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    Cranston Fire: Day 9 update

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier August 2, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

      The Cranston Fire remains at 18,139 acres and 92 percent contained. The number of personnel on the fire has dropped down to 580. Highway 74 is closed from Hemet to Highway 74 at Lake View Drive (Lake Hemet Market) Highway 243 is closed from lower Saunders Meadow Road south to Highway 74. Residents, business…

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  • Mountain Center residents allowed home
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    Mountain Center residents allowed home

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    The only part of 243 open in Mountain Center is from Hwy. 74 north to Keenwild U.S. Forest Service station. Between Idyllwild and Mountain Center is under hard closure – even to residents, business owners and employees. Residents, business owners and employees in Mountain Center and Apple Canyon, with proof of employment or residency, can…

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    Thursday night summer concert to honor first responders; will raise money to fund protective gear lost in fighting fire

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier August 2, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

    By Marshall Smith Correspondent Thursday night’s Idyllwild Summer Concert Series performances will be preceded by a ceremonial acknowledgment honoring first responders who fought the Cranston Fires and maintained public order during the fire. Representatives from the U.S. Forest Service, Cal Fire, Idyllwild Fire Protection District, Riverside County Fire Department, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and…

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  • Life Tribute: Mabel May Lein 1922-2018
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    Life Tribute: Mabel May Lein 1922-2018

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier August 1, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    On Aug. 4, 1922, bookkeeper Fred Obenland, his wife Lillie and their son Donald welcomed Mabel May into their Villa Park, Illinois, home. She graduated from York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois, as valedictorian of the class of 1940, and at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, she majored in Christian Education Music. Before she and…

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    Cranston Fire power outage update

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier August 1, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

    The Anza Electric Cooperative received word from Southern California Edison that the entire system should be restored by Monday, Aug. 6. AEC includes Garner Valley. The import upgrade that SCE and AEC “had already been working on for later this year will be completed during this outage since crews and material are readily available,” according…

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  • Life Tribute: Cleve Robert Ferguson 1938-2018
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    Life Tribute: Cleve Robert Ferguson 1938-2018

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier August 1, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Cleve Robert Ferguson passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Saddleback Hospital in Laguna Hills, California. Services were held Saturday, June 9, at McCormick Mortuary in Laguna Hills, California. He was born Dec. 31, 1938, in Los Angeles, to Frank and Ruth Sharon Ferguson. Since 1931, Bob’s grandfather, Robert H. Ferguson, and family have owned…

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    Brewpub comes to aid of Idyllwild Water

    By August 1, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

    The evacuation of Idyllwild created an unintended consequence for the Idyllwild Water District. With many fewer people in town, demand on the wastewater treatment plant plummeted. This can be a problem for nourishing the bacteria that clean the water. “With the evacuation, [there were] no businesses or camps, thus no organic material for the biological…

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    Highway 74 to remain closed for some time

    By August 1, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

    The Cranston Fire burned up to and across both highways 74 and 243. Currently, Highway 74 from Idyllwild to Mountain Center is closed to through traffic. The only access to Idyllwild is Highway 243 from Banning. The damage to Highway 74 is more extensive. According to Terri Kasinga, chief of Public and Media Affairs for…

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  • Hundreds listen to fire team and local leaders
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    Hundreds listen to fire team and local leaders

    By August 1, 2018 Reading Time: 6 minutes

    The community meeting about the Cranston Fire drew dozens of local residents. It became standing-room-only when more than 100 chairs were filled, and more people stood in the back or along the walls to hear from the Incident Management Team officials, as well as county health and local government leaders Monday night in the Idyllwild…

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  • Readers Write: Jazz in the Pines will go on
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    Readers Write: Jazz in the Pines will go on

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier August 1, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

    Editor: We are incredibly grateful to the Town Crier for keeping the community informed about important events occurring on our mountain, and especially the coverage you’ve provided in the last several days about the Cranston Fire. We want to provide you with an update about Idyllwild Arts, to share with our community. As you undoubtedly…

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