PHOTOS: This week in Idyllwild: February 25, 2016
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Fashion Jack: Shoe laces & eye-catching hair …
Q. What is the best knot to use on shoe laces? –Darwood, West Covina A. Depends on what you’re using the shoe laces for. My friend Lumpy uses them like suspenders to hold his pants up. In that case, I’d suggest a trouser hitch. Q. I have very long, very thick blonde hair that is…
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Past Tense: February 25, 2016
65 years ago – 1951 Ideas for community betterment were discussed at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. Among the suggestions offered: youth projects and recreation facilities, trash cans around the village, conservation education and individual meditation. Seems like some individuals have been meditating on these issues for some time. 60 years ago – 1956 The…
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Creature Corner: February 25, 2016
Congratulations to Rey, who has left the cast for a new gig with a forever family. She will be missed. When we left off last week in “The Days of Our Nine Lives,” the human visitor was lured out of the cattery into the ARF office to meet Leia, the new office cat. Sadie: Good…
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Free tax preparation services offered
The 2016 tax season is in full swing and Riverside County Community Action Partnership’s Volunteer Income Tax Preparation program is available to help qualifying residents file their taxes. The free tax-preparation services are provided by IRS-certified tax preparers and are available to anyone with a total household income below $60,000. Based on an individual’s earnings…
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2015 tax changes include health-care updates
Most taxpayers will have until Monday, April 18, to file their 2015 returns and pay any taxes due. That’s because Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in the District of Columbia, falls this year on Friday, April 15. By law, D.C. holidays impact tax deadlines in the same way federal holidays do. Also, because of the…
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Volunteers needed for bighorn sheep survey
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Forest Service and Society for Conservation of Bighorn Sheep on Saturday evening, March 5, and all day Sunday, March 6, are conducting a count of bighorn sheep. They are seeking volunteers to assist biologists. No survey experience is necessary but volunteers must attend an orientation at 6…
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Water production up in Fern Valley: Rate study on hold
In a brief meeting, Steve Erler, Fern Valley Water District general manager, told the directors last Friday that the district’s well levels were beginning to come up. Well production was lower in January as the staff begins to use stored water in anticipation of its annual spring diversions. January water production increased about 11 percent…
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Billman re-elected IWD president: January freezes increase water production and revenues
Jim Billman was re-elected as president of the Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors. John Cook was re-elected as vice president. Both have held these board positions since January 2014. This year the vote was not unanimous. New Director Steve Kunkle nominated Cook for the presidency and Billman as the vice president after Director Mike…
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Readers Write: Share the road …
Editor: I wanted to reply to Jim Krug’s letter about “narcissistic” cyclists in Idyllwild. I think a better adjective would have been “inconsiderate” cyclists. I have been part of the cycling scene in Idyllwild since 1992. Most of the cyclists here in Idyllwild are mountain bikers, not “spandex” clad road riders. Highways 243 and 74…
