Idyllwild Town Crier

Earlier this month, a Sacramento County Superior Court judge sided with Cal Fire regarding property owners’ rights to a refund if the State Responsibility Area Fire Prevention Fee is deemed unconstitutional. Property owners who have not filed a timely Petition for Redetermination will not be eligible for refunds of the fee payment if the court subsequently agrees with the...

65 years ago - 1948 Not a single crack appeared in the rock work of Fern Valley Market, despite a terrific shaking in the earth. Town Crier declared it was a tribute to Bill Jolley’s skill as a stonemason. 60 years ago - 1953 Someone dropped off a load of pitch-gooey pine for Mr. Gruey’s milk goats to chomp on. 55 years ago...

The Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors chose new officers for 2014. The next president is Robert Krieger, vice president this year. The 2014 vice president is James Rees, who was secretary in 2013. Director Trisha Clark is the next secretary. Both Krieger and Rees were re-elected to the board without opposition this year. The board also voted to terminate its...

Chief Finance Officer Hosny Shouman announced that the Idyllwild Water District is now debt-free. The final payment ($125,000) for notes issued in 1997 was made earlier this month. Total payments were $1.5 million and helped to re- finance the district’s sewage treatment facility. The district’s finances are positive through the first five months of the current fiscal year, which ends June 30,...

Editor’s note: This week, the Town Crier revisits just six of the top stories of 2013.   Idyllwild evacuated for Mountain Fire Monday afternoon, July 15, the Mountain Fire began burning near Highway 243 in Mountain Center. The fire began on the west side of Highway 243 but quickly jumped the road and began blazing through the U.S. Forest Service Keenwild Ranger...

Richard Mozeleski is the new Town Hall sports coordinator. He began last week after passing the final background checks. Mozeleski and his wife moved to Fern Valley several years ago from Murietta where he had a landscaping business. Before becoming full-time neighbors, they were commuting from Murrieta part-time for five years before. The traditional menu of kids sports — softball, basketball...

The Hemet Department of Motor Vehicles will be closed from5 p.m., Friday Jan. 3 through Tuesday, Jan. 21. HVAC equipment at the Hemet Field Office, located at 1200 S. State St., will be replaced. The Hemet DMV office will reopen at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Hemet DMV staff members will be temporarily reassigned to nearby locations during the...

Late last week, the U.S. Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014 (H.R. 3304), which included language that Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) submitted transferring 22 military aircraft to the Forest Service to battle major wildfires. Under the defense bill passed Thursday night, seven surplus HC-130H Hercules aircraft will be sent to the...

Leg Up Theater Company presents a New Year’s Eve party on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 6:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., celebrating the 1920s. The party, “Midnight in Paris,” will include appearances by Cole Porter and Ernest Hemingway, Parisian can-can dancers, cocktails, Dali’s oyster bar, Joie De Vivre cheese boards, Jambon de Paris, and lots of surprises, according to Nordella. Proceeds...

This week you are again challenged to identify the particular spot depicted in this Hill photograph. It might be the exterior of a building or surrounding grounds of a commercial, governmental or nonprofit premises, or a public place in Idyllwild, Pine Cove, Fern Valley or Mountain Center. The prize is tickets to the Rustic Theatre, your picture in the...