• William Walker • Steve Holldber • Jeff Chojnacki • Nancy Pearlman • Larry Kopald What do these Idyllwild Water District customers have in common? They’re sucking up most of the water in Idyllwild, preventing other customers from getting water meters and keeping IWD in Water Emergency Stage 2. That’s got to be the answer….
We saw quite a bit of citizen activity at the July 20 IWD meeting. Investigative reporting since then revealed more info on an issue raised at that meeting: the Water Operator Grade II Certification exams GM Tom Lynch attempted. As said previously in this column, what’s important is not whether Lynch ever manages to get…
I often say we work as hard as we can to produce a quality newspaper only to have a printer off the Hill drop the quality as soon as it rolls the machine. We may end up with blotches of ink, poor color and generally bad-quality printing. And now, with the retirement a few weeks…
Because of strong gusty winds and low humidity, Cal Fire has issued a Red Flag Warning until 9 p.m. tonight for parts of Northern and Southern California tonight, including the San Jacinto Mountains. A Red Flag Warning is issued for weather events which may result in extreme fire behavior that will occur within 24 hours.
The public can’t get a straight answer from a water district general manager about something as simple as his required T2 certification. The public can’t get a straight answer from their water board about something as simple as a general manager’s required T2 certification. The responses range from “pending” to “satisfactory progress” to “barking up…
A certain part of downtown Idyllwild I like to call the Bermuda Diangle. That’s where information that should be in the public eye mysteriously isn’t. Between the Idyllwild Water and Fire districts buildings, an ocean of secrecy exists so vast it could swallow both ships and planes. Recently, Jack, JP and I held our own…
When you run a complex business with very little staffing, a week where you lose three employees to various leaves — vacation, sick and maternity — will definitely set you back a pace or two. But on top of it, Jack and I previously agreed to dogsit two of our granddogs for 10 days. I…
At last Wednesday night’s Idyllwild Water District board meeting, the four directors present (President Jim Billman was absent) unanimously approved a sponsor’s agreement to provide $310,000 from capital reserves for water pipeline replacement. The agreement is between IWD and Riverside County. The county approved a grant of $155,000 of Community Development Block Grant Funds back…
On the night of July 20, Jack and our granddaughter Evey’s 9th birthday, we did not get to spend the evening out to dinner with family as we have since she was about 3. Instead, Jack and I attended the Idyllwild Water District board meeting because JP was on vacation. A typical meeting sees about…
By Arthur Connor Music Reviewer Music Faculty Recital, Idyllwild Arts, Stephens Recital Hall, 8 p.m. Friday, July 22 Symphony Orchestra Concert, Idyllwild Arts, Lowman Concert Hall, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 23 With the arrival of the summer season at Idyllwild Arts, all the new students, as well as new faculty members, had their well-deserved opportunities…
