Excerpts from the July 20 Idyllwild Water District meeting
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Author: Idyllwild Town Crier
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Out Loud: Visitors Center …
Last week, we made the tough decision to close the Visitors Center. Tough because we know so many tourists need restroom facilities and information. But the costs associated with providing those services became prohibitive and cut into our weekday staff’s work productivity. We sought grant money to help defray the weekend person’s wages and cost…
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Road work next week
Caltrans will be doing some maintenance work next week in the area. Guardrail repair will begin around 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, on the eastbound side of Highway 74 from Vista Point to Cahuilla Way. From about 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, July 18, to Friday, July 22, drainage work will occur on both…
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Out Loud: Bagpipers …
The Rotary Club works so hard putting together a great Independence Day Parade and now a Family Freedom Festival afterward. Chuck Weisbart (and Bob Parish in the past) and volunteers (Mountain Community Patrol, too) deserve huge kudos and hugs for how they pull together our community every year in this fun celebration. They took much…
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Lizard diet may be causing toxic snake venom
A steady diet of lizards may explain why the Southern Pacific rattlesnake species in this area has such a highly toxic venom, said a local expert. Dr. William Hayes, professor of biology at Loma Linda University, said research in the San Jacinto, San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains show that the snake’s venom is unusually…
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25 rattlesnakes caught on private property last week
Better Wildlife Control owner Tracy Phillipi said he has captured 25 rattlesnakes on residents’ property in the Idyllwild-Pine Cove area this week. He said one was a speckled and the others all Southern Pacifics, one of the most dangerously venomous snakes to humans and other animals in California. Even more frightening is that seven of…
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19 rattlesnakes caught on private property this week
Better Wildlife Control owner Tracy Phillipi said he has captured 19 rattlesnakes on residents’ property in the Idyllwild-Pine Cove area this week. Five were caught Wednesday. He said one was a speckled and the 18 others all Southern Pacifics, one of the most dangerously venomous snakes to humans and other animals in California. Even more…
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Out Loud: IWD …
Last August, Idyllwild Water District customers ousted two directors, one long-standing, in an election in favor of two new candidates for the IWD Board of Directors. Obviously, you spoke that you desired change. And maybe you felt a great success in that action, and trust that all is in good hands now. You would be…
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Out Loud: IWD
Idyllwild Water District’s Mission Statement: To provide reliable water and sewer service in a safe, cost-effective and environmentally sound manner in accordance with the community needs. Besides Idyllwild School facilities, the Idyllwild Community Playground is one of the most used recreational sites in town. It meets some of the community’s needs. The community needs the…
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Emax volunteers of the year for 2016 announced
The Town Crier’s Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award 2016 contest is over and though all three sets of nominees — Jerry Holldber, Janet Murasko/Robert Hewitt and Christina Nordella — received numerous votes, the overwhelming victors were Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild volunteers Murasko and Hewitt. The two have stood at the helm of Animal Rescue…
