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It Takes a Village: Summer Program to offer locals discount on workshops

Share/Bookmark The Idyllwild community and the campus have a unique symbiotic relationship which truly takes a village to be successful. Good news for Idyllwild residents who are art aficionados. Now’s the perfect time to nurture your creative side. The Idyllwild Arts Summer Program is offering full-time residents of Idyllwild, Pine Cove and Anza a 50 [...]

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Creature Corner: May 16, 2013

Share/BookmarkReunited this week were Reno, Noodles, who by the way found a skunk, and Sully. Joie finally came home on her own. Yay. Shannon, our Chihuahua, has been adopted to her forever home. And Clarence, our comedian Siamese mix, will be bringing laughter to his forever home also. We miss you both. The name says [...]

Pine Cove Water District reviews 2013-14 budget

Share/BookmarkAt its May 8 meeting, the Pine Cove Water District board of directors began reviewing the proposed budget for fiscal year 2013-2014 that begins July 1. Revenue estimates of $760,000 are the same as this year (2012-13); but expenses increase $65,000 for a total of $825,000. Differences would be made up from a combination of [...]

Opinion: Music is unattractive

Share/BookmarkWhile Nancy Huber and others may find Western music attractive, others do not like it and would rather not be forced to hear it. I was glad to hear that at least three phone complaints came to Jo’An’s about the loudness of the music. If Jo’An’s actually cares about Idyllwild, what they should do is [...]

Irene Long (standing at right), Disaster Services manager for Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange Counties, talks about her organization’s commitment to training Idyllwild volunteers.  Photo by Barbara Reese

Red Cross to work with Idyllwild disaster preparedness groups

Share/BookmarkDr. Dick Goldberg, medical director of Mountain Disaster Preparedness, has long sought to establish a support and training relationship with the American Red Cross — a relationship that acknowledges the Hill would likely be cut off for an extended period if a major earthquake strikes. Key to those plans would be training of locals to [...]

This little electric car was on display during the 1993 Earth Fair at Town Hall. This year’s event takes place this weekend, still at Town Hall and marks the festival’s 24th year.          File photo

Past Tense: May 16, 2013

Share/Bookmark65 years ago – 1948 Plans were being made for The Wild Idle Days celebration to be held in July. 60 years ago – 1953 Dick and Virginia Homan took over operation of the Hillbilly Variety Store while owner Edith Oliver recuperated from surgery. 55 years ago – 1958 Idyllwild’s first massage parlor was opened. [...]

Adam Backlin and Liz Gallegos, U.S. Geological Survey biologists, plant Mountain Yellow-legged Frog eggs in a secure screened box located in plunge pools along the creek in April 2010.          Photo by J.P. Crumrine

Zoo-raised Yellow-legged frogs to be released

Share/BookmarkEfforts to re-establish the native population of Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs will resume in 2013. The initial project will be relocating several hundred frogs — sub-adults — in the James Reserve later this spring, according to Adam R. Backlin, ecologist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Western Ecological Research Center in Irvine. “The last couple of years [...]

Today’s Health Issues: Risky business …

Share/BookmarkA year ago, I saw a cartoon with two people sitting across from each other at a table. One said, “I remember when we used to sit and talk about our problems over cigarettes and coffee. Now cigarettes and coffee ARE our problems.” The TV, internet and papers bombard us day and night with the [...]

Opinion: Calm down, all is not bleak

Share/BookmarkAs I began reading Jeff Smith’s latest letter [see the May 9 issue of the Town Crier], I thought “Oh, boy, he’s at it again.” I covered the name of the sender as I frequently do with letters to the editor, trying to guess who the author is. But as I read on, I thought [...]

News of Record: May 16, 2013

Share/BookmarkFire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, May 6 to 12, 2013: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance May 7 — Medical aid, South Circle Drive, Idyllwild. May 7 — Walk-in medical aid. May 8 — Medical aid, Marion Ridge, Pine Cove. May 9 — Medical aid, Pinecrest Avenue, Idyllwild. [...]

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