2011′s top Idyllwild stories: Part 1
The Town Crier looks back at the headlines that made the biggest local news …
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J.P. Crumrine is editor of the Town Crier. He can be reached at jp@towncrier.com.
December 28, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
U.S. Forest Service 2012 budget passed
After a quarter of the federal fiscal year has transpired, President Barack Obama signed Public Law 112-74, which authorizes funding for federal agencies through Sept. 30, 2012, the end of the federal fiscal year. Congress passed the appropriations bill on Dec. 17. Six days later, on Dec. 23, the President signed it. Although funding for […]
December 28, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
In a fast sport, Idyllwild skeleton athlete Salter keeps her head up
Salter spends hours every day preparing to use and to risk her skeleton …
December 28, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Initial Thoughts: Christmas thoughts — past and present …
As we quickly approach the end of 2011, the Town Crier’s 65th year and the centennial of our founder, Emax, Ernie Maxwell, I wish to give you, our faithful readers, the gift of another Emax column. Below are his thoughts from Dec. 22, 1961. Sometimes the commerce of Christmas time overwhelms the truly important values […]
December 20, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
New Idyllwild Fire commission faces same budget problems
“We’ll go broke before five years,” Idyllwild Fire Chief Norm Walker told the fire district’s commission, while discussing when to hold a workshop on its budget situation. “You need to come up with a vision and look five years out,” Walker urged the commission. While the commission was pondering its responsibility to Firefighter Greg Minor, […]
December 20, 2011 | 5 comments | View Post
No bald eagles seen in December
The annual bald eagle count began Saturday. Throughout San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains, the U.S. Forest Service reported 9 eagles (5 adults and 4 juveniles) were observed at regional lakes. At Lake Hemet, three people came to help the count, but no eagles were observed Saturday morning. “Probably due [the absence] to the steady […]
December 20, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
County Corner: Dec. 22, 2011
County executive The search for a replacement for former County Executive Bill Luna is ongoing. Luna’s predecessor, Larry Parrish, has been the interim executive since Sept. 27. He had agreed to serve for three months without salary. Since no permanent choice has been made, the board has asked Parrish to continue to serve as interim […]
December 20, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Draft plan for Palms to Pines Scenic Byway available
A draft Corridor Management Plan is the result of five workshops over the past year …
December 20, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
California automatic cuts less than feared
While the California budget situation has evinced little improvement since the legislature enacted a budget in June, the Governor’s Finance Director announced her end of year projections last week. These were significantly better than the Legislative Analyst’s November estimates. Consequently, the necessary January budget cuts will be about $1 billion rather than the worse case […]
December 20, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Anza man guilty of infanticide
Dannie Joe Farnum, 30, of Anza was sentenced to 25 years in state prison for murder and assault on a child leading to its death. The seven-month old child was the son of his girlfriend, Delice Sharon Preston. Farnum was arrested and accused of killing his girlfriend’s son in November 2008. After a two-week trial, […]
December 20, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
