Besides the arguments over the salary negotiations, two other significant events occurred at last week’s Hemet Unified School District meeting in Idyllwild. The evening was the last meeting for Trustee and current board President Paul Bakkom. At the beginning of the session, he honored Hamilton High School counselor and Idyllwild resident Jason Sonnier. Bakkom presented…
Editor and Mr. Paulek: I read with great interest your article in the Idyllwild Town Crier dated Oct. 2, 2014. I also read California AB 711. As a young boy I ate pheasants and ducks killed with lead shot all through World War II and into the 1950s. Therefore, I must have ingested a fair…
Editor: I have never taken the time to read these articles (Off the leash) until tonight. What is this all about? Why do we have a left-wing loon writing articles in the newspaper? Don’t we get enough of this in the mainstream media? Does he get to do this just because of who he is?…
“Our water demand dropped considerably from summer,” Fern Valley Water District General Manager Steve Erler told the directors at the Nov. 21 meeting. “This is relatively consistently normal for this time of year.” While the September and October usage of 6.7 million gallons was 700,000 gallons less than the July and August consumption, it was…
Editor: Last week’s TC had a letter from Shari Fae giving an extremely misleading view of what’s happening with revising the Hill’s fire abatement codes. Scott Fisher’s letter raises some reasonable questions. I want to answer both with the following points, of which they seem to be unaware: 1) Chief Hawkins created the committee out…
Mary Zacher, all dressed up, walked into the TC Tuesday morning and announced, “My First Amendment rights are protected,” and we applauded her. Nancy Layton, an Idyllwild Fire commissioner, had filed a “Request for Civil Harassment Restraining Orders” against Mary for speaking out at Idyllwild Fire meetings. Riverside County Superior Court Commissioner Kathleen Jacobs did…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, Nov. 21, regular monthly golf tournament held at the Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont. It was a beautiful day and the tough course was in excellent shape. Dave Robb (course handicap 16) shot a net 67 to take…
At its Nov. 24 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors authorized the county’s Recorder office to be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. the Fridays of Dec. 26, 2014 and Jan. 2, 2015. For other county agencies, these days will remain holidays. This action enables the county to collect $1 for recorded documents…
65 years ago – 1949 “Red,” Chuck and Mary Roberts’ dog, was a hero. His persistent barking at 2 a.m. alerted Chuck that the Cedars Cafe was ablaze. Chuck turned in the alarm and Bunny Brown, on the switchboard, called Bill Price and the firefighters. 60 years ago – 1954 Forest Service Ranger John…
“Perception,” choreographed by Idyllwild Arts Dance Chair Ellen Roas-Taylor, brought a modern feel to the school’s Fall Dance Concert last week.
