By Becky and Jack Clark Co-publishers In addition to five Membership levels, the Town Crier is supported by several loyal advertisers. Currently, eleven of them enjoy discounts for their ads under one-year contracts — helping the Town Crier plan ahead. So, our special thanks to: Art Alliance of Idyllwild (Donna Elliott); Fern Creek Medical Center…
Editor: We were never prouder to be Hill residents than yesterday, Jan 20. The turnout for the Women’s March was beyond our expectations. The participants were uniformly kind, funny and thoughtful. The signs and posters carried by the marchers were insightful and often hilarious. Being with such a crowd bolsters our hope that 2018 will…
Editor: You’re probably unaware so this is just to make you aware. The Idyllwild Water District made some changes that some people wanted and here is one of the results. For the year of 2017, it has spent $95,000 on lawyer fees. If you’re concerned about raising water fees, ask why the lawyer fees went…
Editor: Does anyone know the name of the old bar located in Idyllwild that used to have live country western music and used to host such famous artists as Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. I believe the owner was Sheri (don’t know if I have the right spelling) and her bouncers were all women. The…
Other than the occasional wandering bear, lake-stocked fish and migrated bald eagle, our wildlife population primarily derives from their own local ancestry — generations and generations preceeding from time before maybe even the American Indians settled here. That’s not the case with the human population. Even most of the Native Americans, other than on nearby…
Board of Supervisors no longer sees need On Thursday, Jan. 25, County Service Area 60, which is in Pinyon, may be dissolved after 49 years. In August, the Riverside County Board of Supervisor passed a resolution requesting the county’s Local Area Formation Committee review the need for CSA 60’s continuation. The board’s resolution stated, “The…
Barbara Ann Carroll of Idyllwild passed away Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Barbara was born Aug. 3, 1942, in Virginia to Donald R. and Mildred Carroll. Barbara was known for her quick wit, love of cats, love of this mountain and many years of involvement volunteering at the Senior Food Share. Barbara loved her church family…
Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly and Peter Szabadi were unaminously re-elected president and vice president, respectively, of the Idyllwild Water District’s Board of Directors at the Jan. 17 board meeting. The vote was 4-0 with Director Geoffrey Caine absent. In other business, the board approved a recommendation from Interim General Manager Jack Hoagland to engage a…
George Rowell fills vacant director seat Trischa Clark is the new president of the Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors. At its Jan. 19 meeting, the board elected new officers for 2018 and selected George Rowell to fill the current vacant seat on the board. The vote was unanimous, 4-0, for both decisions. “The…
Arrested in May 2016 on charges of public corruption and embezzlement from the city of Beaumont, former Idyllwild Water and Idyllwild Fire Protection districts counsel Joe Aklufi of Riverside filed a motion earlier this month to dismiss his charges and case for the lack of speedy trial. Last week, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin…
