Park district honors Anita Shearer's memory

The Hesperia Recreation and Park District honored city founding mother Anita Shearer with a tree planted in her name last week.

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Sen. Runner's bill allowing Victorville build faster passes Assembly committee

Senator Runner's legislation to authorize the City of Victorville to use Design-Build passes assembly Appropriations Committee

Senator George Runner's (R-Antelope Valley) legislation authorizing the City of Victorville to utilize the design-build process which will result in the city's ability to build faster recently passed unanimously out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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SBA introduces podcasts for business owners

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced the arrival of podcasting for small business owners on a range of topics to help entrepreneurs on the road to starting a new business.

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Disorientation leads to driver exploration

I sometimes get so disoriented driving on the High Desert that my trips turn into explorative expeditions delivering me to places I had not planned to go. Perhaps this is because, in Hesperia, the mountains are to the south of town instead of to the north as they are on the other side of the hill.

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No-kill animal shelter gets stay of execution

The Precious Pets no-kill private animal shelter will remain open, for now, pending a September decision by the Hesperia Planning Commission.

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Ed Pack leads fund-raising pack

Mayor Pro Tem Ed Pack is leading the pack in fund-raising for November's Hesperia City Council election.

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Buyer beware

The elderly woman who lives on Danbury had no reason to believe the two workers were not actually repairing her damaged roof.

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Candidate Kirk holds fund-raiser

Robert Kirk is a political newcomer, but the science teacher turned school board candidate has already raised the sort of money typically associated with veteran campaigners.

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Two-time winner

Larry Vellas only buys $20 of California Lottery tickets every month, but wins like someone spending a whole lot more. According to the California Lottery, the odds of a player going to the Big Spin television show for a chance at up to $150,000 is one in 1,920,000.

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Carnival caps off summer reading program at library

After 10 weeks of the "Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales" reading program at the Hesperia Branch Library, participants took a break from the books and wrapped up the summer's reading program with a "Creature Carnival" held Wednesday, August 2, at the library.

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A View from Main Street

Some time ago, Val Shearer, the Hesperia founding father whose wife Anita recently passed away, found a poem under the couple's bed.

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Hesperia neighborhoods celebrate National Night Out

Five Hesperia neighborhoods took to the streets last Tuesday to present a unified front against crime. A potluck-eating, music-listening, game-playing front, but a front nonetheless.

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No podcast this week

Peter is taking a well-deserved part-week vacation. As a result, there will be no podcast for the August 1 edition of the Hesperia Star. The podcast returns next week.

FBI investigating bribery allegations

FBI agents investigating bribery allegations took documents from City Hall last Thursday afternoon.

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Loved ones gather to mourn, celebrate the life of Anita Shearer

Anita Shearer, who along with her husband M. Val Shearer comprised one of Hesperia's most beloved couples, was laid to rest last Wednesday following a memorial service at Kern Chapel, Victorville. A potluck luncheon followed at the Percy Bakker Community Center in Hesperia.

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Hall runs for council, leaves park board

16-year park board veteran says council does not 'think outside the box'

Richard Hall has made it official: After 16 years on the board of directors for the Hesperia Recreation and Park District, he will not be seeking reelection this November. Instead, he will be running for one of the three contested seats on the Hesperia City Council.

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Swanson announces for park race

Wife of school board president: 'The thinking needs to change'

This November will be Rebekah Swansoan's first time with her name on the ballot, but it's not her first time going through the political process: The candidate for the Hesperia Recreation and Park District board of directors is also the wife of the president of the Hesperia Unified School District, Eric Swanson.

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New Hesperia library may see new head librarian

After 34 years, Hesperia's head librarian applying for her own job

When the new Hesperia Community Library opens to the public on October 14, Hesperia may have a new head librarian for the first time in 34 years.

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Becky Lihme: the 'go-to' person

She was the person you'd lean on when you really needed to get something done -- fast.

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The real dirt on desert soil

I think I might have learned how early mankind first discovered how to make adobe bricks. I made some inadvertently yesterday. Perhaps the native residents of the High Desert stumbled onto their important innovation by a method similar to mine. After all, they surely didn't learn how to do it from the California History Textbooks as I did.

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