Nancy Layton, chair of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Finance Committee, in consultation with fire Chief Patrick Reitz canceled the committee’s Feb. 17 meeting. The next scheduled committee meeting is Tuesday, March 17. “… we do not have pressing business or substantial regular business of the Finance Committee to attend to next week,” Layton said…
The Pine Cove Water District directors will hold a public hearing on April 1 to garner comments from residents and customers about proposed rate increases before making a decision. In January, General Manager Jerry Holldber discussed the need for more revenues and made some tentative recommendations that were submitted to the board at the Feb….
On Thursday, Feb. 12, the Hemet Unified School District announced the resignation of trustee Dr. Lisa DeForest, effective Feb. 11. She had served on the board for almost seven years. DeForest resigned because of her move from the district. The governing board will begin the process of filling the vacancy in Trustee Area 3 (Hemet)…
Friends of the Idyllwild Library The Friends of the Idyllwild Library announce the return engagement of Penelope Engard this year in the first of her bi-monthly PowerPoint presentations in the library’s Community Room from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23. The subject of the February program is “WPA Murals.” One of the more controversial…
During the third of four Saturday bald eagle counts this winter, two adult eagles were seen at Lake Hemet last weekend. A total of 17 bald eagles were seen in the San Bernardino National Forest on Feb. 14 during the count period, four more than the January count. Public volunteers and U.S. Forest Service biologists…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not respond to requests for its fire logs this week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls, Sunday to Saturday, Feb. 8 to 14. Idyllwild • Feb. 8 — Public disturbance, N. Circle Dr. Handled by deputy. • Feb….
Marilyn Hansen Weare, who with her husband Luther, purchased the Idyllwild Town Crier from founders Ernie and Betty Maxwell in 1971, died at the age of 92 on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. She was living in Yorba Linda at the time of her death. Born into a family of Danish immigrants then living in Cleveland,…
In response to the article in the Feb. 12 issue of the Town Crier about the destruction of artists Fariad and Jennifer Ali’s deer sculpture the night of Feb. 6, Rob Rutherford, 56, of Idyllwild, whom the California Highway Patrol arrested that night, called the paper last week. The deer was next to Harmony Monument…
At the last Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission meeting, Paul Riggi, president of Volunteer Company 621, mentioned federal legislation that may benefit volunteer fire companies such as Idyllwild’s. H.R. 343 would amend the Internal Revenue Code to encourage people to volunteer for firefighting or emergency medical service. The bill would allow individuals to value each…
While county revenues are gradually improving, the budget for the current fiscal year that ends June 30 still projects deficits for each of the principal public safety agencies. “While local economic indicators continue gradually trending positive, significant budgetary challenges lay ahead,” Riverside County Executive Officer Jay Orr said in his midyear budget report to the…
