By Debra Varnados Correspondent Preliminary results of a three-year study funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and conducted by scientists at San Diego’s Natural History Museum, show no evidence of the Southern California Flying Squirrel in the San Jacinto Mountains, leading to continued conjecture about the cause of their apparent disappearance and possible…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF welcomed a litter of three puppies to the ARF family. Little Girl: Wow, have I got lots of news, bigger than last week’s! Mr. Jingle: What could be a bigger deal than three puppies? Little Girl: Adoptions and a new canine ARF family member. Alvin: Please…
70 years ago – 1947 Everyone was invited to the first Christmas party in Town Hall. Ernie Maxwell was master-of-ceremonies and Charles Kretsinger led the carol singing. 65 years ago – 1952 Sale of Buckhorn Ranch at Dutch Flats to the Reorganized Church of Latter-day Saints was announced. 60 years ago – 1957 Vandals shot…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Dec. 10 to Dec. 16. Idyllwild • Dec. 10 — Alarm call, 3:11 p.m., 54000 block of South Circle Dr. Handled by deputy. • Dec. 11 — Found property, 9:08 a.m., 26000 block of Saunders Meadow Rd. Handled…
Only one traffic incident, a motorcycle crash, occurred on Hill roads recently. At 9:51 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18, Edwin Mejia, 25 of Indio, was riding his blue 2016 Yamaha R6 motorcycle eastbound on Highway 74 near mile marker 89 when for unknown reasons he laid his bike down in the highway, temporarily blocking all lanes….
Editor: It’s time to put hard facts to the misguided principles of Idyllwild Water and Fire Protection districts’ hydrant system. Two required hydrant-flow surveys were conducted Nov. 10, 2006, and July 29, 2015. The 2006 survey monitored eight IWD residential hydrants (two actually mislabeled as IWD hydrants instead of Fern Valley, so, in fact, six…
Editor: With thoughts of John Lennon and the holidays this month, my mind turns to: Imagine … a self-sufficient Idyllwild. “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.” Dreaming. Imagining. It’s the beginning of everything possible. In these disturbing, uncertain times in which we are living, we can think, dream, imagine…
Editor: (This letter was sent to the Fern Valley Water District.) I wanted to share my concerns about the proposed changes being considered for Fern Valley water before the public meeting next month. I hope you will take them into consideration before you make your decision. I have been a customer at my current home…
The last time I wrote this column was for the Aug. 10, 2017, issue. Last week, when JP was out and I ran the news meeting, an attendee asked if I was ever going to write it again. He wanted it back. A couple of other people supported that request so here it is. I…
