The Town Crier invites all businesses, organizations and individuals (musicians, artists, etc.) to submit event listings for the winter/spring Idyllwild Guide that will be published in October. Sumbit listings for events that will occur from October through May 2012. Please include date, time and location of event. In addition to being seen in the Idyllwild…
Local fire and public safety officials convened their quarterly Mountain Area Safety Taskforce (MAST) session last Wednesday, Aug. 10. Fortunately, no significant or major fires have occurred on the Hill this fire season. The July 14,000-acre Eagle Fire in north San Diego County was the closest and the involved officials requested consultation with Riverside County’s…
At the Thursday, Aug. 11 Mountain Emergency Services Committee (MEMSCOMM) meeting, Office of Emergency Services Coordinator Gina Moran-McGough reported that the county had purchased 60 emergency trailers to be used throughout the county as part of its Mass Care and Shelter Project. The trailers contain cots, blankets, generators and supplies to assist residents in emergency-affected…
The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce board of directors met one short of a quorum (five directors present out of 11) on Monday, Aug. 15. Although they conducted no business and deferred action on agenda items, President Nick Todd announced that the Chamber shuttle bus is repaired, up and running, and has a driver. The long-moribund…
The Idyllwild Chamber and Business Roundtable are seeking volunteers during Jazz in the Pines weekend, Aug. 27-28, to help sell tickets at the Marshall Hawkins’ Town Jazz event at Jo’An’s. Volunteers are needed 6-10 p.m. Saturday and 4-8 p.m. Sunday. This is a community event supporting Marshall’s youth music education program through the Idyllwild Master…
Committee says $20,000 loan a dead issue At the Thursday, Aug. 11 meeting of the County Service Area (CSA) 36 Advisory Committee, its first meeting since the county assumed control of the local recreation program on Aug. 1, CSA Operations Manager Bill Brown, new District Recreation Manager GeGe Beagle and Sports Coordinator Jeremy Teeguarden discussed…
Mountain Disaster Preparedness Disaster Aid Station personnel at a Saturday, Aug. 6 exercise.
Everyone has followed the struggle in Congress about the budget ceiling, the national budget and the national debt. The California state government is a smaller version of the federal government, counties and cities are smaller and special districts are smaller yet. However, all of these levels of government are struggling with the same fiscal problem….
I urge you to shift your eyes to Idyllwild Fire Chief Norm Walker’s column. The federal budget process is complicated and not at all akin to your private bank account. We are all aware of the recent national debate over extending the federal debt ceiling and the need to reduce that debt for future generations….
As a full-time, private citizen of Idyllwild I would like to cast my vote to return to the policy of one letter per person per month to the “Readers write” (letters to the editor) section in the Town Crier. Let us take the first step toward putting an end to the stream of unsubstantiated attacks…
