Idyllwild Community Fund welcomes new advisory board members
By David Jerome
The Idyllwild Community Fund has announced three new members of advisory committee: Lorie De Marco (President, Friends of the Library), JoAnn Graham (former owner, Mountain High Escrow), and Tonya West (smARTS artist, Idyllwild Volunteer Fire Company). ICF President Annie Weaver welcomes Lorie De Marco and Tonya West. Photo Courtesy of ICF The ICF Advisory Committee…
According to CHP Officer Chris Blondon, an unidentified male, aged 34, of Beaumont was riding his 2003 Honda CBR900RR motorcycle east on Highway 74 just below Mountain Center near mile marker 56.6 at about 9:45 a.m. Saturday when he lost control, drifting into the westbound lane. A group leaving church camp from Idyllwild Pines was traveling westbound en route…
Last week, the state took several steps to advance and to promote actions in an attempt to reverse climate change. Electric vehicles How will drivers power all those new electric vehicles that will be on California’s roads and highways in the next dozen years? In August, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved regulations to…
Editor’s note: Four directors for the Pine Cove Water District are on the August mail-in ballot. The terms for three —President Robert Hewitt, Joel Palmer and Lou Padula — expire in December. They and challenger Jeffery Kleefisch are on the ballot for four-year terms. The fourth director, Vicki Jakubac, replaced Tim Lange, who was elected…
Opal Hellweg, legislative assistant for Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington, will retire at the end of December. She has served district residents for nearly 20 years. While she and husband, Dean, will travel and devote more time to their gardening, Opal also plans to continue to serve even with the advent of retirement….
Editor’s note: See the separate and accompanying story which describes the comments from Idyllwild residents or STR owners during the commission meeting. Wednesday, Aug. 23, the Riverside County Planning Commission recommended that a revised Ordinance 927, “Regulating Short Term Rentals [STRs],” be sent to the board of supervisors next month for adoption. After hours of…
Idyllwild School Principal Matt Kraemer announced the names of the teachers who would be filling the vacancies created by the retirement this month of six longtime faculty members. He also mentioned one more position that was added for the 2012-13 school year, bringing the new teacher total to seven. Their names of new faculty members…
