New board members for Idyllwild Community Fund
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President Dave Pelham (center right) introduced Jim Taylor (center left), vice president; Diane Suechika, (left) recoding secretary; and Ed Hansen, (right) corresponding secretary.
The Idyllwild Community Fund (ICF) Executive Board began its January 2012 meeting with a new slate of officers.
ICF grant applications will be available online and donors may make contributions to the endowment fund that benefits so many in Idyllwild online, also. The ICF website can be found at www.idyllwildcommunityfund.org.
As reported last week, Jo’An’s has sold to Idypark LLC, which belongs to Loie and Dave Butterfield. As he said, the restaurant will not reopen. “As the center of town, we envision it to be a peaceful, beautiful location for all to enjoy,” Dave wrote in an email. Their intention is to remove all the…
Ed O’Rourke (back to camera), chair of the Living Free Board of Directors, addresses a gathering of volunteers, staff and residents at a “Town Hall” gathering Saturday morning to discuss the new efforts to rebuild and rebrand the sanctuary. The new leadership reports that more pets were adopted out in 2014 than in the entire 30-year history of the organization. At the current rate of adoptions, this may reach 300 pets for 2015.
The Local Review Board for the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District last week recommended a historic alteration permit form to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. County planning staff revised its proposed form at the urging of the review board. When approved officially, the form must accompany proposed architectural changes to properties, which contribute to the…
RivCoReady public safety officials monitoring the Cranston burn areas are expecting that, based on National Weather Service reports, “it does not appear that rainfall will be sufficient to cause debris flows.” Officials will continue to monitor weather impacts.
Mountain Disaster Preparedness Disaster Aid Station personnel at a Saturday, Aug. 6 exercise.
The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce recently transferred the deed to Town Hall back to the Johnson family. The Chamber had held the deed, in trust for the town and community recreation, for just over 60 years, from the time in 1952 when Gerald Johnson deeded it to them. But owing to the need for repairs…
