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The Nature Center held its annual end of summer “Volunteer Thank You” dinner Friday evening. Shelley Kibby (standing background), park interpreter at the Nature Center, thanked all of the volunteers for their help over the summer months. Photo by Barbara Reese

A tow truck pulls a pickup truck back onto Hwy. 243 Wednesday morning.
The potential danger of the coming fire season, exacerbated by the number of dead and dying pines, was the main topic at the June 10 Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting. “Everyone can see what’s going on with the trees,” said Cal Fire Unit Forester Gregg Bratcher. “Garner Valley has been hit very hard.” The current…
Hikers on the Round Valley Hiking Trail discovered an unresponsive 46-year-old man in full cardiac arrest around 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11. Hikers notified rangers at the mountaintop Tram Station. According to Mark Hudgens, state park superintendent, rangers went to the scene with an automated external defibrillator. Hikers who had found the man had…
Mountain Disaster Preparedness (MDP) held a Preparedness EXPO in Town Hall on Thursday November 7. The theme of the event was “Hope for the best, prepare for the worst…are you ready?”. MDP is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that organizes our community to prepare for and respond to all forms of disaster. Attendees were invited to visit…
Editor’s note: The meeting in Mountain Center regarding ambulance response time was Monday evening, June 25. Below is brief report on the results. The July 5 edition of the Town Crier will include a fuller story of the discussion and issues. Martha Pearson organized a meeting to discuss ambulance response time in the Mountain Center…
Town Hall coed youth baseball sign-ups have been extended through April 25, according to Bill Brown, Riverside County’s County Service Area administrator. The Town Hall advertisement in the April 10 issue of the Town Crier read, “Unfortunately, this season has been canceled due to lack of enough players …“ That decision has been reversed and…