Skylee Shelby takes a moment to hang out with the Easter Bunny that visited the American Legion Post 800’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Photo by Shane Fender
Skylee Shelby takes a moment to hang out with the Easter Bunny that visited the American Legion Post 800’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Photo by Shane Fender Children race to find that Golden Egg at the American Legion Post 800’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Photo by Shane Fender After the countdown, kids run for the eggs during the annual Idyllwild Easter Egg Hunt and festivities, held on Saturday afternoon at the Community Center site. Photo by Barbara Reese Making memories with the Easter Bunny at the Annual Easter Egg Hunt festivities on Saturday at the Community Center site. Photo by Barbara Reese this little bunny looks for the right colors for her Easter egg at Saturday afternoon’s Easter Egg Hunt. Photos by Barbara ReeseUnlike 2011, the sun arose and humans came to the traditional Idyllwild Easter Sunrise Service and heard Pastor Dick Olson, from the Community Presbyterian Church deliver his message of God’s love. Photo by Careena Chase Pastor Wally Boer (on the right), from Chapel of the Pines, presenting an Easter sunrise message at Inspiration Point to a large number of early rising worshippers. On the left is the “Worship Team” from Chapel of the Pines. Its members are: Noah Bischof, Myla Davis, Sharon Aeder, Jeff Hale, Matt Bischof, Tom Moses, Diane Bloom and Susan Gray. Photo by Careena Chase
On Easter Sunday the Idyllwild Spiritual Living Center held an Easter Bonnet Parade following their morning service. Showing off their uniquely beautiful hats are (from left) Rev. Sheila Weldon (funniest hat), Phyliss Curington-Brown, Celeste Mann, Avianna Jones, Patty Morgan, Karen Metz, Charmane Mitchell, Rev. Patty Spicer (most creative hat), and Christina Taylor (most beautiful hat) holding her son Brian. In the background is Practioner Elaine Balkman-Latimer. Photos by Careena Chase Rev. Patty Spicer, donning her beautiful Easter Bonnet, won the award for the most creative hat. She chose butterflies as the theme for her bonnet, since they are a symbol for Idyllwild Spiritual Living Center as well as for rebirth and transformation. Photo by Careena Chase
Thus read the headline of the Town Crier on July 4, 1996, right after the Bee Canyon Fire had burned more than 9,000 acres and knocked at Pine Cove’s back door. “We’re still here” means every bit as much to Hill residents now as it did then.
Idyllwild Actors Theatre presents Ernest Thompson’s “On Golden Pond,” the 1979 play made into an Academy Award-winning 1981 film starring Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn. The IAT, one of the Hill’s longest-running theatrical companies, presents its main-stage production at the end of this month, from Friday, July 29, through Sunday, July 31, outdoors on the…
