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The Idyllwild Lemon Lily Festival, July 13 and 14, enters its fourth year faced with germination challenges. Propagating the lily from native seeds is a time-consuming and difficult job that takes years to consummate. Growing the festival itself is no less difficult. Both take a core of dedicated volunteers that expands as the festival grows…
Photos of the happenings in and around Idyllwild last week.
In a private ceremony recently at Naval Air Station North Island, Chief Aviation Electronics Technician (Aviation Warfare) Zachary Johnson (far left), son of Town Crier owners Becky and Jack Clark, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for meritorious service while serving as maintenance control supervisor at Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron Five Zero…
Each year, Ken Dahleen and the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series board launch their annual eight-concert series without sufficient funds to meet budget. They do it on faith. The series is provided with no charge for admission and relies on the generosity of patrons who deposit dollars and fivers into the ubiquitous donation jars happily passed…
Called one of the foremost chroniclers of the desert Southwest, Deanne Stillman writes of the inestimable beauty of the desert and of the madness that often shatters the stillness. For Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Authors Series, Stillman will discuss the true story of two young girls, residents of Twentynine Palms, who were brutally raped and murdered…
By Mary KnabIdyllwild-area resident Editor’s note: This column, to run occasionally, is writtten by new resident Mary Knab, a bibliophile. This book was offered free on my Kindle app, and it sounded like it was in my fiction wheelhouse, so I gave it a try. A pregnant woman 40,000 years ago, Rebaa is left alone…