{"id":17009,"date":"2013-01-31T10:11:17","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T17:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?p=17009"},"modified":"2013-05-16T15:54:50","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T22:54:50","slug":"past-tense-jan-31-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2013\/01\/31\/past-tense-jan-31-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Tense: Jan. 31, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_17010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17010\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/past-tense030.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"past tense030\" width=\"250\" height=\"483\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17010\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> Two mountain lions were killed in January and February of 1988 when the State Department of Fish and Game determined them to be a threat to public safety after the male killed a 45-pound sheepdog. The female cat seemed unhealthy and was staying too close to residential areas. The cats were taken to the Fish and Game hatchery.  File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure><strong>65 years ago - 1948<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Town Crier reported that lots of kids in town had chicken pox. <\/p>\n<p><strong>60 years ago - 1953<\/strong><br \/>\nWilliam Courtney, a Los Angeles attorney, addressed the Chamber of Commerce. He promised to tell \u201cHow to Keep the Government and a Wife on One Income.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>55 years ago - 1958<\/strong><br \/>\nBill Miller, president of the Chamber of Commerce, was chosen to dial the first call as Idyllwild switched to dial phones. The prefix for Idyllwild was OLive, \u201cO\u201d is the \u201c6\u201d key and \u201cL\u201d is the \u201c5\u201d key, i.e., \u201c65-\u201d    <\/p>\n<p><strong>50 years ago - 1963<\/strong><br \/>\nSkip Willhite of Mountain Center had an awful time. He fell while gathering turkey eggs, slipped a disc in his back and was bitten in three places on his arm by a black widow spider. He survived.<\/p>\n<p><strong>45 years ago - 1968<\/strong><br \/>\nThe mountain chickadee led as the most numerous species in the annual bird count. A total of 59 species were counted by the 16 people who took part in the annual Audubon Society\u2019s winter census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>40 years ago - 1973<\/strong><br \/>\nRay and Virginia Garner entertained at their first open house in their new home, Xanadu, near Inspiration Point. A chamber music quartet played with Henri Temianka on first violin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>30 years ago - 1983<\/strong><br \/>\nThe County Road Department placed 25 signs on the Hill warning people not to park in snowplow routes. They were placed at nearly every road leaving Highway 243 from Mountain Center to Marion Ridge Road in Pine Cove.<\/p>\n<p><strong>25 years ago - 1988<\/strong><br \/>\nIdyllwild\u2019s Frank Ferro was chosen to play the lead male role in the Ramona Outdoor Play.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20 years ago - 1993<\/strong><br \/>\nDick and Beatrice Fellows were enjoying a quiet evening at home on Pine Crest Avenue, when high winds blew over a tree that smashed their truck.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15 years ago - 1998<\/strong><br \/>\nKeeping up a family tradition, Rebecca Lynn Luna was Idyllwild\u2019s first baby of the new year. Her first cousin, Isabella Rose Gioeli, was Idyllwild\u2019s first baby of 1997.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10 years ago - 2003<\/strong><br \/>\nIdyllwild\u2019s soccer team, the Tidyll Waves, won their championship game. They became the 2003 AYSO Soccer Area N Champions. <\/p>\n<p><strong>5 years ago - 2008<\/strong><br \/>\nThe fledgling Idyllwild Fire Protection District Fire Cadet program was looking for teen applicants to train as future firefighters. <\/p>\n<p><strong>1 year ago - 2012<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Friends of the Idyllwild Library broke ground on the new library building in Strawberry Plaza. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>65 years ago &#8211; 1948 The Town Crier reported that lots of kids in town had chicken pox. 60 years ago &#8211; 1953 William Courtney, a Los Angeles attorney, addressed the Chamber of Commerce. 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