Happy Fourth of July, or as Marshall reminds me, Independence Day. It was 236 years ago that the residents of the colonies decided that they knew a better way to govern themselves and their neighbors than their English overseers. Cherish this independence because many people on the planet envy us, desire it or have no…
The trustees of Hemet Unified School District are soliciting input to respond to the question: What personal and professional qualities for an incoming superintendent will be a match for the Hemet Unified School District? Peggy Lynch and Michael Escalante of Leadership Associates were selected to advise the board in this important process. They will be…
Editor’s note: This letter was sent to Idyllwild Fire Department interim Chief Mike Sherman. Commissioner Schelly read it aloud at IFPD’s June 26 meeting. Chief Sherman: After 16 years of grateful service, I submit this as my retirement notice effective May 31, 2012. As I look back, I am thankful to all the people that…
The Board of Supervisors appointed a subcommittee composed of supervisors Jeff Stone (3rd District) and Bob Buster (1st District) to review the ideas for a proposed vacation home rental ordinance. The ordinance under consideration would apply to and regulate vacation homes being rented out by individual owners, not by management companies that are already county regulated.
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission is considering instituting a patient satisfaction assessment in the future. Commissioner Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly suggested the idea to his colleagues and agreed to further research the concept. “It’s an outcome assessment,” Schelly explained. “After our care of a patient is through, what was the quality of that care?”…
As a first-time visitor to Idyllwild, one of the things I have found especially delightful is the pet-friendly atmosphere. In fact, the discovery that there were pet-friendly trails in Idyllwild was the primary reason I came here for a week’s vacation. I too enjoyed the Ernie Maxwell trail with my dog off leash. We met…
An old tradition my forebears brought from Britain is the habit of bestowing names on their homes. It reached Idyllwild in the 1920s to such an extent that one issue of the Idyllwild Breezes newspaper carried a two-column poem, anonymously composed (possibly by Editor Joyce Carmichael), incorporating nearly forty examples. Most commonly, these early house…
After missing the cut two weeks ago in the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., Brendan Steele last week posted 13-over par 71-76-74-76 — 297 in the AT&T National in Bethesda, Md. He tied for 68th place while earning $13,130 in official prize money. The Idyllwild native collected 8 birdies against 17 bogeys and two doubles…
George Snyder (right), the guest novelist on Sunday at the weekly Author Series, is being interviewed by one of our local published authors Eduardo Santiago at the INK Book Gathering. Snyder shared with the audience his love for writing about small communities, communities within communities, and his fascination about what draws people together within a community. His third novel, “Into Deeper Waters,” is almost complete and ready for press. His fist two novels are available at INK.
O. Henry Award-winning author Steve Heller spent much of his early professional life avoiding what he wanted to do most — write. Heller, who is the next author in Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Authors Series, said he knew from the age of 15 that he wanted to be a writer. But even knowing that writing was…
