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Dear Spiritual Workout: I’m noticing my town is getting more and more politically divisive. How do I live in harmony among those whose beliefs are totally opposite of mine? Dear Reader: Your town? Our town? This town? Every town? Years ago, I had something I called Spiritual Workout for Politics & Current Events. Then I…
New office hours begin June 1; closed Fridays With only three of four directors at the May 17 meeting, the board of the Fern Valley Water District limited the number of decisions until Director Robert Krieger was available. The selection to replace Director George Rowell, who resigned in April, was deferred until a special meeting…
No challenge to re-election of Clark and Schnetzer At a special meeting Monday morning, June 3, the Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors selected James Gates as the fifth director. The other applicant was Fred Hamblin. Gates will fill the vacancy created when George Rowell resigned in April. Gates’s appointment is until December, the…
The second of two speakers featured at the Idyllwild Garden Club’s “Discover Mountain Gardening” event, Joe Walker (above) of Obra Verde Growers, speaks about Australian perennials that grow well in our local mountains. The first speaker was UCSD professor Dr. James Nieh (not shown), who spoke about “The Dangers of Being a Honey Bee: Predators, Pesticides and Colony Collapse.”
On Sept. 19, the City of San Jacinto and the Idyllwild San Jacinto Regional Joint Powers Authority filed an action in Riverside County Superior Court (RIC 1612042). One of the several defendants is the Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s resolution approving the joint powers agreement with San Jacinto. “Essentially, this is a validation suit. The JPA…
Interim Idyllwild Fire Chief Mike Sherman continued to bring budget warnings to the Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s meetings. At Tuesday’s meeting, he first alerted the commission that the 2011-12 ambulance revenue estimate of $335,000 was unlikely to be achieved. “You’ve never received more than $240,000 in [ambulance] revenue,” Sherman said. “Through December, we’ve collected about…