There are currently two vacancies on the five-member County Service Area 36 Advisory Committee, according to Opal Hellweg, legislative assistant to 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington. Previously, Kathy Sacher Wilson resigned. Recently, Ginger Dagnall submitted her resignation. Washington has accepted both resignations and thanked both Wilson and Dagnall for their service. Hellweg said the original…
The Fern Valley Water District directors re-elected James Rees as the board president for 2016. Rees joined the board in December 2009, serving in each of the positions of vice president, secretary and treasurer. Trischa Clark and Richard Schnetzer were re-elected vice president and secretary-treasurer, respectively. In surprising and sad notice, Charles Wix sent a…
Editor: Monday night, while driving home about 7:30, I came across a “fresh” rockslide on Highway 74. It was about 2 miles past Pinyon Flats heading toward Paradise Corner and Lake Hemet. There were only a few cars when I arrived. We all turned on our flashers, some drivers notified emergency services and Caltrans…
Editor: I have been watching with great interest how Idyllwild has become the Winter Wonderland, as well as the reactions of our community to this new realization. Our little hamlet has been discovered and forever changed for better or for worse. Go to any social media site today and you will see post after post…
I didn’t get any farther than the wood shed all weekend and spent much of it in my pajamas. Being certain that a power outage loomed, I started the wood stove Thursday night and kept it going until Tuesday morning. Thursday, I stopped at the pharmacy and the hardware store for provisions in case of…
Richard H. Barker, Idyllwild’s foremost philosopher, died Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, at home, surrounded by people who loved and revered him. Barker, author of the books “Transcending Evolution” and “Steering Evolution,” posited that we are all born with an unlimited capacity for love, compassion and empathy that we somehow lose along the way, not just…
Ruth M. Bradley, 76, of Pine Cove and Yucca Valley, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, at HiDesert Continuing Care Center, Joshua Tree, after a short illness. Ruth was born in Nashville, graduated high school in Clinton, Kentucky, attended Arizona State University and graduated from x-ray/radiology school at Cedars of Lebanon, Los Angeles….
Besides bad news about the feasibility of the recycled water project, Idyllwild Water District directors learned that the project to rehabilitate the horizontal wells above Foster Lake has problems. The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave IWD $215,000 in 2015 to rehabilitate these wells and five vertical wells. However, General Manager Jack Hoagland told the board…
The Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema awards ceremony showed a new level of sophistication and seamless management. Especially polished were the full-screen graphics behind each award, the music played as award recipients walked from the audience to the stage and the seamless sharing of award introductions. Sharing introductions were guest host Anne Archer, Festival Founder,…
