

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

The 13th annual Idyllwild Summer Concert Series begins with a musical preview in the Fourth of July Parade. Six float-borne members of Ken Dahleen’s Big Band Staff, this season’s opening act, will send out an instrumental invitation along the parade route. As the series’ pied pipers, Dahleen’s combo will use its music to entice attendees to the July 5 concert at the Idyllwild Playground and Community Center site.
A group of veterans on the last leg of a cross-continent ride in a covered wagon spent this last weekend at Living Free’s War Horse Creek camp. The vets are drawing attention to a number of causes that help veterans deal with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and successfully reenter civilian life. Their mission dovetails…
Riverside County’s Animal Services Department has lifted penalties for currently unlicensed dogs …