Pine Cove Neighborhood Watch group forms
Another Neighborhood Watch group formed. This one is in Pine Cove and members Jeremy Potter and Becky Smith admire the new signs they’ve installed.
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DA disappointed with Hillman sentence
Deputy District Attorney Timothy Cross was not pleased with Christopher V. Hillman’s sentence for attempting to influence the jury during the Raymond Oyler arson murder trial in 2009. On Friday, Aug. 24, Judge Larrie Brainard sentenced Hillman to 36 months of formal probation. “I’m really disappointed,” Cross said. “The jurors were just doing their duty…
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Obituary: Robert John Muir
Robert John Muir, a resident of Pine Cove, Calif., for 56 years died Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, after a long bout with dementia. He was 84 years old. Bob was born in Denison, Iowa, on Aug. 23, 1928, to Elizabeth and Andrew Muir. When Bob was 8 years old the family moved from Iowa…
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Obituary: Shirley Mae Petkin
Shirley Mae Petkin of Rancho Mirage, Calif., died on Aug. 11, 2012, in Rancho Mirage from complications of Parkinson’s disease. She was born to Bert and Agnes Jacobson on May 30, 1928, in Chicago, Ill. She was 84 years old. Shirley Mae, as she liked to be called, grew up in Chicago, where she…
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Announcement: Marcia Torrey-Jay celebration of life
Marcia Torrey-Jay, June 6, 1942 to Aug. 27, 2012. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8, at St. Hugh’s Episcopal Church in Idyllwild. In lieu of flowers, donations would be welcome at ARF (Animal Rescue Friends) of Idyllwild. It’s possible that these Chihuahuas (Rosie and Casey) need a…
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Obituary: Marcia (Parady) Torrey-Jay
Marcia (Parady) Torrey-Jay of Idyllwild, Calif., formerly of Los Angeles, Calif., Philadelphia, Pa., and Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., passed away Aug. 27 in Idyllwild. She was 70. She was born to Helen (Veara) and J. Eugene Parady of Rockport, Mass., on June 6, 1942, and raised in Rockport and Manchester-by-the-Sea. Marcia married Francis X. (Pete) Leahy…
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Three vegetation fires in Lamb’s Canyon, two contained
Crews are on the scene of three separate wildland fires in Lamb’s Canyon, reported at 11:52 a.m. The first was reported at Lamb’s Canyon Road and Gilman Springs Road. Two airtankers, 15 engines and a total of 130 firefighters reported to the scene. The first two were quickly contained to less than one acre,…
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Idyllwild students continue improvement
The performance of Idyllwild School students on the state’s Standardized Testing and Reporting program improved again in 2012. For the fifth consecutive year, Idyllwild students have demonstrated progress in English and mathematics. This year nearly 80 percent of the school’s students earned either proficient or advanced scores in Language Arts. Another 16 percent were basic,…
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Idyllwild Historical Society’s 12th Annual Home Tour
The Idyllwild Area Historical Society’s much-anticipated annual fundraiser, the 12th edition of its Home Tour, features five very different mountain homes, each with a distinctive character and ambiance. An 800-square-foot 1949 cabin in pristine original condition offers a peek at old Idyllwild. A more modern home features Spanish-Moroccan décor and musical instruments from all…
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PEO sells pancakes to raise funds
Cathie Davis (center, in yellow) has been organizing the PEO pancake breakfasts for the past several years. Here she heads into the breakfast crowd to fill syrup bottles. The annual fundraiser was held on Sunday morning.
