{"id":36532,"date":"2015-03-12T09:16:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T16:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?p=36532"},"modified":"2015-12-04T15:24:48","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T22:24:48","slug":"past-tense-march-12-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2015\/03\/12\/past-tense-march-12-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Tense: March 12, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36511\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36511\" src=\"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/past-tense1.jpg\" alt=\"Front row, from left, Idyllwild School band members Terri Ortega and Steve Grewe with band mothers Kathy Beane and Bonnie Love in March 1975. File photo\" width=\"400\" height=\"566\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front row, from left, Idyllwild School band members Terri Ortega and Steve Grewe with band mothers Kathy Beane and Bonnie Love in March 1975.<br \/>File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>65 years ago - 1950<br \/>\nFM radio equipment was installed in Forest Service trucks and lookouts.<\/p>\n<p>60 years ago - 1955<br \/>\nRegistered voters served by the Idyllwild Water Company were to go to the polls to vote for or against the formation of an Idyllwild County Water District, and to elect five directors.<\/p>\n<p>55 years ago - 1960<br \/>\nThe Hill\u2019s year-round population was set at 1,250 residents by Glenn Froehlich, local manager of California Edison. In 1950 it was about 435.<\/p>\n<p>50 years ago - 1965<br \/>\nThe County Planning Commission approved rezoning of a local subdivision for a single-family development that would be made up of 47 lots located east of Scenic Drive and Daryll Road.<\/p>\n<p>45 years ago - 1970<br \/>\nA big snowfall was welcome on the Hill. The season\u2019s snow total was just over 14 inches.<\/p>\n<p>40 years ago - 1975<br \/>\nAt the Dime-A-Dip Dinner sponsored by the Idyllwild School Parents Club, all main dishes and salads could be purchased for 10 cents a scoop.<\/p>\n<p>35 years ago - 1980<br \/>\nSoaring costs for OPEC oil and other fuels could result in \u201cdramatic and unavoidable\u201d increases of up to 50 percent in customers\u2019 electricity bills, Southern California Edison Company warned the prior week.<\/p>\n<p>30 years ago - 1985<br \/>\nNearly $1,300 worth of lobster tails, shrimp, crab and beer were taken from The Chart House restaurant in Fern Valley during an early-morning break-in.<\/p>\n<p>25 years ago - 1990<br \/>\nThe Cornet Variety store was having a spring sale. For less than $9, a customer could buy a tablecloth, a shower curtain, a 5-foot rug runner and four dish cloths.<\/p>\n<p>20 years ago - 1995<br \/>\nNonstop torrential rains fell on the San Jacintos and wreaked havoc on the Hill\u2019s highways. Fallen boulders and a gaping erosion-caused hole closed Highway 243 between Idyllwild and Banning. Highway 74 between Mountain Center and Hemet was closed due to major road damage.<\/p>\n<p>15 years ago - 2000<br \/>\nLocal locksmith Tom Visel made the winning bid of $2,500 to the Idyllwild Fire Department for its 1986 Ford Econoline ambulance. Visel planned to convert the vehicle into a shop van.<\/p>\n<p>10 years ago - 2005<br \/>\nA grand opening celebration was held for the new Village Centre complex in downtown Idyllwild.<\/p>\n<p>5 years ago - 2010<br \/>\nIdyllwild locals Winifred (Winnie) Wood, now deceased, and longtime friend Dorothy (Dot) Swain Lewis, 94, received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor Congress can bestow, at a ceremony at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>1 year ago - 2014<br \/>\nIdyllwild resident, Robert Peek, a ranger at Mt. San Jacinto State Park, received the California State Park Rangers Association\u2019s Award of Valor for saving a life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>65 years ago &#8211; 1950 FM radio equipment was installed in Forest Service trucks and lookouts. 60 years ago &#8211; 1955 Registered voters served by the Idyllwild Water Company were to go to the polls to vote for or against the formation of an Idyllwild County Water District, and to elect five directors. 55 years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Past Tense: March 12, 2015 &#8226; 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