About 876,000 sample ballots and information pamphlets started going out to Riverside County voters last week for the presidential primary election on June 7. About half will be mailed initially, with the remainder sent by the end of next week. Voters may mark their selections on the sample ballot and use it as a guide…
65 years ago – 1951 Izaak Walton League members took part in a work party, cleaning the Fuller Mill Creek campground. 60 years ago – 1956 Inie and Johnny Wilson celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. 55 years ago – 1961 In addition to a parade, carnival, square dance and ball, the fifth-annual Idyllwild Bear Festival…
Last week in “The Days of Our Nine Lives,” the cats continued to talk about how ARF dogs are finding forever families, but sadly the cats aren’t having the same good luck. Olivia: So, MJ, what is it about you dogs that have humans snapping you up so quickly? MJ: I guess it’s because we’re…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not report responses for last week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, April 24 to 30. Idyllwild • April 24 — Public disturbance, 26000 block of Hwy. 243, Handled by deputy. • April 25 — Runaway child,…
Ginger Dagnall, new appointee to the CSA 36 Advisory Council, has solid history with the Hill and its community recreation programs. At Idyllwild School, she just finished coaching Middle School girls volleyball. Now she is coaching the boys. Four years ago she volunteered to help run the volleyball programs at Town Hall. She noted it…
This week I’d like to introduce Pat Boss, our project manager for Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council. Those of you who have been around this mountain for any length of time, and I’m talking 50-plus years or more, may have known him as a lad wreaking havoc in his youth. He had bit parts in…
By Valentina Plata Student Editor’s note: This column will be published periodically and is written by Environmental Studies students of Idyllwild Arts Academy team teachers Gary Gray and Chris Wegemer. A paradise can be defined as a magical, snowy forest or maybe a peaceful beach. I grew up in Cancun living near the clear blue…
Beginning May 1, the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway’s Summer Pass went on sale. The pass is valid through Aug. 31. It provides unlimited tram admissions for the pass-holder and a 10-percent discount on additional tram admissions. Also, the pass offers a 10-percent discount at the Peaks Restaurant or Pines Café and unlimited free parking. The…
Poll workers are needed at voting locations throughout Riverside County for the June 7 presidential primary election. No experience is required and the Registrar of Voters Office will provide training. Poll workers must attend a training class to familiarize themselves with election procedures and prepare to assist voters when the polls open at 7 a.m….
James Reserve Assistant Director Dr. John Laundré was born and raised in the Midwest (Wisconsin) and received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees there. He received his doctorate from Idaho State University in 1979. Since then, he spent the next 30 years working on large-mammal predator-prey ecology in the western U.S. and northern Mexico. His experience…
