Idyllwild School celebrates “896”
Idyllwild School students form the figure “896” which is their predicted API score. This is the highest Idyllwild has achieved …
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Taxi goes over highway’s edge
Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to an over-the-side motor vehicle on Highway 243 betweenMarian View Drive and Saundeers Meadow Road at approximately 9:50 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5. IFPD personnel found a single car off the road, approximately 40 feet over the embankment, with two occupants. CAL FIRE engines 23 and 53, along with California…
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Great California Shakeout set for Oct. 18
The annual Great California Shakeout earthquake drill begins at 10:18 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 18. The California Earthquake Authority asks local businesses, “Will your employees properly protect themselves in a powerful earthquake?” The Authority encourages businesses to participate in the Shakeout by holding an earthquake drill and practicing “Drop, Cover, and Hold On.” Organizations can register…
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Associates give Idyllwild Arts 2012 jazz festival profits
At left, Jim Newcomb, president of the Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation, presents a check for $31,500 to Idyllwild Arts Foundation Chair Faith Raiguel (center). At Raiguel’s left is Head of School and Dean of Arts Doug Ashcraft and to her right is Idyllwild Arts Vice President and Director of the Summer Program Steve Fraider. The check represents profits from this year’s Jazz in the Pines. Associates also contributed an additional $7,000 to the foundation.
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Idyllwild Fire commission discusses chief’s performance standards
In closed session, three members of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission discussed possible performance standards with Fire Chief Patrick Reitz. Commissioners Jerry Buchanan and Larry Donahoo were out of town. After the meeting, Commission President Jeannine Charles-Stigall reported the session would be continued in October so that Buchanan and Donahoo could participate in the…
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Spirit Mountain Retreat hosts 7-week series on grief
“Living through Loss and Transition” a seven-week series about grief will begin 10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 11, at Spirit Mountain Retreat. Here in Idyllwild, if you talk to almost anyone, you find that either they or someone that they know is living with a loss or a serious transition in their life. The many faces…
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Brennen Priefer returns to Idyllwild School
Hillbilly Brennen Priefer returns to his Idyllwild roots — to his hometown, elementary school and to his fifth grade classroom. “I’m glad to be back,” said Priefer. Priefer has lived in Idyllwild since he was five years old. “My father came out [from Ohio] to Palm Springs for work, then moved up to Idyllwild,”…
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News of Record: Oct. 4, 2012
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Sept. 25 to Oct. 1, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Sept. 25 — Walk-in medical aid. Sept. 26 — Medical aid, Saunders Meadow Road, Idyllwild. Sept. 27 — Medical aid, Delano Drive, Idyllwild. Sept. 27 — Medical aid, Overlook Drive, Pine…
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Tree lighting ceremony in urgent need of sponsor and chairpersons
Although the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce had agreed to be the overall producer and sponsor of the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, it has now stepped away from this overall responsibility. The Tree Lighting Ceremony has been a long tradition of the village’s holiday season. Legal proceedings against the Chamber and its individual directors have…
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Four weekend accidents, three involve motorcycles
According to Officer Darren Meyer, California Highway Patrol public information officer, the first occurred about 2:10 p.m., on Saturday, Sept. 29, on Highway 74, just east of Highway 243 in Mountain Center. According to CHP investigating Officer Mike Murawski, a 2005 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by 79-year-old Don Ihrig of Yucaipa crossed over the double-yellow line and collided with an eastbound SUV. Ihrig sustained injuries and was first transported by American Medical Response to the Keenwild USFS helipad and then Mercy Air airlifted him to Riverside Regional Medical Center.
