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A magic moment to share, three deer visited Fern Valley last week. They drank the bird water and ate compost and leafs from the peach tree. Photo by Careena Chase



The sounds of drums beating began the celebration of the autumnal equinox for more than 70 men, women and children at Idyllwild’s Spirit Mountain Retreat on Sunday …
From about 2:15 p.m. Wednesday until Sunday evening, a small fire near Poppet Flats Road grew to more than 20,000 acres becoming the newest fire threat on the Hill …
The Idyllwild Contemporary Book Club discusses “Orfeo” by Richard Powers at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, at a location to be announced. For details, call Gina Genis at 951-659-6256 … The Idyllwild Garden Club’s bulb sale on the weekend of the 11th was canceled due to a miss-delivery of 75 percent of the ordered bulbs….
The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce met on Monday, July 18, with a full board of 11 directors, the first time in many years that the Chamber’s board has been complete.
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.