Jan Priestly’s pottery was selected for the recent 2013 Potters Council show entitlae “Green.” The show was last week in Houston, Texas … Local composer Peter Davison received another nomination from the Hollywood Music in Media organization, for best classical composition, “Mount Tahquitz” from his CD “Forest Home.” Nominations were announced in February and the…
Jim and Sandi Fulcher, owners of Country Farms on Highway 243, recently opened their second Idyllwild store, the Country Farms Quik Stop near the Rustic Theatre. “We opened on the 15th [Friday, March 15],” said Jim, proudly showing off his lighted menu board. Although small in square footage, there are many edible delights to choose…
During the California Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee on Health and Human Services hearing earlier this month, Dr. Howard Backer, director of the state’s Emergency Medical Services Authority, indicated that the administration currently has no plan to maintain three emergency mobile field hospitals in the next fiscal year. These field hospitals can be deployed…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, March 15, golf tournament. The club held its regular monthly tournament at the Temecula Creek Inn Golf Course on the Creeks to Oaks links. The day was sunny and clear, and the course was in excellent shape. The front nine…
Several vigilant readers have submitted photos of the local wildlife enjoying the transition from winter to spring …
Anyone reading this column knows the pain associated with having to make the decision to spare a sick or older animal further suffering. And, yet, as responsible pet parents, it comes with the territory. If ever there was a time to speak for your dog or cat, this is it. They depend on us to…
Pine Cove Water District employee expenses reported to the State Controller. The total salaries, wages and benefit costs for 2011 were $349,810.
The California Environmental Quality Act is needed now more than ever. When widespread fracking is on the horizon, global warming and its impacts are ever more real, water supplies are diminishing; huge and costly infrastructure projects are under consideration at the state and local level, this is not the time to weaken the California Environmental…
The March 11 Anza earthquake, at magnitude 4.7, was classified as “moderate,” and was felt over a wide area as far as Los Angeles, San Diego and Orange County. Kate Hutton, Caltech seismologist, said the granite composition around the Anza area epicenter slows down or attenuates seismic waves less than other materials, thereby enabling those…
Welcome back to Sandy, our sun goddess. Things don’t always work out the first time, so she’s back to share the sun with Oreo at ARF. Such a confident little girl, she prefers to soak up the rays, while Oreo and Shannon have playtime. Sandy is a young Chihuahua mix. She is good with other…
