Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, April 15 to 22, 2013: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance April 16 — Walk-in medical aid. April 17 — Medical aid, Highway 243 and Pine Cove Road, Pine Cove. April 17 — Medical aid, Highway 243 at Call Box 0032. April 19…
Mountain Disaster Preparedness, as part of an outreach campaign to recruit new volunteers, held an open house at Silver Pines Lodge on Thursday, April 18. MDP Vice President Sherry Edwards organized the event to honor Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) trained volunteers; but its underlying purpose was to recruit more Hill residents to MDP’s disaster…
Lake Hemet’s resident eagle pair has produced a least one eaglet and perhaps two again this year …
Esther Kennedy welcomes people to Spirit Mountain Retreat where a dogwood tree was planted Sunday, April 21. “This gathering of friends is paying tribute to the life of Viv Larson, a woman of many talents who touched many of lives.
The Community Foundation serving the counties of Riverside and San Bernardino is currently accepting proposals for grants from the Idyllwild Youth Grantmakers Fund through April 30. The Idyllwild Youth Grantmakers Fund provides grants to nonprofits in the Idyllwild community for projects, programs or activities that address issues facing youth such as alcohol and drug use,…
David Jerome, Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce secretary, is preparing for what could be the first meeting of a new Chamber board or the last meeting of the existing Chamber. Jerome is the only director not to have announced his resignation. Because the board cannot function with only one director, Jerome has called a meeting of…
The Idyllwild Water District board of directors approved three will-serve letters for Idyllwild Arts …
On Sunday, April 21, Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit members participated in the rescue of dehydrated hiker on the Skyline Trail. The lone hiker, identified as John Cardenas of Indio, used his cell phone to call the Sheriff’s department and request assistance because he was out of water, dehydrated and cramping. California State Park rangers were…
Bill Sanborn, Hemet Unified School District trustee since 1991, is resigning from the board effective July 1. Sanborn and his wife, Andrea, have their home on the market and plan to return to Minnesota. Alex, their youngest son, will graduate from Hemet High School this year and matriculate to Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minn.,…
Idyllwild Water District will hold a public hearing May 22 on whether to increase water rates 6 percent, 12 percent or not at all. If the district decides on the larger rate increase, some of the additional monies will be used for construction of a long-discussed recycled water facility. In June 2010, the district approved…
