Shawna Legarza, former fire chief for the San Bernardino National Forest, will be the next national director of Fire and Aviation Management for the U.S. Forest Service, Chief Tom Tidwell announced Friday, June 17. Legarza, who serves as the regional director of Fire and Aviation in the Pacific Southwest Region, California, will take on…
65 years ago – 1951 Rev. Donald Warner conducted the services at the official opening of the Idyllwild Community Presbyterian Church. 60 years ago – 1956 Customers at Dutton’s Village Market and Corner Store in Fern Valley could make their own ice cream float for 19 cents. 55 years ago – 1961 Pinecraft Furniture company…
Last week in “The Days of Our Nine Lives,” the topic of discussion centered around the new kittens and their impact on the ARF cattery. Ginger: (Bursting into the cattery.) Did you hear? Half the kittens are gone! Leia: To forever families, I hope. Ginger: Yep. Cocopuff, Snoopy and the polydactyl Charlee all have their…
Ernest J. Edwards, 91, of Coralville, Iowa, passed away Friday, June 4, 2016, of heart failure. He was buried at Hendersonville Memory Gardens in Hendersonville, Tennessee, next to his wife, Shirley. Ernie was born May 6, 1925, in Evanston, Wyoming, and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. Ernie enlisted in the U.S. Navy at 18 years…
Last week, a state Assembly committee passed Assembly Bill 385, which would allow state voters to decide whether to retain Daylight Saving Time. The Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications voted 9-2 to send the bill to its Appropriations Committee. If enacted and if voters rescind Daylight Saving Time, California will be the third…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not report responses for last week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, June 12 to 18. Idyllwild • June 12 — Suspicious circumstance, 52000 block of Double View Dr. Handled by deputy. • June 12 — Petty…
On the recommendation of Cal Fire/Riverside County Deputy Fire Chief Glenn Patterson, the Board of Supervisors, at its June 21 meeting, approved the closure of seven potentially fire hazard areas. The closures will remain in effect until further notice in the following areas: • Avery Canyon (Gibbel Road east of State Street in Hemet) •…
Last week, the Idyllwild Water District board adopted its fiscal year 2016-17 budget. The total budget (water and sewer programs) is expected to be $1.7 million, which is about $100,000 less than the current year. These amounts do not include capital program investments. Revenues are estimated to be $2.3 million (the combination of both programs)…
During the directors’ comments portion of the Idyllwild Water District’s board meeting last week, Director Steven Kunkle began to discuss the difficultly he has encountered trying to get information about the district’s wells. Director John Cook, who was acting as president during the meeting, replied that it was unfair to ask a question of staff…
Brendan Steele posted a 2-over-par 38-35 — 73 on the Congressional Country Club course at the Quicken Loans National tournament in Bethesda, Maryland, Thursday, to drop two shots below the projected cutline going into Friday’s play. Early in his round, two three-putts — one from 35 feet and another from 12 feet — contributed to…
