Idyllwild News

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    Community Calendar: Oct. 10, 2013

    Arts & Entertainment Calendar listings are at the discretion of the editor. Submittal forms can be picked up at the Town Crier, or email becky@towncrier.com. Wednesday, Oct. 9 Adult Yoga with Trine Bietz, 9-10 a.m.; Senior Game Day, 12:30-3 p.m.; Modern Dance for Kids, 4-5 p.m. Town Hall. Wayne Cameron, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Idyll Awhile Wine…

  • Santa Anas posing fire threats

    A Santa Ana wind event combined with near-record low fuel moisture posed a substantial fire threat through last weekend. The National Weather Service had forecast a Red Flag warning from early Friday morning, Oct. 4 through Sunday evening, Oct. 6. Besides the immediate threat that the weekend’s winds created, fire officials are concerned about it…

  • Historic board tours district

    The Local Review Board for the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District toured the District before its September meeting. Guiding the board were Keith Herron, the County’s Historic Preservation Officer, and Casey Tibbet, a consultant with LSA consultants, who conducted the originally historic resource survey of Idyllwild. They felt it was very beneficial, according to Board member…

  • Supervisors OK elections

    At its Sept. 24 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the request from the Registrar of Voters to appoint the directors for Fern Valley, Idyllwild and Pine Cove Water districts to their new terms beginning in December. All three local water districts had seats to be filled in the August mail election. However,…

  • IFPD sells cell tower lease

    In a special meeting, Friday, Sept. 20, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission approved the sale of a lease for the cell tower in the rear of the District’s property. SBA Monarch Towers acquired the lease for $220,000. Currently, the district was receiving annual rental payments of about $14,000 for the tower. “But with the…

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    Readers Write: Abatement is not the answer

    Editor: I agree with everything Nathaniel West wrote about structure-fed wildfires. I believe fire abatement is like a chain and no stronger than the weakest link. That weakest link, my friend, is our fire-trap homes. It doesn’t make sense to denude the forest floor and deprive the soil’s ability to retain moisture only to live…

  • Money for Silver Fire victims

    The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a $25,000 agreement to provide assistance to low-income victims of the Silver Fire. The State’s Department of Community Services is providing the Community Action Partnership of Riverside County with $15,000 that can help these people with mortgage, rental, utility or food costs. During the Silver Fire several communities,…

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    Idyllwild Community Fund 2013 grantees

    AND THE
    WINNERS ARE…

    From left to right
    Top row:
    Isis Theatre Company Board President Suzanne Avalon; Friends of San Jacinto Mountains County Parks representative Jan Jaspers Fayer; Idyllwild School smArts Program representatives Mallory Cremin and Christina Nordella.

    Middle row:
    Mountain Disaster Preparedness President Mike Feyder; Idyllwild Youth Grantmakers Adrian Hernandez and Chance Vladika; Human Rights Counsel of Greater Hemet Valley, San Jacinto, and Menifee Regions Patty Caratello and Mary Morse.

    Bottom row:
    Idyllwild Scholarship Fund representative Jayne Davis; Idyllwild Arts Foundation representatie Mallory Cremin; Gary Kuscher, Art Alliance of Idyllwild president.

    Photos by Jay Pentrack