About 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25, Joan Gormley, 79, was traveling about 30 mph east on Pine Crest Avenue near Alderwood Street when she lost control of her Subaru Forester, crashing head on into a tree. Idyllwild Fire Department transported Gormley to Eisenhower Medical Center after she complained of pain to her right-side rib area. Photo by Jenny KirchnerAccording to witnesses and parties involved, on Sunday, Oct. 27, a little after 6 p.m., Noah Reed, 20, of Banning, was riding his motorcycle north on Highway 243 traveling around 50 to 60 mph. Reed lost control of his bike, swiping the side of a Honda Pilot near mile marker 15. Responders closed Highway 243 in both directions. Mercy Air landed at Vista Point and airlifted Reed to Riverside Regional Medical Center with moderate to major injuries. The parties in the Honda Pilot were uninjured. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Fire log
Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Tuesday, Oct. 22, to Monday, Oct. 29:
Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance
Oct. 22 — Four medical aids, Idyllwild.
Oct. 23 — Medical aid, Idyllwild.
Oct. 23 — Medical aid, Anza.
Oct. 24 — Traffic collision with injuries, Idyllwild.
Oct. 24 — Three medical aids, Idyllwild.
Oct. 25 — Medical aid, Pine Cove.
Oct. 26 — Public service assist, Idyllwild.
Oct. 27 — False alarm or false call, Idyllwild.
Oct. 27 — Traffic collision with injuries, near Lake Fulmore.
The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council (MCFSC) is accepting applications from property owners for home hardening. FEMA-4569-DR-CA, September 2020 California Wildfires, Cal OES PJ0507, Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council Home Hardening and Defensible Space Project is funding the program. The grant provides in excess of $2,000,000 worth of funds to be used to reimburse local…
Town Hall Sports Coordinator Bob Lewis gave this report on recent Adult Coed Softball games. On Monday, July 24, Forest Lumber beat Ajax 15-4. Also that night, Creekstone beat Forest Lumber 15-8. The next night, Idyllwild Arts lost to Forest Lumber 7 -18, and Ajax beat Creekstone 12-3. On Wednesday, July 26, Creekstone…
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Sunday, April 28, St. Hugh of Lincoln in Idyllwild will host its firstArbor Day Celebration. The “seed” for this idea came from a discussionregarding the oldest tree in Idyllwild that graces the church’s memorialgarden. Part of the celebration for Arbor Day will include a “tree naming”contest. Leading up to that contest, St. Hugh is seeking…
Nearly 100 turned out to the community meeting that Mountain Disaster Preparedness organized to educate residents about the purchase and use of generators. Opening the meeting, MDP President Mike Feyder and Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz stressed both the frequency of power outages and the length of them are going to increase in the future….
‘No Party Preference’ is growing choice With less than a month before election day, voter registration for this gubernatorial election year is higher than past years with the state’s highest office on the ballot. However, total registration (as of Sept. 7, 2018) of 19.1 million voters is 300,000 fewer than the 19.4 million voters who…
