Mountain Folk: Kelsey Sandborn catches internship
Kelsey Sanborn, a senior at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, is an intern at the Pacific Aquaculture Research Center this fall. Here, she is displaying one of her projects.
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Initial Thoughts: A true fiscal crisis …
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) is in dire straits. The commission confesses the fact when the subject of borrowing money from Riverside County just to get to December is on its agenda. But the commission took no action at its regular meeting on Sept. 13, yet scheduled a special meeting one week later for…
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Pine Cove water use declining
Pine Cove Water District (PCWD) produced 3.5 million gallons of water during August, which was nearly 1.1 million gallons or 23 percent less than August 2010. This represents the smallest use during August since before 2002. For the first eight months of the year, PCWD production was 3 percent (650,000 gallons) less than the same…
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Dr. Seuss Coming to Idyllwild
At 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Community Presbyterian Church, children’s author Dr. Seuss will be portrayed in a heart-warming and humorous way by Broadway and film actor Duffy Hudson, who will share the story of Dr. Seuss in the first person and will perform “Horton hears a Who,” “And to Think I Saw It…
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Idyllwild Fire’s cash less than $2
60,000.Updated 7 a.m. Sept. 21 IFPD’s bank balance is now $20,000, according to Commissioner Ben Killingsworth. At last night’s (Sept 20) special meeting, the Commission agreed to cash its $125,000 certificate of deposit. They discussed requesting a $350,000 loan from Riverside county. This will be decided at a continuation of last night’s meeting, today, Sept….
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Smart Meter monitoring software now online
Opposition to Smart Meter installation grows
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Soroptimist members hear presentation from Exceed
At its Sept. 15 meeting, the Soroptimist International of Idyllwild heard a presentation on Exceed, a division of Valley Resource Center, from speaker Mary Morse.
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Mountain Disaster Preparedness members evaluate “Shake-Up”
Following MDP’s Shake-Up 2, which took place Sept. 10, the group held an evaluation meeting Monday evening, Sept. 19.
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Idyllwild celebrates autumnal equinox
The sounds of drums beating began the celebration of the autumnal equinox for more than 70 men, women and children at Idyllwild’s Spirit Mountain Retreat on Sunday …
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Trischa Clark new Fern Valley Water District director
Local real estate agent Trischa Clark assumes her seat on the Fern Valley Water District (FVWD) board in December. Clark has attended FVWD meetings to familiarize herself with district water policy. But she does not want to answer questions about water policy or the district’s activities before being sworn in as director. Clark brings solid…
