The Idyllwild School Youth Grantmakers awarded $3,000 to three separate groups last week. This is the fourth-consecutive year that a group of students made philanthropic decisions to the benefit of the community and student life. During its award of grants to local nonprofit organizations, the Idyllwild Community Fund began to set aside funds for local…

Will discuss the way forward for Idyllwild Arts Every Friday at All School, a luncheon gathering of Idyllwild Arts Academy faculty and students, there is a call and response that is an IAA tradition. “Remember who you are,” is the call. “And what you stand for,” is the response. Pamela Jordan, Idyllwild Arts Foundation president,…

The Town Crier’s Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award 2016 contest is over and though all three sets of nominees — Jerry Holldber, Janet Murasko/Robert Hewitt and Christina Nordella — received numerous votes, the overwhelming victors were Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild volunteers Murasko and Hewitt. The two have stood at the helm of Animal Rescue…