

Soroptimist members hear presentation from Exceed
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At its Sept. 15 meeting, the Soroptimist International of Idyllwild heard a presentation on Exceed, a division of Valley Resource Center, from speaker Mary Morse (right), who is shown here with club president Melody Blaschko (left). Photo ourtesy of Melody Blaschko

The Idyllwild Fire Protection District has scheduled a special budget workshop for 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan 7. The session will be in the district’s conference room. The meeting was originally set for 8 a.m., but is at 10 a.m. Saturday. The agenda reads “Budget workshop with Commissioners and candidate for interim-Chief position, Ret-Chief Michael Sherman.”
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday to Monday, Jan. 27 to Feb. 2. Anza • Jan. 30 — Medical aid, 12:41 p.m., one patient. Idyllwild • Jan. 27 — Medical aid, 4:17 p.m., one patient. • Jan. 29 — Medical aid, 2:06 p.m., one patient. • Jan. 30…
Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to an over-the-side motor vehicle on Highway 243 betweenMarian View Drive and Saundeers Meadow Road at approximately 9:50 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5. IFPD personnel found a single car off the road, approximately 40 feet over the embankment, with two occupants. CAL FIRE engines 23 and 53, along with California…
Monday, Aug. 14, is the deadline for voters to register and be eligible to cast a ballot in the Aug. 29 election for directors of the Pine Cove Water District. It is also an all mail-ballot election, so there will be no established polling place. Registration applications submitted online at RegisterToVote.ca.gov prior to midnight Monday…
Idyllwild’s Charles “Chic” Fojtik, actor, retired Pepperdine University marketing professor and recent producer of the Tahquitz laser show, is a familiar avuncular and upbeat presence to townsfolk. But on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 28, he was not his usual upbeat, but literally upset. “I was the culprit who knocked down the monument sign Tuesday…
On Friday, April 7, Gov. Jerry Brown rescinded the state of emergency caused by the statewide drought, which he declared in January 2014. The emergency conditions were lifted for all but four counties — Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Tuolumne. In his press release, Brown said, “This drought emergency is over, but the next drought could…