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Santa Visiting Robert Muir2 — While at Town Hall, Santa visits with Robert Muir, while his wife Alyssa and daughter Sarianne look on. Afterwards, families headed downstairs to Santa’s workshop for some fun games and crafts. Photos by Barbara Reese

Bode Pera checks out the brightly colored Christmas ornaments in Santa’s workshop, downstairs in Town Hall, during the Breakfast with Santa event on Saturday morning.

Breakfast 2 — The Town Hall crew act as Santa’s elves on Saturday morning as they serve breakfast with Santa. The pancakes, eggs and sausage magically appeared while Santa and Mrs. Claus stopped by to visit with kids and parents before heading back to the North Pole to get ready for the big night.

Help Center 7414 — Santa Claus visited Idyllwild HELP Center on Friday, Dec. 21, for a special event sponsored by CHiPS for Kids through the California Highway Patrol. The walls were full of gifts for children donated and gathered by, Toys of Love, Soboba Foundation, CHiPS with Kim Crandall as organizer of the toy drive. Above, with Santa are Colleen Meyer, client services administrator at the HELP Center, and her daughter Brynnley.

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Bella Lewitzky film featured at Idyllwild festival
ByDavid Jerome February 28, 2023August 23, 2023 Reading Time: 14 minutes

A new film biography of dancer and choreographer Bella Lewitzky, “Bella,” will be included in this year’s Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (IIFC) scheduled to be screened at 6 p.m. Friday, March 10, in Town Hall. Lewitzky was a giant of modern dance, founding dance programs at both ISOMATA (now Idyllwild Arts Academy [IAA]) and…

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Getting to know Ol Man Proffitt
ByDavid Jerome November 29, 2022December 29, 2022 Reading Time: 9 minutes

This week the Crier spoke with Steven Proffitt, aka Ol Man Proffitt, a transplant putting out new roots in our community, a retired journalist with new stories to tell. Proffitt was born 70 years ago in Houma, Louisiana, to a native Cajun mother and father who came south from Iowa after World War II to…

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UCR professor to talk about GMOs, wandering genes
By March 2, 2016April 14, 2016 Reading Time: 4 minutes

The Nature Center on Highway 243 continues its new speaker series with Dr. Norman C. Ellstrand, University of California, Riverside, professor of genetics. Ellstrand, an expert on plant gene flow and hybridization, will present the talk, “When transgenes wander, should we worry?” Ellstrand is an international speaker, invited to contribute policy discussions on this topic…

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Seeking Emax award nominees
ByIdyllwild Town Crier June 28, 2017 Reading Time: 1 minute

For the seventh consecutive year, the Idyllwild Town Crier is requesting nominations for the annual Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award. Bring your nomination to the Town Crier office at 54405 N. Circle Dr., mail it to P.O. Box 157, Idyllwild, CA 92549, or send by email to becky@towncrier.com by Aug. 31. The honor is given…

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Idyllwild School grantmakers award $4,000 to five local groups
By March 30, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

For the fifth year, Idyllwild Middle School Youth Grantmakers evaluated applications for activities to support local youth activities and made difficult decisions awarding the available funds. Started in 2013 with the help of the Community Foundation of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, and continued with the support of the Idyllwild Community Fund, the program has…

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Idyllwild businesses face extreme challenges
By March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 Reading Time: 3 minutes

The Valentine’s Day storm that dumped historic levels of rain with accompanying wind and snow, caused massive damage to Hill infrastructure closing two of the main arteries into Idyllwild — highways 243 and 74. Continued post-Feb. 14 rain and snow complicated Caltrans’ efforts to repair both roads, causing setbacks that, until Monday, Feb. 18, caused…

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