Editor: I appreciate Merry VonSeggern’s honest clarification concerning my water treatment license. I did retire, about two-years ago, and as such decided to not renew my Grade 5 license. As a college professor the state does not require such licenses, however, I maintained it after moving on from a water district to the college. I…
re: Time for just one water district Editor: Like I said months ago, time for one water district. Let’s combine the knowledge of three water districts to have a future and a place to live on the mountain. Without water a few may not have water meters, but the rest may have them and no water…
I’m on vacation, so this week’s column comes from Mr. Clark. The acting president of the Idyllwild Water District board, John Cook, made a surprising move on Monday. He sent an email to fellow board directors Steve Kunkle and June Rockwell suggesting that the three of them meet for what he called “a study session”…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Sept. 18 to Sept. 24. Idyllwild • Sept. 18 — Alarm call, 26000 block of Hwy. 243. Deputy handled. • Sept. 18 — Assist other department, address withheld. Deputy handled. • Sept. 18 — Public disturbance, Village Center…
In its first session of fiscal year 2016-17, which started July 1, the Idyllwild Fire Department’s Finance Committee had a nominal session. The five-member committee still has two citizen vacancies. Calvin Gogerty, an IFPD resident, is now the committee chair, and commissioners Nancy Layton and Jeannine Charles-Stigall join him on the committee. “I’ve talked to…
Ryan Mason was one of two men who pleaded guilty to burglary of the Mountain Center Market in September 2015. In March, he was assigned to residential substance abuse treatment prior to felony settlement conference. The sentencing had been scheduled for Sept. 26; however, following receipt of a probation report in June, Judge Mark Mandio…
Two non-injury vehicle crashes took place over the last week on Hill roads. At 1:20 pm. Saturday, Sept. 24, two vehicles were westbound on Highway 74 just east of the intersection with Highway 371 when one vehicle attempted to pass the other. Sean Stowe, 36, of La Quinta, was driving his 2017 black Cadillac sedan…
The William M. Lowman Concert Hall, an architectural and acoustical jewel gracing the Idyllwild Arts campus, was formally dedicated on Saturday, Sept. 24, with a gala alumni classical concert and reception. Although an alumni jazz concert was the first held in Lowman, on March 5 of this year, the formal inauguration had always been scheduled…
The Friends of the Idyllwild Library announce their upcoming annual meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Rainbow Inn. After the ratification of new officers for the Friends, reports from the former office holders, and summary transactions of new business, an invitation is extended to all attendees for the annual performance event, which…
From ghoulies and ghosties, and long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us! — Old Scottish prayer. Kathy Sacher-Wilson and crew are in the process of constructing and decorating their annual Halloween walk-through spook fest, set to open on Friday, Oct. 7, and run weekends though Halloween, Monday,…
