
Mountain Folk: VonSeggern receives grant for performance
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Hemet High School senior Erec VonSeggern pictured at right. Photo by Ruth Morvay

Danielle McKnight, Hemet High School 2011 graduate, was named to the dean’s list at the Maine Maritime Academy for outstanding academic achievement in the first semester of the 2011-12 academic year. McKnight , a member of the class of 2015, is majoring in marine engineering technology.
Last weekend families of U.S. Navy servicemen and women stationed on the San Diego-based aircraft carrier Carl Vinson had the opportunity to greet their loved ones, board the Vinson and go 40 miles out to sea and watch carrier-based aircraft take off and land. Steve and Margie Johnson and family members met up with son…
Ensign Danielle McKnight, U.S. Navy, immediately after her first solo flight in the pictured aircraft, the T-6 Texan. She is in-flight training at Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas. After the Idyllwild native graduated from Hemet High School, McKnight graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in May 2016. As an ensign in the U.S. Navy,…
odern Dance BFA and Communication BA, was named to University of Utah’s Spring 2020 Dean’s List. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher in at least 12 graded credit hours during any one term. Have a Mountain Folk story? Email it to Melissa Diaz Hernandez at…
Several services and events to honor and to celebrate Maggie Morphett’s beautiful life have been planned. A bagpipe concert and dinner will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 3. Traditional Scottish food and bangers for those that do not have a taste for haggis, neeps and tatties, will be available. On Wednesday, July 4, the…
After taking first and second place at the first round of the English-Speaking Union (ESU) National Shakespeare Competition held Feb. 13 on the Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) campus, IAA Theatre Department students Madison Chase and Eylül Hancilar went on to win second and fourth place, respectively, at the follow-up competition held March 4 at Palm…