Brandon Opliger (son of Rocky Opliger, retired US Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest) in the left photo, taken approximately in 1989. Opliger was in an IFPD engine. His mother Lori (Friemoth) Richter worked for IFPD and Brandon was four or five years old. The right-hand photo is Brandon now, age 26, employed with the U.S. Forest Service, Cleveland National Forest, on the Palomar Hotshot Crew, out of Oak Grove Station.

Town Crier received word that Geri Peterson, long-time Fairway Foods employee, is losing her partner, Karen, who is near death. Geri is taking a leave of absence from Fairway to care for her. Containers have been set up at the cash registers for anyone who would like to donate toward Geri’s costs … Idyllwild resident…

Iris Davison of Idyllwild choreographed a dance to her husband Peter Davison’s music. The dance is titled “Towards Forever.” They made a dance video on Inspiration Point, videography by Rebecca Frazier and John Drake. It also features Heather Netz, violin teacher at Idyllwild Arts Academy, playing the solo. The video was just selected for the…