Creature Corner: March 21, 2013
Welcome back to Sandy, our sun goddess. Things don’t always work out the first time, so she’s back to share the sun with Oreo at ARF. Such a confident little girl, she prefers to soak up the rays, while Oreo and Shannon have playtime. Sandy is a young Chihuahua mix. She is good with other canines and felines. And...
Initial Thoughts: Spring and ommissions …
First, I want to remind you to look at Careena Chase’s page one photo. Daffodils are blooming only a week after our latest winter snow storm.
They are a true harbinger of the arrival of longer and warmer days. Today, March 20 is the Spring equinox — daylight and night are equal.
And with the arrival of spring, we can...
Forest Care program extended
The Forest Care Program has been granted another season to offer assistance to mountain communities.
Landowners within the San Bernardino National Forest still have a chance to meet with one of Forest Care’s professional foresters for a free property evaluation and voluntary enrollment in the reimbursement program.
Forest Care has been granted six more months — through December 2013...
Master Chorale sings Mozart, Lerner and Loewe
It’s spring, Hill daffodils are beginning to emerge and dance in the warmth of the sun, and the Idyllwild Master Chorale is presenting a spring musical confection designed to inspire and entertain.
IMC Director Dwight “Buzz” Holmes reprises the successful pairing from last spring of classical and Broadway that played to standing room only audiences. This year it...
Salter captures third in thrilling skeleton race
Last weekend, in Lake Placid, N.Y., Idyllwild’s Lauren Salter claimed third place in the U.S. National Skeleton Championships.
Salter had an extraordinary finish in the second day of sliding to earn the bronze medal.
“I’m really happy with how everything went. I came off of kind of a rough performance at the North American Cup, so really, for Nationals I...
Obituary: Kevin Edward Nay
Kevin Edward Nay of Palm Springs and Idyllwild — financial advisor, Rotarian, and youth sports coach — passed away Feb. 10, 2013, from complications of frontotemporal dementia.
Kevin was born July 12, 1960, in Berkeley, Calif., the first son of Paul and Joanne (Frye) Nay. The family moved to Porterville, Calif., when Kevin was 12, where he graduated from Porterville...
Opinion: The pleasures of our new library
I take great pleasure in my library — the Idyllwild Branch of the Riverside County Library System.
Inasmuch as I am no longer interested in drinking, nor in a good carouse, some of the delights of Idyllwild are beyond my reach, but not the library.
And the Idyllwild Library is no less exciting than those other enticing outfits. Trust me.
Shannon Ng...
Tax Tips: Trusts and taxes
Trusts have become extremely popular in recent years. The most popular type is the intervivos or living trust which is used to control the disposition of your assets after death while avoiding probate.
Many of these trusts are A-B trusts where the trust splits on the death of the first spouse into two trusts: the A, or surviving spouse’s...
Emergency group hears Goldspotted oak borer update
CAL FIRE Unit Forester Chief Gregg Bratcher delivered some good news — federal grant extensions — and some bad news — more Goldspotted oak borer infested oak tree ...