Saunders Meadow has supported educational programs for the past 70 years, but its varied history reaches back far earlier than the 1940s. Thanks in part to recent research by my Idyllwild Area Historical Society colleague, Dr. Robert Reyes, a more complete story is emerging. Space will allow me to sketch only a general outline….
People often ask us why we report on so many government meetings when most small-town newspapers do not. It’s pretty easy to explain though not so easy to perform the task since so many boards govern various special districts and such on the Hill. Four water districts, Fern Valley, Idyllwild, Pine Cove and then Lake…
Editor: The members of the Mountain Community Patrol, Idyllwild, are a group of senior volunteers ranging in age from 65 to 81-plus. As volunteers for the Riverside County Sheriff, we all are vetted for background security, are fingerprinted and fulfill the requirements for Red Cross emergency medical training. For the past 20 years, our annual…
Editor: Four times in July 2014 I desperately needed to use the EMT services of IFPD due to anaphylactic shock. If IFDP did not exist, I would not exist. I have read over the years the Town Crier’s incessant negative news reporting of the alleged mismanagement, misconduct, abusive behavior by IFPD management. We do have…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s Finance Committee has completed its initial report on refinancing existing loans and possibly seeking new borrowings to purchase equipment. Committee Alternate Calvin Gogerty told the committee Tuesday that there were substantial savings available if the district’s three financial instruments were refinanced. Currently, IFPD is paying about $84,000 annually for Brush…
Without additional funds to offset the cost of fighting wildfires, the U.S. Forest Service will again have to use funds originally for other forest management purposes. Last month, Secretary of the Agriculture Tom Vilsack released a report showing the growth of firefighting costs in the past 20 years and plummeting funds available for other Forest…
After five years, including two years at the Quiet Creek Inn, the Idyllwild Living Room Gallery at 54300 N. Circle Dr. is closing next month in mid-October. Until then the gallery will be offering all fine art and craft pieces at sale-discounted pricing. Owner Mike Ahern plans to move back to his family community of…
Brendan Steele finished up this PGA Tour season at the Deutche Bank Championship, the second of the four FedExCup post-season playoff tournaments. His general stats were a bit off his usual, especially strokes gained tee to green, which gave strokes back to the field. He posted a 1-under-par 74-71-69-69 — 283, which tied for 50th…
