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...
Idyllwild Warming Center available
The Idyllwild Warming Center, located at and operated by American Legion Post 800, is available this winter, as it has been for the past two years.
Located at 54360 Marian View Drive, the center opens, based on an existing activation protocol, when particular weather conditions occur. Those conditions are when an electrical outage affecting multiple homes in the Idyllwild...
President’s Day weekend holiday closings
Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Monday, Feb. 18, to observe President’s Day:
Area post offices
BBVA Bank
Fern Valley Water District
Hemet Unified School District (Closed Feb. 18-22.)
Idyllwild Library
Idyllwild Water District
Pine Cove Water District
Riverside County offices
U.S. Forest Service
These will be open:
Fern Creek Medical Center
Idyllwild Health Center
Idyllwild Pharmacy
Idyllwild Transfer Station
Mount San Jacinto State Park
Town Crier