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75¢ Idyllwild (Tax Included) Parade photos, pg. 12 TowIdyllwild’s n Only NewspaperCrıer ALMOST ALL THE NEWS — PART OF THE TIME ... ONLINE ALL THE TIME AT IDYLLWILDTOWNCRIER.COM VOL. 69 NO. 28 IDYLLWILD, CA THURS., JULY 10, 2014 A gift of life to a longtime friend BY MARSHALL SMITH too hard for me to deal CORRESPONDENT with the concept,” said Crawford. dyllwild resident Busher said they just Bobbi Crawford began talking about Ineeded a kidney. Hers the process, making it were failing and she was more familiar to each rapidly losing kidney of them. They talked, function. She began home they researched and dialysis in 2011. This they talked more. Their A BUSY HOLIDAY WEEKEND: Dottie Goldfarb, above, stirs the Indepen- meant she was connected connection, as friends dence Day Parade audience with her violin rendition of the National to an in-home dialysis facing a challenge, was Anthem. PHOTO BY JOHN DRAKE machine for seven hours, further tested during At right, the Git Hayetsk Northwest Coast Intertribal Dance Group per- seven nights a week, in the Mountain Fire forms during the Native American Arts Festival Friday, July 4, at the a room that had to be as evacuation in July 2013. Idyllwild Arts campus. More photos in On the Town. PHOTO BY CHERYL BASYE sterile and pollutant-free Crawford her husband as possible. and all her dialysis equip- She had known she ment, including the cycler would eventually have machine that performed Cal Fire further explains redactions to make a decision the kidney cleansing, regarding kidney left the Hill to go with donation, either from a Busher to her son’s home of Mountain Fire reports friend or relative who for the duration of the would be a donor match evacuation. That shared BY JACK CLARK questions regarding the reports prepared for law ment purposes: whether or from a cadaver experience deepened LEGAL CORRESPONDENT extent of the agency’s enforcement purposes, criminal or civil charges bank since the dialysis their bond. redactions discussing Wiseman explained. will be brought regard- process would only Finally, in October wo previous expla- the origin and cause of Although Cal Fire is ing the Mountain Fire. sustain her for so long. 2013, Crawford agreed. nations offered the fire. But the most not primarily a law No such decision yet has When longtime “I’m going to do it,” she Tby Cal Fire public recent explanation, enforcement agency been made and it could friend Arlene Busher remembered telling information officersthis one from Cal Fire’s and no appellate court take as long as two suggested she would Busher. By that time, as to why the Cal Fire in-house counsel, attor- yet has ruled on the years, Wiseman said. donate the kidney, Crawford’s kidney investigation reports ney David Wiseman, availability of subdi- Wiseman acknowl- Crawford balked. “We function was down to of last year’s Mountain provides insight into Cal vision (f) to Cal Fire’s edged that “electrical had known this day was 10-percent. Without Fire (“potential future Fire’s legal reasons for investigative reports, equipment failure,” coming for the last eight a kidney donor, her litigation under Govern- the redactions. it is a state agency which was the three- years,” said Busher. long-term survival ment Code section 6254, Their basis is Govern- with a law enforcement word cause assigned But Crawford was prospects were limited. subdivision (b)” and “one ment Code section 6254, branch and its claim in Cal Fire’s July 2013 uncertain, feeling Kidneys from live donors more step left in the subdivision (f), which under subdivision (f), press release, is so the gift too great to improve lifespan progno- investigation”) did not provides an exemp- according to Wiseman, broad an explanation of accept. “At the time she ses significantly over answer the Town Crier’s tion for investigative is based on law enforce- See Redactions, page 24 suggested it, it was just See Gift, page 24 A&E Calendar ...................9 Churches .........................15 Community Calendar ........8 News of Record ...............8 Opinion ............................4 Service Directory ............17 Before Our Time ...............6 Classifieds .......................19 Games .............................20 On the Town .....................9 Public Notices .................22 Weather............................2 GLOWING SUNSETS In an NEW! & SHIMMERING CITY EMERGENCYgo to LIGHTS! 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Nielson lowbrook Road Monday in Valle Vista at about 4 p.m., Friday 7/11 according to a Riverside County Fire incident report. Rafael Nuñez was portation truck driven was uninjured. Above, Riverside County Fire fights a small fire, where traveling eastbound by Phillip Nielson of Neither vehicle one outbuilding was destroyed, but the main house on Highway 74 1 Norco about 800 feet contained passengers. 81/58 threatened was not damaged. Sunny. mile east of Wilson south of Diamond Zen Meyer said drugs PHOTO BY JENNY KIRCHNER Way near U.S. Forest Road. The first two and/or alcohol have not Saturday 7/12 Service Cranston Fire vehicles passed but the been ruled out in either Station, said California Camry drifted over the crash. Highway Patrol Public double-yellow lines, said Becky Clark can 83/60 Information OfficerMeyer, colliding with be reached at becky@ Sunny. Darren Meyer. Ameri- the truck. towncrier.com. Sunday 7/13 can Medical Response transported Nuñez to Hemet Valley Medical 87/61 Center where he was Slight chance of pronounced dead. Quakes hit thunderstorms. Meyer said Nuñez Monday 7/14 was wearing a helmet and no other vehicles Big Bear area were involved. 84/60 The fatal traffic A 4.6-magnitude earthquake, followed Slight chance of collision reported in shortly after by two other quakes, hit about thunderstorms. 6 miles northeast of Running Springs just A traffic collision involving a Gold 1993 Toyota Camry last week’s paper that was reported to the California Highway Patrol about Idyllwild this year before 10 a.m. Saturday, July 5. The tremors Date High Low M S occurred Monday, June 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, on Highway 243 1 mile were felt in the San Jacinto Mountains. 7/1 90 60 30, involved Karsha north of Azalea Trails. The vehicle was not occupied 7/2 89 62 Carter, 33, of Yucca The second quake, 3.4-magnitude, occurred when emergency personnel arrived on scene, but the 7/3 90 64 Valley, according to Sgt. about 6 miles west-northwest of Big Bear just vehicle was registered to Noy Pay of Long Beach, ac- 7/4 80 64 0.03 James of the Riverside after 10 a.m., followed closely by a 2.5 in the 7/5 85 60 0.01 cording to CHP Officer Chris Blondon. Further investiga- 7/6 86 59 County Coroner’s office. same area. tion was needed to determine the cause of the crash. 7/7 na na PHOTO BY JENNY KIRCHNER Idyllwild last year Date High Low M S 7/1 na na 7/2 91 62 Readers, 2014 SUBARU 7/3 91 61 7/4 92 62 FORESTER 7/5 89 60 keep your local 2.5i 7/6 na na PER MONTH LEASE / 36 MONTHS / $ 10,000 MILES PER YEAR 7/7 na na 189 ON APPROVED CREDIT Stock #: 247323 newspaper $2,999 Down Payment Vin #: EG559666 Moisture in inches 0 Security Deposit Model #: EFA To date this season (Idy): 0.04 595 Acquisition Fee 189 1st Mo. 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