Rotary Ann’s held their annual potluck luncheon to thank local Idyllwild service organizations on Wednesday at the Idyllwild Fire House. Several organizations attended, including the Fire Department, Mountain Disaster Preparedness, and the Woodies. On Monday, May 14, the Idyllwild Rotary Anns presented the Volunteer Fire Co. 621 a check for $1,000, their largest gift of the year.
Peter Buhl, proprietor of Fern Valley Corner’s Funky Bazaar, has a side business, or rather a nonbusiness literally on the side, called Donation Alley. It is what the name implies — a place where patrons donate goods, often brand new and still in boxes, and other shoppers take what they want, paying what they will,…
Around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23, one man assaulted another near Mountain Top Liquor Store on Highway 243 in Idyllwild to the degree that the victim required hospitalization. Idyllwild Fire Department Captain Mike Mulhall confirmed that IFPD medics responded at 7:39 p.m. and transported the male victim to Riverside County Regional Medical Center in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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.
