Hours before the 2010-11 fiscal year ended, the Idyllwild Water District (IWD) adopted its 2011-12 budgets. The financial committee, composed of Directors Jim Billman and John Clark and Auditor and Controller Jim Ludy, presented a balanced budget consistent with the board’s decision to maintain water and sewer rates at the current levels for another year….
Many local community groups participated in the 2011 Fourth of July Parade. A few are pictured here.
Noel Alumit, author of “Talking to the Moon” and “Letters to Montgomery Clift,” talks with Idyllwild Authors Series host Eduardo Santiago at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at B’s Mountain of Books in Idyllwild. “Talking to the Moon” (Carroll & Graf Publishers 2007), Alumit’s second novel, is a fictional account growing out of an actual…
In a dramatic turnaround of events, Brendan Steele came from the cut number to finish tied for seventh in the Alstom Open de France — the French Open — on the Le Golf National course in Paris last week. Steele’s 74-70-67-71 — 282 earned 77,400 euros or nearly $112,400, which will not count toward his…
By Mimi and Hootch Every morning, she would be there to greet you in the kitchen at the ARF house. Not a vocal cat, but her eyes said it all. She sat very calmly, sometimes nestled in a basket on the counter, just observing with a sleepy grin. Marlena became known as “kitchen cat,” and…
60 years ago – 1951 A county road crew installed sidewalks and curbs downtown. 55 years ago – 1956 Actress Marjorie Main, best known for her role as “Ma Kettle,” bought a lot on Dickenson Road. 50 years ago – 1961 A touch of the Old West livened the 4th of July weekend as ropers…
After the recent mid-year board meeting of the California Press Association, President Will Fleet announced that Becky Clark (right), former publisher of the Idyllwild Town Crier, will serve as first vice president of the association … Celebrating a birthday this week are Ann Kohler Castillo and Denise Huntington. To get your birthday listed, e-mail beth@towncrier.com…
In the past week, two local women, Teri Danette Blackburn and Diane May Black, and one man, Steven Thomas Cook, pleaded guilty to felony charges in three separate cases. On Monday, June 27, Blackburn, a Pine Cove resident, pleaded guilty to one charge of caretaker embezzlement of an elder (Penal Code 368 (e)). Judge Jerry…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors issued a proclamation recognizing Ernie Maxwell’s contributions on his 100th Birthday, which would have been July 7, 2011. “During the week of July 4-10, 2011, the community of Idyllwild will celebrate Conservationist, Writer, Hiker, Cartoonist, Philosopher, Snake Catcher, Artist and All-Around Major Idyllwild Figure, Ernie Maxwell, with exhibits, potlucks,…
Isis Theatre is presenting Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” starting Friday July 8 through Sunday July 10 at the Caine Learning Center. It is a full production that director Emily Heebner has crafted to enhance the spare staging and terse text that are hallmarks of “Our Town.”
