Town Hall Sports Coordinator Jeremy Teeguarden reported on Town Hall Youth baseball for the week of May 21. T-Ball League On Monday, May 21, the Rotary Padres and the American Legion Dodgers played. Both teams were great and the kids are learning the basics of baseball. The Padres’ Chloe Cochrane had a couple nice hits…
Longtime Idyllwild resident Vi Hallacy passed away on Friday, May 4, 2012, after a sudden illness. She was born in December 1928. She will be greatly missed by her best friend Bill Baker, and by her family, including, siblings Fred and Dee Osborn and Mollie Simons. She was mother to Mary Reed, Rosalie Tipton (Tim),…
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Southwest Detention Center confirmed this morning that Ron Kimmerle, 49, of Pine Cove was released at midnight, May 30. The deputy said it was a federally ordered release “because of jail overcrowding.” Kimmerle did not have to post bail since this was a federally mandated release because of county jail…
Tuesday, June 5, is the state primary and several local races will be determined then rather than in the November general election. For the past month, Marshall and I have been writing about many of the races which will be on the local ballot. All four of the judge’s races (May 17, 24 and 31),…
In April several local residents received letters from their health insurance companies suggesting two ways to save money. The first was to switch to mail-order prescriptions for 90-day supplies of medicine or simply pick up the prescription at the local CVS pharmacy. The latter option offers Idyllwild residents the convenience of driving more than 20…
It’s old, it’s very narrow and according to some Garner Valley residents, dangerous because of its width. The bridge over Hurkey Creek on Highway 74, built in 1930, is only 23 feet wide, with bridge side rails extending just one foot on each side past the 21-foot-wide roadway. Caltrans plans to replace the bridge sometime…
Candidates for judicial office, both challengers and incumbent Superior Court judges, are constrained by the California Code of Judicial Ethics in how they can campaign and what they can say. They are prohibited from making statements to the electorate that “commit the candidate with respect to cases, controversies, or issues that could come before the…
Emma Klingaman (center) is on the starting line at state championships on May 20. She finished sixth out of 20 in the girls varsity field. Hemet High School earned fifth place overall in Division 1, which included 32 teams.
The Inland Valley String Institute, which serves string players from Idyllwild, Hemet, San Jacinto and surrounding areas, just received a very generous grant from the Mary Austin Scholarship Grant program. Here Institute founding director, Anna Pechanec Ancheta accepts the check from Doug Austin.
