News & Features
From the Idyllwild Town Crier weekly newspaper, January 1, 2009
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New Tree Monument offered for consideration
By J.P. Crumrine, News Editor
As 2009 begins, the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce will consider a
marriage proposal that returns someone old, uses something borrowed,
produces something new, but makes someone else blue.
Jonathan LaBenne, the sculptor of the original Idyllwild Tree Monument,
has contacted Bill Triplett, Chamber president, and offered to provide
a tree monument whose design will be based on LaBenne’s former monument.
The cost to Idyllwild would be essentially nothing, according to
LaBenne’s message to Triplett. He has been soliciting sponsors to pay
any expenses.
Top stories of 2008
By J.P. Crumrine,
News Editor
Editor’s note: At
the end of each year, the Town Crier looks back at the headlines that
made the biggest local news during the year. The summaries of five
major stories are presented here in the first of a two-week series.
Grand Jury reports
about Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD)
On June 30, a Riverside County Grand Jury
released two reports involving IFPD. One focused solely on the local
fire district. The second report reviewed an incident that occurred in
December 2007 during the Highway Fire in Pine Cove.
The Grand Jury began its IFPD investigation in the
late summer of 2007. Its findings ranged from specific incidents to
business conduct. Examples of incidents included refusal to transport
an ill child from Idyllwild School to a hospital and failure to comply
with regional air quality regulations.
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Edison may reimburse
outage food losses
By Marshall
Smith, Correspondent
Southern California Edison (SCE) will, on a case-by-case basis,
reimburse Hill residents who lost food because of electrical outages
caused by snowstorms that began Monday, Dec. 15 and lasted through
Thursday, Dec. 18, according to Spokesperson Vanessa McGrady.
Up to 3,200 Idyllwild/Pine Cove residents lost power for extended
periods. In some higher elevations areas, residents endured power loss
for up to 60 hours.
To submit a claim for lost food, download a claim form from the SCE Web
site, www.sce.com/customerservice/request/claims, print the form and
mail it to Southern California Edison Company, P.O. Box 900, Rosemead,
CA 91770. The form may also be submitted by e-mail to claims@sce.com or
faxed to (626) 569-2573.
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Also in this week’s Town Crier:
Flowers of the
forest: An annual tribute to those who passed on in 2008.
Abatement proposald
due: IFPD's deadline for fire abaement contractor proposals is
March 31. Request for proposal available this Friday.
Riverside
County Department of Environmental Health "Third Quarter 2008
Groundwater Monitoring and Sampling Report"
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Grand Jury
Report: Idyllwild Fire
Protection District
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Grand Jury Report: Pine Cove Fire Incident
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Idyllwild
Open
Meeting Law seminar video, click here.
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