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Post 800 honors the fallen
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Ret. Navy Capt. Ned Roberts, a long-time resident, was the featured speaker at Memorial Day at American Legion Post 800 Monday. Roberts recounted some of the many friends he lost during his 30-year naval career and the need to bring back the remains of fallen servicemen from other countries.


Idyllwild Contemporary Book Club For its inaugural reading, this new book club will launch into Barbara Kingsolver’s “Flight Behavior.” The first meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27, at Nature’s Wisdom. For more information, call Gina Genis at 659-6256 … Idyllwild Garden Club Christine Lampe will talk on bee-friendly gardening at the next…
For those of us in the fire suppression business, winter presents a paradox. Once the rain and snow come we, and the citizens of our mountain, relax our hyper vigilance for wildland fire. Statistically however, the biggest threat to life and property in our mountain communities has been cold temperatures, ice and snow. We’ve never…
The first six months of Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz’s tenure have been very successful, according to Commission President Jeannine Charles-Stigall. The commission has had several sessions with the chief evaluating his performance since his August swearing-in. “Obviously, the chief has done an excellent job,” Stigall said. “We’re very pleased with what he’s accomplished. It’s…
After more than 20 years with Fern Valley Water District, of which he was general manager for 18 years, Steve Erler is floating off into the sunset. Erler finishes his FVWD career on Thursday, June 30 and begins retirement Friday, July 1. Not a rambling or garrulous speaker, Erler simply described his career in these…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Monday, June 16, to Monday, June 23, 2014. Idyllwild • June 17 — Medical aid. • June 18 — Dispatched and cancelled en route. • June 18 — Two rescues, medical aids. • June 19 — Rescue/medical incident. • June 19 — Three…
Large increases loom in future years The Riverside County Board of Supervisors held hearings for the fiscal year 2019-20 budget last week. The hearing was left open in order for the board to make some adjustments that would require only a majority approval rather than four-fifths if a preliminary budget had been approved. The overall…