65 years ago – 1949 Chuck Holmes was the local boy selected for Boys State by the American Legion Post 800. 60 years ago – 1954 The Chamber of Com- merce was planning to host a chuckwagon dinner for the annual Fourth of July celebration. 55 years ago – 1959 Camp Maranatha’s new…
Some of us have high aspirations about our ideals and that certainly applies to me. In April, we unofficially affiliated ourselves with the Idyllwild Library and promised a regular column, “This Week at the Library.” I stated that the column would be weekly, unlike many of our current regular features. And most of the time,…
Editor: Hurray for your front-page article regarding the Goldspotted oak borer. Our vigilance in spotting and removing infected trees is absolutely essential to the survival of our precious old growth oaks. Idyllwild has a chance to combat this invader and avoid the horrendous devastation that San Diego County has experienced. Please, let’s pull together as…
65 years ago – 1949 The newly formed lake on the Banning-Idyllwild Highway was officially named Lake Fulmor in honor of A.C. Fulmor, county planning commissioner and surveyor whose mission and ingenuity played a prominent part in the realization of the highway. 60 years ago – 1954 Desert Sun School held commencement exercises for…
Mama Pepper knew just what she was doing as she greeted each visitor with a melody, along with being the friendliest cat in the cattery. That all adds up to watching her tail go right out the door and into her new home. She came to us with a litter of babies, and was fostered…
Editor: To all residents and their agents who rent out weekend homes here in Idyllwild: Can you please impress upon your clients that people live all around the homes you are renting and their privacy should be respected? As I write, some weekend renters in the home above us are playing music as loud as…
We had a wonderful Goldspotted oak borer kick-off lunch this past Friday. The Fire Safe Council, with fantastic (and delicious) help from the Pine Cove Water District, sponsored a beautiful outdoor lunch behind the Mountain Resource Center to thank the volunteers who search the community for trees the Goldspotted oak borer infects. In addition to…
Oh joy, oh joy, the move-in is over, the organizing is not yet, but the space we now have at the new TC building affords the opportunity to unpack without tripping over boxes. We have pictures and all those awards to hang, technical and electrical glitches still here and there, but most importantly, the signage….
Editor: As the drought continues, Idyllwild will suffer increasingly severe water shortages. The many policies regarding water conservation are sound and should be continued: eliminating outdoor landscape watering, and low-water-use toilets, showers, appliances etc. But we need to address increasing our available supply. In any winter storm, most of the water drains out of our…
The recent power outages due to high winds or scheduled maintenance should remind us, even today, not to take the centralized electrical grid for granted. Actually, until 1923, Idyllwild had no access to it at all, which was hardly a fatal drawback. My family vacationed comfortably at our cabin without electricity for 75 years until…
