Obviously, everyone enjoyed the Annual "Heat on the Hill" Chili Cookoff this past September 12 at Pine Grove. Plan on being there next year!	Click on photo for larger view

Free chipping. . .

South Lake Fire Safe Council's free chipping service is once again available. Chipping will be done several times during the year, March, May, July, September and November. Volunteers are urgently needed.  South Lake Fire Safe Council serves the areas of Cobb Mountain, Anderson Springs, Middletown, Coyote Valley and Hidden Valley Lake.

The Fire Safe Council will offer free chipping whenever funding allows. Applications are available Wood and brush to be chipped must be properly stacked. Click here for the do's and don'ts of how to prepare material for chipping.

Mail completed applications to Bruce Anderson, P.O. Box 2, Cobb, CA. 95426 (for Cobb Mountain area) or James Ott at P. O. Box 942 Middletown, CA 95461 (for Anderson Springs, Middletown and Coyote Valley areas).

South Lake Fire Safe Council combines private sector and government agency expertise and resources to focus on local fire prevention. It serves residents and property owners in the 286-square-mile South Lake Fire Protection District, California’s third largest fire district.

New members are invited to join South Lake Fire Safe Council.  Group meets the first Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. at Middletown Fire House on highway 175.  Contact: 987-2857.

For more information, call Bruce Anderson, 928-5232, or James Ott, 987-9869.