Kimmerle and Dravenstatt convicted
On Wednesday, Feb. 20, the day the jury trial was to have commenced, Ron Kimmerle, 49, and Taylor Dravenstatt, 20, both of Idyllwild, entered guilty pleas to single counts of felony burglary, were convicted and were formally sentenced to four years in state prison.
“This was a plea agreement between both sides,” said John Hall, senior public information specialist, Riverside...
County suspends CSA 38 meetings
County Service Area 38 is shut down until summer, according to 3rd District Supervisor Jeff Stone’s office.
Riverside County’s Emergency Medical Services Agency is developing a new contract for delivering emergency medical and ambulance services. While the analysis and review is proceeding this spring, Stone has suspended the CSA 38 Advisory Committee meetings until at least July, according to...
Garratt Aitchison leaving Mt. San Jacinto State Park for Ocotillo Wells
Mt. San Jacinto State Park Superintendent Garratt Aitchison is leaving for another assignment at the end of February.
Aitchison has been the local park sector superintendent for nearly five years and has had to endure and implement some of the department’s budget reductions.
Next month, he will become district superintendent at Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area.
“The momentum that the San...
Today’s Health Issues: How to choose a hospital …
Sooner or later we are all going to need to be admitted to a hospital. Most of the time the decision is made for us by our physician. Unless you are going to be admitted for a very minor procedure (very few “minor” procedures require hospital admission), I would suggest patients should investigate all available choices.
Many criteria can...
Tax Tips: Tax myths
In an 1939 BBC broadcast, Winston Churchill called Russia “a riddle wrapped in mystery inside an enigma.” This would also be an apt description of our tax code.
Our tax laws are written piecemeal year after year by lawmakers unfamiliar with our existing body of tax laws and with little thought toward coherence or consistency. It is therefore...
Past Tense: Feb. 21, 2013
65 years ago - 1948
For the PTA Founders’ Day tea, mothers were asked to bring pennies to match their age. They were permitted, however, to bring them wrapped and to deposit them when no one was looking.
60 years ago - 1953
Mike Michelson fell from an oak tree. An ominous hum from the fallen branch disclosed a bee hive. Mike...
News of Record: Feb. 21, 2013
Fire log
Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Feb. 11 to 18, 2013:
Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance
Feb. 11 — Medical aid, Baldy Road.
Feb. 11 —Medical aid, Saunders Meadow Road.
Feb. 12 — Walk-in medical aid.
Feb. 12 — Water problem, North Circle Drive, Idyllwild.
Feb. 13 — Walk-in medical aid.
Feb. 13 — Chimney fire, Delano Drive, Idyllwild.
Feb. 14...
Creature Corner: Feb. 21, 2013
Paws up. All four paws and snouts and noses front and center. Have you heard the news? Winston, our American Staffordshire, has found a new forever home. Originally found in a snow storm, thin and cold, and obviously abandoned, this guy has wiggled and wagged through to prove that he was all about the love. Not a dry eye...
Chamber of Commerce offices ransacked
The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce offices were ransacked on Saturday night, Feb. 16.
Vandals gained entrance through a back sliding door. File drawers were opened and files were scattered throughout the office. One particular file in a file drawer that normally contains the Chamber cash box was the only one with papers jutting out of it, as if pulled....
Two chimney fires in Idyllwild last week
The Idyllwild Fire Department responded to two small fires last week. The first occurred on Wednesday evening, Feb. 13, and the second was Saturday night, Feb. 16. Both were chimney fires.
On Wednesday, the department responded to a call from the 26300 block of Delano Drive, the Royal Pines Trailer Park. The crew found sparks coming from the chimney of...