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buter-1 — Braiden Healy, visiting from Huntington Beach, delights in feeding a butterfly watermelon. Photo: Cid Castillo

butter-2 — At the culmination of the Idyllwild Nature Center’s “Butterfly Daze,” hundreds of Monarch butterflies are set free into the forest. Residents and visitors are first allowed to view the butterflies up close inside tents. Photo: Cid Castillo

butter-3 — Nature Center staffer Jyoti Kintz holds a Monarch butterfly so one of the many visitors to the Idyllwild Nature Center can capture a close-up photograph. Photo: Cid Castillo

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Palms to Pines regional plants featured in Idyllwild Arts Workshop Series
By September 18, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

First workshop on Native American plant uses is Sept. 29 We “cannot learn the properties of every plant in a lifetime,” said Daniel McCarthy, archaeologist, former Tribal Relations Program manager for the San Bernardino National Forest, and director of the Cultural Resources Management Department, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. “Native peoples passed plant knowledge…

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
ByJP Crumrine December 21, 2021January 4, 2022 Reading Time: 3 minutes

This year marks the 124th anniversary of probably the most famous Christmas newspaper editorial of all time. It was written by Francis P. Church in response to a letter from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon. It was published on Sept. 21, 1897, in the New York Sun. We try to reprint it each year for the enjoyment…

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Many changes in 2014 for Idyllwild’s restaurants
ByIdyllwild Town Crier January 5, 2015February 6, 2015 Reading Time: 4 minutes

2014 was a big year for restaurant sales, changes and new openings. Alphabetically: Oscar and Gabriella Piñeiro bought Arriba Mexican Restaurant on Oct. 25 from Jose Huizar. They plan to keep the same style menu with possibly some Cuban-style dishes added occasionally. The couple also plan to open a Caribbean restaurant in Banning at some…

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Monique Zander, meditation facilitator, focuses on now
By July 6, 2017July 6, 2017 Reading Time: 4 minutes

Teaches mindfulness Monique Zander hosts Idyllwild meditation workshops that help connect and center her participants in the now, in each person’s particular present. “The past is recrimination and the future is what might happen,” said Zander. “What is important is the present. It is important to be mindful of this moment and to live in…

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Annie Varvari joins Idyllwild Arts faculty as resource teacher
By October 21, 2015March 4, 2016 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Wisconsin native and longtime Hill resident Annie Varvari has joined Idyllwild Arts Academy’s full time faculty as resource teacher. With degrees in special education and counseling, Varvari fills a key position, providing advocacy for and support to students with special classroom academic and logistical needs. “Kids in resource have concerns,” said Varvari. “Those concerns could…

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Legion’s BBQ a July 4th tradition
By July 11, 2012April 12, 2013 Reading Time: 1 minute

Danny Richardson oversees the barbecue last Saturday, filled with pork and beef to feed the many that came out for American Legion Post 800’s annual July 4th celebration event.

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