The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council hosted another meeting last week to plan the 2014 Community Wildfire Protection Plan. The group’s goal is to have the new CWPP completed by this fall. Before it is finished, Mike Esnard, MCFSC president, plans at least one community meeting to discuss and garner public thoughts and recommendations. At…
Mama Lizzie and her four babies are safe in the ARF house: two females and two males about 3 months old. Mama is about 1 year old. They are all social, not vocal, and have good eating habits, and are litter-box trained. Get your kitty soon. They won’t last long. Lily is in her forever…
Adult Coed Softball Town Hall Sports Coordinator Richard Mozeleski gave this report on the final week of play: Final Standings Team Name, Wins, Losses Pacific Slope, 14, 0 Ajax, 11, 3 Creekstone, 10, 4 Forest Lumber, 9, 5 Team Perez, 5, 9 Idyllwild Arts, 4, 10 Ridgeline, 3, 11 Higher Grounds, 0, 14 …
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Monday, Aug. 11, through Monday, Aug. 18. Idyllwild • Aug. 11 — No responses. • Aug. 12 — Three medical aids. • Aug. 12 — Rescue. • Aug. 13 — Medical aid. • Aug. 13 — Rescue. • Aug. 14 — Two medical…
Starting Oct. 1, the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council will assume responsibility for the community brush collection sites in Poppet Flats and Pinyon. MCFSC approved the action at its Aug. 12 meeting. Gregg Bratcher, Cal Fire’s division chief forester on the mountain, indicated that the agency will help MCFSC secure grant funds to operate these…
65 years ago – 1949 Ernie Maxwell and Martin Aguirre headed a group to plant trout fingerlings in the back country. 60 years ago – 1954 Local residents voted in favor of zoning for Idyllwild. A new classification, R1-A, was adopted for guest cottages rented with kitchens. 55 years ago – 1959 Tahquitz…
Stacie Kelly, emergency services coordinator with the Riverside County Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch, spoke to attendees at the Aug. 14 Mountain Emergency Service Committee meeting about what her department offers the community. Her agency partners with the county’s Office of Emergency Services whenever a county emergency is declared. “We focus on the…
Three people came forward to speak at the Idyllwild Fire Protection District meeting on Aug. 12. All three had testified before the recent grand jury about problems within the Idyllwild Fire Department. With the end of the grand jury’s term, they were free to discuss their issues. Frank Altamirano, a former reserve with the department,…
A motorcyclist was fatally injured in a traffic collision in Mountain Center Saturday afternoon. Graydon Tucker, 77, of Beaumont, was injured at 2:15 p.m. and transferred by Reach Air to the Desert Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 6:20 p.m. CHP Public Information Officer Darren Meyer said Tucker was traveling southbound on…
“I am an artist. For me to not create every day, to not make something, something is missing. I must create.” And for that voice with a name like “Mountain Mike,” certain expectations must follow. Looking the part, complete with beard, longer hair and well-worn hands that look strong enough to have wrestled a mountain…
