The Hemet Unified School District Board of governors held its annual meeting in Idyllwild last week. On the recommendation of board member Vic Scavarda, the board honored Idyllwild School teacher Barbara Longbrook as the October recipient of the Governing Board Recognition. The award and a $500 certificate to be used toward the district program of…
Governor Jerry Brown has made his decisions on bills, passed by the legislature last month, that he will sign into law. Already signed or vetoed were bills on the assisted dying and drones flying near wildfires. Last week, he signed the motor voter, medical marijuana, and a different drone bill. Motor voter Brown signed Assembly…
The Franchise Tax Board reminds taxpayers that Thursday, October 15, is the deadline for filing 2014 state personal income tax returns to avoid penalties. Each year, Californians file more than 16 million personal income tax returns, with more than 1.5 million taking advantage of California’s automatic six-month filing extension. Taxpayers can file electronically free of…
Editor: It’s big news. Alert the media: the Black-headed Grosbeak is all but gone from these parts, moving south into Mexico where he is known as picogrueso tigrillo….translated into fat-lip. He does heft an oversized beak. I don’t really care what he is called or where he is now, I just want him back. He…
Editor: While following the discussion on this page regarding compensation for our firefighters, I was reminded of the story of the “Pied Piper of Hamelin” where a town besieged by rats promises to pay a piper to rid the town of this plague. Once the piper successfully did his job, the town refused to pay…
As many of you know, our Co-Publisher/Editor Becky Clark suffered a small heart attack on September 25. She’s doing fine and expects to recover completely in just a few months. Thank you all for your concern and good wishes. Meanwhile, Becky’s putting in a couple of hours here, a few hours there — working mostly…
From Wednesday, Oct. 7 through Tuesday, Oct. 13, there was only one traffic collision on the Hill. At 12:20 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, Maurice Copeland, 77, of Rancho Mirage was driving his 2013 white Acura sedan south on Highway 243 just south of Baldy Road when he made an unsafe turning movement, according to…
According to Susan Cox, Media Relations for Southern California Edison, Southern California Edison is scheduled to begin work replacing an underground structure (vault) from Oct. 19-Nov. 5. One lane (southbound) of Hwy 243 will be closed, however, the northbound lane of Hwy 243 will be open. The detour, alternative route is: Maranatha Drive, to Pinecrest Ave., to Playground Road.
In four years, the Idyllwild Middle School cross-country team has grown from 10 runners to 32, said coach Lee Arnson. He and Misty Hitchcock, both volunteer coaches, have built a thriving sport in Idyllwild that few other Hemet Unified middle schools have. “Every year, the team is bigger and bigger. It makes it more fun,”…
