The Idyllwild Garden Club is joining with other forces on and off the Hill to take a proactive part in battling the Goldspotted oak borer infestation. Club President Toni Berthelotte says that many of the club members will be manning phones and placing call backs to answer questions and give valuable information to callers. The…
Welcome Kayanna Warren to the Hill. She is the new forester for the San Jacinto Ranger District. Warren is a 2013 graduate of Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. She has been an ecology and biology geek since grade school, she said proudly. “We [she and her parents] lived 25 miles from Portland…
The Idyllwild Warming Center, located at and operated by American Legion Post 800, is available this winter, as it has been for the past two cold weather seasons. Located at 54360 Marian View Drive, the center opens, based on an existing activation protocol, when particular weather conditions occur. Those conditions are when an electrical outage…
For more than 30 years, Idyllwild citizens, led by the ever present Robert Priefer, have made numerous attempts to build a community center facility. As far back as 1982, a consortium of contractors and recreation professionals spent one year researching similar facilities in Tahoe, Mammoth and other mountain communities before designing the High Country Recreation Center. Their dream of a fitness center, handball courts, and a multipurpose room for aerobic dance, plays and other activities was dashed when investors, motivated by expectations of short-term profits, decided that it would take 10 years to break even on the $2 million price tag.
The Forest Service needs volunteers to help count bald eagles for the annual winter bald eagle counts in and near the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains on Saturdays, Feb. 9 and March 9. This is the 35th season of bald eagle counts and the first two days, in December and January, successfully spotted local…
The yard behind Town Hall where preschool children could be heard playing several times a week may be a little quieter, at least for awhile. Preschool classes have been canceled for this session. Parents of children who had attended the previous session were told the cancellation had been due to lack of interest.
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Jan. 28 to Feb. 4, 2013: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Jan. 29 — Medical aid, Marian View Drive, Idyllwild. Jan. 29 — Medical aid, Highway 371, Anza. Feb. 2 — Walk-in medical aid. Feb. 3 — Medical aid, North Circle Drive,…
Although it seems as though this winter has been wet, in historic terms we are still in a drought and a dry rain year (July 1 through June 30) …
The Town Crier staff is working on the 2013 Homes and Land Improvement edition, which comes out on March 7. Like last year, we’re asking readers to send in their questions for local service providers. The best questions will be answered in an informative “Ask the Experts” feature. Questions can range from landscaping to roofing,…
Idyllwild School eighth-grader Benjamin Cruz placed third out of 44 students from 22 Hemet Unified School District elementary and middle schools. This was the district’s 36th annual spelling bee. “It’s the highest finish of any Idyllwild School student at the district bee that I can recall in the 15 years I’ve been involved,” said former…
