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Celebrate America With The Oakhurst Community Band

The Mountain Christian Center will be hosting the “Celebrate America” concert on Sunday, July 1st, at 6:30pm. In celebration of the Fourth of July, the Oakhurst Community Band will perform a medley of patriotic music, Henry Mancini selections, Big Band tunes, and recognize our American veterans. This 45-piece band has become a mountain treasure. In addition to providing spectacular concerts, ...

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Visit The NF History Group At Jamboree

The mission of the North Fork History Group is “Gathering, Preserving and Sharing the History of a Community,” and as the Loggers Jamboree approaches, there is heightened interest in the history of the Central Sierra. The keepers of that history are the dedicated folks of the North Fork History Group. They are a collective weath of information about the area ...

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Jamboree Queen And Court Raise Funds For Youth Program

The Loggers Jamboree Queen and Court contest is designed as a fundraiser for the Summer Youth Program at the Recreation Center each summer. This provides the children of our community a fun and safe place to gather during those long hot summer days. It also provides free lunch and a lifeguard in the swimming area. Whichever contestant in their category ...

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Steven Jacobs Turns Up The Heat For Honorary Mayor

Over fifty people, many from Fresno, braved the heat on Saturday June 16th to come to Pounding Iron for Charity at the Wild Wonderful King Vintage Museum. Steven Jacobs, Candidate for Honorary Mayor of Oakhurst, and two other blacksmiths, Mike Wenrich and Smiley Tierney, demonstrated blacksmithing in temperatures over 100 degrees. About a dozen volunteers, young and old alike, were ...

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Jarrod 4 Mayor Campaign Rides the Rails

More than 100 people braved the absolutely perfect weather to ride the 12:30 train at the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad Sunday for a good cause. All the money raised went to the Children’s Museum of the Sierra, as the event was part of the Jarrod 4 Mayor Honorary Mayor Race.

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53rd Annual Mid-Sierra Loggers Jamboree

The chips will be flying in North Fork this weekend as the Annual Mid-Sierra Loggers Jamboree returns to the exact center of California. As the mountains echo with the sounds of hot power saws, and the smell of newly cut wood puts us in mind of a bygone era, visitors and residents alike will be enjoying the action-packed competition of ...

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Children's Museum Hosts Chamber Mixer

The Children’s Museum of the Sierra in Oakhurst will host the next Business After Hours Chamber Mixer on Wednesday, June 27.The mixers are hosted by members of the Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce. This next mixer will help reacquaint local business leaders with the Children’s Museum and the “Jarrod 4 Mayor” campaign raising money for the facility. “We recently held ...

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Get Messy At The Rib Fest!

Rib Fest 2012 – Where a dirty face is celebrated! The 13th annual Rib Fest is taking place on Saturday June 23, 2012 and that makes Laura Graham the busiest woman in Oakhurst for the next few days. Laura is the Facilities Manager for the Oakhurst Community Center, and along with 30 plus volunteers, they are hoping to make this ...

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Vince and Ginny Smith – Citizens of the Year

As the 53rd Annual Loggers Jamboree approaches, CHIPS would like to take this opportunity to salute Vince and Ginny Smith, North Fork’s 2011 Citizens of the Year. The couple is known for their involvement with the North Fork History Group, especially with the research, preparation and marketing of a selection of videos and DVD’s of North Fork’s history. Additionally, they ...

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