By Janice MuraskoLast week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” new ARF cat Lucky was introduced to all the cats.Lucky: I am so glad to meet all of you. You look very happy and content here. But why is there a kitten here? Shouldn’t he be adopted by now?Atlas: Right? One would think. I am…
70 years ago – 1952Capt. Carmen Durr-ance, international president of NIP, was on the Hill. NIP stands for Not Important People. The organization was founded on April Fool’s Day. 65 years ago – 1957Work started on Bluebird Hill Lodge, planned to be Idyllwild’s most elaborate motel. A children’s playground, a coffee shop and glassed-in brunch…
The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council (MCFSC) is accepting applications from property owners for home hardening. FEMA-4569-DR-CA, September 2020 California Wildfires, Cal OES PJ0507, Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council Home Hardening and Defensible Space Project is funding the program. The grant provides in excess of $2,000,000 worth of funds to be used to reimburse local…
By Stephanie YostIdyllwild Community Center President Riverside County Third District Supervisor Chuck Washington and Fourth District Supervisor V. Manuel Perez, as well as several members of their respective staffs, paid a visit to the Hill Tuesday, July 19. The purpose was for Washington to introduce Perez to the Idyllwild area in preparation for the communities’…
The Idyllwild Summer Concert Series continues this Thursday night, July 28, with a tribute to the Grateful Dead from the Coachella Valley’s Ghost Notes. Sandii Castleberry will open the evening at 6:15 p.m. The concert is free to all and takes place at the Butterfield Amphitheater. As always, professional sound and light production is courtesy…
Following a fairly short Fern Valley Water District (FVWD) Board of Directors meeting Friday where Director Kevin Scott (calling in from Germany) was attending for the first time, the directors held a special meeting to interview three candidates for Walt Bonneau Jr.’s vacant seat. Scott replaced Richard Schnetzer. Both Bonneau and Schnetzer sold their Fern…
Dear editor: By Brett WesnerChair, National Newspaper Association; president, Wesner Publications, Cordell, Oklahoma
Bless the USA Dear Editor:I am proud to be an American. Before the start of the Fourth of July Parade, the participants were lined up.I had the wonderful opportunity to say “Hello” to the horses and even kissed Jake the horse on the nose. We both enjoyed it. What a nice start of of the…
The Pine Cove Water District Board of Directors meeting agenda Wednesday, July 13, contained one action item: “Board to hear comments and/or concerns and questions regarding the Standby Charge of $30.00 per acre or portion of. If no changes required, the Board to Adopt Resolution #566 as written.”The charge is the same as last year.The…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, July 11 to 17. (IFPD has a new system of reporting and is working to include times in its logs.) • July 10 — EMS, Idyllbrook Dr..• July 10 — EMS, Saunders Meadow Rd.• July 10 — EMS, transport, Meadow.• July…
