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Idyllwild Nature Center’s Junior Naturalist program was “The Budding Botanist” in which youngsters learned about flowers, planting, soil and seeds. Nature Center volunteer Susie Hampson assists, An Lin, Liam Walsh, William Taylor and Meixing Lin. Photo by Cid Castillo

If you live in Idyllwild, you’ve likely met Sam Kesler while visiting Florist in the Forest. Kesler has been working at the florist and gift shop since last July. Now, he is buying the business. “It becomes official April 1st,” said Kesler, who is buying the business from Lori Wagner. He plans a grand opening…
Local video producers and life partners Marcia Waldorf and Jim Crawford are featuring Idyllwild in a soon-to-be-released national infomercial. Recognized internationally for their production, writing and video expertise, Waldorf Crawford is a powerhouse in direct-response marketing. Their company creates ad campaigns from creative concept and scripting to finished video for use in broadcast, cable, satellite…
Cartoonist and Idyllwild character John Marshall eschewed what was politically or socially correct. His book, “Nobody Loves a Fly,” featured a label on the front cover: “Warning: Contains Filth!” Some of his iconic cartoons, including many from “Nobody Loves a Fly,” are featured in a current exhibit at the Idyllwild Area Historical Society Museum. Marshall,…
The Idyllwild HELP Center held its annual fashion show and luncheon Sunday, June 9, at the Rainbow Inn. This year’s theme was “Country Western Comes to Idyllwild.”
Paula Priamos, the next author for Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Authors Series, examines whether a shyster defense attorney, disbarred for embezzlement, can also be a good father. The father in this case is hers, and her memoir “The Shyster’s Daughter” chronicles her father’s peccadillos and unsavory professional practices and at the same time credits his attentiveness and firm hand in raising her.