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  • Local girl creates ‘Positively Alexa’ book review channel
    Art & Culture | On The Town

    Local girl creates ‘Positively Alexa’ book review channel

    By July 7, 2020July 14, 2020 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    YouTube.com has been around for years and is a go-to for almost anything you can think of. We go to it for everything from cooking to auto repairs, and now there’s a new reason — book reviews. On May 17, local resident 11-year-old Alexandra Zakharin was finally able to start her own YouTube channel. It’s…

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  • Spotlight: David Salk
    Art & Culture | Artist | On The Town

    Spotlight: David Salk

    By July 7, 2020July 14, 2020 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Local resident David Salk has called our mountain community home for 50 years, having moved here in the fall of 1970. In that time, his one-of-a-kind pieces of art have graced the tables and cabinets in people’s homes all over the country. Salk has been working with clay since his early years. He attended Laguna…

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  • Rattlesnake incident prompts warnings
    Idyllwild News

    Rattlesnake incident prompts warnings

    By July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    According to Cpt. Fernando Herrera, Cal Fire public information officer, a child suffered a rattlesnake bite at 3:25 p.m. Sunday, June 21 at the Fuller Mill Creek Campground north of Pine Cove. Cal Fire responded to attend to the child, who was transported by Mercy Air to a nearby hospital in stable condition. Herrera spoke…

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  • Elections coming up include local seats
    Idyllwild News

    Elections coming up include local seats

    ByMelissa Diaz Hernandez July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Reading Time: 1 minute

    Three water districts have board member seats up for election in November: Idyllwild Water District (all five seats), Lake Hemet Municipal Water District (Divisions 2 and 5) and Pine Cove Water District (three seats). LHMWD’s division 5 includes east Hemet and Garner Valley/Pine Meadows Estates.  In addition, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District has two seats…

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  • Fern Valley water approves budget
    Idyllwild News

    Fern Valley water approves budget

    ByMelissa Diaz Hernandez July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Pipeline project to come in under budget The Fern Valley Water District’s office remains closed to the public. The district’s board held its meeting June 19 via teleconference. The agenda included the approval of the proposed FY 2020/21 budget, the consideration of a no-cost policy and updates on the pipeline project and fire hydrant purchase…

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  • Readers Write: July 2, 2020
    Columns | Letters to the Editor | Opinion

    Readers Write: July 2, 2020

    By July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Holding organizations accountableDear editor:Thank you for taking the time to attend the various public meetings for organizations funded by taxpayers and holding public officials of those organizations accountable for violations of laws and rules designed to keep their business dealings accountable.  We depend on your diligence to keep their actions transparent and to inform the public…

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  • PUBLISHER EDITORIAL: PCWD GM fires at the messenger
    Idyllwild News

    PUBLISHER EDITORIAL: PCWD GM fires at the messenger

    ByJack Clark July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Pine Cove Water District General Manager Jerry Holldber recently sent a letter dated June 19 (republished by the TC in this issue) to his district’s customers disparaging the Town Crier’s coverage of his water district, claiming “many stories have been filled with misleading and incorrect information.” Well, then, I would think that if “many” TC…

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  • PUBLISHER EDITORIAL:  Pride and prejudice …
    Columns | Opinion

    PUBLISHER EDITORIAL:  Pride and prejudice …

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Town Crier Co-Founder Ernie Maxwell died in 1994. He was an editor, an artist and, truly, an activist. When someone throws Emax in my face as producing the kind of newspaper Idyllwild needs to return to, I can see and hear him giving a chortle. Usually that someone never knew Ernie nor lived here during his newspaper…

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  • Help COVID-19 contact tracers, not scammers
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    Help COVID-19 contact tracers, not scammers

    By July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    By Shameka L. Walker Attorney, Division of Consumer & Business Education, FTC After nearly three months of stay-at-home orders, America is starting to open up again. Contact tracers, the folks who work for state health departments to try to track anyone who may have been exposed to COVID-19, are an important part of our road to…

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  • News of Record: July 2, 2020
    Idyllwild News | News of Record

    News of Record: July 2, 2020

    By July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Reading Time: 5 minutes

    Idyllwild Fire Idyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls.  • June 20 — Medical aid, 5:17 a.m. Live Oak Ln. • June 20 — Motor vehicle accident with no injuries, 9:36 a.m. Highway 243. • June 20 — Steam, vapor, fog or dust thought to be smoke, 10:04 a.m. Saunders Meadow Rd. …

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