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County proposes closing underground fuel leak case
Riverside County plans to close one of two former underground leaking fuel sites in Idyllwild and test whether hydrocarbons, which have seeped into the ground at the second site, can be removed without any soil disturbance. On April 11, the Department of Environmental Health sent a letter to Nick Sanden, owner of the Village Food…
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Sports: Palms to Pines Golf
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, reports about the Friday, April 18, golf tournament at the Diamond Valley Golf Club in Hemet.
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Local group gets rights to perform 2013 Tony Award winner
The Stratford Players of Idyllwild announces it has been granted rights to perform the 2013 Tony Award winner for Best Play, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.” Last month, the Los Angeles production finished its extended run at the Mark Taper Forum. “I am thrilled!” said Marsha Kennedy, Stratford Players’ artistic director. “‘Vanya and…
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Edison planned outages to end
The dreaded six-hour power outage affecting the town business area and many residential neighborhoods scheduled for Wednesday, April 16 was over before noon — two hours earlier than estimated. As reported earlier, Southern California Edison is upgrading its equipment at the Idyllwild substation, which will take its capacity from 4,000 to 12,000 volts. According to…
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Off the main roads: Pine pop quiz …
Have you ever asked yourself … Why do pines have both big and teeny, tiny cones? The answer lies in the basic biology of pine tree reproduction. Every conifer tree species produces male and female cones (usually both on the same tree). The male cones start out small and stay small, usually going pretty much…
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RMRU brings two climbers off Tahquitz Rock
Two stranded climbers were rescued from Tahquitz Rock last week. The young Orange County men wanted to climb the rock. “They did their research on how to get up,” said Les Walker of the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit, “but they didn’t do research on how to get down.” After getting to the top on Tuesday,…
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Idyllwild Water prepares one more ‘will serve’ letter
The Idyllwild Water District is preparing to issue its last “will serve” letter until the current Stage 2 water emergency is over. During the April 16 meeting, General Manager Tom Lynch told the Board of Directors that Idyllwild Arts Academy has requested a “will serve” letter for construction of the proposed William M. Lowman Concert…
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Readers write: Re: IFPD conduct violates Brown Act
Editor: Well, here we go again with the Town Crier’s favorite subject, the Brown Act. Not only did we get a long article by Mr. Crumrine, but a passionate “Out Loud” column by Mrs. Clark. In her column, Clark includes a partial quote from a letter I submitted 16 weeks ago concerning the latest grand…
