Idyllwild School promotions and awards
Idyllwild School’s eighth grade promoting class of 2015 stands proudly while friends and family take photos from the audience.
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Idyllwild Fire raises ambulance rates
Ambulance and emergency medical service rates will increase in the Idyllwild Fire Protection District beginning July 1. At its May 26 meeting, IFPD commissioners unanimously approved a nearly 25-percent increase in the cost of an ambulance transport. In addition, the per-mile cost will spurt 18 percent. Fire Chief Patrick Reitz estimated that all of the…
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Big changes at Idyllwild Arts
Doug Ashcraft, head of school for Idyllwild Arts Academy, stood in the interior of the new William M. Lowman Concert Hall at Idyllwild Arts. He was beaming. The roof of the hall is on, the side structures await a metal exterior that will develop a patina over the years, the stage area and green room…
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Living Free to offer spay or neuter clinic
Thanks to Luke’s Legacy Foundation, a spay and neuter clinic for local dogs and cats will be available at Living Free later this month. On Wednesday and Thursday, June 24 and 25, these services will be offered to residents from Garner Valley to Pine Cove, according to Janice Murasko. Animals may be brought to Living…
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Mosquito vector ballot questions
Q&A provided by Riverside County Department of Environmental Health: Q. What is the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health Mosquito, Vector and Disease Control Assessment? A. The Mosquito, Vector and Disease Control Assessment is a mailed ballot measure for property owners that, if approved, will provide continued, comprehensive mosquito, rat and other vector surveillance and control,…
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Nominations for Pine Cove Water District board still open til June 3
The nomination period for candidates to the Pine Cove Water District has been extended to 5 p.m., Wednesday, June 3. According to the Registrar of Voters, “If nomination documents for an incumbent are not delivered by 5:00 p.m. on the 88th day [Friday, May 29] before the general election, any person other than the person…
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Steele misses cut at Byron Nelson
He was in it almost until the end on Friday, but after overnight downpours and flooding in Irving, Texas, delayed play and even converted the par-4 14th hole into a par 3, Brendan Steele could not make up for his 2-over-par start on Thursday. The Idyllwild native’s 1-over-par 72-68 — 140 missed the cut by…
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Readers Write: Suggestions for better AAI financial oversight …
Editor: I was very surprised to read about the new Art Alliance board authorizing all five officers to sign checks. The treasurer should not be signing checks if they are “keeping the books.” That way the treasurer is the oversight for checks being written. The person doing the books should not be the person signing…
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State revenues growing: Education benefits
On May 14, Gov. Jerry Brown announced revisions to his proposed 2015-16 state budget, boosting the General Fund expenditures to a total of $115.3 billion, an increase of $6.7 billion. “The state is definitely on a rebound from just a few years ago when the state was mired in red ink,” Brown said at his…
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SPORTS: Golf: May 28, 2015
29Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, May 22, regular monthly golf tournament, which was held at the Temeku Hills Legends Course in Temecula. It was a cool, cloudy day with rain showers and drizzle, but not enough to delay play. Jerry Daquila (course handicap 26) shot…
