Opinion: HELP Center
If there’s anything that gripes my soul, it’s to hear someone complain about those less fortunate than themselves, “just not trying hard enough,” or “taking advantage of the system.”
Then there are those who say giving to the poor just enables them to stay poor, or to take advantage of those who would help them. I won’t deny that that...
News of Record: Feb. 28, 2013
Fire log
Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Feb. 18 to 25, 2013:
Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance
Feb. 19 — Walk-in medical aid.
Feb. 19 — Medical aid, Highway 243, Idyllwild.
Feb. 21 — Smoke scare, Tollgate Road, Idyllwild.
Feb. 21 — Medical aid, Pine Crest Avenue, Idyllwild.
Feb. 21 — Smoke scare, Lodge Road, Idyllwild.
Feb. 22 — Cover assignment,...
Obituary: Richard Lewis “Wayne” Parker
A warm and open-hearted full-of-life person who found enjoyment in everyone he met. Building lasting friendships all over the world, Wayne loved to travel and hang out with the locals armed with a video camera and putting together his own travel log.
After the Army and UCLA, Wayne did freelance work as a standup bass player and singer with...
Riverside County budget problems lessen, but continue
Riverside County’s balanced budgets for 2012-13 and next fiscal year are in jeopardy, according to County Executive Jay Orr. In a mid-year budget report to the board of supervisors, Orr wrote, “Several issues burdened by multi-million deficits or unexpected costs threaten that delicate balance and make next year’s budget a challenge.”
Among those issues are a continuing operating deficit at...
Opinion: Proposed Harmony dismemberment
It is with sadness and dismay that I read of the latest proposal or “threat” by the Chamber to cut up and auction “Harmony” in pieces.
Is this really true or a ploy to raise public ire to force David Roy and his “shadow” to reconsider their demands and come to the mediation table?
Without knowing both sides of...
Opinion: Rustic Theatre
Shane Stewart did not establish first run movies at the Rustic Theatre, as reported in the Town Crier’s story last week.
It went from double features to first-run movies when Morrie and Sara Bronson owned the theater.
Bonnie Wolf
Idyllwild
Lake Hemet Campground extends recreation management contract
The Lake Hemet Municipal Water District board of directors extended its management contract for Lake Hemet Campground with The California Parks Company, Urban Parks Concessionaires. The extension, containing the same terms as the original contract, runs through Friday, Nov. 30, 2014.
The water district board had previously placed a notice of termination for UPC’s contract on its Jan. 17 agenda...
Isis presents ‘Love, Loss and What I Wore’
“Love, Loss and What I Wore” will be Isis’s initial 2013 production. The Ephron sisters — well-known Nora and Delia — wrote a series of monologues based on Ilene Beckerman’s 1995 book of the same title.
The subjects range from relationships to wardrobes, and women’s clothing serves as a time capsule of her life.
Nora Ephron wrote the introduction to Beckerman’s...