Paul Douglas Kirk passed away at age 25, just 10 days before his 26th birthday. He is survived by his parents, Victoria Kyriss and Dale McDonald, sister Danielle Davis, and grandparents Ken and Trudy Twardowski. Paul was an incredible young man and as many have said, “He always lit up any room he walked into.”…
Editor: Just a quick note to remind everyone to get out and vote. I would urge you to vote for any politician with enough sense to realize that our government needs more money. I think our gas taxes should be increased an additional 40 cents a gallon on all types of fuel. There is still…
Editor: For the record, please note that the board of the Pine Cove Property Owners Association did not submit the anonymous advertisement to the Town Crier, printed on page A2 of the Oct. 4, edition. Although we do support the good work by Pine Cove Water, an anonymous ad is not how I work as…
Last week Jack and I took a long-needed mini-vacation, pulling along our 12-foot-something vintage travel trailer behind our Subaru. We left late Wednesday after finishing some chores at work. Our friends asked where we were headed? To the river? To the beach? To a lake or campground in the mountains? You know, they assumed our…
The United States Postal Service will hold a passport fair at the North Palm Springs Post Office from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14. The fair is for first-time passport applicants. No appointments are necessary. Customers have the option of applying for a passport book (good for all international travel) or a passport…
There were two crashes on Hill roads over the last week, both with minor injuries. At 6:55 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, Miren Pino, 16, of Idyllwild, was driving a white 2017 Jeep Renegade southbound on Highway 243, three-tenths of a mile north of the intersection with South Circle Drive when, according to the California Highway…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Sept. 30 to Oct. 6. Idyllwild • Sept. 30 — Noise complaint, 6:37 p.m., 52000 block of Double View Dr. Handled by deputy. • Oct. 1 — Suspicious circumstance, 8:25 a.m., 53000 block of Marian View Dr. Handled…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats and dog Tex talked about the new cat, Mitzy. Panther: Sad to tell you all that I have no adoption news this week. Tex: Oh, darn it! Well, I am nice and warm at my foster’s house. Check out the new photo of me…
70 years ago – 1948 In a playoff in Palms Springs, Butler’s Nutcrackers defeated the Register Ragdolls to become Women’s Bowling League champs. 65 years ago – 1953 The first light snow of the season hit the mountain area. 60 years ago – 1958 To mark “Double Tenth,” or Chinese New Year, Mary Nelson announced…
After the Harmony Monument sign was damaged last year, the Art Alliance of Idyllwild commissioned David Roy to design and install a new one. Roy is the artist who created the monument. Harmony is a wooden sculpture that weighs 5 tons and towers 25 feet over Idyllwild’s village center. Roy has lived in Idyllwild off…
