Off the Main Roads: Survival steps for your gear …
For most hikers, winter spells the end of the hiking season until the spring thaw brings us back out from our caves.
But wait, before you hunker down by the fireplace with a good book, take just a little time out to make sure you put away your gear properly so that it’ll be there for you for many...
Creature Corner: Feb. 14, 2013
And then there were none! Miss Olivia, our last Chihuahua mix puppy won the heart and love of her forever Valentine.
Momma Sandy’s heart is bursting with happiness as her last puppy of four wiggled out the door. Puppy kisses will be shared aplenty this Valentine’s week.
Oreo is a young Boston terrier-Chihuahua mix with plenty of heart for the right...
Idyllwild School closed Feb. 18 to Feb. 22
For those busy parents and others in the community, the Hemet Unified School District issued the following announcement yesterday.
Hemet Unified School District offices and schools will be closed Feb. 18 to 22 for the President’s week break.
Normal office and school hours will resume on Monday, Feb. 25.
Small structure fire Feb. 13
Sparks spewing from a chimney in Royal Pines prompted a call to 911 around 7:15p.m. Wednesday night. Idyllwild Fire responded to the scene and quickly located the issue. No injuries were reported and the scene was cleared within about a half hour.
Past Tense: Feb. 14, 2013
65 years ago - 1948
Saturday was designated Idyllwild Day at the County Fair and Date Festival. Idyllwild had a booth containing a chukker partridge and a ring-necked pheasant, plus samples of Pinecraft furniture.
60 years ago - 1953
Emsy Dunn’s class, studying California history, went panning for gold in Strawberry Creek. All the students found was pyrite, “fool’s gold.”
55 years...
Idyllwild Post Office open and will stay open
Idyllwild’s Saturday postal service will remain unaffected despite last week’s U.S. Postal Service announcement of plans to discontinue Saturday mail delivery beginning Saturday, Aug. 5, 2013.
Mail will still be placed in Hill post office boxes on Saturday, said Idyllwild Postmaster Kelly Gates. As with the rest of the country, package delivery will also still be available on Saturdays.
Ending...
News of Record: Feb. 14, 2013
Fire log
Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Feb. 4 to 11, 2013:
Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance
Feb. 6 — Medical aid, Marion View Drive, Idyllwild.
Feb. 6 — Medical aid, Tollgate Road, Idyllwild.
Feb. 6 — Walk-in medical aid.
Feb. 7 — Traffic collision, Highway 243 at Lake Fulmor.
Feb. 7 — Medical aid, Ridgeview Drive, Idyllwild.
Feb. 7 —...
MCFSC conducts brush abatement in Twin Pines
The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council conducted fuel abatement in Twin Pines last week. Pino Tree Service did the clearing, including removal of large piles of brush, on the steep mountain side below the dome house foundation. This was the site deaths of the Forest Service firefighters during the Esperanza Fire in 2006.
Obituary: Elizabeth Courtney Haworth Windsong
Humanitarian. Writer. Poet. Artist. Activist. Idealist. Individual. Elizabeth lived in an elevated state of personal and spiritual awareness. An ever-faithful servant to a higher level of ideals, Elizabeth dedicated her life to sharing her gifts, assets and talents to help those in need. In all that she did, Elizabeth embodied the religious virtues of faith (in mankind), hope (for...
Obituary: Donald Ellis Moore
Donald Ellis Moore of Pine Cove died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, in Yucaipa, Calif. He was 82 years old.
Donald was born in on March 18, 1931, in Fresno, Calif., to Leila Mae and Chester Moore. He served in the United States Air Force from 1950 to 1954. Donald was a Boy Scout and Eagle Scout. He attended the University...