New Idyllwild Vacation Rentals owners open Village Center location

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idyrents — Idyllwild Vacation Rentals held an Open House on Saturday, Oct. 29 in its new location at Village Centre. Co-owner Dick Rennick, left, and wife Lorrie, at right, talk with homeowners Connie and David Speltz from Los Angeles. Co-owner Maxey Sparks was not available for the photo. Photo by Cid Castillo

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American Legion Post 800 hosts PCT Warrior Hikers: Hike gives vets an opportunity to walk off combat stress
By April 30, 2015January 15, 2016 Reading Time: 4 minutes

American Legion Post 800 hosted five service vets hiking the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail as part of the “Warrior Hike — Walk off the War” program. The Warrior Hike, now conducted on three long-distance national scenic trails and three shorter trails in Wisconsin, Florida and Arizona, offers returning combat veterans a chance to…

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Legion to observe Veterans Day
By November 4, 2014December 5, 2014 Reading Time: 2 minutes

American Legion Post 800 in Idyllwild observes Veterans Day on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Originally called Armistice Day, it celebrated the end of hostilities at 11 a.m., Nov. 11, in “The Great War” or “The War to End All Wars.” The optimism generated in 1918 by the signing of an armistice proved short lived. Twenty-one years…

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Parton, artist of garden and page, teaches class
By October 25, 2017 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Many know Gary Parton as the lilac guru of Alpenglow Gardens on Fern Valley Road. His cultivation of lilac varietals and his meticulous planning and attention to detail in his 1-acre lilac experience are, in themselves, works of art. Many do not know that Parton taught art in the South Bay city of Torrance for…

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
By December 24, 2013February 20, 2014 Reading Time: 3 minutes

This year marks the 116th 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 reprint it each year for the enjoyment of our…

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Talent on display at Blast to the Past
ByIdyllwild Town Crier March 15, 2017April 19, 2017 Reading Time: 2 minutes

The annual Blast to the Past show was Friday night at Idyllwild School. While Vicky Lovett is singing, McKenna Lovett and Sophia Dillion are performing in the background

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Lamps light the world in yearlong odyssey
By April 12, 2012January 31, 2013 Reading Time: 2 minutes

According to former Chamber of Commerce President Mimi Lamp, it took her husband Don only a day after receiving an inheritance to decide he wanted to go around the world. Mimi resigned from the Chamber, which she had helped to revive, to begin with Don their all-continents-but-Antarctica trip. They left in February 2011 and returned…

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