Youth Grantmakers support local nonprofits
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Idyllwild Youth Grantmakers awarded $3,500 last week to four local nonprofits. Above right, the 2015 Youth Grantmaker award recipients are Michelle Johnson, for the Idyllwild School Booster Club, Sandy Wampler, for the Friends of San Jacinto Mountain County Parks, Antje Banks, for the Idyllwild Garden Club, and Rachel Teeguarden, for the San Jacinto Mountain Community Center.
If a cold and heavy snowfall storm, predicted for this weekend, does occur, the Idyllwild Warming Center located at the American Legion Post 800, 54360 Marian View Dr., could open if its criteria are met. If the center does open, Mountain Disaster Preparedness will alert its network. Folks needing assistance can also call the Idyllwild…
The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) directors unanimously decided to maintain water and sewer rates at the current levels rather than implement the possible 6-percent rate increase authorized last year. The board also agreed to continue its June 21 meeting to 5 p.m. June 30, in order to review and decide upon its preliminary 2011-12 budget….
Here are the local election results as of Monday evening. The Riverside County Registrar of Voters has about 215,000 vote-by-mail and 25,000 provisional ballots left to process. The next update is scheduled after the newspaper goes to press. Idyllwild Fire Protection District Board Christina Reitz: 544 votes Dennis Fogle (appointed incumbent): 399 votes Dan Messina…
Caltrans continues work on a $5.2 million slurry seal and rumble strips maintenance project on Highway 371 from Aguanga through Anza in Riverside County. This project will involve dig outs, slurry seal operations, striping, and installation of safety rumble strips on the inside and outside of the lanes in both directions, weather permitting. Crews will…
Idyllwlld’s Lauren Salter didn’t earn a spot on the 2013-14 National Women’s Skeleton team, but she has only been a skeleton racer for three seasons and still has her sights on the 2018 Olympics to be held in Korea. “We just concluded our team selections, so it was an extremely busy couple of weeks,” Salter…
Last week, Lorraine Sonoqui became the acting postmaster of the Idyllwild Post Office. The former postmaster, Mark Smith, abruptly resigned earlier last month, leaving staff inundated with work during the holiday season. “We do not comment on personnel issues,” wrote Eva M. Jackson, strategic communications specialist for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), in response to…
