This is an excerpt of a speech I’m giving at the Rotary Club Wednesday morning, as the papers get delivered. Pete Seeger said, “After visits to several Communist countries (USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Slovenia, East Germany, Vietnam, China, Cuba), I feel strongly that most ‘revolutionary’ types around the world don’t realize the importance of freedom of…
After taking last week off, Brendan Steele will play in this week’s Genesis Open on the Riviera Country Club course in Pacific Palisades, a community in West Los Angeles. The Idyllwild native has played Riviera every year since joining the PGA Tour, with mixed results. He garnered a top-10 in 2014 tying for 10th, and…
Basketball Robert Lewis, Town Hall recreation director, gave this report on Town Hall Youth Basketball. Division 1 (ages 6-9) On Tuesday, Feb. 6, the first game was between the Acumen Tree Service Celtics and the Café Aroma Lakers. It was a tight game for awhile with Caden Myers playing great defense and hustling for the…
Grinding Station clarifies tree-size policy It is still winter — the middle of February. Few minds have begun to think or worry about the Gold spotted oakborer. But Riverside County Fire Division Chief Gregg Bratcher, the Hill forester, knows the GSOB is still present on the Hill and a danger. If you have an oak…
Uncontrollable increases down the road While the discussion of the Riverside County 2017-18 budget mid-year review did not create panic nor any major cutbacks last week, new and large budget demands are on the horizon. County Fiscal Officer Don Kent acknowledged that the current projections for fiscal year 2017-18, which ends June 30, have improved. While…
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 and the IWD information was in the Feb. 8 issue. IFPD will appear next week. Each…
A Supervisor Washington-initiated effort Riverside County is developing a vision or strategic plan to guide policy and budget issues over the next decade. Vision 2030 was initially presented to the Board of Supervisors at its Feb. 6 meeting. His colleagues unanimously supported board Chair and 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington’s motion for “the next step…
The Riverside County sheriff’s race has tightened over the past six months. In the spring of 2017, incumbent Sheriff Stan Sniff seemed to have a clear path to re-election. But an ongoing spat or controversy with the Board of Supervisors has given hope to his two challengers — Riverside County Sheriff Lt. Chad Bianco and…
70 years ago – 1948 Saturday was designated Idyllwild Day at the County Fair and Date Festival. Idyllwild had a booth containing a chukker partridge and a ring-necked pheasant, plus samples of Pinecraft furniture. 60 years ago – 1958 More than a million visitors had flocked to the San Jacinto Mountains in 1957, according to…
This story is about Art; that is, Art Connor. Since 2010, Art has been curator for The Record Collection here in Idyllwild on Lower Pine Crest Avenue, just paces down the road from the Idyllwild Water District office. Both Art and The Record Collection have interesting histories. Originally, I thought I was going to interview…
