking for. ...

OAKHURST – Organizers of the Costa for Honorary Mayor Campaign invite the community to come out tonight for drinks and fun at Crab Cakes Restaurant. A share of the evening’s proceeds from Roman’s Bar will go toward restoration efforts for the Little Church on the Hill at Oak Hill Cemetery.

OAKHURST – The Yosemite Unified School District has announced that the Baker Swim Complex opening day is Monday, June 9, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Baker Swim Complex is on the campus of Yosemite High School. According to organizers, the regular lap and recreational swim schedule runs Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

OAKHURST – Six exciting regions of Yosemite will be represented through a series of fun interactive displays including vendors, food and beverages, at a family-friendly event coming soon to the Oakhurst Community Park. Mark your calender for the inaugural Yosemite Festival, set for Saturday, June 28. Be on the lookout for special appearances by such luminaries as Abraham Lincoln and ...

LAKE TAHOE – Some of the young female athletes who are more used to populating Bass Lake in summer, and Oakhurst-area basketball courts nearly all other times, found themselves at Lake Tahoe and its surrounds recently. The Club basketball team of middle school-age Yosemite Badgers participated in the Xtreme Hoops Tournament there, from May 23 – 26.

Something about the way the firelight caught in his eyes entranced her. It danced and sang as he spoke, telling a story of its own in his unblinking stare. “Isabelle, now is not the opportune time to discuss this,” he said. So begins the prologue of the new novel, Immortality Awaits (Objects of Inwit), authored by Andrew J. Stillman, who ...