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Will Steichen Recreation & Program DirectorIdyllwild Community Center Another week of intense coed volleyball games has wrapped up. On behalf of the Idyllwild Community Center and all of the participants, we want to extend a special thank you to this year’s team sponsors: Idyllwild Garage, Village Hardware, BBI Construction, Idyllwild Brewpub and Red Kettle. We…
The summer sounds of Brazilian samba and bossa nova will waft over the community center meadow on Thursday, July 14
The Town Crier recently visited Garner Ranch to meet Ted Johnson, who along with wife Meg stewards the longest operating cattle ranch in the San Jacinto Mountains. To provide some background for that interview, the Town Crier has taken a dive into our own archives and sources at the Idyllwild Area Historical Society to bring…...
The winter rains caused local highway closures, which have now caused the Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild to cancel its annual Brewfest. The Brewfest is ARF’s largest fundraiser each year, but conditions were too difficult for success this year. Plans are already underway for the next Brewfest on June 6, 2020. However, the homebrew contest…
Harold Wheery and his Blue Breeze Band bring their familiar brand of blazing Motown to the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. Not only is the music some of the best in pop music’s lexicon, BBB executes with punch and panache. Wheery, BBB’s elder statesman on guitar, returns with his regulars — Bob Henley III on vocals;…
With a background in psychology and philosophy, Rick Barker has long sought to find balance in his life. Stuck in the corporate cell of six- to seven-day weeks and 10-hour days, Barker had a wakeup call in 2003 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. That diagnosis prompted a rethinking and retooling of his life with…