Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report on last week’s golf tournament: The club held its regular monthly tournament at Diamond Valley Golf Course on Friday, Jan. 20. The day was stunning with bright skies and gentle winds, and the course was in good shape with fast greens. Bill Ragland…
The Idyllwild Water District has scheduled a Finance Committee meeting for 8:30 a.m., Friday, Jan. 27. The meeting will be in the District’s board room. the Committee plans to discuss development of a long-term financial plan.
Pine Cove resident James Dunn rolled his 1990 Chevy Suburban on Hwy. 243, just south of the Pine Cove Market Wednesday. Dunn said his vehicle rolled because he was forced off the road. When he came around the corner, a motorcycle stopped in his lane. Another vehicle was driving on the northbound side of the…
Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) has substantial outside lighting requirements for visibility and safety. Students, faculty and visitors are often out in darker hours, going to and from dorms and the dining hall, the library and various art studios, or attending on-campus performances and recitals. To assure these needs, IAA has an annual utility bill totaling more than a half million dollars. Consequently, the school has a strong incentive to undertake a sustainability program. So, outside lighting is one of many areas we have been looking at. Plus, many of us have outside lighting needs at home.
Riverside County Third District Supervisor Jeff Stone has renominated three members — Jerry Holldber, Marge Muir and Lou Padula — to the County Servcie Area 38 Advisory Committee. In addition, he nominated Robert Hewitt to fill the current vacancy on the committee. Thom Wallace, the fifth committee member, was appointed in July 2011. The terms…
About four years ago, I wrote a column about a hiker asking me if there were any “sights to see” up ahead on the trail. I was just coming down from Saddle Junction (he was heading up). This inquiry surprised me and I answered, “Just more of the same; trails, mountain peaks, trees and rocks.”…
Alan Wayne Drotar, or AWD, as he sometimes liked to call himself, passed Dec. 3, 2011 at Loma Linda, Calif., Alan was a passionate man; fearless in his pursuits of physical challenges found in his work and in his sports. He served our country as an active Marine during the Vietnam War and endured both…
Idyllwild resident Robert Garron died at the age of 81 on Jan. 18, 2012, from complications of a brain stem stroke. He passed away at the home of his oldest daughter, Kathleen Black, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Garron was born Oct. 26, 1930. in Boston, Mass., to Emily and Clarence Garron. He was…
Irene E Samaniego-Greisen, 61, of Idyllwild, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, at Kindred Hospital Riverside in Perris, Calif. She was the wife of Steve Greisen. Irene was an active member of the Idyllwild Bible Church where she played the piano and was involved in the Awana’s and taught the cubbies age group. She…
Sue Nash, the Press-Enterprise editorial board and the Town Crier have overlapping but dissimilar views of good government. A once well-known Massachusetts Democratic Congressman, Tip O’Neill, replied “All politics is local,” when asked about a campaign strategy. O’Neill, Speaker of the House for 10 years, demonstrated its validity in 1982, when he defended a national…
