Thomas “Thom” Lloyd Pentecost of Eagle Rock and Idyllwild, passed away Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. Thom was born on Dec. 31, 1938, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Lloyd Thomas Pentecost and Mildred Lucille “Mid” Griffith Winkler. He had one younger brother, Bob Pentecost (d. 1992). Thom attended PS Whittier #33 Elementary and Arsenal Technical High School,…
Three vehicle crash incidents took place over the last week on Hill roads. Each of the three had injuries, some serious. At 11:35 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 14, Jonathan Gregory, 27, of Moreno Valley, was driving a 1990 Jeep Cherokee eastbound on Highway 74, 1 mile west of South Fork Trail, when a fire began in…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats’ heads were spinning with the news of some very quick adoptions. Little Girl: I think we need to put a revolving door on the ARF House! Pepper: Why’s that? Little Girl: Mama cat, Cheerio, found her forever home, as did Anastasia Beaverhausen and Frisbee!…
Beginning Oct. 26, the Town Crier will print a special serial story for our readers to enjoy. The story is based on Opal Fleming and how she was taken to the deaf school in the 1930s by her father. Soon after her arrival at the deaf school, Pa was gone and she discovered that everyone…
Soccer Town Hall Sports Coordinator Michael Holato gave this report on Youth Soccer. Below are the scores, standings and players of the game for Town Hall Youth Soccer. For the 4 to 6 year olds we are only doing player of the game. Ages 4-6 In another really close defensive battle of 4- to 6-year-olds,…
70 years ago – 1947 The newly formed house committee for Town Hall took steps to waterproof the basement, purchase oil heaters and provide restrooms. 65 years ago – 1952 Halfway through the deer hunting season, a record number of 374 bucks were tallied. Meanwhile, locals were spreading a tall tale about a hunter who…
Last week was productive for the Snow Group. On Tuesday, we met with California State Sen. Jeff Stone at his Murrieta office. We shared with him a PowerPoint presentation, which illustrated the Hill’s snow-play visitor problems and proposed solutions. Stone and District Representative Darrell Connerton immediately understood Idyllwild’s challenges and responded favorably to our proposals….
Editor: Since when are we allowing large wooden billboards from off-the-Hill companies to advertise on our beautiful mountain? Driving along 243 recently, I noticed New Horizons Carpet has put up an obnoxious, two-direction, large billboard. This is not Hemet or any other city. This needs to go. I also saw a sign twirler on 243…
Editor: Nicole, in your letter “Evolution is not a fact” you’re correct, evolution is indeed theory and not fact. There has always been confusion with “theory” however. In scientific terms, theories are not someone’s opinion or guess, these are hypotheses. Scientific theories begin as a hypothesis, experiments happen, facts and data are collected, analyzed, then…
I want to comment after this column’s silence for many weeks now, about the responses we’ve received from you, our readers, as we continue our membership drive. Many members don’t just put a check and a form in the mail. They often write comments, such as how many generations have been coming to the family…
