Past Tense: January 4, 2018
70 years ago - 1948
A Christmas fire at the dump caught many firemen in their Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes. Swede Pitt tramped among the the burning...
Chief Concerns: Preparedness & Readiness for a Wildfire — Part II
By John R. Hawkins
Fire Chief & Operational Area Fire & Rescue Coordinator & William Weiser, Division Chief
Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department
Go! is the...
Creature Corner: December 28, 2017
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF celebrated several dog and cat adoptions.
Little Girl: So, how was everyone’s Christmas?
Alvin: It was pretty...
Past Tense: December 28, 2017
70 years ago - 1947
A snowfall of 12 to 24 inches was believed attributable to dry ice dropped from a plane sent by Hemet...
Creature Corner: December 21, 2017
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF welcomed a litter of three puppies to the ARF family.
Little Girl: Wow, have I got...
Past Tense: December 21, 2017
70 years ago - 1947
Everyone was invited to the first Christmas party in Town Hall. Ernie Maxwell was master-of-ceremonies and Charles Kretsinger led the...
Chief Concerns: Preparedness & Readiness for a Wildfire — Part II
By John R. Hawkins
Fire Chief & Operational Area Fire & Rescue Coordinator & William Weiser, Division Chief
Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department
Decks: Surfaces within...
Dr. Tom: Happy, merry … whatever …
We had a friend in Kansas whose daughter became engaged to a Jewish man, whom we knew predominantly because he relayed a story of...
Another Point of View: Idyllwild’s substandard residential hydrant system
Editor:
It’s time to put hard facts to the misguided principles of Idyllwild Water and Fire Protection districts’ hydrant system.
Two required hydrant-flow surveys were conducted...
Readers Write: Imagine …
Editor:
With thoughts of John Lennon and the holidays this month, my mind turns to: Imagine … a self-sufficient Idyllwild. “You may say I’m a...