Idyllwild school students enjoyed the sunshine, a box lunch and choice of milk or juice while school district maintenance and the Idyllwild Fire Department cleared all classrooms on Monday morning, Dec. 5. Students were back in class by noon. Photos by Cid Castillo
Idyllwild school students enjoyed the sunshine, a box lunch and choice of milk or juice while school district maintenance and the Idyllwild Fire Department cleared all classrooms on Monday morning, Dec. 5. Students were back in class by noon. Photos by Cid Castillo
Monday was a cold day at Idyllwild School. Without propane, the school’s heaters weren’t operating until afternoon. The distinctive propane odor, nevertheless, escaped into rooms and hallways. Principal Matt Kraemer had the students evacuated from the building until the heat could be restored.
Teachers stayed with students and helped them through the morning until returning to the classrooms after lunch. Idyllwild Fire department arrives at Idyllwild School responding to gas fumes being detected on the grounds. The odor is created by an additive that can remain near the tank’s botton when it is near empty. Although no gas was detected in the classrooms, all the students were evacuated as a precautionary measure.
Friends of the Idyllwild Library The Friends of the Idyllwild Library announce the return engagement of Penelope Engard this year in the first of her bi-monthly PowerPoint presentations in the library’s Community Room from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23. The subject of the February program is “WPA Murals.” One of the more controversial…
On her second day as the new executive director of the Idyllwild HELP Center, Colleen Meyer was already actively soliciting assistance for the community’s needy. Saturday morning, she spoke to the Pine Cove Property Owner’s Association about several programs such as the food pantry. Meyer is familiar to many who visit or use the HELP…
A budget report for the first quarter of 2013-14 was not available at the last Idyllwild Fire Protection District meeting, but Commissioner Jerry Buchanan reported he was working with the recently hired financial consultant and progress is being made. Buchanan discussed his ideas for an IFPD Budget Committee and will bring the proposal forward in…
Except for the facial hair, the differences between the four candidates for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission were subtle and often difficult to detect. At the Aug. 6 forum, candidates Commission President Jeannine Charles-Stigall, Rhonda Andrewson (former administrative assistant), Steve Kunkle (former fire chief from 2005 to 2010) and Nancy Layton (former financial consultant),…
Idyllwild’s own Casey Abrams on the stand-up bass during the Idyllwild Arts’ Black History Month Concert Saturday, Feb. 17 in the Lowman Concert Hall on campus. Idyllwild Arts’ Black History Month Concert Saturday, Feb. 17, featured drums in many forms. Here, Najite Agindotin performs on the African djembe (pronounced jem bay). Jazz pianist Josh White…
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