Donald Herbert Schmiedt was born April 2, 1930, in Woonsocket, South Dakota, to Herbert and Josephine Schmiedt. Don was a sergeant in the Marines during the Korean conflict when he married Joye Garrett in May of 1951. Together they raised an outstanding family of six children. Don was an avid reader, gardener and successful realtor….
Geneva Elizabeth McCleary Schlenz was born in Joplin, Missouri, on March 11, 1929, to Oscar J. McCleary and Pearl A. Smith McCleary. As a young child, she moved to California with her family, where she remained a resident until her passing on March 14, 2017, at the age of 88. She married Walter R. Schlenz…
UPDATE 4:12 p.m.: Dispatch contacting Idyllwild Water District to get permission to dip out of Foster Lake. UPDATE 4:08 p.m.: Fire crews have made access to the fire. According to SBNF Public Information Officer John Miller, the fire is a 100-foot-by-20-foot “spot in rocky terrain with low growth potential.” He added that the cause is…
After two years, Earth Fair is preparing to emerge from “hibernation,” according to head Holly Owens. The Idyllwild Earth Fair Committee has been talking with various individuals and groups in town in an effort to gauge interest and recruit volunteers to help in this effort. It now has a number of committed and knowledgeable people…
Sunday, Jack and our son Zac worked at an ongoing project of trying to repair our refrigerator. Originally, something caused the refrigerator section to freeze the food. After they replaced the parts, the freezor section began to defrost. This project to determine the cause has resulted in weeks-long analyses, watching YouTube videos and moving food…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the association’s regular monthly tourney held on St. Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17, at the Morongo Tukwet Canyon Legends course in Beaumont. It was a beautiful warm day and the course was in good shape. Pete Holzman’s new swing paid off…
Editor: Indivisibles are saying they are not an anti-Trump organization and so be it. The group further said they are for social, environmental and economic justice. That being said, if this group wants to be influential in such matters, wouldn’t it make sense to protest against oppressive governments all over this blue planet? Yet they…
65 years ago – 1952 The Chamber of Commerce boasted 66 business members and 223 nonbusiness members. 60 years ago – 1957 The Forest Service reported the poorest snow pack since the annual surveys began. Average depth on the course was 3.15 inches, with several of the measuring points bare. 55 years ago – 1962…
