Editor’s note: Each year, the Town Crier reports the information below for the three local water districts — Fern Valley, Idyllwild and Pine Cove — and the Idyllwild Fire Protection. The FVWD information appeared in the Feb. 1 issue, the IWD information was in the Feb. 8 issue and the PCWD information was published in…
A high-volume harmonious hum vibrated while people mingled at the Art Alliance of Idyllwild’s annual Members meeting Saturday night at the Community Church. AAI President Donna Elliot discussed an expansion of the Deer Sightings exhibition, and an overview of AAI’s agenda before a notice of the winners of awards. Touching only on March for this…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats celebrated Kate’s, Murphy’s and Janey’s adoptions. Little Girl: This last week wasn’t as successful as the week before. Sadie: Right. We are all still here. Little Girl: But we are warm, safe and surrounded by loving ARF humans. Sadie: That is true, and we are…
Basketball Robert Lewis, Town Hall recreation director, gave this report on Town Hall Youth Basketball. Division 1 playoffs (ages 6-9) On Tuesday, Feb. 13, the American Legion Warriors played the Acumen Tree Service Celtics. Sergio Ortega had a very good game for the Warriors with 10 points, however, Salvador Solorio countered with 10 points for…
7-year-old heroine needs help aiding others The Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema will offer a very special opportunity on Saturday, March 10. Each year, different film stars such as Anne Archer, Will Wallace and Wolfgang Bodison visit Idyllwild during the event, usually with a film or project on which they are working. This year, Erika…
Films at Idyllwild Library The ninth-annual Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema will present its fifth-annual Children’s Film Fest, the brainchild of Andrea Charles, executive artist liaison for the IIFC. “It was my first year; I volunteered to view movies,” Charles said. After several weeks of watching films for submission to the festival, she asked Stephen…
On Thursday, Feb, 8, a select group of Idyllwild Arts Academy students flew east to Boston, Massachusetts. On Friday, they toured the town and the university scene near the Berklee College of Music, which happens to be on the opposite side of the Charles River from Harvard and MIT. Within a 15-minute walk, the students…
Included in the scramble and confusion of the recent congressional appropriations bill, U.S. Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz succeeded in gaining approval of his “Wildfire Prevention Act.” On Friday, Feb. 9, when President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1892, the supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2017-18, the language of Ruiz’s bill, H.R. 1183, Wildfire Prevention Act,” was…
Construction, land acquisition and staffing down considerably While the total federal budget President Donald Trump proposed earlier this month increases about $100 billion from the current fiscal year 2017-18, which ends Sept. 30, the U.S. Forest Service’s total proposed appropriations declines almost half a billion. Cooperative work with state and private forests, management of the…
The U.S. Forest Service will continue to conduct pile burns this week along the Pine Cove Fuel Break. The Forest Service has an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 piles to burn in the Pine Cove area. The burn area is about 230 acres and is one of the larger projects in the San Bernardino National Forest…
