

Library teaches Idyllwild younsters about Africa
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The country of Africa was the next topic in a series of cultural presentations to youngsters at the Idyllwild Library Summer Reading Program. Sporting African masks they made, the youngsters pose with coordinators (from left) Bonnie Doshier, Rachel Torrey and Tawny Reynosa. Photo by Cid Castillo

By Stephanie YostIdyllwild Community Center Board PresidentContributed The Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) is knee-deep in planning for this year’s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, which will be held Saturday, Nov. 30 at IdyPark. Like last year, the celebration will feature three stages with a variety of local performers as well as interactive family activities, costume characters,…
Idyllwild resident Jeffrey Turner is modest and taciturn. He also is extraordinarily accomplished in his field of architecture and design. “You can build anything you can dream,” said Turner. “That’s what I like about architecture — the fantasy.” Turner will talk at the Idyllwild Library about his dream career and particularly his experience as project…
In less than two weeks after Mayor Max II (a golden retriever) died July 30 at age 9, his owners, Phyllis Mueller and Glenn Warren, are on a quest to find Mayor Max III.The couple headed out Sunday morning “driving 300 miles to see a potential mommy,” according to Mayor Max’s Facebook page.Warren is accepting…
What do you do when your country, an acknowledged military and economic powerhouse, has fought a prolonged war and is in economic crisis? Laugh! …
The Idyllwild Rotary Charitable Fund supported for Mountain Communities Mutual Aid (MCMA)with a $2,000 grant for their FoodShare program. This initiative aims to address local food insecurity in the wake of challenges such as the cessation of COVID funding, rising food costs, cuts to food stamps, and reductions in other support programs. MCMA representatives Liv…
Holly O’Farrell and Esther Bloom chat while checking out the many outfits available for purchase …