On Aug. 4, 1922, bookkeeper Fred Obenland, his wife Lillie and their son Donald welcomed Mabel May into their Villa Park, Illinois, home. She graduated from York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois, as valedictorian of the class of 1940, and at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, she majored in Christian Education Music. Before she and…
The Anza Electric Cooperative received word from Southern California Edison that the entire system should be restored by Monday, Aug. 6. AEC includes Garner Valley. The import upgrade that SCE and AEC “had already been working on for later this year will be completed during this outage since crews and material are readily available,” according…
Cleve Robert Ferguson passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Saddleback Hospital in Laguna Hills, California. Services were held Saturday, June 9, at McCormick Mortuary in Laguna Hills, California. He was born Dec. 31, 1938, in Los Angeles, to Frank and Ruth Sharon Ferguson. Since 1931, Bob’s grandfather, Robert H. Ferguson, and family have owned…
Editor: We are incredibly grateful to the Town Crier for keeping the community informed about important events occurring on our mountain, and especially the coverage you’ve provided in the last several days about the Cranston Fire. We want to provide you with an update about Idyllwild Arts, to share with our community. As you undoubtedly…
Editor: I sincerely hope that all of you who have been complaining about the aircraft noise are able to appreciate the current aircraft noise that is saving our town. Mim Andrews Idyllwild
Editor: A couple months ago, my wife and I moved from the dirty dirty of Hollywood to the mile-high mountain town of Idyllwild. The difference has been night and day, both mentally and physically, and my daily dog walks are no longer of an anxiety-inducing nature because, duh, I was now in rural nature and…
I had forgotten to turn up the volume on the scanner in my office, when Jack called me on my cell phone Wednesday just before noon. He was in Mountain Center seeing smoke. JP was in Hemet on errands. Steven King also was off the Hill. Jenny Kirschner wasn’t responding to text messaging. Holly was…
For the eighth consecutive year, the Idyllwild Town Crier is requesting nominations for the annual Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award. Bring your nomination to the Town Crier office at 54405 N. Circle Dr., mail it to P.O. Box 157, Idyllwild, CA 92549, or send by email to becky@towncrier.com by Friday, Aug. 31. The honor is…
By Colleen Tressler Consumer Education Specialist Federal Trade Commission Disasters and weather emergencies are in the news. Whether it’s the volcanic eruptions in Hawaii and Guatemala or the wildfires in Colorado [and California], it’s heartbreaking to see people lose their homes and businesses to the ongoing devastation. But it’s despicable when scammers exploit such tragedies…
According to Lt. Zachary Hall of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Hemet Station, four arrests were made during the Cranston Fire evacuation last week. Deputies stopped a suspicious vehicle, which appeared to be casing the Idyllwild area. The driver had a warrant for his arrest. The driver was booked at the Smith Correctional Facility for violation…
