By Flavia Mangan ColganContributor Flavia Mangan Colgan is a former political commentator and newscorrespondent who works as a writer and in the nonprofit sector. Shelives in Idyllwild and San Diego. Corporate influence on the single-family home market is growing at adisturbing rate and is a nefarious problem that deserves more scrutiny.Institutional investors have advantages over…
The State Assembly’s Special Session on Petroleum and Gasoline Supplybegan last week. Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation Aug. 31 callingfor the Session. His intent was for enactment of legislation to addressfuel price spikes next year and beyond. On Sept. 21, the average cost of a gallon of gasoline in California was$4.75 compared to a…
The Sept. 18 meeting of the Fern Valley Water District Board ofDirectors was longer than the agenda implied. Director Mike LaFataraised several questions during the discussion of the July and AugustDistrict checks and payments. His principal concern related to the service contracts which GeneralManager Victor Jimenez purchased for the recently acquired new vehiclesand one of…
A small fire resulted in the evacuation of a dormitory at the IdyllwildArts Academy on Sunday, September 15. A letter from Academy PresidentPamela Jordan to the Associates of Idyllwild Arts noted that allstudents were safe and there were no injuries. The displaced studentshave been moved to other dorms, “where many are housed three to a…
“And you may ask yourself… Well, how did I get here? “ (With a nod to The Talking Heads) Welcome to our new column! Each week we will feature how we all ended upin Idyllwild. I’ll go first: Hi. I’m Suzanne Avalon. Living in Los Angeles in the early 80’s. Disco, fast cars, celebritiesand a…
Pine Cove Water District’s Board of Directors met on September 19, andheard from their departing Field Foreman, Chris Dumas, who will soon bethe General Manager of Arrowbear Park Water District. Dumas praisedPCWD’s board and staff but exhorted them to work with GM Jeremy Potterto make salaries competitive with those of other local districts. Among items…
The Mountain Community Fire Safe Council’s Town Hall Homeowners’Insurance Workshop on Thursday September 12 was well attended, with over60 local homeowners seeking information and help with rising insurancerates and cancelled policies. The featured speakers were CaliforniaDepartment of Insurance representative Sharon Smith and Hemet insuranceBroker Bob Severns. MCFSC Executive Director Callie Squires introducedthe speakers and briefed…
Beat Nite at Middle Ridge Winery will include a special guest on Monday,September 23, singer/songwriter Shana Halligan. Shana is currentlyteaching songwriting at the Idyllwild Arts Academy and will be singingsome of her original songs at the end of the evening. The program willstart with “ten Evolutionary poets” who will read their work accompaniedby Paul Carman…
For the 14th consecutive year, the Idyllwild Town Crier is requestingnominations for the annual Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award. Bringyour nomination to the Town Crier office at 54440 N. Circle Drive, Ste.F, mail it to P.O. Box 157, Idyllwild, CA 92549, or send by emailto suzanne@towncrier.com by 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26th. The honor is given to…
Riverside County and the University of Riverside, School of Medicine,have been awarded grant money to support programs to address and toprevent elder abuse in the County. According to Todd Bellanca, AssistantDirector of the County’s Department of Public Social Services, “Eachyear in Riverside County, we receive about 15 000 referrals on abuse orneglect for our seniors…
