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Idyllwild Invidivisible part of nationwide movement
By Idyllwild Town Crier
Nearly 140 people attended the Idyllwild Indivisible meeting at St. Hugh’s Episcopal Church Monday night. This group of concerned locals is dedicated to the advancement of sustainable economic, environmental and social justice. The group, at its first meeting two weeks ago, divided into three subgroups to address and create plans for action in each of the three areas (economic, environmental, and social justice). The budding group has already outgrown the church and the Rainbow Inn.









The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council (MCFSC) was awarded a grant to continue the San Jac Fuels Reduction program. The new phase began Nov. 1 and will include Pinyon Pines, Garner Valley, Mountain Center, Idyllwild, Pine Cove and Poppet Flats. The grant is for $200,000 with a matching amount of $200,000. California Fire Safe Council…
At left, Jim Newcomb, president of the Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation, presents a check for $31,500 to Idyllwild Arts Foundation Chair Faith Raiguel (center). At Raiguel’s left is Head of School and Dean of Arts Doug Ashcraft and to her right is Idyllwild Arts Vice President and Director of the Summer Program Steve Fraider. The check represents profits from this year’s Jazz in the Pines. Associates also contributed an additional $7,000 to the foundation.
The U.S. Forest Service – San Bernardino National Forest (USFS), Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department and the Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to a call for a vegetation fire, the White Post Fire, at Highway 74 and mile marker 57 Sunday at 11:29 a.m. Initially, the USFS reported the fire at a quarter-acre. The fire…
Contact your local ranger station for permits, maps and weather. Plan ahead. Tell someone where you are going and when you will return Stay together in your group, so people do not get lost. If you get lost, stay put and do not wander (Hug-A-Tree). Use your whistle and signal mirror. Stay on the trail…
In an attempt to become a more inclusive and broader-based organization, the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council (ICRC) discussed revising its existing bylaws to allow board service for any Hill resident from Alandale to Highway 74 at the juncture of the Pacific Crest Trail. “We want to give the widest Hill representation,” said Director Linda McCaughin….
The liquidation of the estate assets of missing Garner Valley residentDia Abrams began last week as a judge approved the sale of the first ofAbram’s three local real estate holdings. Court-appointed TrusteeRichard Munro applied for permission to accept the higher of two offersmade on Abrams’ house on Tool Box Springs Road, and this was granted…