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The race and campaign for Mayor of Idyllwild is heating up. The election (June 11 through June 13) is only days away. The competition is almost animal-like. Given the gravity of this election, the Town Crier has asked Monk to contact and sniff out the candidates. The winner will be inaugurated July 1.
Three questions were posed to each candidate and their manager. First, what experience does the candidate have leading the pack? Second, what is the candidate’s vision for Idyllwild should they win? And what is the candidate’s campaign slogan?
Darren Schilling, alumni and parent relations manager at Idyllwild Arts Academy, is the next speaker at the academy’s Spotlight on Leadership series. The series, presented by the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation, is designed to bring the town and campus closer, showcasing key faculty and administration, and explaining the workings of the arts academy and…
A modest man realizes a long-held dream Idyllwild resident Michael Staff is a modest man, an everyman — a devoted husband and father, and a contributing member of his community. To all outward appearances, he is an ordinary man. But his quiet and respectful demeanor belies his sparkling intellect, artistic depth and multi-dimensional imagination. Unlike…
An alternative school, known at various times as Hi-Lo Alternative and at others as LIFE (learn in freedom education), celebrates a 40th class reunion at noon Saturday, July 23. The reunion will be held at Hurkey Creek campground, according to organizer Kathie Beale. The school started in 1973 with 41 students from Idyllwild (high elevation)…
For nearly 40 years, Dr. Eric Barr taught acting, directing and writing at the University of California, Riverside. For 30 years, he chaired UCR’s Theater Department. A key architect of UCR’s master’s degree in fine arts in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts, Barr was responsible for launching the program at the UCR,…