Hurray for Griffin. He found his forever and ever home with a feline and a new mom. We still have two found dogs that were roaming between the transfer station and Idyllwild. Call ARF. Buddy is a 3-year-young husky/shepherd-mix. He is such a sweet boy and so eager to learn. Bring a leash and take…
65 years ago – 1950 Idyllwild residents performing in the Ramona pageant were Flo Wendelken as Margarita, Lee Dutton as Juan Canito and Boy Scout troup members as Indian dancers. 60 years ago – 1955 At the regular meeting of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District, commissioners set a tentative budget of $21,200 for the…
Q. What should I answer when my wife asks, “Does this dress make me look fat?” -Donald, Long Beach A. Don’t even look. Just bellow “NO!” immediately, with great confidence that you’ve found the correct answer. Q. What is my safe answer when my wife asks, “How do I look in this dress?” -Irwin, Palos…
65 years ago – 1950 The U.S. Forest Service was finishing plans for the Lake Fulmor dedication ceremony. 60 years ago – 1955 First- and second-graders from Idyllwild School were taken by bus to Hemet for polio vaccine shots. 55 years ago – 1960 “Biggest thing since the Inn burned down!” commented Jim Johnson as…
I was recently hiking a rugged mountain trail when I realized that a man was approaching from behind me. I realized this when he was still more than half a mile away, since the individual in question had obviously taken the advice to use his “outdoor voice” far too literally. I prefer to think that…
Update: Griffin is in a trial/foster home. Give them your smile, Griffin. Hope it works. ARF has two dogs that were found, in a foster home. They were running between the transfer station and here. No collar, no tags, no chip. Female white Lab-mix, and male Chihuahua-mix. If you have any information, please call 951-659-1122….
There has been a plague of phone calls by fraud artists posing as IRS employees and demanding money. Between 9,000 and 12,000 complaints about these phone scams are filed each week. The scammer often threatens to arrest the victim if he or she doesn’t pay immediately using a prepaid debit card or occasionally by cash…
65 years ago – 1950 A new Sportland was started to replace the one completely destroyed the previous autumn. 60 years ago – 1955 Dr. M.M. Null was again offering sequoia gigantea seedlings free to anyone who wanted to plant them on their Hill property. 55 years ago – 1960 Before a large and enthusiastic…
We live in a forest sanctuary on the Hill, a sky island that we, and many wild animal species, call home. Animals typically roam around in particular locations within these mountains. This specific area is their home range or territory. In the woodland habitat that surrounds Idyllwild, the boundary between the natural and built environments…
I am asking board members to write on various topics for this column. Doris Lombard has timely information and thoughts on maintaining defensible space. Here are her ideas and suggestions: The big lesson of the 2013 Mountain Fire is burned into my mind — a life-threatening, property-destroying fire can happen any time on our mountain….
