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POSTMASTER: Dated material, please deliver May 19-21, 2010 Real Estate See page 17 Idyllwild Printed on 40% minimum recycled newsprint. News bites TownCovering the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Moun tainsCr from Twin Pinesı to Anzaer to Pinyon Prize essay Almost all the News — Part of the Time Destiny Griesgraber’s essay on forests and fi re safety. VOL. 65 NO. 20 75¢ (Tax Included) IDYLLWILD, CA THURS., MAY 20, 2010 See page 5. Idyllwild Area Historical Society Honoring history and greenery Local group honored with state recognition. See page 8. A spill? IFPD says nothing fell or was dumped in local creek. See page 10. Election June 8 Proposition 15. See page 11. Memorial Day plans? Opportunities to enjoy the weekend here. See page 13. Déjà vu A RMRU rescue seems to From left, Karin and Richard Greenwood and Holly Owens, presents the 2010 Green- be a repeat of 2009. wood Award to Sage Mountain Farm, located in Aguanga. Owners, Phil and Juany See page 23. Noble (right), accepted the award Friday night during the Earth Fair Dessert Reception. On Friday night, Chuck Wilson presents the Society The award recognizes member(s) of the community who take the time and effort to do of California Archivists award to Shirl Reid, assistant what they can to help protect the environment. Sage Mountain provides the community curator of the Idyllwild Area Historical Society. See with organic fruits and vegetables, through the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Inside story, page 8. Photo by J.P. Crumrine program. Photo by Jenny Kirchner A&E .................................15 Calendar ...................4 Churches ...................8 Classifi eds ...............18 Firefi ghters see Important Carlson Crossword ................21 Horoscope ................21 Lodging ......................8 fat in budget meetings this threatened Masthead ..................6 On the Town ............13 By J.P. Crumrine Public notices ........ 22 Editor week with expulsion Real estate ...............17 Services ....................24 t its May 11 meeting, the Idyllwild Fire he fi rst is about the Business Improvement By Marshall Smith Sports ........................17 Protection District (IFPD) Commission District. The IDY4U group has invited Staff Reporter Sudoku ......................21 A and its career staff expressed very dif- T members of the Temecula Valley convention Weather ..................... 2 ferent perceptions of the department’s fi nancial and Visitor Bureau to visit Idyllwild and discuss dyllwild Chamber of Commerce Directors situation. their perceptions of the benefi ts and problems of Mimi Lamp and Richmond Blake presented The commission is concerned whether future the Temecua Business Improvement District. IChamber President Ken Carlson with a 30- revenue will be suffi cient to cover its growing This forum is at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May day notice of intent to expel him from Chamber In an costs. Its worry was suffi cient enough to request 19 at the Caine Learning Center on Pine Crest membership during the Chamber’s monthly meet- EMERGENCY to renegotiate the salary increases for the coming Avenue. ing on Monday, May 17. fi scal year (July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011). On Thursday, County Service Area 36 will hold Lamp cited the following reasons as grounds for go to Commissioner Ben Killingsworth, who made the its regular May meeting. This month it will be expulsion: “willfully voiding the membership check towncrier.com motion, fi rmly stated that raising the current local at the Idyllwild Fire Station because the speakers of the Town Crier and claiming that they had not special assessment of $65 per parcel may be the from Riverside County are likely to attract a large paid [dues] to prevent their membership renewal; for news! only way to avoid reducing staff. He noted that audience. your willingness to slander the Town Crier, one of the Hemet fi refi ghters acceded to a 5- to 6-percent Members of 3rd District Supervisor Jeff Stone’s the longest standing, most reputable businesses in pay decrease. staff and from the County Economic Develop- town, has undermined the Chamber’s reputation After Killingsworth made a second motion ment Agency will attend to discuss recreation as a promoter of commerce; ignoring and void- to give a 30-day notice to The Family Business programs and management. The meeting will ing Chamber board votes and recommendations (owned by Craig and Janice Coopersmith), IFPD’s begin at 5:30 p.m. for expulsion of Town Crier; election process See IFPD, page 10 See Meetings, page 28 See Chamber, page 9 Page 2 - Idyllwild Town Crier, May 20, 2010 News of record Fire log May 16 — Medical aid, 42200 block of Terwilliger person down. Road, Anza. Hill fi re stations responded May 16 — Traffic colli- May 11 — Medical aid, to the following calls, Monday sion. 65300 block of Highway 74, to Sunday, May 10 to 16: Garner Valley. Riverside County Fire, May 12 — Medical aid, Idyllwild Fire Department Garner Valley 59000 block of Morris May 10 — Walk-in medical May 11 — Vegetation fi re, See Record, page 7 aid. May 11 — Medical aid, Marion Ridge Drive, Pine Cove. GV ambulance May 11 — Chemical spill, Pine Crest Avenue, Idyllwild. collision resolved May 11 — Walk-in medical aid. By Jenny Kirchner been at fault. However, af- Two motorcyclists were in- May 12 — Walk-in medical photographer ter further investigation by volved in a head-on collision aid. California Highway Patrol on Highway 243 north of the May 13 — Traffi c collision, Last week, the Town Crier Offi cer Ron Esparza, it was Alandale Forest Service Station Highway 243 at Dead Man’s published a photograph of determined that the driver Sunday about noon. According Curve, Pine Cove. an ambulance damaged in of the American Medical Re- to California Highway Patrol May 13 — Walk-in medical a collision on Highway 74 sponse (AMR) ambulance, Offi cer Ron Esparza, Michael aid. in Garner Valley. Marilyn Nicholas Gomez, 25, was Craig, 40, of Corona Del Mar May 14 — Walk-in medical Eckert, 57, of Garner Val- completely at fault. Another aid. was traveling southbound on ley, was driving her Ford AMR employee, Eric Lamb, his 2006 Kawasaki Ninja ZX10 May 16 — Walk-in medical truck and initial review 22, was a passenger in the at a high rate of speed when he aid. indicated she may have ambulance. May 16 — Medical aid, crossed the double yellow line Highway 243, Pine Cove. and collided with Doug Reed, May 16 — Medical aid, 54, of Yucca Valley and pas- Marion Ridge Drive, Pine senger Susan Bergstrom, 43, Cove. of Mountain Center who were traveling northbound on a Riverside County Fire, 2001 Harley Davidson Classic. Pine Cove Craig and Reed suffered major May 11 — Medical aid. May 12 — Wildland fi re. injuries while Bergstrom suf- May 13 — Traffic colli- fered minor injuries. Mercy sion. Air landed on Highway 243 May 13 — Wildland fi re. while traffi c was stopped for Idyllwild Weather about 1 hour. All three were May 13 — Hazardous From the National Weather Service materials. A young child was airlifted by Mercy Air from Astrocamp last transported to Desert Regional May 16 — Traffic colli- Friday night after allegedly choking. Her mother cradles her Medical Center. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 5/20 5/21 5/22 5/23 5/24 sion. with an oxygen mask over her face. Photo by Jenny Kirchner Photos by Jenny Kirchner 82/49 78/46 68/39 64/39 68/41 Idyllwild, We’re Here For You! 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