Photos: HELP Center receives donations
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Sports: Golf
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, gave this report about the Friday, Nov. 20, regular monthly golf tournament, which was played at The Golf Club at Rancho California in Murrieta. It was a beautiful morning when the first foursome teed off and the day just improved. The course was in good shape…
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Bald eagles spotted in Southern California
Last Saturday, the U.S. Forest Service held the first bald eagle count of the winter and spotted bald eagles, but none at Lake Hemet. Local federal and state biologists, in partnership with many volunteers, numbered 38 observers who spotted seven eagles Saturday morning. At both Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear Lake, two adults and an…
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Past Tense: December 17, 2015
65 years ago – 1950 Hill businesses were stocking up for the holidays. Woodland Crafts’ beautiful hand-blocked luncheon cloths were “gifts to excite the most fastidious hostess,” said a Town Crier article. 60 years ago – 1955 Idyllwild School was organizing a program, “Christmas Legends around the World,” to be given in each room of…
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Creature Corner: December 17, 2015
Sheila, the border collie, has found the best home for her energy. She actually walked up to each ARF volunteer and offered a paw to say goodbye. What a love this girl is. Smart and gorgeous. We will always love you, Sheila. And we can still visit her locally. Muffin, the maltese, has found his…
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Obituary: Lorraine Ada Zika 1923-2015
Lorraine passed away Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, in Phoenix, Arizona. She was born Aug. 7, 1923, in Jamestown, North Dakota, to Florence and Thomas Burdick. When she was a child, she moved with her mother to Jacksonville, Florida, where she was raised. Lorraine was an honor student in school. At 18, she worked for Southern…
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Vic Scavarda new HUSD board vice president: Steps up to presidency in 2017
Last week, the Hemet Unified School District trustees held their board organizational meeting for 2016 and elected Jim Smith of Hemet as president and Vic Scavarda of Idyllwild as vice president. “I am absolutely looking forward to working with Jim Smith as president. He has a long history with Hemet Unified (he was West Valley…
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Hemet Unified begins open enrollment Jan. 1
Hemet Unified School District, in accordance with Board Policy 5116.1, will begin accepting Intradistrict Open Enrollment Transfer Requests for the 2016-17 school year from Jan. 1 through March 1, 2016. During this open enrollment window, parents or guardians who live within the school-district boundaries may request to have their child attend a school other than…
