Burn season started on December 1 and runs through April 30, 2011. Click on the Emergency! Call 911 menu option for basic information, or scroll all the way down on this page.

Saturday, December 18, 1:00 to 3:00 pm Save Your Bacon Book Sale Bonanza 301 Azalea Lane, off of Pineridge at Empire Grade Call 831-427-1320 for the latest information and directions Imagine it's a week before Christmas and you still don't know what to get for that hard-to-buy-for person on your list. You have no ideas, not much cash, and no more time. You're beginning to panic! Lots of genres including mystery, history, romance, and books for children, all signed by their authors in person. Free basic gift wrap, free bookmarks, recipes, and cookies. Gift certificates and Kindle coupons, too. Attending LOCAL AUTHORS in person, ready to discuss their books and personalize your gift: Nancy Lynn Jarvis, author of 3 mystery books set in Santa Cruz County: Buying Murder, Backyard Bones, and The Death Contingency. Suzanne Barrett, author of Late Harvest, a romance novel. Loretta Halter, author of two children's books A Voice for the Redwoods and Lacy's Journey: The Life of a Decorator Crab. Eunice LeMay, author of Listen Up! How to Communicate Effectively at Work. Bill Raney, author of Travels with Zerky - Letters to his son. Robert W. Piwarzyk, co-author of Davenport Cement Centennial, Limekiln Legacies, and Valley of Redwoods may also attend. Visualize the local authors and their books

Saturday, December 18, 8:00 pm Annual Christmas Carol Sing at the Chapel Royal of Boomeria

Bill Visscher, spectacular pipe organist and organ builder, will be roaring out the carols on the 40 rank Baroque organ at The Chapel Royal of Boomeria.  Hot cider and cake will be served in the Crew's Quarters after the sing. Dress warmly. SEE and HEAR the Pipe Organ http://home.comcast.net/~pqboom/tour/pipeorgn.html You may print out an Internet map to Boomeria at 60 Verde Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Phone 831-426-2617.

Friday, December 24, 8:00 pm Bonny Doon Presbyterian Church Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Everyone is welcome to this evening service and to our Sunday Morning Service at 10:00 am. If you have never been to our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, it is well worth the hour spent.  If you have been, come again!  7065 Bonny Doon Road Call 831-426-6858 for more information on church services.

PRESERVING BONNY DOON: The Quilt We are working on a new quilt based on the theme of "preserving Bonny Doon". Anyone who wants to create a panel should call Jean Meyer at 426-6908 or Shirin Schumacher at 427-3787.

Higher Grounds Coffee House Thursdays, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm We envision providing a public meeting place for the Bonny Doon community to gather for coffee, tea, and home baked goods. Come to the Kirk house at the Bonny Doon Church 7065 Bonny Doon Road at the corner of Pine Flat Road. For information call 831-426-6858

Bonny Doon Volunteer Fire/Rescue, Inc. A Charitable Non-Profit Corporation 831-426-1561   www.bonnydoonfire.com Telephone 911 For All Emergencies

Burn Season Begins December 1st.  Yard trimmings can be burned only on "burn days".  Telephone 1-800-CAL-BURN to hear the Monterey Bay Air Pollution Control District's daily recording declaring whether that day is a "burn day" or a "no burn day".  Their decisions are based on air pollution factors and not fire safety.  Before burning, residents should judge fire safety factors such as high winds.  Detailed regulations and fire safety information are available from the California Department of Forestry, 6059 Highway 9 in Felton, telephone 335-5353.  Some basic rules include: Material being burned must have grown on the property and should be dry. Burning is limited to daylight hours. An adult must be in attendance. Burn piles should be small and a safe distance from flammable vegetation and buildings. A water source should be available.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Battle Mountain News - Morgan Rankin - 426-6412 Keep up with all the events in Bonny Doon with the Battle Mountain News.  Arriving the first of every month at all 1100 Bonny Doon households, this is the best way to advertise in Bonny Doon.  Ads are due by the 24th of the month for the next month's edition.  Rates as of November 2009 are: $20 for up to 10 lines.  Call the publisher, Morgan Rankin, at 426-6412, and deliver your ads to her at 222 Ice Cream Grade.

Rural Bonny Doon Association To read The Highlander on-line, visit the RBDA website www.bonnydoon.got.net

Friends of Bonny Doon Fire - 426-3085 or 459-8853 Keep up with the latest on the formation of an independent Fire District. Visit www.friendsofbonnydoonfire.org for the latest. Visit www.bonnydoonfire.com for general information.

Bosch Baha'i Conference Center, 500 Comstock Lane, 423-3387 Please see the Battle Mountain News or call for the schedule of events.

Memories of the Mountain The Ladies of Bonny Doon This wonderful book is still available.  A "must have" for new and old Dooner's alike.  The Ladies of Bonny Doon Club produced this book in 2004.  Many Bonny Dooners contributed stories, pictures, and editing skills. Order your book online at authorhouse.com or call 800-839-8640.  $20.50 plus postage.