Scarafone challenges Stone for supervisor role
Joe Scarafone, Hemet, is challenging incumbent Supervisor Jeff Stone for Riverside County’s 3rd Supervisorial seat. Whoever garners a majority of the vote will be the next supervisor. This election will not continue onto the November ballot.
Scarafone, a retired border patrol agent and current contractor, is a relative newcomer to electoral politics. Nevertheless, he has strong views on how to...
County honors Andrea Sanborn and Matt Kraemer
Last week, Matt Kraemer, Idyllwild School principal, and Andrea Sanborn, Idyllwild resident, were recognized for their long-standing commitment to special education.
The Riverside County Special Education Local Plan Area’s (SELPA) Community Advisory Committee (CAC) honored people from throughout the county for their contribution to special education.
“Every year in May, we ask the districts to nominate the people who do exceptional...
Two low-key challengers for assembly seat
New Assembly District 71, in which the Hill communities form the northern apexes of the district, has three candidates on the ballot. Incumbent Brian Jones and John McLaughlin are Republicans and Patrick Hurley is the Democratic candidate.
However, under the rules of California’s new top-two open primary, the two candidates, regardless of party, with the highest vote total will compete...
Opinion: Reaction to human trafficking
Soroptimist International of Idyllwild is a women’s service organization that maintains a visible presence in Idyllwild through numerous community activities and scholarships to local girls and women.
One of this year’s events was a Celebration of Women and the Arts, held to raise funds for Soroptimist International’s current global mission of ending human trafficking, a form of modern day...
It’s Cameron versus Eckhardt for Superior Court Office 1
In one of four contested races for Riverside Superior Court, incumbent Judge Victoria Cameron faces challenger attorney Tom Eckhardt in the Tuesday, June 5 primary election.
In an interview, Cameron cites her courtesy on the bench and the plaudits for fairness she has received from both prosecution and defense attorneys who have come before her. Those groups do not...
Garner grazing allotment under review
The San Jacinto Ranger District of the San Bernardino National Forest is initiating a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis for the Garner Allotment Management Plan and Term Grazing Permit project. This is the third of four Garner Valley allotments being reviewed.
The Garner Allotment Management Plan and Term Grazing Permit project, which would authorize 1,800 head months, which is...
Sustainability: Sustainability: Returning to my joy …
I like to think I grew up in a world made of plants. As a child, I spent most of my time up a tree, tunneling through the underbrush, or in the garden. My mother and father were always outside, working together to make things grow and trying their hardest to get the three of us kids to help them weed, water, or whatever. When I was younger, my job in the garden was to plant the carrots each year. My mother planned it so that they would be ready to harvest around my birthday in August, thus showing me that the greatest gifts one can receive are those from the earth.
Opinion: Cancer study recruits volunteers
What if we could personally participate in research that might help determine factors that cause or prevent cancer?
What if our involvement, and that research, ultimately leads to the elimination of cancer as a major health problem for this and future generations?
What if we could make it so just one family never has to hear the words “you...
Summer begins with 5K and 10K
Holly Guntermann, Idyllwild School’s longtime physical education teacher may be retiring but the race goes on — the Idyllwild 5 & 10K Run and Fitness Walk will be Saturday, June 2. Guntermann acknowledges there is some confusion over how long ago the race started since it was very informal in its first years. But she said there is no...
News of Record: May 24, 2012
Fire log
Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, May 14 to 20, 2012:
Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance
May 14 — Cover assignment, highways 243 and 74, Mountain Center.
May 15 — Medical aid, Riverside County Playground.
May 16 — Medical aid, South Circle Drive, Idyllwild.
May 16 — Medical aid, Saunder’s Meadow Road, Idyllwild.
May 16 — Walk-in medical aid.
May...