On Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, the Idyllwild Fire Prevention District will be hosting an open house to celebrate Fire Prevention Week. The hours of the open house are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Members of the Idyllwild Fire career staff and volunteer company will be present to give station and equipment tours and answer…
Miss Shannah Vanessa Evans and Mr. Bryan Todd McGrath tied the knot on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, at 4 in the afternoon at the Rizor’s log cabin in Idyllwild, Calif. Shannah is the daughter of Ms. Debbie Evans of Long Beach, Calif., and Mr. John Evans of Las Vegas, Nev. Bryan is the son of…
As the fall sales season trifecta of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas begins, there are more business exits and vacancies in Idyllwild storefronts than new arrivals. And because several of the empty stores are in highly visible and prominent locations, the trend seems more apparent. The flagship freestanding storefront in Village Center is vacant as…
Marilyn Forst, 12-year incumbent on the Hemet Unified School District board, taught for 37 years in the district and believes that students must come first. Forst is the current board vice president and believes as one of three educators serving on the board, she will continue to focus on what she sees as the district’s…
First time candidate John Graham, a recently retired teacher from the Hemet Unified School District, is seeking a seat on the governing board. His wife JoAnn and he own Mountain High Escrow in Idyllwild and Graham said he is hoping to be another voice for Idyllwild on the district board if elected (Bill Sanborn is…
Dr. Jinane Annous, director of curriculum and instruction for educational services for the Hemet Unified School District, discussed the biannual California Healthy Kids Survey and the findings for the district during the board meeting at Idyllwild School last week. While the board had a copy of the report, Annous’s presentation had much more district…
Proposition 37 proposes to require food manufacturers to disclose on packaging whether food has been entirely or partially produced through genetic engineering. It also seeks to prevent any foods with genetically modified ingredients from being labeled or advertised as “natural,” “naturally made,” “naturally grown,” or “all natural.” All foods using those branding terms would have…
60 years ago – 1952 Volunteers were busy finishing the interior of the Catholic Church in knotty pine. 55 years ago – 1957 Celebrating Fire Protection Week, Chief Bill Price rolled trucks into the school yard to demonstrate equipment. The show ended when assisting room mothers handed out ice cream cones to all. 50…
This is in response to the letters to the Town Crier dated Oct. 4, 2012, by Dan Peitsch and Mike Reno. Yes, Dan, we will never build a better society if we allow ourselves to be divided rich against poor, race against race, Republican against Democrat, government against the governed. Yet, I have never in…
This year’s theme is “Have 2 Ways Out.” This is to emphasize that you need to have two ways to get out of a fire, particularly a house fire — but it is of no use if you do not practice. You should also know your ways out at your workplace or any place that you might visit, such as a hotel, the mall, etc.
