Lumber area lost; home saved
Josh Whitney’s Pacific Slope lumber mill on McCall Park Road in Mountain Center didn’t survive the Cranston Fire but his home did.
Photo by Steven King
Josh Whitney’s Pacific Slope lumber mill on McCall Park Road in Mountain Center didn’t survive the Cranston Fire but his home did.
Photo by Steven King
A few weeks ago, the Town Crier received a letter from a resident concerned about the currently active pruning of trees. The author wrote, “I just stopped Asplund … from further cutting my pine tree. It is the worst time of year for cutting pines and introducing pathways for bark beetles. The tree they were…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Tuesday to Monday, July 24 to July 30, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance July 24 —Medical aid, Live Oak Street, Idyllwild. July 24 — Medical aid standby, Forest Haven Road at Suicide Rock trailhead, Idyllwild. July 24 — Cooking fire, Temecula Drive, Idyllwild. July…
Basketball Town Hall Sports Coordinator Richard Mozeleski gave these reports on Kids Basketball: Town Hall hoopsters are now off and running, and I’m emphasing the word “running.” These eight teams are loaded with young future track stars. The up and down on the court is nothing but exciting. In the 6- to 8-year-olds, Colby Sonnier…
Editor’s note: This is the second of two parts. The Salmon August Complex burned from July into October. The final U.S. Forest Service post about the complex fire was Oct. 6. From the middle of August until early September, Battalion Chief Mark LaMont of the Idyllwid Fire Department was a division group supervisor on the…
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…
Idyllwild Water District residents will have a choice of five candidates for the three director seats up for election in the August mail-in ballot election. Running for re-election are President Jim Billman and directors Warren Monroe and Dean Lattin, who is in his first election. The two challengers are Steven Kunkle and June Rockwell. Voted…