Vic Scavarda next Idyllwild representative on Hemet Unified School District Board
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Scavarda and three other candidates met with the HUSD Board, Tuesday afternoon, June 4. After an hour of answering questions, mostly about their qualifications and what skills and talents they would bring to the board, Director Lisa DeForest nominated Scavarda for the approaching vacancy, Director Jim Smith seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous 6-0.
Sanborn had excused himself from the decision.
The Fern Valley Water District has canceled its scheduled March 15 board meeting. A quorum of the board would not be available to take any action. The next scheduled board meeting is April 19. The February meeting was canceled due to the weather and road conditions following the Valentine’s Day rainstorm.
Fuelbreak work should begin in fall The County Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Committee was able, even briefly, to admire an accomplishment. The new Type 6 engine for Station 23 (Pine Cove) has arrived and is already in use. Just a year ago, the committee agreed with the Riverside County Fire Department’s proposal to…
At 11:42 a.m. Monday, California Highway Patrol reported a motor home with smoke coming out of its engine 3 miles east of Highway 371 on the roadside of Highway 74. U.S. Forest Service and Cal Fire engines and personnel were dispatched about noon and arrived on scene to a vegetation fire about a quarter of…
Jim Billman was re-elected as president of the Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors. John Cook was re-elected as vice president. Both have held these board positions since January 2014. This year the vote was not unanimous. New Director Steve Kunkle nominated Cook for the presidency and Billman as the vice president after Director Mike…
Stacie Kelly, emergency services coordinator with the Riverside County Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch, spoke to attendees at the Aug. 14 Mountain Emergency Service Committee meeting about what her department offers the community. Her agency partners with the county’s Office of Emergency Services whenever a county emergency is declared. “We focus on the…
Tim Bashor is the new head custodian at Idyllwild School. “New” might not be totally accurate since he was hired permanently in March 2015 when the previous head custodian could not resume his duties. Bashor, a Defiance, Ohio native (about 55 miles southwest of Toledo in the state’s northwest corner), has been with Hemet Unified…
