Editor: Friday last, I was run off the road (figuratively speaking) by a local delivery truck. My immediate reaction was fear mixed with a dash of confusion, followed by a slightly inappropriate feeling of anger. (Read here: I flipped the guy off. Sorry.) Once I regathered myself, I reflected on the incident as I continued…
Sometimes when I sit here early Tuesday afternoon, ruminating on a topic to write about, I read some of the Post-it® notes stuck on the edges of my computer screen. These notes help me access online research sites, list the numbers of each Xerox tray and jog my memory about things I might write about…
On Monday, Feb. 22, county representatives interviewed applicants for the County Service Area 36 Advisory Council. An additional applicant, John Metroka Jr., filed his application prior to the scheduling of interviews, bringing the total to 11 applicants for a five-member council. Other applicants include Mark Davis, Kathy Wilson, Ginger Dagnall, Susan Nash, David Hunt, Bill…
A new policy laying out the goals and operations of the finance committee was one of the main topics at the committee’s meeting last week. However, much of the time was devoted to working with financial consultant Rob Dennis to identify reports he committee could use to monitor IFPD’s financial status. One major change to…
Monitoring of underground leakage of petroleum products is continuing near and around the Chevron Station in Idyllwild. RM Environmental Inc. of Calimesa continues to monitor the site semi-annually for the presence of various hydrocarbons. The latest results, reported last month from samples taken in December, detected total petroleum hydrocarbons and methyl-tertiary-butyl ether on the site…
From Wednesday, Feb. 17, through Tuesday, Feb. 23, there were two crashes on Hill roads. At 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, Deputy Robert Miller, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, was driving a department Ford Expedition north on Forbes Ranch Road, a half-mile north of Highway 74, when he stopped in a dirt pullover on the west…
Tiffany Marie Ramirez, 31, of Idyllwild, arrested on Jan. 6, pleaded guilty to one count of felony possession of marijuana with intent to sell. Ramirez was arrested by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Marijuana Eradication Team at McKinney Lane in Idyllwild. Ramirez (a.k.a. Tiffany Marie Reddick) was sentenced to 90 days in county jail with…
One of my favorite things about backpacking is the way your body shifts over time to fall in line with natural cycles of dark and light. There’s nothing like snuggling sleepily into your sleeping bag at 8 p.m. (which somehow feels like midnight) and waking up in time to watch the first golden-pink blush of…
Bob Leih, Idyllwild Middle School science teacher, continues a distinguished lineage of teachers. Both his mother and father were teachers. Leih is one of five siblings, all of whom have been teachers at one time or another. And Leih’s oldest daughter is a teacher in Orange County. The Hemet Unified School District recently announced Leih…
On Saturday, March 12, from 6 to 9 p.m., the Art Alliance of Idyllwild will host one of its largest fundraisers of the year, Eye of the Artist. One of three judged events planned for 2016, this particular art show will feature seven unique categories with first- and second-place ribbons being awarded per category. This…
