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Real POSTMASTER: Dated material, please deliver Jan. 17-19, 2013 Estate See page 15. Idyllwild Printed on 40% minimum recycled newsprint. News bites TCoveringo the Sanw Jacinto and Santan Rosa Moun tainsC from Twinr Pinesı to Anzaer to Pinyon Pine Cove Water Almost all the News — Part of the Time District’s fi nances stable despite declining use. VOL. 68 NO. 3 75¢ (Tax Included) IDYLLWILD, CA THURS., JANUARY 17, 2013 See page 10. Idyllwild Fire Commission reviews cur- Brown’s budget rent budget, good so far. See page 10 in balance Chamber of Commerce More funds for education Chamber director responds to litigation. By J.P. Crumrine See page 10. message. Editor The proposed budget is about $4.7 billion more Mayor Max ov. Jerry Brown re- than the current year. Both Community turns out for leased his proposed the growth and the abil- offi cial’s festivities. G2013-14 budget last ity to be balanced is the See photos page 15. week. The $97.7 billion result of state voters ap- budget is balanced and proving Proposition 30 in provides a $1 billion reserve IA Theatre November’s election and a for future years. recovering economy. “Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls” “California today is The Governor’s budget presented this weekend. poised to achieve some- Rugby players and guests arrive at The Rustic Theatre on Sunday afternoon to watch projects about a $1 billion See page 19. thing that has eluded us for reserve at the end of the ”Red, White, Black and Blue,” an award-winning documentary about the tough game of more than a decade — a fiscal year. In November rugby. Players and families attended the ICF showing. Before the event, they played in the ARF speaker budget that lives within 2012, the Legislative Analyst snow and went sledding. Photo by Jenny Kirchner Monica Dietrich, animal its means, now and for projected a $1.9 defi cit. communicator, speaks to many years to come,” the The difference is due to governor said in his budget humans Saturday. See Budget, page 10 See page 19. ICF 2013: It’s a wrap By Marshall Smith Staff Reporter MORE INSIDE: First break Inside See photos, pages 12 & 14 More on the rugby team visit A E .................................18 CF 2013 played out with some & and photos, page 22 Calendar ................... 5 weather challenges, bitter cold and in commercial some snow and fog, but the festival ICF 2013 awards & photos, Churches ...................9 I page 23 Classifi eds ..............24 buzz among fi lmmakers and audience Crossword ...............26 was warm and glowing. burglary cases Horoscope ...............26 Festival Director Stephen Savage at ence was that audience-driven Q and every opportunity credited Chairman A’s fi lled the intervening time. Lodging ......................9 By Marshall Smith observed activity around 4 Masthead ..................6 Phil Calderone’s many contributions “This is a good problem to have, a in raising the bar for this year’s festival choice viewers make,” he said. “Far be it Staff Reporter a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, that On the Town ............18 indicated criminal intent. Public notices ........ 27 — from increasing the number of fi lms from me to truncate what may be one screened from 67 to 100, for the overall of the most enjoyable times they are t a Friday, Jan. 11, “We have no doubt they Real estate ...............15 meeting of Idyllwild were in the process of com- Services .................... 28 quality of movies screened, for adding having — the afterglow of an enjoyable new categories (foreign and amateur), experience.” Abusiness owners, called mitting a burglary,” Clear Sudoku .....................26 and for the smooth scheduling of the He noted that Astrocamp’s Galaxy to discuss recent commercial said. The target was the Weather ..................... 2 fi lms among the three venues, includ- Theatre proved a successful venue. “The burglaries, Hemet Station twice-burgled Village Hard- ing the Galaxy Theatre, this year’s new overall attendance was great,” he said. “As Special Investigations Super- ware. venue at Astrocamp. High as the Sky,’ the Audience Choice visor Sgt. Wallace Clear spoke Deputies gave chase as In an “Overall, I think it was a great suc- winner, screened there, attracting 60 plus about a break in the case. the vehicles sped out of EMERGENCY cess,” said Calderone. “I received endless people and enough votes to win the prize. Beginning in late October town, one in the direction compliments from people, all fi ve days, The Astrocamp staff, Larry Kawano and 2012, six commercial burglar- of Pine Cove and the other go to particularly admiring the quality of the Chris Malott, was great, going out of their ies have occurred in Idyllwild toward Mountain Center. idyllwild fi lms.” way to help us. The theatre itself was and one at the Lake Hemet Ice on the highway created Calderone noted that some com- great — totally dark with great picture Market at Lake Hemet. a dangerous chase and the towncrier.com plained that scheduling ran too tight and sound. They even upgraded their According to Clear, station vehicles escaped. between fi lms. But he observed that fi lms projector in time for the festival.” deputies patrolling Idyllwild Clear noted that ad- in each two-hour time slot contained Digital screening at the Rustic, an in the hours during which ditional deputies were dis- no more than 90 to 103 minutes of improvement that puts IFC on a par previous burglaries had oc- patched to monitor all Hill scheduled content. He said the differ- See ICF, page 22 curred, spotted two vehicles exits (Highways 243 and 74). (see accompanying photo- He stated the vehicles were graphs on page 2). Deputies See Burglaries, page 2 Page 2 - Idyllwild Town Crier, January 17, 2013 Heavy smoke alerts residents to smoldering fi re By J.P. Crumrine Editor On Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at approximately 4 a.m., Idyllwild Fire Protection District was dispatched to a structure fi re in the 26000 block of Saunders Meadow Road, near Crestview Drive. The Incident Commander was Idyllwild Capt. Jim Reyes. Upon arrival at the scene, personnel found Friday morning, Idyllwild Fire and Riverside County Fire the residents outside of responded to a call of a structure fi re on Saunders Meadow the house. Apparently they It took approximately Rd. and Crestview Dr. Residents awoke to the smell of smoke, awoke from the smell of 90 minutes to completely which they traced to the basement fi lled with smoke. Above left, smoke and traced it to the locate, expose and extin- fi refi ghters removed the layers of concrete, brick and wood fl oor A silver late-model Dodge Magnum (top) and Toyota Camry basement, which was then guish the smoldering fi re with chrome rims were captured by surveillance cameras. engulfed in smoke. Fur- and render the occupancy from the fi replace and ceiling of the basement, creating a large Courtesy of Riverside County Sheriff’s Department ther investigation found a safe for the residents. hole to dowse the beams below with water. small fi re underneath the One member of the Photos by Jenny Kirchner people had theories about fireplace — between the household had smoke in- Burglaries who the criminals were, no fi rst fl oor and the basement halation and was treated Continued from page 1 one in town seems to have ceiling. See Fire, page 8 any idea who these burglars News of record not seen leaving the Hill, are. He also said the same according to subsequent vehicles had been involved both vehicles were covered Anyone with informa- Fire log cal aid. deputy reports. in the previous commercial by sticker (car dealer) sig- tion regarding any of these Jan. 8 — Medical aid, Station Lt. Dean Agno- burglaries. nage, so deputies were un- burglaries are asked to con- Hill fi re stations respond- Highway 243 near Vista letto said he believes the The vehicles are described able to make positive plate tact Investigator Robert- ed to the following calls, Grande Station. vehicles are still on the as a late-model Dodge Mag- identifi cation. son at (951) 791-3400 or Monday to Monday, Jan. 7 Jan. 9 — Smoke scare, Hill and that the criminals num station wagon, silver in The Sheriff’s Department Sheriff’s Dispatch at (951) to 14, 2013: Meadow Drive, Idyllwild. are local. He urged locals color, with no luggage rack. urges residents to be cau- 776-1099. Jan. 9 — Trafffi c colli- to report sightings of these A similar vehicle in Pine tious. Take pictures, obtain M a r s h a l l S m i t h Idyllwild Fire Department sion, highways 243 and 74, vehicles. Cove has such a rack and plate information, but do not c a n b e r e a c h e d a t and Ambulance Mountain Center. Clear told the merchant has already been cleared by confront vehicle drivers. [email protected]. Jan. 8 — Walk-in medi- See Record, page 12 group that an operation has the department. The other been in place for a month to vehicle is a late-model Toyota Strange but true identify and apprehend these Camry, also silver in color, The works of Agatha Christie have been Idyllwild Weather criminals. But he noted that with after-market chrome translated more times into other languages than From the National Weather Service unlike recent residential bur- rims. those of any other author in history. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday glaries, where many towns- Clear said the plates of 1/17 1/18 1/19 1/20 1/21 2013 SUBARU FORESTER 61/34 62/32 61/33 61/33 61/33 2.5 X Sunny Sunny Sunny.

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