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Past Tense: Feb. 26, 2015

65 years ago - 1950 Eleanor Johnson’s long-cherished project of beautifying Village Circle got underway. 60 years ago - 1955 Ted Belden filed a patent on the...

Emerson second at first indoor track meet

At his first indoor track meet, a statewide competition in Fresno, Jayden Emerson, of Hemet High School and Idyllwild, finished second in his heat and ninth overall in the 2-mile race.

History buffs face off in first ever Hillbilly Games

Last Thursday, Feb. 19, the “Hillbilly Games” were held at the Idyllwild Library. The first event pitted two teams in a game of Idyllwild Jeopardy. Here, members of Team One — Barbara Hunt, Bud Hunt and Gina Genis — prepare to answer the first question, “Who was named homecoming queen the same year her brother, David, came home from the Air Force?” All the questions were based on archived copies of the Idyllwild Town Crier, available at the Idyllwild Library or online, from 1949 through 1956.

Black Tie Bash

On Sunday, Roger Bates and Barbara Rayliss perform the night’s theme song “Let Me Entertain You” to start off Stratford Players Black Tie Bash, which thanked supporters and patrons of the theater company at the Caine Center.

Talking trusts

On Thursday, Kay Wanner speaks to a full house at Silver Pines about setting up trusts and the large costs of probate. Wanner was part of the Idyllwild Community Center Speaker Series.

Crandall wins Palms to Pines Golf tourney

Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, Feb. 20, regular monthly golf tournament held at Menifee...

Obituary: Sharon Selby Mahoney

Sharon Selby Mahoney, 51, was born Sept. 20, 1963, and raised in Poway, spending most of her life in the North County area. She...

King of the Cage returns to Soboba

King of the Cage, an internationally broadcast Mixed Martial Arts company, is returning to Soboba Casino in San Jacinto on Sunday, March 15. In...

PHOTOS: Town Hall kids have castle fun

Before seeing “The Sword in the Stone” at the Rustic Theatre Wednesday, Feb. 18, King Darrell Gillett knights Rylan Righetti.

Clark attends Government Affairs Day in Sacramento

Idyllwild Town Crier Editor Becky Clark with Jonathan Sanchez, director of the National Association of Hispanic Publishers, Hal Fuson of Copley News, 47th District Assemblywoman Cheryl Brown, Dolores Sanchez, publisher of Eastern Group Publishers, State Controller Betty Yee and Regina Wilson, executive director of California Black Media at the California Newspaper Publishers Association's Governmental Affairs Day in Sacramento Wednesday.
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