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From the Idyllwild Town Crier weekly newspaper, July 24, 2008
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Breaking News
1:15 p.m. Thursday,
July 24, 2008 —
A major
marijuana eradication effort occurred today. About 15 federal, state
and county special drug agents and law enforcement personal eliminated
three large marijuana plantations in the Snow Creek drainage. The U.S.
Forest Service led the effort. The federal Drug Enforcement Agency, the
California Department of justice and its Campaign Against Marijuana
Planting and the Riverside county Sheriff’s Department were all
involved and cooperating.
Photo by J.P. Crumrine
Are part-timers abatement victims?
By J.P. Crumrine, Assistant
Editor
Editor’s note: As
Fire Prevention Services Inc. (FPSI), the firm with which Idyllwild
Fire Protection District (IFPD) has a contract for weed and rubbish
abatement, moves through the community, more property owners have been
sharing their encounters with the Town Crier.
Rosa Lee Long
The Longs — Rosa Lee and Gregory, her husband, — live full-time in
Hemet and own a second home on Point of Rocks Drive. Both Lees are
retired and senior citizens.
The initial Notice to Abate Hazard was dated June 14 and arrived at the
Longs’ Hemet address within days. In prior years, they said their
property had always passed inspections.
State may assess fire fee
By J.P. Crumrine,
Assistant Editor
Many
legislators dismissed the governor’s January proposal to impose a
surcharge on residential and commercial insurance policies. Some
questioned its appropriateness, so Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger listened
and modified the proposal to increase the rate on high-risk fire areas.
But now the state legislative budget committees have called his ante
and raised it back to him.
A final decision is waiting passage of a budget
and the governor’s signature. Until then, the total 2008-09 budget and
the insurance surcharge remain in limbo.
“It’s too early to tell if this will be part of
the final budget,” said Assemblyman John Benoit (R-64). “The conference
committee is four Democrats and two Republicans and has no bearing on
what can actually be passed on the floor.”
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Brendan Steele scores big
in nationwide tourney
By Jack Clark, Special to the Town Crier
Brendan Steele got to sleep in on Sunday morning. On Saturday he had
fired a bogey-free 66 in the $600,000 Price Cutter Charity Championship
at Highland Springs Country Club in Springfield, Mo., to tie for 10th
going into the last round, which earned him a late Sunday starting
time.
But the fireworks weren’t over. On Sunday, the Idyllwild native
matched his Saturday score, vaulting to finish in a two-way tie for
fourth place and earning $26,400 in prize money, his largest check of
the season. His four-day scorecard showed 68-69-66-66=269, a
19-under-par performance that was his best of the year and his first
top-5 finish on the Nationwide Tour.
“I am definitely comfortable out here now,” Steele said. “Today is the
kind of day that it’s really all about for guys like me. Getting in
contention on Sunday is the whole reason we play and travel and work so
hard.
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Also in this week’s Town Crier:
Arrest made: Local
man charged in Temecula on suspicion of lewd acts with a minor.
Plume concerns: Department
of Environmental Health requests more tests on gas plume beneath
Community Center site.
Using less water: Water
districts see more conservation while Idyllwild faces solar project
obstacle.
Lisa Haley is back! The
Cajun performer and her Zydekats headline the Idyllwild Summer Concert
Series on July 31.
Outsourcing: Animal
Control Services now using firm in Newport Beach for citation issues.
Rural broadband: New
law allows County Service Areas to provide broadband in underserved
areas.
Grand Jury Report: Idyllwild Fire
Protection District
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Grand Jury Report: Pine Cove Fire Incident
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Idyllwild Summer Concerts at State Park
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listing of concerts
Race results:
Idyllwild 5K & 10K Run & Fitness Walk.
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Idyllwild
Open
Meeting Law seminar video, click here.
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