News of Record – Dec. 28, 2012
Fire log
Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Tuesday, Dec. 17 to 25, 2012:
Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance
Dec. 18 — Medical aid, Dickenson and Glen roads, Idyllwild.
Dec. 19 — Medical aid, River Road, Idyllwild.
Dec. 19 — Water problem, Marian View Drive, Idyllwild.
Dec. 19 — Walk-in medical aid.
Dec. 19 — Medical aid, Deerfoot Lane, Idyllwild.
Dec. 20 —...
Salter returns to Idyllwild School to share her story
Lauren Salter (center), an Idyllwild School alum, and now living in Lake Placid, N.Y., spoke to Idyllwild School students about her Skeleton racing adventures on Thursday, Dec. 20, morning. She showed the equipment she uses, including her sled, and gave a slide/video presentation.
Sports Roundup: Town Hall Youth Basketball, Adult Volleyball
Town Hall Youth Basketball
Town Hall Sports Coordinator Jeremy Teeguarden reported on youth basketball for both the College League (kindergarten through third-grade) and the Pro League (third- through sixth-grade) for the week of Dec. 17.
College League (Kindergarten through third-grade)
The College League (grades K-3) had two games this week both on Tuesday, Dec. 18.
The first game was between the...
Snow, ice and low-top shoes — RMRU rescues unprepared hiker
Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit, working with Hemet Station deputies and Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Aviation, responded to Christmas Day reports of an overdue and lost hiker.
According to the Sheriff’s department press release, the 35-year-old man from San Diego began his hiking on Saturday, Dec. 22, from the Highway 74 intersection with the Pacific Crest Trail for a planned...
Reitz and Fern Valley discuss hydrants
Idyllwild Fire Protection District Chief Patrick Reitz attended the Fern Valley Water District board meeting to discuss how his department and the district could work more cooperatively. Of particular concern, Reitz said at the Friday, Dec. 21, meeting, were district hydrants and who, district or department, had responsibility for identifying, maintaining and testing the hydrants.
“We need to establish...
Speaking for the Animals: The Year of the Deer? …
I’ve lived in Idyllwild for 13 years and only occasionally seen a lone deer on my morning hikes. Infrequently, we might see one bounding across Highway 243 on the way out of town. But, in the last few months, there has been an increase in sightings, not only in our Saunders Meadow neighborhood, but also in areas along the...
New ICF category produces surprise feature
When Idyllwild Cinema-Fest Chairman Phil Calderone added a new “Amateur” submission category, he did not expect it to yield one of this season’s major festival surprises — a probing and provocative feature with script values usually not found in amateur films.
2012’s top stories: Part 1
Editor’s note: At the end of each year, the Town Crier looks back at the headlines that made the biggest local news during the year ...
Robbery and assault mar local holiday
Two serious criminal incidents marred Idyllwild’s Christmas holiday.
On Friday, Dec. 22, around 5:45 p.m, Hemet Station sheriff’s deputies responded to the Idyllwild Chevron Station. Two older men, Robert Child, 68, and Rick Holmes, 67, both of Idyllwild, sustained facial and head injuries when a man attacked them. Child had been fueling his vehicle when the man, later identified as...