Idyllwild Fire budget in ‘danger’ zone
After a nearly four-hour budget workshop on Saturday, commission recognized the district’s perilous financial condition …
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Tax Tips: Do you need a tax preparer?
Editor’s note: “Tax tips” returns and will appear bi-weekly throughout tax season. Stephen T. Peppler, E.A., C.F.P., has graciously agreed to provide the tax information to our readers. This time of year we begin to get our records together and make plans for filing our taxes. Whether to complete them on your own or seek…
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Sports Roundup: Town Hall Adult Volleyball
Town Hall Sports Coordinator Jeremy Teeguarden reported on Town Hall Adult Volleyball for the week of Jan. 2. Idyllwild Inn played Idyllwild Chevron Tuesday night. Idyllwild Inn played great. Josh White led the Inn with his serving and big hits. Pam Sheppard played great for Chevron setting and bumping great all match. The Inn won…
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Sports Roundup: Town Hall Youth Basketball
Town Hall Sports Coordinator Jeremy Teeguarden reported on youth basketball for both the kindergarten through third-grade division and the third- through sixth-grade division. Thanks to all the kids on a great opening night of basketball. Kindergarten through third-grade division On Friday Jan. 6, the college league got their season started with a pair of games….
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Opinion: Response to IFPD Commissioner Schelly
I’m writing this letter because I feel compelled to correct some of the erroneous statements Commissioner Schelly made in his highly critical letter to the editor which appeared in the Town Crier’s Jan. 5 issue. For starters, Schelly said, “Mr. Killingsworth is all too aware that under his watch as treasurer the audits were missing…
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Steele looks back on 2011; begins 2012
Idyllwild native Brendan Steele put together an exceptionally fine rookie season on the PGA Tour last year. Two highlights were his wins in April at the Valero Texas Open and again in December with his fellow-rookie partner, Keegan Bradley, at the Franklin Templeton “Shark” Shootout. His performance last year won him well over $2 million,…
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Volunteers needed to count bald eagles in Idyllwild area
On Saturday, Jan. 14, volunteers are needed to help the Forest Service count bald eagles for the 34th season in the San Bernardino National Forest’s annual winter bald eagle counts. In the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains, Saturdays, Jan. 14, Feb. 11 and March 10 are the official counts. In December, no eagles were…
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Creature Corner: Jan. 12, 2012
Paws up to Winifred, our Weimaraner puppy, who gave everyone who walked in the door those big puppy eyes, and made contact with her forever family. We have pictures at ARF of Bruno, a chocolate American Staffordshire, who needs to be rehomed as his owner is ill. Do you know what love is? To Sweetpea, the ARF Diva, it’s a soft caress, a warm blanket, a
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Past Tense: Jan. 12, 2012
65 years ago – 1947 Pop Groom leased land above Pine Cove where Haigh and Weller were logging for a winter sports area. 60 years ago – 1952 The State Riding and Hiking Trail project again stalled due to right-of-way difficulties. The trail may be re-routed elsewhere. 55 years ago – 1957 Janet Froehlich was…
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New initiatives could swamp California’s 2012 ballot
Although it is unlikely all will qualify, it is possible that 83 ballot initiatives and referenda could wind up on the November 2012 ballot. Were that to happen, voters could be swamped with choices and, in frustration, wind up nixing all initiatives and referenda, a possibility State Senator Bill Emmerson (R-37) suggested. “I support the…
