Hill roads were free of serious traffic incidents last week. One minor incident occurred on Monday, April 17. At 2:40 p.m. on Highway 243, 1 mile south of Old Idyllwild Road, two vehicles sideswiped each other. The investigating California Highway Patrol officer could assign no cause. There were no witnesses and neither driver could account…
Mark Dean was the only one to respond with, “Here’s a cool history from “Rock Climbs of Tahquitz and Suicide Rocks,” by Randy Vogel, 1985 …” “More recently, Tahquitz Rock drew the attention of turn of the century hikers who often worked their way to its class 2 summit. During this period of time Tahquitz…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, April 9 to 15. Idyllwild • April 9 — Suspicious person, N. Circle Dr. Handled by deputy. • April 9 — Alarm call, N. Circle Dr. Handled by deputy. • April 9 — Two hazard calls, 53000 block…
Editor: I just saw the lovely write-up of Dr. Tom Kluzak’s talk on April 8 in Idyllwild and wanted to congratulate him on a successful event and fantastic article. As our Communications Associate Clare wrote, it’s one of the best local-coverage articles we’ve seen. We appreciate Tom for organizing. Emily Henkels National Organizer Physicians for…
Editor: I like Dr. Tom’s ideas on Medicare-for-All. I recognize the benefits and cost savings — if everyone, in fact, pays (just like Medicare). The 3-percent off of everyone’s income is much less than healthcare plans cost now. However, I’m not entirely sold on the savings he points out in eliminating the “middlemen” — the…
Editor: Many of us in Idyllwild are concerned about the snow visitors from off the Hill. I am president of the Big Cedar Glen Property Owners Association and we have particular and personal concerns. Marsha Kennedy’s efforts to control snow visitors are appreciated. However, sending them to the Nature Center park creates problems for us…
Editor: Regarding the article about steering snow play visitors to the Nature Center with signs: We are residents of Idyllwild whose home backs up to the Nature Center park. Signs encouraging snow players toward the Nature Center is of grave concern. People parking along our road, traipsing through our yards, etc., is exactly what the…
Editor: I appreciate you coming out to the meeting and for furthering the awareness of what our Snow Group has worked on and is considering. There was one area I wanted to clarify a bit. As seen in the web site snippet at www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/sbnf/recarea/?recid=26483, the USDA, U.S. Forest Service and San Bernardino National Forest think…
Editor: My husband and I live in Mountain Center and come to Idyllwild a couple times a month. We usually have our two medium-sized dogs with us and have gone to the dog park on occasion. Saturday, April 8, we stopped in, got our dogs out and were just getting ready to join the two…
Wanda Leean (Curington) Swanson, 92, long-time resident of Idyllwild, passed away peacefully of natural causes at Eisenhower Medical Center, in Palm Desert, on Saturday, April 8, 2017, surrounded by her family. She was born in Charlie, Texas, on May 25, 1924, to James Roy and Ola Vae Curington, and she was always known in the…
