Past Tense: May 23, 2013
65 years ago - 1948
A cold wave caused temperatures to drop to 23 degrees.
60 years ago - 1953
Woodland Park Manor held an open house, inviting the community to inspect its completely furnished units. Accommodation rates were $10 to $15 per couple.
55 years ago - 1958
Ernie Maxwell’s mother, Maude Maxwell, was a guest in town.
50 years ago - 1963
For...
243 Fire and a vehicle drives off Highway 243
Wednesday night, May 22, was busy and dangerous for local fire crews.
A house on Highway 243 near Foster Lake burned. The “243’ Fire was reported about 11:45 p.m.
“We and Station 23 reached the scene about the same time,” said Capt. James Reyes, Idyllwild Fire Department. “It was on hill and tough to get to. Power lines were down...
Fern Valley water board accepts pipeline bid
The board of the Fern Valley Water District voted to accept an $845,440 bid from T.A. Rivard Inc. of Riverside for the district’s pipeline replacement project. The project will replace pipelines on Fern Valley, Howland and Encino Roads and is expected to be completed in the middle of September. Total cost of the project is nearly $1.1 million of...
Creature Corner: May 23, 2013
Yay for Riley, our Lab mix. You are officially in your forever and ever home with the best mom and dad. We will always hold an extra special place in our hearts for you at ARF and with the many volunteers who know and love you. Paws up to you, and keep up the good work.
Also adopted this week...
Fire Safe Council has funds to help abate
The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council still has money available to help local property owners abate the land around structures, according to Executive Director Edwina Scott.
The grant funds will disappear on July 1 unless Scott can obtain approval to extend the grant beyond the end of the fiscal year (June 30).
Although it has been a very dry year, the...
Opinion: What next?
I was saddened to hear of the dissolution of the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce.
I understand the reasons and am appalled. I understand that they must rid themselves of all assets to finalize this action. What a sad event for our community.
The Chamber of Commerce, one of our most valuable volunteer organizations, has been struggling for years, what with...
Opinion: IFPD’s admin captain’s history
I don’t always agree with J.P.’s criticisms of IFPD, but his most recent opinion is one that has been ignored for years.
The administrative captain promotion was approved by the board in 2013 after over three years of internal debate, possible legal action against the department and too much of (the public’s) IFPD’s limited legal counsel dollars.
The promotion was...
Opinion: In response to May 16 letter
Thank our great Constitution, because only prior litigation, licensing documents, state enforcement records and provable facts are used before grand juries in the United States. Undocumented character assassination and personal attacks upon one’s family have no place in grand juries.
The election of politicians and the administration of politics, on the other hand, are inherently and exclusively social acts....
Sports Roundup: Palms to Pines Golf
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, May 17, golf tournament at the Palm Desert Resort Country Club.
Palms to Pines golfer Gary Brown continues his hot streak. During last month’s tourney at Diamond Valley Golf Course, Brown shot the club’s first hole-in-one on the par 3 17th hole.
At this...
Reyna Grande recounts her immigration odyssey at author series
After a well-attended successful launch of his third annual Idyllwild Author Series, Eduardo Santiago next presents Reyna Grande, author of “The Distance Between Us” (Atria Books, 2012).
Grande recounts in her memoir how, when she was two, her family life was devastated by the departure of first her father, then her mother, as undocumented immigrants from Mexico to the...