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News of Record: November 6, 2014
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday to Monday, Oct. 28 to Nov. 4. Idyllwild • Oct. 28 — No responses. • Oct. 29 — Medical aid. • Oct. 30 — False alarm. • Oct. 30 — Medical aid. • Nov. 1 — Medical aid. • Nov. 1 —…
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Past Tense: November 6, 2014
65 years ago – 1949 The Town Crier was starting its fourth year publishing a newspaper on the Hill. 60 years ago – 1954 An open meeting was scheduled at Town Hall to discuss the proposed tramway into the wilderness area. 55 years ago – 1959 Winter arrived with snow and rain. On…
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County Service Area 36 and 38 funds
County Service Area 36 (Idyllwild) End of fiscal year 2013-14 As of June 30, 2014 Sept. 30, 2014 Revenues $246,737.40 $3,055.20 Expenses $198,891.60 $90,748.83 Cash Balance $216,590.84 $124,392.80 County Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) End of fiscal year 2013-14 As of June 30, 2014 Sept. 30, 2014 Revenues $154,578.78 $2,584.55 Expenses $172,096.61 $2,509.55 Cash…
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Steve Moulton likes knowing people
Steve Moulton, longtime Hill resident, likes the lack of anonymity of small-town life. “I like knowing people,” he said as he sat at his latest retail outlet, the Cave in Fern Valley Corners. “I’m not a private person. I like the association with others you get up here. You can get a whole lot closer…
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Update on traffic crash
The cause of the late-morning Oct. 26 collision of a motorcycle crossing double-yellow lines on Highway 243 and crashing into a truck was the motorcycle rider speeding, California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer said. Cirilio Gonzalez, 54, of Perris, crossed the double-yellow lines on his Yamaha silver motorcycle traveling north on Highway 243…
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Dr. Peter Bryant offers a spider show-and-tell
Dr. Peter Bryant, research professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, is the next guest speaker in the Idyllwild Community Center’s Speaker Series, and he is fond of and a great admirer of spiders, both for their building skills and their usefulness within terrestrial food webs. He noted that spiders are efficient controllers…
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Riverside County and state finances improving
County Executive Jay Orr is “cautiously optimistic” about Riverside County’s current budget and financial direction, he told the Board of Supervisors in his “First Quarter Report.” In September, the supervisors approved a final budget for fiscal year 2014-15 (which began July 1) totaling $637.4 million. None of the projected problems, such as departmental deficits for…
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Two local groups offering grants/scholarships
Idyllwild Rotary Anns Club is seeking applicants for the Spirit of Tahquitz Grant. Grant criteria are as follows: • Must be a single woman living on her own in Idyllwild/Pine Cove, raising a child or children (under age 18) with financial needs she cannot fulfill. This includes grandmothers and aunts, as well as mothers. •…
