Animal behaviorist talks energy healing for ARF
Dr. Susan Foster is trained in clinical psychology, but her interest in species’ behaviors and actions began with animals. “I started working with animals in nature, in marine biology,” she said. In studying whales and dolphins in the Sea of Cortez, Foster noticed the vibrational energy generated by these species, and it is this use of energy that suffuses...
Body found in Anza fire
A residence burned in Anza Monday morning, Feb. 4. While the fire was contained in less than 90 minutes, CAL FIRE investigators located a body within the structure. Identification of age, gender or other details was not available.
The structure was a doublewide manufactured home located in the 58700 block of Yaw Road.
After the fire was reported about 7 a.m.,...
News of Record: Feb. 7, 2013
Fire log
Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Jan. 28 to Feb. 4, 2013:
Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance
Jan. 29 — Medical aid, Marian View Drive, Idyllwild.
Jan. 29 — Medical aid, Highway 371, Anza.
Feb. 2 — Walk-in medical aid.
Feb. 3 — Medical aid, North Circle Drive, Idyllwild.
Feb. 3 — Medical aid, Glen Road, Idyllwild.
Feb. 4 —...
County Corner: Feb. 7, 2013
Last month, the County of San Bernardino decided it no longer needed to declare a bark beetle emergency. Both Riverside and San Bernardino counties have been passing emergency bark beetle proclamations for more than a decade. Riverside County Fire Chief John Hawkins said this county has no current plans to cease approving its emergency declarations.
Rain still not enough
Although it seems as though this winter has been wet, in historic terms we are still in a drought and a dry rain year (July 1 through June 30) ...
Past Tense: Feb. 7, 2013
65 years ago - 1948
The two-man Forest Service staff, Ranger Don Bauer and Fire Control Assistant Bill Hersh, hiked six hours to Martinez Mountain to check a fire started when a P-80 military jet crashed and exploded.
60 years ago - 1953
The American Legion picked a site between Idyllwild and Mountain Center for a rifle range to be open...
Fire & Forest: The threat to our oaks …
There is a current and real threat to most of the oaks in our community — the GSOB or the Goldspotted oak borer.
This beetle has killed tens of thousands of oaks in San Diego County, and has now been positively identified in Idyllwild. So far it has been found in three trees around the center of town and...
Ask questions of local experts
The Town Crier staff is working on the 2013 Homes and Land Improvement edition, which comes out on March 7. Like last year, we’re asking readers to send in their questions for local service providers.
The best questions will be answered in an informative “Ask the Experts” feature. Questions can range from landscaping to roofing, chimney cleaning to plumbing. One...
Before Our Time: Photographers record history …
Fortunately for present and future Idyllwild residents, much of the Hill’s history is preserved in photographs.
We’ve seen more than our share of outstanding photographers through the years, but the most familiar name is Gray. Father and son, Ernest Benjamin (“E.B.”) Gray and Robert (“Bob”) Gray left a legacy expressed largely in their picture postcards produced between 1904 and...
PHOTOS: Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra performs
The stage was nicely lit which added to the ambiance of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra Concert on Saturday and Sunday ...