Editor: For seven summers, Don and I have been coming up the mountain from the desert. Besides enjoying the beauty, hiking and music, we have made many friends. People ask us how we got acquainted with so many people when we aren’t full-timers? The answer is, we volunteered. We started volunteering at the Nature Center,…
Editor: I’ve been a water treatment/distribution educator for almost 30 years and have a Grade 5 (t5). I would be honored to provide specific training for the IWD staff. I’ve lived in Idyllwild for two years. Dr. Jim Gates Idyllwild
Editor: I’ve been watching with interest recently all the issues surrounding IWD, but it finally hit home last month when I received my water bill for $433 after my usual bill of $40 to $60. This bill was the highest IWD bill I’ve ever received in three years and more than double my next highest…
When you run a complex business with very little staffing, a week where you lose three employees to various leaves — vacation, sick and maternity — will definitely set you back a pace or two. But on top of it, Jack and I previously agreed to dogsit two of our granddogs for 10 days. I…
Above-normal temperatures ravished the mountain climate last week. Temperatures stalled above 60 degrees, approaching 70 degrees, for several consecutive nights. Finally, on Saturday and Sunday nights, July 30 and 31, the temperature dropped to 58 degrees. Saturday afternoon, a small cloud burst — the first rain of the 2016-17 rain year — may have aided…
Although Riverside County Executive Jay Orr added $6 million to the 2016-17 budget for the District Attorney’s office, DA Mike Hestrin, told the Board of Supervisors that was not enough funding. While he recommended another $12 million, half of that —$6 million— would enable him to avoid service reductions and staff layoffs. He argued that…
A fatal motorcycle crash and an arrest for driving under the influence took place on Hill roads over the last week. At 7:34 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, an unidentified male motorcyclist, aged 57, of San Jacinto, was riding his 2012 black Harley Davidson eastbound on Highway 74, 3/10 of a mile west of Bee Canyon…
About 9 a.m., Wednesday, July 27, two Southern California Edison power lines touched inappropriately. A 33-kilovolt line and 12-kilovolt came into contact and caused a substantial outage from the Hill to San Jacinto. The cause was unknown, but possibilities could be wind or lines sagging from the heat. Full power was restored shortly after 10:30…
Elaine Jane “E.J.” Weiler, a long-time resident of Idyllwild, passed away peacefully at home in her sleep on Monday, July 4, 2016. Elaine was born in Aurora, Illinois, on Aug. 19, 1929, to Andrew Hayden and Catherine Thill-Hayden. She graduated from Madonna High School in Aurora in 1947. Elaine married Cyril F. Weiler (Cy), also…
After suffering a debilitating stroke in 2014, retired registered nurse Dorothy Brooks had to choose. Unable to walk and severely challenged with balance issues, visual distortions, memory loss and speech impairment, Brooks decided she had to find her own way out of her disabilities. She chose adult coloring books. “I went home to color,” she…
