Creature Corner: Sept. 27, 2012
Several dogs were reunited this week with their worried owners. ARF has a Search, Rescue and Reunite Team. Call (951) 659-1122. We also have two found gray and white cats.
Introducing the MacLeod Gang:
Momma is a 2-year-old Siamese. Sister is a 6-month-old sister from Momma’s previous litter. Mystie and Twilight are 10-week-old female twins. Einstein is the only male of...
Opinion: The need for CSA 36
Editor’s note: this letter was originally sent to Bill Brown, CSA Operations Manager, Economic Development Agency, Riverside County.
Since the County has taken over recreation, the need for meet every month is not needed.
I would say no more than four a year unless something special comes up.
I believe before, we were keeping track of what was going on...
Past Tense: Sept. 27, 2012
60 years ago - 1952
Extra game wardens were assigned to the mountains as deer season opened. A record crowd of hunters was anticipated.
55 years ago - 1957
Don and Thelma Frey, Cay Long, Jim Long, Paul Voss, and Chuck and Jo Slaback completed training and qualified as ham radio operators.
50 years ago - 1962
At the end of the first day...
Free Rabies shots Sept. 28
World Rabies Day is Friday, Sept. 28, and the disease is still a factor. It’s not as rampant as it once was, thanks to the ongoing efforts of animal control agencies nationwide.
Rabies is the number one reason why animal control organizations exist in the first place. In California, the law requires people to have a license for dogs, and...
News of Record: Sept. 27, 2012
Fire log
Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Sept. 17 to 24, 2012:
Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance
Sept. 18 — Medical aid, Double View Drive, Idyllwild.
Sept. 18 — Walk-in medical aid.
Sept. 19 — Walk-in medical aid.
Sept. 19 — Medical aid, Double View Drive, Idyllwild.
Sept. 20 — Walk-in medical aid.
Sept. 21 — Medical aid, John Muir Road,...
Proposition 38, one of two new tax proposals to fund education
Proposition 38, Tax to Fund Education and Early Childhood Programs, financed largely by L.A. lawyer Molly Munger, is one of two initiatives that proposes to raise taxes to fund education. The other, Proposition 30, is Governor Jerry Brown’s proposal. Both cannot pass since each contains language that only the measure with the greatest number of “Yes” votes will become...
Injured climber rescued after Tahquitz fall
Approximately 50 personnel responded to reports of an injured climber on “Angel’s Fright” on Tahquitz Rock on Sunday, Sept. 23.
A man in his mid 50s climbing with his two sons at the iconic climbing destination fell about 15 to 20 feet and caught his foot on a rock edge in the fall. He sustained either a sprain or a...
Ferro victorious in Lumber Mill’s first Paul Bunyan Burger Challenge
Frank Ferro finishes a five-pound burger in less than 45 minutes to win the contest ...
Obituary: James Janopoulos
James Janopoulos passed away at home on the evening of Sept. 20, 2012, after a long battle with multiple myeloma.
Jim is survived by his wife Pam and his seven children: his son Robert, and daughters Sheila, Barbara, Stephanie, Kathleen, Mary and Kimber.
Jim was a two-decades-long member of the Idyllwild Rotary. The “Jim and Pam Janopoulos” tile, decorated with a...
Obituary: Patricia Ann Parish
Patricia Ann Parish passed on to her God and Maker on Sept. 11, 2012 at her home in Pine Cove, Calif., after treatment for 13 months at USC’s Norris Cancer Center in Los Angeles.
She served in missions in Ethiopia as part of the U.S. Peace Corps from 1962 to 1964 and in 2006. For eight weeks in 2005, she...