Men and women who leave the workplace to care for a loved one, such as a spouse or parent, may receive help through Riverside. Riverside County Office on Aging is offering classes to family caregivers. The “Care Pathways” program provides a series of weekly workshops designed to offer information and support to family caregivers who…
The Lemon Lily Steering Committee met Wednesday, June 5, as plans for the fourth Lemon Lily Festival firm up. The festival will be the weekend of July 13 and 14 at the Nature Center. In Dave Stith’s absence, Sue Nash gave an update on the Lemon Lily plants, which should be blooming during the festival….
Tippycanoe, Tyler II, Tutti Frutti, Teddy Bear and T. Rex. Come in to ARF and get your kitty love; three males and two females. They will be ready for their new adventure into your home this week. Hurry, these bundles of fur won’t last long. They are all 8 weeks old and properly trained by…
65 years ago – 1948 Bill Butler’s masterpiece, a huge totem pole, was about to be installed in front of the Idyllwild Inn. The pole weighed more than 3 tons, and required 136 hours of carving and 36 hours of painting. 60 years ago – 1953 A “beach” area was added to the Idyllwild Plunge…
The Pine Cove Water District Board of Directors unanimously adopted its 2013-14 budget at last Wednesday’s meeting with an 8.5 percent increase. The total budget is $825,000, up from the current year’s budget of $760,000. General Manger Jerry Holldber told the board he was projecting income would remain stable at $760,000; consequently, the $65,000 increase…
Between Thursday evening and Friday morning, Idyllwild Water District President Allan Morphett passed away in his home. Morphett, born March 1944, was 69. He had been an Idyllwild resident for many years. In May 2012, his wife, Maggie, passed away after a long bout with cancer. In 2003, he was elected to the IWD board…
Penelope Engard, history buff and educator, will give a free lecture on American women authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 22, in the Idyllwild Library Community Room. The authors include Louisa May Alcott, Maya Angelou, Pearl Buck, Emily Dickinson, Edna Ferber, Helen Hunt Jackson, Harper Lee, Toni Morrison, Harriet…
When I was in grammar school in the ’50s, we were supposed to hate Russia because “their government spies on their own people.” Given the situation with the NSA spying on us, exactly how are we different? Michael Rasson Santa Monica/Idyllwild
The recent issue of the Friends of the Idyllwild Library’s newsletter had the wrong post office. box number. The Friends correct address is P.O. Box 2183. The Friends appreciates the person whose P.O. Box is 2083 for forwarding the mail to us. Adele Voell President Friends of the Idyllwild Library
The effort to re-establish the endangered mountain yellow-legged frog in its native habitat took a large step forward last week …
