By Mountain Community PatrolContributed The membership of the Mountain Community Patrol (MCP) voted Jon Engel, the organizations retiring president, as its 2019 Volunteer of the Year. Engel devoted more than 240 hours of his time to the community. His leadership was first by example and second as a tireless coordinator ensuring all requests made to…
By Idyllwild Arts AcademyContributed Idyllwild Arts proudly invites members of the Idyllwild community to an all-day Sustainability Symposium from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21. At six different campus venues scientists, activists, visiting artists and Idyllwild Arts Academy students devoted to sustainability will present to six different groups of academy students…
Brendan Steele posted a 2-over-par 71-73 — 144 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open last week, missing the cut by three strokes. Brendan posted seven birdies but they were erased by three bogeys and three double bogeys. In the dry Phoenix air, he pounded drives averaging 321 yards, but they only found 50% of the…
By Jim CrandallPalms to Pines Golf Association handicap chairman Idyllwild’s Palms to Pines Golf Association played a four-man scramble format tournament on Friday, Jan. 15 at Morongo Tukwet Canyon Champions Golf Course in Beaumont. Instead of each person playing to win the tournament individually, in a scramble format, each foursome is a team competing against…
70 years ago – 1950 In order to share responsibility for Town Hall, various organizations were planning to put on benefits for upkeep of the community building. 65 years ago – 1955 Fire Chief Bill Price reported that 13 fire alarms, of which six required no action, had been answered in the previous year. 60…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the cats welcomed Sparky and Olive. Bear: Hey Sparky. Any adoptions last week? Sparky: Sadly, no. I was hoping to be in a forever home by now. Bear: In only one week? You are optimistic! Sparky: Maybe I am. I mean, I wowed every human who came…
Caltrans gave the following update Tuesday afternoon regarding delays on Highway 74 between Mountain Center and Hemet. “The resident engineer advises that the emergency culvert replacement project will continue till September 2020,” wrote Caltrans Public Information Officer Joy M. Schneider in an email. “Every day the contractor open cuts the roadway to remove and replace…
By Zach BehrensPublic affairs officer San Bernardino National Forest U.S. Forest Service (San Bernardino National Forest) fire crews will continue prescribed burning operations this week, including the possibility of starting a new, large project in the San Jacinto Mountains, pending weather and air quality conditions. Beginning Thursday, Feb. 6, crews may begin a broadcast burn…
The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) is looking for another general manager. When Acting General Manager Mitch Freeman stepped into the position after the sudden resignation of former General Manager Darren Milner Nov. 17, 2019, who left after only a month on the job, IWD Board President Dr. Charles Schelly wrote in an email to the…
